St. Paisios the Athonite
1“Today, reading the prophets is like reading the newspaper, that is how clearly everything is written. My thought tells me that many things will happen: the Russians will occupy Turkey, and Turkey will disappear from the map, because one third of the Turks will become Christians, one third will be annihilated, and one third will withdraw toward Mesopotamia.
The Middle East will become a battlefield of wars in which the Russians will take part. Much blood will be shed, and indeed the Chinese will cross the Euphrates River with an army of 200,000,000 and will march toward Jerusalem.
A characteristic sign that these events are approaching will be the demolition of the Mosque of Omar, because its demolition will mark the beginning of the work for the reconstruction of the Temple of Solomon, which in ancient times was built exactly on that spot.
In Constantinople there will be a great war between the Russians and the Europeans, and much blood will be shed. Greece will not have a primary role in this war, but Constantinople will be given to her, not because the Russians respect us, but because they will find no better solution and will conclude this agreement with Greece, since the difficult circumstances of that time will pressure them.
The Greek army will not even have time to go there, and the City will already have been given to it.
The Jews, because they will have power and help from the European … leader, will become arrogant and will display insolence and pride, and will attempt to rule Europe. Then 2/3 of the Jews will become Christians…”
2Christos: “The Jews…”
Elder: “A devout Jordanian told me that the Jews have dug underneath the Mosque of Omar, at great depth, a tunnel, and they want to destroy the mosque in order to build the Temple of Solomon, because then, they say, their messiah will come, that is, the Antichrist. Then the Arabs will say to the Christians: ‘Do not you Christians say that the Messiah has already come? What are these people here, the Jews, saying now?’”
Dimitrios: “Elder, will the leader of this war be a Jew?”
Elder: “Yes, he will be a Jew. The pope will cooperate greatly, because he will consider all the children of the devil as his own and will instruct them to follow the Antichrist. That is why Saint Kosmas the Aitolian said: ‘Curse the pope, for he will be the cause.’ The Saint meant the pope of that specific era, who will help in the rise of the Antichrist. Compared to him, the other popes will seem good.”
A Chosen Vessel, page 206.
A Chosen Vessel, page 219.