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Orthodox Calendar 2024
CALENDAR 2024
CONFESSION OF FAITH
“Whosoever does not accept any of the
ecclesiastical traditions, written or unwritten,
Anathema, Anathema, Anathema. We keep
the dogmas and the traditions of the One,
Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and
those innovators who innovate the faith and
every heresy we anathematize”.
CHURCH
OF THE GENUINE ORTHODOX
CHRISTIANS OF GREECE
CALENDAR 2024
One Century of the Holy Struggle of the
Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece (+1924)
THE MEMBERS
ST CATHERINE OF
MANDRA The Policemen
start hitting with batons and
shooting for intimidation.
Some Chri-stians are injured
like the late Angeliki
Katsarelli from bullets who
escaped the danger and
Hariklia Louli who was
injured by the henchmen of
the gendarmes, imprisoned
and after about a month, she
died in prison. The fury of
the persecutors does not
stop there, but one of them raises his weapon with the intention of
inflicting a fatal wound with the stock of his weapon on the Priest! With
self-sacrifice, the young zealot rushes to protect the Priest with her own
body! The butt of the weapon found her in the back of the head and
inflicted a serious injury that a few days later - as the treating doctors
had predicted - would result in physical death. "Holy Mother!" were the
last words of this young Martyr. With the invocation of the Mother of
God's name, she loses consciousness and is transported covered in blood
for first aid. It was the first day of the Christmas Fast (15/11/1927) and it
was 4:00 am when the New Martyr Catherine reposed.
Orth. New
Cal. April 2024 Cal.
30 Days. Day 13 hours, night 11 hours.
1 Sun 4th OF FEAST – JOHN OF THE LADDER Mary of Egypt 1 Sun
2 Mon Righteous Titus; the wonder- worker, Amphianos M. 2 Mon
3 Tue Confessor Niketas, Joseph the Hymn- writer 3 Tue
4 Wed Righteous Zosimas, George of Maleo, Theodoulos 4 Wed
5 Thu M. Claudius, Diodor, Nickephoros, George (Great Canon) 5 Thu
6 Fri Eftychios; Patriarch of Constantinople, (Akathist Hymn) 6 Fri
7 Sat Martyrs Calliopios & Accylina, Bishop George 7 Sat
8 Sun 5th OF FEAST- MARY OF EGYPT, Herodion Apostle 8 Sun
9 Mon Eupsicios M. Hypomone; Righteous Vadimmos 9 Mon
10 Tue Terentios Martyr, Hieromartyr Patriarch Gregory 10 Tue
11 Wed Hieromartyr Antipas; Bishop of Pergamos, Tryphaina 11 Wed
12 Thu Basil the Confessor, Acacios, martyr Anthoussa 12 Thu
13 Fri Martin; Pope of Rome the Confessor, Zoelos the Roman 13 Fri
14 Sat + Ressurection of Lazarus Apostles Aristarchos, Poudis 14 Sat
15 Sun + PALM SUNDAY, Criscent Martyr, Loenidas Bishop 15 Sun
16 Mon Great Monday, Josef the all- comely Agapi, Irene 16 Mon
17 Tue Great Tuesday, The ten Virgins Macarios of Corinth 17 Tue
18 Wed Great Wednesday, The woman who anointed the Lord 18 Wed
19 Thu Great Thursday, The Mystical Supper, Agathangelos 19 Thu
20 Fri Great Friday, The Holy Passion of the Lord 20 Fri
21 Sat Great Saturday, The Descent into Hades, Januarios 21 Sat
22 Sun + HOLY PASCHA, THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD 22 Sun
23 Mon RENEWAL WEEK. Great-Martyr George, N. George 23 Mon
24 Tue Virgin Mary Portaitissa, Elizabeth the Wonderworker 24 Tue
25 Wed + Evangelist Marc, Macedonios of Cosntantinople 25 Wed
26 Thu Hieromartyr Basileus of Amasia, Right. Glafyra 26 Thu
27 Fri + LIFE- GIVING FONT, Symeon of Constantinople 27 Fri
28 Sat The 9 Martyrs of Kyziko, Memnon the Wonder 28 Sat
29 Sun THE 2ND OF JOHN- APOSTLE THOMAS, Ap John 29 Sun
30 Mon + Apostle James; brother of Theologian, N/M Chrysie 30
READINGS OF SUNDAYS AND GREAT FEASTS
CARALAMBIS FOR
CHRIST FOOL He was
born in Arcadia (Dura-
zzo) in 1896, and after the
death of his father
Charalambis, took his
name: Charalambis. His
mother remarried in
Messinian village Chri-
stofillaiika, leaving rela-
tives in his family home. He was followed a few classes in elementary
school, discussed growing up in rural work. "Evaded his mandatory
military" Charalambos Papadogianis in 1916, of unknown residence in
1920, "was found nowhere 'in 1948. He reposed on October 10, 1974.
