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Mary Bellou
As part of his travels for the spread of Christianity, the Apostle Paul visited Thessaloniki, preaching the Gospel and teaching the work of Jesus. According to tradition, leaving hastily, chased by the Jews, 29th on a hill at the foot of Kedrinoy Hill and the incinerator plume cooled by the water of the fountain in a cave. The Holy Apostle Paul-where for centuries the Thessalonians prosetrechan every Monday and on which the priests anepempan greetings- for many today remains unknown.
The place where the holy water provided by contract, at 26 April 1875, from the Greek community in the men's Fraternity of Thessaloniki Filoptwcho (FAATH), with the aim of creating cemeteries. After the liberation of the city from the Turks, codification of Ordinances related to the Greek Orthodox community was recognized ownership of the fraternity at the very.
The brotherhood penned area and decided to build naidrioy in honor of the Apostle Paul, in plans of the architect Xenophon Paionidi. The cornerstone was placed on 3 May 1920 from the venerable Bishop of Thessaloniki Yennádhion, While the rebuild was completed under the supervision of the Committee, which was defined by the Board of the fraternity. The inauguration took place on 10 April 1922, Thomas Sunday. During the 1970s, the brotherhood gave four acres from the proprietary extension to rebuild majestic Temple, who was dedicated to the Apostle Paul and today dominates the area.
Priceless religious treasure
The vision that saw the Apostle Paul while he was in Troas, and Macedon was a man who begged unto Makedonian diabas ", boithison us "made him change his tour. "I went there today want to say it's Macedonia. Passed in Samothrace and thence in Kavala, in Philippi, where he met Timothy. Passed by Apollonia, as we read, from Amphipolis, and came to Thessaloniki. Here say the Acts of the Apostles that stayed three Saturdays and that preached in the synagogue of the Jews. Of course, researchers say that probably passed from the monastery of Blatadwn, that's why there is the step there. Here, in St. Paul, It was the eastern part where I stayed, outside the walls, Paul the Apostle in the fear of the Jews ", says fr. Nikolaos, who performs the functions in the modern Church of St. Paul, in the homonymous municipality. And complements: "The incinerator plume cooled from the source of the mountain and this is why it is and the holy water of the Apostle Paul. From the 1922 and then you can't imagine what happened the day of the feast of. All Thessaloniki was coming, not only the locals ".
"Moral, no economic crisis "
The fact that the very existence of the Apostle Paul remains unknown to many stenachwrei father Nicholas Thessalonians but also members of FAATh. "The work of the Apostle Paul is well-known in the world. Unfortunately, nowadays people's contact with the Church is superficial ", says fr. Nikolaos. Our question what message will be passed today, the Apostle of the Gentiles, see categorical: "To dismiss everyone individualism of, greed, consumerism and the yperkatanalwtismo for himself. To see others, Why through the close pass to God. This pay today: the atomism. This is paid. God does not punish. All Aytotimwroymaste. We are not in the midst of economic crisis. We have a moral crisis. The crisis that passes our society today is a crisis of conscience. Everyone of us does dialogue with his conscience. Blame everyone else outside of us. This is the problem ". The existence of the municipality St. Paul three temples and a very, dedicated to the Apostle of the Gentiles, indicates the traces of Saint Paul's flight from Thessaloniki.
