The Metropolitan of Ierissos on the life and virtues of Saint Mary Magdalenetranslated

The Holy Metropolis of Ierissos, Mount Athos and Ardameri has the special honor in the holy lands of Halkidiki and in fact in the area of Gavriadia of Ierissos to have a wonderful chapel erected in the name of the Holy Apostle and Myrrh-bearer Mary of Magdalene, the woman who claimed to be the first to see our Risen Lord on the Holy Sepulchre, when she came with other Myrrh-bearing women on the Sunday after Holy Saturday to anoint the Most Holy Body with myrrh, as was the traditional custom among the Jews. So, on the feast day, Wednesday July 22, 2026, of Orthros and the Divine Liturgy, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Ierissos, Mount Athos and Ardameri, Mr. Theoklitos, officiated the Agioritei Pan. Archimandrite Fr. Iosif Katunakiotis and the Superior of the Holy Church of Agios Nikolaos Ierissos Rev. Protopresbyter Fr. Ioannis Kotseas, also praying within the Holy Step the Pan. Father Nikodimos Kotinoudis.

Many people flocked to the Grace of the Saint, whose graceful hand is treasured in the Holy Monastery of Simonos Petra, led by the President of the Panchalkidian Association, Mr. Ioannis Kotsanis...