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Selected prophecies of St. Ephraim the Syrian on the Last

Days

(words in quotes are from St. Ephraim, other words are from the author to give context)

St. Ephraim says: “At the time when the serpent [the Antichrist] shall come, there will be no

calm on the earth; there will be great afflic tion, consternation, disorder, death and famine

unto all the ends of the earth.”

"He will come as one humble, meek, a hater (as he will say of himself) of unrighteousness,

despising idols, giv ing preference to piety, good, a lover of the poor, beautiful to an

extreme degree, constant, grac ious to all… He will not accept bribes, speak with anger,

show a gloomy countenance, but with a decorous exterior he will take to deceiv ing the

world, until he has become king"

"When the many c lasses and the people see such v irtues and power, suddenly all will

conceive the same thought, and with great joy will proc laim him king, saying among

themselves: ‘Can another man so good and righteous be found?’"

"[Christ] will not leave the human race without His preaching, in order that all will be without

answer at the Judgment"

[The Antichrist] will show partiality towards Christians, “promising them every sort of

protection in return for their acknowledgment of his leadership.”

"Those not comprehending Christianity will see in him a representative and champion of the

true religion and will join with him" Those who remain faithful to Christ will inc ite his wrath

"and then this serpent will become proud in his heart and vomit forth his bitterness" Such

will be the tribulation of that time that "all men will call blessed the dead and those already

buried before this great sorrow came upon the earth".

Then the faithful remnant of Christians “will flee into the wilderness and mountains and

caves—praying day and night in great humility .., that they may be delivered from the

serpent,.. And this will be granted them from the holy God”.

"For by permission of the Holy God, [Antichrist] will receive the power to deceive the world,

because impiety will have filled the earth, and everywhere every sort of horror will be

committed"

"A courageous soul will be required, that will be able to keep its life in the midst of these

temptations, For if a man is proved to be even a little careless, he will easily be exposed to

assault and will be captured by the signs of the evil and cunning beast"

(excerpted from: http://www.roca.org/OA/51/51g.htm )

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Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my

words shall not pass away.

- Mark 13:31

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity

envieth not; charity vaunted not itself, is not

puffed up.

- 1 Corinthians 13:4

Advice For Those Liv ing in the West

"Do not be afraid because of your Orthodoxy;

do not be afraid because, as an Orthodox in

the West, you will be often isolated and

always in a small minority. Do not make

compromises but do not attack other

Christians; do not be either defensive or

aggressive; simply be yourself."

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"Something I found of interest during my

initial c lasses of the Orthodox faith, was to

learn that in the history of the Orthodox

Christian Church, it wasn’t until the eleventh

century when the Bishop of Rome (Western

Church) separated himself from the other

Bishops of the world (Eastern Church) to form

what we now refer to as the Roman Catholic

Church. The Church of the East is the

Orthodox Church. Then, in the sixteenth

century the fragmentation of the Roman

Catholic/Western Church began with the

Protestant Reformation. Only the Orthodox

Church remains as the one, united church for

the past two thousand years."

- An Orthodox Christian convert

This is the way we should see Christ. He is

our friend, our brother; He is whatever is good

and beautiful. He is everything. Yet, He is still

a friend and He shouts it out, “You’re my

friends, don’t you understand that? We’re

brothers. I’m not…I don’t hold hell in my

hands. I am not threatening you. I love you. I

want you to enjoy life together with me.”

- Elder Porphyrios

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