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Vigil in front of the Holy Icon of Panagia Fanaromeni in L. Edipsostranslated

July 23, 2026 · 1 min read

With special rejoicing, a Holy Vigil was held on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in the Holy Church of Agios Panteleimon Loutra Edipsos, in front of the miraculous Holy Icon of Panagia Faneromeni, on the holy memory of Agia Pelagia of Tinia. Officiant of the Holy Vigil was His Eminence Archimandrite Fr. Timotheus Tsismalidis, Head of the Holy Church of Agios Stefanos and Agia Paraskevi Epivatini Ptolemais of the Holy Metropolis of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia.

Joining in praying inside the Holy Step were the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Iliopolis, Mr. Theodore of the 5th Patriarchate of Alexandria, while the Priests of the Holy Church, Protopresbyter Fr. Nikolaos Argyriou and Protopresbyter Fr. Christos Ngelas were also present.

The cantors Mr. Ioannis Kakikos, Mr. Dimitrios Georgoulas and Mr. Dimitrios Kourpadakis officiated at the Holy Rectory, rendering with Byzantine magnificence the hymns of the Holy Vigil.

During the Holy Mass, a piece of the Holy Relic of Saint Pelagia, which is kept as a precious spiritual treasure in the Holy Church, was placed for worship, for the blessing and sanctification of the faithful.

At the end of Orthros, the breads were blessed and...

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Анастасия Воробьёва

It is interesting that it was the relics of Saint Pelagia of Tina that were brought for veneration. Here in Samara, too, sometimes they bring out a piece of the relics for the service; there are always a lot of people coming up. I haven’t seen the icon of Panagia Faneromeni before, I’ll have to read about it.

Lenka Nováková

It's nice that they also brought out part of the relic of St. Pelagia from Tena for worship. Here in Michalovci, they once brought a small piece of the relic of Saint Panteleimon, and people stood in line for over an hour. The icon of Panagia Faneromeni is familiar to me from pictures, but I did not know about the miracles with it, I would like to read about it.

Тарас Шевчук

It is interesting that a part of the relics of St. Pelagia of Tina was brought out for worship during the all-night service. Here in Lviv, relics are also sometimes brought to the service in our church, people always come for a long time. And I have not heard about the icon of Panaia Phaneromeni before, I read that it is miraculous.

Anna Šimková

You remembered it well, Lenka. Here in Košice, we had a similar experience with the relic of Saints Cyril and Methodius – the line was long, but people stood quietly and patiently. I read about miracles at the Faneromeni icon, that it helped several people with serious illnesses, be sure to find it. It would be interesting to know how things turned out in Michalovce with the relic of Saint Panteleimon.