The feast of Saint Euphemia the Great Martyr in Corfutranslated

On Saturday, July 11, 2026, the feast day of Saint Euphemia the Glorious Great Martyr, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxos and Diapontian Islands, Mr. Nektarios, officiated and spoke at the celebratory Palaifata Holy Monastery of Saint Euphemia, in the area of Mon Repo of the city of Corfu. His Holiness was flanked at the Divine Liturgy by, among others, the Panosiology Archimandrite Christodoulos Triantafyllos, Professor of the Holy Monastery of Saints Theodoros Tironos and Georgios Tropaioforos Stratias and Preacher of the Holy Metropolis, Priests from neighboring parishes, as well as his Deacons. The hymns of the feast were rendered with particular care and in an overwhelming style by a Byzantine dance, under the direction of the Director of the School of Byzantine Music of the Holy Metropolis of Corfu, Saint Arsenios", Mr. Nikolaou Makropoulou.

In this historic Holy Monastery lives the nun Olympiada, who with zeal and self-sacrifice fights for the renovation, revitalization and re-blooming of the monastic brotherhood, making constant efforts so that this place can once again acquire the spiritual life and radiance of the past.

His Excellency, during his speech,…