THE 2026 CELEBRATION OF OUR VIRGIN GORGOEPIKOU IN SYMItranslated

Today, Thursday, the 1st of October 2026 and the day of the Assembly of the Most Holy Theotokos of the so-called "Gorgoepikou", celebrated in Symi with the appropriate ecclesiastical order, the homonymous Holy Church of the Most Holy Theotokos, located in the Lieni area, in which the Hon. Our Metropolitan, Mr. Chrysostomos, officiated at Orthrus and celebrated the Divine Liturgy with his co-celebrants, Panosiol. Archimandrite Fr. Joseph Adamopoulon, the Protopr. Father Stefanon Makri, General Hierarchal Commissioner, the Ambassador Fr. Georgion Kakakion and the Hierodeacon Fr. Pavlos Terezakis, while the The cantors Mr. Demosthenes Giannaras and Mr. Eleftherios Xirakis officiated in a similar manner.

Taking advantage of this blessed opportunity, His Holiness spoke to the numerous believers, taking the occasion from the history of today's Theotokos Synagogue and the nickname of Our Lady as "Gorgoepikou".