Crowds gathered tonight at the evening service held at the chapel of Agia Marina located in the dead zone, next to the occupied beach of Deryneia.
In statements, the Mayor of Deryneia, Andros Karagiannis, stated that the evening "is being performed with great success since the people are flocking en masse" and noted that "this is the first time we see something like this. The mass arrival of the faithful in the chapel of Agia Marina is due to the fact that the United Nations has allowed a vespers and Divine Liturgy to be performed this year as well ".
The Police, the Church and the Municipality of Deryneia also contributed to the success of the Liturgy. We want to assure the world that every year we will try to improve, we will try to bring more believers to this sanctuary, because it is a human right of every believer to perform his religious duty wherever he wants.
We, continued the Mayor "have no problem to go and within the dead zone as close as possible to our occupied area to exercise our religious duty because" as he explained "this is what the people want and we as a local authority must listen and to promote solutions to the wishes and suggestions of the people ".
Answering a relevant question, Mr. Karagiannis said that "the people who come to the area are emotionally connected both with the chapel of Agia Marina and with the surrounding area. Next to the chapel is the occupied beach of Deryneia and one can see it ".
Today, on the day of Agia Marina, a Divine Liturgy was performed and the pilgrims' pilgrimage will continue until 11:30.
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