By John Sanidopoulos
Nikephoros Theotokis (a Greek scholar and theologian of the slow eighteenth century, who became an archbishop in the southern provinces of Russia and is deliberate by Greeks as a "Adviser of the Government"), in his expanse on the Nativity of Saint John the Pioneer, writes: "The name Ioannis ( or John), sent from disdainful by the All-Holy Flexibility, was agreed to him by the Cherub Gabriel, to Zachariah, saying: advantageous you shall call his name Ioannis'."Theotokis goes on to interpret this name according to each diagram dispatch, of which in Greek gift are seven:...... or I.O.A.N.N.I.S. This was agreed to him to assure the idea of the Prophetess Hannah, who in 1 Samuel 2:5 says "she who was sterile has borne seven children"; one "child" is represented by one dispatch from the name Ioannis. Alike, in Holy Scripture the flow seven is found many times and is deliberate holy.
Underneath is the Heavenly Mystery of the name Ioannis less important from the seven script of the Greek alphabet, according to Nikephoros Theotokis:
= OR HIERARCHIES:
According to Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, who wrote "The Space Hierarchy", gift are three (Hierarchies, Spheres or Triads) of angels, with each Hierarchy containing three Tell or Choirs. They are as follows:
1 Leading HIERARCHY1.1 Seraphim1.2 Cherubim1.3 Thrones or Ophanim
2 Infinitesimal HIERARCHY2.1 Dominions2.2 Virtues2.3 Powers or Authorities
3 THIRD HIERARCHY3.1 Principalities or Rulers3.2 Archangels3.3 Angels
Existing is the same a Tenth Mandate, which according to Trustworthy tradition slice tabled the appealing of Satan and became Demons. This Tenth Mandate was replaced on earth by the Mandate of Monastics, which is why subsequent to a monastic is tonsured they use the "Delightful Schema", by rectitude of their living as sequential angels tabled their virginity, categorical suppose on God, and their unbroken prayers. Monastics are thus the Tenth Mandate of Angels, and it is from Saint John the Pioneer that monastics expected an primary try of their routine. St. John is the cover and commandant of the Mandate of Monastics, and the day of his joyful get on your way marks the beginning of the Monastic Mandate. Theotokis the same mentions that according to Greek numerals, the dispatch "I" is the Greek import for ten, which is charming for the Honorable Pioneer.
= A PRE-IMAGE OF THE TWO NATURES OF CHRIST:
According to Theotokis, " (Omega = the platform dispatch of the Greek alphabet) is a pre-image of the Leading Opportunity of Christ, solitary decorative "I" was a pre-image of St. John the Pioneer. According to scholars, the dispatch " has its start in putting two "O" together to form one letter; thus "OO" became " (two Omikrons became one Omega). The script "OO" together are what pre-image Christ's two natures, moreover the Heavenly and Secular, as well as pre-imaging His stability tabled the enduring circle body type of the dispatch. Mostly the meaning is that the God-man, Jesus Christ, has neither beginning nor cessation. The same as the "OO" together became the platform dispatch of the Greek alphabet ", we the same think of the legend Christ gave Himself in Visualization 1:8, while He says: "I am the Alpha and the Omega".
= OR Rebirth [OF THE] DEAD:
Flash the pre-image of the get on your way of John the Pioneer tabled the dispatch "I", and the pre-image of the Leading Opportunity of Christ tabled the dispatch ", the next three script in the name Ioannis go together to pre-image the Infinitesimal Opportunity of Christ. The "AN" together are the cover two script of the word " (Rebirth) and the next "N" is the cover dispatch of the word " (Refined), which confesses the creedal proclamation that we table "in the renaissance of the dead" at the end of the age.
H = THE EIGHTH AGE:
The dispatch "H" according to Greek numerals is the dispatch for the flow eight, and the flow eight according to Trustworthy tradition pre-images the Eighth Age, which is the post-apocalytpic age to come biased this grant age. And solitary as we confessed tabled the script "ANN" our belief "in the renaissance of the dead", so now we hutch to the same be in possession of the creedal proclamation "and the life of the age to come".
= TWICE-PERFECT:
According to Greek numerals, the dispatch " is beloved at 200. 200 comes to us by adding together two 100's. The flow 100 in Holy Scripture is a flow of increase. Because you add two 100's together, in spite of that, you make whatever thing further than accomplished or twice-perfect. This further than accomplished flow as a result images the further than accomplished and undying age of the life to come.
This is the Heavenly Mystery downhearted the name Ioannis, according to Nikephoros Theotokis.
