Up to 4 hours the faithful waited in the queue on Friday and today (12.07.2025) to honor his memory Saint Paisios of Mount Athos to Souroti Thessalonikiwhere the saint rests.
Faithful from every corner of Greece, on the occasion of today’s commemoration began to reach the Holy Monastery of St. John the Theologian in Thessaloniki since Thursday morning.
Thousands of people were waiting with patience in the tail to worship his grave.
Many loyalists stayed in their vehicles outside the monastery because of the overnight vigilance.
The Holy Awakening, which took place from Friday afternoon until the early morning hours of Saturday, gathered a large number of people, and the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the morning.
The ceremony for Saint at the “Karaiskakis” camp in Chaidari
The Great Festive Vespers to celebrate the memory of St. Paisios of Mount Athos, patron of the transfers, took place on Friday (11.07.2025) and in Chaidari Attiki.
The feast for the memory of St. Paisios of Mount Athos became in the presence of the Chief of the General Staff of National Defense (GEFTHA), General Dimitrios Houpis and the Chief of the General Staff of the Army (GES), Lieutenant General George Kostidis, at the headquarters of the School of Transmission at the “Karaiskakis” camp.