Father Lazarus
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Some of the greatest church fathers came out of Alexandria.
But we never exercised our authority over the other jurisdictions ever, even after we split off in 451.
So that's just an aside.
But he was coming to visit our church, Pope Shenouda, and
My mom said, you have to go to church.
The Pope is coming to our church.
My local parish where I was, where I grew up.
And I was like, okay, fine.
You know, what am I going to lose?
So I ended up going and we had one of the bishops who was part of the entourage.
The Pope would travel with bishops.
One of the bishops came up to me and he gave me the biggest hug ever.
Like we're best friends.
And saying, so good to see you.
And even when I looked in his face, there was a light.
There was a light emanating from his face.
Supernatural.
I can't explain it.
And he said, so good to see you.
What just happened?