About the Turkish Cypriot

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Lala Mustafa invaded in the summer of 1570 from the coast of Larnaca, leading the Ottoman fleet with 180,000 troops. There were no Turks waiting to welcome him at the pier.

He disembarked, advanced inland, and slaughtered anyone who did not fall to their knees to bow before him. He easily reached the outskirts of Nicosia and camped at Nissou and the surrounding area to organize his final attack.

The Venetians, who ruled all of Cyprus at the time, were expecting the invasion—it was their worst nightmare. They demolished churches, old buildings, and huts and, within just three years, rapidly constructed the walls of Nicosia. That is, they built as much as they could, because only the first defensive belt was completed when the Ottoman attack came. They compacted the city so it could better withstand assault and planned to erect a second ring of walls, but they did not have time. The fortification project was designed by Paolo Savorgnan, the chief fortifications architect of the Venetians in their Mediterranean territories. He was the same man who designed the fortifications of Heraklion, Crete, and elsewhere.

Diversion of the Pedieos River and the moat

In their design, the Venetians diverted the course of the Pedieos River and attempted, if possible, to fill the moat with water. They wanted to make the task of would-be conquerors even more difficult. They did not manage to do much: the Ottoman host thirsted for new conquests and blood.

The struggle was relentless. Repeated assaults by Islamic fanatics were repelled by Venetian cannons, and the defenders rotated shifts for more than a month on the bastions. At the moat of Bayraktar—where the relevant mosque stands today—the line was broken. The standard-bearer managed to climb the walls and plant the banner. When the Anatolian troops saw this, they stormed in, flooding into the city and attacking the rear of the heroic Venetian fighters. Bayraktar was killed on the spot, but the damage had been done. The Ottomans, thirsting for blood, rape, and plunder, entered Nicosia. The defenders had run out of gunpowder, and the end had come for the aristocratic and other families of the city. Ottoman swords worked without pause. Mounted and foot soldiers, shouting battle cries, beheaded whoever they encountered.

Description by an English traveler

Characteristic is the description of an English traveler of the time who had been trapped in the city and survived the massacre:

“…The nurse was running with her lady along the street to hide when a Turkish dagger cut through the air and her lady’s head, which spun like a ball in the air. The nurse stopped, opened her apron, caught it, and ran carrying her mistress’s severed head to hide. She had not taken many steps before she too was beheaded by Ottoman fury. Neither nurses nor servants, nor noblewomen, nor young or old, nor small children of Venetian origin were spared by the invaders. The order was: ‘Kill them all.’”

Along with them, members of the local population—Greek Cypriots who were in the service of their Venetian lords—were also executed. Most of the Greek population survived, as did some Venetians who fled to the hills and central Cyprus. Foreign sources insist that the city’s streets were stained red with the blood that flowed. In proportion to the population, the massacre is described as greater than that of the Fall of Constantinople.

Even worse followed in Famagusta, with the execution of Marcantonio Bragadin and the entire Venetian aristocracy, despite the agreement that they would surrender the city and depart with their galleys.

How Turkish Cypriots originated

The Ottomans conquered Cyprus in 1571, and it is evident that there was no Turkish element on the island at that time. After establishing their rule and eliminating the Venetians, they divided the territory into districts and left small garrisons to oversee them. The fleet and the main body of the army departed elsewhere. The question that arises is how so many Turkish Cypriots are present today, how they emerged, and how they have become part of the Cyprus problem.

There are many theories and interpretations from scattered historical sources regarding their presence.

They were individuals who converted from the Greek and Maronite communities of Cyprus in order to escape heavy taxation and to gain the benefits of the ruling class. These individuals adapted according to political eras and circumstances.

Panayiotis Hatzidimitriou writes that a significant percentage of the so-called Linobambaki today constitutes a large part of the Turkish Cypriot community. As he explains, these Cypriots share the same origins as Greek Cypriots. He notes that proof of this is the many Turkish Cypriot villages bearing the names of saints.

