DO YOU GET SCARED POLICE OFFICER?
DURING THE HISTORICAL VISIT OF HIS HOLINESS POPE KYROLLOS TO SHEBEEN ELKOOM, A
POLICE OFFICER MET WITH A COPTIC MAN AND ASKED TO SEE THE POPE. THE COPTIC MAN
INFORMED THE OFFICER THAT HIS HOLINESS WOULD BE PRAYING THE VESPER THAT
AFTERNOON IN CHURCH ,SO IF HE GOES WITH HIM TO CHURCH HE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE
THE POPE CLOSLY. THE OFFICER WENT TO CHURCH DRESSED IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES, AND SAT
AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH NEXT TO THE COPTIC MAN. DURING THE RAISING OF INCENSE,
THE POPE WAS WALKING DOWN THE CHURCH. ONCE HE APPROACHED THE OFFICER, HE RAISED
THE “SHORYA” IN HIS FACE. THE OFFICER GOT SCARED AND MOVED BACK. THE POPE SMILED
AND SAID TO HIM “ DO YOU GET SCARED POLICE OFFICER?. THE OFFICER AND THE COPTIC
MAN WERE SURPRISED AT HOW THE POPE RECOGNISED HIM AMONG THOUSANDS, AND
ESPECIALLY THAT HE WAS DRESSED IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES.
BELIEVE AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE SERIES
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