BSE. OUR METROPOLITAN Mr. CHRYSOSTOMOS OFFICIATING ON THE SECOND SUNDAY OF MATTHEW 2026 AT THE 1ST CHURCH OF MEGALIS PANAGIAS KASTROU SYMItranslated

Today, June 14, 2026, Sunday II of Matthew and memory of the Holy Prophet Elisha, the Rev. Our Metropolitan Mr. Chrysostomos, in accordance with his announced program, officiated at Othrus, blessed the holy Artoklasia and celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the historic Church. Parish Church of the Great Virgin of the Castle of Symi, with its co-minister Aedesim. Elder Fr. Panteleimon Makropoulos, Parish Priest and Hierodeacon Fr. Paul Terezakis, while the hymnody was given sweetly by the Hyeropsaltes Mr. Eleftherios Xirakis and the Eupatridis Parish Physician, Mr. Rodios Dimitriou.

His Eminence, taking advantage of this blessed opportunity, spoke to the believers, taking the occasion of today's Gospel reading of the call of the first Disciples of the Lord, an event which happened according to the narration of the Evangelist Matthew as follows: