Festal Vespers of St. George in Mykonos (pictures + videos)

Με ιδιαίτερη λαμπρότητα και μεγαλοπρέπεια τελέστηκε ο Πανηγυρικός Εσπερινός του Αγίου Γεωργίου στον ομώνυμο……..

Church of St. Tria Pigadia Mykonos.

On the Festive Vespers of the Feast after Artoclass,performed by the Most Reverend Father Vassilios Tzanidakis, praying of Deacon George and many faithful Mycenaeans and visitors.

A moving moment when the Most Reverend Fr.. Vassilios Tzanidakis and the congregation chanted the all-nighter «Φώς Ιλαρόν……..».

Prayer in favor of health names of the living, brothers, relatives, kisser, of the pious believers and of our brothers in Mykonos who are on earth.

In the beloved sequence of Artoclass, the Most Reverend with the faithful sing the wonderful, beloved and well-known hymn, the: "The rich went bankrupt and starved. Οι δεν εκζητούντες τον Κύριον ουκ ελλατωθήσονται παντός αγαθού….”

At the end of the sequence, the Most Reverend addressed the Resurrection greeting and wished Happy Birthday!!!

Today, Monday of Diakainisimo 2 May 2016, On the day of the Feast, a Divine Liturgy was performed as every year in the Holy Temple of the Saint.

Biography of the Saint
The popular Saint George the great martyr and Trophy Bearer was born around 275 A.D. in Cappadocia, by Christian parents. My father, in fact, died a martyr for Christ when George was ten years old. His mother then took him with her to her homeland Palestine, where she also had her estates. When it was done 18 years, enlisted in the Roman army. Although young in age, he performed his military duties perfectly. Everyone admired him for his stature. For this, they quickly promoted him to higher positions and gave him the title of earl and Diocletian highly valued him.

Confessor
From the time of the emperor Decius to the time when Diocletian ascended the throne, the 283 A.D., the Christian Church has grown too much, because there was peace. Christians took many public positions, they built many large temples, various schools and organized the administration and management of churches and charity.

Diocletian initially worked for the organization of his state. He hired generals for his assistants whom he named emperors and emperors and after he succeeded in subduing the enemies of the state and stabilizing its borders., turned to internal affairs.

Unfortunately, turned against Christianity to uphold paganism. Γι’ αυτό το λόγο λοιπόν, called Caesar's assistants 303 A.D. and generals in the capital of the eastern Roman state at three general gatherings. Among them was 28-year-old George, distinguished many times in wars.

So everyone gathered, to make decisions about the extermination and annihilation of the Christian faith. Πρώτος μίλησε ο Διοκλητιανός και επέβαλε σε όλους ν’ αναλάβουν τον εξοντωτικό αγώνα εναντίον του Χριστιανισμού.

Everyone promised to make every effort, to eliminate the Christian Religion from the Roman state. Then the brave George stood up and said: "Why, king and lords, you want to shed the blood of the righteous and the holy and to force Christians to worship and worship idols. "; And he proclaimed the truth of the Christian Religion and the Deity of Christ.

It just ended, όλοι συγχυστήκανε μ’ αυτή την ομολογία του και προσπάθησαν να τον πείσουν να μετανοήσει για όσα είπε, thus soothing Diocletian. But George was steadfast and courageously proclaimed his Christian faith.