But something must be shocked at the intermediate his youth, details are
not known, there are no verified reports. Whatever he is said, it is not
clear and uncertain. It is best to leave those to speak, who had met him
to understand! In the streets he was shouting and he was saying:
"Tomorrow is open the sky, tomorrow is the feast of Theophany. You
false- feast." Once he went to the fair of the country. Once people saw
him, they began shouting:-Charalambos! said them strengths. -
Tomorrow is the (feast of) Holy Cross. People understand that tomorrow
is the Cross by the old calendar. But they called him as fool.
Orth. New
Cal. May 2024 Cal.
31 Days. Day 14 hours, night 10 hours.
1 Tue Prophet Jeremiah, N/M Euthymios, Akakios & Ignatius 14
2 Wed The transfer of the relics of St Athanasios the Great 15
3 Thu Martyrs Timothy and Maura, Peter; Bishop of Argos 16
4 Fri Martyr Pelagia, Leontios M., Athanasios of Corinth 17
5 Sat Great-martyr Irene, Euthymios; Bishop of Madytos 18
6 Sun THE 3RD- MYRRH- BEARRING WOMEN, Job the Right. 19
7 Mon Appearance of Holy Cross, Acacius M., Right. Nilos 20
8 Tue +John the Theologian, Righteous Arsenios the Great 21
9 Wed Prophet Isaiah, Christopher M., Nicholaos of Vounena 22
10 Thu Simon the Zealot, Righteous Laurence, Philadelphos 23
11 Fri Cyril & Methodios the Equal to Apostles, Mokios H/M 24
12 Sat Epiphanios of Cyprus, German of Constantinople 25
13 Sun THE 4TH- PARALYTIC, Glykeria martyr, Right. Eufthimios 26
14 Mon + Matthew; Archbishop of Athens the Confessor 27
15 Tue Pachomios the Great, Achililos; Archbishop of Larissa 28
16 Wed MID- PENTECOST, Theodor, Nicholaos of Constantinople 29
17 Thu Ap. Andronikos & Junia, Athnasios of Christianopolis 30
18 Fri Peter, Dionysius, Christin, Martyr Andrew 31
19 Sat Hieromartyr Patrick of Prussa, Martyr Akakios, 1
20 Sun THE 5TH- SAMARITAN WOMAN, Martyr Thalellaios 2
21 Mon Saint Kings Constantine & Helen; equal- to- Apostles 3
22 Tue Martyr Vasiliskos, Paul new Righteous/Martyr 4
23 Wed Michael of Synnada, Myrrh- bearing Maria 5
24 Thu Righteous Symeon the Stylite & Wonderworker 6
25 Fri +The 3rd finding of the Venerable Head of Forerunner 7
26 Sat Carpos, Apostle Alphaios, New- Martyr Alexander 8
27 Sun THE 6TH- THE BLIND MAN, Hi/M Elladious, John; Russian 9
28 Mon Andrew for Christ fool, Eutyches; Hieromartyr 10
29 Tue Right/M Theodosia, Bishop Alexander, H/M Olvianos 11
30 Wed Righteous Isaakios of Dalmata, (Apodosis of Pascha) 12
31 Thu + THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD, Martyr Hermios 13
READINGS OF SUNDAYS AND GREAT FEASTS
BISHOP OF TRIMITHOUS
SPYRIDON (Pasios), born
in 1888 in Zelitsa (Kydonia)
of Aitoloakarnania, in 1907.
