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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6hYQSVhZ3UubpLnxg7NVTI0TcLF1djshjflVlwpArBqsX7i4E63Xc6UtXGdWWbUvfZW5-dhEh8ORVSvpZOmO3_JB-KcsqjJnrYtBtxx0ltAUBMTwo2Tmc08lAa-B1xtGxFubtzqMC2Iw/s1600/filesagiosmarkos_225053011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6hYQSVhZ3UubpLnxg7NVTI0TcLF1djshjflVlwpArBqsX7i4E63Xc6UtXGdWWbUvfZW5-dhEh8ORVSvpZOmO3_JB-KcsqjJnrYtBtxx0ltAUBMTwo2Tmc08lAa-B1xtGxFubtzqMC2Iw/s1600/filesagiosmarkos_225053011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Διαπιστώσαμε τὶς τελευταῖες μέρες μετὰ τὰ ἔκτροπα τοῦ Πατριάρχη εἰς τὸ Φανάρι, μερικοὺς φιλοοικουμενιστὲς νὰ ἀναπαράγουν ἄρθρα περὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρκου τοῦ Εὐγενικοῦ. Ἔτσι προσπαθοῦν νὰ δικαιολογήσουν τὶς ἐνέργειες τοῦ Πατριάρχη λέγοντας ὅτι καὶ ὁ ἅγιος ἔπραξε τὸ ἴδιο εἰς τὴν Φερράρα - Φλωρεντία (δηλ. διακηρύξεις, συμπροσευχές κ.λπ.).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Παρατηροῦμε λοιπὸν μιὰ ΜΟΝΟΜΕΡΗ χρησιμοποίηση τοῦ ἁγίου!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Τί δὲν παρουσιάζουν;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ὁ ἅγιος Μάρκος πῆγε στὴν σύνοδον μὲ τὰς καλυτέρας προθέσεις καὶ ἔδειξε τὴν διαλλακτικότητά του μὲ τὸν λόγο ποὺ συνέθεσε διὰ τὸν πάπαν, προτοῦ ἀκόμη ἀρχίσουν αἳ ἐργασίαι τῆς συνόδου εἰς τὴν Φερράραν. Μερικοὶ μάλιστα Ὀρθόδοξοι ἀντιπρόσωποι παρεξήγησαν τὸν Μάρκον διὰ τὴν διαλλακτικότητα τοῦ ὕφους τοῦ εἰς τὸν διάλογο μὲ τὸν καρδινάλιο Κεσσαρίνι, καὶ ἀπήτησαν ὅπως εἰς τὸ ἑξῆς ὁμιλεῖ ὁ Βησσαρίων, Μητροπολίτης Νικαίας.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Τὸ πρῶτο θέμα τῶν συζητήσεων ἦτο τὸ καθαρτήριο πῦρ. Τοῦ Βησσαρίωνος ἀδυνατοῦντος - λόγω ἀνεπαρκοῦς θεολογικῆς καταρτίσεως - νὰ ὁμιλήσει, ὁμίλησε διὰ τοὺς Ὀρθοδόξους ὁ ἅγιος Μάρκος, ἐκφωνήσας ἐπὶ τοῦ θέματος τέσσαρες ἀντιρρητικοὺς λόγους.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Οἱ λατίνοι ἄρχισαν νὰ ἐφαρμόζουν τὴν γνωστὴ τακτική των ψιθύρων, ψευδῶν καὶ ἐκβιασμῶν, καὶ οὕτω κὰτ ἐκείνη τὴν ἐποχὴ διένειμαν εἰς τὴν Φερράραν ἑκατοντάδας φυλλαδίων, τὰ ὁποῖα περιεῖχαν 54 αἱρετικὲς δοξασίας τῶν Ὀρθοδόξων!!! Βλέποντας τὴν κατάσταση νὰ χειροτερεύει εἰς βάρος τῶν Ὀρθοδόξων, δύο ἐκ τῶν ἐγκρίτων μελῶν τῆς Βυζαντινῆς ἀντιπροσωπείας, ὁ Μητροπολίτης Ἡρακλείας Ἀντώνιος, πρῶτος τὴ τάξει Μητροπολίτης τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ θρόνου καὶ ὁ ἀδελφός του Μάρκου Ἰωάννης, προσπάθησαν νὰ ἀποδράσουν ἀπὸ τὴν Φερράραν, ἀλλὰ ἠμποδίσθησαν ἀπὸ τὸν αὐτοκράτορα. Καὶ ἐπειδὴ ὁ Ἰωάννης συνοδευόταν μέχρι τὸν λιμένα ἀπὸ τὸν ἀδελφό του, ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ καὶ ὁ Πατριάρχης φοβούμενοι τυχὸν ἄλλας ἀπόπειρας ἀποδράσεως - ἐν συνεννοήσει μετὰ τῶν παπικῶν - μετακίνησαν τὶς ἐργασίες τῆς συνόδου ἀπὸ τὴν Φερράραν, ποὺ ἦτο πλησίον της θαλάσσης, εἰς τὴν Φλωρεντία.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ὅταν δὲ ἐπανήρχισαν αἳ ἐργασίαι τῆς συνόδου ὁ Ἐφέσου ἦτο ὁ κύριος ὁμιλητῆς των Ὀρθοδόξων. Αἳ σαφεῖς ὅμως ἀπαντήσεις του καὶ αἳ ἀνατροπαὶ τῶν λατινικῶν κακοδοξιῶν προκάλεσαν τὸ μένος τῶν λατινοφρόνων Ὀρθοδόξων, οἱ ὁποῖοι μὲ τὴν σιωπηρὰ συγκατάθεση καὶ ἀνοχὴ τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος προσπάθησαν νὰ διαβάλουν τὸν ἅγιο Μάρκο, κυκλοφοροῦντες μάλιστα καὶ τὴν εἴδηση ὅτι ὁ Ἐφέσου εἶχε τρελαθεῖ. Εἰς μίαν δὲ συνεδρίαση τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου ἀντιπροσωπείας, ὅταν ὁ Μητροπολίτης Ἐφέσου ἀπεκάλεσε τοὺς παπικοὺς «αἱρετικοὺς» οἱ Μητροπολίτες Λακεδαίμονος καὶ Μυτιλήνης ὕβρισαν τὸν ἅγιο καὶ προσπάθησαν νὰ τὸν κτυπήσουν.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Διαπιστώνων ὁ ἅγιος ὅτι ὅλες οἱ προσπάθειές του νὰ πείσει τοὺς Ὀρθόδοξους νὰ μὴν προχωρήσουν εἰς τὴν ἕνωση - γενόμενοι θύματα τῶν παπικῶν - ἤσαν μάταιοι, ἀπεσύρθη ἀπὸ τοῦ νὰ συμμετέχει ἐνεργῶς εἰς τὰς ἐργασίας τῆς συνόδου.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Τελικῶς τὴν 5 Ἰουλίου 1439 ὑπεγράφη ἡ ἕνωση καὶ ὡς ἀναφέρει ὁ Συρόπουλος οἱ περισσότεροι Ὀρθόδοξοι ἀντιπρόσωποι ὑπέγραψαν χωρὶς τὴν θέλησή των καὶ φοβούμενοι τὸν αὐτοκράτορα. Ὅταν δὲ ὁ πάπας ἠρώτησεν ἐὰν ὑπέγραψε ὁ Μάρκος καὶ ἔλαβε ἀπάντηση ἀρνητικὴ εἶπε προφορικῶς <i>«λοιπόν, ἐποιήσαμεν οὐδέν».</i> Ὁ ὑπερόπτης καὶ δεσποτικὸς πάπας ζήτησε ἀνερυθριάστως ἀπὸ τὸν ἄβουλο βυζαντινὸ αὐτοκράτορα, ὅπως στείλει τὸν Μάρκον εἰς αὐτὸν διὰ νὰ τὸν δικάσει ἐνώπιον συνοδικοῦ δικαστηρίου, ἀλλ' εὐτυχῶς ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ ἠρνήθη.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-beqD2nGOHq73gCkmUrJhofLX9TDKREiGXAPeapxdp_95eKw0iCfdytkMlFBETAEj-nfONboVzwVRKRSbNT1GsMs7nc2qPW_VKnwPfAwlL2Q4xRen522xKTyUE2ec5mvSiA4zuT_vX1s/s1600/%CE%91%CE%B3.-%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%BF-%CE%95%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-beqD2nGOHq73gCkmUrJhofLX9TDKREiGXAPeapxdp_95eKw0iCfdytkMlFBETAEj-nfONboVzwVRKRSbNT1GsMs7nc2qPW_VKnwPfAwlL2Q4xRen522xKTyUE2ec5mvSiA4zuT_vX1s/s1600/%CE%91%CE%B3.-%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%BF-%CE%95%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BD.jpg" width="385" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ἀργότερα ὅμως παρεκάλεσε τὸν Μάρκον, ἀφοῦ εἶχε πάρει προφορικὲς διαβεβαιώσεις διὰ τὴν ἀσφάλειάν του ἀπὸ τὸν πάπα, νὰ ἐμφανισθεῖ ἐνώπιόν του ποντίφικα καὶ νὰ ἐξηγήσει τὴν στάση του. Ὁ Μάρκος ὑπακούοντας εἰς τὸ αὐτοκρατορικὸ πρόσταγμα ἐπῆγε εἰς τὸν πάπαν. Μάταια ὅμως προσπάθησε ὁ ἀρχιαιρεσιάρχης τῆς δύσεως νὰ τὸν πείσει νὰ δεχθεῖ τὴν ἐκτρωματικὴ ἕνωση. Ὅταν δὲ εἶδε ὅτι ὁ Μάρκος ἔμεινε ἀμετακίνητος εἰς τὰς ἀπόψεις του, κατέφυγε εἰς ἐκβιασμοὺς καὶ ἀπείλησε ὅτι θὰ καταδίκαζε τὸν ἅγιό μας ὡς αἱρετικό. Ἂλλ΄ ὁ ἅγιος Μάρκος μὴ πτοηθεῖς ἀπήντησε μετὰ παρρησίας λέγων:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">«</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Αἳ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">σύνοδοι</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">κατεδίκαζόν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τους</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">μὴ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">πειθωμένους</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ἐκκλησία</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀλλ</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">' </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἰς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">δόξαν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τινὰ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐναντίον</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">αὐτῆς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐνισταμένους</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ταύτη</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">κηρύττοντας</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὑπὲρ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">αὐτῆς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀγωνιζόμενους</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">διὸ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">αἱρετικοὺς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐκάλουν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">αὐτούς</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">...