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Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi intervenes through the Radio and during the Holy Liturgy

The following incident refers to a friendly family of mine, and it took place on the 2^nd of July 2009, a day after the blessed repose of Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi.

            A. and her husband were going through some very tough times for the last few years and particularly since last May. It has to do with how her parents in law view her and how they behave towards their own son. In effect they are trying to separate the couple, who already have four kids, one newly-born- through quarrels, slurs, and malicious behaviour with appalling letters full of vile and slurs. They even managed to turn other relatives against the couple. However, being the spiritual children of Elder Efrem of Vatopaidi, the couple does not return the fire but shows patience and perseverance in trying to protect their family.

            Nevertheless, being human, they are suffering. The wife reached the point where she thought that it is all her fault since everybody had turned against her and was desperate. Elder Efrem told her to forget about it and that it is not her fault. However, she cannot get rid of this thought.

            The day after Elder Joseph reposed to the Lord, while she was driving her children to school with her husband’s car, she heard on the radio a faint, husky voice saying quickly: ‘Do not allow Satan enter your house. You must get rid of him. He particularly likes to dissolve marriages and families. What is happening is not your fault. It is Satan who makes you believe it is your fault and gives you a hard time unnecessarily’.  When she returned home she told her husband that she had listened to a wonderful speech by an elder with a faint, husky voice, talking about their specific problem. When the husband got into the car, he listened to an interview which Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi gave to the reporter of the Metropolis of Limassol Radio, Mr Louka Louka. It was a very good interview but it was referring to irrelevant to their problem issues. 

He thought to ask for the CD to listen to it with his wife. They made a copy of Elder Joseph’s interview, broadcasted on the 2^nd of July 2009.  The following night he drove to the Machaira monastery to attend an all night vigil. He turned the CD on but at no time did the Elder talk about Satan and the need to drive him out of our homes. The husband thought it was weird. Then he remembered that the radio station broadcasts the Holy Liturgy live from the Holy Monastery of Asomaton Petraki at 7.30am everyday. He confirmed this with those working at the radio station. Indeed, the previous day the radio was broadcasting the Holy Liturgy at 7.30 and not anything with Elder Joseph speaking. What had happened was inconceivable in our logic. Elder Joseph spoke to his wife during the Holy Liturgy!

            This proved without any doubt that Elder Joseph, having found favour in the face of our Lord, intervened miraculously to calm down a devout soul which was unjustly suffering from slanders and slurs.

            This event astounded us very much and proved that not only Elder Joseph had gained favour in the face of the Lord but also the fact that there is life after death and that Our Lord is a Living God. Our Lord is neither a theory nor some man-made fiction. However, we, His creations, doubt Him.

            I mentioned this event to the Abbot of Vatopaidi, Elder Efrem. He was not surprised since he knew very well how his elder lived. The Metropolitan of Limassol Athanasios was also informed and confirmed again that at 7.30 every morning the station broadcasts the Holy Liturgy.

I have received the permission of the couple to reveal this astonishing ‘intervention through the radio waves’ by Elder Joseph, without mentioning their names.

NEARCHOS PANAGI

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Turkey: Greeks Radio Station Goes Worldwide

The Greek community in Istanbul has taken its voice around the world through an online radio station called The Sound of Istanbul, which debuted on Oct. 30 during a ceremony in the auditorium of the Secretariat General of Information and Communication in Athens. This was an initiative taken by the Greeks of Istanbul.

“Six months ago, two expats had the idea of creating a radio station for all Greeks in Istanbul, in order their voice to be sound around the world,” Andreas Rompopoulos, inspirer of this idea, said.

This online radio station was realized thanks to the initiative of an expat group as well as the expat newspaper IHO (Echo), published in Turkey since 1977.  In a recorded congratulatory video Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said that providing information around the world is critical in this age.

Olga Kefalogianni, Minister of Tourism, attended the ceremony and was joined by many others, including journalists, artists and radio producers who discussed the statin’s aim. The Sound of Istanbul transmits on website: www.ihotispolis.com.

