Αυτό είναι από τα βασικά σημεία που τους ξεχωρίζουν θεολογικά από τον κύριο Χριστιανισμό.

Πιστεύουν ότι ο Ιησούς είναι το πρώτο και ανώτερο δημιούργημα του Θεού (τον ταυτίζουν με τον αρχάγγελο Μιχαήλ πριν έρθει στη γη). Δεν αποδέχονται τη διδασκαλία της Αγίας Τριάδας όπως την κατανοούν οι Ορθόδοξοι, οι Καθολικοί και οι περισσότερες Προτεσταντικές Εκκλησίες. Για αυτούς, ο Θεός (Ιεχωβάς) είναι μόνο ένας, και ο Ιησούς είναι υποδεέστερος, όχι ίσος ή ομοούσιος.

Αυτό είναι από τα βασικά σημεία που τους ξεχωρίζουν θεολογικά από τον κύριο Χριστιανισμό.

Jehovah’s Witnesses

I spent more than 30 years dealing with the Jehovah’s Witnesses because they had converted my beloved mother, and as a monk, I couldn’t sleep at night and carried out intense studies. Words alone didn’t lead anywhere.

I secretly took from my mother’s room the publications of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and studied them in great detail, and I found hundreds of lies—terrible things. They even write that Christ was not resurrected, that Christ is not God—hundreds of lies, what more can I describe? I gathered everything and called them, along with my mother, an aunt of mine, and a professor, and we had a discussion.

The discussion lasted seven hours in Ouranoupoli. I didn’t reveal their books to them. I only said, “Scripture says here: whoever removes even a dot or a single letter will be cursed.” They agreed. “Of course,” they said, “we cannot remove anything.”

They got up like wild beasts to attack me, as if they wanted to strike me. We argued very fiercely about the divinity of Christ—“true God of true God,” as our creed proclaims.

That night, when I went to rest, I saw something—not exactly a dream, but something vivid, very alive. I saw a vast plain of enormous size, with thousands of people. I said, “What is this?” I went to see—and what did I see?

I saw the apostles forming a circle, and in the middle, with their halos shining, stood the apostles—I counted twelve—and I saw Christ, enormous, with a halo of immense size, like a huge building.

And I said, “How will I go there? How will I pass through this crowd?” But as soon as I approached, running to bow before Christ, the crowd opened, and I passed freely. When I reached the place where the apostles stood, Christ was blessing the people.

They opened the way for me. I even cry now as I say this—I saw the apostles open the path, and I ran and fell at Christ’s feet. He lifted me up and said, “My child, why do you worship me? Who am I? True God of true God.”

And I woke up crying, and I am still crying even now, after so many years. From that moment on, I never saw my mother again. I was an orphan—my father had died in the German war—and we suffered greatly. Later, my mother was taken by the Jehovah’s Witnesses. What can I say… Christ is risen.

Αυτό είναι από τα βασικά σημεία που τους ξεχωρίζουν θεολογικά από τον κύριο Χριστιανισμό.

 Πιστεύουν ότι ο Ιησούς είναι το πρώτο και ανώτερο δημιούργημα του Θεού (τον ταυτίζουν με τον αρχάγγελο Μιχαήλ πριν έρθει στη γη).Δεν αποδέχονται τη διδασκαλία της Αγίας Τριάδας όπως την κατανοούν οι Ορθόδοξοι, Καθολικοί και οι περισσότερες Προτεσταντικές Εκκλησίες.Για αυτούς, ο Θεός (Ιεχωβάς) είναι μόνο ένας, και ο Ιησούς είναι υποδεέστερος, όχι ίσος ή ομοούσιος.

Αυτό είναι από τα βασικά σημεία που τους ξεχωρίζουν θεολογικά από τον κύριο Χριστιανισμό.

 

God has a beautiful plan. All of God is beautiful.

A plan that will help and will save, with the religious and theological Orthodox meaning of the word “save,” will also save the well-intentioned Turks, just as it will save the well-intentioned Greeks. Not all of our own people are well-intentioned.

Just as He will save all the well-intentioned Germans, Americans, all races, the Chinese, and the Africans.

God now has a great plan, the development of which began in Syria, and He will carry out a tremendous operation upon humanity.

