Ierapytnis Kyrillos: It depends on us if we respond to Christ's invitationtranslated

On Matthew 14th Sunday, September 6, 2026, Rev. Metropolitan of Ierapytni and Sitia Mr. Kyrillos officiated at the procession of Orthros and then officiated at the Holy Metropolitan Church of Agios Georgios of Ierapetra, where at the end he celebrated the four-day holy memorial service for the repose of the soul of blessed Maria Stamatiou Aronis, mother of the Protopsaltos of the church and its Director School of Byzantine Music of the Holy Metropolis of Ierapytni and Sitia, Mr. Ioannou Aronis, and the two-year memorial service of Blessed Dimitra Bandouvaki. In his short sermon, after the reading of the Gospel, Rev. Mr. Kyrillos analyzed the meanings of the evangelical passage of royal weddings, stressing, among other things, that: "royal weddings symbolize the divine Eucharist, during which the King of Kings, our Lord Jesus Christ, invites everyone to participate in His supper, which is a union with Him, an engagement and a foretaste of the wedding of the eternal Kingdom of Heaven.

It depends on us if we respond positively to the constant invitation of our Christ and if we wish to wear the corresponding garment of the garment of incorruption and spiritual purity, which we received...