BSE. OUR METROPOLITAN Mr. CHRYSOSTOMOS OFFICIAL AT THE CELEBRATION I. MONYDRIO OF THE PROPHET ELIAS "VIGLAS" SIMIStranslated

Today, Monday, July 20, 2026, the celebration of the "ascension of the Prophet Helios of Thesvitos in a chariot of fire to the heavens", Rev. Our Metropolitan, Mr. Chrysostomos, officiated at the month of October and celebrated the Divine Liturgy, in the palafat I. Monastery of the Prophet Elios "Viglas", according to the Simaic local legend of "Ai Noulias", which is perched on the steep slope of the mountain of the same name, above the Cemetery of Agia Marina. His collaborators were the visiting clergyman of I. Archbishop of Switzerland and a native of Symi. Father Damascene Kasotis, the Protopr. Fr. Stefanos Makris, General Hierarchal Commissioner and the Hierodeacon Fr. Pavlos Terezakis, while the the Hyeropsaltes Mr. Merkourios Giannaras officiated, after Mr. Emmanuel Kypriotis and others.

His Eminence proclaimed the divine word, referring to the figure of the celebrated Prophet Elijah, who, although "alone" in the sea of various idolatry and apostasy of his time, lived and behaved devoutly according to the commandments of God, calling for an end to his godly embassies and seeking for all, even nuggets of divine zeal who discerned him.