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Crowd of believers at the Feast of the Transfiguration in Kilkistranslated

August 7, 2026 · 1 min read

A bright and colorful celebration, a feast of pomp and a day of joy, a feast that no matter how much rhetoric a human language possesses, it will not be able to praise in its fullness, the Divine Transfiguration of Christ the Savior. A great Despotic holiday that the people of Kilkisios celebrate in particular as the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour, in the center of the city, in which on the evening of Wednesday August 5, 2026, after all the splendor and ecclesiastical splendor, the Great solemn Vesper of His Eminence was celebrated Metropolitan of Polyani and Kilkisi Mr. Bartholomew, flanked by the Priests and all Hierodeacons.

The People of God led by the Mayor of Kilkis Mr. Dimitrios Kyriakidis, the Vice-President of the Parliament of Hellenes and Member of Parliament of Kilkis Mr. Georgios Georgandas, the Deputy Governor of Kilkis Mr. Andreas Vergidis, the Brigadier General of the 71st A/M Brigade "Pontos" Mr. Aristidis Tsoukalas, the Police Deputy Director Ms. Kyriaki Magnisali, Regional Councilor Mr. Stamatis Papoulidis, Deputy Mayors Kilkis etc. Katerina Ziuta, Eleni Patlakis, Themistoklis Anthracidis and Georgios Balaska, representatives of social and other organizations,...

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