Movie: "Saint Chryse - A Ray of Light in the Years of Slavery" (2023)

Saint Chryse - A Ray of Light in the Years of Slavery

Directed by Nikos Katsoulis

Produced by the Metropolis of Edessa, Pella and Almopia

Released in 2023

In Greek with English subtitles

"Saint Chryse - A Ray of Light in the Years of Slavery" is the true story of the martyrdom of Saint Chryse, a young girl who lived in Slatena, Almopia (present-day village of "Chryse") in the late 18th century.

The plot of the movie takes place in 1795, in the village of Slatena. It is winter, so the young Chryse, a devout Orthodox Christian, goes to get firewood. Chryse is abducted by a local Muslim man who is infatuated with her. The young woman endures terrible suffering over the following nine months. She consistently undergoes physical and mental abuse since she won't accept Islam and wed her kidnapper. On October 13, 1795, she is horrifyingly murdered for her refusal to compromise her faith in Christ.

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The "Policing" of our Lives (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou

Society needs the police to impose order and balance on it, but man is uncomfortable with the policing of his personal life. Unfortunately, however, policing is increasingly moving into the private and internal areas of man, not necessarily by the police, but by modern technology.

We all know that phones, mobile and fixed, are monitored for social and national security. Also, various voices are heard about the chips that are inserted everywhere, even in ID cards.

However, the policing is done in ways that we do not suspect, since the mobile "smart" phones determine at least the place of our stay, and the GPS that we use for our path to the exact destination, tracks us with precision.

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