The festival of the Holy Church of Agia Zoni in the Myths of Ierapetratranslated

On Monday, August 31, 2025, the feast of the deposition of the Holy Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos, the eponymous Holy Parish Church of the Mython Parish of Ierapetra celebrated with due splendor. The ceremony was presided over by Rev. Metropolitan of Ierapytni and Sitia, Mr. Kyrillos, who officiated at the procession of Orthros, and then officiated, properly preached the divine word and before the Dismissal blessed the offered breads.

In his inspiring speech full of theological messages, His Holiness referred to the wonderful event of the "deposition of the holy girdle of the Most Holy Virgin of our Theotokos in the holy body", noting that the graceful girdle of our Virgin Mary, the largest part of which is kept in the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, is a source of healing.

As he pointed out on August 31, the last day of the ecclesiastical year, we celebrate the event of the transfer of the Holy Belt to Constantinople, in the years of the emperor Arcadius, son of M. Theodosius, and its deposit in the Holy Church of Halkoprateia in 530 AD, in a reliquary, the "saint Soron".

He also noted that the miracles of Agia Zoni are innumerable, such as...