At the age of 19, he went to
Mount Athos and he joined
the brotherhood of the Holy
Monastery of Xenophon.
After 14 years of probation
he received the Great and
Angelic Scheme and the name
Gedeon. For his virtue, he was
also become Abbot of the historic
Monastery for three years. In 1924, the memorial of the
innovative Patriarch of Constantinople forced him to leave
the Monastery, after 17 years of ministry and asceticism, he
moved to Kaufsokalyvia where he lived as a hermit. The
monk Gideon obeyed St Matthew’s invitation and joined
the brotherhood of the newly founded (1934) men's
Transfiguration Monastery of Transfiguration in Kouvara,
where he was abbot for three years. In 1948, "vote of the
clergy and the people", the monk Gideon was elected
Bishop of Trimythous for the Church of Cyprus. After his
ordination, Bishop Spyridon went to Cyprus and worked
with particular zeal and self-denial for the spread of the
True Orthodox Confession and the organization of the local
Church. The severity of the persecution forced the Hierarch
to retire to a hermitage in the Keratea region. He reposed
peacefully there on February
18, 1963, aged 75.
BISHOP OF MESSENIA
CHRYSOSTOMOS (name
in world Giorgos
Pouloupatis) was born in
1883 in Alagonia, Messinia.
At the age of 18, he became
a Monk in the Scete of
Panagoulaki where he was
named Chrysostomos. In
1920 he became Abbot of
the Monastery. In 1926 he
was ordained a deacon and priest under the Innovative
Metropolitan Meletios Sakellaropoulos. In 1935, together
with the brotherhood of the Monastery, he returned to the
Genuine Orthodoxy. Saint Matthew of Bresthenes was their
spiritual father. In 1952 he was ordained Bishop of
Messinia under the Holy Synod. The result of the
persecutions and hardships suffered by the fighter Bishop
Chrysostomos was the serious breakdown of his health. His
death occurred on April 27, 1956 at the Laikon Hospital of
Athens, where he was hospitalized. It is worth noting that
even in his dead. Chrysostom faced persecution. New-
Calendarist bishop of Messinia Chrysostomos Daskalakis
did not allow one of the temples of the Skete of
Panagoulaki to be unsealed so that the Funeral Service
could be done! Thus, the coffin with the reposed dead of
Chrysostomos was placed on a table, outside the sealed
door of the Church of the Annunciation, with an epichelium
and omophorion and the bishop’s miter on a disc. He
received the prostration of the
clergy and people and despite the
presence of two Bishops, the
Gendarmerie did not allow the
funeral procession to take place
and the deceased was buried with
no ceremony!
BISHOP OF VRESTHENA
MATTHEW THE 2ND (name in
world Spyridon Lignos) was born
in 1893 in Amarousio, Attica, In
1909, at the age of 16, he met the
vicar, then Hieromonk (and after Bishop of Vresthena and
Archbishop of Athens Matthew), in the Church of the
Ascension in Pagratio with whom he connected spiritually,
in order to follow him in the desert of Mount Athos. In the
hermitage of St. Mina stayed for 23 whole years. In 1952,
he was ordained Deacon and Hieromonk and in July of the
same year he was elected and ordained Bishop of
Vresthena. He shepherded his province (region of Laconia)
with youthful zeal and self-denial, with indescribable
efforts and struggles. His
already shaky health
worsened in January 1963.
He passed away peacefully.
His funeral took place at the
Monastery of Panagia in
Keratea, Attica.
