THE 2026 CELEBRATION OF THE PASSING IN THE MEMORY OF I. LIPSANOS OF OSIO IOSIF GERONTOGIANNIStranslated

Today, September 20, 2026, Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, our local Church solemnly celebrated the annual anniversary of the transfer to Symi, of the Holy Relic of our Holy Father Joseph of Gerontogiannis, which from St. Kapsa Monastery was transferred in September 2019 by Rev. Metropolitan of Hierapytni and Sitia Mr. Kyrillos and delivered to Rev. Our pastor Mr. Chrysostomos, responding to his relevant request. This supreme blessing for Symi has remained in the Parish Church ever since. Church of Agiou Georgiou Ano Chora, Parish in which the priest of the first three decades of the 20th century, the great-grandson of the Saint, Archim. Joseph Gerontakis transferring to Symi and the honor of the Holy One.

So today, seven years after this blessed event, at the reverential prompting and commission of Rev. Our Metropolitan Mr. Chrysostomou, Theophilus. His assistant, the Bishop of Rodostolo, Mr. Antonios, officiated at Orthro and celebrated the Divine Liturgy in this Parish Church. Church with his fellow liturgists, Simaios Archimandrite Fr. Iosif Adamopoulos, visiting clergyman of I. Metropolis of Nicaea, the vicar of the parish Fr. Antonio Manias, all the Vicars of Ano...