NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE

  

In almost all the traditions of the ancient peoples, from the very old years,

there was the perception of the other world and the other life.

But the coming of Christ to earth, and the information of men about

the other world in every detail raised this concern and explained

the need to prepare ...

Christ, in the parable of the rich man and his poor servant, where

He was symbolically called Lazarus, he described the events that took place after his death, and

he warned what awaits those people who will be indifferent to him

danger.

He also spoke of casting these people into the eternal fire,

saying those characteristic words,

ʺ ... walk away from me, the cursed in the fire the eternal the prepared

the devil and his angels ...,

and elsewhere, speaking of the great Crisis, in the Second Presence, he warned,

And these (sinners) are sent to Hell forever ... ʺ (Matthew ̈41-46).

He also mentioned the darkness outside, concluding,

There is the gnashing and gnashing of teeth ... (Matthew KB 30)

In the Apocalypse he also speaks of the lake burning fire and sulfur ... ʺ as well as that ʺ the

The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest.

(the punished souls) day and night ... (Rev. 9:11)

 He gave material and comprehensible images from the world we live in so that we could

somehow to understand the horror of eternity.

He spoke, like a mountain village teacher once, addressing the students

he, who had never seen the sea, had told them.

- The sea, children, is like a big cistern. Like the one where you water the sheep,

but incomparably greater. Imagine a plain, full of water ...

- And the ship, sir, how is the ship?

- The ship, guys, is like a big boat sailing in the cistern ...

But what an incomparable difference there is between a cistern and the sea, a boat and

tanker, so much the greater the difference in facts and situations where

we will be called to face ...

  ........ We will now quote a recorded interview, as we found it

in an audio document, cassette of miracles, of Panagia Malevi, an image

with a strange manner of behavior, of which we refer in detail, to

column ʺTo time's ʺ

It is a testimony, that another world is waiting for us, through a process,

Control and Crisis ...

The patient speaks:

I was very well when I had a small amount of bleeding. I was pressured too

I went to the doctor, I thought it was a joke, but a small fibroid was actually found.

But then, the doctor told me, that the blood is not from the fibroid, but comes from

polyps. You will do a scraping and you will be fine, reassure me ...

 

 

I did the scraping and we did some other analyzes, they were found

relatively good, and the doctor and I concluded that if I wanted to, I could not

surgery.

But one night I saw in my dream that I was in the operating room. That put me in

thoughts, maybe it was some warning. I was then working in a clinic and talking

with a colleague, she told me to go for surgery. I was praying to the Virgin Mary

a week earlier to help me, and show me if I should have surgery or not.

I had a hard time preparing for anesthesia, so much so that they were amazed

doctors watching me awake.

BUT, THERE WILL BE A CHECK ...

As I was awake, lying on the bed, I see two in front of me

strangers, not doctors. They tell me,

- Let's go ..

- Where are we going, I tell them, there will be surgery now.

- Let's go, the operation will be done ...

But the moment they told me that, something like music started coming out of their mouths,

with words constantly repeated ʺthe operation will be done ..., the operation will be done ... ʺ

They were words mixed with music as we walked down the aisle.

We got somewhere and going up three steps, I counted them, a door opened and

we entered an office. A man was sitting there.

I could not see his face, but I could see his body and hands

on the desk. Next to it was a package, like a block of accounting receipts.

He kept open a Gospel-sized book which he consulted before

question,

-- Are you married; I tell him ʺ yes

-- Do you have any children; λέω πάλι ʺ ναίʺ

-- How many children have you got;

-- Three.

- Were you faithful to your crown?

I tell him

- In fact!

He tells me right away,

- Why 3 children?

I tell him again crying,

-- Three.

- I want you to explain to me, he tells me, why only three? Have you had abortions?

-- No. I did one, but I did not know it was a sin. But I confessed it

to a priest ...

As soon as I said that I confessed it to a priest, he hastily signed the bulletin

receipt cut the paper and gave it to my right-hand companion.

- Let's go, my companions tell me.

