Venerable Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis would say about Saint John the Forerunner, while pointing to his icons:
“The Honorable Forerunner is not so stern and fierce! He is gentle, lovely, exceedingly beautiful.”
And when he was asked whether he had seen him, he replied:
“I have seen him; that is why I tell you that he is gentle. Indeed, he told me that he would be my protector in this life and the guarantor of my salvation!”
Source: From the book Taught by God published by the Metropolis of Veria, Naoussa and Campania in 2023, which contains the file for the canonization of Venerable Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis. Translation by John Sanidopoulos.
“The Honorable Forerunner is not so stern and fierce! He is gentle, lovely, exceedingly beautiful.”
And when he was asked whether he had seen him, he replied:
“I have seen him; that is why I tell you that he is gentle. Indeed, he told me that he would be my protector in this life and the guarantor of my salvation!”
Source: From the book Taught by God published by the Metropolis of Veria, Naoussa and Campania in 2023, which contains the file for the canonization of Venerable Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis. Translation by John Sanidopoulos.
