In the Holy Book of the Church, Fr. Gervasios Paraskevopoulos – The bells ring joyfully
A day of solemnity and joyous repose dawned on the city of Patras. A joyous announcement and a joyous message came from the Queen of the cities and like a lightning flash across the sky and the prayers of the Patriarchs were echoed by the voice of the Patriarch of the Genus, of the private Bartholomew, that the sanctified spiritual father and teacher of the Fathers, Gervasios the note bearer, officially classified, to the deltas of the Saints of the Orthodox Church.
He was canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, ο π. Gervasios Paraskevopoulos
Hearts fluttered, eyes watered, bells rang joyfully, on hearing the joyous message.
Sky-high doxologies were uttered, men after angels celebrate spiritually.
Protokletos, at the holy dance of the Holy Fathers, he accepts Gervasion.
Those of Gervasi's birthplace, Children of Arcadia, as ἒlafoi, in joy, skirtosi.
The High Priest of the Fathers, after the blessed Holy Clergy and the faithful and God-loving People, glorify God with thanksgiving hymns and holy hymns, of Orthodoxy and the First Genus, they gratefully thank His Holiness and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and reverently seize His Holy Right, of the Lord, bound for His long life, to the glory of God and that of Ecumenical Orthodoxy, They also included the Holy and Holy Synod on this, thanking them from the bottom of their hearts.
● The glorious and holy, Saint Gervasios of the Fathers, he saw the light of the sensible sun, in mountainous Arcadia, in the beautiful village of Granitsa, (Nymphasia today), The year 1877.
As a child, he was orphaned by his mother and scorned by people.. The Virgin Mary is his consolation, in the Monastery of Kernitsa near his village. «Oh my god», said the little Giorgakis once, (That was his baptismal law), seeing the Saints in the frescoes of the Monastery, "God make me stick to the wall too".
Years passed since then and God heard his prayer and supplication and fulfilled his request.
Little Georgios Paraskevopoulos, It arrived after many adventures, hardships, tears and labors in Patras and knocked on the door of the late Metropolitan of Patras Hierotheos Mitropoulos of Arcados, who now became his patron. At the funeral of Hierotheos, which Saint Nektarios performed in Patras, George meets Saint Nektarios, he studies as a deacon in Rizario, protected by Saint Nektarios, he finishes the School of Theology and emerges as a wise and holy priest, the one who shined, as an Army Chaplain in the Balkan wars, as the Herald of the Fathers, as Protosygellos of the Archbishop Chrysanthos of Aedim, as a protector of orphans and widows, as the feeder of the poor, as father and intercessor of persecuted refugees, as the founder of the Catechetic Schools, Camps, Schools of creative employment, watchful teacher of the young, tireless spiritual and note bearer with the grace of God, in what, he was still alive.
He fell asleep on the day of the Holy Apostles 1964. Thousands, of a forsaken people he cried and sent him to eternity, helping it «Saint». He is resting in his beloved place, on Good Friday at the Camps of the Sychaines, where he lived.
The 2014, His Eminence the Metropolitan of Patras, Mr. Chrysostomos with the addition 50 years since his sleep we have carried out the burial of his relics, in the presence of other Metropolitans and thousands of Fathers, who sang immeasurable hymns and in joy of soul and heart cried out the: «Saint, Saint» showering his holy relics with flowers and tears.
● Then the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Patras, Mr. Chrysostomos took the necessary steps for the canonization of Fr. Gervasiou and after the opinion of the authority on Doctrinal and Legal issues of the Synodal Committee and the unanimous Decision of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, The File was sent to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, to reach the important day, according to which aunt he invented, His Holiness and Ecumenical Patriarch Mr. Bartholomew, introduced today, 16.11.2023, at the Holy and Holy Synod of the Patriarchate and the official classification into the deltas of the Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church was decided, of Saint Gervasios of the Fathers.
All the holy and holy Clergy of the Apostolic Metropolis of Patras and the pious, God-loving and friendly people, honoring Gervasion, happy heart, he is blessed by singers:
«Hail to Arcadia, the divine sprout and the Church's sacred treasure, Hail to the Fathers, the teacher of the Lord, Gervase Theophron, think of your children».
And those who punish God with the hand of a hypocrite raise it up, in favor of the first of Orthodoxy and Genus being bound:
«Sir, the embassies of Saint Gervasius, May our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew stay healthy for a long time and have mercy and save us all".
Praise be to God for everything!
Greek Republic
HOLY CATHEDRAL OF PATRAS
In Patras on November 16 2023
No. Prot: 329
CIRCULAR 454THE
H R Y S O S T O M O S
ELEῼ THEO METROPOLITAN OF THE HOLY AND APOSTOLIC METROPOLITAN OF PATRAS
To
Christeponymous Crew
of the Holy Metropolis of Patras
My children are blessed,
Today is a day of rest and relaxation for the city of Patras.
The Holy and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, after a solemn introduction by our Holiness and Ecumenical Patriarch, Mr.. Bartholomew, ranked among the deltas of the Saints, of our Orthodox Church, the sanctified spiritual father and Preacher of the Fathers, the warm-hearted teacher of the divine Church Doctrines, the philotheon, friendly and philanthropic, the Priest of the poor and refugees, the teacher of widows and orphans, the founder of the first Catechetical School in Greece, the disciple of Saint Nektarios, the grandfather of the Patrins, Hession Gervasion, Paraskevopoulos, the closed and note-bearing Holy One, the beloved of the People, the zealous and set fire to the work of the Lord's Vineyard.
We praise and praise, the holy name of our God worshiped in Trinity, He taught this free of charge and by grace to his people, to the descendants of the First Apostle, of the fisher of souls, Andrew of the Cross, ὣper the Lord, stretched.
Today, the sky above the spiritual ones sparkles with eggs. Today the sweet Mother of our Lord, the Theotokos, the mother and consolation of the orphaned little Georgios and later p. Gervasiou, He rejoices with the angels.
Today the Hierarch of Pentapolis, Saint Nektarios the miraculous fountain, He rejoices in heaven, through his holy Disciple.
Today the close and great of the Fathers Hierarch Hierotheos Mitropoulos, the patron of Saint Gervasi, the spiritual gifts of his son, he enjoys in heaven.
Today, the blessed and venerable Hierarch of Hedra, Hierotheos, the excellent student and devoted spiritual child of Fr. Gervasiou, modestly and modestly, he glorifies the Lord in joy and spiritually echoes: "Your God is as great as our God, you are God, who wonderfully alone".
Today of the Reverend Priests, of the Fathers co-elect, the club, hand and heart to heaven he raises and hymns and hymns and spiritual waters he blesses the blessed and unaccustomed Priest.
Today, I gave birth to this count, Granitsa, The Nymphasia of Gortynia and all of Saint Arcadia spiritually, through her holy son, celebrates.
Today and my old man, the sweet High Priest, the man of love, the blessed Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, Mr. Theoklitos, after the one heavenly Church, Gervasion is debunked, Gervasion, who gave him a testimony to enter the ranks of the Holy Clergy.
Today is the day of the Fathers, God's mercy, High priest, that is, I, minimum, What power you have in my heart, doxologically it echoes to God: "You are great, Lord, and wonderful are your works, and no word can be sufficient to praise your wonderful things" and kneeling from the depths of the soul, reverently and in tears echoes: "Sir, you are ambassadors of Saint Gervasios, Have mercy on the city of Patras and its wealth, Laon.
Sir, the embassies of Saint Gervasios, pacify your war-torn world.
Sir, the embassies of Saint Gervasios, keep our Holiness and Ecumenical Patriarch and grant him the most, excitedly, ἒblea of heavenly graces, to the glory of Your Holy Name and of Your Holy Orthodox Church".
Beloved in the Lord, today on this day, we will hasten everywhere, Lot and People, to the place of the Lord, where the tomb of Agios Gervasios, where the Church of Agia Paraskevi, at the same time, within which are kept the shrines of Saint Gervasios and the relics.
Today and tomorrow 5the in the afternoon, the Patraikos People, He will worship his Lord with reverence and he will magnify the one who glorifies this Lord.
Everyone, let's hurry there, where Ἃgios, where his Remains, thanking God, blessing the Most Holy Theotokos and reverently worshiping the holy Gervasion.
Brothers and children in the Lord.
Praise be to God for everything.
After paternal wishes and love in the Lord
THE METROPOLITAN
PATRON CHRYSOSTOMOS
