I was going to write something else, but this is a lot more important. Most of the time, I take a lot of time getting to know people. I keep them at a safe distance, and I wait, always assuming that there would be a time when we would be closer, if it were to be. In never stop to think that maybe there is no tomorrow, either for me, or for the other person. Father Gregory was one such person. I remember the first time I stopped to talk to him, he was debating with a student, wearing his full black garb, and his hat. I believe he was debating whether the essence of something could be evil regardless of what it was used for. I would come to understand through speaking to him that he believed that everything was created good, and we could choose wrong or something could be used for the wrong purpose, but in the end, everything was created good. He people talking, in a truly animated and…just a completely alive way about his beliefs. He was a Russian Orthodox monk, and I fully believe his faith reached deeper than anyone else I have or will ever meet. I could never explain it like he did, but he believed in living and treating people as if the Holy spirit where there, all the time. It’s nothing I can explain, you’d have to be Russian Orthodox or blessed enough to have known the man, I suppose. I remember he was talking about the poverty in Russia and how if you had one piece of bread and another person had none, one would break his piece in half and give it to you. It just sounds like some new-age bullshit when I say it, but with him it was absolutly and said in an absolutely humble way. What I mean to say is that his Christianity was real. Like really real, and I don’t know if I’ll ever see that again. I just read a post by another friend that said he lived by his principals and that’s absolutely true, no matter what, I never say him stray from them.
What I really mean to get down on paper is that I felt really and truly blessed to have met him, and what he said, this real, pure Christianity he described, haunted me for more than a week after we spoke. He was a truly inspiring human being, and I have no doubt where he’s watching us from.
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This is a really interesting story. It's truly something when you hear someone speak who is truly passionate about what they are saying.and you can tell it means a lot to them. I honestly haven't met that many people like that in my life.
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