Two children from Athens came to St. Iakovos (Jacob) Tsalikis and had a girl who lived in sin with them. Upon arriving at the monastery, they met the elder who welcomed the children with kindness and a sweet and calm voice. And they said:
"Elder, we brought a girl and she wants to see you, she lives in sin, show her love, because we went to another spiritual father, but nothing."
The elder asks the girl: "What is your name and where are you from?"
"Elder, I am a lesbian and a sinner," said the girl.
"Ah! How glad I am, my child who is from Lesvos, where saints were raised, St. Raphael, St. Nicholas and St. Irene. I am glad."
The girl lost it. 'What are you saying?' she thought. The elder tells her:
"Let's go to St. Charambos to confess, tell me about your homeland the beautiful Lesvos and everything else that makes you sad."
They went inside, the girl confessed and a new person came out. "This alteration is of the right hand of the Most High."
The elder said to her: " I do not hate you, my child, but sin"
The elder asks the girl: "What is your name and where are you from?"
"Elder, I am a lesbian and a sinner," said the girl.
"Ah! How glad I am, my child who is from Lesvos, where saints were raised, St. Raphael, St. Nicholas and St. Irene. I am glad."
The girl lost it. 'What are you saying?' she thought. The elder tells her:
"Let's go to St. Charambos to confess, tell me about your homeland the beautiful Lesvos and everything else that makes you sad."
They went inside, the girl confessed and a new person came out. "This alteration is of the right hand of the Most High."
The elder said to her: " I do not hate you, my child, but sin"
From the book " Elder Jacob" ed. United Romeosini, Thessaloniki 2016
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