ORTHODOX HOUSE
⛪ All churches
Sign in
☦ Today Wednesday, August 12 / July 30 (old style) ✦ Fast day Julian calendar ⇄
Apostles Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus of the Seventy · Hieromarytyr Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, and those with him (251)
← News feed Church of Greece

Timothy of Thessalio: Our Lady opens the heavenly way for ustranslated

August 12, 2026 · 1 min read

With particular enthusiasm and in the spirit of the spiritual preparation for the great feast of the Dormition and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the evening of Tuesday, August 11, 2026, the evening of Vespers and the Holy Prayer was held in the Holy Church of Agios Georgios Phylaktis, under the patronage of the Most Reverend Metropolitan Thessaliotidos and Fanariofersalon Mr. Timotheu. During the Holy Prayer, the theological meaning of the great feast of August was developed, an entire month dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which gradually leads the faithful to the culmination of August 15.

As it was pointed out, "through these Holy Masses, of the Orthrus and of the daily Divine Liturgy, of Vespers and of the Prayer, with the psalms which have been composed by reverend spiritual fathers and teachers and have been sung by hymnologists and hymn writers of our Church, they help us spiritually for this preparation and spiritual struggle".

At the same time, it was emphasized that the feast of the Virgin does not end on August 15, but continues until August 23, when the feast is celebrated.

Source: Orthodoxia News Agency  ·  Read the full story →
⚑ Report
💬 Comments (1) 🌐 Show original
N
Nikolla Nako
It's true, I really liked what Metropolitan Timotheus said about August as the whole month of the Virgin Mary. We here in the parish pray every night and I feel that it really opens the way for us, as he said. I will try to go to Orthros on Sunday as well, not to stay only on the 15th.
Sign in to join the conversation →
More stories
Filming of a film about St. Macarius (Nevsky) in Altai has been completed – News – Novosibirsk Metropolis
Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) · August 12, 2026
Bishop of Iskitim and Cherepanovsky Leonid shared with the residents of the city of Iskitim the celebrations in honor of the 309th anniversary of the founding of the city. – News – Novosibirsk Metropolis
Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) · August 12, 2026
On the day of the festival in honor of the locally revered icon of the Mother of God, a religious procession will take place around Tiraspol
Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) · August 12, 2026
Priest on duty. Archpriest Alexey Kurenkov
Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) · August 12, 2026
🔑Sign in 📖Prayer Book 🕊Live Prayer 📨Submit news 👥Friends 💬Groups My parish 🕯Virtual church 🙏Prayers by agreement 🗓Calendar ✏️Catechesis 🔔Notifications My subscriptions 🛍Store 💬Support