===Preaching in Patras and Zakynthos===
According Apostolos Makrakis was the most influential figure on the development of the Greek Church in the 19th and 20th centuries. As a preacher he was a new phenomenon in newly reborn Greece. To put this in the proper context, a study by doctorol student Anastassios Anastassiadis states that preaching during that period was mostly was an activity of the marginal competitors of the Church, so that preaching, especially outside the temples by non-authorized figures, was violently repressed. He argues that this was in line with the tradition of the Church of Late Antiquity, in that once Christian Churches were solidly established, clerics' activities were regulated and disciplined in order to Traintaphylluavoid ecstatic innovations, while preaching something for which Makrakis in fact was criticized for. Makrakis preached to large crowds in [[w:Patras|Patras]], Makrakis had as his most fervent followers Theodoros Kapetanon, Ioannis Arnellon, and Nikolaos Christogiannopoulos (1885). He preached to large crowds there, who came out in awe to listen to his "nation-saving" teachings on [[June 18]], [[June 24|24]], [[June 27|27]], and [[July 16]], 1876. According to Traintaphyllu, while preaching in in Patras, Makrakis had as his most fervent followers Theodoros Kapetanon, Ioannis Arnellon, and Nikolaos Christogiannopoulos (1885). After this a number of publications such as ''Achaia'', ''Phoenix'', and ''Aratos'' strongly attacked his teachings, while others such as the ''Peloponnesus'' supported him. Defenders of Makrakis included a theologian of Patras named Ieronymos, as well as the spiritual father of Patras, Fr. Athanasios Georgiou, recommending he be exiled for two years lest he be judged by the Synod (''Triantaphyllu''). For a period of thirty years Makrakis visited Patras, in 1876 remaining there for forty-days teaching the people.
After this a number of publications. such as ''Achaia'', ''Phoenix'', and ''Aratos'' strongly attacked his teachings, while others such as the ''Peloponnesus'' supported him. Defenders of Makrakis included a theologian of Patras named Ieronymos, as well as the spiritual father of Patras, Fr. Athanasios Georgiou, recommending he be exiled for two years lest he be judged by the Synod (''Triantaphyllu''). For a period of thirty years Makrakis visited Patras, in 1876 remaining there for forty-days teaching the people. Continuing his quest of preaching to the nation, he arrived on the island of [[w:Zakynthos|Zakynthos]] in July 1892, and again in August 1893, teaching out of exile (''L. Zoes''). A critic of Makrakis from Zakynthos was the primary school teacher Ioannis Siderokastritis, who wrote ''"O Anamorphotis Makrakes" (The Uneducated Makrakis)'' E.130-(Tharros, 98-M.308).
===Legacy and Criticism===
* Very Rev. Archiman. Isaias Simonopetritis. "[http://www.aegeantimes.gr/pigizois/agglika/inegl_27.htm The Orthodox Church and Proselytism]." Orthodox Herald, Official Publication of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, September–October 2001, No.: 120-121.
* Anastassios Anastassiadis. [http://www.ceri-sciencespo.com/publica/question/qdr11.pdf Religion and Politics in Greece: The Greek Church's 'Conservative Modernization' in the 1980's]. Reserach in Question, No.11, January 2004. (pdf format).
* Peer reviewed book review of Makrakis': ''The Logos and Holy Spirit in the Unity of Christian Thought, 5 Vols: Vol 1:The Orthodox Approach to Philosophy, Vol 2:Psychology An Orthodox Christian Perspective, Vol 3: Logic An Orthodox Christian Approach, Vol 4:Theology An Orthodox Standpoint, Vol 5:Philosophy An Orthodox Christian Understanding. Translated from the Greek by Denver Cummings: Orthodox Christian Education Society, 1977''. by Scharlemann, R.P., in: '''Journal of Religion 59 no 4 O 1979, p 488-490'''.
