Fort t\u00eb nderuar Hierark\u00eb, et\u00ebr dhe v\u00ebllez\u00ebr, t\u00eb dashur besimtar\u00eb t\u00eb Mitropolis\u00eb s\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb t\u00eb Gjirokastr\u00ebs.
Do t\u00eb lavd\u00ebroj o Zot, me gjith\u00eb zemr\u00ebn time, do t\u2019i rr\u00ebfej gjith\u00eb \u00e7udit\u00eb e tua. (Ps. 9:1) K\u00ebto fjal\u00eb t\u00eb Psalmistit e mbushin zemr\u00ebn ton\u00eb me g\u00ebzim dhe mir\u00ebnjohje p\u00ebr gjith\u00e7ka q\u00eb ka b\u00ebr\u00eb Per\u00ebndia p\u00ebr ne. Jemi mbledhur sot k\u00ebtu n\u00eb Kish\u00ebn Katedrale "Ngjallja e Krishtit" p\u00ebr t\u00eb fron\u00ebzuar Mitropolitin e ri t\u00eb Gjirokastr\u00ebs, Hir\u00ebsin\u00eb e tij Nathanailin, nj\u00eb sh\u00ebrb\u00ebtor besnik q\u00eb p\u00ebr m\u00eb shum\u00eb se tri dekada ka derdhur djers\u00ebn dhe mundin e tij p\u00ebr forcimin e Kish\u00ebs son\u00eb.
Hir\u00ebsi, V\u00eblla me Krishtin dhe bashk\u00ebmeshtar, rruga jote e sh\u00ebrbimit filloi n\u00eb vitin 1991, kur erdhe n\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb trev\u00eb t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb t\u00eb Gjirokastr\u00ebs, n\u00eb koh\u00ebn m\u00eb t\u00eb v\u00ebshtir\u00eb t\u00eb ringritjes s\u00eb Kish\u00ebs son\u00eb nga g\u00ebrmadhat e ateizmit. Si hieromonak, plot zell dhe dashuri p\u00ebr Krishtin, ti u b\u00ebre nj\u00eb pun\u00ebtor i palodhur i Ungjillit.
Gjat\u00eb viteve t\u00eb para, nga 1991 deri n\u00eb 2012, ke shkuar n\u00ebp\u00ebr fshatrat e Gjirokastr\u00ebs, Tepelen\u00ebs, P\u00ebrmetit, Sarand\u00ebs dhe Himar\u00ebs duke u p\u00ebrpjekur n\u00eb organizimin e enorive t\u00eb shkat\u00ebrruara dhe t\u00eb braktisura, jo vet\u00ebm p\u00ebr strukturat fizike t\u00eb tyre, por mbi t\u00eb gjitha p\u00ebr t\u00eb ringjallur besimin n\u00eb zemrat e njer\u00ebzve. Ke qen\u00eb nga d\u00ebshmitar t\u00eb par\u00eb t\u00eb vuajtjeve t\u00eb besimtar\u00ebve tan\u00eb.
Paralelisht me pun\u00ebn baritore, ke marr\u00eb p\u00ebrsip\u00ebr nj\u00eb detyr\u00eb tjet\u00ebr t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00ebsishme – N\u00eb Liceun Kishtar "Kryqi i Nderuar" n\u00eb Gjirokast\u00ebr duke dh\u00ebn\u00eb m\u00ebsim me p\u00ebrkushtim shembullor. Student\u00ebt e tu t\u00eb kujtojn\u00eb jo vet\u00ebm si m\u00ebsues t\u00eb ditur, por si at\u00eb shpirt\u00ebror q\u00eb i ka udh\u00ebhequr me dashuri n\u00eb rrug\u00ebn e Krishtit.
Aft\u00ebsia jote p\u00ebr t\u00eb t\u00ebrhequr t\u00eb rinjt\u00eb drejt Kish\u00ebs ka qen\u00eb shum\u00eb e dobishme. Me fjal\u00ebn t\u00ebnde, me shembullin t\u00ebnd personal dhe me dashurin\u00eb t\u00ebnde at\u00ebrore, ke arritur t\u00eb afrosh shum\u00eb t\u00eb rinj n\u00eb jet\u00ebn e Kish\u00ebs. Disa prej tyre sot sh\u00ebrbejn\u00eb si klerik\u00eb, m\u00ebsues, katekist\u00eb apo thjesht si besimtar\u00eb aktiv\u00eb, duke u b\u00ebr\u00eb l\u00eb\u00e7it\u00ebs t\u00eb Ungjillit n\u00eb shoq\u00ebrin\u00eb ton\u00eb.
II
Si at\u00eb shpirt\u00ebror, ke q\u00ebndruar me or\u00eb t\u00eb t\u00ebra n\u00eb stolin e rr\u00ebfimit, duke d\u00ebgjuar me durim problemet dhe shqet\u00ebsimet e besimtar\u00ebve, duke i k\u00ebshilluar me urt\u00ebsi dhe duke i ngush\u00eblluar me dashurin\u00eb e Krishtit.
Ti je nj\u00eb meshtar i palodhur i t\u00eb Lartit. \u00c7do dit\u00eb, q\u00eb n\u00eb or\u00ebt e para t\u00eb m\u00ebngjesit, je i pranish\u00ebm n\u00eb Altar, duke kremtuar Liturgjin\u00eb Hyjnore me devotshm\u00ebri. Zbatimi yt i sakt\u00eb i kanoneve t\u00eb shenjta, respekti p\u00ebr tradit\u00ebn liturgjike dhe kujdesi p\u00ebr \u00e7do detaj t\u00eb sh\u00ebrbesave, jan\u00eb shembull p\u00ebr t\u00eb gjith\u00eb klerik\u00ebt e rinj.
Sh\u00ebrbeve nj\u00eb koh\u00eb t\u00eb gjat\u00eb me t\u00eb paharruarin Mitropolitin Dhimit\u00ebr, paraardh\u00ebsin t\u00ebnd n\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb fron t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb. Dhe nga janari i vitit 2012, kur u hirotonise Mitropolit i Amantias nga i paharruari Kryepiskop Anastas, fillove nj\u00eb kapitull t\u00eb ri n\u00eb sh\u00ebrbimin t\u00ebnd. P\u00ebr m\u00eb shum\u00eb se 13 vjet ke qen\u00eb bashk\u00ebpun\u00ebtor i ngusht\u00eb i Fortlumturis\u00eb s\u00eb Tij. N\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb periudh\u00eb, p\u00ebrvoja jote u pasurua edhe m\u00eb shum\u00eb. Sh\u00ebrbimi yt n\u00eb Kish\u00eb ka qen\u00eb i r\u00ebnd\u00ebsish\u00ebm. Ke sh\u00ebrbyer si Kryesekretar i Sinodit t\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb dhe p\u00ebrgjegj\u00ebs p\u00ebr kujdesin e Kish\u00ebs Katedrale t\u00eb Tiran\u00ebs, "Ngjallja e Krishtit", q\u00eb nga dita e par\u00eb e funksionimit t\u00eb saj.
III
Hir\u00ebsi, sot Kisha t\u00eb nderon duke t\u00eb besuar udh\u00ebheqjen at\u00ebrore t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj Mitropolie historike, nj\u00eb Mitropoli me sfida t\u00eb shumta por edhe me potencial t\u00eb madh. Gjirokastra, ky qytet i bukur, kjo perl\u00eb e trash\u00ebgimis\u00eb son\u00eb kulturore dhe shpirt\u00ebrore, ka nevoj\u00eb p\u00ebr nj\u00eb bari me p\u00ebrvoj\u00ebn, urt\u00ebsin\u00eb dhe dashurin\u00eb t\u00ebnde. Shembulli i paraardh\u00ebsve t\u00eb tu, i Kryepiskopit Anastas, i cili e drejtoi me dashuri, urt\u00ebsi dhe me durim t\u00eb jasht\u00ebzakonsh\u00ebm p\u00ebr pes\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vjet k\u00ebt\u00eb Mitropoli t\u00eb bekuar dhe i Mitropolitit Dhimit\u00ebr, i cili sh\u00ebrbeu me devotshm\u00ebri p\u00ebr gati dy dekada, le t\u00eb jet\u00eb nj\u00eb frym\u00ebzim i vazhduesh\u00ebm n\u00eb p\u00ebrpjekjet tuaja p\u00ebr t\u00eb p\u00ebrmbushur detyr\u00ebn baritore.
