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Neighboring Country will be destroyed! All this will be done in these ye...

"Turkey will be dissolved and, in fact, it

will be dissolved by the allies themselves."

"Ate, ate, I will not be proud of your advance,

when the Greek army will advance for Constantinople."

Another shocking prophecy he had said was:

"When you hear that the waters of the Euphrates

are being cut down from above by the Turks

with dams ..."

Agios Kosmas the Aetolian was right when he

said about the "Examilia", because the "Examilia"

are neither villages nor cities, but are the

six nautical miles, the zone of six miles

that surrounds the coasts of Greece and every

island us.

"Examili" is any point that is six miles off

the coast of Greece, land or island.

There, then, will be what Agios Kosmas the

Aetolian said "

"When the Turkish fleet starts heading against

Greece and reaches six miles, it will actually

be destroyed.

It will be the time when they will have the

huts in their belt.

But, this will not be done by us.

This is the will of God.

"Examili" will be the beginning of the end…

..Then all the events will begin, which will

end in taking the City….

They will give us the city…

.. There will be a war between Russia and

Turkey.

At first, the Turks will think they are winning,

but that will be their downfall.

The Russians, in the end, will win and the

City will fall into their hands.

Then we will take it …… They will be forced

to give it to us…

".

The Turks "will be destroyed.

They will be wiped off the map because it

is a nation that did not come from the blessing

of God.

"Of the Turks, 1/3 will go from where they

started, in the depths of Turkey, 1/3 will

be saved, because they will have been Christianized

and the last 1/3 will be killed in this war."(

it is about for the well-known Prophecy of

Saint Cosmas).

"I did not want anything else.

May God keep me alive for a few more years,

so that I could see my homeland growing.

It will grow…".

"Turkey will be divided.

This fragmentation certainly satisfies us

and benefits us as a state.

This is how our villages, the unredeemed homelands,

will be liberated.

Istanbul will be liberated, it will become

Greek again.

Hagia Sophia will reopen ".

"Turkey will be divided into 3-4 parts.

The countdown has already begun.

We will take our lands, the Armenians theirs

and the Kurds theirs.

The Kurdish issue has already been launched.

This will happen, not now, but soon, when

this generation that rules Turkey stops and

a new generation of politicians takes over.

Then Turkey will be divided.

Very soon the prayers that are said below

the surface of the earth, will be done on

the earth and the candles that are lit below,

will be lit up (he meant the Crypto-Christians)…

.Faithand hope in God to exist and many will

rejoice.

All this will be done during these years.

The time has come.

"

"The British and the Americans will give us

Istanbul.

Not because they love us, but because it will

coincide with their interests.

"

The Turks "will make only one challenge in

Greece, which will be related to the coastal

zone.

And we will be hungry.

Greece will be hungry.

And because this rain will last for some time,

it will be months, "we will say the bread

is bread".

And another time he said…

“Have a small estate and cultivate it a

little.

Close to you, you will help someone who will

not have ".

"When you hear on TV about the miles, about

extending the miles (of the coastal zone)

from 6 to 12 miles, then war comes from behind.

It follows…

.After the challenge of the Turks, the Russians

will go down to the Straits.

Not to help us.

They will have other interests.

But, without wanting to, they will help us.

Then, in order to defend the Straits, which

are of strategic importance, the Turks will

gather other troops there.

At the same time, they will withdraw forces

from occupied territories.

But then the other European countries, namely

England, France, Italy, and six or seven other

EEC countries will see that Russia will seize

parts, so they will say: "We are not going

over there either, maybe we will take any

pieces?

” Everyone, however, will chase the lion's

share.This is how the Europeans will enter

the war…

..The (Greek) government will make a decision

not to send an army.

It will keep an army only at the border.

And it will be a great blessing that he will

not take part.

Why , whoever takes part in this war (in the

European one), is lost…

».

"The Turks will hit us, but Greece will not

suffer much damage.

It will not be long after the Turkish attack

on our country and then the Russians will

beat the Turks and disperse them.

Like a sheet of paper that you hit and dissolve,

so will the Turks disintegrate?

1/3 of them will be killed, 1/3 will be Christianized

and 1/3 will go to the Red Apple.

The use of the waters of the Euphrates for

irrigation works by the Turks will be a warning

that the preparation of the great war that

will follow will begin "1991.

"After the dissolution of Turkey, Russia will

continue the war until the Persian Gulf and

its troops will stop outside Jerusalem.

Then the Western powers will give the Russians

a deadline to withdraw their troops from these

parts, as long as it takes to make the sprouts,

that is, 6 months.

Russia, however, will not withdraw its forces.

And then the Western powers will begin to

gather troops to attack the Russians.

The war that will break out will be global

and will result in the Russians losing.

A great slaughter will follow.

The big cities will become slums.

We, the Greeks, will not take part in the

world war.

».

"Her administration City, from us, it will

be both military and political.

""You (said to a young student of the Technical

The University of Xanthi), as a civil engineer,

will contribute to the reconstruction of the

City, because the City will be rebuilt from

the beginning ".

Estimate conclusion = The world as we know it, it will go back 100 years

Very close to this threat, HELLENISM will be very afraid and will come in great repentance. Listen to the consequence of fear, it will be positive and the regret from the Turks threatening ... events ... I will say briefly,,, Cyprus and Greece = will be the only countries with great security - for our children and our world - when other western European countries - America, Middle East ... they will be In war world. Greece and Cyprus will not have = will be a safe place to stay and others to come to our country to save themselves, You know that some of his regimes can not tolerate and demonstrate and leaving Turkey, go to other places to stay in the Greek islands - buy houses buy, or rent in Greece, despite Greece's problems as they feel that this is a place of safety, Saints, have said: These people will love Greece AND ORTHODOXY and they will choose it, when all calm down and everything about the war in Turkey. = From major disasters in Turkey, according to the arrogance of the leaders and some locals, Then this would be missionaries in Turkey, so we're talking about real inconceivable. Now after these events not because they love us the Russians made a terrible war with Turkey for some days for their own reasons, the Russians, you understand that Putin has his own reasons, he guarantees their land = Caucasus = countries around the Caucasus, in Georgia, there is role-playing will cost her so dearly. Russia will attack Turkey and Georgia with Turkey will be dragged in because there are NATO bases in Georgia's territory. Observatory of Russian rockets. Other major European countries will allow Russia to Turkey to attack. But I think this is something they agreed on before. Turkey, not because they attack the Aegean, will be attacked ruthlessly for their own interests. The treaty regarding the passage of Russian ships called Montre, not only from the Bosphorus. Turkey knows very well that if allowed to fight off tensions. This means that Russia cannot provide armor to the Tartus base. Turkey will then have to pull forces from other countries such as Cyprus. That would be free from the Turkish Cypriot forces without war. We Cypriots now have a responsibility to deal with this future situation. There will be a period when 2 out of 5 people walking on the streets in Cyprus will be Cypriots. People will start looking for donkeys not to see the tourists, but because they run out of gas due to the war.

Freemasonry is Cult= READ MY SUBS

 

 

Masons now believe in their own faceless God who named MATS, the Great Architect of the Universe. The galleries will not be a half cross or an image of Christ. The Son and the Word of God, your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, are for a simple secret, like Pythagoras, Buddha and others. The Scottish Masonic doctrine created in 1804 includes 3 initiations and 33 degrees. The third degree is a ceremony around the murderous death of Master Hiram and the search for remains. Indeed, the Old Testament speaks of a Hiram of Tire who was invited by King Solomon to assist in the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem.   


   Only outside but for the murder, retrieve the relics, etc. it is completely fantastic and mythical. Masonry, as it is known today, is not a simple charitable and philosophical organization, as its supporters claim. This is a superpower with a comparative character. This is the proof of the pagan teachers and mystical Jews and Christians. The masons believe that it is a global fraternity. The brother invites everyone who belongs to them, whether they are Muslims or Buddhists or whatever, while non-Masons call it sacred, even if he is a Christian. Masonry is a religion and is based mainly on ancient pagan mysteries. 

