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Many thanks to my sister Vaso and my mother for taking this rare video footage of the Hermitage of Panagoulakis in Kalamata, Greece. My mother is from Kalamata and was baptized in this monastery in 1955. In these videos pilgrims tell the story of Elder Elias Panagoulakis (+1917) and how he founded this monastery, and my sister is able to descend into the cave of Elder Elias, where he lived his life in strict asceticism, and venerate his holy skull. Stories are also told of Haralambi the Fool for Christ, whom my mother knew and was a regular visitor to the monastery. More will be said on these two holy personalities in future posts. It should be kept in mind, if anyone happens to visit, that this monastery is currently Old Calendarist and not in communion with the Church.
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All Saints Celebrated In January
Sisoes, the great ascetic, before the tomb of Alexander, King of the Greeks, who was once covered in glory. Astonished, he mourns for the vicissitudes of time and the transience of glory, and tearfully declaims thus: "The mere sight of you, tomb, dismays me and causes my heart to shed tears, as I contemplate the debt we, all men, owe. How can I possibly stand it? Oh, death! Who can evade you?"
"Ascend, ascend, brethren, ascend with eagerness and resolve in your hearts, listening to him who says: ‘Let us go up to the mountain of the Lord and to the house of our God, Who maketh our feet like those of the deer, and setteth us on high places, that we may be victorious with His song.’" - St. John Climacos
"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." - Galatians 6:14
“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." - Matthew 18:3
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