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Letter condemning the decision
24 December 2011
Letter condemning the decision
Posted on 24/12/2011
To:
The President of the Hellenic Republic,
The Prime Minister,
The Attorney General
24 December 2011
Your Excellencies,
We he... 
“When our dear Lord refuses to grand us something we persistently request of Him….”. One of Father Porphyrios teachings
13 December 2011
Our Dear Lord Jesus will satisfy the requests of the members of His holy church, when He deems that the outcome will only be for our own good. Therefore we should not be demanding, and similarly, we...
What is slander and why should we tolerate it?
13 December 2011
Slander is the worst gradation of hatred and wickedness and the most painful injury inflicted against its target. Slander is the defensive weapon of the inferiority complex. Because it cannot cover it...
Memories from my spiritual father, Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi
13 December 2011
1 July 2010- VatopaidiFriend
‘An expression of love and dedication to my blessed spiritual father, Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi, one year after his repose’: Reminiscences by one worthless ‘little...
How the Great and Holy Monastery of Vatopedi is helping people at Porto Lagos
11 December 2011
St Nicholas Metohi at Porto Lagos
The recipient of human suffering
Human pain and the numbers of people who lack even the most basic goods have increased because of the economic crisis. Many...
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi (By Elder Moses the Hagiorite)
9 December 2011
Early in the morning of the 1st July 2009 monk Joseph of Vatopaidi reposed to the Lord. This is of course not an important announcement. He was not an actor, a singer or a footballer. (Twelve young pe...
What is divine Providence and how is it “manifested” in our lives?
3 December 2011
Divine super-perfection knows about everything before it even happens, up to its very infinite end. To us everything seems unknown, unpredictable and incomprehensible because of the various changes wh...
Benediction Fiction
2 December 2011
Once I accepted an invitation to give the benediction at the graduation of the Medical University of South Carolina. I was delighted that a school like MUSC was still willing to invoke the Name of God...
Short Biography of Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi Monastery (1/7/1921 – 1/7/2009)
24 November 2011
Elder Joseph, insignificant according to the world, was born in Drousia, a small village in the district of Paphos on the island of Saints , on July 1st 1921. His mother Evgenia gave birth to her litt...
Vatopaidi Monastery and the Athoniada Academy (1st part)
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
24 November 2011
A presentation at the two-day conference held in Athens on 11-12 December 1999 entitled ‘The Athoniada Academy: 250 years since its establishment’.
A monk’s ascetic life is experienced in three diffe...
