Symis Chrysostomos: As long as we focus on problems and forget the presence of God, we despairtranslated

Today, August 2, 2026, Sunday of Matthew IX, Rev. Metropolitan of Symi, Mr. Chrysostomos officiated at Orthros, performed the Consecration at the beginning of the new month of August and the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan I. Church of the Holy Forerunner of Symi, with co-celebrants Fr. Stefanos Makris, Vicar of the Temple and Hierodeacon Fr. Pavlos Terezakis. The 1st Analogue was ministered by the Protopsaltis of the 1st Temple Mr. Demosthenes Giannaras after the son of Mercury and ethers.

The Divine Word was preached instructively by Rev. Pastor Mr. Chrysostomos, who referred to today's Gospel passage, taking the congregation to the raging Lake of Gennesaret, where the Disciples were fighting alone in the night with the waves and the contrary wind. This tossing ship is our very life, our family and our daily life, while the winds are our own trials, illnesses, anxieties and upheavals that fill us with fear. In the darkness of their agony, Christ comes to them walking on the waves and addresses them with the redemptive word: "Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid".

The example of the Apostle Peter, who walks on water as long as…