Celebration of Epiphany / The Epiphany in Mykonos was celebrated today with the usual splendor
"The true light shines and every illumination is given..."
"Christ appeared in Jordan and enlightened the world".
It was celebrated again this year in Mykonos with due pomp and splendor, the Despotic Feast of Epiphanies according to the formal and pilgrimage arrangement.
Before the ceremony, with the appropriate Reverence, the Solemn Divine Liturgy of the Epiphanies was held in the Catholic Church of the Panieros Metropolitan Church of the Great Virgin and subsequently the Mass of the Great Sanctification, minister of the High Priestly Commissioner of Delos and Mykonos, The Most Reverend p. Petrou Maragos flanked by archpriest Georgios Kousathanas the Mass of the Great Sanctification, with the co-praying presence of a crowd of Mykonian believers who flooded the holy temple watching the doxology and at the end receiving the established Sanctification.
In the ebb and flow of the eminent God of "Light from Light"
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Today the holy sun has risen and the world of the fire of the Lord is shining.
After the end of the Divine Liturgy, the Holy Clergy and the representatives of the Authorities, they went to the Three Wells where the Great Consecration took place.
Today the grace of the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, τοις ύδασιν επεφοίτησε.
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Then the procession headed towards the pier of Agios Nikolaos “None” , where the Priests of the Island performed the sequence of the consecration of the waters, with the diving of the Holy Cross!
"The universe has appeared today and Your Light, Lord, has been marked by us in consciousness, praising You, the Light, the inaccessible, has appeared to you."
"During the baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ, the revelation of the Holy Trinity takes place. The Triune God is revealed within the mystery of the Divine Economy. Jesus is baptized by John and as a sinner ascends straight from the water "
“This is my beloved Son, εν ω ευδόκησα”.
"The heavens are opened, and the Holy Spirit “in the form of a dove” descended on Christ, and the voice of the Father affirms the divinity of Jesus, of the incarnate Son and Word of God with testimony “This is my beloved Son, εν ω ευδόκησα”. The Holy Trinity is revealed and the world is enlightened. Let every person with clear eyes see the theology of True Light, which rose with the Nativity and is gradually revealed by the photogenic Baptism and the revelation of the Holy Trinity ".
They dived into the cold waters of Kadena 15 believers,he caught Timios Stavros and pulled him out of the water, the Authorized Councilor for Sports of the Municipality, Vasilis Theocharis
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"Today the despot to baptism is urgent, fiber ascent to the height of the human.
"In the Jordan of your baptism, Lord, the revealed worship of the Trinity".
"Today the fallacy is removed, and in the way of our salvation the despot's influence works". From today the error is abolished and the coming of the Despot prepares the way of our salvation.
The coming of Lord Christ opens the way to Heaven, as the Sun of righteousness rose for us. "Today heaven bows down to people, and the Sun of justice shines upon us".
"Today the holy and loud Orthodox festival is celebrated", where a Despot hastens to baptize to raise man high and "and a dance of saints gathers us, and angels after men feast".
"Today the whole building is lit from above". Today the entire building is illuminated from the sky.
Upon completion of the ceremony, the release of the dove and the withdrawal of the cross, the elected, the representatives of the local Authorities and the citizens walked to the Town Hall where they were given a reception.
The Mayor of Mykonos Christos Veronis attended the celebration, the President of the regional Council, Spyros Apostolou the Deputy Governor Stelios Brygos, the President of the Municipal Council Stavros Grymblas, the Deputy Mayors Dimitris Koutsoukos, Apostolos Nazos the Appointed Advisors Vassilis Theoharis, Eleni Kontiza, representatives of the local authorities, of the Security Forces and the Coast Guard, the Municipal Councilors Dimitris Lazaridis, Manolis Kousathanas, Artemis Veronis, Alexandros Vamavakouris and the president of the Municipal Community Panagiotis Xenarios.
GOOD LIGHTING!!!
See images from the Divine Liturgy and the Ceremony of the Consecration of the Waters:
