Corfu: In the face of Panagia, the conditions of nature were defeatedtranslated

On Friday, August 14, 2026, the eve of the great feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxos and Diapontian Islands, Mr. Nektarios, officiated and spoke during the solemn Vespers at the ancient and historic Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos Platyteras, in the city of Corfu. The professor of the Holy Monastery is the Panosiology Archimandrite Chrysostomos Koutsouris, under whose spiritual guidance the Monastery is gradually being manned, so that, as His Holiness characteristically wished, "the monastery can see its old glories again".

It is worth noting that the attendance of the faithful at Vespers was particularly large, among whom the Deputy Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy Mr. Stefanos Gikas was also present.

His Eminence during his speech, addressing the congregation, was inspired by the hymnology about Our Lady and specifically from the verse of the 3rd Ode of the Canons, "The terms of nature are defeated in you, Virgin achrane". Today and tomorrow, our Holy Church celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin. According to the tradition and teaching of the Holy Fathers, Our Lady, after the surrender of the soul...