Dr. Phaedon Th. Papadopoulos, Doctor of Theology and scholar of religion, analyzes the issue of the Linobambaki—crypto-Christians of Cyprus—who, due to unbearable taxation and other pressures under Ottoman rule, declared themselves Muslims. However, when Cyprus passed under British colonial rule, a large percentage of the Linobambaki collectively rejoined the Christian Orthodox community. The policy of the British colonial authorities, disputes within the Church of Cyprus over the archiepiscopal throne, and other factors played a significant role in halting their reintegration.

Common roots

Conditions under British rule did not allow all crypto-Christians, known as Linobambaki, to return to the Christian community.

In two books by Dr. Phaedon Papadopoulos, the composition of the Cypriot population is documented in detail.

With British control of Cyprus, Linobambaki returned en masse to the Christian community. In some communities, census records show residents listed as Muslims in one census and as Christians in the next. Thousands of inhabitants declared themselves Muslim by religion and Greek as their mother tongue.

There are examples of communities where residents collectively returned to Christianity. According to Dr. Papadopoulos’s study, such villages are found mainly in the Limassol district, including Akrounta, Agios Tychonas, Mathikoloni, Monagroulli, Palodia, Fasoula, Foinikaria, Pyrgos, Pano Kivides, and Limnitis. Other examples are recorded in the districts of Nicosia, Larnaca, Paphos, and Famagusta. Large percentages of the population in many other communities are also recorded as having joined the Christian faith.

The Linobambaki

According to Mr. Papadopoulos, the name “Linobambakos” comes from a two-sided fabric, cotton on one side and linen on the other. The cotton outer side represents the apparent identity of the crypto-Christians, while the inner side symbolizes their hidden religious identity.

He has published two books on the Linobambaki of Cyprus, presenting important documents:

“Turks, Muslims, or Crypto-Christians (Linobambaki)? An Introduction to the Co-inhabiting Element” and

“The Territorial and Demographic Aspect of the Cyprus Problem: Maps and Percentages in the Light of History.”

The books include census documents showing entire villages recorded as Muslim in one census and Christian in the next. A letter dated January 6, 1882, from residents of the villages Ambelia and Pyrgos in Tillyria to the British District Commissioner of Nicosia is also published, requesting to be registered as Christians.

Document

The phenomenon of Linobambaki returning to Christianity was particularly evident in the Tillyria region, widely regarded as Linobambaki. The letter reads:

“Most Honorable District Commissioner of Nicosia, Mr. Inglis,

We, the respectfully undersigned Linobambaki of the village of Ambelia and Pyrgos of Tillyria in the district of Lefka, present this humble petition to inform Your Excellency that until now, being Orthodox Christians in secret for fear of the Turks governing Cyprus, we were compelled publicly to appear as Mohammedans. Now, living under the free and tolerant government of Her Majesty the Queen of the great English nation, we are encouraged not to conceal our religious convictions and declare that henceforth we wish openly to profess the Christian Orthodox religion…

Ambelia, January 6, 1882.”

Interruption of reintegration

According to Dr. Papadopoulos, the period 1878–1914 was crucial for developments concerning the Linobambaki community. During this time, some communities permanently returned to Christianity, while others remained in Islam. The scale of returns suggested that eventual full reintegration into the Orthodox community might occur, but this did not happen.

Reasons cited include lack of consistent support from the Orthodox leadership, British administrative discouragement and bureaucracy, mixed marriages and long-term Muslim identification, and uncertainty about Cyprus’s political future, including rumors of Ottoman return.

Evidence

Evidence includes not only saint names in Turkish Cypriot villages but also numerous churches and chapels in those villages. There were entire communities where Turkish Cypriots knew no language other than Greek. For example, in Louroujina (Nicosia district), until 1930, students of the so-called Muslim school and their parents spoke Greek and invoked the Virgin Mary in times of distress. Greek was also exclusively spoken in the Turkish Cypriot village of Galinoporni in Karpasia. Even today, there are elderly Turkish Cypriots whose only language is Greek. In one census, several thousand residents declared themselves Muslim by religion and Greek as their mother tongue.

