Solemn Vigil for the Feast of the Dormition of the Virgin in I.N. Agios Polykarpos Menemeni-Thessalonikitranslated

On the afternoon of Friday, August 14, 2026, the eve of the Great Feast of the Dormition of Our Lady theotokos and Mother of our God and of all of us, it was held in the Holy Church of Agios Polykarpos of Menemeni of the Diocese of Neapolis and Stavroupolis - which is located under the KTEL Thessaloniki Airbridge on Monastriou Street and before the Police Station Megaro Thessaloniki - Holy Vigil in an atmosphere of deep rapture at the end of the Solemn Vespers and before the Orthros and then the Divine Liturgy, the praises were sung in honor of the Most Holy Theotokos.

A beautiful custom-tradition that now prevails in various parts of our country and various metropolises in honor of the Virgin Mary, as the praises to our Virgin Mary, as pointed out in his short sermon by the head of the Holy Church, archpriest father Stylianos Harpantidis, was and is a formality that existed only in Jerusalem.

But the reverence of the world and of course its love for the mother of God and the only mediatrix to our lord and god have introduced this beautiful custom to honor the Mother of God who, as we hear in the prayers, is our only one...