In an atmosphere of spiritual joy, the Festal Vespers of the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos were celebrated today in faraway Madagascar, specifically in Majunga, the see of our Diocese.
We brought to everyone’s mind the Annunciation to the Theotokos by the Archangel Gabriel and the joyful message of the incarnation of the Son and Word of God, the second Person of the Holy Trinity, as it is written: “and the Word became flesh”.
At the same time, we honoured with due reverence our great National Feast, the anniversary of the rebirth and liberation of our Homeland from the oppressive Turkish yoke that lasted four hundred years.
Tomorrow morning at 07:30, the Festal Divine Liturgy will be celebrated, followed by the Doxology for the National Feast. Then we will go out into the courtyard, where we will hold a Trisagion at the place where a monument will be erected dedicated to the departed Greeks who lived in our Diocese.
The service of Vespers concluded with the Greek National Anthem, sung in unison and with deep emotion by clergy and laity, Greeks and Malagasy alike, giving living witness to the unity of faith and love in Christ.
At the conclusion of the Festal Divine Liturgy and the Doxology for the National Anniversary, our National Anthem was sung.
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