During British rule, the Church assisted some Linobambaki communities in returning to Christianity, including support for building churches and schools. However, this effort was not universal and lacked continuity.

The role of Evkaf

Religious and other leaders of the Islamic community worked to retain Linobambaki within the Muslim sphere. With the initiative of Evkaf and support from wealthy Muslims, mosques and schools were built in villages of Tillyria.

Dr. Papadopoulos argues that very few Turkish Cypriots have roots in the geographical area of Turkey. Muslims who came during Ottoman rule originated from various regions, including Syria, but gradually adopted a Turkish identity. The core of the Turkish Cypriot population, it is argued, consisted of crypto-Christians (Linobambaki). It is also difficult to define Turkish Cypriots strictly as Muslims, since many are not religious and do not maintain Islamic sentiment, while some retain Christian religious sentiment.

Villages of Saints and Turkish Cypriots

According to the 1960 census tables, Cyprus had 634 settlements, of which 117 were purely Muslim (Turkish Cypriot). However, this does not mean these communities were always Muslim; historical testimonies indicate a Christian past for the overwhelming majority.

There are purely Turkish Cypriot villages bearing saints’ names, such as Agios Epiphanios Soleas, Agios Theodoros Tillyrias, Agios Ioannis Selemanni, Agios Thomas, Agios Andronikos, Agios Efstathios, Agios Iakovos, Agios Symeon, Agios Chariton, Agios Georgios, Agios Ioannis, and others.

The long-time Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash originated from the village of Agios Epiphanios Soleas, where early census records show the vast majority of residents listed as Christians; in later censuses all residents are recorded as Ottomans.

True story

 

True story 

 

A man was hesitant to visit Elder Paisios. He felt ashamed because people said he was involved with many women, and he worried others might overhear and judge him. He thought he might even be the last one allowed to see the Elder.

When he finally came, Elder Paisios looked at him and said,

“What can I tell you, my son? The Virgin Mary tells me not to say anything to you, because you are helping an orphan.”

This message was clear — Elder Paisios was prevented from speaking any harsh words because the Virgin Mary protected the man, recognizing his good deed in helping an orphan.

This story reminds us that true spiritual guidance is rooted in love and mercy, seeing the heart beyond appearances or rumors.

GALACTIA ELDRESS

Eldress Galaktio had personally spoken about the martyr's end of the ecumenical patriarch; he had said the following: he will change the religious leadership, he is on the verge of change, and Bartholomew, I don't know how he will leave. The old woman had seen him once and said, "Let's pray, and we will tell him." She had seen the gray wolves enter and cut off his head so that he would leave as a martyr and be able to erase some sins. The greatest sin he committed was this rapprochement with the papacy. The old woman said, "Galaktion on his knees, and let's pray that God will not allow this." The old woman saw them enter the lantern and take his head, and she said it characteristically. The remarkable Mr. Makris was a member of the Gray Wolves and was a regular in 1981. He attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II. At the same time, the Gray Wolves proudly presented their leader, Bahceli, with a provocative map showing Turkey occupying all of our islands from Samothrace to the Dodecanese and Crete.

Give me your child. Abraham Abraham apoun

Ebrahim says, "Someone told me that someone here knows him, so he can..."

I can't admit that this one is a child, but I can tell you about the prophet Abraham.

The patriarch Abraham is now a Muslim child.

He got away from Syria, which is where he is from. He left his wife and kids behind and came.

to Cyprus to work for a man from Limassol. He accepted the Limassol man as long as he was a slave.

He said to him right away, "Hey, Master, give me a little more money." He says, "Help me with my papers so I can be legal." He was also breaking the law.

He sent him to the cops, though. To sum up, a good priest in the village told him off.

This man also started to learn about Orthodoxy.

He was a Muslim because of the priest who hosted him and the horkanis who did not. He did not say he wanted to become a Christian. But he asked the good pope, "But you pray to Christ, the Son of Allah."

