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[[ImageFile:Chrysostomos of SmyrnaSmyrnis.jpg|right|thumb|<center>The Holy Ethnomartyr Hierarchs of Asia Minor:</center><br>* Chrysostomos (Kalafatis) of Smyrna.(†1922);<br> * Ambrosios of [[w:Ayvalık Islands Nature Park|Moschonision]];<br> * [[Image:Mitre Euthymios (Agritellis) of Saint Chrysostomos Zela]] (†1921);<br> * Gregorios of Smyrna.jpg[[w:Ayvalık|thumb|The Mitre of Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Smyrna.Kidonion]] (†1922);<br>National Historical Museum, Athens, Greece* Procopius of [[w:Konya|Iconium]].]] Our Father among the [[saint]]s, '''Chrysostomos (Kalafatis) of Smyrna''' (birth name ''Kalafatis'', in Greek {{el icon}} Χρυσόστομος (Καλαφάτης, ) Σμύρνης) 1867-1922), was a Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox population Metropolitan of Smyrna (now Izmir in Turkey) between 1910 and 1914 and again from 1919 to his death in 1922.  He was notable for his charity work and for having been deeply involved in the politics of his day. He was lynched and brutally murdered by a Turkish mob incited by Nurettin [[w:Nureddin Pasha |Nureddin Pasha]] in Smyrna on [[September 9]] 1922 , soon after the Turkish army regained control of the city at the end of the [[w:Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)|Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ]], and sent the Greek population into exile. He is also known to be the founder of the sports club ''Panionios''. His  He was unanimously declared an Ethnomartyr and a Saint of the [[Orthodox Church]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Greece]], in an Encyclical of July 5 1993 (''Encyclical 2556, of 5 July 1993, of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece'').<ref group="note">{{el icon}} Εγκύκλιος 2556 της 5ης Ιουλίου 1993 της Ιεράς Συνόδου της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος.</ref><ref>{{el icon}}Κων/τίνος Β. Χιώλος. ''"[http://www.serrelib.gr/arthra.php?id=25 Ο μαρτυρικός θάνατος του Μητροπολίτου Σμύρνης]"''. Δημοσια Κεντρικη Βιβλιοθηκη Σερρων. Τετάρτη, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2006.</ref>  He is [[feast Feast day|commemorated]] is celebrated on the Sunday before the Feast of the [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]], together with the other Holy Hierarchs of Asia Minor: Ambrosios of Moschonision, [[August 27Euthymios (Agritellis) of Zela]](†1921), Gregorios of Kidonion (†1922), and Procopius of Iconium.

He was notable for his charity work and for having been deeply involved in the politics of his day.<ref>The American Consul at Smyrna, George Horton, wrote in his book ''The Blight of Asia'' , that he "was there [in Smyrna] up until the evening of [[September 11]], 1922, on which date the city was set on fire by the army of Mustapha Khemal." Horton refers to "Metropolitan Chrysostom" several times: "on one occasion I was present at an important service in the Orthodox Cathedral, to which the rep­resentative of the various powers, as well as the principal Greek authorities, had been invited. The [Hellenic] High-Commissioner [for Ionia, Aristidis Stergiadis, which Horton spells 'Sterghiades'] had given the order that the service should be strictly religious and non-politi­cal. Unfortunately, Archbishop Chrysostom (he who was later murdered by the Turks) began to introduce some politics into his sermon, a thing which he was extremely prone to do. Sterghiades, who was standing near him, interrupted, saying: 'But I told you I didn’t want any of this.' The [[archbishop]] flushed, choked, and breaking off his discourse abruptly, ended with, 'In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen,' and stepped off the rostrum." [http://www.hri.org/docs/Horton/HortonBook.htm] Marjorie Housepian (Hovsepian) Dobkin remarks in her book ''The Smyrna Affair'' that "The Archbishop's murder was reported to Admiral Dumesnil aboard the French flagship."</ref>

