His Love for the Poor

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Father Pishoy would treat the poor with extreme dignity and honour. He would always speak to them and of them with dignity and respect. He forbade the giving out of donations to the poor in the church so as not to embarrass them.

Instead he insisted on the servants taking the donations all the way to their homes or wherever they maybe. He also used to have a saying concerning giving to the brethren of the Lord. He would say, "If we close our hands to them then the Lord will close his hands to us, but if we open our hands to them then God will fulfil all our wants and needs and much more."

And the Lord gave him without limits for the sake of the love he had for the brethren of the Lord.

A cake for a brother of the Lord

The Sunday school service prepared a party for one of the servants in the courtyard of the church. Everyone had before him a plate with a slice of cake in it. During the celebrations Father Pishoy spotted an old man who was very poor walking in the courtyard, and he called out to him, and went over to him. He spoke with him briefly and then gave him his own plate with the excuse that he was full and could not complete the cake.