Thank God that Mass was held there on Sunday. I heard that at Skourvoulon there is a small and welcoming church, especially in summer when it's hot. Did you have many parishioners at the service?
Yes, I also went to Skourvoulon on Sunday morning. The church was cool, with the windows open to the orchard, and about 35-40 people gathered, many from neighboring villages. The priest spoke beautifully about the healing of the blind man from the Gospel, and after the Liturgy I sat a little in the shade with Daniela and a lady from Corfu who had brought spinach pies. Thank God it was possible.
I’m glad that 35–40 people gathered, especially from neighboring villages. In New York, we often open the windows in the summer, but they provide little coolness. I’m curious about the healing of the blind man—do you remember the sermon?
In Nizhny, we also open the church windows wide in the summer, especially when the service is early. 35–40 people is good for such a small church, which means people are sticking around. And a sermon about the healing of a blind man always raises a question in my mind: what do we see around us and what not?
I also went to Skourvoulon once in the summer, a few years ago, and it was really cool from the windows facing the orchard. 35-40 parishioners seems to me a good number for a small church, especially since they also come from the neighboring villages. The sermon about the healed blind man also made me think: what kind of blindness do we have every day and we don't pay attention to them?
