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The Turks say to Greek v isitors: “This land is y our land.” The

fanaticism of the Islamists in Turkey does not allow discussion about

religion. But that which it has not succeeded with zembekika and

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are based on Orthodox Christianity . This is a reality even though a

few Seljuk Turks changed the ethno-religious character of millions of

Greeks in Asia Minor, Thrace, Pontus and other places of Turkey

when they were forced to accept Islam. Many accepted Islam

superficially to save their necks; today Orthodox religiosity is being

expressed by their descendants. The cry ptochristians make up for the

Patriarchate of Constantinople a hidden flock of tragic v ictims of an

autocratic rule of many centuries. These people live every where in

Turkey , especially in the Pontus area where there are possibly two

million of them. Remote churches are functioning again and they are

being filled by cry ptochristians who receive communion reverently

and they fast even from olive oil for five day s every week during

Great Lent. Graffiti is being written on the walls of the City by y oung

people who say : “We do not want to be Muslims any more. We want to

become Christians.” The Turks say to v isiting Greeks: “This land is

y our land.” Even the guards at museums tell the Greeks not to pay

entrance fees because “these museums belong to y ou.”

The Turks do not consider it a blessing from God that they unjustly

stole the land from the Romans (Greeks) and banished them from it.

They consider this injustice the reason for their not being able to

progress as a people. They understand that they live in a land where

all things are Hellenic: the history , the monuments, the cities, the

civ ilization and the most significant of all, they believe that Greek

blood flows in their veins. The circumstances that lead to this

understanding are many .

In the Church of the Holy Trinity at an intersection in Constantinople,

Father Dositheos encounters a y oung Turkish girl who makes an

offering to his church, lights a candle, reverences an icon and then

explains to the priest why she did this: “I am fond of what y ou people

do.” Every Friday when the Monastery of the Transfiguration has

serv ices, it is filled with many Turks. On the Island of Antigoni, the

Turks honor Saint George by giv ing gifts to the Monastery of olive oil,

candles, and money in thanksgiv ing for the many miracles that the

Saint performs. Many Turks v irtually stream to one of the forty holy

places of the City , one of them in Baloukli, seeking help for the many

problems that afflict their lives. For example, on the first day of every

month at the Church of the Holy Mother in Befa, hundreds of Turks

come to get Holy Water. And on New Y ear’s Day , this Church is

overwhelmed with thousands of worshipers. Every Monday near

Hagia Sophia, at the Church of Saint Therapon, a priest continuously

reads pray ers for Muslims who wish to confess. The Shrine at the cave

of Saint Demetrios is filled with crutches and offerings from Turks who

have been healed. They attend church serv ices, they ask to receive

Holy Communion, they venerate the Cross, and they thank the priest

for blessing their sick child. They especially love Saint Nicholas. Of

special interest is that a Turkish woman has kept the votive light

burning in the Church of the Archangels in Moshoshoninon for fifty

y ears.

The Turkish paper Sampah writes: “The reopening of the Patriarchal

School of Halki is a request that is very logical.” The author of the

article Tsanar supports the title ecumenical for the Patriarchate

which was promulgated at the Fourth Ecumenical Council in 451 AD.

Mr. G. Tzibaoglou writes that the hanging of the Patriarch Gregory V

was a fatal mistake. A Turkish bank published a magazine about the

By zantine Empire which contains a message of Saint Basil to the

y outh. The Turkish Academy of Scientists organized a conference on

the world of the By zantine Empire. The Orthodox churches in Turkey

do not pay for electricity as they do in Greece. The churches are

exempt. Turkish sources in a study prepared by N. Hiladakis reveals

that there is a Monastery of the Pantocrator (Christ the Ruler of All),

where the tombs of the Emperors of the Komnenion and the

Palaeologian dy nasties are located. This area is known as Fatih and it

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is a center of Muslim fanaticism. It is an area where many Turks light

candles and toss money into a tomb in spite of a posted sign that

strictly forbids Muslims from doing this.

In this same area there was a By zantine Church of the Holy Apostles.

A mosque was built upon the ruins of this church and following a

number of renovations, the tomb of Mohammad the Conqueror was

opened. This Mohammad had a Christian mother. It was also

determined that there is a trap door that leads to an underground

room of the old church. This indicates that Mohammad had been

buried in an Orthodox Church amongst By zantine Emperors. There

are witnesses that say that at the end of his life, Mohammed had

embraced Christianity and that next to his grave were found a Cross

and an icon of the Holy Mother. The Church of Hagia Irene which is

next to Hagia Sophia was never turned into a mosque. Mohammed

allowed it to function as a Christian Church in honor of his Christian

mother. All of these issues, at certain times, occupy the Turkish mass

media. The periodical Aktoul printed by the newspaper Sampah

headlined in one of its issues: “Mohammed the Conqueror was a

Christian.” The Weekly Turkish Review of events say s: “They are

returning to their religious roots.” It also reports that in three y ears

eight million copies of the Gospels were distributed in the Turkish

language. It also reported that many Muslims are openly being

baptized. These are descendents of Islamized Christians of Greek

origin who uncover their Christian roots.

