With splendor the nomenclature of the Metropolitan of Lemnos Ierotheostranslated

The "pedon amphialon", the sea-loving and sea-soaked land, as Sophocles inspiredly characterized the acrid island of Lemnos in the 5th BC. century, he honored, with special magnificence, the memory of our Holy Father Ierotheos, the First Bishop of Athens, a disciple and companion of the First Apostle Paul, funeral director and hymnologist of the Virgin Mother of God, but also the names of her spiritual father and teacher in Christ, Rev. Metropolitan of Lemnos and Agios Efstratiou Mr. Ierotheos, centered on the magnificent Holy Metropolitan Church of Panagia Triados Myrinis, whose stone spiers for thirty-eight consecutive years have signified joy on this day, since the venerable Metropolitan of Lemnos, Mr. Ierotheos II (1988-2019).

More specifically, on the eve of the holiday, Saturday, October 3, 2026, the Great High Priestly Vespers was held, presided over by Rev. Metropolitan of Messinia Mr. Chrysostomos, concelebrant of Rev. Shepherd Mr. Ierotheou. Before the end of Vespers, Rev. Mr. Chrysostomos wished the celebrant Hierarch from the bottom of his heart many years, sorrowful, unceasing and fruitful...