Chrysostomos of Patron: May the Virgin support the Fire Brigade and forgive those who were the cause of the disastertranslated

The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Patras, Mr. Chrysostomos, refers to the need to support the fire victims, but also to the devastating fires that hit Achaia and other regions of the country, in his Pastoral Encyclical for the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin. "We pray that our Virgin Mary will support and cover the Fire Department and all those who cooperated in extinguishing the fires, that she will strengthen our fire-stricken brothers and lead to repentance and forgiveness, those who, with their sinful hands, became the cause of this calamity" says His Holiness, among other things, while he makes special reference to Greece and the different epithets of the Virgin Mary across the territory, including Panagia Gerokomitissa, which is directly connected to Patras.

The Circular of the Metropolitan of Patras My blessed children,

Today we all stand in front of the holy and holy Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Theotokos Daughter and our own loving mother and we reverently grasp Her holy and graceless hands, which raised the Creator of the universe.

We gaze in awe at Her most venerable and all-holy form and we offer our hearts in supplication,...