Saint Paisios took care of any kind of animal he came across and he had a special relationship with a little bird he named Olet.
“At my kalyvi I not only have birds of the air, but all the animals come here – jackals, hares, ferrets, turtles, lizards, snakes – they get their full from the overflow of my love, and I am satisfied myself when they are satisfied, and all of us together, ‘the beasts, the cattle, the birds and the reptiles’, ‘Praise, Bless, and Worship the Lord.'”
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The sister of Elder Paisios, Christina, related the following: Once I went to Stomiou Monastery to see the Elder and I brought him two cats, because he had many mice, a sheer scourge. “Father Paisios, I said, “I brought you the cats so you can settle down from the mice” The next time I visited the Monastery, I saw a pan in the kitchen and the cats and mice ate together. I said, “Elder, I brought you cats to eat the mice and you feed them all together?” He said to me, “Leave the blessed things, it’s a pity that everyone chases and kills them, for they are also creatures of God!”