ΑΝ ORTHODOX ELLENIC MESSAGE TO THE ANTICHRIST CHINESE DRAGON AND THE ZIONISTS
ARTICLE FROM ΕΛΛΗΝΟΡΩΜΑΙΚΑ
January 29th - Memorial Day: "I will die for Christ, not for gold. I will not become a Communist"
"Horned goat, where will you go?"
The wider area around Platanos in Trikala was controlled by ELAS (the communist-led Greek People's Liberation Army). Saint Demetrios Gkagkastathis, the only priest in the entire region, refused to collaborate with the communists. He denounced their atheistic beliefs. He was ruthlessly hunted and endangered many times. Even his own family members told him to keep quiet, but he refused.
He writes: "My wife said to me: 'Father, have you gone completely mad? Don't you see all the other village priests sitting in their homes, working and eating with their families?'
I answered them: 'I will die for Christ, not for gold. I will not become a Communist.'"
Father Demetrios was not afraid because he journeyed alongside the Saints, the Archangels, and Saint Nicholas.
The Miraculous Escape
He himself writes:
"On October 20, 1945, Sunday morning, when I rang the church bell, we were surrounded by partisan forces. Our village was aligned with the national forces, and they wanted to exterminate us. They began shooting. I had just entered the Church, made the sign of the cross, prayed to Saint Nicholas, and left. From their outpost, they fired abundant bullets with machine guns, but not one struck me.
I followed a ravine and they lost my trail. I was heading to the village of Vasiliki, which had national army forces, to find protection. Near the border between the two villages, Rizomatos and Vasiliki, they caught up with me.
They had deployed 10 horsemen and their commander to capture me. They chased me, cursed me, and shot at me with Sten guns, but they could not kill me. The bullets pierced my robes. They surrounded me within 50 meters on all sides, shouting: 'Horned goat, where will you go?' (they cursed me terribly).
In the midst of danger, I raised my hands to heaven and cried out from the depths of my soul: 'Michael, Archangel, save me, I am in danger!'
The Miracle of the Archangel Michael
Oh, what a miracle! Like lightning, the Archangel Michael appeared before their commander. I saw a young man with a sword who cut the ropes from the horse's saddle, threw him down, and broke his spine. The rest remained motionless, as if struck by electricity.
I heard the voice of their commander saying: 'You have a life limit and high protectors.'
'Thank you,' I answered them."
Source: "I Love Christ" (Αγαπώ τον Χριστό)