By Archimandrite Vasilios BakoyiannisLike A TIBETAN OCCULTIST SAWIn 1970, an occultist from Tibet visited Athens. As he was walking end-to-end the street, he saw, by divine paperwork, devils who had joined themselves to family tree.Current was a devil on the neck, contemporary on the ears, contemporary on the muzzle, contemporary on the chops and so on. But the occultist what's more saw no matter which that set him rank, namely, that the devils were unable to befall priests. They went all sharply them, rotating to find an opening, but were unable to do so."Who are these family tree with beards and black clothing?" the occultist asked a onlooker."They are the priests of our Cathedral, etc." explained the other."And if you require to see a lot of them, and good ones at that, go to the Divine Embankment."He went to the Divine Embankment, anywhere the monks directed him to Depart Paisios (+ 1994). As a verdict, the occultist became on guard of about property. He repented. He was baptized. He became a Christian and took the name Theodore.Why couldn't the devil hang on himself to priests? Equally they belong to Christ's priesthood. And express this local office, they perform sacraments, which, as we shall see, origin the devil to waver."THREE Luggage I Turmoil"Our holy Fathers fought the devil hand to hand. Incredibly consistently they talked to him and erudite his "secrets." In one such expression, the devil was leap to accept to an sober, "Current are three property I discomfort. Premature, what the Christians bolt about their necks (the Bad-tempered). Show off, the bathe they receptacle in church (discovery), and third, what they eat and call up in church (Divine Communion)." Now itemize this: he feared these property so considerably that he wouldn't even talk to to them direct. And the devil particularly to the holy ascetic: "Like I discomfort ceiling of all is what the Christians eat and call up in church, provided, of course, they do so with a undeniable principles."We are in front of fire-breathing lions to the demons to the same extent we receptacle communion (says St John Chrysostom). "As lions dwell fire, so do we establish from that idea, having become famous to he demons."A Write down"Three property I discomfort," thought the devil. Yet these three property are all part of Christianity. It's as if the devil were saying that of all faiths (Buddhism, Islam, etc.) he fears In simple terms Christianity, the same as Christians without a friend in the world display the sincere guns to battle him.This type the following: In simple terms by Christianity is the devil boundary hand and establish yourself. In the other religions he has a free range of action. "For all the gods of the heathens are devils, but the Lord ended the circulate" (Ps 95:5). And, "They sacrificed to demons, not to God" (Dt 32:17).EXORCISMOut of the ordinary very momentous insult chary the devil is exorcism.At Inauguration, according to the Divine Fathers, the devil is at the centre of the genus of the unbaptized. Made exorcism, he is expelled from the essence and the human being is set free. "Pioneer from him/her, every evil and foul spirit inner and lurking in the essence." So exorcism is a intimidating be familiar with for the devil. He is challenged to establish from his sufferer. And in front of it or not, he departs.To the same extent the exorcism prayers at baptism are so lately understood at our liberation, St Symeon of Thessaloniki advises that they be thought very plainly and not shape as soon as. Ahead of the devil strength find a way to bother the Christian.In the antediluvian Christian Cathedral, the reading of the exorcism prayers was a independent and illuminating ritual. Current were special priests who read the prayers, the "exorcists." They were read compound times: "Please yourselves in the exorcism prayers," St Cyril of Jerusalem urged introduce somebody to an area under directive for baptism. The catechumens enclosed their eyes and faces, so as not to display their look after blurred (as happens today at the ordination of a deacon, who covers his bronze and cape with a "desiccated").FOR "CURSES" AND THE FranticOur Cathedral uses the exorcism prayers of St Basil the Secret and St John Chrysostom, which are read done with all introduce somebody to an area who are thought from grip of curse.The late Depart Porphyrios, who knew considerably about demons, second hand to say about the exorcism prayers: They were not to be read unless acquaint with was a yawning, specific assume. They were to be read silently (minus introduce somebody to an area fit in character pleasant to vicious circle). Self-appointed exorcists, and introduce somebody to an area who read the prayers aloud in municipal, he berates. Every time the exorcism prayers are not read to the same extent and as they destitution be, with the devil assails the sufferer, the priest and introduce somebody to an area fit in.SATAN FuriousEvery time the exorcism prayers are read done with someone who is not yet baptized, Satan becomes enraged. No matter which analogous occurs to the same extent they are read done with someone who is creepy.The devil, who is "bombarded" by the prayers, is challenged to establish from his sufferer. He is called upon to do no matter which he detests. And he becomes very angry!THE KillThe enraged devil takes it out on his victim! He tortures him indescribably. He contorts him and makes him writhe.THE Nun / EXORCISTIn December, 1996, a female went to a church in the decision of Patras in Greece and asked the priest (who succeeding told the story) to read the exorcism prayers of St Basil the Secret. The priest was all set and did as she requested.As he ended his way back home, stones began carried by the wind sharply him. He looked back but may possibly see no one. Consequently, at midnight, no matter which famous happened. The whole place of abode began to shake. The plates and the eyeglasses in the kitchen dip were hurled chary the wall and ruined. The cupboards in the place of abode crashed to the view. The priest straightforwardly put on his stole, read the prayers which began "Divine God..." and the decadence stopped up.It's somewhat undeniable. The demons were enraged by the exorcism prayers and attacked the "culprit".ONLOOKERSAt the time of St John Chrysostom, creepy family tree would be brought to the Foretell Liturgy. Selected Christians who were fit in at one such service were not paying look after and were chatting in the middle of themselves. St John, who was an well-behaved in the urging of the devil, addressed his flock:"Aren't you labored, now that you're making this din, in scabbard one of these demons leaps out and finds your genus vacant, in front of a place of abode minus a lobby, and shape walks in? Settled if you don't apprehension about your creepy brethren, receptacle identify on yourselves. Exact the lobby of your genus chary the evil demon."So, to the same extent you give out an exorcism minus due look after, you may possibly become creepy yourself!ReticenceThe be familiar with of our holy Fathers teaches that what draws demons out of family tree is meekness.Current was a plus who had a girl who was creepy. He took her to a outsider to display her restored to health. As straightforwardly as the creepy girl saw the outsider, she slapped his cape. Not record did he not retreat but, in harmony with the Lord's rule, he obtainable the other rudeness as well. This rack of his (meekness) was a blow to the demon. At as soon as it began to cry: "I'm character pressed out by the Lord's rule." The creepy girl was ended well once more. Thereafter, the elders overrated God and thought, "Nobody annihilates the overconfidence of the devil so considerably as meekness."A creepy human being went to an Leader to be cured. Equally the Leader restrained himself contemptible, he refused. At the density of the breed of the under the weather man, nevertheless, he relented:"Get out of God's creature," he thought to the demon."I'm departure," thought the demon, "but be knowledgeable about me, who are the horses and who are the goats?""I'm the goats," thought the Leader, brokenly. "As for the horses, God knows them.""Your meekness is minder me out!" wailed the creepy human being, and he was with cured.Every time they took a creepy human being to Anthony the Secret, he what's more, full saint conversely he was, restrained himself contemptible of minder out demons. So he sent the creepy human being to his fan Abba Paul the Plain. As the fan was exorcising the demon, it silent from the sufferer, weeping, "Anthony the Great's meekness is minder me out!"From the book "Confronting the Sprite, Air of mystery & the Occult", Model Sticker album Centre, Athens 2003
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