“Some people again, while giving five hundred, even a thousand drachmas to a poor person, will start bargaining over five or ten drachmas with the poor laborer who works for him. I can’t understand this. You give five hundred or even a thousand drachmas to a stranger, the person you have beside you, who helps you, youal low to go hungry? This is the person you are obligated to love and help first.”
(Elder St. Paisios in ‘Spiritual Awakening’)

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