Crowd of Mykonos, headed by His Excellency Mr. Dorotheos II, the holy Lot, the Mayor of Mykonos and Municipal Councillors, the Commander of the 6th SMEP, representatives of the Police and Port Authorities and students of the Schools in traditional uniforms, welcomed this afternoon at the gates of the Holy Church of Panahranto Chora the venerable Kara of Osias Himomonas, administered by the hands of His Eminence the Metropolitan of Corinth, Mr. Dionysiou……
The Eminence. Dorotheos B’ in his address to the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Corinth Mr. Dionysius said, including:
” The pious, kind and civilized people of our beloved birthplace of Mykonos, with the holy Clergy and our mediocrity, welcomes you with feelings of joy, honor and gratitude, for you were kind enough to answer our request and in the middle of Lent to cross over land and sail the sea and come here, bearing the honor, graceful and eloquent Cara of Holy Patience….
He remembers the people of Cuba and the welcome they gave him ten years ago., because you brought Mykonos a great blessing, which is now recorded as a historical event both for our Holy Metropolis and for the Holy Church of Panahrantos….”
Subsequently. referred to the life of Saint Patience, as empress Helen Palaiologina, emphasized respect, which the Mykonians feed towards Saint Patapios and wished His Holiness Mr. Dionysius to have patience in the difficult and cross task, which popularly and theophilically performs in the Apostolic Diocese of Corinth.
In his objection, His Eminence the Metropolitan of Corinth Mr. Dionysus, including, he stressed:
” When, Reverend brother, You asked me to be honored with the honor of Our Lady of Patience on the island of your Province, your hometown Mykonos, I felt obliged to respond to your request, because beyond the sacred bonds of love, of friendship and camaraderie, that have connected us for so many years, I understood that a people suffering from winter must possess the virtue of patience and have the corresponding standards.
The Holy Patience, sure, she is one of many millions of people, who instilled this virtue and experienced it, always given human data…A queen from royalty, with kings sons and despots, as they were later called, of Mystras!
One would say, Nevertheless, that well-being, who accompanied her, he would not impose patience on her..Anything else! One with great offices is considered by all of us to possess everything, he lacks nothing! That he can deal with everything with money and power!
But, why should a queen show patience; You said. previously, that her name was Eleni! Constantine and Helen, the founders of Vsileousis, who led the Empire for 1000 about years in triumphs and victories, but also in many adventures, but they left a glorious past. Eleni and Konstantinos, Paleologist and Patience, they were to drink the bitter cup of enslavement to the empire and the deprivation of their hope….
They tried, it is known, and her son John the 8th and the last Constantine the 11th to save the Empire! They didn't make it! Because they put their hopes where they shouldn't be, and therefore their efforts were fruitless….Who did they rely on?; Τ
they relied on people, and indeed to the people of money….However, the Queen was lost, and one would say that through patience she had to go through this upcoming fight.….Always our Genos through patience passed the time. Imitate the Lord,He Who patiently endured and suffered Cross and Passion and Death and Burial and Resurrection!
That’ this to o,what is happening to us, we have to be patient. The virtue of patience, according to the Fathers of the Church it is not a masochistic tolerance of bad things happening, but a virtue, which makes man accept his fellow man, which makes him endure and rejoice in sufferings and sorrows.
This mindset is what makes a man, Man……Thank you, Your Honor, for giving me the blessed opportunity to see that our people endure, he struggles and tries… He may be short of money, but it has other treasures! To, one of them: Patience! This is how we have always lived and this is how we will live!… “
Subsequently, the Great Supper was held, during which multitudes of Mykonians flocked to venerate the holy Relic.
Tomorrow morning, His Eminence the Metropolitan of Corinth Mr. Dionysios will celebrate the Mass of the Consecrated Holy Gifts in the Holy Temple of Panahranto, which will also be attended by students of Mykonos Schools.
The Events were overseen by the Vicar of the Holy Church of Panachrantos and High Priestly Commissioner of Mykonos, Protopresbyter Vasilios Tzanidakis, whom His Eminence thanked and congratulated for their excellent preparation and organization.