     

 The temple should be called an arcade, where there are various ceremonies: Adoption of lykideos (something similar to Christian baptism), wedding, monument and much more. They have ranks of officials who deliver their ceremonies, dressed in special uniforms, such as His Holiness, the Most Reverend, the Teacher, the Grand Master, the supervisors. Using different symbols. The Bible appears somewhere, but not as we Christians mean, but as a simple symbol. In the mysterious ceremonies that use a human skeleton and to some extent require the Masonry initiate to drink wine on the skull that has made it look like a Cup. Mason is not obliged to change his faith. A Christian can still be a Christian and a Muslim can be a Muslim, along with Masonic ability.     

  

 

But the question arises. Christians were allowed to be Masons too. Lucifer, the Light! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the son of breakfast! Is he the one who brings the Light and with his brilliance unacceptable, includes weak, sensual or selfish souls? Do not doubt it! The tectonics from the first beginning, which is the first degree, are called to "illuminate" the Light! The average Mason constantly says that he "seeks the Light" and will spend his whole life "moving in the Light". People who have not studied this issue will assume that this "Light" is the revelation of the God of the Bible. This statement continues to try to convince us that Freemasonry is Christian. , Albert Pike says Lucifer is the one who carries the Light of Tectonics.           

Breaking the Lies of Masonry: Breaking the Lies of Masonry - Not all roads lead to God. The only way to God is through Jesus Christ. (Proverbs 14:12; John 14: 6) - People are essentially evil and need the blood of Jesus Christ to cleanse them. They must repent of their sins and turn to God in faith in Jesus Christ. (Romans 3:23; Luke 13: 5) - There is no dualism with God. God is light, in Him there is no darkness! (1 John 1: 5)

 

 

 

Transparency 108: - God will punish all those who follow other gods. The first commandment is to have no gods besides Him. (Ex. 20: 3) Craftsmen who swear by other gods invite the wrath of Almighty God. - Masonry denies the deity of Jesus Christ. However, Jesus Christ is God coming into the flesh. He is God and always will be! (John 1: 1; John 8:58; John 10:30; 2 Corinthians 13:14) - Masonry excludes man in God's place. However, God resists the proud and will judge them, but gives thanks to the humble who repent and trust in Him. (John 4: 6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slide 110: How to Get Freedom Fighters for Jesus Christ 1. The main lie they believe is that they are essentially "good" and do not need the blood of Jesus Christ to purify them. Give them the 10 commands and pass them along to move them away from their confidence. Masonry is a direct violation of the first commandment. 2. After sharing the law (the 10 commandments), share with them the Good News of the arrangement of Jesus Christ on the cross for their sins. 3. After repenting of their sins and trusting Christ to save them, the former Mason must now completely renounce Masonry.

 

 

 

Slide 111: Ephesians 5:11 "And you have no companionship with the useless works of darkness, but rather you expose them."

 

 

 

Transparency 112: 2 Corinthians 6: 17-18 "That is why you come out of them and stand apart, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean and receive you." "I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and my daughters. Says the Lord Almighty."

 

 

 

Slide 113: Revelation 18: 1-5 After these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power, and the earth is illumined with his glory. And she cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Babylon the Great has fallen, she has fallen, and she has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every wild spirit, and a cage for every ugly and hateful bird!" Because all nations drank from her wine in the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have been tested with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury. "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, 'Get out of it, my people! her sins and do you receive from her wounds. "j sins have reached heaven, and God remembered its iniquities.

Christ is a simple mystic for them

 Christ is a simple mystic for them, he is not the only one

true God and Creator and Savior of man. They are therefore carriers of the antichrist

spirit. And all the abused symbols of Christianity become carriers of the antichrist spirit

and evil force, due to the removal of grace, from the ill-will of the

people. Either they have overthrown Nazi crosses, either

for modern crosses trapped in this movement. Even the

official "curved" cross of the Vatican, from the time of Pope

Paul VI in 1963, is one such abused symbol. These blacks

Religious trends pave the way for Pan-Religion, which is one

step before the complete abolition of existing religions and

religious establishment

of

of the Antichrist.

Left, internationally known

politicians, greet with

satanic greeting, while the

Pope (Israel 2000),

prefers the opposite

cross!

ORTHODOX FAITH ABOUT CHARISMATIC PEOPLE NOWADAYS Let

 Let us pray to the Lord and all the Greeks of the world to truly know the Orthodox faith, and those of them who have been seduced by false-born false prophets and false to return to the eternal Body of Christ, letting God lead them away from heresies. Is a spiritual gift, someone to speak in unknown way of speaking believing at the same time, that this is a gift of holy spirit? is speaking in tongues nowadays a gift of the holy spirit? The apostles went to the nations that period of time, to spread the true gospel of Christ to all.Is nothing but phenomena of demonic fallacy, IT'S NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT.BUT SOME OTHER KIND OF SPIRIT.The Lord pointed out that there are charismatic ones, who, in the end, will not enter the kingdom of the heavens.IF SOMEONE HAS THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, LIKE SOME RECENT SAINT OF ORTHODOX, PAISIOS, =, PORPHYRIOS, THIS HOLY MEN OF ORTHODOXY, COULD UNDERSTAND SOMEONE WHO WAS SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE, BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS IN THEM = The fruit of the Spirit is self control = finito Who can know what the Pentecostal linguists say when using the various languages, known and unknown? = It is a curse in Jesus Christ = ONE VERY POSSIBLE REASON Speaking in tongues today is almost always a fake, imitation of the genuine gift of languages ​​from the Book of Acts. Speaking in languages ​​causes the brain to enter a state of passivity that resembles ecstasy which opens the door to demons. Demons have the ability to make us feel good if we let them. The Bible tells us to "test the spirits," which almost never happen today. The Bible says we can "give place to the devil" in our lives. Most of these "speakers of the language" have spirits of false tongues and false Jesus who dwell in them because they have paired the spirits without having first tested the spirit. The fruit of the Holy Spirit is self-control ... not lack of control. TSt. Paul's Letter to the Corinthians To justify the use of the languages, refer above all to St. Paul's Letter to the Corinthians (CHS 12-14). But the Apostle Paul wrote this passage precisely because "tongues" had become a source of disorder in the Corinthian Church; And even when it does not prohibit them, which permanently minimizes their significance. This quote, instead of encouraging any modern revival of "languages", should instead discourage, especially when it is discovered (as Pentecosts themselves admit) that there are other sources speak in languages ​​other than the Holy Spirit! As Orthodox Christians we already know that tongues as a true gift of the Holy Spirit can not appear among those outside the Church of Christ

We honor the saints, we do not worship, as he says,.We honor... All these heresies will vanish soon and the glow of orthodoxy will be established

 

We honor the saints, WE do not worship, as he says, from your reactions we can understand, that you only for laugh. They are everywhere, This confusion, all over Cyprus, and overseas. They believe, that they are chosen by God? which of God ?. to deceive- = humanity, you are not going to heaven, just admit, you believe in Jesus? The devils believe too. The impression that you automatically saved and you going to paradise? , just saying that they will believe in Jesus, you are all far from the goal you, to inherit Paradise?. Humble yourself, interrupt the screening, and confess your sins, ITS the only way "we honor the saints and not worship. from their reactions, we can understand that you are only to Laugh. Heretics try to convince us that we are heretics, I don't blame you, they just do what your boss tells you to do, =the devil makes the Bible the book of all heretics. All heretics are in this report. Because it is difficult for any Christian to immediately realize the errors and misconceptions of heretics, they must be avoided at all costs. - Orthodox in our hymns speak of sin and ask for God's mercy, while Western and Western religiosity willing to "songs" that are soaked in self-justification. = Divisive man after a second order and resign "(Rev. Paul Titus. C10). , put in this shit-pride and lack of your distinctions, bring you to this shit

