Metropolitan of Petra: We are called to learn from the example of Saint Annetranslated

The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Petra and Herronissos, Mr. Gerasimos, officiated during the Solemn Vespers held on the afternoon of Friday, July 24, 2026, at the Holy Cemetery Church of Agia Anne Tzermiadon, Lasithi Plateau.

On the day of his name, he officiated at the Holy Church of Agia Anna in the Parish of Piskopiano. Addressing the faithful, he said: "We have come to honor the mother of the mother of Life, the Virgin Mary, the grandmother of Christ, and to pray to her with faith. You know, the mission of the Holy Fathers Joachim and Anne is very strong. That is why our Church many times a day, every time it commemorates Saints, as for example in the Dismissal, it covers with their names. And that which what we are called to learn from this saint is that we should believe in God. It means that I trust him with all the strength of my soul. Saint Anna was seventy years old, barren, and according to the laws of nature, she believed in God and begged him to give her one child. And the…