Happy New Year, my dear Father and our Despot, may we rejoice in you as a true gift of God now and forever..
Modestly and solemnly, The sacred memory of the glorious Saint Hieromartyr Dorotheos was celebrated, Bishop of Tire, the manufacture 05 June 2020, at the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior on the island of Syros………
The Divine Liturgy was preceded by His Holiness the Most Reverend Metropolitan Mr.. Dorotheos II, collaborators of this Archimandrite Dorotheos Gangos, from Syros, of the Most Venerable Hierarchical Committees of Delos and Mykonos, Elder Peter Marangou, and Ano Meras and Paleokastro Mykonos, Elder Vassilios Tzanidakis, of the Head of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Tourliani Ano Mera Mykonos, Archimandrite Alexios Papadopoulos of Panosiologia.
The divine word proclaimed spirituality and didactic, You also expressed your best wishes to the celebrating Hierarch, the Hierarchical Commissioner of Mykonos & Delos, Most Reverend Elder Fr.. Petros Maragos, who stated the following:
Watch the speech in time 1,55 sec up 2, 11 sec in the following video:
"Your Excellency, Father and Despot,
Dear Fathers,
Dear brothers in Christ,
Our holy Church honors and solemnly celebrates today the divine and martyrdom memory of the holy martyr Dorotheos in our holy fatherland., of the Bishop of Tire, ancient city of Lebanon.
There is little biographical information about the philanthropist and the state of the saint in general.. Although we do not know the exact place of origin of the saint, it is certain, that it flourished during the reign of Julian, of the so-called and Infringer (360-362 A.D.), after all, on the cruel and unspeakable persecution of Maximian and Licinius, the saint, almost with difficulty, was forced to retire and temporarily abandon the eponymous crew of his diocese and resort to, for some time, in Dissopolis of Thrace.
He returned to his episcopal throne, But still, this time, due to the envy and hatred of Julian the Transgressor, to him and Christianity, the saint was expelled again, and fled again to Thrace. There, At the age 107 years, most, he did not escape the meager persecution of the pagans and testified to his holy soul, in Dissopolis, as most historical sources testify, already having, deliver as a sacred and respectful legacy, a rich pastoral, charity, apologetic and theological work.
The holy hymn singer sings at the holy shrine of the saint: “Rejoice, wise mystic, and of the Church theophany the saint. The Witnesses are happy, of the charity donation, as uncle of a hierarch, Father Donate ".
And indeed! She was the mistress of the God of Wisdom, communicant of the divine grace and inhabitant of Paradise. The one who conquered and tasted the sweetness of "mesmerized simplicity" according to Saint Tarasios, and emerged in «fragrant and fragrant flower " according to the holy psalmist. He, who cultivated Christ's “καθ᾿ομοίωσιν” and brightened it tremendously “κατ᾿εικόνα”, as St. Callistus adds. He who was transformed into a dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, to the father of fathers and shepherd of shepherds and he shone, with his majestic and imposing mansion presence, the work of A., in Nicaea, Bithynia, Ecumenical Council, in 325 A.D.
Is, not, and her "Theophanor the Holy of the Church", as a reward for his godly soul and his episcopal and missionary toil, by the way, he became a tap and a companion of uncles and uninterrupted entanglements. Bright and clear “in favor of snow” his heart, lifelong student of orthopedics, and the loving energy of God, Saint Dorotheos remained steadfast between unjust justice and paternal goodness towards his flock.
The holy bishop of Tire was a hierarch, of the witnesses divine fruit, and the gift of piercing was claimed and in favor of his flock he spent all his self. According to St. Philotheos of Constantinople, Saint Dorotheos testified first “in the crypt” against the same sins and temptations and thus became a marble and a diamond utensil of choice, honest diadem and consecration of the dance of the holy glorious martyrs of Christ and the Church.
And in memory of this Great Hierarch and witness Our Most Reverend Father also makes his namesakes. Where to find reasons, I am speechless, to wish our Father; You who, as a vessel of choice, cross the sea day and night with the turbulent waves of the Cyclades to be near us, 25 years as Hierocyclist and 20 as our Bishop and Metropolitan, to sanctify us, to preach to us, to comfort us, enliven us and strengthen us materially and spiritually, with your majestic presence and your exuberant love, as a father, brother and friend of all, young and old.