Sfidat jan\u00eb t\u00eb shumta: emigrimi i t\u00eb rinjve, v\u00ebshtir\u00ebsit\u00eb ekonomike, sekularizmi n\u00eb rritje, por edhe mund\u00ebsit\u00eb e reja t\u00eb teknologjis\u00eb dhe komunikimit. Por ne jemi t\u00eb bindur se Ju, me p\u00ebrvoj\u00ebn t\u00ebnde 30-vje\u00e7are, me formimin t\u00ebnd t\u00eb thell\u00eb teologjik dhe shpirt\u00ebror, me dashurin\u00eb t\u00ebnde at\u00ebrore dhe me frym\u00ebn t\u00ebnde t\u00eb lutjes, do t\u00eb dish t\u00eb gjesh rrug\u00ebn e duhur p\u00ebr t\u00eb udh\u00ebhequr grigj\u00ebn n\u00eb k\u00ebto koh\u00eb sfidash.
Mitropolia e Gjirokastr\u00ebs pret shum\u00eb nga Mitropoliti i ri. Besimtar\u00ebt presin ngush\u00ebllim dhe udh\u00ebheqje, t\u00eb rinjt\u00eb presin frym\u00ebzim dhe shpres\u00eb, klerik\u00ebt presin mb\u00ebshtetje dhe inkurajim, dhe e gjith\u00eb shoq\u00ebria pret d\u00ebshmin\u00eb e dashuris\u00eb s\u00eb Krishtit p\u00ebrmes sh\u00ebrbimit t\u00ebnd. Por ti nuk je vet\u00ebm n\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb mision. E gjith\u00eb Kisha jon\u00eb \u00ebsht\u00eb p\u00ebrkrah teje. Sinodi i Shenjt\u00eb, klerik\u00ebt, dhe t\u00eb gjith\u00eb besimtar\u00ebt do t\u00eb mb\u00ebshtesin me lutjet dhe dashurin\u00eb e tyre. S\u00eb bashku, me hirin e Per\u00ebndis\u00eb, do t\u00eb vazhdojm\u00eb vepr\u00ebn e madhe t\u00eb ringjalljes shpirt\u00ebrore t\u00eb popullit ton\u00eb t\u00eb shum\u00ebvuajtur.
V\u00eblla i dashur, ki gjithmon\u00eb n\u00eb zemr\u00ebn dhe mendjen t\u00ebnde fjal\u00ebt e Apostullit Pav\u00ebl: Kini pra kujdes p\u00ebr veten tuaj dhe p\u00ebr gjith\u00eb grigj\u00ebn, mbi t\u00eb cil\u00ebn Fryma e Shenjt\u00eb ju vuri ju kujdestar\u00eb, q\u00eb t\u00eb baritoni kish\u00ebn e Per\u00ebndis\u00eb, t\u00eb cil\u00ebn e fitoi me gjakun e tij. (Veprat 20:28).
Zoti ju dh\u00ebnt\u00eb sh\u00ebndet, forc\u00eb dhe urt\u00ebsi p\u00ebr t\u00eb kryer k\u00ebt\u00eb sh\u00ebrbim t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb! Qofsh p\u00ebr shume vjet i denj\u00eb! Amin!
Data: 20 Shtator 2025<\/p>\n