9 December 2024
Yours All-Holiness, Father and Master,
With deep emotion, all of us, my littleness, the Auxiliary Bishop, the holy clergy and the chosen people, your spiritual children, welcoming your august Patriarchal blessing, for the sanctification for the second time of this holy dwelling of the Holy Metropolis of Pisidia, which is the property of our Ecumenical Patriarchate and the see of the bishop, acquired in the year 2018, thanks to the many efforts of my wise predecessor Sotirios. Today you have come to its “opening of the doors”, after its needed renovation, and for now on it will be used as the see of the ruling Bishop and other exclusively ecclesiastical uses.
The pastoral, ecclesiastical and missionary work of our Holy Metropolis continues with many blessings; and this building, now renovated, will become the spiritual center of our Orthodox ecclesiastical life and witness.
Our Holy Metropolis, with the blessings and prayers of Your Divine All-Holiness, carries out a multifaceted missionary and educational work in various ways and methods and through its website in five languages, Greek, Turkish, English, Russian and Ukrainian. Each parish conducts catechism for adults and young children.
In this building, meetings and conferences will be organized, catechetical work will be carried out, Bible study will be conducted, and the choir and our Philanthropic Brotherhood and all our activities will be hosted.
Bless, Your All-Holiness, our work and its contributors, named and anonymous benefactors and donors who contributed to the execution of the work. Bless all of us, the Archpastor, the holy clergy, the faithful Orthodox people of all nationalities. May our work continue without fail, successfully and without obstacles. Your All-Holiness is aware of the recent problems that have arisen. Remember our deceased fathers and brothers in whose footsteps we are following.
We assure you that we will continue our struggle and ministry with all our strength. Bless through this sacred ceremony this historic place of sacrifice and witness of our People and of the Orthodox Christians in general. Strengthen us with your Patriarchal and paternal prayers and blessings.
We all offer you our gratitude and thanks for all that you do for our Metropolis and for the inheritance of your Throne here, and we pray: For many years, Most Holy Father and Master! Εἰς πολλά ἔτη, Παναγιώτατε Πάτερ καί Δέσποτα!
