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Prophecy of Saint Methodius 311 A.D 3nd Thousand - September 2019 Dear Reader, You have in your hands an original book that was written after a long and painstaking effort of research on behalf of the author on a subject which has never been tackled before of the Marble Emperor of the Byzantium Saint Ioannis Vatatzis. Since, the Fall of Constaninople by The Ottoman Turks for hundreds of years it was believed that the Marble King was the last Emperor of The Byzantium the Constantinos Palaiologos! But for the first time, after extensive research, Mr. Georgios Valavanis proves to the World that it is Saint Ioannis Vatatzis who is the six-toed Marble Emperor about whom 14 Prophets have shown that certain events will take place dur- ing the coming of the 3rd World war! It is a book which should not be read lightly and which I believe is a gift from the Lord, for upon reading it one shall recognize the events we are wit- nessing today. All the 14 Prophecies bear witness to what we are about to en- counter and thanks to the author Mr. George Valavanis, who has opened our minds to the truth. On my behalf I would like to thank Mr. Georgios Valavanis for entrusting the English translation of his monumental book, which I undertook with great pleasure. Throughout the translation I was astounded at what I read. I do not know if the result is worthy of the book but it is an exact translation of the au- thor’s written word, whose intensive research and undying dedication for the six-toed emperor have given us the knowledge to believe in his existence. I would also like to thank my Greek-American wife Lily Athanasiou who as- sisted me in the translation of the book and who did most of the proof-read- ing. Sincerely, John Lamprogiannis English as A Second Language Teacher Tranlator, Author CPE - TEFL University of Michigan Mob.: +30 698 5978389 - E-mail: [email protected] SAINT IOANNIS DOUKAS VATATZIS SAINT IOANNIS DOUKAS VATATZIS was born in 1193 in the his- toric Castle of Thrace, Didimoticho. He came from a family that was close to the royal senate, since his grandfather Konstantinos, Vatatzis, was Army Master of King Emmanuel Komnenos. The memory of St. Ioannis Vatatzis the Merciful is celebrated and honoured in Byzantine Didymoteicho on No- vember 4th. The portable icon of the Saint, on which his Apolytikion is written, is treasured by the people: There is also the Sacred church service of the Saint and the Solicitation prayer, and his name is mentioned in the Sacred Holy Book of Saints. Apolitikion "To the brilliant King and the great boast of the faithful and the power of the nymphs, Ioannis we honor his memory, in hymns and spiritual odes, in accordance we recite" Glory be honoured to you, glory to the crown, glory to those acting on your behalf and performing acts of re- cuperation” This book is a book of prophecies of the Holy Fathers of the Or- thodox Church. It is useful to those who want to know what will happen in the future.To know the facts that are about to take place in the future. We have researched many different prophetic and historical books to inform the world about the Holy Emperor Ioannis Vatatzis, who until now was unknown. We were the first to write about Ioan- nis Vatatzis. Before us, no one had written anything about Him… - 3- The Holy Altar of Hagia Sophia! The Venetians, admired the precious and famous Holy Altar of Hagia Sophia, precious and beautiful, they took it out of the tem- ple and put it on a boat and as they set sail and set out for Venice behold the miracle! Near the island of Marmaras, the ship was cut in half and the Holy Altar fell into the sea and sank and is still there to this day, and this is obvious and everyone testifies to this, because when this area becomes stormy, rough and the sea creates huge and gigantic waves, the place in wihich the Holy Altar is positioned in the sea remains peaceful and undisturbed. This book, is the first book that refers to the Merciful, who was unknown to everyone, first published in 2005. - 4- Currency at the Emperor's Time 1222-1254 of Byzantium Ioannis Vatatzis which shows on one side Ioannis being crowned by the Virgin Mary and on the other the figure of Christ. General interior view of Hagia Sophia - 5- Hagia Sophia, Justinian, Virgin Mary and Constantine the Great The city has been conquered, dominated! The cover artwork was created by the author - 6- IOANNIS VATATZIS (14 PROPHETS TALK OF THE THIRD WORLD WAR) "The generations of my kingdom, from the genera- tions of the Doukas and Komnenos, and no others do I mention, coming from the generations of Hellenic lords, for many hundredsBYZANTINE of years EMPERORbasically owned Constan- tinople". 1222 - 1254 Ioannis III Doukas Vatatzis THE SIX-TOED EMPEROR OF THE BYZANTIUM PartsTHE of GREAT the book MERCIFUL or its summary EMPEROR thereof AND are forbidden SAINT To be published without the written consent of the author and without reference to the source. The Emperor’s Signature - 7- 26 thousandth copy Greek, English, German and Russian. The world is concerned to learn about the world events that will take place in the Byzantium. © Georgios D. Valavanis Tel. +30 2410 255651, Mob. +30 6937 181141 www.marmaromenosautokratoras.gr ISBN: 978-960-93-3807-3 Design, Printing, Binding: Thomas Dion. Revesios, 16 str. Dervenakion, 413 36, Larissa Tel.: +30 2410 536473 www.revisios.gr E-mail: [email protected] Larisa March 2017 The book "The Marbled Emperor" became a Best Seller The book was printed in 4 languages. Anaxagora 8 - Larissa, PC 414 47 Writer, Literary Author, Researcher of the Scriptures, Member of the Association of Literature for the Arts of Thessaly and the Association of Author Writers of Larissa (E.LO.SY.L.). - 8- FOREWORD OF THE 27 Thousandth Copy3 When I first decided to publish the book in 2005 to gather the known prophecies about the events of the end of time and to restore the truth to the "marbled king," I did not expect that such an effort would have received such acceptance in such a short period of time from all faithful believers worldwide. Within thirteen years, there have been 34 refined and augmented new publications, which have been printed in four languages (Greek 27 editions, English 3 editions, German 1 edition and Russian 3 editions). Many of the 26.000 Greek books that have been printed have been distributed to believers who have asked for them from various parts of the world: from the Monastery of Ephraim in Arizona, USA to Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Greece, Mexico and Germany, be- cause they are concerned about the global events that are about to happen. In addition, thousands of Internet users read the online version of the book on our website. - 9- To date, 620.715 views have been recorded from 109 countries. Most readers of the printed book and e-publishing ver- sion, amongst them reputable scientists and scholars, have expressed positive comments about the magnitude of the research that has led to the assembling for the first time of a book of 14 prophecies by prophets who speak of the 3rd World War, about the the Marble Emperor of Byzantium St. Ioannis Vatatzis. It is revealed for the first time. This particular Emperor and Saint of our Church unfor- tunately has been ignored by most believers, even though his life in the Holy Book of Saints is mentioned, as is the Sacred Service written by St. Nicodemus the Athonite and the Book of Prayers, and our church celebrates his mem- ory on 4 November. (An exception is Metropolitan Dam- ascene, who inaugurated a Holy Church in memory of Saint Ioannis at Didymoteicho, whose inauguration took place on November 4, 2010). The book was recognized by simple laymen, reputable Byzantinists, historians and theologians. Rare material and written prophecies have begun to be verified - unfortu- nately - by the events of the last few years. In every new version the book is enriched with new elements. - 10 - The Inaugural Opening of the Holy Church of St. Ioannis Vatatzis and then Vespers of the Eminence of the Metropo- lite of Didymoteicho, Orestiados and Soufliou, Mr. Damask- inos. Constantine was the beginning and Constantine lost the dawn of the Byzantium. The world knows nothing about the Holy Emperor Ioan- nis Vatatzis and thinks that the Marble Emperor who will arise is the last Emperor of the Byzantium, Constantine Palaiologos. This is what the folk tradition says. In fact, however, the book does not mentior the folk tra- dition. Here, are 14 holy prophets who prophesied about the future of the world: They prophesied about the SIX-TOED EMPEROR Saint Ioannis Vatatzis and of the upcoming world events that will shock mankind. - 11 - PROLOGUE (Saint Ioannis Vatatzis the Six-toed, emperor of the Byzantium, the Great Merciful One). For at least three decades, I have shared with other Pa- triots and Christians my anxiety about a possible Third World War and the testing of Hellenism and humanity in general. Through legends and folk traditions. These leg- ends spoke of the "marbled king," who is a stranger and has left work unfinished, which, with the help of God, will be arisen to complete it. But who is this "marbled Em- peror"? What is his role, and how does he relate to what is going on in the wider region? In search of the identity of this person, who is related as I mentioned to the shocking upcoming events for Hel- lenism, I was consumed by a struggle to gather all the prophecies referring to the Savior Emperor.
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