He observed that the ministry of the Holy Altar is great and awesome, therefore a pure life and a developed spiritual sense of what is being done are required on the part of the Priest. The Divine Liturgy is not a performance, but a supreme Mystery, which Christ performs and we offer Him our lips and hands. Therefore, the first missionary action of the Priest must be the Divine Liturgy, through which the light of Christ is experienced, the Divine Love is acquired, which is the fruit of keeping the Commandments of Christ.
The Elder referred to the value of humility in the life of the Priest, which is attractive to Divine Grace and to the love of the Divine Word, which contributes to intimacy with God. Referring to sayings and especially the example of contemporary sanctified figures of Athos, such as Saints Sophronios the Athonite, Ephraim the Katounakiote and Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, he spoke about the importance of the attention that the Priest must demonstrate and the suffering for God that must distinguish him in the Divine Liturgy, because only then will Grace dwell within him and be able to inspire people.
Concluding his speech, Elder Ephraim referred to the importance of repentance for the Priest, which must be continuous, because in this way the charism is rekindled and his soul is purified. He leaves the orbit of the earth and passes into the orbit of God and can perform his entire priestly work. Continuous repentance brings to the soul of the Priest the peace of God, which he transmits to the faithful and transforms him into a man of the future age, who lives eternity from now on. A fruitful dialogue followed and the summary of the conclusions by the Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, Mr. Ignatius.