To my Lord I always praise friends,
Because of the future, I am with you all
In an all-night atmosphere and with every ecclesiastical magnificence, the memory of All Saints was celebrated, from the beginning of time until today, the Holy Cathedral of the Holy Virgin.
Pious Mykonians and vacationers came from the early hours of the morning and with exemplary order and reverence watched prayerfully the celebration of the Orthrus and the Divine Liturgy by the High Priestly Commissioner of Delos and Mykonos, His Eminence. Petro Marago, flanked by the archpriest Fr. George Kousathanas
"Our Church seals the resurrection period with the golden bullion of the feast of All Saints. Holiness is the constant exhortation of the Lord "be holy as I am holy".
Gospel Reading: Treatment of Canaan's daughter. i 32-33, 37-38, i 27-30
"The Lord said to his disciples: Everyone who confesses in me before the people, confess this before my Father who is in heaven, who will not deny me before men, I deny him before my Father in heaven. He who kisses father or mother for me is not worthy of me; and he who kisses son or daughter for me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me, You are not worthy of me. Then Peter answered and said to him: Behold, we have left everything and followed you; what then becomes of us?; But Jesus said to them: let me tell you that you who follow me, in the old age, when the son of man sits on the throne of his glory, you also sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields owes to my name, He receives a hundredfold and inherits eternal life. But many are first last and last first".
The season of Pentecost ends with All Saints Sunday. It also marks the end of the Church's mobile holidays, which began with Publican and Pharisee Sunday.
Apolitikion
sound a'. Of the sealed stone.
Gospel shoots and amaranth fruits, dances of All Saints let us all rejoice, in hymns and spiritual songs, imitating their virtues, and fight the brave, resounding with one accord from the soul; glory to him who crowns you; glory to him who sanctifies you; glory to him who glorifies you on earth and in heaven.
(Poem of St. Nicodemus of Agioreitos)
His Eminence Fr. Petros Maragos in his most instructive and full of theological meanings speech to the pious congregation, analyzed the gospel passage of the day from Matthew's Gospel and referred to All Saints' Sunday.
but he also asks for the prayers of the Church for them:
