Thursday, October 22, 2020

A rare photo of Father Cleopas Ilie of Romania with Saint Paisios




In 1977 Fr. Cleopas went to Mount Athos to worship.
He visited many monasteries and when they reached the elder Paisios, Fr. Cleopas asked him for a piece of advice: "Father Paisios, I would like to stay on Mount Athos, what advice do you give me?".
Elder Paisios, who had the insightful gift, said to him: “Father Cleopas, if you stay on Mount Athos you will be a flower that will be added to the other spiritual flowers of Mount Athos, but if you go to Romania - and do that, you will be considered an apostle. “!
This is a great truth. And then Fr. Cleopas obeyed, seeing that this word came from the mouth of God, although he had great love for Mount Athos and the Virgin…

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