During the Occupation , Fr. Georgios Ayiopavlitis was a gardener and he was inducted into the Resistance. Together with other monks, he assisted Allied escapees, but was betrayed by a Romanian . He was arrested and taken away to the Pavlou Mela barracks , where he appeared before a military tribunal. The judge asked him: ‘Why are you helping the enemy escape to Smyrna and Egypt?’ ‘Because they’re in need’, he answered. ‘If somebody knocks on your door, what can you do? In the Gospel, Christ tells us to help those in need of assistance’. Holy Monastery of Ayiou Pavlou ‘So, if a German came to you and asked for assistance, you’d help him?’ ‘If he needed it, of course I would. Depending on what ...
