ARGOSTOLI. As the head of the Mayor, Mr. Theofilos Michalatos, he participated today in a great celebration of the patron saint of Kefalonia, Agios Gerasimos, in Omala.
The mayor was accompanied by the deputy mayors Mr. Spyros Samouris, Mr. Spyros Matiatos and Mr. Dionysis Constantatos, president of the Association of Kefalonia and Ithaca and DIADEYADK Mr. Stavros Spathis, president of OKAP, Mr. Giorgos Laskaratos. the president of the Local Community of Omalon, Mrs. Irini Tzakis, as well as the Honorary Ambassador of Serbia in Kefalonia Viktoras Rouchotas.
In the solemn multi-priest divine service, Sunday morning, October 20, Fr. Metropolitan of Nea Smyrna, Mr. Simeon, musicians, Metropolitan of Floris, Prespa and Eordaia, Irinaios, Rev. Archbishop Tomidos, Mr. Theodosiou (Patriarchate of Romania), Bishop Stratonikeia, Mr. Stefanos (auxiliary Bishop of Leros) and, of course, the priest of Kefalonia, Fr. Also present were the Member of Parliament for Kefalonia and Ithaca, Mr. Panagis Kappatos, the Regional Governor of the Ionian Islands, Mr. Ioannis Trepeklis, the Deputy Regional Governors, Sotiris Kouris and Eleni Papanastatou, the Mayor of Sami, Mr. Panagis Drakulongonas and Ithaca , Mr. Dionysis Stanitsas , the deputy mayor of Sami Municipality Mr. Spyros Spathis, the Regional Councilors Mr. Nektarios Aravantinos and Mr. Gianna Kouloubis, the leader of the major opposition, Mr. .
The litany was established from the great church to the holy plane tree that Agios Gerasimos himself planted together with the Philharmonic Union of Corfu “Ioannis Kapodistrias”, the Philharmonic School of Kefalonia, the Cultural Society of the Balsams “O Valsamos”, the branch of the Lyceum of Hellenes of Argostoli, AEN students and the 1st Argostoli Scout System.
The choir of the church led by Vassilis Kalogiras, as well as the Church Choir of Lixouri, led by Nikolaos Valsamos gave the solemn divine liturgy and the procession of the sight of the graced Saints.
As part of the celebration of Saint Gerasimos, the Philharmonic Union of Corfu Kapodistrias had a concert at the Kefalos Municipal Theater in Kefalonia on Sunday 20 October at 19:30. Soloists Elena Ristova (treble), Vassilis Georgoulas (trumpet) and Danae Karydis sax. Alto. Directed by lead singer Michalis Michalopoulos.
photo@Susan Burger
At the celebration of the patron saint of Kefalonia, the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security, Mr. Kostas Karagounis, represented the Government.
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