03/17/2026
We are so pleased to announce that Fr. loannis, a Greek Priest from the Island of Crete, Will be visiting our parish on MARCH 20,21 and 22!
He is a keeper of an actual piece of the Life Giving Cross with our Lord's Blood. The piece is mounted and contained in a metal pectoral cross. Thousands of people have been blessed as Fr. loannis has travelled throughout Greece and the USA, where mulitfold healings and miracles take place following being blessed by the Cross.
"Father loannis Maridakis from Greece is a priest at the parish of the Birth of the Theotokos in the town of Galata on the island of Crete. He has a metal cross with a piece of the Precious Cross of Christ with a drop of His Blood.
The cross was given to Fr. loannis in September of 2003 by Maria Panou, the mother of the current representative of the Holy Sepulcher in Athens, who in turn received this cross from Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem. A month later after receiving the cross, Fr. loannis blessed with this cross a sick person at a hospital in Athens and the patient got well the next day. Since then Fr. loannis has blessed thousands of people with this cross in many countries. In the last several years, hundreds of people were healed from various illnesses, including cancer and infertility. Miraculous healings from various illnesses have been documented. The cross gives off a sweet scent and at times streams myrrh." - taken from the Holy Virgin Cathedral in SF page