Well, now I have to say that makes a lot of sense. However, my money is on Ezekiel :)
Actually, "the Earth will collide with the celestial axis on the feast day of St. Stephen the Protomartyr" is a quote from M. A. Bulgakov's novel "The dog's heart" (1925) - it was the title of lectures some con men started delivering in Moscow. In the book its main character, a surgery professor, did a transplant of dog's brain into a dead human criminal - and got a monster. His work gave rise to all kinds of wild rumors, and some con men started giving apocalyptic lectures. I liked the quote and use it on all last days threads.