Today, in the presence of the President of Greek Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the Restoration of the Holy Icons, was celebrated.
The Synodical Divine Liturgy was held at the Metropolitan Church of Evangelismos, presided by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece and assisted by Metropolitans Seraphim of Kythira, Chrysostomos of Patra, Cosmas of Aetolia, Jeremiah of Gortynos, Dionisios of Corinth, Theocletus of Ierissos, Panteleimon of Maroneia, Georgios of Kitrous, Maximus of Ioannina, Chariton of Elasson, David of Grevena and the Archsecretary of the Holy Synod Bishop Klimis of Methonis.
It should be noted that there attended the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. George Katrougalos, Authorities of the Army, Navy and Police, as well as a crowd of faithful.
Before the end of the Divine Liturgy, the Procession of the Holy Icons, presided by the Primate of the Greek Church Ieronymos, took place as a commemoration of the restoration of the Holy Icons in Constantinople in 843 A.D.
