Ierapytnis Kyrillos: Osia Irini has not stopped interceding until todaytranslated

On the afternoon of Monday, July 27, 2026, the Grand Solemn High Priestly Vespers of the commemoration of Osia Irene of Chrysovalanto was celebrated with splendor and solemnity in the Holy Church of the same name of the Parish of Dafni Sitia. The service was officiated by Rev. Metropolitan of Ierapytni and Sitia Mr. Kyrillos, who during the class blessed the breads and preached the divine word appropriately. With clarity and direct speech, His Holiness referred to the solitary life, the gifts and miracles of the Osia Irini to the childless women who were able to give birth.

As he pointed out, despite her aristocratic origin, the wealth and glory she would acquire if she married the emperor, Osia Irini preferred to distribute her possessions to the poor and retire to the Holy Monastery of Chrysovalanto in Kon/polis, where first as a Nun and later as an Abbess she dedicated herself soul and body to the Bridegroom Christ, and devoted herself with zeal to great ascetic struggles until the age of one hundred and three years, when he slept peacefully.

Finally Rev. Metropolitan Mr. Kyrillos noted that Osia Irini has not stopped to this day interceding for those who invoke her with...