Testimony of Mr. Evangelos P., Athens.
Freemasonry.
Mr.
Homer and Mr. Antipas were friends of my father and they encouraged him
to join Freemasonry, but my father avoided it because he knew well the
role of this secret organization. He even tried to bring them into
contact with the Saint in order to help them escape the nets of
Freemasonry.
One
night, Mr. Antipas passed by our house and my father happily introduced
him to the Saint, who, although he had not been informed, at one point
said to him:
You are a good man, may God bless you.., but you are in trouble!!!
Where
you are integrated, it is not as you think. Now they are presenting
everything to you Perfectly, Know that in a short time their true face
will be presented to you and they will pressure you. When you learn
their intentions, you will not be able to stand it, you will “leave” and
you will be in your office. Elder, we are working for the good of the
Homeland.
"Come
and confess and change your life... Where you are, it is a very bad
thing..! However, I "see" that you will not be able to bear it...
The
Saint shook his head sadly, while the man was surprised by the Saint's
straightforwardness. Without getting angry, he smiled condescendingly,
bowed and kissed his hand reverently and left.
Mr.
Antipas was the director of a large bank and a very capable executive.
He was a good man and from a good family, but he was also naive, because
he believed what they were propagandizing to him in order to gradually
introduce him into the sanctuaries of Freemasonry. When he left home,
my father asked the Saint:
-Grandpa, what did you mean when you told him: “You will leave and be in your office”.
“Your
friend will soon learn truths that he now refuses to see. They will ask
him to do things that he should not..., that he cannot imagine now! And
they will put a lot of pressure on him! Then he will see their true
face, he will understand how entangled he is and his heart will not be
able to bear it. He will die on his desk and you will learn about it
over the phone!
Indeed,
ten months later, it was noon, the phone rang and they asked for our
father. A voice informed him that that morning his friend had died of a
heart attack at his desk. And he was a young man! Immediately our
father asked for and we brought him the wooden cross that was a gift
from the Saint, and after hugging it tightly, he cried for his
unfortunate friend.
Bibliography. Saint Porphyrios the Prophet.
Testimonies.
Publications. Agios Paulites Holy Cell of Saints Theodores Mount Athos. Volume C.
