Timotheus of Thessalio: Our Lady occupies a unique position within the communion of Saintstranslated

Shortly before the Church leads its steps to the great feast of the Assumption of the Virgin, the faithful stand once more before the Virgin Mary, laying their anxieties, hopes and prayers at her feet. The sacred Supplication becomes the voice of this trust, but also a reminder that recourse to the Theotokos is not just a habit of faith, but the fruit of a specific spiritual ethos.

In this climate, on the evening of Thursday, August 13, 2026, at the Holy Church of Zoodochos Pigis P.C. Mikro Evydriou, the Vespers sequence and the Holy Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos, which was officiated by the Most Reverend Metropolitan Mr. Timotheus.

On the occasion of the last holy Prayer before the solemn feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the special position of the Virgin Mary in the life of the Church was highlighted, as well as the deeper meaning with which the believer is called to appeal to her intercession.

During his speech, he first referred to the special character of August, which is an eminently theological month, dedicated to the Virgin and culminating with the feast of her Assumption. This period is for the Church a...