</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ἐγὼ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">δὲ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">οὐ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">κηρύττω</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἰδίαν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">μου</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">δόξαν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">οὐδὲ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τί</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐκαινοτόμησα</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">οὐδὲ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὑπὲρ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀλλοτρίου</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τινὸς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">δόγματος</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">νόμου</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐνίσταμαι</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀλλ</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">' </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἰς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀκραιφνῆ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">δόξαν</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τηρῶ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐμαυτόν</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">».<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Μετὰ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">προδοτικὴ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἕνωση</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τῆς</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Φερράρας</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> - </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Φλωρεντίας</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">οἱ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Βυζαντινοὶ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἐγκατέλειψαν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Ἰταλίαν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">διὰ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἐπιστροφὴν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τῶν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">εἰς</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">πολιορκουμένην</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Πόλιν</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Ὁ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">αὐτοκράτωρ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">παρέλαβε</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τὸν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἅγιον</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Μάρκον</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">εἰς</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τὸ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">αὐτοκρατορικὸν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">πλοῖον</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Ὕστερα</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἀπὸ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ταξίδι</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τριῶν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἥμισυ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">μηνῶν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἔφθασαν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τελικῶς</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">εἰς</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Κωνσταντινούπολιν</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Ἐκεῖ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">οἱ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">κάτοικοι</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἐδέχθησαν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">μὲ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">αἰσθήματα</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἐχθρικὰ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἀπεδοκίμασαν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τοὺς</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ὑπογράψαντας</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἕνωση</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἀλλ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">' </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἐπεδοκίμασαν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἐτίμησαν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τὸν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἅγιόν</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">μας</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ὡς</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἀναφέρει</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ὁ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ὑβριστὴς</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τοῦ</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">γραικολατίνος</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἐπίσκοπος</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Μεθώνης</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Ἰωσὴφ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> «</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ὁ</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Ἐφέσου</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">εἶδε</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">τὸ</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">πλῆθος</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">δοξάζων</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">αὐτὸν</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ὡς</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">μὴ</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ὑπογράψαντα</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">προσεκύνουν</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">αὐτῶ</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">οἱ</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ὄχλοι</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">καθάπερ</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Μωϋσεῖ</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Ἀαρῶν</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">εὐφήμουν</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">αὐτὸν</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἅγιον</span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">ἀπεκάλουν</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">»</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> <b>( PG 159, 992).<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Τὴν</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> 4</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ην</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Μαΐου</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> 1440 </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἅγιος</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Μάρκος</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἠναγκάσθη</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">νὰ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">δραπετεύσει</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀπὸ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Βασιλεύουσαν</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">διότι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐκινδύνευε</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἡ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ζωή</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">του</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">νὰ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πάει</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἰς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">μητροπολιτική</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">του</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">περιφέρεια</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ἔφεσον</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ποὺ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἦτο</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">κάτω</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀπὸ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τοὺς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Τούρκους</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ἐκεῖ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀφοῦ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐποίμανεν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἒπ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">' </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὀλίγον</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὸ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">λογικόν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">του</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ποίμνιον</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἠναγκάσθη</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πάλιν</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τώρα</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὑπὸ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῶν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Τούρκων</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῶν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἑνωτικῶν</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">νὰ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐγκαταλείψει</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ἔφεσον</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐμπῆκεν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἰς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πλοῖον</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ποὺ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐπήγαινεν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἰς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὸ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ἅγιον</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ὅρος</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὅπου</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀπεφάσισε</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">νὰ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">διέλθει</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὸν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὑπόλοιπο</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">χρόνο</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῆς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ζωῆς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">του</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ὅταν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὅμως</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὸ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πλοῖον</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἔκαμε</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">σταθμὸ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἰς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Λῆμνο</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἅγιος</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀνεγνωρίσθει</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀμέσως</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">συνελήφθη</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">κατόπιν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">αὐτοκρατορικῆς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐντολῆς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐφυλακίσθη</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐκεῖ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐπὶ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">διετία</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Κατὰ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">διάρκεια</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῆς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">φυλακίσεώς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">του</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὑπέφερε</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πολύ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀλλὰ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὡς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἔγραψε</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἰς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὸν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἱερομόναχο</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Θεοφάνη</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὸν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Εὐβοία</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> «</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">λόγος</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τοῦ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Θεοῦ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἥ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">της</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀληθείας</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">δύναμης</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">οὐ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">δέδεται</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τρέχει</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">δὲ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">μᾶλλον</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">εὐοδοῦται</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">οἱ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">πλείονες</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῶν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀδελφῶν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐμὴ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐξορία</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">θαρροῦντες</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">βάλλουσι</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τοῖς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐλέγχοις</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τοὺς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀλιτηρίους</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">παραβάτας</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῆς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὀρθῆς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">πίστεως</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">...».<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ἀπὸ<span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Λῆμνο</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἅγιος</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐξαπέλυσε</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">περίφημο</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐγκύκλιο</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐπιστολή</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">του</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πρὸς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τοὺς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἁπανταχοῦ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">της</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">γῆς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῶν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">νήσων</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">εὑρισκομένους</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ὀρθοδόξους</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Χριστιανούς</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Μὲ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">αὐτὴν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐλέγχει</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">αὐστηρῶς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τοὺς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ὀρθοδόξους</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐκείνους</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ποὺ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀπεδέχθησαν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τὴν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἕνωσιν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">μὲ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀδιάσειστα</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">στοιχεῖα</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀποδεικνύει</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὅτι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">οἱ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">λατίνοι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἶναι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καινοτόμοι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">δὶ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">' </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">αὐτὸ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">λέγει</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> : <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">«</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὡς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">αἱρετικοὺς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">αὐτοὺς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀπεστράφημεν</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">διὰ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τοῦτο</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">αὐτῶν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐχωρίσθημεν</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">».