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[[Image:StCosmas_Aitolos.jpg|thumb|right|St. Kosmas Aitolos (1714-1779)]]The holy, glorious and right-victorious New [[Hieromartyr]] and [[Equal-to-the-Apostles]] '''Kosmas Aitolos''' (also known as '''Cosmas Aitolos''', and '''St Cosmas the Aetolian''') was born in 1714 in Mega Dendron, 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]] therewhere he remained for two years. 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 in 1759 to travel wherever needed, for however long, with complete independence, to breathe life back into Christianity in Greece.  Kosmas sojourned to travelled in Greece, its islands, and Albania for 25 years, founding over 200 schools, as well as charities and rural churches. He planted travelled by foot, by donkey and by ship. When he came to a village he would ask the villagers to plant a large wooden [[cross]]es wherever in the village square. Then he wentwould mount a bench next to the cross and preach to the villagers about the love of God and the Orthodox faith. 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|glorified]] him in 1961. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[August 24]].
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==External links==
 * [http://orthodoxhernandocountyfl.org/aug2403.htm "St. Cosmas Aitolos"] in ''The Orthodox Messenger'', Vol. II, Nowww. 34 – Sunday, August 24, 2003)*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.aspsaints_view?contentid=581 Kosmas the New Hieromartyr & Cosmas of Aetolia, 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 Teachings of St. Cosmas] compiled by Fr. Demetrios Serfes
* [http://nektarioswww.home.att.net/1527.html "Prophecies by Storthodoxheritage. Cosmas Aitolos"] excerpted from [http://members.cox.net/orthodoxheritageorg/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 ''To Plant a Cross: The Story of Saint Kosmas Aitolos Who Fought a War with Words''] by Angeline Eliakopoulos
* [http://www.comeandseeiconsjohnsanidopoulos.com/c2012/phn5608/the-tomb-and-relics-of-st-kosmas-aitolos.htm Icon html The Tomb and Relics of St. Cosmas of Aetolia]* [http://www.comeandseeicons.com/peace.htm Prayer for PeaceKosmas Aitolos] St. Cosmas is known to have used economic non-violence to seek peace. from Mystagogy by John Sanidopoulos
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[[el:Κοσμάς ο Αιτωλός]]
[[ro:Cosma Etolul]]
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