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Consecration of the first complete cells of the Old Holy Monastery of Panagia Kato Xeniatranslated

August 5, 2026 · 1 min read

In the Old Holy Monastery of Panagia Kato Xenia, in the province of Almyros, was today, August 5, 2026, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Dimitrias Mr. Ignatios, who performed the Consecration of the first complete cells of the historic Monastery, marking another important step in the course of its restoration and regeneration. The ceremony was attended by the Archdeacon of the Holy Metropolis of Dimitrias, Archim. Maximos Papaioannou, the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Ano Xenia, Archim. Nektarios, the Abbess of the Holy Monastery of Kato Xenia, Gerontissa Nymphodora, clergy of the Local Church, the brotherhood of the Monastery, engineers and workers of the project.

In his speech, His Holiness expressed his deep emotion for this great day, stressing that "today in this Monastery, a period of toils, struggles and anguish ends, and a new page of a new path opens", emphasizing that the Old Monastery "begins again to be a place of hospitality for people, who turn to our Virgin Mary for comfort, to be supported spiritually and mentally".

He made a special mention of Gerontissa Nymphodora and the brotherhood of the Monastery, singling out the ministry, the patience...

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