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Didymoteichos Damascenes: Those who are hungry and thirsty for justice are those who strive for holinesstranslated

October 3, 2026 · 1 min read

The eponymous Holy Parish Church celebrates the memory of the Hieromartyr Agios Dionysios of Areopagitou in the settlement of Keramos, next to the river Arda, in the former Municipality of Kyprinos. It should be noted that this Holy Church is the only one in the Prefecture of Evros that is honored in the name of the specific saint. On the eve of the celebration, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Didymoteicho, Orestia and Soufli, Mr. Damascenes, for the sanctification and blessing of the faithful, placed in the celebratory Holy Church a fragment of the holy relics of Saint Dionysios the Areopagitus, which is kept in the Archdiocese of the Holy Metropolis, and then presided over the Vespers procession and blessed the breads, which were prepared by the Bar Association of Orestias honoring the memory of the Saint, as the patron saint of lawyers.

His Holiness, in his sermon, inspired by this fact, first referred to the relative beatitude of the Lord's Sermon on the Mount: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5, 6), emphasizing that those who hunger and thirst for justice are those who strive for holiness and those who live according to his will God. In…

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