He said, "Come to me somewhere to pray where we can all meet and do kodak." He was talking about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And

The man prayed to Apobuna Ibrahim, which is what he called Abraham.

When he begged his wife and kids to leave Syria and my dear

He says Apounabrahim looked tall, had a beard, and carried a stick.

My child, you don't care. I'll make sure you meet your family.

to go on adventures, but I won't take care of it. And as they talked, he sat down.

He says he saw a yellow sea rising behind him.

He tells Apouna that the sea is Syria and Iraq when they drop the bombs.

Γερόντισσα Γαλακτια

 

 

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

 

God has a beautiful plan. Everything God has is beautiful.

He will help and save in the

religious and theological Orthodox sense of the term "salvation," he will save the

well-intentioned Turks as well as the well-intentioned

Greeks. Not all of us are well-intentioned.

just as he will save all the well-intentioned Germans,

Americans, uh, all races, the Chinese, the Africans.

God now has a big plan, which began the

development of this plan from Syria, and will perform a huge operation

on humanity.

The operation is necessary. How a person is filled with

tumors, pan-cancer, and his blood is poisoned. He must

detoxify. Then he must have an operation. Well, for the

health of humanity to be restored, these

Bitter events must take place. From these bitter events

Christ will make a difference.

Others he will quickly take to eternal life. Saint Matronama

of Russia said. I think she fell asleep in 1952. She used to say before the great Third World

war, very well-intentioned but a little weak in faith and in some of the little sufferings

They have; God will take them before the war, some with accidents.

and others with foolish illnesses. You hear that we have now begun to live.

with the coronavirus and so on and so on, and the earthquakes that some say

are coming and the sinkings and so on and so on and

So all of this is to take others before the world war, either

With accidents or with incurable illnesses, where do we take them to eternal life?

No, not in death, and the others during the

War will leave. Well, these will probably be the ill-intentioned ones.

The people who do not repent and who did not catch Christ's messages. Oh,

the emails of Christ and the faxes of Christ that He sends us constantly, and

tells us to wake up and repent. Oh, and we too remain and miss

the corrupt everyday life that we had last year and the year before. Oh,

And we all run everywhere all the time to take vacations.

The Christians called vacations and trips pilgrimages.

Oh, and we have no pilgrimage to leave that we did not go on. And I say these.

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things. And finally, not to be pilgrims.

of the Holy Spirit who dwells in our hearts from the time of

our fragrance. But what a tragic thing this is, not to recognize the Holy Spirit.

Who is our companion? Well, since we do not recognize it with

Good, God will allow it to happen through some pedagogies, as

They are called by Saint Isaac the Syrian. Well,

Paradoxically, the modern pedagogy that is coming began in the homeland of

Saint Isaac, from Syria.

Well, Crete, Rhodes,

Cyprus, Lesbos, and other islands will also be tested.

The great war will take place there in the Bosporus.

America will also go through great trials so that.

It too will pay for the sins and crimes it committed against many, many people. The new

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Babylon that Saint John the Theologian describes in the Revelation.

"America will become partial," said Saint Elder Basil the

Kavsokalyvetite. America will remain partial. What it means, I don't know.

I believe these things, my child, and because I believe them, I owe it to myself as a bishop.

to share my faith with people. Well, I don't want to

intimidate or panic towards God. But if hearing these things

helps even one person to be led to repentance, well,

My attempt was successful. And let some

Greek hierarchs write whatever they want against the prophetic word. The

The Holy Spirit did not breathe out. And one of the greatest gifts of the Holy Spirit

is the prophetic gift. I do not have it. No. I am a prophetologist, not.

a prophet. But I do not hide from you, as

A wicked Cypriot that I am, I want my gain in eternal life. And

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What does my Gospel say? He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet,

receive a prophet's reward. I look forward to this reward of one of

My fellow men who will hear all this and repent. Now, whether he will be

a Greek or a Turk. It may be these Turks. For I tell you,

Saint Cosmas the Aetolian tells us that Saint Cosmas the Aetolian did not fall outside of any.

of his prophecies. He says to the third one, "You will believe the Turk."

