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Papa-Fotis, the Fool for Christ: in his Vestments in a House of Ill Repute!

One evening, Papa-Fotis visited one of the houses in town where he sometimes stayed. Before he went to sleep, he told the man of the house: ‘First thing in the morning, you and me have got work to do’. They got up, left Mytilini and went to his little monastery. Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsJanuary 15, 2020 ago

Pemptousia Partnership

The Case of ‘Fools for Christ’

Fr. Andreas Agathokleous Among the many saints- that is, the people who loved Christ, ‘with all their heart’ and expressed their love through self-denial and shouldering their cross- there are those we know as ‘fools for Christ’. Usually monastics, they present themselves to the world as mad, opposed to Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsMarch 1, 2019 ago