(In the meantime, the music and the words χείριση the operation will be done ταν were heard

constantly). We entered a second office. They ask me again.

- Are you in church?

- In fact.

- Are you confessing?

- Yes.

- Do you share?

- In fact.

 

 

- Are you fasting?

I say again

- In fact.

He also signed the receipts in front of him, cut the paper and it

gave to my right attendant. We have now started for the third office. There, I saw

different lights, other decorations ...

I started to wonder if the operation was done and I am dead and I am in it

another life because I saw other things, another world, outside of the life I had every day

we watch. I was trying to figure out if I was in a place that was with God, or with me,

they were going to Hell.

Suddenly a strong wind blew, like a siphon, and I noticed between them

scrambled leaves of the trees, colorful little crosses spinning

airborne. The view of the Crosses reassured me. We entered the third office. They ask me

again,

LOVE EACH OTHER ...

- Do you help? (alms)

I say,

- I'm poor, but I can do anything.

- Do you visit the disabled, the poor, the sick?

I tell him,

- I do the nurse too, and I like to take care of the sick,

That's why I go ...

He also signed this receipt and gave it to my companions. We went to

the fourth official. They ask me there,

- Are you a "harpoon" (Cypriot dialect, "you write, you grab").

But I personally had never heard that word. I tell him,

--What does this mean sir? I do not know this word ...

- ʺ Αρπαώνης, αρπαώνης = TAKE THINGS FROM OTHERS; it tells me.

- That is, if I grab, if I steal, do you mean?

- Yes.

- If it is and I am hungry, I tell him, I take it. If it is, and something I do not have,

but I find it double (in my job or elsewhere), and I get it ...

He drew a line on the paper for me, as if to note something, not if

he signed, (as the others had signed earlier), cut the paper, and handed it to him. We entered

the fifth office. Question,

- Are you criticizing my brother?

I tell him,

- Excuse me, sir, I do not know your brother.

He got angry, and he told me again,

- Do you criticize your brother, your fellow man? I tell him,

- Yes, sir, I criticize him.

- Why do you criticize him?

- Why, I do not like his actions ...

- Do you criticize your own actions?

I tell him,

- Sir, let me explain ...

- No, he tells me, tell me why are you criticizing?

- I criticize, I tell him, trying to justify myself ...

- How are you with your colleague?

 

- Not well. Where I work there are misunderstandings and riots.

But I confess regularly and I tell my spiritual ...

He looked at the paper, noted something, and did not sign the receipt, (as he did not have to

sign the other in the previous office). Even though I said that

I confess regularly to a priest, (but I do it again ...)

he did not sign the theft and the accusation

We went out and walked to the next, sixth office, the music, and the words

where I kept hearing before, that εγ the operation will be done, the operation will be done ʺ now they have changed.

Now I was listening, at a fast pace: εγ the operation is over ..., the

surgery is over ... ʺ.

GET IT BACK.

We entered a new office. There was no one, just a big armchair and

every now and then I saw, when a little star, when a colorful cross, appear

on this chair and it shines with lightning ...

From a small, low door came a person, like a girl, very nice, me

big eyes (reminded me of an angel), and the only thing I noticed was the gold

armbands he had in his hands (indicative of some power), with a large stone

on them where lightning was coming out. He entered with a modest air, sat down in the chair, and

he looked at me inquisitively from face to toe. My companion also reached out

gave the papers concerning me. I saw this person very clearly as well

as read the notes. He stopped suddenly, and turned to the exit door

he said patiently three times as if asking someone.

- To pass it, to pass it, to pass it?

I did not hear the answer. He just turned and shouted, pointing to the exit.

- Take it back, take it back ...

The echo of the words was still in my ears - take it back, take it

backʺ when I felt a hand on my forehead. I heard a voice.

- Mom, mom, your operation is over, it's over. She was my daughter, and I started to

meet.

Why did you not leave me, I told them.

The nurses fell on me, asking to know what had happened. Throughout

During the operation, they told me, about three and a half hours, we listened to you where

you were talking. Who were you talking to and waving your hands at? Tell us what happened?

