ORTHODOX HOUSE
⛪ All churches
Sign in
☦ Today Monday, August 3 / July 21 (old style) ✦ Fast day Gregorian calendar ⇄
Ven. Isaac, Dalmatius, Faustus · Ven. Anthony the Roman of Novgorod
← News feed Church of Greece

Kissamou Amfilichios: Antigift of the ocean of the love of the Virgin let our thanksgiving be to Hertranslated

August 3, 2026 · 1 min read

The Byzantine chapel, dedicated to St. Stephen the First Martyr, of the Drakona Parish, celebrates the collection of the holy relics of St. Stephen. The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selinos Mr. Amfilochios presided over the Vespers, where after the blessing of the breads he noted, among other things: "August, a month of respite and rest, a month of emigrants coming to their ancestral home, the place and root of origin, without which man looks like a leaf of an autumn tree, but also the month of our Virgin Mary, as from the 1st to the 31st of this month the pansept and solemn Face of our Virgin Mary is projected.

He is projected as the Person That becomes and is the place of our spiritual rest, recreation and refuge. Her name is chanted and heard on the lips of all of us. She we invoke and beg. Her constant presence in our lives. The Great Mother embraces us all with open arms. The counter gift of the ocean of Her love is our thanks to Her and our prayer as she gives us not according to our desire and our will, but whatever is beneficial for our salvation, for our freedom and redemption from the passions and...

Source: Orthodoxia News Agency  ·  Read the full story →
⚑ Report
💬 Comments
Sign in to join the conversation →
More stories
Exodus procession of blessed Georgios Kourletakis...
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople · August 3, 2026
Priest Igor Perkovsky is the hero of the program “Light of Faith” on the TV channel “Belarus 4”
Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) · August 3, 2026
The Volgograd Metropolis honored the memory of Abbess Arsenia (Serebryakova)
Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) · August 3, 2026
Countdown to World Youth Day Seoul 2027 begins: Here’s what we know so far
Pan-Orthodox · August 3, 2026
🔑Sign in 📖Prayer Book 🕊Live Prayer 📨Submit news 👥Friends 💬Groups My parish 🕯Virtual church 🙏Prayers by agreement 🗓Calendar ✏️Catechesis 🔔Notifications My subscriptions 🛍Store 💬Support