Andros is visited from noon and according to the announced Program, His Excellency Mr.. Dorotheos II, who in the evening performed the Vespers at the Holy Temple of the Entry of the Virgin Mary of Giannissa, with the participation of all the Pastors of the area of Korthio, of the Member of Parliament of ND, Mrs. Aikaterini Monogyiou, of the Mayor of Andros Mr.. Δημ. Lotsari, of the President of the Local Community of Paleokastro Mr.. Evangelos Lousidis and many believers from the village and the wider area.
Before the end of the Sequence, His Eminence Mr.. Dorotheos II blessed Santa Claus, while the traditional organ players Mr.. Evangelos Lousidis and Skarlatos Parisidis accompanied the carols sung by the audience.
In his festive front, His Eminence Mr.. Dorotheos II referred to the three pivotal feasts of the Twelfth Day, at Birth, the Circumcision and the Baptism of the Lord, which preceded the beginning of Christ's preaching and His saving work to bring man out of the darkness of sin and ignorance and to restore him to the original beauty, making him, with the effect of Divine Grace, Ouranopolit.
He added that what the Church asks of us, in order to approach God and conquer deification, they are not big either, nor great, but we consider them as such to justify our refusal to observe them.
Pointed out, in fact, that they are not the great and the great who value us before God, but the simple and everyday, where, when they are overshadowed by the Grace of God they become a ladder to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Thank you, also, and congratulated the Pastor and the residents of Giannisaio for their care for the Temple of the Entry, the size of which reminds that once this village was crowded, and invited them to continue their practical interest in the Temple of their fathers, in which the epitaph Icon of the Virgin of "Agridiotissa" is kept.
End, His Eminence Mr.. Dorotheos II distributed to the congregation, along with the piece of King Pie gifts and blessings, to the Newspapers the newly published book by the Holy Diocese "The sermon is heavenly myrrh", which includes sermons written by Pastors and Associates of the Diocese, to be read, instead of a sermon in the Temples of the Metropolis, according to 20 years of his Hierarchy.
Tomorrow morning, His Eminence Mr. Dorotheos II will officiate at the Holy Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary of Chora.
At noon, at the invitation of the Mayor of Andros, he will attend the Meeting of the Municipal Council for the election of his new President and will bless the Saint Basil pie of the Municipality.
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