About 50 nurses, almost all staff, gathered and demanded

I insist on telling them. What did I see during these hours in the operating room?

Although I remember them all vividly, I asked for pens and paper so as not to forget them. He came to

a theologian and interviewed me.

In a conversation I had with spiritual people, I was told that all this,

occur in souls after death. There will be a Crisis. For reasons that do not

we know, they told me, the angels who ministered to your soul as companions, took

at the last moment, a command from God to take me back to the world, to be corrected and

to repent ...

- ʺ Take it back .... ʺ

My spiritual, he told me.

According to the Tradition of the Orthodox Church, from ancient times

to date, there are 9 customs, checkpoints of dying souls.

You passed the five, with the last three unsigned. (But virtually, in a way,

didactically, and not to be too afraid - L.M.D.). The control in the sixth station

is rejecting your soul. You had to go through the rest. You had them

suitable projects to pass?

 

DO NOT JUDGE ME ...

According to a friend, an eyewitness to the incident.

Or ... my mother was dying, she told me. And at the end of it, she did not recognize either

of us, her children. Her eyes are locked. And only her breath showed one

remnant of life he still had. Then, at the very end, the battle began. And we

her children, the observers. That is, while he had his eyes closed, and did not recognize either

of us her children, but she "saw ...".

He sees others. Who; Persons who had come to receive it. And

then, in the stillness of the funeral environment, he began to shout.

- Leave. Leave. Do not take me. Do not judge me. I did not do anything ...

Which psychology, which sociology, which philosophy, which ... could be us

say, what did this afflicted woman see, with her eyes closed or, what faces did she understand,

where did she not even know her children?

Yes, said my friend. It is a fact, I saw it with my own eyes. There is another

world. And they come to receive our soul there, in the death bed, there

at the scene of the fatal car accident, through the sheets and irons, or angels

goods, or wicked demons.

Depending on our projects ...

IMAGES FROM AN ACCIDENT

Michalis Ch., The only survivor from a helicopter crash in the river Strymon,

in the past, it is said.

At one point I saw my soldiers drown, after the

rushing stream of the river to the waterfall. I, I stayed at the bottom

waterfall. I made my cross and said.

- Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me. Now the angels or demons will come to 

receive my soul. Tragic moments ...

But God let me live with my large family. Next to me,

in the current of the river, the firefighter and his soldiers were drowned

special forces.

For this terrible time of our exit from the land borders, of customs

of the baggage of our lives, and of the ʺ visa certification ʺ the Orthodox

The Church has also written the following prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos.

Πι Aspire, immaculate, incorruptible, colorless, pure Virgin, Goddess Despina ... and in

at the time of my departure, my wretched soul pervaded, and the dark faces of

of wicked demons Porro (far away) this expelling (removing) .... ʺ

(Dinner)

EVEN IF IT IS TRUE?

Rejection of the soul from the kingdom of God means Hell, and

cohabitation after the demons. Because, unfortunately, the places of the other life are two.

They are neither three nor five. Or with Christ who will judge the world, or with him

a devil who deceived us in this world, and we faithfully served him ...

We often think of people dying from road accidents in the world.

From blockages and heart attacks, from electric shocks and accidental events. People

where at night they will sleep in a bed and in the morning they will be accompanied by others to

a long journey of separation.

People who leave unprepared, thinking that we are dying too

we end ... ʺ, and where they do not have the thought and a different point of view.

Whatever we finished Universities, Masters, Languages, Specialization, Studies

time consuming and costly. No matter how much we sat at the desks for endless years, overnight

on books, during working and learning hours.

 

 

ʺ Vanity, vanities, everything vanity φέρει says somewhere, David.

And this is, the wisest and most settled view of man, at up to 100

about years of this journey, where he is called to live ...

IN ANOTHER DIMENSION ...

