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Vigil in front of the Holy Icon of Panagia Fanaromeni in L. Edipsostranslated

July 23, 2026 · 1 min read

With special rejoicing, a Holy Vigil was held on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in the Holy Church of Agios Panteleimon Loutra Edipsos, in front of the miraculous Holy Icon of Panagia Faneromeni, on the holy memory of Agia Pelagia of Tinia. Officiant of the Holy Vigil was His Eminence Archimandrite Fr. Timotheus Tsismalidis, Head of the Holy Church of Agios Stefanos and Agia Paraskevi Epivatini Ptolemais of the Holy Metropolis of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia.

Joining in praying inside the Holy Step were the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Iliopolis, Mr. Theodore of the 5th Patriarchate of Alexandria, while the Priests of the Holy Temple, Protopresbyter Fr. Nikolaos Argyriou and Protopresbyter Fr. Christos Ngelas were also present.

The cantors Mr. Ioannis Kakikos, Mr. Dimitrios Georgoulas and Mr. Dimitrios Kourpadakis officiated at the Holy Rectory, rendering with Byzantine magnificence the hymns of the Holy Vigil.

During the Holy Mass, a piece of the Holy Relic of Saint Pelagia, which is kept as a precious spiritual treasure in the Holy Temple, was placed for worship, for the blessing and sanctification of the faithful.

At the end of Orthros, the breads were blessed and...

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Анастасия ВоробьёваIt is interesting that it was the relics of Saint Pelagia of Tina that were brought for veneration. Here in Samara, too, sometimes they bring out a piece of the relics for the service; there are always a lot of people coming up. I haven’t seen the icon of Panagia Faneromeni before, I’ll have to read about it.

Lenka NovákováIt's nice that they also brought out part of the relic of St. Pelagia from Tena for worship. Here in Michalovci, they once brought a small piece of the relic of Saint Panteleimon, and people stood in line for over an hour. The icon of Panagia Faneromeni is familiar to me from pictures, but I did not know about the miracles with it, I would like to read about it.