Pentecostal religion is wicked. And people are brainwashed/. we are not going to heaven, just acknowledging that we believe in Jesus. These are the Pentecostal illusions. The devils also believe and admit the same Satan’s favorite methods One of Satan’s favorite methods of attack is through religion. Satan loves religion and infuses his religion with, devil-inspired, man-made rules. Pentecostal religion When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Pentecostal religion. the discrimination we need to be holy-humble, and test every spirit, wherever, not to be deceived-the devil never praise the holy trinity. CHRIST WARNS FOR SIGNS AND WONDERS ALL These FALSE PROPHETS PREPARE THE CHRISTIANS FOR THE FALSE CHRIST. Satan nowadays is aiming at virgin Mary and the Saints, His purpose is to distract you from the truth There are false prophets prophesied by the Lord and apostles who would secretly bring in destructive heresies and doctrines of demons and to avoid them. Heresies help us know who is approved, but the words spoken by them are inspired by seducing spirits and they should be avoided whenever possible.Όπου δεν υπάρχει αληθινή ταπείνωση, εκεί δεν υπάρχουν γνήσιες πνευματικές εμπειρίες. Όπου υπάρχει υπεροψία, εκεί βασιλεύει το πνεύμα της πλάνης, όχι το πνεύμα της αληθείας (Ιακ. δ' 6. Α' Πέτρ. ε' 5). Το πνεύμα της πλάνης είναι υπερήφανο. Η ταπεινή ψυχή παρακαλεί τον Θεό να της δώσει κατάνυξη και συναίσθηση της αμαρτωλότητός της, ακόμη και εάν ο Κύριος την ανεβάζει καθημερινά και της δείχνει ποικιλοτρόπως την αγάπη Του.Η Ορθοδοξία είναι αυτή που φυλάσσει ανόθευτο το ευαγγέλιο του Θεού και αυτήν πρέπει να ασπαστείτε και να ακολουθήσετε.The blind driver leads the blind followers. Brethren, false teachers can only lead you wherever they go. If they are heading for the lake of fire, that is where they are leading you. Read the word of God, seek Jesus and let him lead you with His Spirit

Elder Paisios said it well ... The Pentecostals ... have WINE-SPIRIT / NOT HOLY SPIRIT ... Watching the prayer of the Pentecostals, I noticed that there was an attempt somewhere to reach ecstasy. Oh, guys, God does not come like that, the demon can Pentecostal religion is wicked. And people are brainwashed.

ABOUT REINCARNATION

The Last Judgment is not an act of ABOUT REINCARNATION

do these events happen to children? With false memories:

1: A young child is asleep.

2: False past memories of life are placed in the mind of the child.

3: The child wakes up and thinks that he is actually someone else. The child thinks like this: "I was another in my previous life, the day I died, and now I was born again, I had another family, I had a woman and three children, we lived in Bangkok."

4: This kid tells them to adults. This child is not even showing the location of the old family home, etc. These are checked and confirmed.

5: Some older people believe it. They then publish books that support the doctrine of reincarnation.

6: People believe in reincarnation by its tricks, DEVILS.

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2 Corinthians 2: 11
so that we can not overcome * Satan, because we do not ignore his plans. *
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This method is similar to the appearance of special dreams. Demons use small children for it. Because it is more convenient to persuade people. Adults are not very suitable because they are starting to question it. They have lived for many years and have not had such memories, and suddenly such memories appear. This situation is not very convincing. In addition, other people can not believe what these people say. They may think they are liars. On the other hand, young children are naive and can not lie, and adults know it. In addition, young children have no doubts about these memories and can easily believe it. Moreover, the events and people in the place they describe are not fantastic.

In fact, false memories are even formed in the minds of adults. For example, some people have a mental problem and go to a therapist. If not all, some therapists use hypnosis as a therapeutic tool. They want to see the subconscious think that the psychological problems caused by an event in the past. Thus, hypnosis is applied to the patient. Hypnosis and meditation are the same thing. The difference is this: Meditation is done on its own, and hypnosis is done with the help of someone else. This is not the last stop. This is a transition phase when entering a trance. Trance is the last stop and there is a movie next to the last stop. Three-dimensional movies are played. So the name of the cinema is THE DREAM THEATER. Because 3D movies are so real.

Meanwhile, what happened to the patient? The patient passed? The patient has now gone to this cinema. The patient is currently moving to the movie. The patient sees her own life in the film. She went to her childhood. Now live some of the worst events. That is enough, now it is starting to turn for the moment. The process was completed. False bad memories have been stored in mind. Trans is over. The patient was sleep-awakened. He is now alert.

Weak and Therapis Truth, because it was not in your subconscious before. We recorded them during ecstasy. We added them to torture you.

Christ has conquered death not by deliverance from the body but through the resurrection and immortality of the bodies. The doctrine of karma and reincarnation cancels the mystery of Christ's salvation. In the face of the eternal Judge, man will stand not only as a soul but also as the doctrine of reincarnation, which appreciates the body negatively, not only to cancel out the hope of Christ, but also the sense of divine worship, the basic purpose of the Eucharist - what is the point to suffer in this life if you do not remember the past mistakes of your life, what is the benefit of you in this life and you have to come back again, having the same thing for a moment,all over and over again overthrowing, the judgment of the soul at the time of its separation from the body, but rather to effect a union with the transformed, risen body with which the soul will continue to live forever. After the separation, the soul is conscious and consequently, feels, understands, and in general exercises all the energies of the soul (Revelation 6:9-10, 7:15; 1 Peter 3: 19; Hebrews 12:23; Luke 16:27-28). The word "sleep", by which death is characterized, does not refer to the soul, but to the body. In Matthew 27:52, we read that many Saints who had fallen asleep, were raised. The Last Judgment will take place on the second coming of Jesus Christ, a strong belief of the Church recorded in THE CREED that "He (Jesus Christ) shall come again with glory to judge the quick and the dead". The time of the second coming of Jesus Christ is not known and, according to Revelation, cannot be conjectured by any means.The doctrine of reincarnation in all different forms, contradicts the teaching of Scripture concerning the nature and purpose of man. This false religion has the objective evidence in favor of and based in fantasy. However, it turns out attracts both promise a kind of immortality of the soul (in primitive and pagan form) and, on the other hand, denies God's judgment and punishment of hell. It frees the sinner from fear and responsibility for inappropriate actions. The logical conclusion of teaching is that even if the person committed many sins in this life to the next reincarnation may improve its position. After an endless cycle of reincarnations each person will eventually reach the same end, like everything else, mixing with the ultimate. The only difference is in the amount of cycles.

Prophecy of the tomb, Constantine the great subs

I Am an Orthodox the only truth=read my subs

The time that Orthodoxy will prevail is near

We know that it is not only the natural laws

but also spiritual.

Therefore, the wrath of God can not be addressed

by cooperative sinners (why double rage will

become), but by repentance and adherence to

orders Lord.

Elder Sophronius of Mount Athos (1993) telling

Essex, England like Saint Paisius: "The Union

of Churches is difficult if not impossible

for them.

speak for the Union Churches do not know the

mentality of the heterodox or level Orthodoxy.

Saint Paisius the above knowledge was, advises

everyone to be more restrained because there

will be the time when the Lord will present

the Marcus Polite and fast palms to gather

all scandalized our brethren, to confess the

Orthodox faith, to clinch tradition, and give

great joy to our Mother.

Essentially the elder prophesying a truly

Orthodox Synod Perhaps the 8th.

Ecumenical Council for which prophesied to

become the Holy Nile Myrovlytis: Then he made

at the eighth meeting, and wants to choose

good from evil, ie Orthodoxy, as the farmer

selects the wheat from the chaff. and Then

make peace little people again will change

the agreement in their evil .... Peace in

the world can not come without a peacemaker,

living and unadulterated teaching Orthodoxy.

Dissemination However, although continued

after the fall of City, to a degree, it should

be maximized and will officially spread dynamically

after the 3rd World War general war as onomastic

Agios Kosmas of Aetolia.

