Drapetsona honored its patron Saint Panteleimon - Enthronement of the Holy Icon of the Sainttranslated

Prior to the Reverend Metropolitan of Piraeus Mr. Seraphim, yesterday Sunday 26 and today Monday 27 July 2026, the celebration of the Holy Church of Agios Panteleimons, patron saint of Drapetsona, took place, where the enthronement of the historic Holy Icon of Agios Panteleimons, which was guarded since the foundation of the Holy Metropolis of Piraeus, in 1959. This is a work of saintly art from the beginning of the 19th century, which, as His Holiness underlined, is a valuable spiritual treasure of the local Church. "By the Grace of the Holy God, we have enthroned in perpetuity the Holy Icon of the Holy Glorious Great Martyr Panteleimon of Iamatikos. A Holy Icon, which was treasured in our Holy Metropolis from the beginning of its foundation, in the saving year 1959. A work of the Saint-named Mount Athos, at the beginning of the 19th century", said His Holiness at the beginning of his sermon, referring to the enthronement of the Holy Icon in the Church of the Patron Saint of Drapetsona, St. Panteleimonos, speaking at the same time about a "city, full of piety, fulfilled by the toil, the true toil and the honest sweat of honest people".

His Eminence emphasized that the transfer of…