A public talk gave the preaching work its start in the very town where Paul first arrived in Europe​—Kaválla, ancient Neapolis. Nicolas Kouzounis recalled being there back in 1922: “I had been feeling troubled spiritually. About that time the newspaper Simaia advertised a public talk entitled ‘Millions Now Living Will Never Die,’ to be given in a coffee shop. After the talk, I obtained the booklet Can the Living Talk With the Dead?” Deeply moved by what he had learned, Brother Kouzounis soon joined a companion in spending months at a time traveling by car to preach in the villages and towns as far as the Turkish border. The good news spread to Alexandroúpolis in the northeast, as well as to Nea Orestiada, Sakkos, and the Chalcidice prefecture.

Brother Kouzounis, from Kaválla, was exiled to the Chalcidice prefecture in 1938.