Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria referred to unknown aspects of his life in the interview he gave to the students of the Tositsaio School of the Greek Community of Alexandria.
Asked about his childhood dreams and what he wanted to be when he grew up, the Patriarch said from a very young age he wanted to serve God and to become a priest, a clergyman, and, specifically, a missionary.
Another student asked the Patriarch how he felt living in a country where most people were Muslim. The Patriarch said that he felt that they were his brothers and he respected and loved them very much as they respected and loved them in turn, especially the Egyptian president. The Patriarch mentioned that he was greatly satisfied that they all lived in a peaceful country where both Muslims and Christians could each worship their God in a different language, but they always met in the same place, that is, the true God, the Creator of all people.
On his experience in mission, the Patriarch was asked what made him happy and what made him sad. The Patriarch said, “When I was a Metropolitan, it made me happy to see the construction of a school. What makes me happy is when the small medical centers are finished and I see the children are vaccinated because that is the biggest problem.”
However, the Patriarch said that poverty was the thing that had made him feel sorrow and pain. The happiness on the children’s face is what makes him feel happy, as he said, as reported by ekalexandria.org.