The holy memory of Agios Parthenios was honored by the birthplace of Vatsouniastranslated

On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the day on which our Church commemorates our holy father Parthenius, Bishop of Radovisdi, from Vatsouni, the Metropolitan of Thessaliotidos and Phanariofersalon, Mr. Timotheus, officiated at the procession of Orthros and then celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the celebrating Holy Church of the Saint in the Local Community Vatsounias, where the local Saint of our Church was born and grew up.

In his speech, he referred with particular emotion to the person of Saint Parthenius, underlining that his life is a permanent testimony of the active presence of the Holy Spirit in man who strives to live according to the will of God. It is not just a historical figure of the Church, but a man who deserved to become a vessel of divine Grace, because from a young age he chose to walk consistently on the path of spiritual life, continuously cultivating the gifts that God offers to all people.

As he characteristically mentioned, Saint Parthenios was a graceful man of God, who struggled daily to bear fruit spiritually. The fruits of the Holy Spirit did not appear in the…