People are blind and don’t see what takes place in church during the
Divine Liturgy. Once I was serving and I couldn’t make the Great
Entrance because of what I saw. I suddenly felt someone pushing me by my
shoulder and guiding me toward the holy prothesis. I thought it was the
chanter, and said to myself: "The blessed one, such irreverence? He
entered through the Beautiful Gate and is pushing me?" I turned around
and saw a huge wing that the archangel had laid on my shoulder, and that
he was guiding me to make the Great Entrance. What amazing things take
place in the altar during the Divine Liturgy! Sometimes I can’t handle
it, and so I pass out in a chair, and thus some concelebrators conclude
that I’ve got something wrong with my health, but they don’t realize
what I see and hear. What wings on those angels, my child!
Elder Iakovos Tsalikis (1920-1991)
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Elder Iakovos Tsalikis (1920-1991)
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