Elder Efrem’s radio interview on Skai on the Dormition of our Lady

Ephraim and Joseph of Vatopaidi

The Abbot of Vatopedi monastery, Archimandrite Efrem, spoke on the radio programme “ Gisa somewhere else” of SKAI 100,3 FM on Saturday 14^th August  2010, on the eve of the feast of the Dormition of our Lady, Mother of God. Elder Efrem was celebrating the feast at the Vatopedi Metohi of Porto Lagos.

Here is the full text of the interview.

Gisa: Geronta you are in Porto Lagos to celebrate the feast of the Dormition and I was wondering why could not women attend?

Elder Efrem: Excuse me. This is the monastery’s metohi and women can visit as well.

Gisa: Up to there, but what about further up?

Elder Efrem: The Holy Mount Athos as you know is inaccessible to women and this is the tradition spanning hundreds of years. The reason why it is inaccessible is not because the monks hate or scorn or wish to degrade women. But it is because The Holy Mountain is a man’s Parthenon.

Gisa: Anyway, where you are now we can all of us meet.

Elder Efrem: Absolutely.

Gisa: And it is a blessed place.

Elder Efrem: Yes, of course. It is a place where our Lady’s grace dominates. There is a chapel devoted to her and another one devoted to Saint Nikolas.

Gisa: Are there a lot of people up there now?

Elder Efrem: Quite a lot. We have three spiritual fathers who are continuously taking confessions from people who are getting ready to take the Holy Communion during the feast.

Gisa: Geronta, how is confession helping people?

Elder Efrem: Confession is a very helpful means because through this mystery a person starts to condemn himself, blame himself and hold himself responsible. Not only he holds himself responsible in a non verbal way in front of the icon, as they say, in front of Christ, but also in front of the priest who is also another human being. He comes to confess his sins. However, this meeting is not just a meeting which has man in its epicenter but a meeting with Christ, because it is a mystery of the Church. A person will then definitely feel the forgiveness for his sins, through the grace of the Holy Spirit.  This is a very important issue.

Gisa: Geronta, which is the message which the feast of the Dormition offers to modern man? We are living through very difficult times down here…

Elder Efrem: We are living through difficult times but I think this feast of the Most Holy Lady is one which offers a spiritual message, a message of purity and cleanliness and devotion to the Lord. Our Lady was the first after The One, who devoted herself entirely to God. She stayed in the Holy Sanctuary (Ayia ton Ayion?) ever since she was three years old. She is the person who experienced the grace of the Holy Spirit more than anyone else in the world. This alone bestows such a huge honor to our Lady. That’s the reason we are calling her «Most Blessed», «Most Honored», «Most Gracious» and this is the model which we must present to the world. She is the one most honored by everybody, especially the monks, and also in the Holy Mountain. Sometimes, you know, people say that no women are allowed in the Holy Mountain and that monks do away with women. On the contrary, they honor our Lady more than anywhere else in the world. They offer her this comprehensive tribute and all this devotion because she is the one who loved Christ completely.

Gisa: Does she become a great sanctuary for man even these days, doesn’t she?

Elder Efrem: Absolutely. The Most Holy Lady is a great sanctuary for all of us. People flock here with such pain with so much suffering, with illnesses and toil and troubles and three hundred meters away we see them kneel and come to worship her icon, to fulfill the promise they have made for their troubles. Then we see them again when they leave. They have been comforted and consoled and have such sweetness in their faces.

Gisa: This is funny, geronta. Faith is not diminished with the passing of time but it is as if it becomes stronger sometimes. How can this be? Is there an explanation?

Elder Efrem: Faith is a strong spiritual weapon which is given to man because he is created in the image and likeness of God. Sometimes faith can be ridiculed and scorned by some, but it is a strong weapon not used by many, but which remains hidden inside them until the time of trouble comes, when one is really tested. Then he takes out this bag full of treasure, this great power called “faith” and uses it. And faith bears fruit.

Gisa: Since no one has ever taught us about this spiritual work, how do we find such resilience and at the time of trouble we call out to our Lady?

