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The Metropolitan of Rethymno at the 12th Cretan Food Festival in Rethymnotranslated

July 8, 2026 · 1 min read

The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, Mr. Prodromos, visited, on the afternoon of Saturday, July 4, 2026, in the Municipal Garden of Rethymno, the 12th Festival of Cretan Food, which is an institution for our country, which is co-organized by the Region of Crete-Regional Unit of Rethymno, the Municipality Rethymno and the Chamber of Rethymno. As His Eminence was absent outside Rethymno during the official opening of the 12th Cretan Food Festival, he had the pleasure, in his visit, to visit all the stands and talk to all the people, producers and others, being informed with interest about their works and their testimony.

His Eminence, also, visiting the booth of the "AGAPI Association", which for the third time participates in the Cretan Food Festival, expressed his joy and emotion for the excellent presence of the children, at the beginning of the Festival, with a moving and symbolic event, which captures the fruits of love, but also highlights the path of love as the only way of life for every person.

Finally, His Eminence congratulated the organizers, the artists of the evening, as well as everyone who...

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