Apostolos Makrakis

Apostolos Makrakis (1831-1905) was a Greek lay theologian and philosopher. He was born in 1831 on Siphnos Island in the village of Katavati, and died on December 25, 1905 in Athens. His bust is in the square bearing his name at the entrance of the village. He is buried in his family chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary's Annunciation.

List of Works

• RUDDER of the Orthodox Catholic Church: The Compilation of the Holy Canons (editor)
• Divine and sacred Catechism: as taught by the Holy Spirit and its official instruments from the day of the Pentecost until the last ecumenical synod; expounded in comparison and contrast with the contradictions and misinter-pretation of the devil
• The Holy Orthodox Church: Her nature, salvationary doctrines, and fountain of faith
• Orthodox Christian Meditations
• Kyriakodromion (Sunday Sermonary) : a collection of sermons on the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, and the epistles appointed to be read in Orthodox Christian churches every Sunday from Easter to Palm Sunday.
• Three Great Friday sermons, and other theological discourses
• The paramount doctrines of Orthodoxy
• Commentary On The Psalms of David
• Interpretation of the Entire New Testament
• Interpretation Of The Book Of Revelation
• Theology: An Orthodox Standpoint
• The Bible and the world; or God's great Book studied in the light of His small one. Triluminal science, surveying the universe and explaining everything, etc. Proofs of the authenticity of the Septuagint
• The Logos and the Holy Spirit in the unity of Christian thought: According to the teachings of the Orthodox Church
• Political Philosophy Of The Orthodox Church
• Psychology: An Orthodox Christian Perspective
• The Foundation Of Philosophy
• Philosophical discussions, comprising articles concerning the New philosophy & philosophical sciences of Apostolos Makrakis; And, the philosophy of Spinoza and its pernicious errors
• Logic: An Orthodox Christian Approach
• An Orthodox-Protestant Dialogue
• Memoir On The Nature of the Church of Christ Trans: D. Cummings. New York: Christian Brotherhoods Zealots of Orthodoxy and John the Baptist, 1947.
• A Scriptural Refutation of the Pope's Primacy and Miscellaneous Studies and Speeches Transl. out of the original Greek by D. Cummings - Chicago (III): Orthodox Christian Educational Society, 1952. - VIII, 175 p.
• The innovations of the Roman Church
• Concerning Our Duties to God
• The Truth in Christianity: The One True Doctrine and The Many False Ones (article)
• The city of Zion, or the church built upon the rock:i.e., The human society in Christ
• A revelation of treasure hid: Together with three important lectures: I. Concerning freedom - II. Concerning the motherland. - III. Concerning justice and apostolical canons respecting baptism
• The human nature of Christ; Growth and perfection according to the teaching of the Orthodox Catholic Church
• The two contrariant schools: Contrasted with a view to the comprehension of both. Concerning the establishment of a Christian university in Athens : to supersede the existing satanic perversity
• Homily on the eight beatitudes, or the sermon on the mountain: A summary teaching delivered by Apostolos Makrakis in the island of Leukas, Greece, on August 29, 1886, during his second gospel-tour
• Hellenism and the unfinished revolution: Twenty addresses delivered in Concord Square, Athens, Greece in 1866

Further reading

• The Importance of Apostolos Makrakis to Orthodoxy. (Archimandrite) Eusebius A. Stephanou. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Theological School, 1958.
• Apostolos Makrakis, the Prophet and Thinker of modern Greece. (Archimandrite) Eusebius A. Stephanou, 1954.
• Apostolos Makrakis: An Evaluation of Half a Century. Editor: Andronis, Constantine. Chicago: Orthodox Christian Educational Society, 1966.

Sources and External links

• Biography (in German)
• St Pachomius Library