Too many people today do not believe that there is another life. They think that

it all ends here, under the tombstone, and nothing further. The Orthodox

Christianity, through many proofs, for those who want without

prejudices to see the truth, teaches that our life is a time of nothing,

in front of the other life. But we must be careful because after a death we will

Crisis follow-up! Man as a perfect creation has a Creator. Coincidentally not

nothing happened, and it is true insanity to accept that a house or a

car was designed and made by man, while entire solar systems

moving at dizzying and constant speeds, they happened on their own, by chance, and by

nothing ... Many still talk and believe that there really is another life and that

we will all definitely go there. Righteous and unrighteous, faithful and unbelieving, thieves, murderers, and

honest! All together!

COMING SOON

The time that Orthodoxy will prevail is near We know that it is not only the natural laws but also spiritual. Therefore, the wrath of God can not be addressed by cooperative sinners (why double rage will become), but by repentance and adherence to orders Lord. Elder Sophronius of Mount Athos (1993) tells the Essex, England like Saint Paisius: "The Union of Churches is difficult if not impossible for them. speak for the Union Churches do not know the mentality of the heterodox or level Orthodoxy. Saint Paisius the above knowledge was, advises everyone to be more restrained because there will be the time when the Lord will present the Marcus Polite and fast palms to gather all scandalized our brethren, to confess the Orthodox faith, to clinch tradition, and give great joy to our Mother. Essentially the elder prophesying a truly Orthodox Synod Perhaps the 8th. Ecumenical Council for which prophesied to become the Holy Nile Myrovlytis: Then he made at the eighth meeting, and wants to choose good from evil, ie Orthodoxy, as the farmer selects the wheat from the chaff. and Then make peace little people again will change the agreement in their evil .... Peace in the world can not come without a peacemaker, living and unadulterated teaching Orthodoxy. Dissemination However, although continued after the fall of City, to a degree, it should be maximized and will officially spread dynamically after the 3rd World War general war as mention

 

Reason why there's no reincarnation

When Christ was on earth, One time he took with him on the top of the mountain some of his students.There he showed them his transformation,showing to them how we are going to be at the end when he will come again for the final settlement,about how we will be,in afterlife, The Prophet Moses and Prophet  Elias who was taken alive in the heavens with a fiery chariot conversing with Him about the prophecies mentioned in His saving Passion. This was to show the disciples that he is the Lord of the Law and the prophets, living and dead.How can we speak about reincarnation of Moses had died 1250 years before Christ?How can be Moses if reincarnation exists?Our personality never changes,we are one and the same,our souls cannot get any kind transformation

The doctrine of Karma and Reincarnation

Christ defeated death , not by delivering from the body, but also by the resurrection  and immortality of the body. The doctrine of Karma and Reincarnation cancels the mystery of Christ's salvation. While the eternal Judge will stand not only the soul but also as one body, the doctrine of reincarnation, which evaluates the body negatively, not only cancels the hope in Christ, but also the sense of divine worship, the basic purpose of the Divine Eucharist, what is the point to suffer in this life, if you have no recollection, which is the benefit of you in this life?

