Vatopaidi Saints
Saint Maximus the Greek
Georgios Martzelos
21 January 2018
St Maximos the Greek was one of the most distinguished monks and theologian...
Saints Sabbas, Archbishop of Serbia, and Symeon, his father
Georgios Martzelos
26 January 2017
St Sabbas, the first Archbishop of Serbia, and his father, St Symeon the ‘M...
Saint Gregory Palamas
Georgios Martzelos
14 November 2016
St Gregory Palamas was one of the greatest patristic figures of the Church...
Saint Joasaph of Meteora
Georgios Martzelos
20 April 2016
St Joasaph was the son of the pious ruler of Epirus and Thessaly Symeon Sin...
Saint Nicodemus of Vatopedi, elder and teacher of Saint Gregory Palamas
Georgios Martzelos
11 July 2014
There is no doubt that, in the 14th century, the Vatopaidi Monastery attrac...
The Holy Martyr Lazar [Lazarus], Serbian Prince
7 November 2011
Lazar was one of the Serbian noblemen who ruled the Serbian empire after th...
Saints indirectly associated with the Monastery – Epilogue
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
This relatively brief account of the lives and personalities of the better-...
Saint Theophanis the Martyr
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
When St Theophanis the Martyr was still a layman, he had, in order to escap...
Saint Theophanes, Metropolitan of Peritheorion – Saint indirectly associated with the Monastery
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
St Theophanes lived in the 14th century. What we know about him is drawn fr...
Saint Agapios from the Skete of Kolitsou and his four blessed companions
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
St Agapios lived as a monk with his elder at the Skete of Kolitsou. One day...