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| 1734 reliquary |
The silver reliquary for the Sacred Skull of Saint Menas the Athenian, also known as Kallikelados, has a dated inscription from 1734, and is from the Monastery of Dryanou in Zervati of Northern Epirus. It was kept at the Benaki Museum in Athens, where today only the outer casing remains.
The Metropolis of Fthiotida, through the coordinated efforts of the late Metropolitan Nikolaos towards the administration of the Benaki Museum and the Holy Synod, received in 2006 a fragment of the Sacred Skull of the Holy Martyr Menas Kallikelados. It is kept in the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Lamia.
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| Reliquary at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Fthiotida |
In 2006 another fragment of the Sacred Skull of the Athenian Martyr was transferred to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens under the care of Archbishop Christodoulos, Protopresbyter Thomas Synodinos, and Father Epiphanios Arvanitis, where his revered memory is honored annually.
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| Reliquary at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens |
Saint Menas Kallikelados, a Holy Martyr of the early 4th century, is annually commemorated on December 10th, and on February 17th we commemorate the finding of his sacred relic in the 5th century.
