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*1767-1815 [[w:Suppression of the Society of Jesus|Suppression of the Jesuits]] in Roman Catholic countries, subsequently finding refuge in Orthodox nations, particularly in Russia.
*ca.1770 About 1,200 Kiev region Uniate churches return to Orthodoxy under political pressure from Russia.
*1779 Death of New Hieromartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles [[Cosmas of Aetolia|Kosmas Aitolos]], who prophecied that Christians should condemn the position of the Pope since he will be the root of many catastrophes: ''‘You should curse the Pope, because he will be the cause of harm.’''<ref group="note">{{el icon}}: “Τον Παπα να καταράσθε, διότι αυτός θα είναι η αιτία του κακού”. See:<br>
:* Saint [[Cosmas of Aetolia|Kosmas (ho Aitōlos)]], Fr. Nomikos Michael Vaporis. ''Father Kosmas, the Apostle of the Poor: The Life of St. Kosmas Aitolos, together with an English translation of his teaching and letters.'' Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1977. 164pp. ISBN 9780916586102</ref>
*1793-95 Over 2,300 Uniate churches became Orthodox under Tsarina Catherine the Great.
*1798 Patriarch [[Anthimios of Jerusalem]] contended in the ''Paternal Teaching'' (''Dhidhaskalia Patriki'') that the [[w:Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Empire]] was part of the [[w:Divine Providence|Divine Dispensation]] granted by [[God]] to protect [[Orthodoxy]] from the taint of [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] and of Western [[w:Secularism|secularism]] and [[w:Irreligion by country|irreligion]].<ref>"Greece, history of." Encyclopædia Britannica. ''Encyclopædia Britannica 2009 Ultimate Reference Suite''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2009.</ref><ref>Richard Clogg. ''The 'Dhidhaskalia Patriki' (1798): An Orthodox Reaction to French Revolutionary Propaganda.'' '''Middle Eastern Studies''', Vol.5, No.2 (May, 1969), pp. 87-115.</ref><ref group="note">The ''Dhidhaskalia Patriki'' or ''Paternal Teaching,'' attributed to the Patriarch Anthimos of Jerusalem, and published in Istanbul in 1798, described the attitude of the Orthodox hierarchy during the late eighteenth century to the influence of Western ideas in the Greek world. The ''Dhidhaskalia Patriki'' has in fact achieved a certain notoriety among historians as one of the more extreme examples of ecclesiastical anti-Westernism, and its significance was not lost on contemporaries.</ref>
