The Minister of National Defence Nikos Dendias visited, this afternoon, the city of Serres, having been invited by His Eminence the Metropolitan Bishop of Serres and Nigrita Mr Theologos, on the occasion of tomorrow’s celebration of the Patron Saints Pammegisti Taxiarches Michael and Gabriel. Mr Dendias visited the Serres Diocese, where he met with Mr Theologos, in the presence of the Prefecture’s MPs from the New Democracy party, Tasos Chatzivasiliou, Fotini Arabatzi and Theofilos Leontaridis. Subsequently, the Minister attended the Great Vespers, at the celebrating Holy Metropolitan Church of Pammegisti Taxiarches, officiated by the Metropolitan Bishop of Limnos and Agios Efstratios Mr Ierotheos.

The Minister of National Defence had previously stated, after his visit to the Diocese, regarding his visit to Serres:  “I am very glad, and I dare say, greatly honoured, to be here today, in Serres, invited by His Eminence the Metropolitan Bishop of Serres and Nigrita Mr Theologos, to attend the Great Vespers, in the church of Pammegisti Taxiarches. I would like to add that Serres has a particular significance for our party, the New Democracy. It is the birthplace of our founder, the Ethnarch Konstantinos Karamanlis. It has been a long time since my last visit to Serres, since the days of my military service, but I am really glad to be here and along with my dear colleagues from the Parliament, we will attend the Great Vespers. Thank you once again”.