Angeliki Iliadi: I owe a lot to Peggy Zina – She helped me because she sent me to her spiritual director (video)

Angeliki Iliadi brings to the fore a lesser-known aspect of the period following the murder of Bambis Lazaridis, talking about Peggy Zina’s intervention during a difficult time in her life.

As she described on the Unblock Podcast with Elina Papila, their contact came at a time when she was trying to come to terms with what had happened. “Then, I get a call from Peggy Zina, I won’t forget it. I owe her so much,” he said.

She explained that through that contact she was led to a spiritual director who she considers pivotal to her path. “She sent me to her spiritual director, Elder Nektarios, who, together with the nun who was there at the monastery in Nafpaktos, took me in their arms and literally saved me. They brought me out of the darkness,” he said.

The faith and daily contact that sustained her

According to her, the relationship was not limited to a mere acquaintance, but developed into a constant point of reference. “For months I talked to them every day, I went to the monastery, they were my family now,” she said.

Angeliki Iliadi was particularly keen on the importance of faith for her, stressing that at that stage she turned exclusively to it. “Because I believe deeply, the first thing I said was ‘God help me, explain to me what’s going on,'” she said.

He said he did not seek other forms of support at the time, as he felt this was the path he wanted to take. “I always believed. And God helped me,” he added.

The night before the attack

The singer also referred to the events of December 13, 2008, when she herself was shot at while in the same vehicle as the businessman.

“First of all, I lived. I lived with the help of God. A bullet hit me here in the mouth,” she said, adding: “The other one in the leg.”

As she described it, someone removed her from the scene of the attack and led her inside the hotel. “At the time the bullets were fired, I was grabbed by the arm, pulled and put inside the hotel,” she noted. “God saved me that night,” she said, adding:
“Then of course I was in shock. I was thinking about nothing but how cruelly, suddenly and violently this man was taken from life. That was what shocked me most of all at the time. I kept thinking about how he must have felt. And that thought had tormented me for years”

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