Father Christos Pappas: The untamed soul of the Hellenism of Northern Epirustranslated

By the Bishop of Bukomba and Western Tanzania Mr. Chrysostomou

33 years have passed since my violent expulsion from Argyrokastro in Northern Epirus. I didn't forget and they didn't forget me. I did not forget the people and the place of Northern Epirus that I served in 1991-1993, because I almost left my bones there, after two assassination attempts. The people from there didn't forget me either. Among the few people who communicated with me was Father Christos Papas, who fell asleep on 9/26. Blessed Father Christos Papas has fallen asleep and rests in the blood-stained and tear-soaked soil of Alykos in Northern Epirus, where he was born and raised Greek Orthodox.

After enduring the persecution of the Faith of Christ by the atheist regime of Albania, he deserved to see freedom. The ruthless regime killed the Prasos brothers and dragged their bodies around all the villages of Agioi Saranda with her tractor.

He learned the Gospel and Orthodoxy in the school of persecution, the secret school of the Cross. He crossed paths with his compatriots. He acquired a humility and prayerful life, which characterized him.

He was ripe to minister to the free…