Ο Άγιος είχε έναν Τούρκο φίλο, πολύ καλό άνθρωπο, ο οποίος βοηθούσε τους Χριστιανούς και έκανε τα πάντα με καλοσύνη και αγάπη. Ο Άγιος αναρωτιόταν τι θα γινόταν με την ψυχή αυτού του ανθρώπου, αφού δεν ήταν Ορθόδοξος αλλά είχε τόσο αγαθή καρδιά.
Μια μέρα προσευχήθηκε και ρώτησε τον Θεό πού βρισκόταν η ψυχή του φίλου του μετά τον θάνατό του.
Τότε είδε τον Τούρκο φίλο του σε ένα όμορφο, φωτεινό και ειρηνικό μέρος και τον ρώτησε:
– «Τι είναι αυτό το μέρος; Μοιάζει με τον Παράδεισο.»
Και ο Τούρκος του απάντησε:
– «Ναι, φίλε μου Άνθιμε, αυτό είναι κι αυτό Παράδεισος — ο Παράδεισος των μη Ορθοδόξων. Υπάρχουν πολλοί Παράδεισοι για τους καλούς ανθρώπους.»
Ο Άγιος τον ρώτησε τότε:
– «Και γιατί δεν έγινες Ορθόδοξος;»
Κι εκείνος αποκρίθηκε:
– «Φοβόμουν για το κεφάλι μου.»
👉 Το μήνυμα της ιστορίας είναι η θεία δικαιοσύνη και το έλεος του Θεού, που γνωρίζει τις καρδιές των ανθρώπων πέρα από τα σύνορα θρησκειών, καθώς και ο φόβος που κρατούσε τότε πολλούς ανθρώπους μακριά από την πίστη τους.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a true incident.
The Saint had a Turkish friend, a very good man, who helped Christians and did everything with kindness and love. The Saint wondered what would happen to this man’s soul, since he was not Orthodox but had such a good heart.
One day he prayed and asked God where his friend’s soul was after his death.
Then he saw his Turkish friend in a beautiful, bright, and peaceful place and asked him:
— “What is this place? It looks like Paradise.”
And the Turk replied:
— “Yes, my friend Anthimos, this is also Paradise — the Paradise of the non-Orthodox. There are many Paradises for good people.”
Then the Saint asked him:
— “And why didn’t you become Orthodox?”
And he answered:
— “I was afraid for my head.”
👉 The message of the story is the divine justice and the mercy of God, who knows the hearts of people beyond the boundaries of religions, as well as the fear that kept many people away from their faith at that time.
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🇹🇷 Türkçe
Bu gerçek bir olaydır.
Azizin bir Türk arkadaşı vardı; çok iyi bir insandı, Hristiyanlara yardım eder ve her şeyi iyilik ve sevgiyle yapardı. Aziz, bu adamın ruhunun ne olacağını merak ediyordu; çünkü Ortodoks değildi ama çok temiz bir kalbe sahipti.
Bir gün dua etti ve Tanrı’ya, arkadaşının ölümünden sonra ruhunun nerede olduğunu sordu.
Sonra Türk arkadaşını güzel, aydınlık ve huzurlu bir yerde gördü ve ona sordu:
— “Burası nedir? Cennete benziyor.”
Türk cevap verdi:
— “Evet, dostum Anthimos, burası da Cennettir — Ortodoks olmayanların Cenneti. İyi insanlar için birçok Cennet vardır.”
Aziz ona tekrar sordu:
— “Peki neden Ortodoks olmadın?”
O da şöyle cevap verdi:
— “Başım için korkuyordum.”
👉 Hikâyenin mesajı, dinlerin sınırlarının ötesinde insanların kalplerini bilen Tanrı’nın ilahi adaleti ve merhametidir; ayrıca o dönemde birçok insanı inançlarından uzak tutan korkudur.