METROPOLITAN OF
THEBES AND LEVADIA
IOANNIS (name in world
Charalambos Baltsakis)
was born in 1908 in Fteri,
Sperchiada. His paretnts
embraced the monastic life
together with five of their
six children. Father John
distinguished himself in the
monastery of his penitence
for his humility, wholehearted obedience, spirituality and
asceticism. For this reason, in the year 1947 he accepted the
Priesthood. In 1952, Hieromonk Ioannis was elected
Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadia. Peaceful and pious,
he endured everything for the sake of his flock. He reposed
peacefully on the 5th Sunday of Lent, April 6, 1964 and
was buried in the Cemetery of
the Bishops of Panagia’s
Monastery Keratea.
METROPOLITAN OF
ATTICA AND MEGARA
MELETIOS (name in world
Konstantinos Kostakis) was
born in 1914 in Meskla,
Chania. He was dedicated to
the Monastery of
Transfiguration of Savior in
Kouvara, Attica, under his
compatriot Bishop of
Bresthena Matthew I (+
1950). On 3/11/1941 he was
ordained Deacon and on
20//11/1941 he was ordained
Hieromonk. He served in
many parishes of the Church
throughout Greece. In 1952,
he was voted Bishop for the Holy Diocese of Attica and
Megaris. He shepherded his province based in the historic
Church of Evangelist Matthew in Mandra, Attica. His
health had deteriorated and so he reposed peacefully on
April 4, 1966.
LATE METROPOLITAN
OF THESSALONICA
DEMETRIOUS (name in
world Dimos Psaro-
theodoropoulos) was born in
1902 in Galaxidi, Parnassida.
His piety was most evident in
1924, when, along with
thousands of other believers,
he did not accept the
introduction of the Papal
innovation of the New
Calendar. He claimed to attend
the historical vigil of the 13th
to 14th of September 1925 in
the Monastery of Apostle John
the Theologian, during which
the Holy Cross appeared, as "By God Confirmation" of
the Holy Struggle in favor of the Genuine Orthodoxy.
This miracle shocked the soul of the young Dimos. He
joined the Holy Transfiguration Monastery of our Savior
in Kouvara Attica, under the Champion of Orthodoxy
Matthew Karpathakis, then Bishop of Vresthena. In 1947
he was ordained Deacon and Hieromonk by his Elder
Bishop Matthew. In 1948, during the reconstitution of the
Holy Synod of the Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece,
"vote of the Clergy and the people", he was elected
Bishop and ordained for the historic Metropolis of
Thessaloniki. In 1950, after the repose of Archbishop
Matthew, he assumed the presidency of the Holy Synod
and the vicarage of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens,
which he handed over in 1956 to the newly elected
Archbishop whose ordinations he
performed, the Excommunication
of the antichrist Chiliasmus
(1963), gatherings of the Holy
Clergy etc. He reposed on
December 31, 1976.
METROPOLITAN OF TRIKKI
& STAGA VISSARION (Ioannis
Baltsakis) was born in 1913 in
Fteri, Sperchiada. After the school
studies, he was converted at the
age of 26, joining under Matthew
Bishop of Vresthena in the men’s
Monastery of Transfiguration of
Christ in Kouvaras, Attica. On
15/2/1941 he was ordained as Deacon and on 5. 5. 1941 he
was ordained as Hieromonk. He worked tirelessly in many
parishes and he was sometimes imprisoned and reformed
for the authenticity of the Faith. In 1952, he was voted and
ordained Bishop for the Holy Metropolis of Trikki and
Staga. He slept peacefully in 1977, at the age of only 64.
His funeral took place at Panagias’ Monastery in Keratea,
Attica.
