Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi (+2009)
Legitimate Exercise
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
18 July 2020
Whatever movement you make, starting with its conception and following thro...
No, son. Where did you get that from?
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
17 July 2020
(Discussion with Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos)
Question: Why can’t we follow t...
The two poles of the spiritual life (Memory of Saint John the Charitable)
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
12 November 2019
Today our Church celebrates the memory of Saint John the Charitable , Patri...
What is the forefathers’ sin and what are its consequences?
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
15 October 2019
It is the sin which our forefathers’ committed in the Garden of Eden where ...
Why Did God not prevent Adam’s fall, since He had foreseen it?
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
1 October 2019
Had He prevented it, He would have interfered and would have abolished man’...
On Perspicacity
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
28 September 2019
Perspicacity is the healthy and unerring assessment of concepts and things ...
What was the reason for man’s fall?
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
25 September 2019
The fall was the result of the inexperience and carelessness of God-created...
The practical expression of Love towards the Lord
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
4 July 2019
(On the feast day of Saint Paul of Thebes and John Kalyvitis)
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The winner of the trophy of love (In memory of the great Martyr, St George, the Trophy bearer)
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
29 April 2019
Our Church today celebrates the feast of a martyr. If we try to pay any tri...
On Humility and the Humble Outlook – 3
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
11 March 2019
With a variety of definitions, our Fathers lead us to humility, but the mea...