Mt. Athos, November 12, 2024
Processions and prayers for rain were held throughout Mt. Athos yesterday, amidst the drought that has been going on for months.
Following upon a decision from the Sacred Community, which represents the 20 ruling monasteries of Mt. Athos, monastics in the monasteries, sketes, and cells, took up holy icons and offered entreaties for rain, reports Vima Orthodoxias.
In Karyes, the capital of Mt. Athos, where the Protaton Church is located and where the miraculous icon of Panagia Axion Estin is kept, the procession took place after the Divine Liturgy, accompanied by members of the Holy Epistasia (a four-member committee of the Sacred Community), as well as fathers from Karyes and pilgrims.
The outlet notes that due to the large number of pilgrims during the current year, a very serious water shortage problem has emerged in Karyes.
A procession with prayers for rain was held in Kalavyrta 
Ungodly laws causing drought in Greece, Orthodox bishop says during processionThe clergy and pious people of the municipality of Aigialeia filled the streets for a procession on November 6 led by Metropolitan Ieronymos of Kalavryta and the retired Metropolitan Ambrosios, with the “Immaculate Passions” from the local Holy Archangels Monastery.
“>last week, with relics from the Lord’s Passion. In his address, Metropolitan Ieronymos of Kalavryta said that Greece is suffering because of the ungodly laws that have been adopted lately.
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