Vatopaidi Saints
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...

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...
