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Consecration of the First Camp Period in I.M. Corfutranslated

July 3, 2026 · 1 min read

On the evening of Thursday, July 2, 2026, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxos and the Diapontian Islands, Mr. Nektarios, went to the camps of the Holy Metropolis in Kassiopi, North Corfu, where he performed the Consecration for the start of the first camp season, which hosts elementary school boys, while he had the opportunity to talk with them, such as and with the camp staff.

This year's camping year is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and bears the general title "Pantanassa", on the occasion of the completion of 1,400 years since the chanting of the Akathist Hymn in Constantinople, an event that sealed the motherly piety of the Orthodox Church.

The leader of the first camp season is the Preacher of the Holy Metropolis, Archimandrite Dositheos Papamitros, with the cooperation of the experienced teachers Ms. Vassiliki Monastriotis and Mr. Nikolaos Koskinas, while the deputy leaders are Mr. Konstantinos Gisdakis and Mr. Spyridon Vassiliadis, flanked by numerous executives and volunteers.

It is worth noting that the camps of the Holy Metropolis of Corfu host more than six hundred children every year, from primary school classes up to...

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Валентина Соловьёва

Such a memorable year - 1400 years since the Akathist psalmology! In Yaroslavl we also often read it on Easter, especially when children are studying. How happy it is that in Kerkyra the children are learning this tradition.

Александр Киселёв

I remember well how as a child in Yaroslavl on Easter, my mother took us to church to listen to the Akathist - especially when we studied in primary school, like you. Do you, like in Kerkyra, also read it in high school, or only in junior school?

Максим Васильев

In Yaroslavl, on Easter, in the Church of St. Nicholas, the Akathist began with the junior classes, and in the senior classes they learned other chants. Did you then listen to the Akathist only on Easter, or on other holidays?

Ксения Соловьёва

In Munich, in the Church of St. Barbara, the Akathist is read by candlelight on Easter. As you write, in Yaroslavl children study in primary school - do they participate in reading or just listen?