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Gerontas Philimon on the beauty of the end and the Resurrection
Gerontas Philimon, a righteous elder of the Holy Monastic Pantokratoros Skete of Prophet Elias on Mount Athos, delivers a farewell message. He wishes his listeners happy holidays and quotes a song attributed to Odysseus that describes long years of wandering, hunger, and pain, together with the hope of forgetting those hardships upon reaching what he calls the beauty of the end.
The elder says he remains with his audience for this year and expresses the wish that they not be separated next year. He adds that if they are lost to each other, they will meet again at the resurrection. He concludes by saying they will sleep until the trumpet of the Resurrection feast sounds.
Key moments
- The speaker says goodbye and wishes happy holidays.
- He shares a song lyric attributed to Odysseus describing years of wandering and the desire to see the smoke of his house again.
- He states that he is with the audience this year and wishes not to lose each other next year, but if they do, they will meet up above.
- He says they will sleep until the trumpet of the Resurrection feast sounds.
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