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Monasticism: The imitation of Christ
4 November 2011
Imprisoned within man’s limited vessel of clay is a wonderful mystery which we are only with difficulty able to approach. This mystery is the spirit of man, through which he perceives, to the best of ... 
The Typikon of the monastery
4 November 2011
The spiritual labour of the day in its attempt to acquire the divine virtues prepares for the nocturnal revelation in the known yet most unknown world of divine worship.
A knowledge of and contact wi...
Traditions concerning the Monastery
4 November 2011
We have the first evidence of the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi in a document of 985 which bears the signature of its first Abbot, Nicholas. In the case of the First Typikon* of Tsimiskes (972), we are ...
The building complex of the Monastic Precinct
Ploutarchos L. Theocharidis
4 November 2011
The building complex of the Monastery of Vatopaidi has changed its form many times in its thousand-year history. However, unlike the majority of Athonite monasteries, whose precincts assumed their fin...
Buildings of the Byzantine Period
Ploutarchos L. Theocharidis
4 November 2011
Apart from the walls and the towers which we have described above - and, of course, the katholikon - there are two other surviving buildings of the Monastery which date from the Byzantine era: the Cha...
Letters of Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, No 9
3 November 2011
“I am not being humble, I am horrified!”
To my dearly beloved A and to the church of God which meets at his place, I send my fatherly prayers.
I have received your letters, abundant with the affecti...
Letters of Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, No 6
3 November 2011
“Confession: a practical obligation of obedience”
Nea Skete 8/3/84
To my beloved son and to my darling daughter, I am always sending my fatherly prayers.
I have received your letter and I am please...
Letters of Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, No 5
3 November 2011
“The divine Grace and human effort”
Nea Skete 4/1/1984
My dearest son, I give you a wholehearted and fatherly embrace and kiss.
I have felt your real unhappiness about the insignificant little me, ...
Letters by Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, No 7
3 November 2011
“On hardships”
Nea Skete 10/1/1982
To my beloved X and A, I wholeheartedly pray for our Lord’s and Savior’s mercy and Grace to come upon you, amen.
After receiving you letter, yesterday, Friday...
Letters by Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, No 4
3 November 2011
“ Is obedience for everyone?”
25/3/1984 Sunday
Nea Skete
To my dearest A and M, I send my fatherly prayers.
I have received both the letter and the goods and we are most indebted to you,...
