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In his article on [http://www.aegeantimes.gr/pigizois/agglika/inegl_27.htm The Orthodox Church and Proselytism], the Very Rev. Archimandrite Isaias Simonopetritis writes that "while Makrakis was condemned by the official Church and the monasteries of Mount Athos, he was not excommunicated, for fear that his numerous followers among the middle classes of Athens would turn him into a [[martyr]] figure. His ideas and the particular pietistic ethos which he promoted survived in the [[Brotherhoods|Brotherhood]] Movements which in the 20th century played a significant role in education and catechetical schools, but unguardedly allied themselves with right-wing dictatorships, pure Greek patriotism being a key element in their ideology."
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{{cleanup}}'''Apostolos Makrakis''' (1831-1905), (or '''Makrakes;''' ''family from Mystras region, 1778''-), was a Greek [[laity|lay]] [[theology|theologian]], preacher, ethicist and philosopher. He was born in 1831 on Siphnos Island in the village of Katavati on Siphnos Island, Greece, 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]].
[[Image:Makrakis.JPG|right|thumb|230px| Apostolos Makrakis 1831-1905: Greek theologian, preacher, ethicist and philosopher]]
And so Makrakis, wanting to contribute to the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|Catholic]] rebirth of the nation, regarded as the most basic element in this the rebirth of the Church, as the ark and instrument of the new national life.
===Preaching in Patras and Zakynthos===
According to Traintaphyllu, in Patras, Makrakis had as his most fervent followers Theodoros Kapetanon, Ioannis Arnellon, and Nikolaos Christogiannopoulos (1885). He preached to large crowds there, who came out in awe to listen to his "nation-saving" teachings on [[June 18]], [[June 24|24]], [[June 27|27]], and [[July 16]], 1876. (''Triantaphyllu''). After this a number of publications (''Achaia''; ''Phoenix''; ''Aratos'') strongly attacked his teachings; others (''Peloponnesus'') supported him. Defenders of Makrakis included a theologian of Patras named Ieronymos, as well as the spiritual father of Patras, Fr. Athanasios Georgiou, recommending he be exiled for two years lest he be judged by the Synod (''Triantaphyllu''). For a period of thirty years Makrakis visited Patras, in 1876 remaining there for forty-days teaching the people.
He arrived on the island of Zakynthos in July 1892, and again in August 1893, teaching out of exile (''L. Zoes''). A critic of Makrakis from Zakynthos was the primary school teacher Ioannis Siderokastritis, who wrote ''"O Anamorphotis Makrakes" (The Uneducated Makrakis)'' E.130-(Tharros, 98-M.308).
===Christology and Philosophy===
:"Makrakis intended to be a teacher of the people of Greece,...this child of the revolution of 1821. The Kierkegaard who speaks here has a Hellenistic soul. Philosophy, <nowiki>'</nowiki>the love and science of the God-equal WORD, or LOGOS,<nowiki>'</nowiki> has as its purpose <nowiki>'</nowiki>the acquisition of God's omniscience...and the deification of the philosophical investigator.<nowiki>'</nowiki> Its object is the same as that of religion and government. The system traces the journey of the soul in its ascent from the <nowiki>'</nowiki>primary cognition [noein]<nowiki>'</nowiki> through the philosophical sciences to its deification. The means of ascent are provided by the <nowiki>'</nowiki>right reason<nowiki>'</nowiki> that is the object of logic and is incarnate in Jesus Christ.....right reason being the nexus between temporal fact and eternal being. In this system, the primary cognition, or what phenomenology might call the basic intellectual intuition, is that I exist, the world exists, and God exists...The soul is conscious of its own existence, perceives the world, and knows God's existence, but it does not know the nature of each of them. The aim of science is to make the unknown known. Philosophy as Christology and Christology as Philosophy, it is at least a theme that makes one think."
===Legacy===
In his article on [http://www.aegeantimes.gr/pigizois/agglika/inegl_27.htm The Orthodox Church and Proselytism], the Very Rev. Archimandrite Isaias Simonopetritis writes that "while Makrakis was condemned by the official Church and the monasteries of Mount Athos, he was not excommunicated, for fear that his numerous followers among the middle classes of Athens would turn him into a [[martyr]] figure. His ideas and the particular pietistic ethos which he promoted survived in the [[Brotherhoods|Brotherhood]] Movements which in the 20th century played a significant role in education and catechetical schools, but unguardedly allied themselves with right-wing dictatorships, pure Greek patriotism being a key element in their ideology."
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