Vatopaidi Saints
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...
Saint Theophilus the Myrrhobletes – Saint indirectly associated with the Monastery
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
St Theophilus was born in the second half of the 15th century at Zichni in ...
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...
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...