Monastic Life
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...
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...
Saint Makarios, Bishop of Corinth – Saint indirectly associated with the Monastery
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
St Makarios, whose secular name was Mikhail Notaras, was born in 1731 at Tr...
Saint Germanus Maroules – Saint indirectly associated with the Monastery
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
St Germanus was born in Thessaloniki in 1252 of rich and pious parents. His...
Saint Athanasios of Paros – Saint indirectly associated with the Monastery
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
St Athanasios was born on Paros between 1723 and 1725. He studied first at ...
Saints Barnabas and Sophronius, founders of the Soumelas Monastery – Saints indirectly associated with the Monastery
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
Sts Barnabas and Sophronius were the founders of the Monastery of Our Lady ...
Saint Cosmas of Aetolia – Saint indirectly associated with the Monastery
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
St Cosmas of Aetolia was born in the village of Megalo Dendro in Aetolia of...
The Saints of the Athonite School – Saint indirectly associated with the Monastery
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
Also to be included among the saints of the Vatopaidi Monastery are those o...
Saint Makarios the Martyr, disciple of Saint Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople – Saint indirectly associated with the Monastery
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
St Makarios the Martyr was a disciple of St Niphon, three times Patriarch o...


