Metropolitan of Didymoteicho: "There is no other word more tender in the Greek language than "My Lady""translated

In the cities and villages of our Motherland, the prayer and the hymn to the "Honorable Cherubim", the contemplation and meditation of the Fifteenth of August redemptively open the horizons of our hearts, so that we can see more clearly the immediate and ultimate meaning of human existence. They reveal in an atmosphere of prayer the mystery concerning the nature and calling of man. Around this great festive cycle of the Dormition of the Virgin, the soul of our people turns in the middle of summer. On the occasion of this Feast of the Mother of God, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Didymoteicho, Orestia and Soufli, Mr. Damascinos officiated at Vespers, blessed the bread and spoke at the celebrating Holy Parish Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary of Orestia, in the presence of representatives of the local government and the army, with the participation of many pilgrims.

Preaching the divine word, His Holiness emphasized: "...The most precious face of the Mother of God illuminates the new, unimaginable horizons for the human mind, which God's love has opened to man. Its "Sleep", its "Transition", is the preliminary state that foreshadows our own transition to...