LATE METROPOLITAN
OF HERACLION AND ALL
OF CRETE EVMENIOS
(name in world Emmanuel
Sifakis) was born in 1909 in
Agia Varvara, Heraklion,
Crete. After the circular and
high school studies, in 1946 he
embraced the solitary life,
joining the historical
Transfiguration Monastery in
Kouvara, Attica. On
20/10/1946 he was ordained as
Deacon and then Hieromonk by
his Elder. In 1949 he was sent
to Crete. For his zeal in favor
of the Genuine Orthodoxy and
his willingness to serve the
persecuted believers, he was persecuted with great fury by
the Innovative bishops of New Calendar and especially by
the “Metropolitan” of Crete Evgenios Psalidakis, from 1949
when he was appointed vicar in Crete, until the 60s, when
he was forced to self-exile in mainland Greece. He was
dragged to the Courts 11 times, with the accusation of
"falsification of authority"! He was imprisoned and
remained physically confined to his residence for 8 years!
This longing wish was realized in the year 1973 when he
was ordained as Metropolitan of Heraclion and all Crete.
He reposed on the 2nd of December 1981, after a long
illness – which he endured with great patience and
determination – and was buried in his birthplace, Agia
Varvara, Heraklion.
BISHOP OF VRESTHENA
LAZARUS (name in world
George Athanasiou) was born
in 1917 in Drakotrypa,
Karditsa. After the encyclical
courses and high school studies,
he served in the Greek Army
during the war period 1940-
1941. At the age of 28, he
entered the Holy Monastery of
the Transfiguration of the
Savior in Kouvara, Attica,
under the then Bishop of Bresthena and later
Archbishop of Athen Matthew, in 1945. He was
ordained a Deacon in 1947 and a Presbyter in 1948 by
Archbishop Mattheos. On June 6, 1955, he was
enthroned as Abbot of the Monastery of the
Transfiguration following an election by the Fathers of
the Monastery. On the same day, he was ordained an
Archimandrite under Metropolitan Andrew of Patra. As
a priest he served many parishes throughout Greece. In
1973, the Holy Synod, recognizing his contribution,
elected him Bishop of Bresthena based in the parish of
Holy Trinity in Sparta and he was ordained on January
27 of the same year. As Abbot he was the Elder of most
of the Clerical brothers of the Monastery. Also during
his days the Monastery lived a new heyday both in
human resources and in its building reconstruction after
the Florinite apostasy of few former brothers of the
Monastery. The blessed Bishop Lazarus ministered to
the flock of Laconia for 16 years while he often made
pastoral tours throughout Greece. He also hosted many
ecclesiastical events in the Monastery, such as meetings
and gatherings of the Clergy. He reposed in the Lord on
the 5th of September 1989 and was buried on the 7th of
the same month in the Monastery under the Holy Synod
in the presence of a multitude of spiritual children and
believers.
LATE METROPOLITAN OF
ATTICA AND MEGARIS
MATTHEW (name in world
Dimitrios Makris) was born in
1926, in Megalochori, Trikala,
Thessaly, and was the son of a
large family. At the age of 20, he
left the world and became a monk
in the Holy Transfiguration
Monastery in Kouvara Attica under
Holy Father Matthew. In 1950 he
was ordained as Deacon and in
1955 as Hieromonk. As a Priest he
served many parishes throughout
Greece and was a close
collaborator of the late Chancellor
and Chief- Secretary Fr. Evgenios
Tobros in the Offices of the Holy
Synod. In January 1973, he was
ordained Metropolitan of Attica in
the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration. He was an
overactive Hierarch: He built magnificent Churches, a
Spiritual Center, founded new parishes and ordained a
multitude of Clergy, Nuns and Monks. He published many
books and made publications on spiritual matters as well as
the Holy Gospel. His contribution to the organization
(Administrative and Pastoral) of the Church and the Holy
Synod was decisive and invaluable. During the upheaval of
our Holy Church from the heretical doctrines against the
Holy Icons, he was a pioneer in the fight for Orthodoxy and
the Holy Tradition. By the majority of the Hierarchs, he
fought for the unity of the Church's crew and contributed to
the decisive treatment of the outcasts. His constant and
persistent labors for the Church resulted in the burden on
his health and in the redemption to the Lord on April 19,
2001. The late Metropolitan
was buried in the Cathedral
Church of the Holy Apostles
in Mandra Attica.