The paper Sampah headlines: “The Church of the Panagia in

Constantinople is the last hope for the Turks.” They characterize it as

"The Door of Hope, a place of pilgrimage and a place of pray er for the

problems that afflict the Turks.” On the first day of every month the

Turks gather at this church in great numbers. The fame of the Holy

Mother has spread every where amongst the Turks and even well-

known Turks come to light candles and kiss the hand of an Orthodox

priest. They proclaim that is where the House of God is and that is

why so many miracles are happening there.

At the Church of the Archangel Michael in Sebastea, it is written in the

annals of the lives of the Saints that little fish that swam in the Holy

Water used to lick the bodies of the sick and they were miraculously

cured. This Church was destroy ed in the fifteenth century but today

the Holy Water is still there and continues to heal people. This

phenomenon attracts many Europeans. The newspaper Star writes:

“Turkish girls with head scarves attend the churches, light candles,

and make offerings. They even ask for a blessing from the astonished

priest. They venerate the icons and ask for the intercessions of the

Saints.” All of these things are forbidden by the teachings of Islam. It

is observed that there is a return to the Greek Orthodox churches and

the holy shrines where the Turks find spiritual refuge. The newspaper

Miliet reports that a Turkish mayor celebrated piously the memory of

Saint Nektarios in Sily vria along with many Muslims.

During the last few years, the celebration of the Feast of Epiphany has

been allowed by the Turkish authorities. The blessing of the waters

takes place at the Bosporus and the Cross is thrown into the waters.

The Turks are very happy about this happening again because the

fishermen thought their catches of fish had become poor because the

Romans (Greeks) were no longer throwing the Cross into the

Bosporus during the Feast of Epiphany . The Turkish newspapers

reported that during this feast a y oung Turkish girl jumped into the

water with all her cloths on in order to retrieve the Cross. She did this

with the Christians. She reported to the newspaper that she wanted to

honor the feast of the Romans (Greeks) and that she would do it again

to receive a blessing. The newspaper Huriyet, a paper with the largest

circulation in Turkey , published a few y ears ago that a Turkish

candidate for may or, who was the leader of an Islamic party , asked

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for a blessing from the Orthodox Patriarch. He did this while being in

attendance at the Div ine Liturgy in the Church of the Annunciation on

the 25th of March. He spoke publicly to the Turkish press about the

holiness of the leader of the Orthodox Church and he offered him a

rose.

Turkish TV channels regularly show programs about the monastic

community of Meteora in Greece, Mistra, Orthodox chanting, and the

lives of the Saints etc. They present Turkish iconographers and they

report that pilgrims flock to an ancient Christian catacomb outside of

Ankara believ ing that their lives will be blessed by their pilgrimage.

They light candles in the area where the Christians used to gather.

Outside of Adana, in a catacomb where seven Christians were

sanctified, y oung Turks gather to incense the area. This again is

strictly forbidden by Islam. These people believe these areas are holy

because many miracles happen there. In Tarsus, the Church of the

Apostle Paul has become a place of pilgrimage. Here people light

candles, kiss the icons, and drink Holy Water for their health and well-

being. They consider all these things to be holy . On the 24th of

September, on Princess Island, the people honor Saint George. Tens

of thousands of pilgrims come from all parts of Turkey including old

people. They walk barefooted from the shore where they land and

continue up to the top of the hill where the Church is located. There

they join in a festival that is like no other. They make offerings, they

tie sweet cookies on the trees, and they wait in endless lines for five

hours in order to receive some Holy Water and to have an Orthodox

priest bless them with a Cross. They light candles; they embrace the

icons believ ing in the power of the Cross. The Turks even write

literary pieces which say : “Constantinople was y our name, with y our

pious people, with y our churches, with y our monasteries, with y our

shrines, with y our icons, with y our monks and angels. Y ou were the

capital of an Empire. Constantinople is y our name.”

The author of this article say s: “Pay attention to what is happening

here in Turkey . Let those in Greece who war against the Church take

notice."

Sou rce: From th e Lesvian newspaper ∆ηµοκράτης December 25, 2008. Translated by Fr.

Constantine J. Simones.

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( 3 )

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7 )

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6 )

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( 1 )

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1 0 )

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A m er ica (OCA ) ( 1 4 )

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1 6 8 )

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6 2 )

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1 )

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1 4 )

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1 4 7 )

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1 8 )

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1 8 8 )

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7 )

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9 9 )

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1 05 )

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Repu blic ( 1 )

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)

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)

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7 3 )

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1 )

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4 6 5 )

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2 6 )

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1 7 )

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)

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9 6 )

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4 3 1 )

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1 4 5 )

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Cy cla des ( 5 )

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Dodeca n ese ( 1 8 )

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Isla n ds ( 6 )

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Isla n ds ( 2 )

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Spor a des ( 5 )

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6 5 )

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( 2 )

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