</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Καλεῖ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">δὲ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἅγιος</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τους</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πιστοὺς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">νὰ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀποφεύγουν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τοὺς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἑνωτικούς</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">διότι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">αὐτοὶ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἶναι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <i><span lang="EN-US">«</span></i></span><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ψευδαπόστολοι</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καὶ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐργᾶται</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">δόλιοι</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">».<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Ὁ ἅγ. Μᾶρκος σέ ἐπιστολή του ἀπό τήν Λῆμνο ὅπου ἦτο ἐξόριστος, πρός τόν ἱερομόναχο Θεοφάνη εἰς τόν Εὔριπον γράφει:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">«Διαπεράσας οὖν εἰς τήν Καλλίπολιν καί διερχόμενος διά τῆς Λήμνου ἐκρατήθην ἐνταῦθα καί περιωρίσθην παρά τοῦ βασιλέως. Ἀλλ’ ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ καί ἡ τῆς ἀληθείας δύναμις οὐ δέδεται, τρέχει δέ μᾶλλον καί εὐοδοῦται · καί οἱ πλείονες τῶν ἀδελφῶν τῇ ἐμῇ ἐξορίᾳ θαρροῦντες βάλλουσι τοῖς ἐλέγχοις τούς ἀλιτηρίους καί παραβάτας τῆς ὀρθῆς πίστεως καί τῶν πατρικῶν θεσμῶν, καί ἐλαύνουσι πανταχόθεν αὐτούς ὡς καθάρματα, μήτε συλλειτουργεῖν αὐτοῖς ἀνεχόμενοι, μήτε μνημονεύειν ὅλων αὐτῶν ὡς Χριστιανῶν»</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">(Σπ. Π. Λάμπρου, Παλαιολόγεια καί Πελοποννησιακά, τόμ. Α΄, σελ. 21)</span></b><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ἐν συνεχείᾳ στήν ἴδια ἐπιστολή ὁ ἅγιος καθοδηγεῖ τόν ἱερομόναχο Θεοφάνη πῶς νά ἀντιμετωπίση τόν νεοχειροτονηθέντα λατινόφρονα Ἐπίσκοπο Ἀθηνῶν στόν ὁποῖο προφανῶς ὑπήγετο ὁ Θεοφάνης:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">«Μανθάνω δέ, ὅτι ἐχειροτονήθη παρά τῶν λατινοφρόνων μητροπολίτης Ἀθηνῶν κοπελύδριον τι τοῦ Μονεμβασίας, ὅπερ αὐτόθι διάγον συλλειτουργεῖ τοῖς Λατίνοις ἀδιακρίτως καί χειροτονεῖ παρανόμως ὅσους ἄν εὕρῃ καί οἵους. Ἀξιῶ οὖν τήν ἁγιωσύνην σου, ἵνα, τόν ὑπέρ τοῦ θεοῦ ζῆλον ἀναλαβών ὡς ἄνθρωπος τοῦ θεοῦ καί τῆς ἀληθείας φίλος καί τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰσιδώρου γνήσιος μαθητής, παραινέσῃς τοῖς τοῦ θεοῦ ἱερεῦσιν ἐκφεύγειν ἅπασι τρόποις τήν κοινωνίαν αὐτοῦ, καί μήτε συλλειτουργεῖν αὐτῷ μήτε μνηνονεύειν ὅλως αὐτοῦ, μήτε ἀρχιερέα τοῦτον, ἀλλά λύκον καί μισθωτόν ἡγεῖσθαι, μήτε λειτουργεῖν ὅλως ἐν ταῖς λατινικαῖς ἐκκλησίαις, ἵνα μή ἔλθῃ καί ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς ἡ ἐπελθοῦσα ὀργή τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ Κωνσταντινουπόλει διά τάς ἐκεῖ γινομένας παρανομίας»</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">(ὅπ. ἀν., σελ. 21-22)</span></b><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; 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line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Εἰς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τό</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τέλος</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῆς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐπιστολῆς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἅγιος</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">δίδει</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πάλι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁδηγίες</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">σχετικές</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">μέ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τήν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">μνημόνευσι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῶν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Λατινοφρόνων</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">: «</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Φεύγετε</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">οὖν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καί</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὑμεῖς</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀδελφοί</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τήν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">πρός</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τούς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀκοινωνήτους</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">κοινωνίαν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καί</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τό</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">μνημόσυνον</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῶν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀμνημονεύτων</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ἴδε ἐγώ Μᾶρκος ὁ ἁμαρτωλός λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὁ μνημονεύων τοῦ </span>πάπα ὡς ὀρθοδόξου ἀρχιερέως ἔνοχός ἐστι πάντα τόν λατινισμόν ἐκπληρῶσαι μέχρι καί αὐτῆς τῆς κουρᾶς τῶν γενείων, καί ὁ λατινοφρονῶν μετά τῶν Λατίνων κριθήσεται καί ὡς παραβάτης τῆς πίστεως λογισθήσεται»<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span></i><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">(ὅπ. ἀν., σελ. 