Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece had a meeting with representatives of the Holy Community of Mount Athos this afternoon on the occasion of the contribution of Mount Athos, through the arrival of the Holy Icon of the Virgin Mary “Axion Esti”, in the Synodal and Periphery Events of the Church of Greece to mark the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution.
From the Holy Community of Mount Athos were present the Mount Athos Fathers Nikodimos Lavreotis, Ieronymos Simonopetritis and Nikodimos Agiopavlitis.
The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece decided, following a proposal by the Holy Archdiocese of Athens, to receive in Athens the miraculous Icon of the Virgin Mary “Axion Esti” in the framework of the Festive Events for the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution (1821 – 2021).