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Kissamos Amfilochios: "Pure hearts will save the world"translated

August 11, 2026 · 1 min read

The established, in recent years, Holy Vigil within the period of the holy Fifteenth of August in the beautiful Paleochora, the nymph of Livikos, as it is rightly called and called, was performed by Rev. Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selinos, Mr. Amfilochios, in the pericalli I. Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, (Paleochora) with the reception of a piece from the holy relic of Agios Loukas, Archbishop of Crimea the Wonderworker, which is kept in the I. Church of Agios Panteleimon, Sougia, fragrant since the day of his arrival (2017).

In his short speech he noted: "Approaching the 'Easter of summer' and awaiting the spiritual feast of our Virgin Mary, with today's Holy Vigil in this beautiful place, Paleochora, with the surrounding I. Church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, we foretaste the mystery of her sweet presence not only in the life of the world, but also in our personal lives. As Her holy Dormition and Ascension into Heaven gives Our Virgin Mary to the world as 'Mother of Life'. Her virtues and graces are more than the grains of sand of the sea and the oceans, with the purity of Her heart preeminent. This purity is not simply the absence of evil,...

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Людмила Комарова

Thanks for the story. In Yaroslavl they also brought a particle of the relics of St. Luke, I remember how the line lined up to the street and how strongly it smelled. It is interesting that the relics continue to stream myrrh since 2017 - this is rare. And the purity of heart, which Bishop Amphilohiy spoke about, is really the main thing; without it, everything else does not last.