The operation is necessary. How can a person who is filled with tumors, has widespread cancer, and whose blood has been poisoned? First, he must be detoxified. Then he must also undergo surgery.

So, for the health of humanity to be restored, these bitter events must take place. From these bitter events, Christ will bring forth sweetness.

He will quickly enter eternal life. Saint Matrona of Russia used to say—I think she fell asleep in 1952—before the great Third World War, those who are very well-intentioned but somewhat weak in faith and in certain passions they have, God will take them before the war, some through accidents

and others through incurable illnesses. Do you hear? That is what we have now begun to live through with the coronavirus and other things, and the earthquakes that some say are coming and the sinkings and so on.

So all these things were to take some before the World War, whether through accidents or incurable diseases, and where will He take them? Into eternal life.

No, no, not into death. And others during the course of the war will depart. These, perhaps, will be the ill-intentioned.

The people who have no repentance, who did not receive Christ’s messages—Christ’s emails and Christ’s faxes that He keeps sending us continuously, telling us: wake up and repent.

And we remain longing for the corrupted everyday life that we had last year and the year before.

Running everywhere in haste so we can go on vacation.

The religious people even called vacations and trips pilgrimages.

We have not left a pilgrimage site that we did not visit. And I myself say these things. Yet in the end, may we not be worshippers

of the Holy Spirit who dwells in our hearts from the time of our chrismation. What a tragic thing that is—not to recognize the Holy Spirit

who is our housemate, dwelling with us. Therefore, since we do not recognize Him willingly, God will allow it to happen through certain chastisements, as Saint Isaac the Syrian calls them.

Strangely enough, the modern chastisement that is coming began from the homeland of Saint Isaac, from Syria.

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

The great war will happen there at the Bosporus.

America too will go through great trials, to pay as well for the sins and crimes it committed against many, many peoples—the new Babylon described by Saint John the Theologian in Revelation.

America will become partial, Elder Saint Basil of Kavsokalyvia used to say. America will remain partial. What that means, I do not know.

I believe these things, my child, and because I believe them, I must as a bishop share my faith with people.

I do not wish to frighten or panic anyone, God forbid.

But if these things that are heard help even one person to be led to repentance, then my attempt has succeeded.

Let some Greek hierarchs write whatever they wish against prophetic speech. The Holy Spirit has not ceased breathing.

And one of the greatest gifts of the Holy Spirit is the prophetic gift. I do not have it. No. I am a student of prophecy, not a prophet.

But I do not hide from you; being the cunning Cypriot that I am, I want my profit in eternal life.

And what does my Gospel say? “He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward.”

It is toward that reward I look—that one of my fellow men will hear all this and repent. Now, whether he will be Greek or Turkish—perhaps it will be these Turks.

For I tell you, Saint Kosmas of Aetolia tells us—and Saint Kosmas was never wrong in any of his prophecies—“One third of the Turks will believe.”

Do you know how many one-third of today’s Turks are? It is 24 million.

That is two Greeces—no, three Greeces.

Saint Amphilochios of Patmos used to say that the root must be preserved. That is why the refugee movement of the Asia Minor Greeks, the Pontians, and the Constantinopolitans happened.

And this root remains afterward to make the grafting—that is, to make the inoculation into the one vine of Asia Minor, which is now called Turkey, but it remains 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 deceived only by the unredeemed homeland that we have.

And especially we Cypriots live this out. The metropolis of Morphou lives it above all.

But let us not be deceived only by our own sociopolitical problems. All humanity groans because of our sins.

because of abortions, blasphemies, sorceries,

the Satan worship that exists, the unnatural laws and the

unnatural practices done inside and outside marriage, very many, sadly, by people, and many other things.

Shameful things that cannot even be spoken. Therefore, as we read in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, especially the Old Testament, it emphasizes this:

Our actions, our sins, and our negative deeds affect our psychological and spiritual state.

Now it has accumulated, accumulated, accumulated—all this influence.

The influence of the sin I mentioned before, the sins I mentioned before, the energy, the darkness, and the satanic energy have gathered, and now every nation will pay—Turkey, us, all countries—every nation will pay the bill, my brother.

That is it. Now it is the season of nations that we have entered.

