The priest who feeds others must also be fed: Metropolitan Iakovos and Fr. Panteleimon

In the first episode of "Conversations," Metropolitan Iakovos of Mexico speaks with his spiritual father, Fr. Panteleimon, about the priesthood. They discuss the priest's position standing between two worlds, serving at the altar while knowing his own frailty. The metropolitan explains that a priest needs another priest to confide in, because there are matters only a priest can share with another priest.

The central question arises: who feeds the priest? The answer is the spiritual father. Their conversation reveals the gratitude of a son toward the one who taught him to love Christ, to trust in God's will, and to live the faith with an open heart. Metropolitan Iakovos notes that Christ gave fathers in the faith so that no one walks alone; the one who guides was guided, the one who blesses was blessed.

This is how the Church endures: through a love handed down from generation to generation. The episode gives thanks for spiritual fathers who, with patience and love, plant the faith in the hearts of their children, and for the metropolitan's reminder that all people, whatever their path, remain children before God.