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After the Divine Liturgy of 15 August, 2000, celebrated by His Eminence, the Metropolitan of Helioupolis & Theira, Dr. Athanasios Papas, of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and our Very Reverend Elder, Archimandrite Dionysios, with members of the Monastic Sisterhood and the Honorable Mr. John Metrakas, Virtuoso of Art and Philosophy and Archon of Christ’s Great and Holy Church.
+ May the Holy Cross, the Symbol of our Faith par excellence, bless the struggles and anguish of those striving in asceticism in this Monastery, for a Universal Martyrdom and Witness of our faultless Faith + .
Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, 2000.
+ Athanasios, Metropolitan of Helioupolis & Theira
| 1 W + Procession of the Precious Cross, The Seven Maccabees (Dormition Fast begins). | 17 F Martyrs Myron, Paul, and Juliana. |
| 2 T Transfer of the relices of the First Martyr Stephen. | 18 S Martyrs Florus, Laurus, Leon and Hermos. |
| 3 F Myrrhbearer Salome, Theodore of Thessaloniki. | 19 S + 11th Sunday of Matthew, Great Martyr Andrew the General and 2593 soldiers. |
| 4 S The 7 Children of Ephesus, Eudocia. | 20 M Prophet Samuel, Martyr Lucius. |
| 5 S + 9th Sunday of Matthew, Eusignius, Nonna, mother of St. Gregory. | 21 T Apostle Thaddaeus, Martyrs Bassa and her three sons. |
| 6 M + Transfiguration of Christ. | 22 W Martyr Agathonikos and those with him. |
| 7 T Hieromartyr Dometios, Narcissus of Argolidos. | 23 T Leavetaking of the Dormition, Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyonne. |
| 8 W + Aemilianos of Cyzicus, Myron of Crete. | 24 F Dionysios of Aegina, Kosmas the Aetolian. |
| 9 T Apostle Matthias, Maria the Patrician. | 25 S Apostles Bartholomew and Titus. |
| 10 F Archdeacon Lawrence, Hippolytos. | 26 S +12th Sunday of Matthew, Martyrs Adrian and Natalie. |
| 11 S Deacon Euplus, Miracle of St. Spiridon. | 27 M Martyrs Poemen, Anthousa & Phanourios. |
| 12 S + 10th Sunday of Matthew, Martyrs Photios, Akinetos & Pamphilos. | 28 T Moses the Ethiopian, Diomedes, Martyr Lawrence. |
| 13 M Maximos the Confessor, Blessed Dositheos, Empresses Eudocia and Irene. | 29 W + Beheading of John the Baptist (fast). |
| 14 T Prophet Micah, Hieromartyr Marcellos. | 30 T Alexander, Paul, and John, Patriarchs of Constantinople, New-martyr Niceta. |
| 15 W + Dormition of the Theotokos. | 31 F + The Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos. |
| 16 T Holy Mandelion, Timothy Bishop of Epiros. |
Therefore, my brother, the holy Church grants you today the fullness of the Monastic Schema, desiring to see you both now and henceforth “wholly compounded with the Divinity”, as that excellent paradigm of the monastic politic, Gregory the Theologian, would express it (Carmina de se ipso 1017.4).
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