But do you know how many Turks there are today, 24 million?

Well, two Greeces, that is. Three, how many Greeces? Not two.

Well, Saint Aphylochius of Patmos said

that the root must be preserved. For him, the migration of the

Asia Minor, the Pontians, and the Constantinopolitans took place.

And this root is also there to make the eccentricity, that is, to make

The vaccination in the region of Asia Minor, which is

now called Turkey, but has remained Asia Minor.

So what can we say? Yes, God's plan is great.

. It is not only for Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus.

Let us not be overwhelmed by a single salvation for the homeland we have.

And we Cypriots, in particular, live it. And the metropolis of Morphou lives in it too.

This is par excellence. But let us not be fooled only by our own political and social views.

problems. All humanity suffers

from our sins,

from abortions, from blasphemies, from witchcraft, from

the satanic worship that exists, from the paranormal laws and the

unnatural practices that they do inside and outside

of marriage. Very, very unfortunately for people and so on.

which I have been saying. Well, then,

As I read in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, the

The Old Testament particularly emphasizes this. Our actions, our sins, our negatives

affect our mental and spiritual well-being. Well, now

All this influence has gathered, gathered, gathered.

of this sin that I mentioned earlier, of the sins that I mentioned earlier, the energy, the

blackness, uh, the satanic energy has gathered and now every

nation and Turkey, and all the countries, every

nation will pay, my brother, the bill.

That's it. Now it's also the nations that we entered.

It seems that poor Turkey, America, and some European countries,

like France, like Italy, uh, England

will pay a lot

And they won't pay for something that doesn't belong to them. Well, everyone has their own

And paying is a harsh term. The dry. Well, it's an

understandable term in an era when everything is bought and

sold. The only thing that is not bought and sold, but is offered

Freely to whoever wants it is the body and blood of Christ. It is repentance.

It is the mysteries. of Christ and the Holy Spirit.

We should say these things; we should want these things. And God has them for all.

people. He has them for Cyprus; he has them for our Greece.

Saint Paisios appeared to a lady who she was attending to the Assyrian Orthodox Church.

 

 🇬🇷 Οσία Γερόντισσα Γαλακτία της Κρήτης

«Μου φανέρωσε ο Θεός το μηδέν του ανθρώπου και ότι ο σοδομισμός θα γίνει το σήμα των μελλόντων καιρών. Έπεσα σε κατάθλιψη.»

Όταν ο παππούς μου, ο αγιασμένος παπά-Νικόλας, έφευγε από τη ζωή στα 97 του χρόνια, μας είπε:

«Παρακάλεσα τον Κύριο να μη ζω στα επερχόμενα χρόνια… Όσοι θα έχουν λίγη συνείδηση θα τρέχουν στα μνήματα και θα φωνάζουν: “Βγείτε εσείς οι πεθαμένοι να μπούμε εμείς οι ζωντανοί!”»

Σήμερα βλέπω να επαληθεύονται τα λόγια του.  

Δεν ελέγχω κανέναν. Μιλώ μόνο για μετάνοια και επιστροφή στον Θεό — αρχίζοντας από τον εαυτό μου.

«Δώσε μας μετάνοια, Κύριε. Αξίωσέ μας να καταλάβουμε ότι είμαστε παιδιά Σου, εικόνες δικές Σου. Προορισμένοι για τη Βασιλεία Σου.»

Ο άνθρωπος πρέπει να ανεβαίνει προς τον Ουρανό — όχι να κατεβαίνει και να καυχάται για την πτώση του.

— Εκδόσεις Θεομόρφου (σελ. 87–89)

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🇬🇧 Saint Gerontissa Galaktia of Crete

“God revealed to me the nothingness of man and that sodomy will become the mark of the coming times. I fell into depression.”

