Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi (+2009)

Sunday of Pentecost Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 4 June 2023 After fifty days from our Lord's glorious Resurrection our Holy Orthodox Ch...

Why did God give the command to the forefathers? Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 27 August 2021 God did not give the command to the forefathers to abolish the freedom from...

Saint Paul describes and analyzes love Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 16 July 2021 (Ed. Stelios Koukos) Love is the product of faith and of our submission to...

Why did God create the universe and man? Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 7 February 2021 God’s love, which is one of His God-like attributes, is also the reason for...

The presence of an inexpressible mystery Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 4 February 2021 Any serious observer of the creation of the world, no matter from which sid...

Ηumans: after God, the most mysterious and enigmatic beings! Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 23 January 2021 There’s no doubt that, after God, humans are the most mysterious and enig...

Christianity and Humanism Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 22 January 2021 This brief study aims at a short review and analysis of today’s culture, th...

Own will and obedience (On the feast day of St Euthymios) Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 20 January 2021 Reading about the lives and deeds of two great Fathers, St Pachomios and ...

What are the pleasures? Which are blameworthy and which are innocent? Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 22 July 2020 ‘Pleasures’ are those things which ‘give pleasure’ ηδονή) and sweeten our l...

What is goodness and evil and when do they operate? Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 20 July 2020 Goodness is the Lord Himself, whatever originates from Him and all that sur...