I ENTERED this world the seventh of eight children born to hardworking parents in Karítsa, a small village in Greece. The year was 1926.
فَٱقْتَرَبْتُ مِنْهُمْ بِحَذَرٍ وَأَنَا لَا أَعْلَمُ إِنْ كُنْتُ سَأَبْقَى عَلَى قَيْدِ ٱلْحَيَاةِ أَمْ لَا .‏