Ιερός Καθεδρικός Ναός Θείας Αναλήψεως | Κατερίνη | Αρχιερατικός Εσπερινό...24.11.24 - YouTube - Panegyric Archieratical Vespers of St.Katherine - Cathedral Church of the Ascension of Our Lord,Katerini,Central Makedonia,Greece

The Holy Metropolis of Kitris,Katerini and Platamon is one of the New Lands of Greece that belong to the Ecumenical Patriarchate but,for practical reasons,are administered by the Church of Greece.Still,there is an enduring tie to the Ecumenical Patriarchate.The service is presided by guest hierarch Metropolitan Prodromou.The ruling hierarch,His Eminence Metropolitan Georgios (Chrysostomou),is seated opposite Metropolitan Prodromou.*Katerini is a city of 82,000 and the capital of Central Makedonia.*After-feast of The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple*St.Katherine of Alexandria the Greatmartyr (3rd century) - According to tradition,when she was beheaded,angels flew her body to the top of Mt.Sinai Monastery that now bears her name and interred her in the chapel there.Some of her relics were on display in the Cathedral Church for the faithful to venerate.

ΕΣΠΕΡΙΝΟΣ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ ΚΒ΄ (ΙΓ΄ ΛΟΥΚΑ) - YouTube - Vespers of the Thirteenth Sunday of Luke and afterfeast of The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

Members of the Russian expatriot community in Cyprus attend this parish.*Sofia,orthi:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the Great Entrance of Vespers)*Irini,pasi:Peace be unto all.Klinomen:Bow your head to the Lord.

ΜΕΓΑΣ ΕΣΠΕΡΙΝΟΣ ΕΙΣΟΔΙΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ - YouTube - Great Vespers of The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

Members of the Russian expatriot community in Cyprus attend this parish.*Sofia proskomen:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the readings of Great Vespers)*Irini pasi:Peace be unto all.*Klinomen:Bow your heads unto the Lord.*Chant at the blessing of the loaves:Rich men have gone begging,but those who trust in the Lord shall not lack any good thing.

The Entrance of The Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple - animation - 21 November

This feast is based on the apocryphal book,The Protoevangelium of James,which recounts the life of the Most Holy Theotokos in some detail up to the time of the Nativity of Our Lord.This book became the pious tradition of the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church as it illumines the truths of our salvation.