Feast of the Parish of St. Paisios of Agioreitos in Lasne, Belgiumtranslated

On Sunday, July 12, 2026, the celebration of the Parish of Saint Paisios of the Saint in Lasne, Belgium, in memory of the great contemporary Saint of our Church, was celebrated with particular splendor and spiritual rapture.

The solemn Divine Liturgy was presided over by the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Belgium and Exarch of the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Mr. Athenagoras, flanked by the Priestly Head of the Holy Church, Protopriest of the Ecumenical Throne, Mr. Evangelos Psalla, the Protopriest Mr. Konstantinos Kenanidis, the Presbyter Mr. Porfirios Farcaș, the Archdeacon Mr. Panteleimon Bakalis and the Deacon Mr. Cristian Moisa.

The sacred lectern was officiated by the cantors of the parish, who rendered the sacred hymns with reverence and ecclesiastical ethos in various languages, mainly in Greek and French, highlighting the multilingual and ecumenical character of Orthodox worship in Belgium.

During his speech, His Holiness, interpreting the Gospel passage of the day, emphasized that the Lord first heals the soul and then the body of the paralyzed, revealing that the highest healing is the forgiveness of sins and the return of man to communion with...