22)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Σὲ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐπιστολή</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀναφέρει</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πρός</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τόν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἡγούμενο</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">:</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> <i>«</i></span><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Φεύγετε</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">οὖν</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀδελφοί</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τούς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῆς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">λατινικῆς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καινοτομίας</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἰσηγητάς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καί</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">βεβαιωτάς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καί</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῇ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀγάπῃ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">πρός</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀλλήλους</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">συνδεδεμένοι</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἕν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">σῶμα</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">καί</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἕν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">πνεῦμα</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">σύμψυχοι</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τό</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἕν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">φρονοῦντες</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">συνάγεσθε</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">πρός</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τήν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">μίαν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἡμῶν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">κεφαλήν</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τόν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Χριστόν</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">...» </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">(</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὅπ</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. </span></b><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀν</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. </span></b><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">σελ</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. 26)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.  </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Οἱ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἰσηγητές</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καί</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">βεβαιωτές</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῆς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">λατινικῆς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καινοτομίας</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πού</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀναφέρει</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἅγιος</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">εἶναι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">οἱ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">λατινόφρονες</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> «</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ὀρθόδοξοι</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">», </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">οἱ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁποῖοι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">χάριν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὑποσχέσεων ψευδῶν καί ἀπατηλῶν ὑπετάγησαν εἰς τόν Πάπα.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ἀπό ὅλους αὐτούς λοιπόν, μετά τήν ἐπάνοδο στήν Κωνστατινούπολι, ὁ ἅγιος ἀπετειχίσθη. Αὐτό τό ἀναφέρει πολύ καθαρά σέ διακήρυξί του ἡ ὁποία φέρει τόν τίτλο: <b>«Ἔκθεσις τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου μητροπολίτου Ἐφέσου, τίνι τρόπῳ ἐδέξατο τό τῆς ἀρχιερωσύνης ἀξίωμα καί δήλωσις τῆς Συνόδου τῆς ἐν Φλωρεντίᾳ γενομένης»</b>. Εἰς τό τέλος αὐτῆς τῆς ἐκθέσεως ἀναφέρει ὁ ἅγιος τά ἑξῆς:<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>«Ἐντεῦθεν οἱ μέν τά ἑαυτῶν ἔπραξαν καί πρός τήν συνθήκην τοῦ ὅρου καί τά λοιπά τῆς ἑνώσεως ἔβλεψαν · ἐγώ δέ χωρισθείς αὐτῶν ἔκτοτε καί ἐμαυτῷ σχολάσας, ἵνα τοῖς ἁγίοις μου πατράσι καί διδασκάλοις διατελῶ συνημμένος, πᾶσι καταφανῆ ποιῶ τήν ἑμαυτοῦ γνώμην διά τῆσδε μου τῆς γραφῆς, ὡς ἄν ἐξῇ δοκιμάζειν τῷ βουλομένῳ, πότερον ὑγιέσι δόγμασι χαίρων, ἤ διεστραμμένοις τισί τήν γεγενημένην ἕνωσιν οὐ παρεδεξάμην»</i> <b>(Τά εὑρισκόμενα ἅπαντα, τόμ. Α΄, σελ. 384)</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Εἶναι ἀνάγκη νά ἀναφέρωμε καί ἕνα τμῆμα τό ὁποῖο ἔχει σχέσι μέ τήν σημερινή ἐποχή, κατά τήν ὁποία οἱ Οἰκουμενιστές, ὅλοι ἀνεξαιρέτως, ἰσχυρίζονται ὅτι οἱ Παπικοί δέν εἶναι αἱρετικοί ἀλλά σχισματικοί. Ἐπειδή τότε τά ἴδια ἔλεγαν καί οἱ ἑνωτικοί Λατινόφρονες ὁ ἅγιος ἀναφέρει τά ἑξῆς:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">«Τί ἔτι; “Οὐδέποτε, φησί, τούς Λατίνους ὡς αἱρετικούς εἴχομεν, ἀλλά μόνον σχισματικούς”. Τοῦτο μέν οὖν παρ’ αὐτῶν ἐκείνων εἰλήφασι σχισματικούς γάρ ἡμᾶς ἐκεῖνοι καλοῦσι, οὐδέν ἡμῖν ἐγκαλεῖν ἔχοντες περί τήν ἡμετέραν δόξαν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι τῆς ὑποταγῆς αὐτῶν ἀπεσχίσθημεν, ἥν ὠφείλομεν, ὡς ἐκεῖνοι νομίζουσιν. Εἰ δέ καί ἡμᾶς τοῦτον δίκαιον ἐκείνοις ἀντιχαρίζεσθαι καί οὐδέν αὐτοῖς ἐγκαλοῦμεν περί τήν δόξαν, σκεπτέον. Τήν μέν οὖν αἰτίαν τοῦ σχίσματος ἐκεῖνοι δεδώκασι, τήν προσθήκην ἐξενεγκόντες ἀναφανδόν, ἥν ὑπ’ ὀδόντα πρότερον ἔλεγον · ἡμεῖς δέ αὐτῶν ἐσχίσθημεν πρότεροι, μᾶλλον δέ ἐσχίσαμεν αὐτούς καί ἀπεκόψαμεν τοῦ κοινοῦ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας σώματος. Διά τί, εἶπέ μοι; Πότερον ὡς ὀρθήν ἔχοντας δόξαν, ἤ ὀρθῶς τήν προσθήκην ἐξενεγκόντας; Καί τίς ἄν τοῦτο εἴποι, μή σφόδρα τόν ἐγκέφαλον διασεσεισμένος; ἀλλ’ ὡς ἄτοπα καί δυσσεβῆ φρονοῦντας καί παραλόγως τήν προσθήκην ποιήσαντας. Οὐκοῦν ὡς αἱρετικούς αὐτούς ἀπεστράφημεν, καί διά τοῦτο αὐτῶν ἐχωρίσθημεν. Διά τί γάρ ἄλλο; Φασί γάρ οἱ φιλευσεβεῖς νόμοι · “Αἱρετικός ἐστι καί τοῖς κατά τῶν αἱρετικῶν νόμοις ὑπόκειται ὁ καί μικρόν γοῦν τι παρεκκλίνων τῆς ὀρθῆς πίστεως”. Εἰ μέν οὖν οὐδέν τι παρεκκλίνουσιν οἱ Λατῖνοι τῆς ὀρθῆς πίστεως, μάτην αὐτούς ὡς ἔοικεν ἀπεκόψαμεν · εἰ δέ παρεκκλίνουσιν ὅλως, καί ταῦτα περί τήν θεολογίαν τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, εἰς ὅ βλασφημῆσαι κινδύνων ὁ χαλεπώτατος, αἱρετικοί εἰσιν ἄρα, καί ὡς αἱρετικούς αὐτούς ἀπεκόψαμεν. Διά τί δέ καί χρίομεν τῷ μύρῳ τούς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἡμῖν προσιόντας; Οὐκ εὔδηλον ὡς αἱρετικούς ὄντας;...»