With Byzantine grandeur and splendor and with the presence of representatives of the Orthodox Patriarchates and Autocephalous Churches, His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Veroia (who has been working and planning this blessed occasion since 1994) consecrated the old Cathedral Church of the Holy Apostles Peter & Paul, on Sunday, June 5.

This Church is a gem with its unique frescoes of many different periods spanning 400 years.



On Saturday evening, June 4, His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon transferred and prepared the sacred relics to be enshrined in the Holy Altar during the Consecration that took place on Sunday.





His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios, representing His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew, presided over the Great Vespers on Saturday, June 4, and offered a pastoral message of encouragement on behalf of the Patriarch.











On Sunday morning, June 5, the Orthros Service was celebrated in the Metropolis' parish church, followed by prayers and the Procession of the Holy Relics to the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. Once inside the old Cathedral, the Consecration Service and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy were presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Veroia.

The photos that follow highlight Sunday's Orthros Service, Clergy Procession to Saints Peter and Paul, the Consecration Service, and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy.