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# Vatopedi Monastery to Bring Holy Reed Relic to Thessaloniki
- URL: https://uoj.news/news/vatopedi-monastery-to-bring-holy-reed-relic-to-thessaloniki/
- Published: 2026-11-11T15:39:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T15:39:04.000Z
- Description: A relic of the Holy Reed preserved at Vatopedi will be brought to Thessaloniki for public veneration for the first time.
- Author: Tobias Straney
- Tags: #Category: News, Vatopedi Monastery, Relics, Pilgrimage, Veneration, Mt. Athos

**THESSALONIKI —** A relic containing a portion of the Holy Reed used to mock and strike our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, before His crucifixion will be brought from Mt. Athos to Thessaloniki for [public veneration](https://www.orthodoxianewsagency.gr/mitropolitiko%5Fergo/%ce%b9-%ce%bc-%ce%b8%ce%b5%cf%83%cf%83%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%bf%ce%bd%ce%af%ce%ba%ce%b7%cf%82/o-timios-kalamos-ek-tis-i-m-m-vatopaidiou-gia-proti-fora-sti-thessaloniki-5/) for the first time, November 11–16, 2026.

With the blessing of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, the relic will be hosted at the Church of St. Spyridon in Triandria. The monastery’s abbot, Archimandrite Ephraim, will bring it to the church on Wednesday, November 11, at 5 p.m. Metr. Athanasios of Sisani and Siatista and Metr. Philotheos of Thessaloniki will officiate at a doxology welcoming the relic.

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The six-day pilgrimage will include daily services, Divine Liturgies, prayers, and vigils. Archimandrite Ephraim is scheduled to deliver a talk at the church’s spiritual center on November 12, while Metr. Philotheos will celebrate the hierarchical Divine Liturgy on November 15\. The relic will depart the church on November 16 following the concluding services.

The Holy Reed is preserved in a Serbian reliquary at Vatopedi, incorporated into a cross-shaped setting alongside relics of saints. Researchers date the reliquary to the 16th or 17th century, although no inscription or date survives. According to the Gospel of Matthew, Roman soldiers placed a reed in Christ’s hand as a mock scepter before striking Him on the head during His Passion.

Previously, the [UOJ reported](https://uoj.news/news/relic-of-st-nicholas-of-myra-stolen-and-destroyed-at-french-basilica/) that a relic of St. Nicholas of Myra was stolen and destroyed at a French basilica.