Under hypnosis= The devils can interfere into your subconscious mind

Satanic death is what you will get at the end=Illuminati-Freemason

One thing that Satanists (Laveyithans) use to attract members who may feel a bit uncomfortable with the word "satanist" is to say they are not Satanists at all and don't even believe in satan. It's called Atheistic Satanism aka "the church of satan." We must remember that demons and satan speak in riddles and say the opposite of what the truth is, even backward speaking as in playing recordings backward and hearing what the demon's message really is. Their unholy hour is 3am the opposite of the death of Christ which was 3pm as an insult to Jesus. They also perform rituals saying the Lord's Prayer backward. So the BS about not believing in Satan is exactly the opposite of what they really do, and atheistic is a total contradiction because they 1) have a church with weekly (or more) services (rituals) 2) They have unholy rituals to hail Satan and other demons, and dogma to follow. So it's all a front to hide what they really do which is everything that would be selfish, ultra materialistic, and an abomination to Christ/God. Orgies, pedophilia, blood-drinking, black magic, homosexuality is a requirement at least bi-sexuality, and promoting all the hedonistic desires as a good thing while denying God who they feel is a big meanie for not allowing it, so suddenly he doesn't exist, oh but his failed creation satan does. It makes no sense but these types of sociopaths don't care about logistics, it's just about embracing their sins any way they can, and materialism. Don't buy into the deception, these things will ruin your life eventually because the satanic church owns you once you join. Once you are owned you have lost your soul, and yes spirit/souls are real. The whole setup is a farce to lure ignorant people to join, and rogue atheists as well. Sex addicts particularly enjoy that lifestyle and psychopathic narcissists love it. Suddenly they can be "gods!" What a joke. They totally fell for it. Yeah, it's all fun and games to them until the moment of their death, and many have been very afraid at that time, even asking forgiveness from God. It's too late then sadly but wasn't the money, drugs, and sex worth the trade-off? Satanic death is forever, we are on Earth but a short time to be tested and learn. Satanists are like spoiled children who refuse proper meals and just want candy and cookies for every meal. There is always a huge price to pay for that short time of pleasure though eventually isn't there? This insanity leads one to understand Satanism itself is completely illogical and self-destructive, any selfish fool could be atheist or satanist that's easy, evil is easy. However being righteous and holy is not an easy road but a challenge, it's very hard in these times with stresses and temptations at every turn, but the rewards are immense if you can hang in there, and you can get help if you ask. To be immortal is a promise from God, satan being only an angel cannot give immortality, so those who choose the left-hand path are sent to be with satan at death, who hates traitors and all humans, so they receive the most exquisite torture of all for his pleasure, because Satanists ARE still humans, and it behooves satan to prove to God humans are not worthy, then their soul is destroyed. There is no party, no promotion, no reincarnation, you are just gone in a poof of fire.

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Christ is Orthodox Christ came to earth to "build" a church. And the orthodox church began

 

 Are there any Thanks outside the Orthodox Church? Where are the limits of the Church? Are contemporary Protestantism and Roman Catholicism heretic in the same sense that the great heresies of the first millennium were heretic? Do they have all the simple followers of these heterodox religious groups of heretics - or maybe even idolaters? Is baptism within non-Orthodox ecclesiastical bodies valid? Do they have the same spiritual power and bear the same spiritual blessings as Orthodox Baptism? What has brought mankind - and indeed "Christianity" - into this desperate state? It is certainly not overt worship of the devil, which is always limited to a few people; it is probably something much thinner, and something awesome and an Orthodox Christian thinks: is the loss of the grace of God, following the loss of the essence of Christianity. In the West, it is certain that the grace of God has been lost for many centuries. The Roman Catholics and the Protestants have not fully eaten the grace of God, so it is not surprising that they can not discern its demonic imitation. But alter! The success of subtle spirituality even among Orthodox Christians today reveals how much they have also lost the essence of Christianity, so they can no longer distinguish between true Christianity and pseudo-Christianity. Orthodox Christians have long considered for granted the precious treasure of their faith, and have neglected to use the pure gold of their teachings. How many Orthodox Christians even know the existence of the basic texts of the Orthodox spiritual life that teach precisely how to distinguish between genuine and false spirituality, 

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UFO the dark forces of satan are called AliensThey are entities OF SAT...

Prophet Muhammad DEMON POSSESSED- read my subs

Early Muslim tradition records the fact that when Muhammad was about to receive a revelation from Allah, he would often fall down on the ground, his body would jerk, his eyes would roll backward, and he would perspire profusely.