This will be the period glimpse of Orthodoxy,

for a short time, because then start again

people are lured into evil.

believe it or not, there is going to be a

glimpse of orthodoxy around the globe, Because

God wants you to know what's the real truth

is.

Before the ascension of the Antichrist

ORTHODOXY =

All the other so-called "Christian churches"

have changed a lot in Christianity.

Catholicism changes and adapts to doga daily

(a metaphor, but you have the idea).

Orthodoxy remains clear and unchanged from

the 7 ecumenical councils at the dawn of Christianity.

The Catholics left us, and after them, the

protesters separated from them and turned

away from the true essence of Christianity

and then the Anglicans, the Pentecostals,

the Baptists, etc.

"Churches".

Catholicism is the origin of all heresies

today.

It is a saying ...

"

There have been three major falls in history:

2) The fall of Adam

3) The fall of the first Pope in 1054!

Begin all the thousands of so-called Christian

churches 

with Catholicism lost 

its Apostolic dependence.

They are cursed because they changed their

Faith.

"

But there 

is only one Truth, and it 

is in the only Church founded by the 12 Apostles.

The Orthodox Church.

Orthodox = 

The right faith

Otho = Right, unchanged

Dox = Doctrine, faith

See what happened when a doctor read the Greetings of the Virgin Mary

I had finished my morning treatment orders and was empty. My phone rang. He was my brother who was with my parents on the island at the time. "Let me tell you, Dad does not speak very well, as if he is drunk but has not drunk." "Give it to me," I replied. My father, 73 years old with a history of heart surgery-double bypass, metal valve, and carotid surgery, under treatment that follows reverently according to the consultation we make between us. He gave it to me; indeed my father spoke as if drunk as if chewing his words. I looked for my brother again: »does he walk normally? does he smile normally? does he have strength in his arms and legs? " "Everything is fine but he does not speak well." "You load him in the car now and take him to the hospital." I close the line and at once I take my old director in pathology and cardiology. "My father comes to you with dyslexia of recent onset with his well-known history." I take my brother again, "as soon as we started, we will be there in 15 minutes". "They are waiting for you, you are not waiting for emergencies, you are going to the clinic inside, okay? »« Ok ». A thousand thoughts, thousands of frightening thoughts. You don't even have to be a doctor for the word "stroke" to come to mind with thoughts of irreversible damage etc. I took them again. They had started. My father's speech is unchanged. Need help. Immediate help! Yes but from whom ?? A thought went through my mind…. From Gorgoepiko !!!!! She herself has said that she quickly comes to the aid of those who ask her. I found her picture, opened the greetings, and started reading them. Several times I liked doing it at work when I had time. I reached T with difficulty due to my grief. Reading "and all those who come to you" I shook my finger as if I wanted to say to the Virgin "remember what you promised"! I thought to myself, "What are you doing now?" to which do you move your finger? "Will you tell the Virgin Mary what to do?" and I burst into tears, one for my father, one for my finger…. In a real cry, I finished the greetings. "Please, my Virgin, you saw your Son on the Cross. You know what pain is for you. For my father, please. You know how much your Son loves His Father. This love is not comparable but consider it and help me " I immediately thought of ordering something for her, not because the Virgin Mary buys or wants gifts but like that, from the heart. I thought about a couple of things but I would not miss any of them. No one would bother to give it to me. My gaze also fell on something I had on me and I realized that my mind did not want me to look at it. I looked at it again and my mind was saying it would be a shame. That's what I had to give her! I would miss it a lot. I took it out, put it in front of her, and told her that I know she does not want gifts but from my heart inside, halal as a memory of Her love. And she did not need to listen to me, I would go to her anyway. I just needed help. It had been 15 minutes since my brother and my father started for the hospital, 7 minutes since we last spoke. This time I did not take it, he took me. "Come on, your father wanted a walk, it's fine" "Give it to me !! « My father's normal, hassle-free voice! Now I did not know what to cry for! The mere thought that the Virgin Mary had heard what I asked of her and nodded to me still makes me shudder. Being a doctor I am not at all gullible in these matters, especially in my specialty. And I know that there are, for example, transient ischemias that last for some time and can resolve on their own. 3 days later, a lady in the clinic showed exactly the same symptoms. He died instantly without being able to do anything after 2 hours…

St. Theodora's Journey Through the Aerial Toll-Houses

 

Saturday, July 1, 2017

St. Theodora's Journey Through the Aerial Toll-Houses

According to the teachings of the Church, the particular judgment of souls by God is preceded by their torments, or rather a series of tests; these take place in the regions of the air, where the evil spirits have their domain (Eph. 6. 12). They detain the souls and declare and make manifest all the sins which these souls perpetrated during their lives. We know about these torments in great detail because they were revealed to Gregory, the disciple of the holy monk St. Basil the New, who lived in the first half of the Tenth century. Gregory in his vision learned about the hour of death and the passing through torments of a woman known as the Blessed Theodora.

When Gregory asked her to tell him about her passing away and about the circumstances that attended her death and followed it, she told him in great detail the following. "My child Gregory," she said, "you have asked me about a terrible thing, which it is frightening even to recollect.

"When the hour of my death came, I saw faces such as I had never seen before, and heard words such as I had never heard. What shall I say? Cruel and hard to endure evils, of which I formerly had no idea, encountered me then because of my evil deeds. However, through the prayers and the assistance of our common spiritual father Basil I was saved from these hardships. But how shall I tell you about that physical pain, that stress and close feeling which the dying experience? Like a man who, entirely naked, falls into a great fire, burns, melts, and turns into ashes; so the dying are destroyed by their deathly illness in the bitter hour when the soul parts from the body.

"When I drew near the end of my life and the time of my departure hence had come, I saw a great multitude of Ethiopians who had surrounded my couch. Their faces were dark like soot and pitch, their eyes were like glowing coals, their entire appearance was as frightening and evil as the fiery hell itself. They began to grow indignant and to make noise like dogs; others howled like wolves. As they looked at me, they were full of anger; they threatened me, kept rushing at me and gnashing their teeth, and appeared ready to devour me. Yet they seemed to wait for a judge who had not yet come but would do so: they were making ready charts and unrolling scrolls on which were written all my evil deeds. My miserable soul was taken by great fear and trembling. Not only the bitterness of death tormented me but even more the terrible appearance and the cruel demeanor of the frightening Ethiopians; these were to me like another death, only a worse one. I kept turning away my eyes in all directions so as not to see their terrible faces, and wished not to hear their voices, but I was unable to be rid of them. They turned everywhere and there was no one to help me.

"When I was at the end of my strength I saw two radiant angels of God, who were like youths of inexpressible beauty. They were coming toward me. Their faces were shining, their gaze was full of love; their hair was like snow, white with a golden tinge; their garments glistened like lightning and were girded with gold. When they came near me, they stopped on the right side of my couch and entered into a quiet conversation between themselves. As I saw them I was filled with joy and looked at them with pleasure.

"The black Ethiopians shuddered and retreated some distance. One of the radiant youths, angrily addressing the black ones, said: 'O shameless, cursed, dark, and evil enemies of the human race! Why do you always come first to the dying and frighten and confuse every parting soul by your words? You have no reason to rejoice, for here you will find nothing. God is merciful to this soul, and you have no part and no allotment in her.' When the angel ceased speaking, the Ethiopians tottered, began to cry out, and mutter, and point to all my evil deeds, committed from my youth on. They exclaimed: 'We have no part in her, you say! Whose sins then are these? Did she not do such and such?' With such exclamations they kept their position and were waiting for death. When death came, it was roaring like a lion and was very frightening in appearance. It looked like a human being but had no body; instead it consisted of human bones. Death brought various instruments of torture, such as swords, arrows, javelins, sickles, saws, and others unknown to me. When I saw these, my humble soul trembled with fear. The holy angels said to death: 'Do not tarry, free this soul from its bodily ties, and do it fast and quietly, for she has but a small burden of sins.' Death stepped up to me, took a small axe and separated my legs, then my arms; then with its other instruments it weakened all the rest of my limbs, separating them joint by joint. I lost the use of my arms and legs, my whole body grew numb, and I no longer was able to move. Finally death cut off my head, and I no longer could move it, for it felt as if it belonged to someone else. Lastly, death dissolved in a cup some kind of mixture, and putting the cup to my lips, made me drink. The potion was so bitter that my soul was unable to endure it. It shuddered and went out of my body.

