{"id":17545,"date":"2018-12-17T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.smallpage.online\/2018\/12\/how-muslim-man-turned-to-chris.html"},"modified":"2019-02-19T06:47:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T06:47:31","slug":"how-muslim-man-turned-to-chris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/how-muslim-man-turned-to-chris","title":{"rendered":"How a Muslim Man Turned to Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It happened to me in Germany, in the city of Cologne. I must admit that I can\u2019t recall the name of the main character so let\u2019s call him George. I visited a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Church. Most of its parishioners were Orthodox Turks. We had a pleasant conversation. There was a young man sitting beside me. He couldn\u2019t help closing his eyes as if he was falling asleep. I asked the other parishioners if he needed any help. I thought that he wasn\u2019t feeling well. That\u2019s what they told me.<\/div>\n
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George had been a Muslim born to a Muslim family. He had honored the traditions of his faith since his childhood. He was conscripted into the Turkish Army when he was 20.
\nSoon, his whole life changed. Accidentally, he found a Gospel in a distant corner of his barrack. It is unknown how it got there. George didn\u2019t tell anyone about it. He read the whole book in a week. That week was enough for George to invite Christ into his heart. Officers found the Gospel and suggested that George \u201cthrow that hogwash out of his head\u201d and continue his military service. However, George was adamant in professing his newfound faith. They threw him into a military prison and tried to root out his faith by blandishment and torture. It didn\u2019t yield any result. They damaged George\u2019s kidneys and injured his head until he became practically deaf and started having severe headaches, which caused his falling asleep in any place and at any time (and I saw it myself). They kept him incarcerated for many months and then kicked him out of jail after they made an irreparable damage to his health. Turkish Orthodox Christians from Germany heard his story and took him to Germany in order to save him. He was baptised and became an Orthodox Christian. When I heard his story, I had a conversation with George. I\u2019ll never forget his words, \u201cThere is nothing keeping me here on earth. I\u2019m looking forward to meeting my Father!\u201d<\/div>\n
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I never saw George again. I don\u2019t know what happened to him later. I hope that his dream will come true. When I recall his story, I ask myself, \u201cAm I capable of such sacrifice?\u201d I have no answer\u2026<\/div>\n
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December 12, 2018<\/em><\/div>\n
St. Elisabeth Convent<\/em><\/div>\n
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