Dimitris Aslanidis
11-04-2006, 07:32 PM
Hi fellows, how are you? I am a new poster and I have something to tell you about a contemporary charismatic monach who died in 1994 and lived on mount Athos, I believe you know mount Athos. However my english isn�t very good so be patient. His name is father Paisios, perhaps you know him already, and what I am going to write comes from experiences of some relatives of mine. When my uncle (namely my mother's uncle) was around at the age of seventeen he had a friend who was from a village named Konitsa, in north-western Greece. There lived and father Paisios before he becomes a monk. Father Paisios' name in the world was Arsenios. Arsenios was young too but the fame that he made prophecies which came true had already been spread. My uncle's friend knew Arsenios and one day he with my uncle went to meet Arsenios. When they meet him my uncle's friend asked Paisios: "How are you Arsenios, what do you have to say for my friend here, what is he going to be�". Arsenios looked my uncle and at once he said: "Colonel". Then my uncle started laughing. My uncle said to me: "I didn�t have any relation with the army and no intention to engage with it". However that's what happened.
Recently one acquaitance of mine told me the following event. In his childhood he and his father went to mount Athos and namely to father Paisios. When they met the elder, the elder said to my acquaitance: "Come George, how are you?". My friend George was surprised when the elder called him with his name. In any case his father may had mentioned his name to the elder. However that which made to him even bigger impression was that the elder said to him: "That which you have done to your friend isn't fair, apologise to him". Indeed before a few days he had a quarrel with a friend of his, and nobody knew about it, nor his father, except him and his friend.
So that is from me about father Paisios.
Recently one acquaitance of mine told me the following event. In his childhood he and his father went to mount Athos and namely to father Paisios. When they met the elder, the elder said to my acquaitance: "Come George, how are you?". My friend George was surprised when the elder called him with his name. In any case his father may had mentioned his name to the elder. However that which made to him even bigger impression was that the elder said to him: "That which you have done to your friend isn't fair, apologise to him". Indeed before a few days he had a quarrel with a friend of his, and nobody knew about it, nor his father, except him and his friend.
So that is from me about father Paisios.