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HOMILIES on the
BOOK ofthe REVELATION
Volume One
+Geronda Athanasios
Homilies on the
Book of the Revelation
Translated by
Constantine Zalalas
Edited by
Eleftheria Kaimakliotis
Assistant Editor
Marie Eliades
Cover/Book Design
Demitrios Handelih
ISBN 978-0-976218-31-9
19 Introduction
The multicultural climate of America and its secular lifestyle took precedence over
any concern for my salvation — something for which I had always wished since the years
of my childhood. I used to think, “I am still young. I can always repent when I get older.”
Strangely enough, this call for repentance came much earlier than the time I had thought
through the guidance of Father Nicholas Kossis, whom I met quite miraculously. Fr.
Kossis became my early mentor; and a year later, we planned our first pilgrimage to Mt.
Athos, Mitilini, and to see Fr. Athanasios Mitilinaios, whose talks as of the spring of
1987 were my daily diet. The three-day stay at the Elder’s monastery left an indelible
impression on us, and the Elder became our spiritual advisor for the years to come.
In fact, the impression was so overwhelming that I could not help but share, in
the English language, the wealth of the Elder’s Orthodox Christian knowledge with
relatives, friends and in catechetical classes. I was asked by a number of close friends to
translate some of this wealth for our Anglophone Orthodox; and with the blessing of
the Elder, dozens of these talks were translated and adapted into the English language.
Quite effortlessly, the milk of the word (Peter 3:1) of the Elder began to flow and
nourish great numbers of people in the English speaking countries of the United States,
Canada, and Australia. Among those were also non-Orthodox inquirers, who found the
Elder's message intriguing and refreshing, including many pastors and ministers of non-
Orthodox congregations.
In the early nineties, the prophetic book of the Revelation of St. John was the daily
special on the menu of the mega-televangelist stations. It dawned on me that many of our
Orthodox Christians were satisfying their futuristic metaphysical quests, and sometimes
an unhealthy curiosity, by conveniently tuning into these channels. At that time, I was
listening to some homilies on this topic by Father Athanasios. He had completed a one
hundred hour course on an in-depth study of the book of the Revelation, which took
place from September 1980 until April 1984. Sensing the need to share the much-needed
Orthodox Christian perspective of this most mysterious book, for about six months I
thoroughly studied his homilies and proceeded to selectively translate and adapt a few
lectures, mainly to provide the Orthodox position on such themes as: the rapture, the
Second Coming, the millennium, and the Orthodox understanding of the Antichrist.
I was especially drawn to the deep spiritual content and the Christology of the seven
churches of Asia Minor (Rev. 2-3:19).
I found the Elder's work on the Apocalypse extremely significant for the following
reasons. First, he always supports his exegesis on the most accredited Church Fathers,
such as St. Andrew of Caesarea, Arethas of Caesarea and other ecclesiastical writers
who have analyzed certain pericopes of the book of the Revelation. Second, his work is
characterized by clarity and simplicity because of the employment of expert analytical
exegesis, mobilizing the Elder’s wide range of knowledge of both the Old and New
‘Testaments, to interpret Scripture with Scripture. Third, the Elder does not succumb to
the temptation of becoming a present day prophet by using the procrustean bed method
of prophecy, tailoring the pulling and stretching that seem to abound in most non-
Orthodox and not a few of the contemporary Orthodox commentators, who overlook
Archimandrite Athanasios Mitilinaios 15
the advice of St. Irenaeus: “It is safer and less dangerous to await the fulfillment of the
prophecy than to conjecture and to presage”! (Against Heresies, V5 30.2).
During Pentecost of 1997, in a conversation with the Elder, I conveyed to him that
the content of the analysis of the seven churches in Asia Minor was very edifying and
that I would like to translate some of those homilies. The Elder, with his ever so-gentle
manner, posed the question: “Couldn’t you start from the beginning of the book?” Elder,
it would take me ten years to translate one hundred homilies! Without any hesitation,
the Elder replied, “What if it takes you ten years!”
