spyridon of trimyphus and the jew alexander finger father alexander is visiting me. good morning.orning. according to my observation by the priests. mostly people become, either from religious families, or in whose life there was some kind of turning point, as was your case. my family was completely non-religious. uh, well the coming to god happened in adolescence, about 15 years old. i realized that everything from what you know, as usual, with my parents, we came to the temple to light a candle. um, maybe come to some festive service. it's, uh, really either easter or christmas. when i came to church, i began to pay attention to, uh, what was going on there. i began to listen. uh, to singing to reading to what the priest says and i began to feel. here is some special presence of god. and in the temple at the service , he became more interested and in some moment i realized that and my life should be connected with this. hmm and how did your family react to your decision to become a priest. well, my parents always took this position, they gave me complete freedom and complete ind