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

such as France, Italy, and England,

will pay greatly, and they will not pay for something that does not belong to them. Everyone has their own things.

And “to pay” is a harsh term, I know. But it is a term understandable in an age where everything is bought and sold.

The only thing that is neither bought nor sold but offered freely to whoever wants it is the Body and Blood of Christ. It is repentance.

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

These are what we should seek, what we should desire. And God has something for all people. He has something for Cyprus, and he has something for our Greece as well

 ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΙΑ ΠΟΛΕΜΟΥ – ΕΛΛΑΔΑ, ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΗ, ΚΡΗΤΗ

Θα φανεί Σταυρός στον ουρανό.

Ο ουρανός θα γεμίσει αεροπλάνα που θα ρίχνουν φωτιά.

Οι άνθρωποι θα φωνάζουν: «Παναγία μου…»

Η Πόλη θα βαφτεί στο αίμα.

Η θάλασσα θα κοκκινίσει.

Ένα μοσχάρι τριών ετών θα επιπλέει, σημείο μεγάλης σφαγής.

Οι Τούρκοι θα περάσουν τον Έβρο.

Θα φτάσουν στα Εξαμίλια.

Άλλα έθνη θα εμπλακούν.

Η Ρωσία. Η Γαλλία.

Ένα μικρό κράτος θα γίνει η αιτία παγκοσμίου πολέμου.

Η Κωνσταντινούπολη θα ξαναδοθεί στους Έλληνες.

Αλλά μέσα από αίμα.

Το ένα τρίτο θα σκοτωθεί.

Το ένα τρίτο θα φύγει.

Το ένα τρίτο θα βαπτιστεί.

Στην Κρήτη θα αποβιβαστούν.

Πρέβελη. Μαριδάκι. Χόνδρος.

Σφαγές στο Μεραμπέλλο.

Κραυγές στα βουνά.

Και όμως…

Στο τέλος θα φύγουν κυνηγημένοι.

Ακόμα και γυναίκες θα τους διώχνουν.

Αλλά η προειδοποίηση είναι ξεκάθαρη:

Η καταστροφή δεν θα έρθει μόνο από εχθρούς.

Θα έρθει από την αποστασία.

Αν φύγει η Πίστη,

θα φύγει και η Προστασία.

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PROPHECY OF WAR – GREECE, CONSTANTINOPLE, CRETE

A great Cross will appear in the sky.

The heavens will fill with aircraft dropping fire.

People will cry out: “My Panagia…”

Constantinople will turn red with blood.

The sea will become crimson.

A three-year-old calf will float — a sign of massacre.

The Turks will cross the Evros River.

They will reach Hexamilia.

Other nations will be drawn in.

Russia. France.

A small state will ignite a global war.

Constantinople will return to the Greeks —

but through bloodshed.

One third will be killed.

One third will flee.

One third will be baptized.

In Crete they will land.

Preveli. Maridaki. Chondros.

Massacres in Merambello.

Cries echoing through the mountains.

And yet…

In the end, they will retreat in chaos.

Even women will drive them away.

But the real warning is deeper:

Destruction will not come only from enemies.

It will come from apostasy.

If Faith leaves,

Protection leaves with it

Learning the truth

 In Orthodoxy, the idea that “Purgatory is God’s gift” is indeed nonsense, because Purgatory, as defined in Roman Catholic theology, does not exist in Orthodox teaching.

Here’s the clear Orthodox position, without polemics:

1. No Purgatory in Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy rejects the Latin doctrine of Purgatory as:

• a created place or state

• with temporal punishments

• that mechanically satisfy divine justice

This framework is juridical and foreign to the Orthodox phronema.

2. What Orthodoxy DOES teach after death

After death, the soul:

• departs the body

• undergoes a particular judgment

• experiences a foretaste of its eternal state (not the final judgment)

Many Orthodox Fathers and saints speak of the toll houses (τελώνια):

• a spiritual passage where the soul encounters demonic accusations

• not a “dogma” defined by the Ecumenical Council

• but a deeply rooted patristic tradition (St. Cyril of Alexandria, St. Ephraim the Syrian, St. John Chrysostom, St. Theophan the Recluse, St. Paisios, etc.)

Whether one emphasizes the toll houses literally or symbolically, the core truth remains:

The soul is tested, not purified.

by legal punishments.