Ten years have passed and one third of the work still awaits completion. ‘The Elder
slept in the Lord on May 23, 2006. My last meeting with him was on May 22, 2005. At
the end of this meeting, I presented him with eighteen MP3 discs containing all of the
translated work digitized by the efforts of our Romanian team headed by Adrian Toma
of Seattle. He held them, looked at them, and with a child-like simplicity asked, “What
are these things?” Father Polycarpos answered: “Elder, your talks are now international
and they will soon be on the internet!” In a very emotional state, he glorified God and
said, “My children, I assure you that I never expected any of these homilies to make it out
of Larisa! I glorify God for everything!” I am immensely indebted to Elder Athanasios
for those twenty years and for his genuine love and spiritual guidance. He is resting now,
but his homilies are still the daily diet for thousands of people worldwide, especially in
the Greek language.
At this point, I cannot overemphasize the fact that without the voluntary effort
and sacrifice of dozens of people over the years, the circulation of these homilies would
have been impossible. About five years ago, a young teenage girl took it upon herself
to transcribe one of our homilies to pass on in text format. This gave us the impetus to
move forward and to have the rest of the homilies transcribed by a number of volunteers
nationwide, coordinated by the indefatigable efforts of Marie Eliades, the mother of the
girl, a much older teenager now. A number of assistant editors have provided continuous
support to adapt the spoken word into written text, without losing the homiletic
character of the Elder’s work, a very difficult task indeed, made possible by the astute
general editing of Eleftheria Kaimakliotis, a New York native now living in Cyprus. My
thanks go to all of the above individuals and we pray that God blesses them abundantly
and continues to protect us as we proceed with the publication of these four volumes on
the book of the Revelation.
On a final note, we need to mention that these homilies were never intended to be
an epistemological exegesis of the content of the book of the Revelation. Footnotes were
added however to assist the reader with some pertinent information and reference to the
bibliography used. We considered it very important to preserve the homiletic and pastoral
character of the Elder’s work, which should be read carefully, repeatedly, and prayerfully!
Irenaeus, Against Heresies V5 30.2: Ασφαλέστερον και ακινδυνότερον το περιμένειν την ἐκβασιν
τῆς προφητείας ἢ το καταστοχάζεσται και ἀαπομαντεύεσθαι.
? Since then there has been a continued increase of the number of websites offering the Elder’s
work in several different languages.
16 Homilies on the Book of the Revelation
Constantine Zalalas
July 2009
INTRODUCTION
to THE APOCALYPSE
y the grace of our Triune God, we have made it once again to the month of
October, the month when most of us get busy. We prepare for winter and our
farmers prepare the fields to plant. As our farmers go out to their fields to plant
their wheat, in the same manner it is necessary for the word of God to come
forth and be planted. According to the Gospel of St. Luke, 4 sower went out to sow his seed
(Luke 8:5-15 RSV). The word of God comes forth not to till or cultivate, but to sow. The
preparation of the field is the responsibility of man. Now if we come to hear the word of
God, how we hear it, perceive it, and how it affects our personal life, is something totally
dependent on us. However, the Sower comes and sows constantly. This is the exodus of
God, which is an exodus of God’s love towards His creation. God wanted to walk with
His people. He did so through His incarnation, and He continues to come to sow the
word of His divine truth. However, as I told you, how we hear the word of God depends
on us. During this series of homilies, we will come to hear the word of God.
The word of God at times falls on trampled and hard ground, unbroken and untilled.
For this reason it leaves the ground of the heart indifferent. One comes and hears the
word of God but he is not moved at all. The word of God also falls on fickle hearts, those
that become easily enthused. They feel inner joy for the word of God, but when they step
out the door, they forget everything. Other seeds fall on hearts that promise a lot, who
map out a beautiful spiritual life, but one thousand and one concerns of this life come
and choke the seedlings of God and in the end these hearts remain fruitless! We pray that
no one belongs to the above categories.
No, my beloved, the word of God must fall on good and fertile soil so that it can bear
fruit, the fruit of holiness. However, these hearts must accept the word of God with fear
and humility, and in doing so they will produce thirty-fold, sixty-fold and one hundred-
fold (cf. Matt.13: 8-23; Mark 4:8-20). Once again, I hope and pray that there is not one
single heart from the first three fruitless categories, but that all hearts prove to be of good
earth. My prayer is that the word of God that falls on our hearts produces great fruit.
This year, the grace of God offers us the great opportunity to sow His word from the
book of the Revelation. It is the last book of the New Testament; it forms the conclusion
of all of the Holy Scriptures and it corresponds considerably to the first book, the book
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