When my grandfather, the blessed Papa-Nikolas, was departing this life at 97 years of age, he told us:

“I begged the Lord not to let me live in the coming years… Those with even a little conscience will run to the graves and cry: ‘You who are dead, come out so that we who are living may go in!’”

Today I see his words being fulfilled.  

I rebuke no one. I speak only of repentance and return to God — always beginning with myself.

“Grant us repentance, Lord. Make us worthy to understand that we are Your children, Your image. Destined for Your Kingdom.”

Man must ascend toward Heaven — not descend and boast in his fall

THE TRUTH IS HERE

 

MORFOU NEOPHYTOS

 

what the future holds

 

 Αυτό το φωτεινό ον περπατάει στο δωμάτιό μου. Του είπα, «Δεν με ενδιαφέρει τίποτα από αυτά που έχεις να πεις. Δεν κάνω μετρήσεις. Φύγε».

Και δεν με άκουσε. Συνέχισε και

Περπάτησε μπροστά μου. Και τελικά

ενοχλήθηκα και είπα, «Ποιος είσαι; Τι

το θέλεις;» Και το μόνο που άκουσα, και όταν είπα ότι το άκουσα,

δεν μου μίλησε σαν άνθρωπος. Το άκουσα μέσα.

Εδώ, και είπε, «Ουάου, είμαι». Και είπα, «Είσαι τι;» Και δεν μου απάντησε. Απλώς είπε, «Εγώ

είμαι». Είπα, «Εντάξει, αυτό είναι. Αρκετά».

Έφυγα βιαστικά για ύπνο. Είχα αυτό το όραμα στον

ύπνο μου, αλλά ήμουν μεταξύ ύπνου και ξύπνιου. Και αυτό το φωτεινό ον ήταν εκεί ξανά, αλλά αυτή τη φορά

Τραβούσε όλο αυτό το μαύρο δηλητήριο από πάνω μου. Κυριολεκτικά έμοιαζε με τον Spider-Man. Ξέρεις

Το Δηλητήριο, όπου όλα είναι κάπως νευρικά και περίεργα

έτσι. Και βγήκε από το στήθος μου, και ξύπνησα.

σκεπτόμενος, και μετά θυμάμαι ότι ξύπνησα. Δεν ήμουν

πια θυμωμένος. Η μαγική οργή δεν είναι απλώς

ερεθισμός. Υπάρχει ένα κάψιμο στην ψυχή σου από

καθαρή οργή συνέχεια. Αλλά ο γιος μου ήταν κάτω.

στον καναπέ, και είπε, "Μαμά, μπορούμε να δούμε

τηλεόραση;" Είπα, "Ναι, ό,τι να 'ναι". Έτσι έβαλα

την τηλεόραση ανοιχτή, και μόλις έβαλα τον Πρίγκιπα της Αιγύπτου. Κινούμενα σχέδια

Μου άρεσε, ως παιδί, ο Μωυσής, από όλες τις πληγές. Και

Είπα, "Ω, Τζέικ, θα σου αρέσει αυτό." Έτσι λοιπόν, καθαρίζω το σπίτι και φτάνουμε στο σημείο όπου ο Μωυσής είναι με τη βάτο, τη φλεγόμενη βάτο.

Δεν δίνω προσοχή. Είναι στο βάθος.

Ξέρεις, όπως κάνουν και οι γονείς σου. Μπορείς να το ακούσεις.

Αλλά σωστά, και τότε ο Μωυσής λέει στη βάτο,

"Ποιος είσαι;" Και εγώ ακόμα σκέφτομαι στο κεφάλι μου

Και η βάτος είπε, "Είμαι." Σταμάτησα απότομα.

Ιεζεκιήλ. Ήμουν σαν με τη σκούπα μου και σκέφτηκα,

"Είμαι. Είμαι." Αυτό το πράγμα είπε, "Είμαι." Και εγώ και

Μετά το κοίταξα ξανά. Το παρακολούθησα ξανά και

Είπε, "Είμαι αυτό που είμαι." Το έψαξα στο Google. Είμαι τι;

Είμαι. Ιησούς Χριστός, Θεός. Και σκέφτηκα, "Ω, όχι.