3. Prayer for the dead ≠ Purgatory

Orthodoxy prays for the departed because:

• God is merciful

• the soul can still benefit from the prayers of the Church

• but not because it is paying off penalties in a purgatorial system

Prayer is relational, not transactional.

4. Salvation is healing, not accounting

Orthodoxy understands salvation as:

• healing of the soul

• purification through repentance and union with God

• not through post-mortem “satisfaction of debts.”

So yes—you’re absolutely right to object.

From an Orthodox Christian perspective:

Purgatory is not God’s gift. Christ Himself is the gift.

And the soul’s journey after death is a spiritual reality, not a legal mechanism.

The Orthodox Teaching on Toll Houses Is Not “Purgatory” – And It Is Not a Fantasy

The Orthodox Church does not teach Roman Catholic purgatory.

It never has, and it never will.

Purgatory is a juridical system of temporal punishment, satisfaction of divine justice, and purification through created fire. It was dogmatically defined in the West (Florence, Trent). It presupposes a legal debt that must be paid.

Orthodoxy rejects that framework entirely.

But rejecting purgatory does not mean rejecting post-mortem spiritual testing.

And here is where many modern people become selective.

The Toll Houses Are Deeply Rooted in Orthodox Tradition

The teaching about the toll houses is not a 20th-century invention. It is not Father Seraphim Rose’s imagination. It is not a fringe theory.

It appears repeatedly in patristic, hagiographical, and ascetical sources.

1️⃣ St. Cyril of Alexandria

Speaks of aerial powers and demonic accusation after death.

2️⃣ St. John Chrysostom

Refers to the soul’s fear of passing through the air and encountering hostile powers.

3️⃣ St. Basil the Great

Speaks of the “princes of the air” and post-mortem accountability.

4️⃣ St. Ephraim the Syrian

Explicitly describes demons examining souls concerning their sins.

5️⃣ The Life of St. Basil the New – The Vision of Blessed Theodora

A detailed account of the soul passing through aerial toll houses, being tested concerning specific categories of sin.

This text has been read for centuries in Orthodox monasteries. It was never condemned by a council. It was never removed from Orthodox circulation.

6️⃣ The Philokalia

Contains references to aerial spirits and post-mortem testing consistent with the toll house imagery.

7️⃣ St. Ignatius Brianchaninov

Defended the toll house teaching explicitly.

8️⃣ St. Theophan the Recluse

Also affirmed it.

9️⃣ Father Seraphim Rose

Did not invent it. He compiled patristic and liturgical evidence showing continuity within Tradition.

🔟 Modern Elders (including Elder Ephraim of Arizona and others)

Spoke openly about the toll houses in continuity with earlier tradition.

So What Is the Theological Status?

Here is the mature Orthodox answer:

The toll houses are part of Holy Tradition.

They are not defined as a dogma by an Ecumenical Council.

But neither are they a private fantasy.

They represent the Church’s traditional way of describing the soul’s encounter with spiritual reality after death — accountability, demonic accusation, and divine mercy.

Why This Is Not Purgatory

Purgatory:

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• Legal satisfaction

• Temporal punishment

• Automatic purification

• Defined dogma

• Treasury of merits

Toll houses:

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• Spiritual testing

• Demonic accusation

• Exposure of unrepented sin

• No concept of temporal debt satisfaction

• Entirely dependent on repentance and God’s mercy

The theological frameworks are fundamentally different.

One is juridical and transactional.

The other is ascetical and spiritual.

The Real Issue

The modern discomfort with toll houses often comes from rationalism.

But the early Church was not rationalistic.

The New Testament itself speaks of:

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• “The prince of the power of the air” (Ephesians 2:2)

• Spiritual warfare in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12)

• Satan as accuser (Revelation 12:10)

The toll house imagery simply extends this spiritual reality into the moment of death.

The Balanced Orthodox Position

An Orthodox Christian may:

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• Accept the toll houses literally.

• Understand them mystically.

• Interpret them symbolically.

But he cannot honestly claim they are foreign to Orthodox Tradition.

They are there.

In the Fathers.

In the saints.

In the ascetical corpus.

To deny that entirely would require ignoring large portions of Orthodox spiritual literature.