Constantinople Prophecies of St. Joachim "Papoulakis" of Ithaka (d.

1861)

"The Turks one day will go to the Kokkini Milia (Red Apple Tree)." This again is a shorter version of the more expanded prophecy of St. Kosmas Aitolos, which says: "The Turks will leave, but they shall return and will come as far as Hexamilia. In the end, they shall be driven away to Kokkini Milia. Of the Turks, one third will be killed, another third will be baptized, and the remaining third will go to Kokkina Milia." Kokkini Milia was a region which the imagination of the enslaved Romaioi (Greeks) placed in the depths of Asia Minor and beyond, where also it was reputed to be the original home of the Turkish people. It is there that they hoped to push back their oppressors, i.e., where they originally came from. This was nearly done in the early 1920's, until the Greeks became surrounded by the Turks in Ankara and defeated. According to Elder Paisios the Athonite, who expanded much on this prophecy, this has yet to be fulfilled and could happen within our generation. One popular legend of the Romaioi (Greeks) is that this will be done by the resurrected Emperor Constantine XI Palaeologos, who has been, according to the legend, encased in marble since May 29,

1453. There is even a popular song about this called "The Petrified King": "I sent two birds to Kokkini Milia to tell the news. One bird got killed, the other got hurt, none of them returned. For the petrified king no cry, no yell. But he is sung to the kids like a fairy-tale by grandmother. I sent two birds to Kokkini Milia, two swallows, but they stayed there and they became a dream. After years of tears there they stayed...for the petrified king...." These prophecies go back to prophecies of the later Roman Empire, such as those known as the so-called Oracles of Leo the Wise and Revelations of the Prophet Daniel. See Donal M. Nicol, The Immortal Emperor, p. 101. "The war will begin in a small principality. It will end in Constantinople." This seems to refer to the great war which is yet to come, when the Greeks will take back Constantinople. "Those who will live after the war will eat with golden spoons." St. Kosmas similary said: "Fortunate is he who will leave after the great war. He will eat with a silver spoon...". The war possibly refers to the future war when the Greeks take Constantinople. Nonetheless, prosperity will follow the war.

"Constantinople one day will be Greek with Constantine the six-fingered as king." This refers to Emperor Constantine Paleologos, the last emperor of Byzantium, and the prophecy of his resurrection. But the six-fingered marble king is likely Ioannis Vatatzis, an emperor of Byzantium, who was six-fingered and was also known as "the great gracious". "The yellow race will govern the world." Typically the Asians are referred to as "the yellow race". SOURCE: http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2009/10/prophecies-of-st-joachim-papoulakis-of.html