"DIMITRIA 2026" 4th day: Event - Discussion on the topic: "Light from Mount Athos: Contemporary Holy Fathers"translated

On Wednesday, September 30, the 4th day of the "DIMITRIA 2026" celebrations of the Holy Church of Agios Dimitrios, Municipality of Agios Dimitrios, at 7:30 in the afternoon, immediately after the celebration of the holy services, Vespers and prayers of Saint Basil the Great and Saint Demetrius of Myroblytos, an event was held - a discussion on the topic: "Light from the Holy Oros: Contemporary Holy Fathers" and speakers the Most Reverend Protopriest Fr. Athanasios Ghika, dean of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Steward and Spiritualist of the Holy Stock Exchange of Agios Charalambos, of I.M. Simonos Petras of Mount Athos, Thessaloniki, the Most Reverend Protopresbyter Fr. Charilaos Papageorgiou, vicar of the Holy Metropolitan Church of Agios Nikolaos Volos.

The discussion was moderated by Mr. Lykourgos Markoudis, Program Director of the Radio Station of the Piraeus Church.

At the beginning, Mr. Markoudis made a brief reference to a recent article about the opposition of the abbot of Mount Athos and European rights, with the aim of demonstrating the topicality of the event's theme but also the particularity of this unique ascetic community.…