Greek Prime Minister Visits Santorini Metropolitan

On 13 June 2020, His Excellency Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece,paid a courtesy call on the Most Reverend Epiphanios, Metropolitan of Thira,Amorgos and Nisoi at the Metropolis headquarters on the island of Santorini.Mr.Mitsotakis, with two Ministerial staff,had come to Santorini to inaugurate the tourist season.*
His Eminence welcomed the Prime Minister ,thanking him for the official visit and for his struggle to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.They discussed social and ecclesiastical​ issues, and Mr.Mitsotakis expressed his pleasure at meeting one of the worthiest hierarchs of the Church of Greece, the seventh archpastor.
For his part, Metropolitan Epiphanios presented the Prime Minister with an icon of the Saviour with a prayer to bless and strengthen him in the arduous task of governing the fatherland.*
The Metropolis contains several of the Cyclades islands of the Southern Aegean.It has two each of male and female monasteries.*

Arrival of Archbishop Irenaios of Crete on Santorini

His Eminence Archbishop Irenaios of Crete arrived on the Greek island of Santorini on 27 May 2016.You may view an exceptional video of the event on Twitter @Businessblogger.
The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church will take place at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Chania from 19-27 June.Crete is under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate,not the Church of Greece.The much admired Archbishop Irenaios has been selected as a member of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's delegation to the Council.