"Papouli, I Want to Be a Good Person": St. Paisios and a Child's Faith

The post shares a recorded scene with St. Paisios the Athonite. It begins to drizzle and an elder says he has lost his sight, telling him, "I cannot see you, geronda, I cannot see you." St. Paisios answers warmly that they can still be friends. He asks a child about school and learns that everything is fine and that the children have a very good teacher, Mrs. Sofia.

He asks the children to say a prayer for her, because her husband died and she is very sad. He then asks a child what he wants to ask God for, and the child answers that he wants God to help him be a good child. The child affectionately calls St. Paisios "Papouli," meaning Grandfather, and with the innocence of a pure heart expresses his desire to become a good person.

Later, the elder recognizes someone by the sound of a komboskini, the prayer rope, saying "Is that you?", tells him to get up, and says "Thank our Christ." The post frames the scene as a reminder of the beauty of childlike faith, humility, and God's grace, quoting Luke 1:37: "For with God nothing will be impossible." The Greek text accompanying the post says that faith sees where the eyes cannot.

The post consists of the scene itself with this short reflection; there is no further discussion beyond the description of the encounter and the verse.