Elder Efrem: We may have never been systematically taught but do not forget that we live in Greece, where the environment and the tradition have always been helping man to turn to Church in times of trouble. I think the person to whom man looks up to for help in times of trouble is our Lady.

Gisa: Geronta, do miracles happen today?

Elder Efrem: Of course! Look here at our metohi at the Visthonida pond. So many miracles take place. So many people have found cure, there are so many offerings, so many letters! One is in awe when one witnesses all these miracles performed by our Lady with her icon, which is a copy of the Panayia Pantanassa icon, which is found in Vatopedi. As you may very well know the Vatopedi Monastery is the only one in the world which is adorned with seven miraculous icons of our Lady and also by her Holy Girdle.

Gisa:, Are we never going to see these since we are women?

Elder Efrem: You will see these when we are occasionally asked to take them out of the Holy Mountain. But especially we agree to take them out every now and then so than women can see them.

Gisa: What is the liturgical regime at the garden of our Lady, where you are now?

Elder Efrem: As you know today is not the feast of our Lady according to the old calendar we use at the Holy Mountain. But here at the metohi we celebrate the feast with the new calendar. We have an all night vigil this evening which will last up to five hours. The fathers from the monastery arrived here so that they can chant in the way it is done in the Holy Mountain. We are expecting a lot of people. We also hold a second liturgy at a different chapel for those who have children and cannot attend the all night vigil.

Gisa: Do you think that the world will change at some point for the better?

Elder Efrem: We are only left with the hope which as Saint Paul says “it does not embarrass us”. I think that hope must never leave a man’s heart.

Gisa: Is hope stronger than faith?

Elder Efrem: Hope is derived from faith and it is a prerequisite.

Gisa: What would you say to someone who does not believe in God?

Elder Efrem: I would say to him to try to live in the way we do. I think that if he experiments in this way he will experience something. Since even one who does not believe has an immortal soul inside of him.

Gisa: If one does not live a Church life does it mean that he does not possess the Lord’s grace?

Elder Efrem: He may not live the life of the Church now, but we do not know what will happen at the end. As this great, modern Saint, Father Paisios Ayioritis said, we will be met with a lot of surprises during the Second Coming of Christ. We do not know how each man will end his life.

Gisa: One last question, geronta. This entire furor surrounding your name, which reminds us a little of the Christian persecutions of past times, did it leave you shaken at all?

Elder Efrem: With God’s grace, I have not been shaken, since as I have told you faith is great force. We are devoted to our duties; we are not expecting to hear praises from people. As you know, our holy forefathers, whom we read and imitate, have always been controversial figures. First it was Christ himself. A monk does not concern himself whether he will acquire a good name; He is only interested in diligently fulfilling his absolute duty: his complete devotion to God.

Gisa: Are n’t you afraid that people’s faith will be shaken?

Elder Efrem: I do not think so. A person, who is struggling spiritually, will recognize the methods and the descriptions and the reasons behind this furor. I think that common sense recognizes that it something not worth mentioning.

Gisa: You are saying that the truth will be revealed to someone sometime but in a way which may not be easily comprehensible these days.

Elder Efrem: Many times a person does not recognize the truth because of the way he lives. On our part, we pray for the whole world, the whole universe and we always maintain a loving attitude for everybody. This is our position and our mission”.

Gisa: It is very important to say that your mission is this. What would you ask for those who hear you today and those who don’t?

Elder Efrem: I humbly pray that people will recognize that man is a spiritual creature and to start caring for the salvation of his immortal soul. As Saint Basil the Great, this grand Saint said:  we must take care of our souls which are immortal. It is only when someone starts taking care of his immortal soul that he will come to comprehend that our Lady is present, the saints are present and that faith is a great force for the orthodox people and especially for our Greece.

Gisa: Geronta, I thank you with all my heart.

Elder Efrem: I wish you well and may our Lady be with you.

Gisa: You too. Give us your blessing!

Elder Efrem: May you have our Lord’s blessing.

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