Recently, the Moses Elisaf diet has been constantly losing weight. He was a doctor himself, but he was so dedicated to his work in the municipality of Ioannina that he always put himself last. He didn’t pay attention. Thus, none of us will ever know if he could reverse the rapid decline in his health if he could straighten out his growth from cancer. Because he possessed the indomitable stubbornness that only an Epiroth has. At his funeral, held on Sunday in the historic Romanian synagogue of his city, such genuine emotions reigned, which are rarely seen at the last joy of a public figure. Not only from officials, but also from ordinary people, from shopkeepers who closed shops for visiting, from his patients who rushed to say goodbye to him.

Everyone stood in the presence of Katerina Sakellaropoulou, who lovingly bent over his coffin and emphasized that his untimely death makes the city poorer, the people of Ioannina are deprived of a municipal ruler with a rare honesty of character, non-binding, an opponent of intolerance and fanaticism. . Epirote Kostas Tasoulas, President of the Parliament, added: “I bow to the memory of a worthy mayor, a rare scientist, a public figure who abolished the pessimistic stereotypes that dignity, decency and cultivation are incompatible with the struggle for public life. life . They match! And the example of Moses Elisaph is comforting and optimistic. Today he can enrich the social life of Greece with new Elisaphs.”

The Government was represented by Vice-President Panagiotis Picrammenos. The governor of Epirus, Alexandros Kahrimanis, said that until the last moment, despite the fact that he was seriously ill, he asked him to finish what he started. Metropolitan Maxim Yaninsky, who also represents the Ecumenical Patriarch, spoke warmly about the surprised mayor. US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis said: “His words were also deeds, this is what he tried to do all his life. And he did it, the great mayor of Ioannina, Greece, a man, a doctor, a scientist, a writer, a big mind, a big heart. Big loss for Janina. A big loss for Greece.”

Noam Katz, Israel’s ambassador to Greece, brought everyone to tears: “We have come to pay our respects to you, Moses. Your life has touched our hearts. Today we pay tribute. You wanted the world to be a better place. Professor, doctor, president of the Israeli community of Janina, mayor of the city. You have touched us. You touched me too.” The funeral of Moses Elisaf took place at the Jewish cemetery of Janina. Irony of fate: it was he who, being the mayor, took care of the improvement of the territory.