The Choir "Saint Cassiani the Hymnographer" at the Holy Forerunner Monastery Essextranslated

"A window" into the Kingdom of God opens the Holy Forerunner Monastery in Essex for all who visit it on pilgrimage. Thus, on Friday August 14, 2026, the Monastery founded by Agios Sophronios welcomed a section of the Women's Choir "Agia Kassiani the Hymnographer" of the Holy Metropolis of Neapolis and Stavroupolis. Another way of life, a different approach to God was palpated by the principals of the Choir. The participation in the Masses, the Monastery Bench, the guided tour by Sister Elizabeth, the pilgrimage to the Crypt, where his holy cloth is treasured, the tour of the Old Rectory, the old monastery Bench, the accommodation of the Saint in the last years of his life, unraveled the thread of the historical journey from the beginnings of the establishment of the Monastery, from the seer and mystery of the Creative Light Agios Sophronios, to this day.

On August 15, 2026, the day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the group of the Diocese enjoyed the genuine paternal speech of the Professor of the Holy Monastery Gerontos Petros. The respected Elder pointed out and developed in depth the three leading virtues of Theotokos that attracted the Grace of God: Her purity,...