Crowd for Saint Paisios at the Pilgrimage of Saint John the Russian in Neo Prokopitranslated

During the two days of July 11 and 12, 2026, the memory of St. Paisios the Agioreitos was celebrated with particular splendor, at the First Pilgrimage of St. John the Russian in N. Prokopi, as has been established there, after his canonization (2015) and after the inauguration (12/7/2024) of the Holy Chapel in his honor, behind the Pilgrimage Church of St. John the Russian in N. Prokopi. On Saturday morning, the Most Reverend Pastor, Metropolitan of Chalkidos, Mr. Chrysostomos and the Most Reverend Bishop of Skopelos, Mr. Nikodimos, welcomed students from pontifical universities in Rome, guests of the Apostolic Ministry of the Church of Greece, to the Holy Pilgrimage of Saint John.

In the afternoon, during the Resurrection Vespers, the Most Reverend Mr. Chrysostomos officiated and preached the divine word surrounded by Clergymen from Chalkidos and from the entire Archpriestial Region of Kireos.

During Vespers, also, His Holiness Mr. Chrysostomos awarded an honorary distinction to the oldest volunteer partner of the Holy Pilgrimage of Saint John the Russian, the hundred-year-old Mr. Ioannis Enotiadis, son of a refugee family, who with selfless love...