After <blockquote>"on one occasion I was present at an important service in the Orthodox Cathedral, to which the defeat rep­resentative of the various powers, as well as the principal Greek Army in Anatolia and the reoccupation of Smyrna by the Turksauthorities, Chrysostomos refused to leave Smyrna and abandon his flockhad been invited. The metropolitan was abducted by a mob incited by Nureddin Pasha on [Hellenic] High-Commissioner [for Ionia, [[September 9w:Aristidis Stergiadis|Aristidis Stergiadis]], 1922which Horton spells 'Sterghiades'] had given the order that the service should be strictly religious and non-politi­cal. According to eyewitness accountsUnfortunately, Archbishop Chrysostom (he who was tied later murdered by the Turks) began to introduce some politics into his sermon, a barber chair, cruelly tortured, and put thing which he was extremely prone to deathdo.<ref>"According to the French observersSterghiades,...'The mob took possession of Metropolitan Chrysostom and carried who was standing near him away,...a little further oninterrupted, in front saying: 'But I told you I didn’t want any of an Italian hairdresser named Ismail.this..they stopped and the Metropolitan was slipped into a white hairdresser's overall. They began to beat him with their fists The [[archbishop]] flushed, choked, and sticks and to spit on breaking off his face. They riddled him discourse abruptly, ended with stabs. They tore his beard off, they gouged his eyes out'In the name of the Father, they cut off his nose and ears.' The French soldiers were disgusted by what they saw Son and wished to interveneHoly Ghost, but their commanding officer was under orders to remain strictly neutral. At the point of a revolverAmen, he forbade his men from saving the metropolitan's life. Chrysostom was dragged into a backstreet in and stepped off the Iki Cheshmeli district, where he eventually died from his terrible woundsrostrum." ''Milton, Giles<ref>George Horton. '''Paradise Lost[http: Smyrna 1922//www.hri.org/docs/Horton/HortonBook.htm The Blight of Asia: The Destruction An Account of the Systematic Extermination of Christian Populations by Mohammedans and of the Culpability of Certain Great Powers; with the True Story of Islam's City the Burning of Tolerance'Smyrna].''Brooklyn N.Y. Hodder : Braunworth & Stoughton LtdCo. Inc., London, 2008. pp.268-2691926.''</ref> </blockquote>

===Death===[[Image:Mitre of Saint Chrysostomos of Smyrna.jpg|thumb|The Mitre of Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Smyrna. (''National Historical Museum, Athens, Greece'')]]After the defeat of the Greek Army in Anatolia and the reoccupation of Smyrna by the Turks, Chrysostomos refused to leave Smyrna and abandon his flock. The metropolitan was abducted by a mob incited by Nureddin Pasha on [[September 9]], 1922. According to eyewitness accounts, he was tied to a barber chair, cruelly tortured, and put to death. <blockquote>"According to the French observers,...'The mob took possession of Metropolitan Chrysostom and carried him away,...a little further on, in front of an Italian hairdresser named Ismail...they stopped and the Metropolitan was slipped into a white hairdresser's overall. They began to beat him with their fists and sticks and to spit on his face. They riddled him with stabs. They tore his beard off, they gouged his eyes out, they cut off his nose and ears.' The French soldiers were disgusted by what they saw and wished to intervene, but their commanding officer was under orders to remain strictly neutral. At the point of a revolver, he forbade his men from saving the metropolitan's life. Chrysostom was dragged into a backstreet in the Iki Cheshmeli district, where he eventually died from his terrible wounds."<ref>Milton, Giles. ''Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance''. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, 2008. pp.268-269.</ref></blockquote>  Professor [[w:Marjorie Housepian Dobkin|Marjorie Housepian (Hovsepian) Dobkin]] remarks in her book ''The Smyrna Affair'' that "The Archbishop's murder was reported to Admiral Dumesnil aboard the French flagship." ==Family Survivors==Metropolitan Chrysostomos was survived by his nephews, among whom Yannis Elefteriades, who witnessed the arrest and execution of his uncle, having found shelter by his side after the killing of his parents. He escaped to Lebanon, as a refugee, where today, his grandson [[w:Michel Elefteriades|Michel Elefteriades ]] is a well -known Greek-Lebanese politician, artist and producer.

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*[http[w://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chrysostomos_of_Smyrna&oldid=99080324 Wikipedia entry "Chrysostomos of Smyrna"|Chrysostomos of Smyrna]]. Wikipedia.*Milton, Giles. ''Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance''. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, 2008.

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