Feast of St Gerasimos on Kefalonia with the President of the Republic and faithful who lay prostrate

What the sources report

Kefalonia honoured its patron saint, St Gerasimos, on Tuesday 20 October. enikos.gr

The focus was the Holy Monastery at Omalos, and the President of the Republic Konstantinos Tassoulas attended the events. enikos.gr

A festive multi-hierarchal Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the monastery's main church. enikos.gr

Faithful lay down forming a human chain so that the remains carried by members of the Cultural Association "O Valsamos" could pass over them. enikos.gr

Clergy and faithful accompanied the procession to the historic plane tree and the monastery's well, where the eulogies of the Saint were chanted. Newsbeast

Where they differ

Notospress writes that on Monday 19 October the President was proclaimed an honorary citizen of Argostoli, while Politic.gr places the thanksgiving service with which his visit began at the Holy Church of Saint Gerasimos under the Metropolitan of Kefalonia, and enikos.gr places the festive Divine Liturgy in the monastery's main church presided over by the Metropolitan of Didymoteicho Damaskinos. Notospress Politic.gr enikos.gr