Ierapytnis Kyrillos at the handover ceremony of the Port Authority of Sitiatranslated

On Monday, July 13, 2026 Rev. Metropolitan of Ierapytni and Sitia Mr. Kyrillos attended the handover ceremony of the Port Authority of Sitia, which took place in a central restaurant of the city. Before reading the agenda, Rev. Mr. Kyrillos flanked by Panosiol. Patriarch of the Metropolis and Abbot of Toplou Monastery Archim. Ambrosios Skarvelis, Rev. Primate Spyridona Relakis, Vicar of Palaikastro and Nikolaos Pathiaki, Vicar of the Holy Cathedral Church of Agia Aikaterini, and Deacon Themistocles Beinas, performed the established ceremony of Doxology.

Then, after thanking the outgoing Sitia Harbor Master L.S. Mr. Ioannis Psaraki for the kind cooperation he had with the Local Church during his nine-year presence in the city of Sitia as head of the Port Authority, wished him a fruitful continuation and career in his new duties at the Merchant Marine Academy in Chania, always with the embassy of the patron saint of sailors Agios Nikolaos and Agia Catherine, patroness of the city Sitias, he gave him a commemorative gift, an icon of the Virgin Mary so that the...