Larisis Hieronymos at the celebration of the Holy Monastery of Agios Ioannis the Theologian Zarkos Farkadonas Trikalatranslated

Following a kind invitation and with the blessing and wish of the Regional Pastor His Eminence Metropolitan Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli Mr. Chrysostomos, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Larissa and Tyrnavos Mr. Ieronymos, on the morning of Saturday September 26, 2026, officiated at the Holy Monastery of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist Theologu, in Zarko Farkadonas Trikala. The Holy Monastery, which, after the establishment of the new brotherhood in 1975, is experiencing flourishing days, is one of the oldest in the region and counts centuries of life and contribution to the place and its people. So with grateful feelings, a crowd of people today gathered at the Holy Monastery to honor the Theological Disciple, Beloved of Christ and Virgin, as our Church characterizes him, to pray for his God-fearing embassies and to indulge in his divinely inspired words.

In his sermon, His Holiness referred to the virtue of virginity, as necessary in order to deeply cultivate prayer, to enlighten the mind, to be overwhelmed by the grace of the Holy Spirit and to theology, but also as a virtue that familiarizes us with the Holy God, which is why Saint John the Theologian had the courage to fall into...