Rivers of devotion to the Virgin Mary of Kissamostranslated

With the participation of thousands of pilgrims, the summer "Easter" was celebrated in the two major pilgrimages of the Virgin in Kissamos. The Holy Patriarchal and Crucifixion Monastery of Odegitria Gonia and the Holy Monastery of Panagia Chrysoskalitissa, which are dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin. The holy celebration at the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of Gonia was presided over by the Person of A.Th.P. of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Rev. Metropolitan of Proikonnisos, Mr. Iosif, who conveyed the wishes and blessings of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and, in a simple, direct, theological, simple and understandable speech, referred to the face of the Virgin Mary and the messages of the feast of Her Ascension and Ascension to Heaven.

Rev. Our Metropolitan Mr. Amfilochios, on the eve of the holiday, presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Monastery of Panagia Chrysoskalitissa as well as the Solemn Vespers. Then he went to the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of Gonia where he performed the Holy Vigil, chanting the Praises of the Virgin Mary in front of Her holy Epitaph. Indicative of the conscious participation of the large number of co-celebrants is the fact that during the Holy...