That same year Panagiotis Gavrielides, together with a neighboring family, came in contact with the truth. Amid great persecution the mother of that family and her three daughters, together with Panagiotis, formed a small group for Bible study and service in the village of Polemidhia. Regarding the reaction of the villagers, Panagiotis said: ‘When our small group met together, it was a usual thing for us to hear loud bangs on the door and windows. One man was so opposed that he went to the house of the sisters and beat them up. I too had to go to the hospital for treatment. Strangely, however, a few days later, as that same man crossed a bridge while riding atop a lorry on his way home from work, he fell into the river below and was killed.’

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Panagiotis Gavrielides