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[[Image:StCosmas_Aitolos.jpg|thumb|right|Icon of St. Kosmas Aitolos (1714-1779)]]St. The holy, glorious and right-victorious New [[Hieromartyr]] and [[Equal-to-the-Apostles]] '''Kosmas Aitolos''' (also known as '''Cosmas Aitolos''') was born in 1714 in Aitolia, Greece, to a father who was a weaver and a devout mother. He attended public schools, but was tutored by an [[archdeacon]]. He taught and then attended a school on Mt. [[Athos]]. He became a [[monk]] and later a [[priest]] at [[Philotheou Monastery (Athos)|Philotheou ]] [[Monastery]] there. After a time, he felt a calling to do [[missionary]] work in Greece, especially in the remote areas where there was a lack of [[Church|churches]] and priests for the many [[Baptism|unbaptized]] adults. As an aftermath of four centuries of Turkish oppression in Greece, Kosmas received the [[Patriarch|patriarchal]] blessing to travel wherever needed, for however long, with complete independence, to breath breathe life back into Christianity in Greece. Kosmas sojourned to Greece, its islands, and Albania for 25 years, founding over 200 schools, as well as charities and rural churches. He planted crosses [[cross]]es wherever he went. The [[Islam|Muslims]] tried him on charges of conspiracy and sentenced him to hang in August 1779 in Albania. However, one account reports that he [[prayer|prayed ]] and gave up his spirit before this could occur. St. Kosmas received from God the gift of [[prophecy]], and was known to have prophesied of the telephone, airplanes, and aerial bombings. Patriarch [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Athenagoras]] [[Glorification|canonized]] him in 1961. His [[feast day ]] is celebrated on [[August 24]].
==Source==
* [http://calendar.goarch.org/august/August_24.html Kosmas Aitolos, Equal to the Apostles and Euteches the Hieromartyr] ([[GOARCH Calendar - August 24]])
==External links==
* [http://orthodoxhernandocountyfl.org/aug2403.htm "St. Cosmas Aitolos (article "] in ''The Orthodox Messenger'', Vol. II, No. 34 – Sunday, August 24, 2003)*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=581 Kosmas the New Hieromartyr & Equal-to-the Apostles of Aetolia](GOARCH)*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102390 Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles] ([[OCA]])* [http://www.serfes.org/writtings/stcosmas.htm "Writings of Saint Cosmas of Aitolos: Selected Passages From The from the Teachings of St. Cosmas - Compiled ] compiled by Father Fr. Demetrios Serfes]* [http://nektarios.home.att.net/1527.html PROPHECIES "Prophecies by St. Cosmas Aitolos"] excerpted from [http://members.cox.net/orthodoxheritage/St.%20Kosmas.htm "Prophecies by St. Kosmas Aitolos (Concerning wars in Greece / Balkans)"] from the on-line monthly newsletter of the St. Poimen Greek Orthodox Brotherhood* [http://clairebrandenburgartist.com/Kosmas.html Book: ''To Plant a Cross, : The Story of Saint Kosmas Aitolos Who Fought A a War With with Words'' - ] by Angeline Eliakopoulos]
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