Today, Lazarus Saturday, day on which, according to the centuries-old custom, the holy Icon of Panagia Tourliani returned from Mykonos Town to her Monastic Habitat of Ano Mera, His Eminence officiated. Dorotheos II, with the participation of the Abbot, Archimandrite. Alexiou Papadopoulos…… and the Hierarchical Commissioner of Mykonos and Vicar of the Metropolitan Church of Zoodochos Pigi, which this year, under normal conditions, will host the Holy Icon, Protopr. Petrou Marangou, and the presence of believers, observing the necessary protection measures.
In his speech, His Eminence Mr.. Dorotheos II, after referring to the local custom of the transfer of the Icon of Panagia Tourliani to Mykonos Town, on the occasion of the words of the Lord of today's Gospel passage to the sisters of Lazarus "I am the Resurrection and the Life", stressed that this assurance is what supports us when we meditate on the time of death or when we say goodbye to our loved ones.
He added, also, that with this confession we will gain strength and optimism to face our every daily difficulty, while the Virgin Mary wished to mediate so that the black cloud of the pandemic would leave quickly from the sky of our Homeland, which caused so many problems in the individual, our family and social life.
End, thanked the Abbot of the Monastery, Archimandrite. Alexio, and wished everyone a Happy Holy Week and Easter.
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