The scriptures define such an experience with a boy who was demon-possessed (Mark 9:18-20 KJV) And wheresoever he (the demon) take him, he tears him: and he foams, and gnasher with his teeth, and pine away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him (the demon) out; and they could not. He answered him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tares him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. "According to extra-Quranic sources, Muhammad's first mystical experience was allegedly being attacked by two men who cut his belly open in search of something. His foster mother thought he was demon-possessed after finding him standing and not having appeared to be the victim of any violence. He later claimed his nonexistent attackers to be angels who cleansed his heart. In a.d. 610, he claimed to have received his first of a series of Revelation of the Quran from God through the angel GABRIEL. His first disciple was his wife, then his cousin Ali, then his slave, and then his friend Abu Bakr. His following grew without many problems: first with slaves and the poor and oppressed, and then some wealthy clans, because, according to some, he used the so-called Satanic verses (a now-deleted version of Sura 53:19 that advocated the worship of the three daughters of Allah; al-Lat, al-'Uzza and Manat, later the angel GABRIEL chided Muhammad for claiming divine inspiration for this verse and told him he did this on his own while under Satan's power) in preaching to the unconverted." (1) Muhammad claimed that the ANGEL GABRIEL FROM HEAVEN gave him this “OTHER GOSPEL.” God knew that false prophets like Muhammad would arise to deceive many. He forewarned the saints that, anyone who preaches a different gospel, even if it came from an angel from heaven, is to be "accursed!" Jehovah God had prophesied through Paul, that one day, a man like Muhammad would claim that an angel from heaven gave him another gospel! (Gal 1:8 KJV) But though we, or an ANGEL from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. (Mat 24:11 KJV) And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. (Rev 20:10 KJV) And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Homosexual confession, the time we to realize the truth

