Elder Ephraim Vatopedinos: "The world must understand that the ideal person is the Saint"translated

With particular success and crowd participation, an event dedicated to the person of Agios Paisios of Agioreitos was held at the Conference Center of the Metropolitan Holy Parish Church of Agios Dimitrios of Neo Faliros on the occasion of the TV series that was shown on MEGA TV "Agios Paisios - From Farasa to Heaven". The main speakers were the Professor of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, Archimandrite Ephraim, and the screenwriter of the series, Mr. Giorgos Tsiakkas. Fr. Gennadios Manolis, brother of Vatopediou Monastery, also participated, who spoke about his experience of participating in the production and the special moments experienced by the actors during the filming, while the whole event was coordinated by the Director of the Special Office of His Eminence and the Press and Public Relations Office Dimitris Alfieris.

Elder Ephraim, who had the special blessing of personally meeting Saint Paisios, referred extensively to the Saint's personality, holiness and selfless love for man, but also to the great spiritual contribution of the television series, which, as he characteristically noted, managed to convey the...