He had been an atheist, but in August 1998 he attended the international convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Athens, where his wife was baptized.
मगर, अगस्त 1998 में एथेन्स में यहोवा के साक्षियों के अंतराष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन में वह हाज़िर हुआ ।