With respect, stin Skeptomeni:Otan megalwna stin Ellada, akouga kai egw san paidi tous megalous na ta vazoun me tous papades kai tous despotades. To koutsobolio ta vradia sto nisi, stis taratses, eperne kai edeine, kai ta akatalavistika stin paidiki mou athwotita asteia, erxotan san vroxi me kerauniodei gelia.
An ekana omos kai egw na gelasw, "esi ti gelas"? mou legane oi megaloi. "Sevasmo"! "Esi na katseis sta auga sou kai na kaneis tin douleia sou. Den sou xreiazete na ksereis para oti, an o papas pou kanei tin Litourgia stin ekklhsia den einai kalos kai katharos anthrwpos, erxetai panta to Agio Pneuma kai ta katharizei ola".
Apo tote episteva, oti to Agio Pneuma opws mou eipe h mama mou eitan panta parwn, san Aggelos pou voithai tous anthropous sta diskola vimata ths ekklhsias kai tous katharizei ton nou me ena sfougari gemato sapounada. "Pouf" eksafanizontousan ola ta kaka logia, o papas geinotan ieros, kai h agni mou kardia oikanopoiontan.
Perasane ekeina ta xronia, kai megalwsa. Kai irtha stin ilikia na rotisw ti tha pei "Theos" ti tha pei "Thriskia" ti tha pei "papas".
Efiga apo tin gh mas kai sinantisa allo kosmo, me allous "Theous" kai alles "Thriskies" kai allous "papades". Oi megaloi stin taratsa egeinan mnimes ieres, agnes, amorfotes.
Kai mia mera, mestwmenh pia, morfomenh, peripatwntas, vrika ton Theo mou, vrika ton Skopo mou, vrika tin Alithia mou; kai katalava oti o Theos mou, o Skopos mou kai h Alithia mou den skotizontan poly an o papas mou einai kalos h axristos anthrwpos. Ta men einai mesa, ta de einai exw. Ta xreiazomaste kai ta dio. Ta men ta pistevoume, ta de mas denoun. Kai ta asteia akolouthiontousan akoma, me ta kerauniodi gelia.
Argotera, otan anemoi kai fourtounes prospathisane na allaksoun tin diefthinsi mou, tin katefthinsi mou, ton Skopo mou kai ton Theo mou, ematha oti o anthrwpos xreiazete panta kati na pistevei kai oti the grass was not greener on the other side of the fence. Etsi erwtisa: an auto pou pistevw den einai h terastia apodigmeni alithia tis anthrwpotitas, tote pia einai? Kai h apantisi eirthe efkola: "Esi kane tin douleia sou. Esi na thimasai oti auth gennithikes, auta didaxtikes, auth eisai. Kai an h alithia einai allh apo auth pou pisteveis, me to mikro sou anthrwpino mualo den tha vreis tin apantisi stis erotisis sou, oso kai na psaxneis".
Kai ta gelia stamatisan. Giati tote katalava oti upeirxan alloi pou eixan tous dikous tous "Theous" tous dikous tous "Skopous" kai tous dikous tous "papades". Kai eixan epi pleon, tin diki tous agenda.
Kai tote, otan o eautos mou apantise sta isia kai sta dobria tis erotiseis mou; kai otan katalava oti den einai douleia dikia mou na rotaw ef'oson apantisi pio kali apo ekeinh stin taratsa epanw den tha parw; kai otan oi papades geinane anthrwpoi me osta pou to "grafeio" tous eitane h ekklisia; kai otan eskeftika oti an apofevga autous tous "Ellines ipallilous" kai auto to "Grafeio" tha vriskomouna se ena allo "Grafeio" me enan allo "misthoto ipalilo" pou den tha einai Ellinas na mou psalei to diko tou Kurie Eleison, tote ekana oti mou eipan oi megaloi sthn taratsa, kai kathisa sta auga mou.
Den peigenw stin ekklhsia kathe Kyriakh, perisotero epeidi sixainomai na ksipnaw noris an den mou to epivalei kapoios, kai apokoimiemai sto stasidi. Lew taxtika, oti tha eixan megaliteri akroash an ekanan tin Litourgia ta apogeumata kai oxi ta proina. Den psallw me tous psaltes, kai den filaw to xeri stous papades pia. Alla h kori mou kai ta eggonia mou einai Baftismena stin ekklhsia mou, giati auth gennithika, auto ematha, kai auto eimai.