Γελάς. "Και δεν είχες ιδέα ότι η

Γραφή το είπε αυτό αρχικά. Δεν διάβασα ποτέ τη Βίβλο. Δεν είχα προηγούμενη χριστιανική εμπειρία.

ανατροφή. Δεν είχα κανένα ενδιαφέρον για τη Βίβλο.

Ασχολήθηκα με τη μαγεία από την ηλικία των 14 ετών.

 

Elder Ephraim of Arizona: “Faith will be shaken to the foundations. The coming years will be the last and glorious…”

Elder Ephraim of Arizona: After my death, Mount Athos will be on the verge of schism, and a revealing war will follow.

“Those who say the Jesus Prayer (‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me’) will overcome what is coming with the help of God…” — Elder Ephraim of Arizona

“The years of tribulation are approaching.

When we see wars, earthquakes, and various events, the end is near.

We expect many things to happen according to the saints’ prophecies; in the last times, great events will occur.

And the word of God and of the saints is true.

The struggle we are called to undertake is for faith in the God-Man Jesus, believing that Christ was God, became man, descended to Earth, brought salvation, and drove away the darkness of unbelief and atheism.

And we, as soldiers of Christ, since we are part of Christ’s army, must prepare and arm ourselves.

Just as a state, when it realizes that another state is preparing an attack, begins preparing defense and counterattack, so must we.

And the preparation is known:

First, we must believe that if we have faith and humility, we will draw Grace — that great power of Christ — to bear witness.

We must never think or dare to believe that we possess this power on our own. We must say:

‘I am weak, incapable, sinful, nothing, zero, the most useless person’…

Only humility draws the power of Christ and will lead to victory.

Wherever Christ descends with His supernatural power, He does things beyond nature.

Do not think that with personal or human strength we can face any action or intervention of the devil and his collaborators. Never.

Man is weak; he has no power to face all these tribulations except through the power of God.

We must believe that when God calls us to this martyrdom, He will provide “along with the temptation the outcome also” (1 Corinthians 10:13), and that when we accept to bear this witness with humility, we will receive God’s Grace to overcome the evil one and be crowned.

Next, we must correct our lives, make them Orthodox in virtues and struggles, to truly experience, taste, and believe in God.

When we believe that Christ, in the time of martyrdom, performed miracles for the saints and strengthened them in the struggle, we will feel His living presence within us, just as the Martyrs did.

We see in the martyrdom of the saints that both the Martyrs and Ascetics received divine visitation, martyr-like experiences, visions, and interventions of Grace, without those around them perceiving it, and thus they gained strength. All this helped them overcome the suffering of martyrdom and be perfected in the Lord.

The Apostle Paul, in one of his letters, says:

“By faith the saints conquered kingdoms… obtained promises… shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, were strengthened out of weakness…” (Hebrews 11:33-40) and so much more they endured.

Through faith, the Martyrs accomplished all these great feats. They fought against kings, tyrants, tortures, fire, and many other trials, triumphed, were crowned, and became holy.

But we ask: Since now we do not see virtue, we have deep darkness of sin and unbelief, especially in these countries, where all religions, all peoples, all colors, the Satanists with great power, and so many other heresies and blasphemies overwhelm us, how will Saints emerge today?

Since all virtue has disappeared, and we no longer have ascetics as in ancient times, who became holy in the deserts, since faith will be shaken to the foundations, who will be the Saints of the last times?

And yet the Saints will not disappear until the end of the ages.

Until the Second Coming, the Church will continue to produce Saints.

And because these years are very near, and we are called to give this great testimony, we must all prepare and continually strengthen our children, even with the little we know, and cultivate Orthodox faith and readiness for martyrdom.

Whoever is granted to give this testimony of faith in the coming years — which will be the last and glorious — this Martyr will be ten times more radiant in the Kingdom of Heaven than previous Martyrs celebrated by our Church.”