Gortynos Nikiforos from Corfu: "The family is besieged by dissolution" - Remembrance of the Miracle of Saint Spyridontranslated

With the celebration of the Solemn Vespers at the Holy Pilgrimage of Agios Spyridon, on the afternoon of Monday, August 10, 2026, in Corfu, the liturgical services to commemorate the supernatural miracle, with which the Saint saved the island from the siege of the Turks on August 11, 1716, began. At Vespers, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Gortynos and Megalopolis, Mr. Nikiforos, celebrated and spoke, while the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Chalkidos, Istiaia and Northern Sporades, Mr. Chrysostomos, the Most Reverend Bishop of Kotia, Mr. Dionysios, and the familiar Pastor, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Corfu, concelebrated and spoke. Paxos and Diapontia Islands Mr. Nektarios.

If Corfu fell, then the West would be in danger of being crushed Addressing the Holy High Priests, the Metropolitan of Corfu, after thanking them for participating in the feast of the Saint, emphasized that Saint Spyridon gave a unique message to the world of that time: that thanks to faith, the West was protected from the invasion of the non-religious people, because if Corfu fell, then the West would be in danger of being crushed, as the Agarites would they attacked without resistance. In the heat of the invasion, the Saint cooled the...