The climate in Sinai It remains explosive, with the conflict between the monks and Archbishop Damianos continuing. At the heart of the attacks was Katerina Spyropoulou, who decided to speak publicly and respond to the accusations.
The 70 -year -old teacher and mother of four children sent a letter On the website orthodoxia.info, referring to a “gossip mud”, “anthropophagia” and “cannibalism”. As she points out, she broke her silence because she feels that she owes her to her children, who – as she claims – have also been unjustly slandered.
In the monks’ memoir, Spiropoulou appeared as a woman who “did what he wanted” Damian. She, however, explains that her dedication to the Archbishop stems from her gratitude for the support she offered her in one of the most difficult times of her life: the long -standing battle of Christina’s daughter with a serious illness, from which she eventually passed away.
Spyropoulou also notes that she stood on the side of Damianos And when he suffered a serious accident in the monastery and had to be hospitalized for more than six months in Egyptian hospitals.
“I fight as a mother, as a young man, as a woman, as a fighter, as a high ideal ideal because I have dedicated my last years to my spiritual father,” he says.
In closing, he warns that will not leave the attacks unanswered, stating that she will move legally against those who slandered her.
The letter of the woman included by the rebel monks in the memorandum against Archbishop Damianos
“I am the ‘AK’ or ‘let’
Lastly, the fire of the “coup d’etat” of Sinai monks have gathered on my face with the ultimate goal of hurting the septic face of Archbishop Sinai. Damian. I am obliged to talk about myself, because on the pretext of my face, Archbishop Sinai Damianos is put.
I am therefore Katerina Spyropoulou who in recent days have become slander object And noodles without my will. So far I have endured with great humiliation so that the gossip of the gossip was mixed by the alleged Orthodox monks. But after all this anthropomorphism and cannibalism, I owe my children who have also falsely been false, to speak, to deposit my truth.
I think to emphasize that I am in the seventy -year year of my age. I am a philologist and retired professor (others illiterate!) After taught for 30 years in Secondary Education. I also taught schools abroad, Sydney, Australia and Nuremberg, Germany. I have also attended the Athens Theological School until the 4th year. I didn’t get a degree for the reasons you will understand below.
I had 4 children, two boys and 2 girls who I grew up with with a lot of love and dedication by providing them with my ex -husband every material and spiritual asset. All my children are holders of degrees and doctoral or postgraduate studies. I am a grandmother of a wonderful granddaughter.
For the only thing in my life I am proud of are my children, because they became good and good people, with love for their fellow man. But my biggest prize and my pride and hope is my good Christina now is in the arms of God and became my own angel who protects me from there.
So Christina lived for 42 years a big cross after He was suffering from a rare disease the nodular hardening which caused physical and mental disability. He made five open brain surgery with all the consequences and was paralyzed in a wheelchair.
I served her with patience, care and love and affection. And the only vocabulary she consciously used to say when she saw me and felt next to her during her painful life was “mamm” and my eyes were crying and breaking my soul. So on practice I taught and acquired the knowledge of the nursing.
In this constant difficulty of my life, the comforting and reinforcing speech of my spiritual father, Mr. Damianos, helped me to withstand and lift my cross with courage, boldness and hope.
I know Sinai Since January 1978 when he was under Israeli occupation And the Bedouins stayed in tents and there were no asphalt roads. I was fascinated by the beauty of the granite landscape but also by the spirituality of the place.
In 2018, our spiritual father had a serious accident in the four -meter -high elevator in the light of the lack of welfare in its construction by a monk.
I felt that it was time to repay his benefit like the beneficiary child to his father. I stayed in his hospitalization for 6 months, first at the El-Galaa Military Hospital in the special treatment unit as the Egyptian doctors allowed because they saw my knowledge of the hospitalization of a multicultural injury and his psychological reinforcement in his terrible pain. Sepsis was prevented.
Another two months in a hospital room where he had a special treatment on his left foot so that they would not cut it and a skin transplant was made. Another two months in Metochi Cairo with frequent visits to the hospital for change. The result was to get out of this adventure and be in better shape in his health than before the confession of those who saw him.
I am a Greek Christian Mother Mother And I address every woman and mother and to every reasonable man. To emphasize that our Lord Jesus Christ protected and fed women. He did not stand out by a man from a woman. I fight as a mother, as a young man, as a woman, as a fighter, as an attached to high ideals because I have dedicated my last years to my spiritual father.
I reserve for my legal rights For those who slandered me and reproduced false news And slander against my face and the harmful consistency in my reputation and my dignity. The amounts that come from the court appeals will be paid to the Sinai Monastery.
Excuse me brothers I used to scandalize. “