“Do not rush to take it!” These words, attributed to Father John Kalaidis in a testimony shared by his daughter, carry a message of faith, patience, and trust in God. Speaking about electronic identity cards, he reportedly urged his spiritual children to remain steadfast, expressing his conviction that God would intervene at a decisive moment for Greece and other nations. Here are the testimonies as it has been shared.
1“My children, I am departing, but I am very happy, because the good God heard, not me, the ‘least’ one who was praying about this matter, but many people were praying about it, and God granted His mercy! Know this: when the time comes for them to issue that identity card, do not rush to take it! God will intervene. The events of the City will take place, and together with Greece (for it is for Greece that this grace will be granted by God), other peoples as well will be saved, who were likewise ready to accept this identity card, and millions of innocent souls would have been lost.”
- Father John Kalaidis (Transmitted by his daughter)
2One day, we were gathered at a family celebration, and Papa-Yiannis (Father John), visibly concerned, said to us.
“Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you, and fix it firmly in your minds: I am saddened that there is not even one courageous man who would see his child die of hunger and still refuse to accept this identity card!”
- Father John Kalaidis
His words deeply troubled all of us. Some time passed, and six months later, at another family gathering attended by the entire extended family, he spoke again, this time with joy.
“Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you, and remember it well: the events concerning the handing over of the City to the Greeks will take place before the issuance of this identity card. In this way many people will be saved, as well as many other nations that would otherwise have accepted it. A great many people prayed about this matter. I am the least among them, and God heard our prayer. The events concerning the City will occur in time, and thus we shall be spared from the identity card!”
- Father John Kalaidis
All these excerpts were translated by The Holy Wisdom. Below you will find all the relevant sources.
On November 15, 2018, the website Orthodoxathemata published, for the first time, a moving testimony about electronic identity cards shared by the daughter of Fr. John Kalaidis: https://orthodoxathemata.blogspot.com/2018/11/blog-post_708.html#more
From the book: Father John Kalaidis (Papa-Yiannis) (1925-2009), pages 141-142.