Sweden's Cleopas: The Apostles Are Called to Guide People from the Sea of Confusion into the Kingdom of Godtranslated

At St. George Cathedral in Stockholm, Bishop Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden celebrated Divine Liturgy on Sunday First Luke 27 September 2026. During the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, the Presbytera of Greece in Sweden, Sister Aikaterini Fountoulaki, participated in prayer and is completing her distinguished diplomatic appointment in the country soon to return to Athens, where she will take up new responsibilities in the particularly critical and pivotal area of Greek-Turkish relations.

In his sermon, His Reverence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and all Scandinavia referred to the Gospel reading for Sunday First Luke and the Lord's call to the Apostle Peter: "Go into the deep."

The sermon of the Metropolitan of Sweden Today's Gospel passage brings us to the shore of Lake Genesaret. There are two boats there, while the fishermen, after a fruitless night of work, have returned home with their nets empty. Among them is Simon Peter. He is weary, disheartened, and perhaps troubled about how he will meet the needs of his family, having worked all night without any results. Just as...