How great is our God; the God of the Orthodox Christian

How great is our God; the God of the Orthodox Christian

A young American man had visited St. Anthony’s Monastery in Arizona with his friends. At some point, Elder Ephraim who was in his room hearing confessions came out of the room, approached the young man and asked him: – Do you have a good cell phone, a modern one, the latest and greatest one my child? “Why are you asking Elder?” said the young man. “I want you to call a monastery on Mount Athos in Greece so that I can speak to the monks there,” the Elder replied.

The elder gave the young man the monastery’s phone number and told him: “My child, call this number in an hour, and when the line connects, give me the phone so I can talk with them.”

ECUMENISM IS DOMINATED BY UNCLEAN SPIRITS

ECUMENISM IS DOMINATED BY UNCLEAN SPIRITS

From the book “Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church - A Synod Licking in Synodicity and Orthodox self-awareness, ” a publication by “Synaxis of Orthodox Romaics ‘Fotis Kontoglou,”, Trikala, March 2016. This book is the transcript of the 3-hour program of the conversation between the manager of the Piraeus Church Radio Station, Mr. Lykourgos Markoudis and professor Demetrios Tseleggides— professor Tseleggides details Elder Ephraim’s of Katounakia attestation to him relative to the topic of ecumenism.

In what follows, I will say something that pertains to a personal deposition. I was associated for several decades with Elder Ephraim of Katounakia, of renowned ethos and conscience. Also renowned was the fact that he possessed a “spiritual television.” As for me, I had gone to him on many occasions, always with the intention of posing certain very specific questions, in a specific sequence, and using my own vocabulary. When I would visit him, and without ever stipulating or presenting to him my questions, he would give me the replies that I sought, in the sequence and even using the vocabulary to which I was accustomed. I am mentioning this as a de facto personal experience; such experience is not an unprecedented phenomenon—it has been experienced by many others as well.