Filenews 4 April 2021
Faith in Saint Ephraim made him travel in his wheelchair the distance from Limassol to Paphos.
According to a police statement, this is a special constable aged 49 who serves in Limassol Traffic and was diagnosed with a rare disease that put him in a wheelchair.
The special constable started from Upson of Limassol on Saturday with his wheelchair and ended up in the 'under construction' church of Agios Ephraims located near the Holy Monastery of Agios Neophytos in Paphos after a tama [carving] he had made in Agios Ephraim. The procedure was carried out with the escort of the police and his friends. The 49-year-old with great strength and a lot of strength declares that he has never resigned, he will always believe and fight.
Archimandrite Alexios, who welcomed the 49-year-old and the runners who accompanied him, expressed his joy and emotion, stating that together they give a life lesson. With patience God rewards us, go on.
He also told the CYPE that work is normally continuing on the construction of the Holy Church of Saint Ephraim Nea Makris. This Holy Temple, he said, "Saint Ephraim himself asked his chosen child, Raphael Demetriou, and all of us, are beside him, together with the practical love of the world, to help him, in the realization of the desire of our Saint" and noted that Saint Ephraim has healed many believers.
Source: eyenews/CYPE
