Kyrillos of Ierapytnis welcomed the Bishop of Neapolis Mr. Porphyrios and pilgrims from Cyprustranslated

On Saturday, July 24, 2026, Rev. Metropolitan of Ierapytni and Sitia Mr. Kyrillos welcomed the Assistant Bishop of His Beatitude Archbishop of Cyprus Mr. Georgiou Theophilus. Bishop of Neapolis Mr. Porphyrios, who is accompanying a group of pilgrims from Nicosia and making a multi-day pilgrimage to Megaloniso Crete and its holy pilgrimages. Theophilus. Mr. Porfirio and the pilgrims were accompanied and guided by Rev. Metropolitan Kyrillos during their tour of Holy Monasteries and pilgrimages of the Holy Metropolis of Ierapytni and Sitia. The first pilgrimage was the historic Holy Monastery of the Holy Forerunner of Kapsa with a unique goddess in the endless blue of the South Cretan Sea, where the pilgrims worshiped the miraculous icon of the Holy Forerunner and Agia Kara and the Holy Relics of Saint Joseph of Gerontogiannis.

This was followed by a pilgrimage to the miraculous icon of the Virgin Guide of Lithina in the historically recorded post-Byzantine church of the historic town of Lithina. Afterwards, the pilgrims visited the historic castle monastery of the Lady Akrotiriani and Agios Ioannou Theologus Toplou Sitia, where the historical and miraculous icons of the Virgin of Amianto...