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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 Macedonia. Because of the education which he had received, he served as notary of the Great Church under Patriarch Pachomios....
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 of Constantinople. After the second retirement of St Niphon from the patriarchal throne, Makarios accompanied him to the princ...
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 of the Athonias - the Athonite School - given that this school, originally sited near the Monastery, was subject to its spirit...
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 devout parents and his name in the world was Konstas. When he heard of the establishment of the Athonite School in 1749, he ...
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 the Evangelical School of Smyrna, and then enrolled, in 1752, at the Athonias. Because of his many qualities, the School’s he...
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 Trikala in Corinthia. He studied on Cephalonia with the famous teacher Efstathios, and served for six years at the school in Co...
Saint Sabbas the Younger, the ‘fool for Christ’s sake’
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
This St Sabbas was born around 1283 in Thessaloniki, the son of pious parents. His name in the world was Stephen. Having received his education in his native city, at the age of 18 he secretly left hi...
Saint Philotheus Coccinus, Patriarch of Constantinople
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
Coccinus was one of the most distinguished and most prolific bishops of the Orthodox Church. He was born round about the end of the 13th century in Thessaloniki, very probably of a mother of Jewish de...
The Martyr Saint Cosmas the Protos
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
St Cosmas was a brother of the Monastery and lived at the ‘Kareon’ Skete. He was Protos of the Holy Synaxis at the time when the supporters of the union with the Roman Catholics, following the ecclesi...
Saint Euthymius, Abbot of the Monastery, and the twelve martyr monks with him
Georgios Martzelos
4 November 2011
St Euthymius was Abbot of the Monastery in the second half of the 13th century - at a critical period for Orthodoxy and the Holy Mountain. This was the time when the Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus a...





