Marcel Papadopoulos is a minor character in the Left Behind series. He was a believer who was incarcerated in a Greece holding facility for Global Community criminals and dissidents and later was freed by an undercover Buck Williams.
Biography[]
After the Rapture[]
Marcel was incarcerated in a Global Community holding facility after his church group was raided. While Buck Williams was under the cover of Global Community Peacekeeper Corporal Jack Jensen, he was able to visit the facility, and in the section for young male prisoners, he was able to spot Marcel among the prisoners, since Marcel was the only one with the Seal of God on his forehead. In order to abet Marcel's escape, Cameron asked Marcel the name of someone else incarcerated with him, which Marcel provided the name Paulos Ganter. Marcel was able to walk out of the facility under Cameron's escort because Cameron provided the pretense that custody of Paulos Ganter was being transferred to the United North American States. Marcel also stated that his Christian mother and father were also locked up in the facility, and they were soon martyred there because they resisted the compulsion to take Carpathia's mark of loyalty that night and Cameron was unable to free them.
After his escape, he hooked up with Lukas Miklos, Lukas was not familiar with Marcel, despite being knowing his parents in the Ptolemais Christian underground, because Marcel was in a different house church from his parents. Together, Lukas and Marcel joined up with another believer named Kronos Pappas in order to transport Marcel and another runaway, Georgiana Stavros, to safety. Unfortunately, the girl they thought was Georgiana turned out to be a Global Community agent named Elena sent to infiltrate them. She pulled out her gun and killed Marcel, Lukas, and Kronos.
Appearances[]
- The Mark
- Desecration (death)
Mentions[]
- 32. War of the Dragon (Marcel was not named)
Trivia[]
- Papadopoulos is the most Greek surname which means "son of a priest".
- Marcel's first appearance was in The Mark.
- Marcel's name was not revealed until Desecration.
- Marcel was listed as "Unknown Male" in the introduction of Desecration.
- Marcel was the youngest member of the Tribulation Force, becoming a member at the age of 15.
- It can be assumed that Marcel had been posthumously rewarded by Jesus in Glorious Appearing, since he was a tribulation martyr, but this is never shown.