"The light-bearing angels immediately took it in their arms. When I looked back I saw my body lying breathless and immovable. I looked at my body like someone who has taken off his clothes and thrown them down; this was a strange feeling. Meanwhile, although the holy angels were holding me, the demons, in their Ethiopian guise, surrounded us and cried: 'This soul has a multitude of sins—let her answer for them!' They kept pointing to my sins, but the holy angels sought out my good deeds; and indeed, with God's help they found all that, by God's grace, I ever did of good. The angels gathered together everything that was good: all those instances when I gave alms to the needy, or fed the hungry, or gave the thirsty to drink, or clothed the naked, or brought into my house and rested there the homeless, or served the servants of God, or visited the sick, and comforted them or those who were imprisoned; and also when I went with diligence to God's house and prayed with all my heart and shed tears, or when I attentively listened to what was read and sung in church, or brought to church incense and candles, or filled with oil the church lamps before the icons, or kissed the icons with awe and reverence; or when I fasted and abstained on Wednesdays, Fridays, or during other fasts, or when I prostrated myself before God and spent nights awake in prayer, or when I sighed to God and wept for my sins, or confessed my sins before my spiritual father with great regret for what I had done, and then tried with all my strength to balance my sins with good deeds; or when I did anything good to my neighbors, when I bore no anger to my enemies, bore no grudges and meekly endured hurts and reproaches, did good in return for evil, humbled myself, felt sorry for those who suffered and commiserated with those to whom anything bad happened, comforted those who were weeping and rendered them assistance, supported any good beginning and tried to turn people away from what was bad; or myself turned my eyes away from vanity and kept my tongue from oaths, lies, or bearing false witness, or speaking without need—and all my other good deeds, even the least important ones, did the holy angels gather and make ready to put on the scale in order to balance my evil deeds.

"The Ethiopians, however, saw this and gnashed their teeth at me. They wanted to tear me instantly from the angels' arms and to carry me down to the bottom of hell. At this time holy Basil himself appeared unexpectedly and said to the holy angels. 'Holy angels! This soul did great service to ease my old age, and therefore I prayed for her to God, and God has given her to me.' Having said this, he took something out that appeared like a little bag of gold and gave it to the angels with the words: 'Here is the treasure of prayers before the Lord for this soul! As you pass through the torments of the air and the evil spirits begin to torment her, pay her debts with this.'

"He then disappeared, but the evil spirits, when they saw the gift of holy Basil, at first stood dumbfounded. Then they raised plaintive cries and became invisible. Then Basil, the man who had pleased God, came again. He bore many vessels of pure oil and precious myrrh, and all these, one after the other, he poured on me. I was filled with spiritual fragrance and felt that I had changed and become very light. Once more the holy man said to the angels: 'When, holy angels, you will have done for this soul all that is needed, lead her to the dwelling that the Lord has prepared for me, and let her remain there.' Then he once more became invisible. The holy angels took me up, and we went eastward through the air.

The First Torment. "As we were rising from the earth to the heights of heaven, we were first met by the spirits of the first torment. Here the souls are tormented for the sins of idle speech; this is, for speaking without thinking, or speaking what is vile and shameless, or speaking without need or order. We stopped, and many scrolls were brought out on which there were recorded all the words that I had uttered from my youth on, either needlessly or unreasonably; and especially when such words expressed anything unclean or blasphemous, as young people frequently bear on their tongue.

"There I saw recorded all my angry words, foul words, worldly shameless songs, wild cries and laughter. The evil spirits accused me of all this and indicated the time and place, when and where and in whose company, I spoke these vain words or evoked the wrath of God by my unseemly words, even though at the time I did not consider such things sinful; and paying no great attention to them did not confess them to my spiritual father, and never repented. Now I kept silent, as if I had lost my voice. I was unable to reply because the evil spirits accused me rightly. But while I was silent in my shame and trembled with fear, the holy angels offered some of my good deeds and, since these were not enough, they added something from the treasure given me by the holy man Basil; and thus they paid my debts at this station.

Second Torment. "Thence we ascended and drew near the torment of lying. Here is tested every lying word: failure to keep oaths, vain use of God's name, failure to keep vows given to God, insincere or false confession of sins, and the like. The spirits of this station are evil and ruthless. They stopped us and began to question us closely. However, I was accused of two things only: first, that I occasionally lied in matters of small importance—something that I did not even consider sinful; second, that, because of a false sense of shame, I sometimes insincerely confessed my sins to my spiritual father. As for false oaths or false witness, none of these, through Christ's grace, was found in me. Here the holy angels put down for my sins some of my good deeds, but the prayers of my spiritual father did even more to save me. We went on.

Third Torment. "We reached the station where souls answer for speaking evil of others and spreading rumors about them. When we were stopped here, I understood how heavy is the sin of speaking evil about one's neighbor, and how great an evil it is to spread bad rumors, judge the deeds of others, damage someone's reputation, slander, give bad words to people, or laugh at other's deficiencies. Such sinners are regarded as Antichrists, since even before Christ has judged their neighbors they already allow themselves this right of judgment. In me, however, through the grace of Christ, they did not find much of these sins, for all the days of my life I always diligently strove not to condemn anyone, never to spread falsehoods about people, never to laugh at anyone, and never to give anyone bad words. Only occasionally, when I heard how other people condemn, malign, or laugh, did I too happen to agree with them to some extent in thought, or even, in my carelessness, add my word to what they were saying; but even then I instantly caught myself and stopped. But here I was held responsible even for the inclination. Here also the angels freed me by means of the prayers of the holy man Basil, and we continued to ascend.

Fourth Torment. "We reached the station where gluttony is punished, and evil spirits immediately rushed out to meet us, for they hoped to find a victim. Their faces resembled those of sensuous gluttons and despicable drunkards. They walked around us like dogs and immediately showed their count of all the instances when I ate secretly from others, or without need, or when I ate in the morning before I had even prayed and put on myself the sign of the cross; or when, during the holy fasts, I ate before the church service was over. They also revealed all the instances when I was drunk and even showed us those very cups, goblets, and others vessels from which I became intoxicated at such and such a time, during such and such a feast, with such and such companions. And every other instance of my gluttony was pointed out to me, and the demons already rejoiced, as if they had put their hands on me. I was trembling at the sight of such accusations and did not know how to object. But the holy angels took out enough from what was given to us by the holy man Basil, balanced my sins with this and set me free.' When the spirits saw the ransom, they cried out: 'woe! our labors and hopes have perished!' and threw their records of my gluttony into the air. I, however, rejoiced, and we went on.

"As we were ascending, the holy angels talked among themselves and said words to this effect: 'Truly does this soul have great help from Basil, a man who has pleased God. If it had not been for his prayers, she would have suffered a great deal in those stations of the air.' I took courage and said to them: 'It seems, holy angels, that none of the earth dwellers knows what happens here and what the soul can expect after death.' 'But the angels replied: 'Does not the Divine Scripture testify concerning all of this? It is read in churches and preached by priests. Only those people who are passionately devoted to the vanities of earth take no heed of what they are told, and since they consider daily gluttony and drunkenness to be the greatest pleasure, they eat beyond measure and drink without thinking of the fear of God. Their belly is their God. They have no thought of future life and do not remember what is said in the Scripture: "Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger" (Luke 6. 25).

