Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden conducted the Blessing of the Waters Service at the Greek School of Stockholm

On the greeting of Saturday, September 20, 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia, accompanied by the Very Reverend Archimandrite Bartholomew Iatridis, parish clergyman of the Cathedral of Saint George successful Stockholm, and responding to the benignant and honorable invitation of the Board of Directors of the Greek School of Stockholm, celebrated the work of the Blessing of the Waters, marking the opening of the lessons and the schoolhouse twelvemonth 2025–2026.

Addressing the 3 100 children present, the Metropolitan encouraged them to instrumentality joyousness successful attending a Greek school. He reminded them that the Greek language is simply a treasure, done which our culture, our ancestors, and our Church proceed to speak.

He invited them, alongside their studies, to cultivate virtue, love, practice among themselves, and prayer. In his remarks, helium made peculiar notation to Saint Nektarios of Pentapolis, the Wonderworker.
Turning adjacent to the 15 teachers of the School, helium emphasized that their efforts are doubly precious, since they not lone impart cognition but besides support live the Greek occurrence and assistance the children consciousness adjacent to their homeland and their Church.

Finally, thanking the President of the School, the Honorable Mr. Dimitrios Siotis, and the Members of the Board of Directors, helium offered arsenic a blessing and keepsake his astir caller survey entitled “Polyevktos Finfinis, Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia, 1969–1974”, published by the Apostolic Diaconate of the Church of Greece and presented earlier His All-Holiness, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, connected August 23, 2025.

To the children and their parents, helium distributed arsenic a blessing a commemorative acquisition from the precocious celebrated opening of the doors of a church, bearing the representation of Saint George the Trophy-Bearer. This was besides graciously offered to the Holy Metropolis of Sweden by His Grace Metropolitan Agathangelos of Fanarion, General Director of the said ecclesiastical organization.

The lawsuit concluded with java and refreshments successful the School cafeteria, generously offered by Mr. Georgios Prokos, a Member of the aforementioned Board of Directors.