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Patriarch Daniel: The healed man became a steadfast witness in the places where he sufferedtranslated

October 25, 2026 · 1 min read

"The healed man becomes a steadfast confessor, a steadfast missionary in the geographical space of his passion and healing, to announce the mercy of Jesus to the inhabitants of that land," said His Beatitude Father Patriarch Daniel on Sunday at the historic "St. M. Mc. George" Chapel of the Patriarchal Residence.

His Beatitude highlighted the gratitude and the mission entrusted by the Savior Jesus Christ to the healed demoniac from the land of Gherghese.

"Before the Lord Jesus left those places, the man whom He healed asked him to take him with him, to be his disciple, the man who lived before as a savage and an alien, being violent and evil, suddenly became peaceful, sitting at the feet of Jesus, quiet, and begged Jesus to take him with him wherever he went."

The savior Jesus Christ entrusts him with a special work, that of returning to his city and testifying about his own healing.

"If the Lord Jesus took with him this man who was healed or freed from demons, then not many people knew him in other cities, or in other lands. Only in that land, where he suffered a lot and was violent with people, many people knew him....

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