A festal Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Saturday, September 7, 2019, at the Nativity of the Mother of God Convent in Asten, the Netherlands, precided by the Metropolitan of Belgium and Exarch of the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Athenagoras, with concelebrants the priests and deacons of the Metropolis.
A crowd of believers from all over the metropolitan area and the neighbouring countries arrived at the monastery to honour the Theotokos and to concelebrate.
Before the Divine Liturgy was dismissed, the Metropolitan celebrated an Artoklasia service in the courtyard of the monastery, thanking the clergy and all the pilgrims for their participation in the feast and their love and support in the monastery of Panagia.