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The Tomb of the Founders Theocharis N. Pazaras 4 November 2011 According to a tradition, which has survived down to our own times and is already recorded in texts of the 18th century, the founders of Vatopaidi are buried in a tomb beneath the arcosolium* in the s...
The Marble Sactuary Screen Theocharis N. Pazaras 4 November 2011 The old marble sanctuary screen which separated the sanctuary from the central nave of the katholikon in the Monastery of Vatopaidi would seem to have been one of the most notable screens on the Holy ...
Post-Byzantine Buildings to the Middle of the 18th Century Ploutarchos L. Theocharidis 4 November 2011 The early post-Byzantine period is represented by many interesting buildings which we shall describe briefly, in view of the limited scope of this article. Of the structures that the patria ascribe to...
Later Buildings Ploutarchos L. Theocharidis 4 November 2011 At the end of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th, many major works were completed, the first being, it would appear, the new refectory in 178540 . The building has a wooden roo...
Saints indirectly associated with the Monastery – Epilogue Georgios Martzelos 4 November 2011 This relatively brief account of the lives and personalities of the better-known saints of Vatopaidi will, we hope, have made it clear that its saints are linked with every phase of its varied history...
Saint Theophanis the Martyr Georgios Martzelos 4 November 2011 When St Theophanis the Martyr was still a layman, he had, in order to escape the rage of the Turks, denied his faith in Christ and had become a Muslim. After a while, however, he had become conscious ...
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, when he had gone down to the seashore for some particular task, he was taken prisoner by pirates who were lying in wait at ...
Saint Dionysius the Martyr Georgios Martzelos 4 November 2011 St Dionysius the Martyr was sent as a monk of the Monastery to Crete in 1822, accompanying the sacred relic of the Girdle of the Theotokos, since an epidemic was raging on the island. Since, however, ...
Saint Evdokimos the ‘Newly-Revealed’ Georgios Martzelos 4 November 2011 When in the year 1840 the Fathers of Monastery wanted to repair their cemetery, they discovered the relics of a saint entirely uncorrupted and exuding an indescribably sweet aroma, as the bones and sk...
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 of Soumelas, and their lives are linked with the existence of the Vatopaidi Monastery before the 10th century. According t...
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