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Saint '''Amphilochios''' '''Makris''' ([[Greek]]: Αμφιλόχιος Μάκρης, 13 December 1889 – 16 April 1970) was a Greek Orthodox [[hieromonk]] of the [[Monastery of Saint John the Theologian|Monastery of St. John the Theologian]] on the island of Patmos. St. Amphilochios was greatly esteemed in Greece for his wisdom and experience as a [[starets]].
He was [[Canonization|canonized]] on 29 August, 2018 by the Holy Synod of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]<ref></ref>, and his [[feast day]] is 16 April.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Life and Works ==
St. Amphilochios was born '''Athanasios Makris''' on 13 December 1889 to a simple and pious family on the Greek island of Patmos. The small island is where [[John of Patmos|St. John of Patmos]] is believed to have authored the [[Book of Revelation]].<ref> Biography, Facts, Writings, & Death|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-the-Apostle|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>
At the age of seventeen, he obtained his parent's blessing to become a novice at the [[Monastery of Saint John the Theologian|Monastery of St. John the Theologian]] and was promptly received as a [[rassophore]]. He was tonsured to the [[Great Schema]] just seven years later.
While a monk, Athanasios kept strict fasts and learned the Bible by heart. He dreamt of spreading the faith throughout the islands of the [[Dodecanese]] and had a great love for monasticism -- when [[Nectarios of Aegina|St. Nektarios]] asked him what his soul's greatest desire was, he responded meekly, "''I wish that everybody would become a monastic".''<ref></ref>
Shortly after his ordination to the [[Priesthood (Eastern Orthodox Church)|priesthood]], he began serving as a confessor throughout the Italian-occupied islands of the Dodecanese. He resisted Italy's attempts at expansionism with great zeal in an effort to preserve the Orthodox Church and Greek identity; after becoming [[abbot]] of the Monastery of St. John, he built a knitting workshop as a guise under which children were taught Greek. The Italian occupying forces discovered this and exiled St. Amphilochios to Athens in 1937. He spent two years in exile travelling throughout the mainland of Greece, eventually settling in [[Crete]] where he became the spiritual father of the land. His exile ended in 1939 and he returned to Patmos where he was received with great joy. He lived out the rest of his days there in peace.
He received a forewarning of his repose at [[Easter|Pascha]] in 1968 and was given two years to prepare himself and his spiritual children for his departure. When he reposed in 1970, onlookers noted that his face was filled with beauty, serenity, and peace.<ref></ref>
== References ==
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Saint '''Amphilochios''' '''Makris''' ([[Greek]]: Αμφιλόχιος Μάκρης, 13 December 1889 – 16 April 1970) was a Greek Orthodox [[hieromonk]] of the [[Monastery of Saint John the Theologian|Monastery of St. John the Theologian]] on the island of Patmos. St. Amphilochios was greatly esteemed in Greece for his wisdom and experience as a [[starets]].
He was [[Canonization|canonized]] on 29 August, 2018 by the Holy Synod of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]<ref></ref>, and his [[feast day]] is 16 April.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Life and Works ==
St. Amphilochios was born '''Athanasios Makris''' on 13 December 1889 to a simple and pious family on the Greek island of Patmos. The small island is where [[John of Patmos|St. John of Patmos]] is believed to have authored the [[Book of Revelation]].<ref> Biography, Facts, Writings, & Death|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-the-Apostle|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>
At the age of seventeen, he obtained his parent's blessing to become a novice at the [[Monastery of Saint John the Theologian|Monastery of St. John the Theologian]] and was promptly received as a [[rassophore]]. He was tonsured to the [[Great Schema]] just seven years later.
While a monk, Athanasios kept strict fasts and learned the Bible by heart. He dreamt of spreading the faith throughout the islands of the [[Dodecanese]] and had a great love for monasticism -- when [[Nectarios of Aegina|St. Nektarios]] asked him what his soul's greatest desire was, he responded meekly, "''I wish that everybody would become a monastic".''<ref></ref>
Shortly after his ordination to the [[Priesthood (Eastern Orthodox Church)|priesthood]], he began serving as a confessor throughout the Italian-occupied islands of the Dodecanese. He resisted Italy's attempts at expansionism with great zeal in an effort to preserve the Orthodox Church and Greek identity; after becoming [[abbot]] of the Monastery of St. John, he built a knitting workshop as a guise under which children were taught Greek. The Italian occupying forces discovered this and exiled St. Amphilochios to Athens in 1937. He spent two years in exile travelling throughout the mainland of Greece, eventually settling in [[Crete]] where he became the spiritual father of the land. His exile ended in 1939 and he returned to Patmos where he was received with great joy. He lived out the rest of his days there in peace.
He received a forewarning of his repose at [[Easter|Pascha]] in 1968 and was given two years to prepare himself and his spiritual children for his departure. When he reposed in 1970, onlookers noted that his face was filled with beauty, serenity, and peace.<ref></ref>
== References ==
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