Athos, 52, from Switzerland, made a living this summer after doing something that seems impossible to many. For him, however, it is simply the fulfillment of the vow he has made in Agia Thekla. So, with the help of St. Thekla, he decided to travel alone and with only a means of transport, his motorcycle, from Switzerland to the Savior, to be on the day of its celebration (September 24) and to pray, fulfilling the vow. of.
In our meeting with Athos on the beach of Agia Thekla, he himself confessed that he has been coming to Agia Thekla for the last twenty years every summer. He is enchanted, as he says, by the simplicity of the beach, the magic of the landscape with the opposite island, while his latest development suffered the coastal front left him very excited, who saw, as he told us, the beach, which feels like his home , to evolve and progress.
The decision and the vow
Athos, although married with children, decided this year to leave his family behind to travel more than 2 thousand six hundred kilometers on a motorcycle, making the journey to Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece and to reach Cyprus and then Sotira. Characteristic are the two small flags on the back of his motorcycle: one from Switzerland and one from Cyprus!
The reason, the serious and chronic problem in the back that he faces, and with the hope that Agia Thekla will help him face it.
When asked if he is a Catholic, he replies, “Yes, but inside I feel more like a Christian! Every morning I wake up and go to light the candela, as the candle is called in Italian (Athos lives in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland), and to pray. ”
The lesson we learn from this story is not simply the great psychic power that a person can draw from God. What's more, when you see Athos speak with this bottomless admiration for our place and for the church, it makes you realize that in the end foreigners appreciate and respect our places and our religion much more than we do.
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