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Elder Païsios: The children, their joys and their difficulties

12 Οκτωβρίου 2015

Elder Païsios: The children, their joys and their difficulties

A boy from Athonian Academy was 'cheated' by a monk to look at camera.

A boy from Athonian Academy was ‘cheated’ by a monk to look at camera.

Q.: Elder, why does God give people a guardian angel, when He can protect us Himself?

A.: That’s God looking after us especially carefully. The guardian angel is God’s providence. And we’re indebted to Him for that. The angels particularly protect little children. And you wouldn’t believe how! There were two children once, playing in the street. One of them aimed at the other to hit him on the head with a stone.

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