<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span></span></i><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">(ὅπ. ἀν., σελ. 248)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">. </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Ὁ ἅγιος λοιπόν ξεκαθαρίζει τά πράγματα καί δηλώνει ἀπερίφραστα ὅτι τό σχίσμα ἔγινε διά νά ἀποκοποῦν οἱ αἱρετικοί ἀπό τό ὑγιές μέρος τῆς Ἐκκλησίας.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /> <br /> Σέ ἐπιστολή του πρός τόν πρεσβύτερο Γεώργιο εἰς τήν Μεθώνη, ἀκροτελεύτια ὁ ἅγιος διά τό θέμα τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἐπικοινωνίας ἀναφέρει:<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><i>«</i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ταῦτα</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">σοι</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐκ</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">πολλῶν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὀλίγα</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">πρός</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀποτροπήν</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">τῆς</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐκείνων</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀναισχυντίας</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἔγραψα</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Γίνωσκε δέ ὅτι ὁ ὅρος τῆς ψευδοῦς συνόδου, μᾶλλον δέ ἡ ματαία καινοφωνία, καθάπερ ἦν ἄξιον, οὐδαμῶς παρ’ οὐδενός προσεδέχθη · ἀλλά καί οἱ τούτῳ συνθέμενοι καί ὑπογράψαντες ὡς ἐναγεῖς καί προδόται τῆς ἀληθείας ὑπό πάντων μισοῦνται, καί οὐδείς αὐτοῖς οὐδέπω τῶν ἐνταῦθα συνελειτούργησε. Θεός δέ ὁ πάντα δυνάμενος οἰκονομήσειε ταῦτα πρός τό συμφέρον καί διορθώσειε τήν Ἐκκλησίαν αὑτοῦ, ἥν ἐξηγοράσατο τῷ ἰδίῳ αἵματι. Φύλασσε τήν καλήν παρακαταθήκην τῆς πίστεως, τάς βεβήλους καινοφωνίας παντελῶς ἐκτρεπόμενος»</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">(Τοῦ αὑτοῦ Ἐφέσου ἐπιστολή πρός τινα πρεσβύτερον Γέωργιον τοὔνομα ἐν τῇ Μεθώνῃ σταλεῖσα, Τόμ. Α΄, σελ. 290)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">. <span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Αὐτό λοιπόν πού ἔκανε ὁ ἅγιος, τό ἔκαναν οἱ περισσότεροι κληρικοί. Δηλαδή ὅλους αὐτούς πού ὑπέγραψαν τούς ἀντιμετώπιζον ὡς προδότες τῆς ἀληθείας</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>«καί οὐδείς αὐτοῖς οὐδέπω τῶν ἐνταῦθα συνελειτούργησε»</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ὅταν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐπλησίασε</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τό</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τέλος</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τοῦ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἁγίου</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καί</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">εὑρίσκοντο</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πλησίον</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">του</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">οἱ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ὀρθόδοξοι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">συναγωνιστές</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">του</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καθώς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐπίσης</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καί</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">πολλοί</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἄλλοι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἐπίσημοι</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">καί</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">μή</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἄφησε</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τίς</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τελευταῖες</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁδηγίες</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">οἱ</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁποῖες</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ὁμιλοῦν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">διά</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">τήν</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">μετά</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">θάνατον</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ἀποτείχισί</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">του</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Τό κείμενο αὐτό εἶναι ἕνα ὁμολογιακό κειμήλιο, τό ὁποῖο καί μόνο του χαρακτηρίζει τόν ἅγιο, δεικνύει ὅτι ἐνῶ εὑρίσκεται στό τέλος τῆς ζωῆς του ἔχει νεανικό παλμό καί δύναμι, δεικνύει τό πόσο εἶχε κατανοήσει ὁ ἅγιος τήν ἀξία τῆς ἀποτειχίσεως καί τήν ἀσφάλεια πού ἔνοιωθε εἰς αὐτήν καί ἐπί πλέον ὅτι, ἀναχωρῶντας ὁ ἴδιος ἀπό τήν ἐδῶ ζωή, εἶχε τήν καθαρή καί ἀνόθευτο πίστι ὡς τό μεγαλύτερο ἐφόδιο πρός συνάντησι τοῦ Κυρίου · εἶχε τήν συναίσθησι ὅτι, ὡς ἀποτειχισμένος ἀπό ἐδῶ θά συναντοῦσε τούς ἀποτειχισμένους ἁγίους, τούς δεδιωγμένους διά τήν πίστι, τούς μάρτυρες τῆς ἀληθείας καί ὅλους ὅσους ἀγάπησαν τήν καθαρότητα καί ἀκεραιότητα τῆς πίστεως καί ὅσους ἔπαθαν δι’ αὐτήν. Μέ ὅλους αὐτούς εἶχε ταυτισθῆ εἰς τήν παροῦσα ζωή καί δι αὐτό καί μετά θάνατο ἤθελε νά γνωρίζουν ὅτι παραμένει εἰς αὐτήν τήν πίστι.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Παραθέτουμε ὅλα τά τελευταῖα λόγια, ὅπως ἀκριβῶς διετηρήθησαν ἀπό τούς μαθητές του.