Monastic Life
Μonasticism is nothing other than living in the kingdom of heaven
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
14 July 2016
Living with Elder Iosif, Father Sofronios learned empirically that monast... 
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos as a Disciple of Elder Iosif the Hesychast
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
12 July 2016
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos made his renunciation at the age of 16, in the sum...
Thoughts before Confession
28 June 2016
Confession is one of the seven sacraments of the Church. It’s the applicati...
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...
What is slander and why should we tolerate it?
13 December 2011
Slander is the worst gradation of hatred and wickedness and the most painfu...
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 Evdokimos the ‘Newly-Revealed’
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
When in the year 1840 the Fathers of Monastery wanted to repair their cemet...
Saint Dionysius the Martyr
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
St Dionysius the Martyr was sent as a monk of the Monastery to Crete in 182...
