His Eminence Metropolitan Job of Pisidia made a three-day pilgrimage to Mount Athos from February 16 to 19, 2026. Accompanied by collaborators of the Holy Metropolis, he arrived to the Holy Monastery of Xenophontos to accomplish a pious and thanksgiving pilgrimage to the holy place of our Orthodox faith, which is protected by the Most Holy Mother of God. His Eminence was warmly welcomed according to the monastic ritual by the Abbot of the Holy Monastery, Archimandrite Alexios and his brethren. There, Metropolitan Job performed a memorial service (Trisagion) on the grave of Metropolitan Ezekiel of Pisidia of blessed memory.
The next day His Eminence went to the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, where he was warmly welcomed and received by the Abbot Archimandrite Ephraim and the Brotherhood of the Monastery. Elder Ephraim, in the refectory of the monastery, before the brotherhood and a hundred of pilgrims from various parts of the world referred to the Metropolitan of Pisidia of blessed memory Sotirios Trampas and his zeal and dedication to the missionary work that continues in the Holy Metropolis of Pisidia.
On the third day, Metropolitan Job of Pisidia went to the Holy Monastery of Simonos Petra where he was received by the Brotherhood of the Holy Monastery and his Holy Abbot, Archimandrite Elisaios. There, His Eminence presided over the Divine Liturgy of the Leave-taking of the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord. His three-day pilgrimage visit concluded there.