Constantine, who always used to sit in the last rows of the church, got up - with obvious hesitation at first - and walked up to old Anastasy. As he walked to the pulpit, he noticed that everyone was looking at him in a strange manner. He could see a vague look of wonder in the eyes of the churchgoers, while he was wondering why old Anastasy invited only him to stand by him, during the reading of the letter.
Something unusual was however prompting him, so, after a quick glance at his beloved Katerina, he asked old Anastasy to say a few words in memory of Crazy John. Old Anastasy intended that the letter be read first, then Constantine would have been asked to speak. But father Vassily intervened, saying:
"Let the boy speak first, Anastasy".
With his head lowered, Constantine approached the microphone.
"I regard and perceive myself as the worst miasma that has ever existed in mankind. I furthermore know that you all confront me as a miasma of society, on account of my prior sinful activity. You are absolutely right to do so. That is how I deserve to be confronted by you, because with the life I led, I not only harmed myself, but also those near me - that means you all - but also all those that I caught in the meshes of iniquity. So, I am taking the opportunity that mister Anastasy is giving me, to ask each one of you personally to forgive me. I don't even deserve your forgiveness, because I have harmed you more than you could ever imagine. I harmed our town, our district, our neighborhood. I harmed friends and acquaintances of mine, and parents and relatives, because with my lifestyle, I had brought the mire of debauchery into your everyday lives.
This downhill slide that I had taken was ended once and for all by Crazy John. The prayers of that fool released me from the clutches, not only of one demon, but of an entire legion that had lodged inside me.
I was a transvestite for almost ten years. I believed at the time that happiness could be found in the ephemeral pleasure that bodily contact can arouse. I dressed provocatively; I used to be furious with people. I confronted life as though it were a vessel for pleasures, which I had to make sure I filled, on a daily basis. I experienced the mire of Hell, more than a human mind could ever imagine. That is why I used to regularly change my place of residence, since society had rightly perceived me as an outcast. And that was essentially what I was.  I believed that quarrels, insults and disappointments were the best kind of defence, in my literally vehement obsession to pursue something that deviated from what was socially correct - from the ideals and the values of the Gospel. At the time, I had looked upon my illness as a human right, and was under the illusion that it was an outright normal thing - a thing that nowadays, even top-level leaders tend to advertise as a mere supposed "otherness".
So, there wasn't a single police station in Athens that didn't know me. There wasn't a single courtroom where I hadn't been a "customer" - either as an accused, for having offended virtuous behaviour, or as a witness for the defence or for the prosecution, in various, related cases. I was under the illusion that with my overall immoral activity, I was serving a silent revolution in favour of the acceptance of homosexuality. Hunted as I was, I arrived at your neighborhood too, and presented myself to the kindly, poor old lady Chrysoula, to ask her to let her one-room apartment to me.  That is where I saw Crazy John for the very first time; he had brought over some bread to the almost destitute old woman.
Unlike most other tenants, I wasn't asked too many things by old Chrysoula. She just mentioned that the 30.000 drachmas she was asking for was the only income she would have, to make ends meet; so she asked me to not delay my payments because she had to pay for the bills, the building maintenance, as well as to buy her other basic needs.
"Oh, my dear child Constantine, God must have sent you! The apartment hasn't been rented out for three months and I am living off the help I get from misterApostolis the baker and mister Pantelis the grocer here, who send me bread and provisions with this fool here", she said, pointing to Crazy John.
"But I never sent you any bread Chrysoula, as I wasn't aware of your situation" Apostolis spontaneously remarked.
"Nor have I ever sent you any provisions", Pantelis added.
"But that's what Crazy John told me!!" old Chrysoula replied, totally at a loss...
After this small and "endearing" intervention, Constantine continued:
"Crazy John always used to conceal his good deeds... He may have brought you food, my dear Chrysoula, but to me, he brought God".
Constantine's eyes became misty, and tears began to fall. Everyone was now becoming tearful, along with him. He took a deep breath and continued:
"Three days later, I moved into the apartment. Crazy John had helped me carry all my things. And when the transporter purposely dropped an innuendo because of my behaviour and the manner that I spoke, Crazy John stunned him, by pointing out to him that, as a person who systematically lived adulterously and behaved brutally towards his own two children, he had no right to make such remarks about me. The transporter was shocked by these revealing words, and he immediately stopped his sarcasm. I of course was under the impression that the two of them were acquainted, but was taken aback when the transporter turned towards Crazy John as he was leaving, and said:
"What are you anyway? Some kind of charmed one?"
"Yes George, I have been 'charmed' - by our Christ's love", the fool replied.
He even asked the transporter to stop sorrowing Christ, because, in spite of his overall behaviour, Christ had healed his daughter Theodora from a very serious ailment. George then departed, with his head lowered..... He is the gentleman who is sitting over there with his wife, and he can confirm the incident I just described.  I was impressed by that dialogue, but at the time I had dismissed it as the ravings of a fool.
So, on the evening of that same day, I dressed up in women's clothes as I normally did, and I went to a familiar transvestite haunt, on the main highway. You can imagine my surprise, when I spotted Crazy John watching me from the opposite corner of the block. The thought crossed my mind that he was seeking erotic companionship. But then, how did he find me?... The fool must have followed me (I thought to myself), and now he would go and tell what he saw to old Chrysoula... Oh well, I guess I will be searching for accommodation again... As all these thoughts were running through my mind, a prospective "customer" stopped in front of me. Just then, like a coiled spring, the fool jumped up and started to yell from across the road:
