High priest of Divine Liturgy at Agios Eleftherios Symi and start of the catechetical yeartranslated

This morning, October 4, 2026, Sunday 2nd Luke, in the I. Parish Church of Agios Eleftherios Symi, Rev. Metropolitan of Symi, Mr. Chrysostomos, officiated at Orthros, performed the Consecration at the beginning of the month of October and then the Divine Liturgy with Panosiol as co-celebrants. Archimandrite Father Iosif Adamopoulon, Rev. Ambassador Fr. Georgios Kakakios and the Hierodeacon Fr. Pavlos Terezakis. The sacred hymnody was composed by Mr. Eleftherios Xirakis and others. Several believers came to church, to whom His Holiness spoke with his direct theological speech, taking the occasion from today's Gospel reading of the Second Sunday of Luke, about the so-called "golden rule". In this particular Gospel passage, which is a passage from our Lord's speech on the Mount, Christ sets forth the golden rule of behavior towards one's neighbor. The Lord said: "And as you want people to do to you, do likewise to them."

That is, the same way you want people to treat you and you to treat them.

At the same time, His Holiness welcomed and thanked the Teachers and the…