Litany for the summer festival of the Patron Saint of Bereatranslated

On the evening of Friday, July 31, the liturgical events of the summer festival of the Holy Church of Saint Anthony the Younger, patron of the city, began in Veria. Before the start of the Solemn Vespers, clergy and people welcomed the Holy Cross, which was brought again this year from the Holy Pilgrimage of Panagia Sumela Vermio on the occasion of tomorrow's feast of the Advancement of the Holy Cross. The Holy Cross was carried by the Professor of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Soumela, Archim. Panteleimon Papaemmanouil.

The Great Solemn Vespers was officiated by the Most Reverend Bishop Domenikos, Mr. Athenagoras, co-celebrant of the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Berea, Naoussa and Campania, Mr. Panteleimonos, who also preached the divine word.

A litany of the Holy Relics of St. Anthony of Veroios and the Holy Cross followed through the streets of the city with the participation of the local political and military authorities and a multitude of pious believers, while the ecclesiastical order was overseen by the Archdeacon of the Holy Metropolis. Dimitrios Baklagis.

His Excellency's speech "As a common refuge, as a source of sanctification, we take hold of the Holy Cross".

We were welcomed before…