Elder Cleopa gives us the example of Alexander the Great who, when he saw death staring in his face, said: "both my hands be kept dangling empty out of my coffin... I wish people to know that I, Alexander the Great, who conquered the whole world, have to leave this earth with my hands empty!…


Elder Cleopa gives us the example of Alexander the Great who, when he saw death staring in his face, said: “both my hands be kept dangling empty out of my coffin… I wish people to know that I, Alexander the Great, who conquered the whole world, have to leave this earth with my hands empty! I cannot take anything with me!'”