A
SHOCKING EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE WITH THE ELDER
IAKOVOS
TSALIKIS….. “I saw your guardian angel”
SAINT
IAKOVOS TSALIKIS NOV. 5, 1920-NOV. 21, 1991
The following is a dialogue between
Klitos Ioannidis and Dr. George Papazahos.
Dr. Papazahos was a cardiologist in Athens, Greece and was the personal
physician of Saint Porphyrios. Klitos
Ioannidies is the author of books about Saint Porphyrios. In fact, the book that I used to translate into
English was authored by Klitos Ioannidis. In that book about Saint Porphyrios “Elder
Porphyrios, Testimonies and Experiences,” there is a whole chapter about the
doctor’s personal experiences with the Saint.
I found this article especially interesting because the doctor apparently
had a very close doctor/patient relationship with this other Saint of the
Church. Elder Iakovos was a contemporary
of Saint Porphyrios and they would often communicate with one another in
prayer. In fact, when Elder Iakovos died,
Saint Porphyrios was not able to attend his funeral. In spite of his physical absence
from the funeral Porphyrios managed to be present at the funeral through his
powers of spiritual communication. When
I say spiritual communication, I mean that Saint Porphyrios was literally present
at the funeral in spirit and observed everything that took place at that
funeral service. This event is referred to by Saint Porphyrios in the book that
I translated.
