Olympiacos also supported the work of the Metropolis of Piraeus this year
As part of the Easter days, PAE Olympiakos and team president, Vangelis Marinakisas every year, this year, they practiced the work of the Metropolis of Piraeus.
On Friday morning (11/04), in view of the Great Week, the General Manager and Vice President of PAE Olympiakos, Kostas Karapapas, the footballers of the Youth Stavros Painonidis team, Nektarios Alafakis and the Vice President of PAE In need for Easter holidays, thousands of food parcels, team and President Vangelis Marinakis offer.
At the same time, the General Manager and Vice -President of PAE Olympiakos, Costas Karapapas, handed over to His Eminence Metropolitan Piraeus Seraphim, a checks for the financial support of the social work of the Metropolis and the coverage of the Payroll.
Metropolitan of Piraeus Seraphim thanked the President of PAE Olympiakos, Vangelis Marinakis, for his constant contribution: « The healthier and tangible image of God’s love for man is the cross of Golgotha and at the same time the measure of God. Because God becomes a man just to raise man.
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This love we enjoy from the Cross of Christ must be offered to people, who are the images of Christ in our lives. So this is the work of the Metropolis and the Church in general and in this work is also involved with love and dynamism and PAE Olympiakos.
« Today I have the honor of having the Vice President of PAE Olympiakos, the beloved Kostas Karapapas, who convey the love of President Evangelos Marinakis, who is the great benefactor of the Metropolitan of Piraeus and the city. I want to express my deep gratitude to both PAE Olympiakos and the President and the dear Vice -President, but also to all volunteers, who 365 days a year and without any calculation, offer their love to our suffering brothers. For us, every Christian is the image of Christ and therefore you realize how much every human being has, whoever he is and wherever he is. «
The General Manager and Vice President of PAE Olympiakos, Costas Karapapas, conveyed to the world who was in the church the wishes of Vangelis Marinakis for Easter and stressed: « First of all, thank our Metropolitan for us. We must thank that we can become part of the huge offer of the Metropolis of Piraeus to the people of Piraeus.
From the first moment, Mr. Marinakis took over the leadership of PAE Olympiakos, he only gave one command: to be next to the fellow man, to be next to the people and to help the one in need. And unfortunately nowadays they need it. So the more we need us, the more we intensify the efforts to be there, always humble and always by the offering path that our Metropolitan has opened. «
For his part, Piraeus Vice President and Mayor Yiannis Moralis said: « Good holidays to all of us, Happy Easter and Happy Resurrection. Traditionally you are used to this alliance. In front of the metropolis, the municipal authority, Olympiacos, to help those in need. After all, it is a message of Christ, a celebration of love, a celebration of solidarity.
Constantly as I said the power of Piraeus is the union of forces that we have achieved over the years. I repeat with the Metropolis of Piraeus and our Metropolitan in front of our Olympics, with our region, the great local associations, scientific associations, productive bodies we are together especially when one needs it. And I think we have succeeded quite a bit, but it does not mean that we have solved all the problems. «
