Showing posts with label Disabilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Disabilities. Show all posts

March 20, 2021

Nun Sophia Tsatsarounou (+ March 9, 2021) and Two of Her Own Wondrous and Personal Testimonies of the Holy Light of Jerusalem


Nun Sophia Tsatsarounou worked as a pediatrician in various missions around the world and devoted her whole life to the love of fellow human beings and ministry. Despite being bedridden because of a rare musculoskeletal disease, she did not cease to glorify God and teach love without words. She viewed the suffering of her life as her own Via Dolorosa, carrying her own personal cross. Those who knew her called her Sophoula and felt the imprint she left on their hearts. Even while bedridden, she prayed for the whole world. Her love knew no boundaries, that's why everyone loved her deeply. Like a martyr herself, she departed on the Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste in 2021.

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March 12, 2021

Mr. Sotiris and Mrs. Stavroula


By the Broadcasting Team of 24 HOURS

February 25, 2021

Today we were saddened to learn of the death of Mr. Sotiris.

A man who was with his wife Mrs. Stavroula, one of the protagonists of the first episodes of 24 HOURS three seasons ago. Mr. Sotiris and Mrs. Stavroula, two poor people with many health problems were faced with stigma and exclusion due to their disabilities.

This paraplegic man and blind woman decided one day to move forward with their lives together.

Stavroula was confronted by members of her family who told her that due to her blindness she could not start a family especially with a paraplegic.

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