“Elder Joseph would say “come, you.” and Haralambos (as he used to tell himself) would say to himself,” you? What you? Don’t I have a name? What are these matters? I work with secular people in the prefecture and I never hurt anyone speak like that.… Here until now, I haven’t heard one thank you, one please. They are strange people here… It didn’t take long for me to realize that although I had been a struggler in the world, by receiving praise and flattery, I overloaded myself with the vainglory without realizing it.”
Elder Haralambos
~Abbot Haralambos