ΜΕΤROPOLITAN OF
FTHIOTIS THEODOSIOS
(name in world Triantafyllos
Tsalagas) was born in 1928
in Dibri Lamia by pious
parents. In 1944 he followed
the Monasticism state in the
Holy Monastery of St Anna
in Lygaria, Lamia under the
Elder, Archimandrite Fr Mina
Vrettos who was man of
great spirituality. In
November 1961, he was
ordained as Deacon and
Hieromonk by Metropolitan of Patrae Andrew in the
Monastery of the Transfiguration of Savior. In February
1973, he was elected and ordained Metropolitan of Fthiotis
in the Holy Monastery of Panagia Keratea, Attica. The late
Hierarch was much loved by the Orthodox flock because of
his sweetness of character and great spirituality. He
founded two Holy Monasteries. The nun’s Monastery
(Gorgoypikoos) emerged as a beacon of Orthodoxy for
Greece. Metropolitan Theodosios was also Overseer of the
Metropolises of Thessaly where he ministered to thousands
of faithful Genuine Orthodox Christians. He was
distinguished for his zeal in favor of the Orthodox faith and
emerged as a champion of paternal piety, without being
timid and succumbing to the weeds of heretics but also to
scandals and sorrows. Against the shaking of the ship of the
Church by the heretical theories about the holy icons, he
resisted with the other Bishops of the Holy Synod and
signed the historic pastoral Encyclicals of the years 1992,
1993 and 1997. He reposed in the Lord on February 14,
2002 in the Holy Monastery of Panagia Gorgoypikoos,
Lamia, where he was buried.
METROPOLITAN OF
THEBES AND
LEVADIA
AVRAMIOS (name in
world Athanasios
Baltsakis) was born in
1924 in the village of
Fteri, Sperchiada,
Fthiotida to devout
parents who had many
children. He was the
youngest member of the
blessed family of eight
from which the parents
and five children
followed the Monastic State in the then flourishing Centers
of the Genuine Orthodox Church in Keratea, Attica. In fact,
two brothers of Avramios were later ordained Bishops;
Ioannis of Thebes (+1963) and Vissarion of Trikki (+1977).
In 1941, Avramios became a monk and in August 1946 he
was ordained as Hierodeacon under the Bishop of
Bresthena, whom he respected and honored until the end of
his life. In 1952, he was ordained as Hieromonk under the
Metropolitan of Patra Andreas, and began his priestly
activity in Thebes and Chalkida. He also served several
parishes mainly in Attica. In 1995, he was appointed vicar
in the historic parish of Thebes and in the Holy Church of
Saint Archangels. Bishop Avramios was always concerned
about the observance of the Orthodox faith during his
earthly life. Both in the schism of 1995 and in the neo-
ecclesiastical heresy of 2002, he controls those in charge
and protects the rational Flock of the Church of Christ. In
February 2002 he was elected Bishop under Metropolitans
Gregory, Titus and Chrysostomos and in December of the
same year he was ordained Metropolitan of Thebes under
the Holy President Gregory of Messenia in the Holy
Monastery of Annunciation in Kalamata, reflecting on his
responsibility in ensuring the Apostolic Succession. Despite
being old and sick, he fights with a youthful spirit for the
better organization and progress of the Church of Boeotia.
Worthy of mention is that Late Avramios founded the
magazine of our Church "Thebean Voice". On February 13,
2005, he ascended to the Lord and the next day he was
enshrined in the Cathedral of the Holy Archangels of
Thebes and his burial
took place in the Holy
Monastery of the Holy
Fathers of Panaktos
Boeotia, which was
founded and began to
be rebuilt during his
days.
