Elder Chrysostom of Stavroniketian
“had a special love for his little brother,
Epamenondas. Epameinondas was leaving for
America. He went to his relatives there for a better
life. Unfortunately, some criminal murdered him in cold blood by putting a revolver to his
face. When he found out, he was very sad,
his soul became lead. At some point, he had to
operate. "What should I do, my child? I woke up in the morning and didn't know what to do. Should I serve, shouldn't I serve? Should I serve, but how can I go to serve with this burden that I have? I say, let me go to the Church. I come, my child, and I go there," pointing to the icon of St. Andrew, "and I say: "My saint, how should I serve now? With what heart?" I hear a voice from within the icon. If you had him in front of you, would you kill him?" "No! My God! Never such a thing!.
Oh, then go and celebrate. Immediately
the burden left me, I was relieved and I was able
to celebrate"»
Bibliography Archimandrite Ioannis Kostof. SOUL FROM THE TABLE. Publications Holy Monastery of Saint John of Damascus
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