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>«Βούλομαι πλατύτερον τήν ἐμήν γνώμην εἰπεῖν, εἴπερ ποτέ καί νῦν, ἐν τῷ ἐγγίζειν τήν τελευτήν μου, ἵνα σύμφωνος ὦ ἐμαυτῷ ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς μέχρι τέλους καί μή δόξῃ τισίν, ὅτι ἄλλα μέν ἔλεγον, ἄλλα δέ ἔκρυπτον ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ, ἅ εἰκός ἦν ἐλεγχθῆναι τῇ ὥρᾳ ταύτῃ τῆς ἐμῆς ἀναλύσεως. Λέγω δέ περί τοῦ πατριάρχου, μήπως δόξῃ αὐτῷ προφάσει τάχα τιμῆς τῆς πρός ἐμέ ἐν τῇ κηδείᾳ τοῦ ταπεινοῦ μου τούτου σώματος ἤ καί ἐν τοῖς μνημοσύνοις μου στεῖλαί τινας τῶν ἀρχιερέων αὐτοῦ ἤ τοῦ κλήρου αὐτοῦ ἤ ὅλως τῶν κοινωνούντων αὐτῷ τινα συνεύξασθαι ἤ συμφορέσαι τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ ἡμετέρου μέρους ἱερεῦσι τοῖς πρός τά τοιαῦτα προσκληθεῖσι, δοξάσας ὡς οἱῳδήποτε τρόπῳ προσίεμαι, κἄν ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ τήν αὐτοῦ κοινωνίαν.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>»Καί ἵνα μή ἡ σιωπή μου συγκατάβασιν τινα ὑπονοῆσαι παρέξῃ τοῖς μή καλῶς καί εἰς βάθος εἰδόσι τόν ἐμόν σκοπόν, λέγω καί διαμαρτύρομαι ἐνώπιον τῶν παρατυχόντων πολλῶν καί ἀξιολόγων ἀνδρῶν, ὡς οὔτε βούλομαι οὔτε δέχομαι τήν αὐτοῦ ἤ τήν τῶν μετ’ αὐτοῦ κοινωνίαν τό παράπαν, οὐδαμῶς, οὔτε ἐπί τῆς ζωῆς μου, οὔτε μετά θάνατον, ὥσπερ οὐδέ τήν γεγονυῖαν ἕνωσιν καί τά δόγματα τά λατινικά, ἅπερ ἐδέξατο αὐτός τε καί οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ, καί ὑπέρ τοῦ δεφενδεύειν ταῦτα καί τήν προστασίαν ταύτην ἐμνηστεύσατο ἐπί καταστροφῇ τῶν ὀρθῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας δογμάτων.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>»Πέπεισμαι γάρ ἀκριβῶς ὅτι ὅσον ἀποδιΐσταμαι τούτου καί τῶν τοιούτων, ἐγγίζω τῷ Θεῷ καί πᾶσι τοῖς ἁγίοις, καί ὥσπερ τούτων χωρίζομαι, οὕτως ἑνοῦμαι τῇ ἀληθείᾳ καί τοῖς ἁγίοις πατράσι, τοῖς θεολόγοις τῆς ἐκκλησίας · ὥσπερ αὖ πείθομαι τούς συντιθεμένους τούτοις ἀποδιΐστασθαι τῆς ἀληθείας καί τῶν μακαρίων τῆς ἐκκλησίας διδασκάλων. Καί διά τοῦτο λέγω, ὥσπερ παρά πᾶσάν μου τήν ζωήν ἤμην κεχωρισμένος ἀπ’ αὐτῶν, οὕτω καί ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῆς ἐξόδου μου, καί ἔτι καί μετά τήν ἐμήν ἀποβίωσιν ἀποστρέφομαι τήν αὐτῶν κοινωνίαν καί ἕνωσιν, καί ἐξορκῶν ἐντέλλομαι, ἵνα μηδείς ἐξ αὐτῶν προσεγγίσῃ ἤ ἐν τῇ ἐμῇ κηδείᾳ ἤ τοῖς μνημοσύνοις μου, ἀλλ’ οὐδέ ἄλλου τινός τῶν τοῦ μέρου ἡμῶν, ὥστε συμφορένειν ἐπιχειρῆσαι καί συλλειτουργεῖν τοῖς ἡμετέροις · τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι τό τά ἄμικτα μίγνυσθαι. Δεῖ δέ παντάπασιν ἐκείνους εἶναι κεχωρισμένους ἡμῶν, μέχρις ἄν δῷ ὁ Θεός τήν καλήν διόρθωσιν καί εἰρήνην τῆς ἐκκλησίας αὐτοῦ»</i> <b>(Λόγοι τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρός ἡμῶν Μάρκου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἐφέσου, οὕς εἶπε πολλοῖς τῶν ἀρχιερέων καί ἱερομονάχων καί μοναχῶν καί κοσμικῶν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐν ᾗ μετέστη πρός τόν Θεόν, Patrologia Orientalis, Τοme XV, Αu Concile de Florence, σελ. 346 καί Σπ. Λάμπρου, ὅπ. ἀν., σελ. 35)</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /> Αὐτὰ τὰ ὀλίγα πρὸς ἀποκατάσταση τῆς ἀλήθειας!</span> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><b>ΣΧΕΤΙΚΑ ΑΡΘΡΑ</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://entoytwnika1.blogspot.gr/2014/11/blog-post_23.html"><b><span style="color: blue;">ΤΡΟΠΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΜΕΤΩΠΙΣΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΛΑΤΙΝΟΦΡΟΝΩΝ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΩΝ ΕΝ ΟΨΕΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΕΡΧΟΜΕΝΗΣ ΨΕΥΔΟΕΝΩΣΕΩΣ</span></b></a></div> </div> </div>

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Today we have the opportunity, awareness, wisdom, innovation and technology to achieve this human and moral imperative”.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">*The Grand Imam of Al Azhar uses the word “religions”.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Catholicism: Pope Francis;<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Hinduism: Her Holiness Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma);<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Buddhism: Venerable Bhikkhuni Thich Nu Chan Khong, representing Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, Thailand; Venerable Datuk K. Sri Dhammaratana, Chief High Priest of Malaysia;<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Judaism: Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Rabbi David Rosen KSG, CBE;<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Orthodox: His Eminence Emmanuel, Metropolitan of France, representing the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomaios I;<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Islam: Abbas Abdalla Abbas Soliman, undersecretary of State of Al Azhar Alsharif, representing Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar; the Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi; Sheikh Naziyah Razzaq Jaafar, special advisor, representing Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Basheer Hussain al Najafi; Sheikh Omar Abboud;<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Anglicanism: His Grace Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Σύνδεσμος ενσωματωμένης εικόνας" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B32M7W_CYAAvGmL.jpg" /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Σύνδεσμος ενσωματωμένης εικόνας" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B31_1L-IcAAicYj.jpg" /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Σύνδεσμος ενσωματωμένης εικόνας" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B32ABjXCcAAgGsH.jpg" /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="View image on Twitter" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B32JyU2CEAITGGU.jpg" /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://media02.radiovaticana.va/photo/2014/12/02/REUTERS594883_LancioGrande.JPG" /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Σύνδεσμος ενσωματωμένης εικόνας" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B32VSPJIAAAx9AU.jpg" /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Σύνδεσμος ενσωματωμένης εικόνας" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B32RCWdCUAAD4mQ.jpg" /><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="color: red;">ΔΕΙΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΒΙΝΤΕΟ</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/s2VPAFFD1Ak" width="560"></iframe></div>

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