Meganisi celebrated the patron saint of Agios Bessariontranslated

With all ecclesiastical splendor, the annual commemoration of Saint Vissarion, Archbishop of Trikki and Larissa, Founder of the Holy Monastery of Dousikos of Trikala and Patron and Protector of the said island of the Metropolitan region, was celebrated again this year in Vathi Meganisiou. On the morning of the patronymic day, Tuesday, September 15, 2026, the Orthros Mass was chanted and then the Solemn Hierarchical Liturgy of Consecration was held, presided over by the Venerable Metropolitan of Lefkada and Ithaca, Mr. Theofilos, flanked by the General Hierarchal Commissioner, His Eminence Protopresbyter Fr. Athanasios Kosmas, clergy of the Archpriestly Regions of our Holy Metropolis as well as from the Holy Metropolis of Patras.

The Divine Word was preached by the vicar of the Holy Parish Church of the Transfiguration Sotiros Nikianas Lefkadas, Reverend Treasurer Fr.

After the end of the Solemn High Priestly Divine Liturgy, His Eminence the Metropolitan wished the holy clergy, the Mayor of Meganisi Mr. Gerasimos Katopodi, the representatives of the other local authorities and associations and the philochrist...