Today they rejoice and honor their Father and Bishop, the inhabitants of the barren, barren and blessed rocks, who are surrounded by the almighty hand of God in the vast blue of the archipelago. That with honest sweat, their rosy hands and the fragrant tears of the Holy men and women who lived in them, they were transformed into blessed and sacred islands, as they are required by the Holy God to rejoice daily vigilant guard and despot, high priest akakon, honest, honest and all mansion.
Today, the monastic fraternities of our metropolis, which host the precious and miraculous and miraculously found icons through the bowels of the Cycladic land, rejoice and honor their Father and Bishop., and the innumerable and graceful relics of Saints.
Today the Priests rejoice and rejoice over their Father, from the sunny city of the wise Hermes and lord of the Cyclades, Syros, up to the picturesque Sikinos. From the Holy Island of Tinos, which is watered with the tears of supplication and thanksgiving of thousands of pilgrims, until the famous and famous daughter of Delos, Mykonos, your hometown that in its castle-monastery, our Tourliani, you put on the holy raso. From the noble island of Andros to the cute Folegandros. From the beautiful Milos, of the catacombs and Aphrodite, to Kimolos who guards her heart, the holy Method. From Kea, the beloved of the Nymphs and the Leo of Julius, to the hospitable Sifnos of Pangia of Vrysiani. From the island of Megalocharos Taxiarchis, Serifos, to the island of Panagia Kanala, Kythnos as they enjoy the paternal goodness of a hierarch wise man, ascetic of love “in the world”, bishop of unexpressed and unspeakable divine warmth and consent. They rejoice, Father Philostorgon, merciful, όσιον, gross and fair to everything.
Today, celebrates the student youth of our metropolis, as our father and despot becomes philanthropic, plain, soarer, true and cordial bishop, merciful and philotheos, friendly and humble.
As “honest diadem and perfect gift”, Today, the whole people of our local Church are celebrating, who, he is well acquainted with his bishop and high priest, tireless and tireless, holy preacher of the resurrected and radiant joy and love of our Risen and Risen Lord Jesus Christ.
Today the bells of our churches rejoice and rejoice and they chant in the countless chapels located by the sea and are accompanied by its saltiness, or on the hills and ravines like uninhabited eagles, which is accompanied by the dry summer and the humidity of the winter.
Today, Your Excellency, our Father, rejoice and rejoice in Your feast and all these little and humble white churches the clean and freshly painted, smelling of frankincense and lime decorated with wildflowers.
Today The souls of all your spiritual children who are in the triumphant church also rejoice with us. that you met and exiled to their last home but also all those that although you did not know them, You, in the heat of the day you visited Gyaros and Makronisos and prayed for them..
And with all of them, first, our Holy Father and Prelate resting in the Saints, Metropolitan Dorotheos Stekas, that he also on such a day bore His namesakes and bear his name, and from His honest hands You and some of us received the Priesthood.
Your Excellency, Father and Despot,
I liked our holy Diocese, like all your spiritual children, clergy and people, “in one mouth” wishes wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly as our Lord Jesus Christ, the Giver and Author, It gives you rich and theophilic pastoralism, your years to be like the countless waves that you cross all these years to be near us., chronic thorns, philareta, Christoids, many and graceful. May your pastorate be like the clear blue sky of summer overlooking your sky-lit church. And always have the protection of Our Lady, whose First Holy Mother of God and Holy Icon of the Blessed Virgin is kept on the Holy Island of Tinos..
Happy New Year, my Father and our Despot, may we rejoice in you as the true Gift of God now and forever.. Amen.»
Happy New Year, my Father and our Despot, may we rejoice in you as the true Gift of God now and forever..
Before the end of the Divine Liturgy His Eminence Mr.. Dorotheos II ordained the Head of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Tourliani of Mykonos, Archimandrite Alexios Papadopoulos.
End, His Eminence Mr.. Dorotheos II He excitedly thanked the clergy and laity present, whom he called his "family.", recalled the Lord's command to his Disciples to give His testimony to the world, catechizing people to salvation, even with their martyrdom, work that the Church has been doing for centuries, which, that is why it faces persecution and persecution!
And he begged all to pray for him.