“It is our fault that there are people who do not know Christ. We must feel a tremendous responsibility for the souls of such people. If we become saints, we will attract people to Christ. Our problem, however, is the lack of holiness within us. Therefore, we are unfair toward our brothers who don’t see the holiness within us and as a result are not drawn closer to the Gospel. So, what we really need is holiness and saints in the Church.”
(Metropolitan Athanasios, 21st Century Hierarch of Limassol, 2015 interview) [Sanctification; Witness;Evangelism]

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