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testo-memoria dalla comunità di Bose sul metropolita Emilianos de Sylviria in inglese
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«It i
s pos
sibl
e fo
r Cat
holic
s, O
rthod
ox a
nd P
rote
stan
ts
to li
ve to
geth
er.
This
has
bee
n m
y se
arch
and
my
preo
ccup
atio
n
thro
ugho
ut m
y lif
e,
and
in B
ose
I can
con
tinue
to li
ve th
is fr
ater
nal f
riend
ship
as a
n ex
pres
sion
of t
he fa
ct th
at
all o
f us a
re m
embe
rs o
f the
one
bod
y of
Chr
ist.
Ther
e a
prof
ound
com
mun
ity is
alre
ady
reac
hed:
it is
that
whi
ch is
live
d
whe
re th
ere
is a
shar
ing
of o
ne li
fe.»
«Dea
th b
elon
gs to
us,
and
it is
impo
rtant
to p
repa
re fo
r it.
It w
ill b
e th
e fu
ll ep
ipha
ny
of w
hat w
e ha
ve li
ved
and
will
be
abov
e al
l the
fulfi
llmen
t of o
ur li
fe‚
God
wan
ts to
be
alw
ays w
ith h
is b
elov
ed c
reat
ure.
»
(Em
ilian
os T
imia
dis,
Chi
amat
i alla
libe
rtà,
Qiq
ajon
200
4, p
p. 1
49-1
50, 1
52)
MET
RO
POLI
TAN
EM
ILIA
NO
S (T
IMIA
DIS
) O
F SI
LYV
RIA
Con
stan
tinop
le, 1
0 M
arch
191
6Eg
hion
, 22
Febr
uary
200
8w
ww.
mon
aste
rodi
bose
.it
«A m
an w
ho k
nows
how
to lo
ve. A
nd w
ho tr
uly
love
s.»(P
atria
rch
Igna
tius I
V)
At
daw
n on
Frid
ay,
22 F
ebru
ary
2008
, th
e m
etro
polit
an o
f Si
lyvr
ia o
f the
Ecu
men
ical
Pat
riarc
hate
, Em
ilian
os (T
imia
dis)
, pas
sed
from
this
wor
ld to
the
Fath
er. A
fter h
is la
st st
ay in
Bos
e - w
here
sinc
e O
ctob
er 1
995
he h
ad d
ecid
ed to
live
as
a br
othe
r of
the
com
mun
ity,
havi
ng k
now
n br
. Enz
o si
nce
1968
- h
e ha
d be
en f
or a
few
day
s at
Eg
hion
in G
reec
e, g
uest
of m
etro
polit
an A
mvr
osio
s of
Kal
avry
ta, h
is
spiri
tual
son
. In
the
last
ten
yea
rs m
etro
polit
an E
mili
anos
cho
se t
o di
vide
his
tim
e be
twee
n Eg
hion
and
Bos
e.
He
had
been
th
e pe
rman
ent
repr
esen
tativ
e of
pa
triar
ch
Ath
enag
oras
to th
e W
orld
Cou
ncil
of C
hurc
hes i
n G
enev
a fo
r tw
enty
-fi v
e ye
ars
(195
9-19
84),
his
obse
rver
at
Vatic
an C
ounc
il II
, el
ecte
d bi
shop
of M
eloa
in 1
960
and
met
ropo
litan
of C
alab
ria in
196
5, th
en
of S
ilyvr
ia in
197
7, a
nd w
ould
hav
e co
mpl
eted
92
year
s on
10 M
arch
20
08. H
e rem
aine
d ev
er in
than
ksgi
ving
and
in p
eace
, res
pond
ing
with
a
nod
and
a lig
ht sm
ile to
the
gest
ures
of a
ffect
ion
and
of c
omm
unio
n w
ith w
hich
he w
as su
rrou
nded
up to
the l
ast m
omen
t. To
our c
omm
unity
he
use
d to
repe
at a
lway
s, un
til th
e ve
ry e
nd: «
I car
ry y
ou in
my
hear
t, yo
u ar
e a
part
of m
y be
ing,
I em
brac
e al
l of y
ou. T
hank
you
!».
Alre
ady
grav
ely
ill w
ith c
ance
r of t
he li
ver a
nd o
f the
pan
crea
s, an
d st
rong
ly w
arne
d by
doc
tors
not
to
unde
rtake
any
trip
s, he
ne
verth
eles
s de
cide
d to
com
e to
Bos
e fo
r th
e C
hris
tmas
sea
son.
