RUSSIAN AND GREEK "END-TIMES" PROPHECIES --
DO THEY REALLY "CONTRADICT" EACH OTHER?
DO THEY REALLY "CONTRADICT" EACH OTHER?
There are those who are of the opinion that the GREEK prophecies and the RUSSIAN prophecies dealing with the "End-Times" appear to contradict one another. But, is this really the case? If anyone actually takes the time to study -- if not, let us say, ALL of them, then, at the very least, MOST of -- the prophecies in question (of which there are MANY MORE than just a mere TWO, extending chronologically even from Old Testament times -- those of holy prophets such as Esdras [3 Esdras 12, 32-34], for example -- to our own day), he will realize that, far from competing with each other, they actually serve to COMPLEMENT one another (not unlike the so-called "Synoptic" Gospels and the Gospel According to St. John).
In addition, the vast majority of these prophecies state that Constantinople will be liberated from the Turks, either by the Russian Nation (specifically so-named), or by a flaxen-haired people (and/or their Ruler) from the Northern Land (a common designation for Russia).
There was an inscription, for example, upon the tomb of Emperor St. Constantine the Great, which prophesied the coming of the Russians.
St. Methodios of Patara and Emperor Leo "the Wise" (otherwise known as "the Philosopher") also left a large number of extremely extensive prophecies to the effect that...
"The Russian people ... will vanquish the adherents of ... Ismail [the reference here is to the Muslims, in general, or to the Turks, in particular, as being the descendants of Ismail, Abraham's son by his Egyptian maidservant, Hagar - Trans.] and, will occupy the Seven-hilled City [of Constantinople]..."
St. Methodius of Patara (+ ca. 311-312) even goes so far as to refer to the Ruler of this Northern nation by the titles (in the Slavonic translation) of "The Tsar'-Autocrat and the Grand Prince of Moskovia", over eight centuries before the first hut in Moscow ever saw the light of day -- and over twelve centuries before ever there was an autocratic Tsar' in Rus'.
The Ruler of this Northern nation will replace the Crescent atop Haghia Sophia with the Cross, converting that structure back from being a mosque to being an Orthodox Christian Temple.
"The Orthodox Cross will gleam upon [the Cathedral of Ste.] Sophia in the Royal City [of Constantinople. And the City ...] will be filled with the smoke of frankincense and with prayer, and will blossom like unto an heavenly white lily. A great destiny is foreordained for Russia. Therefore will she suffer, in order that she might be purified and kindle the light of revelation unto the nations."
"Forechosen by the Lord-God Himself", this Orthodox Monarch will arise "in exile" and will be the last Orthodox Christian Ruler that this world will ever see -:
("Stand, stand in awe!" [the voice of Christ will be heard to say, following the liberation of Constantinople.] "Run, hasten, to the lands to the right [of Constantinople, i.e., to the North]. There ye shall find a man renowned, wondrous and brave. Take him for your Master, for he is My [Christ's] friend, and those who carry out his will do thus fulfill Mine own....");
Spiritually splendid but brief will be the reign of this last Emperor over the entire Orthodox Christian Oecumene, lasting for but "the space of half an hour" (Rev. 8, 1), apocalyptically speaking, for he will ultimately surrender his Realm to Christ -- after which will come the End of the Age and the Final Judgment.
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