On Sunday, 10 May, after the Service of the Holy Eucharist, His Eminence Archbishop Sergios, Metropolitan of Good Hope officiated at the Service of the Artoclasia in honour of the Saints together with Father Nikolaos, parish priest of Cape Town, Father Panayiotis, a visiting priest from Greece and deacon Father Michael, in the presence of the Consul of Greece Mr. Thomas Matsoukas and consular staff, Mr Nassos Martalas, president of the Hellenic Community of Cape Town and committee members.
After the Service a celebratory lunch was held at the Orthodox Centre in Lansdowne to commemorate the Feast Day. These two Greek brothers who lived in the ninth century are particularly remembered for evangelising the Slavic people. But, by going out as missionaries to other nations, they also remind us that the Orthodox faith is not limited by the boundaries of language or ethnicity. By commemorating them, we therefore honour both what they achieved among the Slavs, and we are reminded that the Church is for all people in all places.
After the Service a celebratory lunch was held at the Orthodox Centre in Lansdowne to commemorate the Feast Day. These two Greek brothers who lived in the ninth century are particularly remembered for evangelising the Slavic people. But, by going out as missionaries to other nations, they also remind us that the Orthodox faith is not limited by the boundaries of language or ethnicity. By commemorating them, we therefore honour both what they achieved among the Slavs, and we are reminded that the Church is for all people in all places.
The celebration was attended by the Russian Consul General Mr. Roman E. Ambarov and his wife, the Greek Consul, Mr. Thomas Matsoukas and consular staff, and representatives from the Greek, Bulgarian and Romanian Communities of Cape Town.
The celebration began with a welcome from His Eminence Archbishop Sergios, and the singing of the apolytikion and other related hymns in honour of the Saints in Greek. This was followed by an address from the chairman of the Russian Club, Dr Mishag Galukhim who thanked His Eminence and particularly expressed his appreciation for the support of the Russian school that takes place at the Orthodox Centre. Dr Elina Komarova then spoke on the legacy of Saints Cyril and Methodius for the Russian people, mentioning specifically the gift of having the Holy Scriptures in their own language and the protection of the spiritual freedom of individual Christians. The representative of the Bulgarian Community, Vaska Ivanova then spoke of the importance of the two brothers for the Bulgarian people, focusing particularly on the development of the Cyrillic alphabet.
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After the Service a celebratory lunch was held at the Orthodox Centre in Lansdowne to commemorate the Feast Day. These two Greek brothers who lived in the ninth century are particularly remembered for evangelising the Slavic people. But, by going out as missionaries to other nations, they also remind us that the Orthodox faith is not limited by the boundaries of language or ethnicity. By commemorating them, we therefore honour both what they achieved among the Slavs, and we are reminded that the Church is for all people in all places.
After the Service a celebratory lunch was held at the Orthodox Centre in Lansdowne to commemorate the Feast Day. These two Greek brothers who lived in the ninth century are particularly remembered for evangelising the Slavic people. But, by going out as missionaries to other nations, they also remind us that the Orthodox faith is not limited by the boundaries of language or ethnicity. By commemorating them, we therefore honour both what they achieved among the Slavs, and we are reminded that the Church is for all people in all places.
The celebration was attended by the Russian Consul General Mr. Roman E. Ambarov and his wife, the Greek Consul, Mr. Thomas Matsoukas and consular staff, and representatives from the Greek, Bulgarian and Romanian Communities of Cape Town.
The celebration began with a welcome from His Eminence Archbishop Sergios, and the singing of the apolytikion and other related hymns in honour of the Saints in Greek. This was followed by an address from the chairman of the Russian Club, Dr Mishag Galukhim who thanked His Eminence and particularly expressed his appreciation for the support of the Russian school that takes place at the Orthodox Centre. Dr Elina Komarova then spoke on the legacy of Saints Cyril and Methodius for the Russian people, mentioning specifically the gift of having the Holy Scriptures in their own language and the protection of the spiritual freedom of individual Christians. The representative of the Bulgarian Community, Vaska Ivanova then spoke of the importance of the two brothers for the Bulgarian people, focusing particularly on the development of the Cyrillic alphabet.
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