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"We seek and we pray for our return to that time when, being united, we spoke the same things and there was no schism between us." [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/encyclicals/greece/christodoulos_address_john_paul2_2001.htm]
"The Symbol of the Faith must be preserved inviolate, as at its origin. Since all the holy doctors of the Church, all the Councils and all the Scriptures put us on our guard against heterodoxy, how dare I, in spite of these authorities, follow those who urge us to unity in a deceitful semblance of union—those who have corrupted the holy and divine Symbol of Faith and brought in the Son as second cause of the Holy Spirit" (s.v. Jan 19th in ''The [[Synaxarion]]'', ed. Hieromonk Makarios of Simonas Petra, and trans. Christopher Hookway; Ormylia: Holy Convent of The Annunciation of Our Lady, 2001).
"The souls of the departed can indeed benefit to their 'advancement,' and even the damned to a relative 'relief' of their lot, thanks to the prayers of the Church and through the infinite mercy of God; but the notion of a punishment prior to the Last Judgment and of a purification through a material fire is altogether foreign to the tradition of the Church" (ibid.).
He died peacefully at the age of 52 on [[June 23]], 1444, after an excruciating two-week battle with intestinal illness. On his death bed, Mark implored [[Gennadius Scholarius|Georgios Scholarios]], his former pupil, to be careful of the snares of the West and to defend Orthodoxy. According to his brother John, his last words were "Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, into Thy hands I commit my spirit." Mark was buried in the Mangana Monastery in [[Constantinople]].
There is an account of a posthumous [[miracle]] performed by St. Mark of [[Ephesus]]. Doctors gave up on trying to save the life of the terminally ill sister of Demetrios Zourbaios, after their efforts had worsened her condition. After losing consciousness for three days she suddenly woke up to the delight of her brother, who asked her why she woke up drenched in water. She related that a [[bishop]] escorted her to a fountain and washed her and told her, "Return now; you no longer have any illness." She asked him who he was and he informed her, "I am the [[Metropolitan]] of Ephesus, Mark Eugenikos." After being miraculously healed, she made an [[icon]] of St. Mark and lived devoutly for another 15 years.
In 1734 the Holy [[Synod]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]] under [[Patriarch]] [[Serapheim I of Constantinople|Seraphim I]] [[glorification|glorified]] Mark of Ephesus as a saint, stating:
