The artist Dina Liosatou, 18 years ago, gave pro bono life and joy to the empty walls of the then newly established "Ark of the World" structure in Kolonos and, as she complains, Father Anthony never sought to meet her to thank her for her work.
Ms. Liosatou painted the doors and windows, transforming the kindergarten, the nursery, the catechism room and Father Antonio's office.
Speaking to MEGA, Ms. Liosatou said with complaint: "You expect at least a piece of paper to write I could not attend to thank you. Nothing."
For almost a week she worked in the two buildings of the structure with her husband as her only assistant, who carried the stairs and materials for her work.
"Because I was climbing a staircase with seven steps, she was going up and down to offer me paints and brushes. We worked for three days in Kolonos and another two in the guesthouse," the artist said.
According to her, in the one and only meeting she had with Father Antonio, the head of her structure had even asked for stained glass in the windows of his office so that it wouldn't be obvious who he was hosting inside.
"I don't want some spaces to be seen"
"I also want to intervene for stained glass. He says to me "yes I would also like in some personal spaces that I have upstairs myself and I don't want it to show from the outside to the inside who they are"," the artist revealed.
"He said "I want you to do my nursery, I want you to do my catechism space inside, I want you to do my office". She said, "I'll see you again, Mrs. Liosatu." That one time never happened," she noted."
Dina Liosatou said she experienced the people in their structure, like Fr. Anthony, firsthand. Of the head of the structure, she said that "he was hard to reach."
"The children were starving."
Memories came back to Dina Liosatou of the days when she painted walls and windows at the "Ark," with dozens of excited children surrounding her. "What saddened me the most was that these children were starving," she said.
The artist, along with her husband, in addition to their artistic work on the "Ark" premises, had donated clothes, food, electrical appliances and money on many occasions.
Source: in.gr
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