Metropolitan Eirenaeus of Florina in Alexandroupolistranslated

On the Twelfth Sunday of Matthew, July 12, 2026, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Eirenaeus of Florina, Prespa, and Edessa celebrated the Divine Liturgy, with the permission of the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, Bishop Anthimus, at the Holy Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Alexandroupolis. Metropolitan Eirenaeus was in Alexandroupolis, where the previous day he celebrated the Mystery of Marriage with the Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, Bishop Anthimus, for a relative of his. During the Divine Liturgy, the faithful of the parish gathered, greeting our Metropolitan with special joy and expressing their love for him. At the beginning of his homily, he warmly thanked the local Metropolitan for granting permission to celebrate at the Metropolitan Cathedral and praised God for the blessing of being present once again at the Holy Temple of St. Nicholas and meeting familiar and beloved faces. Referring to the Gospel passage concerning the healing of the paralytic, he emphasized that Christ, seeing the faith of the sick man and those who brought him, first forgave his sins and then healed his body, revealing through the miracle the...