Bishop Maximos of Melitini at the celebration of the Holy Neophytos of the Ecclesiastes in Northamptontranslated

On Saturday, September 26, 2026, the Most Reverend Bishop of Melitini, Mr. Maximos, officiated at the Orthros and presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Church of the Holy Neophyte of the Ecclesiastes in Northampton, on the occasion of the celebration of the Church, whose priestly head is the Panosiology Archimandrite Mr. Gregory Wellington. City officials and representatives of the Anglican Church attended the Divine Liturgy. The Community welcomed Theophilus with flowers upon his arrival at the Church in the morning. Flowers were also offered to him by the neighboring Russian Orthodox Community, whose members prayed together with their vicar.

Bishop Melitini's sermon was dedicated to Saint Neophytos and to the values ​​that marked his life: the quiet that he loved, tranquility and isolation. Referring to the life of the Saint, the archpriest recalled that Osios, born in Lefkara, Cyprus in the 12th century, followed a solitary life from a young age and later carved the Ecclesia in the rock, in the area of ​​Paphos, by himself, where he lived as a prisoner. When his fame brought many people to him, as noted by Mr. Maximos, Osios carved…