METROPOLITAN
OF LARISSA AND
TYRNAVOS
NEKTARIOS (name
in world Ioannis
Tsikouras) was born in
Pyrgetos, Larissa to
parents who had many children and were pious. At the age
of 10, he was orphaned by his father and threw
early himself into biowrestling with his mother. At the age
of 17, he went to Mount Athos to become a monk. In 1960,
he was ordained as Deacon and Hieromonk under his Elder
Bishop of Bresthena Matthew II and ministered to the
Zealot Holy Fathers. In 1965, the late Fr. Evgenios Tobros,
as Chancellor, sent him to the island of Kalymnos for the
service of the Orthodox believers. The Orthodox were
connected with him with unbreakable ties but the
Innovators began the persecution against him with
persecutions and prisons for the sake of Orthodoxy. He
erected the Holy Monastery of Saint Sophia of
Kaly- mnos and the parish Church of the Great Martyr St
Minas after many obstacles. He also built the Hermitage of
the Holy Forerunner in Vathy Kalymnos and inaugurated
the Holy Church of Panagia Kecha-ritomeni on Rhodes
island. He served many parishes in the Cyclades and the
Dodecanese as well as America. In February 2002 he was
elected Bishop and finally ordained Metropolitan for his
birthplace of Larissa on January 15, 2003 in the Holy
Monastery of Holy Cross in Kalamata. As Bishop, during
his short-lived pastorate, he offered his utmost - even
though he was sick - to the spiritual training and ministry of
the Orthodox crew, always peaceful and full of love for
everyone. In the last months of his life, he remained sick on
his beloved island where he reposed in the Lord on
September 26, 2005.
METROPOLITAN
OF MESSENIA
GREGORIOS (name in
world Georgios Roussis)
was born in 1923 in Piraeus.
He studied in a department of
the Piraeus Commercial School. Then he studied at schools
of Journalism and Hagiography. At a young age he
abandoned the worldly and entered the historic Holy
Monastery of the Transfiguration of Lord in Kouvara. He
was ordained as Deacon and Hieromonk under the then
Bishop of Bresthena and later Archbishop of Athens St
Matthew. In 1958, he was ordained, in the Holy Chapel of
the 99 Saints of Crete, Metropolitan of Messinia. He was
imprisoned and tried but in the end he was solemnly
justified. Friend of monasticism reorganized the
monasteries and founded new ones. From 1995 he was
president of the Holy Synod of the Church of the Genuine
Orthodox Christians of Greece, as Primate, and served as
the Locum Teenens of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens. He
was known for his large and wide-ranging authorship and
his pictorial talent in iconography. He was a great confessor
of Orthodoxy against the new heresies of the 20th century:
The new iconoclasm (1995) and the new ecumenical
“ecclesiology” (2002). He reposed on March 5, 2009 and
was buried under the Holy Synod at the Monastery of
Annuncation in Kalamata, seat of the Holy Metropolis of
Messinia where he offered his best for a half of a century.
PARISHES OF U.S.A.
PARISH OF CANADA
Province of Nicosia
Province of Larnaca
Holy church of Annunciation of Theotokos,
PC 17 Kornos Larnaka (Tsoukalia area), Cyprus.
Phone; (00357) 799. 343.547.
Province of Limassol
FAST ΟΝ EVERYTHING
January 4, August 29, September 14 and December 24.
Also, we do not eat at feasts on the Clean Week or the
Great one.
OIL AND WINE ARE PERMITTED
Jan. 11,16,17,18,20, July 1, 2, 17, 20, 22, 25,
22,25, 27, 30 26, 27, 31
Febr. 8, 10, 11, 17, 24. Aug. 31
March 9, 26. Sept. 1,6,9,13,
20,23,26.
April 23, 25, 30. Oct. 6, 18, 18, 26.
May 2, 8, 15, 21, 25. Nov. 1,8,12,13,16,25,30.
June 8, 11, 30. Dec. 4,5,6,9,12,15,17,20.
FISH IS PERMITTED
January 7. February 2. March 25. June 24, 29. August 6,
15. September 8. November 14, 21. On the Wednesday
of the Mid- Pentecost. On the Wednesday of the
Apodosis of the Pascha (Easter).