Aegina: The Feast Day celebrations for Saint Nektarios in his Holy Monastery
On Saturday, 9 November 2024, the Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated with particular splendour and reverence in the large Holy Church of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, and was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Filotheos of Thessaloniki, while also present in concelebration were Their Eminences, Metropolitan Dorotheos of Drama, and the local shepherd, Metropolitan Ephraim of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina.
Before the dismissal, His Eminence Metropolitan Ephraim of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina thanked the Holy Hierarchs, the holy clergy, the Abbess nun Timothei and her sisterhood, the political and military authorities and the innumerable crowds of pious pilgrims.
At the Holy Vigil, a choir of Fathers from the New Skete of Mount Athos chanted the holy hymns along with a multi-member choir under the direction of the Preacher of the Holy Metropolis, Archimandrite Avgoustinos Zisimos.
The Holy services of the Feast Day were also broadcasted by the Radio Stations of the Church of Greece and the Church of Piraeus.