Best way to handle unwanted advances
Okay, to give background. I am newer to the orthodox church. I was recently baptized/chrismated. I love my parish and really feel at home there.
There is only one issue that I am having. There is an older gentleman( probably 20 years older than me) who attends. When I first started attending I made the mistake of giving him my number as I wanted to become involved and meet people within the parish and at the time he was in charge of the classics book club and I asked him to send me the information.
After liturgy he waits for me before I go into agape. It is awkward because when I sit at a table of just women he will seek me out and sit where I am. I try to be cordial and I dont think that he is a bad guy, just not getting the hint and almost overbearing. I have excused myself multiple times. He texts to go have lunch under the guise of helping me in my faith. I have politely declined, let him know that I am seeing someone and also informed him that I wish to take my concerns/questions regarding faith to Fr. or my sponsor.
He continues to text and tell me that Fr. is very busy etc. This is the same man who comes up to question me every time I take communion because he only saw my baptism and not my chrismation (which was part of the same ceremony).
I do not want to be rude but I also don't know what else to say for this individual to get the point. I also don't want to cause any problems. I guess the next step would be to tell my priest but again, I dont want to be seen as a trouble maker. I have even taken the steps of changing where I stand during liturgy so that he can not see me. Do I just block him and then run away when I see him. lol I'm trying to be an adult, but the old me wants to tell him to back off in not so nice wording.