He
arriv
ed o
n 20
Dec
embe
r 200
7, as
if fo
r a fi
nal p
artin
g, an
d le
ft ag
ain
on
30 Ja
nuar
y 20
08 fo
r Gre
ece,
to p
repa
re h
imse
lf fo
r the
fi na
l pas
sage
, in
his O
rthod
ox la
nd, w
hich
now
has
rece
ived
his
bod
y.D
urin
g hi
s las
t sta
y in
Bos
e he
nev
er c
ease
d to
shar
e on
ce a
gain
w
ith e
ach
one
of u
s hi
s w
isdo
m, h
is k
een
inte
llige
nce,
his
kno
wle
dge
of th
e ar
t of c
omba
t and
of d
isce
rnm
ent,
and,
abo
ve a
ll, o
f his
love
for
Chr
ist,
for t
he C
hurc
h, fo
r all
hum
an b
eing
s.H
e pr
ayed
and
ask
ed f
or p
raye
rs. H
e fo
ught
aga
inst
his
illn
ess
and
subm
itted
him
self
with
obe
dien
ce to
God
’s w
ill. H
e re
calle
d th
at
the
Orth
odox
Chu
rch
durin
g Le
nt i
nvok
es e
spec
ially
“th
e G
od o
f ho
sts”
and
ask
ed fo
r the
stre
ngth
to b
e ab
le to
fulfi
ll to
the
very
end
hi
s m
issi
on, f
rom
whi
ch h
e ne
ver c
onsi
dere
d hi
mse
lf ex
empt
, mov
ed
by h
is d
aily
wor
ry, c
once
rn fo
r the
uni
ty o
f all
Chr
istia
ns.
Pers
onify
ing
the
adag
e of
the
gre
at p
atria
rch
Ath
enag
oras
, w
ith w
hom
he
lived
in p
rofo
und
intim
acy,
«Le
t us
look
eac
h ot
her
in th
e ey
es,»
he
had
for
all
who
cam
e to
vis
it hi
m a
per
sona
l wor
d of
ex
horta
tion
and
of
cons
olat
ion.
Pa
triar
ch
Bar
thol
omeo
s of
C
onst
antin
ople
, in
his
own
nam
e an
d in
tha
t of
his
who
le C
hurc
h,
sent
him
a w
arm
lette
r of f
rate
rnal
love
and
of a
ffect
iona
te c
lose
ness
in
his
illn
ess.
Geo
rge
Lem
opou
los,
assi
stan
t se
cret
ary
gene
ral
of t
he W
orld
C
ounc
il of
Chu
rche
s, de
clar
ed: «
He
retu
rns
to G
od in
the
fulln
ess
of
life,
with
all
his s
piri
tual
chi
ldre
n ar
ound
him
.»«E
fcha
rist
ò! M
ille,
mill
e, m
ille
mer
ci!»
. The
se w
ords
, con
stan
tly
repe
ated
, acc
ompa
nied
his
exo
dus:
ther
e fo
llow
ed a
wid
e si
gn o
f the
cr
oss,
slow
and
sole
mn,
sim
ple
and
true.
«I a
m d
epar
ting:
we
will
see
each
oth
er a
gain
in th
e K
ingd
om o
f God
.»H
is fu
nera
l too
k pl
ace
on th
e m
orni
ng o
f Sat
urda
y, 2
3 Fe
brua
ry
2008
, in
the
cath
edra
l “
Fane
rom
ènis
” of
Egh
ion:
it
was
a g
enui
ne
spiri
tual
eve
nt, i
n w
hich
our
com
mun
ity p
artic
ipat
ed w
ith a
frat
erna
l pr
esen
ce.
His
bod
y w
as v
este
d in
epi
scop
al l
iturg
ical
ves
tmen
ts,
the
book
of
Gos
pels
on
his
brea
st...
His
fac
e w
as a
won
der,
with
a
beau
ty v
ery
hum
an a
nd tr
ansfi
gur
ed, a
fac
e of
pea
ce, o
f tra
nspa
rent
in
telli
genc
e, w
ith a
trac
e of
a li
ght s
mile
. The
fac
e of
a k
alòg
hero
s ac
cord
ing
to th
e ea
ster
n tra
ditio
n, th
at is
, of a
n el
der b
ecom
e be
autif
ul
in v
irtue
of s
o m
any
face
s lo
ved
for s
o lo
ng...
A fa
ce th
at re
conc
iles
with
dea
th, w
hich
is n
ot o
nly
enem
y an
d ob
stac
le, b
ut a
lso
sum
mar
y,
seal
, con
secr
atio
n of
a li
fe. T
here
is d
espe
ratio
n or
ang
uish
, but
the
sens
atio
n th
at E
mili
anos
is
livin
g, a
nd p
rese
nt t
o al
l pe
rson
s an
d al
l thi
ngs:
«M
y G
od, y
ou h
ave
calle
d m
e, h
ow c
an I
go
away
?» (
O.
Elyt
is). Th
e pr
ior b
r. En
zo a
nd th
e B
ose
com
mun
ity a
re fi
lled
with
pra
ise
and
with
than
ksgi
ving
in th
e fa
ce o
f the
dea
th o
f thi
s Man
of G
od, t
his
brot
her
of o
ur c
omm
unity
, whi
ch is
per
ceiv
ed a
s an
epi
cles
is o
n th
e ro
ad o
f un
ity o
f al
l Chr
istia
ns. W
e as
k th
e Lo
rd to
con
tinue
to s
end
prop
hets
to h
is c
omm
unity
and
our
bel
oved
met
ropo
litan
Em
ilian
os
to in
terc
ede
unw
eary
ingl
y in
Hea
ven
for a
ll of
God
’s c
hild
ren.
Tha
nks
for t
his u
nspe
akab
le g
ift!
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