Resurrection and Agape Vespers in Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos

On the Holy Mountain, Agape Vespers takes place in the morning hours of Easter Sunday and is celebrated in a festal manner. The most important feature is that the Gospel is read in many foreign languages. In this way, the Church demonstrates the universal nature of the event of the Resurrection. After the end of Vespers, refreshments are served in the Guest Quarters of the Monastery to all the guests and the abbot, Elder Efraim gives an address on the Resurrection, which Pemptousia is pleased to be able to present, in translation, to the visitors to our web-site.