Ο μακαριστός Γέροντας Μωυσής Αγιορείτης μιλάει για τον βίο του αγίου Γέροντος Ιερωνύμου Σιμωνοπετρίτου, τονίζοντας ότι η αγιότητα είναι κατορθωτή και σήμερα από εκείνους που αγωνίζονται με πίστη, ταπείνωση και ασκητικό φρόνημα, ενώ ταυτόχρονα επιζητούν την πανσθενουργό συνέργεια της θείας Χάριτος. %audio%
We’ve come to associate the great Elders almost exclusively with monasteries, and particularly with the Holy Mountain, even though great figures among the clergy, preachers or even ordinary parish priests are often men of virtue, a real light for their flock. I shall attempt here to sketch an outline of the figure of one such, and will refer to some of his teachings. I should first explain that the priest in question came to our area to serve, although he was originally from somewhere else. He told me that he’d first been a preacher at a very popular place of pilgrimage, which was visited by many people and, naturally, there was the prospect that he’d gradually be promoted to the priesthood. ...