"'Still, even the gluttonous can be saved. Those of them that are merciful and kindhearted to needy and beggars and help those who ask for help—such men can easily obtain from God forgiveness of their sins, and because of their kindheartedness toward their neighbors, pass the stations of torment without stopping. It is said in the Scripture: alms save from death and cleanse every kind of sin; those who give alms and do justice will be filled with life (Tob. 12. 9). But he who does not strive to cleanse his sins by good deeds cannot escape the dark tormentors who lead the sinners down to hell and hold them bound until the terrible judgment at Christ's Second Coming. You too would not have escaped here your evil lot, were it not that you have received the treasure of holy Basil's prayers.'

Fifth Torment. "During this conversation we reached the station of sloth, where sinners are accused of all those days and hours which they spent in idleness. Here too are detained those who did not work themselves but lived by the labor of others; and those who were hired to work, took their wages, but did not fulfill the duties which they had taken upon themselves. And also are stopped here those who do not care to praise God and are too lazy to go to church on holidays and Sundays, either in the morning or to the Divine Liturgy, or to other church services. And here too people are accused of despondency and general carelessness about things that have to do with the salvation of their souls; and this happens to both laymen and those who are ordained. Many are thence led into the abyss. I too was accused there of much and could not have freed myself if the holy angels had not balanced my deficiencies by the gifts of the holy man Basil.

Sixth Torment. "Thence we came to the torment of stealing, and although we were briefly stopped there, we went on after we had given a small ransom only: for no stealing was found on my record, except some very unimportant occurrences in my childhood, and those stemmed from lack of reason.

Seventh Torment. "We passed without stopping through the station of avarice and love of money. By God's grace I never loved riches. I was content with what God gave me and never was avaricious; on the contrary, I diligently gave to the needy that which I had.

Eighth Torment. "When we rose still higher, we came to the station of usury, where those are accused who lend money for illegal interest; and here too are stopped those who gain riches by exploiting their neighbors; and those who take bribes, or by some other way stealing indirectly, acquire what really belongs to others. The tormentors, when they did not find me guilty of such sins, gnashed their teeth with annoyance, but we went on, praising God in the meanwhile.

Ninth Torment. "Now there lay before us the torment of injustice. Here are punished the unjust judges who acquit the guilty and condemn the innocent, all for the sake of gain; and also those who do not give the appointed wages to those whom they have hired, and the merchants who use false weights and measures; and all the others who are in some way or other unjust. We, however, by God's grace, passed this station without incurring any grief after we had given only a little bit for my sins in this regard.

Tenth Torment. "As for the torment of envy, we passed it without giving anything at all in payment, for I never had been envious. Here also people have to face the accusations of lack of love, hatred toward their brethren, unfriendliness, and other manifestations of hatred. Through the mercy of Christ our God, I was found innocent of all these sins; and although I saw the savagery of the demons, I no longer was afraid of them. Joyfully we went on.

Eleventh Torment. "We passed then the station of pride, where arrogant spirits make accusations of vanity, absolute reliance on oneself rather than on God, disdain of others, and bragging; and here too the souls are tormented for their failure to give proper honor to their parents, their government, or their other superiors appointed by God, and for failure to obey them. Here we put down very little for my sins, and I was free.

Twelfth Torment. "As we continued rising toward heaven, we encountered the torment of anger and ruthlessness. Happy is the man who never in his life felt anger. The eldest of the evil spirits was sitting here on a throne, and he was full of anger, ruthlessness, and pride. Ruthlessly and angrily he ordered his servants to torment and accuse me. They licked their chaps like dogs and began to point out not only all those occasions when I actually said something angry or unfeeling to anyone, or harmed anyone by my words, but even those instances when I merely looked angrily at my children or punished them severely. All these cases they represented vividly and even indicated the time when everything happened, the persons on whom I poured out my anger, the very words which I then used, and in whose presence I used them. The angels replied to all this by offering part of the treasure, and we went on.

Thirteenth Torment. "After this the torment of bearing grudges lay before us. Here merciless accusations await those who nurture in their hearts evil thoughts against their neighbors and return evil for evil. God's mercy saved me here too, for I did not tend to have such wicked designs and did not use to keep in mind offences of others toward me; on the contrary, whenever I could I displayed love and meekness toward those who offended me, and thus overcame their evil by my goodness. Here we paid nothing. Joyful in the Lord, we went on.

"Here I dared to ask my angel leaders: 'Tell me how can these terrible rulers of the air know in such detail all the evil deeds of men, and not only the open ones but even those that are secret?' The angels replied: 'Every Christian, as soon as he is baptized, receives from God an appointed guardian angel who guards him invisibly and inspires him night and day to every kind of good deed; he also records all his good deeds, for which that man later can hope to receive from the Lord grace and eternal recompense in the Heavenly Kingdom. The prince of darkness, who desires to draw into his own destruction the whole race of men as well, also appoints one of his evil spirits to walk in the man's steps and record all his evil deeds. It is his duty to inspire man to such deeds by any vile trickery in his power; and when he succeeds in his designs, he records all the wickedness of which the man has made himself guilty. Such an evil spirit spreads the report of every man's sins to all the stations of torment, and this is how the sins become known to the princes of the air. When the soul parts from its body and desires to go to its Creator in heaven, the evil spirits prevent the soul and show to it its sins. If the soul has done more good deeds than evil, they cannot keep it; but if the sins outweigh the good deeds, they keep the soul for some time, shut it up in the prison where it cannot know God, and torment it as much as God's power allows them, until that soul, by means of prayers of the Church and good deeds done for its sake by those who are still on earth, should be granted forgiveness.

"Those who believe in the Holy Trinity and take as frequently as possible the Holy Communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ our Saviour's Body and Blood—such people can rise to heaven directly, with no hindrances, and the holy angels defend them, and the holy saints of God pray for their salvation, since they have lived righteously. No one, however, takes care of the wicked and depraved heretics, who do nothing useful during their lives, and live in disbelief and heresy. The angels can say nothing in their defence.

"When a soul proves to be so sinful and impure before God that it has no hope of salvation, the evil spirits immediately bring it down into the abyss, where their own place of eternal torment is also. There the lost souls are kept until the time of the Lord's Second Coming. Then they will unite with their bodies and will incur torment in the fiery hell together with the devils. 'Note also,' said the angels, 'that this is the way by which only those who are enlightened by the faith and by holy baptism can rise and be tested in the stations of torment. The unbelievers do not come here. Their souls belong to hell even before they part from their bodies. When they die the devils take their souls with no need to test them. Such souls are their proper prey, and they take them down to the abyss.'

Fourteenth Torment. "During our conversation we reached the torment of murder, where are accused not only men such as robbers, but even those who have in some way wounded another man, or given him a blow, or pushed him angrily, or shoved him. We gave a little and went on.

Fifteenth Torment. "We passed the torment of magic, sorcery, poisoning, and incantations. The spirits of this station resemble serpents, snakes, and toads. They are frightening and repulsive. By the grace of God they found nothing of the kind in me, and we went on, accompanied by the shouts of the demons: 'Soon you will come to the torment of fornication; let us see how you will free yourself from it!'

"As we were rising, I dared to question the holy angels once more: 'Do all Christians pass these torments? Is there no possibility to pass by the torments and not be tested in any of the stations?' The angels replied: 'There is no other way for the souls that rise toward heaven. Every one goes this way, but not everyone is tormented like you; only sinners like you incur the torments, for they have not confessed their sins fully, and moved by a false sense of shame, have kept their really shameful deeds secret from their spiritual fathers. When a man wholeheartedly confesses his evil deeds and repents and regrets them, his sins are invisibly wiped out by God's mercy. When a repentant soul comes here, the tormentors of the air open their books but find nothing written there; the soul, however, joyfully ascends to the throne of God.

"'The evil spirits open their records but find nothing written there, for the Holy Spirit has made invisible all the writing. The spirits see this and know that what they have recorded has all been obliterated because of the soul's confession, and they are very much saddened by this. If the man is still alive when his confession has wiped out his sins, the spirits once again try to have an occasion to record some new sins of his.

