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NEO-Historicism – End Times Eschatology From An Eastern Orthodox Christian Historicist Perspective

NEO-Historicism – End Times Eschatology From An Eastern Orthodox Christian Historicist Perspective

“(…) in a time of times and a half of a time, when the dispersion hath been consummated, all these things shall become known.” – Daniel 12:8 (Theodotion)

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    • Saint Neophytos the Recluse (1134-1214)
      • Saint Neophytos the Recluse and the Development of Byzantine Historicist Apocalyptic Thought after 1204
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      • Maximos the Peloponnesian: Life, Apocalypse Commentary, and the Foundations of Greek Historicist Exegesis (1610)
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      • Christophoros Angelos (1624): Persecuted Hieromonk and the Birth of Greek Historicism
      • Christophoros Angelos -“Treatise on the Apostasy from the Church, the Antichrist, and the Numbers of Daniel and Revelation”(1624)
    • Zacharias Gerganos (1570-1631)
      • Zacharias Gerganos: A Bridge Figure in Greek Orthodox Historicism (1621 AD)
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      • Georgios Koressios of Chios and the Architecture of Post-Byzantine Apocalypse Exegesis
      • Georgios Koressios, Exegesis of the Apocalypse of John (1640)
    • Paissios Ligardis (1655)
    • Saint Anastasios Gordios (1654-1729)
      • Saint Anastasios Gordios and the Formation of the Orthodox Historicist Eschtalogical Tradition
      • Today (June 7) We Remember Saint Anastasios Gordios – A Great Father of Eastern Orthodox Historicist Eschatology (1718)
    • Nektarios Terpos (1732)
      • Nektarios Terpos – Forerunner of the Neo-Hellenic Movement of Modern Greece
    • Eustratios Argentis (early 1700s, died 1750).
    • Pantazes of Larissa (d. July 22, 1795)
      • Pantazès of Larissa (18th c.) and the Development of Greek Orthodox Historicist Eschatology
    • Metropolitan John Lindios of Myra (1791)
      • Metropolitan John Lindios of Myra – “Interpretation of the Apocalypse” (1791 AD)
      • Metropolitan John of Myra and the Mystical Foundations of Eastern Orthodox Historicism
    • Theodoret of Ioannina (1740–1823)
      • Theodoret of Ioannina: Apocalypse, Empire, and Orthodox History
      • Theodoret of Ioannina and the Orthodox Reconstruction of Sacred History (1817): A Non-Augustinian Eschatology
      • The Liberation of the Greeks in the Interpretative Work of Theodoret of Ioannina (c. 1740-1823)
    • Cyril Lavriotis (1742-1829)
      • Kyrillos Lavriotis of Patras – “Exegesis on the Apocalypse” (1817)
    • Patriarch Anthimos of Jerusalem (1717-1808)
      • Patriarch Anthimos of Jerusalem and His Commentary on the Apocalypse (1795)
    • Apostolos Makrakis (1831-1905)
    • Nikolaos Damalas (1842-1892)
    • Neilos Sotiropoulos (1973)
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Greek Orthodox Historicism: A Patristic, Ecclesial, and Historical Interpretation of the Apocalypse From Byzantium to the Modern Era

“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, until the time of the consummation, until many shall have been taught and knowledge shall have been multiplied.“ – Daniel 12:4 (Theodotion-Greek) Neo-Historicism (also referred to as Eastern Historicism, Greek Orthodox Historicism, or Eccelsia Historicism) is a patristically grounded, ecclesial,…Continue reading “Greek Orthodox Historicism: A Patristic, Ecclesial, and Historical Interpretation of the Apocalypse From Byzantium to the Modern Era”

18Jan 202618 Jan 2026
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Babylon and the Captive Queen: Constantinople, the Prophets, and Revelation in Theodoret of Ioannina

By: Jonathan Photius, The NEO-Historicism Research Project I. Introduction: Why “Babylon” Cannot Be Reduced to Rome Alone Within Christian interpretation…

15Jan 202617 Jan 2026
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The πλατεῖα of the Great City: Revelation 11, Conciliar Witness, and the Crucifixion of Wisdom in Constantinople

By Jonathan Photius – The NEO-Historicism Research Project Introduction: Revelation 11 as Ecclesial History Revelation 11 is not an isolated…

14Jan 202615 Jan 2026
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Apostolos Makrakis and the Unfinished Revolution

Orthodox Historicism, the Two Beasts, and the Eschatological Meaning of 1821 By Jonathan Photius – The NEO-Historicism Research Project I.…

Book of Revelation

The “Buying and Selling” of the Second Beast Through the Lens of Seraphim of Sarov

1 Jun 202116 Dec 2025
Wisdom of Sirach 27:2 - “Sin will be wedged between the buying and the selling.” With the thousands of commentaries of Revelation available today, the majority of their interpretations of…
Book of Revelation

The Seven Ecumenical Councils As Foretold in St. John’s Apocalypse

22 Dec 202022 Dec 2020
"Wisdom has built herself a house with seven pillars" - Proverbs 9:1 The Apocalypse is about the TESTIMONY of JESUS CHRIST. The opening of the book gets to the heart…
Book of Daniel

The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross Foretold in Daniel 9 of the Septuagint

14 Sep 202014 Sep 2020
The Lord said, "No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent…
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Patriarch Sophronius of Jerusalem on the Abomination of Desolation

16 Jun 202016 Dec 2025
In recent months from the start of the Covid-19 virus, many in the Internet Orthodox world have been circulating many videos and articles of a "great apostasy" that is finally…
Interpreting Prophecy

The Roots of Eastern Orthodox Historicist Eschatological Thought

22 Mar 20201 Jun 2021
Some New Research Reveals the Roots of Eastern Orthodox Historicist Eschatology Trace Back to After the Fall of Constantinople It is a common assumption that Western Classic Historicist ideas sprang…
Book of Revelation

Video – Revelation 12 (Part 2) – A Historicist Perspective: The War in Heaven and the Woman’s Flight into the Wilderness

8 Mar 202016 Jun 2020
A study of Revelation Chapter 12, Verses 6 to 17 from an Eastern Orthodox Historicist Perspective. This is a follow up to Rev 12 PART1 which was a study of…
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Video – Revelation 12 (Part 1) – A Historicist Perspective

1 Mar 202022 Mar 2020
A study of Revelation Chapter 12, Verses 1 to 5 from an Eastern Orthodox Historicist Perspective. Analyzing the identity of the "Woman Clothed with the Sun." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3J-fvWIADk
Interpreting Prophecy

Words Out of the Mouth of Christ Himself Refuting “Israel Only” Full Preterism and “All Things Fulfilled” In 70 AD

13 Nov 201913 Nov 2019
The Invitation To the Wedding Feast of the Lamb – A Parable From Matthew 22 The following parable is an excellent proof-text against Full Preterism, and the Israel-Only movement, who…
Book of Revelation

Revelation 1:1 – Meaning of “shortly come to pass”

7 Oct 20197 Oct 2019
“Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto him to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass;” – Revelation 1:1 Revelation discloses the hidden and makes known…

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Books on Eastern Orthodox Historicist Eschatology

Seven Times Unto The Dispersion Consummation

The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Book of Revelation

The Interpretation of the Book of Revelation by Apostolos Makrakis

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