The 90 years old John Paraskevaidis is most of the time in his room at the nursing home of Aegio, under the supervision of the Bishop of Kalavryta, Amvrosios and he reads the books of his brother. «This was my brothers last wish. He wanted to come here, under the supervision of Amvrosios. He didn’t want me to die alone».
«My brother didn’t like the money, because he was poor from his childhood. Even his vestments and the gifts made to him all these years, are in the Archdiocese of Athens».
All these years, since Christodoulos passed away, in 2008, there have been made many scenarios about his death. Some are talking about an assassination plot by politicians. John Paraskevaidis gives his own interpretation in all these.
“John, do you know how I feel when I say some things in my sermon and then see different things written in the newspapers? ”, Christodoulos was saying to him.
My brother ran away by his unhappiness. He didn’t bear to see them misinforming the people by using his name». We ask him if he believes that the two cancers that were found to his brother were «in the plot to kill him».
«No. I don’t believe that they killed him. But I firmly believe that he was killed by the fact that they wanted to to make him seem frantic with what they were writing and hurl responsibilities. Whatever they were charging him, he was keeping it deep inside him. He didn’t externalized it, even though he was suffering mentally. But now everybody remembers him».
«My brother was speaking for “general attack against Greece” since 2005 in his speeches, and today it seems that he is been confirmed. He was a very educated man and he was looking ahead».