M. Vespers of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Savior - I. Monastery of the Transfiguration of Antigone

YOU'RE IN THE MOUNTAIN HIGH OVER THERE 

IN THE I. MONITOR OF TRANSFORMATION OF ANTIGONE

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In Prykiponnisa, on every hill there are I. Naidria of T. Metamorphoses. The view towards Propontida from them is spectacular. 

Our ancestors were nature lovers, they lived nature, enjoyed it but also protected it. 

They organized their festivals, which were the depiction of the popular soul and folklore.

On Sunday, August 5, 2018, at the Holy Vespers of the Feast of the Transfiguration, the A.Th.P. the Ecumenical Patriarch k.c. Bartholomew, 

in the First Monastery of the Transfiguration of Antigone.   

Crowds of orthodox and heterodox pilgrims came to pray together, 

others relying on their 2 legs and others with the vehicles provided by the Island committee and in fact one of the vehicles was a truck 

and the conditions quite difficult in the "safari" type.

At the end of Vespers, the President of the Community, Mr. Antonis Parizianos, spoke, referring, among other things, to the tragedy of the last devastating fires in Greece 

and in the 2003 fire in Antigoni, which had destroyed a large part of the island's flora. 

He mentioned that the Antigone Committee also contributed to the fundraiser held at the prompting and initiative of SYRKI for the fire victims of Greece. 

Panagiotatos in his speech referred to a poem by Odysseus Elytis about "simplicity" and brought as an example of simplicity the Pope of the Roman Catholics Mr. Francis. 

As is customary, a trisage was then chanted symbolically at the grave of the late Nikolaos Spyropoulos from the donors of the island.

The Vespers were attended by Rev. Metropolitan of the Elderly Principalities, Mr. Dimitrios, the Honorable Consul of Greece, Ms. Danai Vassilakis, 

the ecclesiastical committee of the I. Church of Agios Ioannis the Forerunner of Antigone and a multitude of pilgrims. 

The pilgrimage brought to our memory the poem from our childhood: "Up there on the mountain, there is a deserted church - its sign does not ring, it has no singer and no priest." 

On that day, the historic Monastery had chanters and patriarchal priests and an abbot Patriarch. 

We hope that next year we will have health and strength and repeat our pilgrimage.  

Antigone August 12, 2018 ANTIGONIOTIS.