"'Indeed, there is a great source of salvation for man in his confession! Confession saves him from many misfortunes and much unhappiness and gives him the opportunity to pass all the torments with no hindrance and to approach God. Some people do not confess their sins because they hope to have time for salvation and for a remittance of their sins; others are simply ashamed of telling their spiritual father about their sins. They will, however, be severely tested when they pass the stations of torment. There are still other people, who are ashamed of telling everything to one spiritual father. Therefore they choose several and reveal some of their sins to one and others to another, and so on; they will be punished for this kind of confession and will suffer a great deal as they pass from one torment into another.

"'If you too had made a complete confession of your sins and had been granted remission of them, and had then done all you could to make up for them by good deeds—if you had done all this, you would not have been subjected to such terrible torments in the stations. You were, however, greatly helped by the fact that you have long ago ceased to commit deadly sins and have spent the rest of your life in virtue; and especially have you been helped by the prayers of God's holy man Basil, whom you have served much and diligently.'

Sixteenth Torment. "During our conversation we approached the torment of fornication, where souls are accused not of actual fornication only but also of amorous daydreaming, of finding such thoughts sweet, of impure glances, lustful touches and passionate strokings. The prince of this torment was clothed in a dirty and stenching garment befouled by a bloody foam, and there was a multitude of demons standing around him. When they saw me they marveled that I had already 'Passed so many torments. They brought out the records of all my deeds of fornication and accused me by pointing out the persons, the places, and the times: with whom, when, and where I sinned in my youth. I kept silent and was trembling with shame and fear. The holy angels, however, said to the devils: 'Long ago has she left her deeds of fornication and has spent the remainder of her life in purity, abstinence, and fasting.' But the demons replied: 'We too know that she has long ago ceased sinning, but she has not sincerely confessed to her spiritual father and has not received from him proper directions for the satisfaction which she should do for her sins. Therefore she is ours! Either leave her to us or ransom her with good deeds.' The angels put down many of my good deeds but even more did they take from the gift given us by the holy man Basil; barely did I save myself from great grief.

Seventeenth Torment. "We reached the torment of adultery, where are accused of their sins those who are married but do not observe marital fidelity toward each other and do not keep their marriage bed undefiled; and here too rapes are punished. Besides, here are strictly punished those who have devoted themselves to God and promised to live for Christ alone, but have fallen and failed to keep their purity. I too had a great debt here; the evil spirits already had accused me and were about to tear me from the arms of the angels, but the angels began to argue with them and show them all my later labors and good deeds. After some time they rescued me, but with difficulty, and not so much by my good deeds, all of which, down to the last, they deposited here—but rather by the treasure of my father Basil, from which they also took very much to put on the scale to balance my iniquities. Then they took me and we went on.

Eighteenth Torment. "We approached the station of the Sodomic sins; here souls are Accused of all unnatural sins, incests, and others revolting deeds performed in secret, shameful and frightening even to think about. The prince of this torment was more disgusting than any other devil; he was befouled by pus and full of stench. His servants were similar to him. The stench that came from them was not to be endured, their ugliness was unimaginable, their cruelty and ruthlessness not to be expressed. They surrounded us but by the grace of God found nothing in me and ran away from us in their shame. We, however, went on.

"The holy angels said to me: 'You have seen, Theodora, the frightening and disgusting torments of fornication! Know then that few are the souls that pass them without stopping and paying their ransom; for the whole world lies immersed in the evils of seductive foulness, and all mankind is sensuous. Few guard against the impurities of fornication and deaden the desire of their own flesh. And this is the reason why few pass here freely; many come as far as this place but perish here. The rulers of the torments of fornication boast that they more than any of the others fill the fiery abyss of hell with the souls of men. But you, Theodora, must thank God that you have already passed the torments of fornication by the prayers of the holy man Basil, your father. Now you will no longer fear.'

Nineteenth Torment. "Thereafter we came to the torment of heresies, where are punished those reasonings about faith which are not right, and also turning away from the Orthodox confession of faith, and lack of faith, doubts about it, denial of holy things or a negative attitude toward them, and other sins of the kind. I passed this torment without being tested; we were no longer far from the gates of Heaven.

Twentieth Torment. "But here we were met by the evil spirits of the last torment, the station that tests lack of compassion and cruelty of heart. Cruel are the tormentors of this place, and their prince is terrible, and dried-up and depressed is his appearance. Here the souls of the unmerciful are tormented without mercy. Even if a man performs the most outstanding deeds, mortifies himself by fasting, prays ceaselessly, and guards and keeps the purity of his body, but is merciless from this station he is cast down into the abyss of hell and will receive no mercy in all eternity. We, however, by the grace of Christ, passed this place without trouble, for we were helped by the prayers of the holy man Basil.

"Now we approached the gates of Heaven. We entered joyfully, for we had passed unharmed through the bitter tests of the torments. The gates resembled crystal, and the buildings that stood there glistened like stars. The youths who stood there were wearing golden garments. They joyfully received us, for they saw that a soul had escaped from the bitter tests of the torments of the air.

"As we were walking in heaven, joyful and glad to be saved, the water that was above the earth parted, and, then it closed again behind us. We came to a very awesome place where there were very beautiful youths in fiery garments. They saw the angels carrying me and met us with joy at the salvation of my soul for the kingdom of God. They went together with us and sang the Divine Song.

"As we continued walking, a cloud descended on us, and then another cloud; and when we had gone somewhat farther, we saw an inexplicable height on which was the throne of God; it was very white and enlightened all who stood before it. Around it stood very beautiful youths clothed in red and shining. Why should I, my child Gregory, tell you about it? There are things that cannot be either understood or explained. Reason is clouded by incapacity to understand fully, and memory vanishes there; I forgot where I was.

"The holy angels who had brought me there led me to the throne of God, and here I bowed before the Unseen God; and then I heard a voice which said: 'Go with her and show her all the souls of the blessed and of the sinners, all the dwellings of the saints that are in Paradise, and the dwellings in the nether regions of hell; then grant her rest wherever my follower Basil will indicate.'

"We went on a road unknown to me and came to the dwellings of the saints. What shall I say about them? I am in confusion. There are various chambers arranged artfully and beautifully. Of course they are created by God's hand and are what the Scripture calls 'the cool place, the fruitful place, the place of rest.'

"When I saw all this I marveled and was very joyous and happily looked at everything. A holy angel who was showing these things to me explained: 'This is the abode of the Apostles; that one—of the prophets and other martyrs; those others of the holy bishops, holy monks, and the holy righteous.' All these were in their breadth and length like a king's city.

"When we entered and found ourselves inside these lovely dwellings, the saints met us and kissed us in spirit and rejoiced in my salvation. Then they took me to the abode of the patriarch Abraham and showed me everything that was there. Everything was full of glory and of spiritual joy; of fragrant flowers, myrrh, and sweet odors.

"There were various chambers, which are made and upheld by God's Spirit alone. We saw there a multitude of infants who were happy and rejoicing. I asked my angel leaders: 'Who are these infants gathered here, bathed in light, rejoicing around this holy old man?' The angels replied that this was the patriarch Abraham, and that the multitude was composed of Christian infants.

"Then we went to see the surroundings of Paradise; but their beauty simply cannot be described. If I should begin to tell all that I saw and heard there, I should be filled with fear and trembling.

"Then I was led into the nether reaches of hell, where the Lord has bound and imprisoned Satan. There I saw frightening torments. Thence they led me westward, and there too I saw similar horrible torments, ready for sinners. As the angels showed all this to me, they said: 'Do you see from what misfortunes you have been saved by the prayers of the holy man?'

"The sinners in their horrible torments were shrieking and begging for mercy. I saw torments of such a kind that it is excruciating even to tell about them.

"When we had passed and examined all this, one of the angels who, accompanied me said: 'You know, Theodora, that in the world there is the custom to remember the dead on the fortieth day after their death; today the holy man Basil remembers you on earth in his prayers.'

