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Waiting for seven hours to worship the Holy Belt in Moscow
22 November 2011
Aimilios Polygenis, Moscow
‘I am waiting here for more than six hours, but it doesn’t bother me since I will receive the blessing by the Holy Belt’ told Romfea.gr a father who was queuing up with a t... 
Vatopaidi Monastery supports the Archdiocese soup kitchens
15 November 2011
The Abbot of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopaidi, Archimandrite Ephraim has expressed his readiness to support the charity work of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens and especially its soup kitchens. Th...
“60 Minutes” visits Mount Athos
11 November 2011
The CBS program "60 Minutes" has succeeded in presenting a rare entrance into the monasteries of Mount Athos, one of the perhaps holiest places in Christianity. Bob Simon goes back in time as he manages to gain access to the monks as they move about ancient monasteries on a remote Greek peninsula, where they have lived a Spartan life of prayer in accordance with a more than thousand year unchanging tradition....
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi: ‘Elder Joseph the Hesychast’
9 November 2011
Orthodox theology recognizes the use of words as the unique therapeutic tool for the recalling of the human nature ‘to its ancient beauty’, irrespective of whether it is written, oral or silent, as lo...
St Gregory Palamas
9 November 2011
According to the tradition, the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi was founded in the fourth century by the emperor Theodosius the Great and, after its destruction and abandonment, it was reconstructed in th...
Pan-Orthodox Conference: “Elder Sophrony, the Theologian of the Uncreated Light”
8 November 2011
During the three days of 19-21 October 2007, the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopaidi, in cooperation with the Centre of Greek and Orthodox Culture, hosted the Pan-Orthodox Conference at the Athens War M...
Iconography of the Brotherhood
8 November 2011
The infinite trophies emerging from the emptying of Word God have inspired those God-loving souls who had an artistic and spiritual sensitivity to convey through lines and colours scenes from our Chri...
Papoulakis: Saint Joachim of Vatopaidi (Part 1)
7 November 2011
HOLY GREAT MONASTERY OF VATOPAIDI MOUNT ATHOS 2005
PAPOULAKIS
SAINT JOACHIM OF VATOPAIDI
© Holy Great Monastery of Vatopaidi, Mount Athos, Greece 2005
All rights reserved. Printed in Greece.
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Blessed Elder Paisios talks about monasticism
7 November 2011
- Geronta, do all the monks understand the meaning of what it means to be a monk?
- Monasticism is a great honor and blessing which the Lord has given to man. It is only very slowly that the monk com...
Miracle at Chonae by Archangle Michael
7 November 2011
Michael, the great and chief commander of God's bodiless hosts, both before the incarnation and after, showed compassion and solicitude toward the race of man ...