"He's got AIDS!!  He's sick and he will pass it on to you!!  Go away!! Go away!!"
I was taken by surprise by the erratic behaviour of a man whom I hardly knew. Naturally the prospective customer left. Then I started to curse Crazy John... I became hysterical...This went on for almost a month. Until this day, I will never know how he managed to discover those illicit haunts. One evening I actually beat him, and in fact quite severely.
But just imagine my surprise, when, every night after I got home, I would find an envelope containing almost double the money that I used to earn from my filthy activities, and on it would be written: "A blessing, for the servant of God, Constantine".  I didn't know what to make of all those weird things I was witnessing. In the afternoons, I would go for a walk and whenever I'd see Crazy John, I would get angry. But he would say
"My dear Constantine, stop sorrowing Christ and our Holy Mother, Who are mourning incessantly for you".
I had even contemplated leaving the apartment, but something was holding me there. The other transvestites would ask me:
"Hey, could he by chance be in love with you, which is why he's acting so weird?"
"No", I'd reply, "he doesn't have any such intentions."
To make a long story short, I decided to invite Crazy John to my place, to put an end to all these things. I was hoping that someone had been putting him up to it purposely, just to drive me insane. Crazy John responded to my invitation affirmatively, despite having been humiliated by me so many times. I don't know what came over me that evening, but I cleaned the house, cooked something light, and sat down to do some reading. I was leafing through a magazine with assorted material, and an article caught my attention, about a certain Elder Porphyry who served in the chapel of a hospital in central Omonia square of Athens.
I hadn't finished reading the article, when I heard Crazy John knocking on my door. As soon as I opened the door, he said:
"Be blessed, my Constantine, in the present aeon and in the one to come".
It was the first time that I had ever heard such a greeting, but it was also the first time that I had ever heard a demonic voice speaking from inside me:
"Have you come to my house here as well, you crazy old man, to drive me out?  I'm not alone here - I have 365 other friends!  I don't intend to go away! You'd better be the one to leave, otherwise I'll kill you!" Crazy John then  pulled out a Crucifix from his coat and raised it in front of me, and began to say:
"In the name of the Holy and Homoousion Trinity...." but I didn't hear anything after that, because I lost consciousness...
When I recovered, I saw the old fool standing there, smiling at me. I felt really happy that he was there, but didn't know the reason I felt that way.
"I brought you a gift, my Constantine. It is the Book of Psalms - a book that was written by the king and Prophet, David."
"What's going on? What happened?" I asked.
"My Constantine, you have received an enormous blessing. Christ has chosen you. He is preparing you for very important feats. However, you must be prepared to put up a serious fight, because what you have inside you is not about to leave very easily."
If you could only have seen the way that Crazy John's face glowed, you would have understood why I was so terrified. I had always thought that all the talk about demons was sheer fiction. I believed that they were just an invention thought up by priests and religion, intended to scare people and to extract easy money from them, so that they would enjoy their own lives, get rich, etc..  And yet, there I was, a living witness of their insidious activity against humans. Crazy John became a brother and a friend from that day on. That very same night, I gathered all the women's clothes and shoes and cosmetics that I had, and threw them into the garbage can. The next day, I changed my phone number. With the help of that fool, I even secured a job in the Accounts department of a large company. The owner of the company was a friend of Crazy John; he actually hired me with a satisfactory salary. At the same time, I would go with Crazy John - on an almost daily basis - to a church high up on Hymettus Mountain, where the priest would read the benedictions of Saint Basil (exorcisms) over me, while Crazy John would read Psalms. I cannot describe what I went through. What I can now shout out, thanks to this experience, is that homosexuality (and prostitution in general) is not an "otherness" or an illness; it is a formidable demon, which infuriates the Almighty. What I also want to tell you, is that our holy Church possesses the weapons that are able to exterminate all those things that our modern society nowadays believes (as I used to believe) to be "nonsense".
The prayers of our neighborhood fool saved me. My acquaintance with him changed my entire life. What I experienced over these last few years in this blessed neighborhood constitute a true miracle of the Triadic and only true God. I escaped from the clutches of a true Hell, and I am now living in a world that I had never lived - not even in my wildest dreams.
With the constant support of this saintly man - who was anything but a fool - I came to understand my mistake; I realized various things and situations that comprise the foundations of our society; I became familiar with the love of Christ. I had been functioning like one who is addicted to a toxic substance; I couldn't be told apart from a drug addict; I was living in a nightmare, which that wonderful saint of God - Crazy John - put an end to.
But I don't want to tire you any further with my story. After all, I am only recording my entire story in detail, as old Anastasy asked me to.  I also apologize to you all, and to the innumerable victims that I had lured into the meshes of the iniquity that I was trapped in. I apologize to my beloved Katerina, who has opened her embrace to the most sinful person in the universe; who shut her ears to all the unfavorable comments and the justified criticism, and has accepted my marriage proposal to her.  She has accepted to live with a zero, with an outcast, a moron.  This holy man, Crazy John, had invested in this marriage with his prayers and his tears.
Constantine's last words were lost in his sobs. Also crying with him was Father Vassily, who had run up to hug him, as did all the other churchgoers.
"Father Vassily, I'm thinking of moving out of the neighborhood - not for me, but for Katerina", Constantine murmured falteringly, with difficulty.
Father Vassily then spoke up, and said:
"Dear brethren, Constantine has just expressed the desire to leave our neighborhood. What do you say? Are we going to leave the living testimony of a miracle by our departed brother John - Constantine - but also our own Katerina, to leave?"
"No! No!" they all shouted.....