he was transferred to the Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Souroti. Despite wishing to return to Mount Athos, his health did not allow it. 1994 July 12: Having received Holy Communion the previous day, Elder Paisios died. He was buried at the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Souroti, next to the church of St Arsenios the Cappadocian. Prophecies on geopolitical matters A number of geopolitical prophecies have been credited to Elder Paisios. These include the prediction that a war between Turkey that will lead to the formation of the Greater Greece, and the liberation of other lands including Albania, the rest of Macedonia, and Byzantium (Constantinople), and the conversion of a part of the Turks from Islam to Orthodox Christianity. "The Turks shall be destroyed. They will be eradicated." Hieromonk Makarios of Mount Athos collected some of St. Paisios' prophecies and published them in 1990 when the saint was still alive: "Words of Wisdom and Grace of the Elder Paisios the Hagioreite, I" (Greek). Canonization The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate canonized Elder Paisios on 13 January 2015. Paisios' process toward acknowledged sainthood happened quickly according to church standards and was the second-fastest process in recent church history. On Sunday 17 January 2015 many faithful from across the Balkans went on pilgrimage to the monastery in Souroti, which St. Paisios helped found in 1967; this culminated in five nights of continuous prayers. Archbishop Damianos of Sinai, abbot of St. Catherine's Orthodox Monastery in Egypt's Sinai peninsula since 1973, was also present at the ceremonies. On Sunday 25 January 2015 the first church in the world to be dedicated to Saint Paisios the Athonite was consecrated in central Limassol, Cyprus, in the neighbourhood of Ekali, across from Tsirion Stadium. The sacred service began at 6 pm with the reception of the holy relics of Hieromartyr Heraclides, Bishop of Tamassos (September 17), of Saint Cosmas of Mount Athos, and of the New Martyr George of Cyprus (April 23). These were placed respectively in the three altars of the new church, which was thus dedicated to Saint Arsenios of Cappadocia (November 10), to Saint Paisios of Mount Athos (July 12), and to the holy Martyrs Barachisius and Jonah (March 29), given that the church in Pharasa, Cappadocia, which was Saint Arsenios' and Saint Paisios' village and place of birth, was dedicated in honour of the Martyrs Barachisius and Jonah.