"Yes, my spiritual child Gregory, forty days have now passed since the time when my soul parted from my body, and I am in the place which is ready also for our holy father Basil. You are still in the world, and so is holy Basil, but he shows the way of truth to all who come to him, and by compelling them to repent he makes many turn to the Lord.

"Come with me. We shall enter my inner chamber and you will look at it. Not long before you came, the holy man Basil was also here."

I went after her and we entered together. As we were walking along I saw that her garments were as white as snow.

We entered a palace decorated with gold. In its midst there were various trees that bore splendid fruit. When I looked east I saw luxurious halls, light and high. There was a large table on which stood golden vessels; they looked very expensive and were wondrous to look at. In the vessels were vegetables of all sorts, and fragrance issued from them.

The holy man Basil was there, sitting on a marvelous throne. Near the table there stood people, but they were unlike those who live on earth and have bodies: they were surrounded as if by the rays of the sun, but they still looked human.

As they ate the food that was on the table, the amount of the food became replenished of itself. Beautiful youths were serving them. When any of those who were at the table wished to drink, he poured a liquid into his mouth and experienced a spiritual sweetness. They spent long hours at this table. The youths who were serving them were girded with golden belts, and on their heads were crowns made from a precious stone.

Theodora approached the holy man and begged him for me. The holy man looked at me and joyfully called me to himself. I approached and bowed before him to the ground, as was our custom. He quietly told me: "God will be merciful to you and forgive you, my child! He is the All-merciful; He will reward you with all the heavenly goods." He lifted me from the ground and continued: "Here is Theodora. You very much wished to see her and asked me for this so intently: now you do see her, and you see where she is and of what destiny her soul has been found worthy in this our life beyond death. Look at her well."

Theodora looked at me and said: "My brother Gregory! Because you thought about me humbly, the merciful Lord has fulfilled your wish through the prayer of our father, the holy man Basil."

The holy man turned to Theodora and said: "Go with him and show him my garden. Let him see its beauty." She took me by my right hand and brought me to a wall in which there was a golden gate. After she had opened the gate, she led me inside the garden. There I saw trees of a marvelous beauty. Their leaves were golden, they were full of flowers and emitted an unusually pleasant fragrance.

There was a countless number of such lovely trees. Their branches were bowed to the ground because of the weight of the fruit. All this astonished me. Theodora turned toward me and asked: "Why do you wonder? How much would you marvel if you saw the garden called Paradise, which the Lord Himself planted in the East!? You would be astonished at its greatness and beauty. As compared to it, this garden is nothing."

I begged Theodora to tell me who had planted this garden, for I had never seen anything like it. She replied that it was obvious that I never had, for I was still living on earth; here, however, everything was other than earthly, and the life led here was other than earthly.

"God grants such dwellings in the life beyond death, but only to those who have led a life full of labors and sweat, such as the life of our holy father Basil has been from his youth to his deep old age. Such dwellings are granted to those who pray zealously and deny their desires, as he has done when he slept on bare ground, endured intense heat and frost, ate on occasion nothing except grass. This is the kind of life which he has led before he came to Constantinople, but this life was a source of salvation to himself, and through him, to many others. This kind of life, and prayers of holy men like Basil, enable the departed to enter the abodes of the blessed.

"He who during his earthly life endures many griefs and misfortunes; he who strictly keeps the Lord's commandments and does not swerve from them—he receives his reward and his comfort in the life beyond death. The holy author of the Psalms, David, said about the difficult life on earth that pleases God: 'Eat of the fruit of your labors'."

When Theodora told me that life in heaven is different from life on earth, I could not help touching myself, for I seemed eager to know if I was still in the flesh; as of course I was. My feelings and thoughts were pure, and my spirit rejoiced in all that I had seen. I wished to return to the palace by the same gate through which I had entered. When, however, I had returned to the palace, I no longer found anyone at the table.

I bowed to Theodora and returned home; and at that very moment I awoke and thought to myself: where have I been and what was all that which I have seen and heard?

I rose from my bed and went to the holy Basil in order to learn from him whether my vision was from God or from the devils. When I came to him, I, according to our custom, bowed to the ground. He blessed me, bade me to sit near him and asked me: "Do you know, my child, where you were this night?"

I pretended to know nothing and replied: "My father, I have been nowhere; I was sleeping on my bed." The holy man said: "This is true. Your body actually was asleep on your bed, but your spirit was elsewhere, and you still know everything that was revealed to you this night.

"You have seen Theodora. When you approached the gates of the heavenly kingdom, she met you joyfully, led you inside the house, showed you everything, told you about her death and about all the torments that she had passed.

"Was it not at my bidding that you went into the court where you saw a marvelous table and its wondrous arrangement? Did you not see the vegetables placed there, and did you not recognize their sweetness and see the flowers, and what the feasters drank, and what youths were serving them?

"Did you not stand still and look at the beauty of those halls? When I came, did I not tell you to look at Theodora, since you had so much wished to see her and learn from her how she had been rewarded for her saintly life?

"Did she then not lead you at my bidding within the sacred enclosure? Did you not see all this in your vision this night?

"How is it then that you are saying that you have seen nothing?"

When I heard the saint saying all this, I no longer doubted that this was no delusion, no dream, but an actual vision sent to me by the Lord God.

I said to myself: how great must this holy man be before God! He himself was there in both his body and his soul, and now he knows all that I have seen and heard there! My eyes filled with tears and I said: "It is true, my holy father; everything was such as you have said. I thank the Lover of Men, the Lord our God Jesus Christ, Who has granted it to me to see all this and has put it in my thoughts to take recourse to you, so that I can constantly be under the protection of your prayers and can be filled with the sweetness of my vision, in which such great marvels have been revealed to me."

The saint said to me: "If, my child Gregory, you will complete your earthly journey rightly and will not swerve from the Divine commandments, the evil spirits of the torments in the air will be unable after your death to harm you; you have heard this from Theodora: you will pass the stations of torment and will be blessed. Joyfully will you be met where you have been this night and have seen Theodora; and where 1, sinner that I am, also hope to be admitted to the abode which you have seen; for I place my hope upon Christ, Who has promised to give His grace to me.

"Listen, my child, to what I am saying to you, but keep the secret of your father. I wish to die before you, and you will follow me after a long time, when you will have perfected yourself in good works. This has been revealed to me by the Lord.

"Keep secret all that I have told you, while I am alive; let no one find out anything of what you have heard.

"When I am dead, if you should wish to undertake the labor and not to leave my humble life without remembrance, describe it as it is customary to describe the lives of those who have exerted themselves in virtue.

"Describe, that is, not so much my life as that divine grace which has led and strengthened me throughout my entire life, and give me the ability to perform not only good deeds but even miracles.

"Represent all that you seen and heard, and let it benefit those who will read or listen to your account. But be careful to state, first of all, that the Lord, when He so deigns, helps any man to do great wonders; and tell everything about these wonders witnessed by you, so that those who will learn about them from you may praise God, Who is generous with what is good.

"Beware of the traps of the evil one at all times of day and night until the Lord should call you." All this and many other things did the holy man tell me. Then he prayed and dismissed me. (Lives of the Saints for March 26th).

The Orthodox Church,  shows that the leading opponent of the toll-house doctrine, Abp. Lazar Puhalo,=
False Teaching & False Prophet falsified patristic texts, icons, and lives of the saints in order to seemingly support his false opinions.

 Seraphim Rose was a great and holy man, so we have to take him seriously when he said that God revealed him ... what happens to the soul after we die. When he spoke of the demons,

 there are cases accident that had a Near Death Experience, and was dragged into a torture chamber where he was tortured by Demons until he started praying to Jesus and was rescued. Besides Seraphim Rose discussing it, we have many Saints that discussed it and were said to be shown by God that this is so. Some have experienced this and you haven't so who is right? The one who experienced such a thing is the one that we must take seriously