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Orphaned by his father at just two years old, he longed from a young age to become a monk. He was not like other children his age but had the habit of spending long periods in the village church and the surrounding churches, where he prayed and spent evenings in vigil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the winter of 1944, sitting by the fireplace with his two sisters and mother, eating doughnuts, he was filled with a light that brought him great joy, telling his sisters: &#8220;I will become a monk!&#8221; He was fourteen years old then. Indeed, in 1947, he left home and joined the &#8220;Saint Nikitas&#8221; Monastery in Achendria, a small monastery carved into a cave on the southern side of Crete, towards the Libyan Gulf.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He accepted the disease with\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">joy<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After four years, in 1951, he was tonsured a monk and received the name Sophronios. In 1959, he joined the army, as military service was mandatory then, even for monks. Later, at his ordination as a priest, he received the name Evmenios, which means &#8220;goodwill.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During his military service, he developed a fever and showed the first symptoms of leprosy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I felt like someone was driving an iron rake into my back and pulling the flesh off me,&#8221; he would say. And he thought to himself: &#8220;What is this pain? Holy Mother of God, what kind of pain is this? I have never felt such pain in my life!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After many medical examinations, a doctor told him: &#8220;Listen, Soldier Saridakis, the police and health service must come immediately and take you to Athens because you have contracted Hansen&#8217;s disease, leprosy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Upon hearing this unpleasant news, he said: &#8220;Are you serious, doctor? I have leprosy? Will I bear this great cross?&#8221; &#8220;Yes,&#8221; replied the doctor. And out of joy, Constantine fell out of bed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When asked later why he was so happy, the Elder explained: &#8220;Because when God sends you a great illness, it means it is a great cross. And if you endure it, with God&#8217;s power, a great cross brings a great resurrection! When I was diagnosed with Hansen&#8217;s disease, I prayed and said: &#8216;My God, I am not worthy to bear such a great cross! Do you love me so much? Thank you very much! Just help me to endure it!'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I suffered! But as much as I suffered with my body, my heart rejoiced!&#8221; confessed the venerable one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Thus<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, in<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a01957, Evmenios was transferred to the leprosy hospital in Athens.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Since\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a suitable remedy for leprosy had been discovered<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in 1947, which he was diagnosed with in time, he gradually recovered. Nevertheless, he remained at the leprosy hospital to serve the lepers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With Venerable Nikephoros&#8217;s arrival at the leprosy hospital and Saint Anthimos&#8217;s written recommendation<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Monk Sophronios made St Nikephoros one of his mentors. They conducted their services and prayers separately, fasted, and did not eat meat, even though the doctors advised them to eat it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Over time, the holy lives of the two monks reached the ears of many devout people who, when visiting the lepers, sought to meet the two saints for their spiritual benefit.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Evmenios,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">always<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0benevolent<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Elder Evmenios was always a warm person, always benevolent and smiling, even in moments of suffering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A devout woman, astonished, asked him: &#8220;How do you manage, Father, to always be joyful and smiling?&#8221; The saint replied: &#8220;Blessed one, these are the smiles I received from heaven!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Venerable Evmenios departed to the heavenly realms on May 23, 1999. 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