The feast of the Assumption of the Virgin in the Holy Metropolis of Aetolia and Acarnaniatranslated

The great Theotokos Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated with splendor throughout the Holy Metropolis of Aetolia and Acarnania, especially in the many Parish Churches, in the Holy Monasteries and Chapels dedicated to her Grace. The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Aetolia and Acarnania, Mr. Damaskinos, on the evening of the eve, Friday August 14, 2026, went to Plagia Vonitsis and presided over the procession of the great solemn Vespers celebrated in the solemn Church of the Dormition of the Virgin.

During his sermon, he analyzed the verse: "Ὢ of the paradoxical miracle! the source of life is placed in a monument, and a ladder to heaven, the grave is made".

"Paradoxical miracles we celebrate today! We commemorate a death, a sleep and a metastasis! And we admire these events, because, while it should humanly be a cause for sorrow, we nevertheless have joy, resurrection joy and hope in the eternal face of our common Mother, our Virgin Mary.

The Virgin also followed the law of nature, like all people, and she also experienced death. However, just as she gave birth painlessly, so Her Dormition was painless: "Without pain she...