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Personalities
Hieromonk Neofytos from Vatopedi (1876-3 April 1967)
Monk Moses the Athonite
19 April 2013
Agathangelos Theokharoudis, as he was known before becoming a monk, was born in 1876 to his parents,...
Archimandrite Agathangelos Mikhaïlidis- Xenofontinos (1908-1991)
Monk Moses the Athonite
15 April 2013
Athanasios Mikhailidis, as he was known in the world, was born in 1908, in Cappadocia, in the villag...
A brief life of Elder Paisios
11 March 2013
On July 25, 1924, the future Elder Paisios (Eznepidis) was born to  pious parents in the town of Far...
Monk Nektarios Prodromitis (1808-1903)
Monk Moses the Athonite
7 January 2013
He was born in the town of Husi in Romania in 1808, of God-fearing parents. Even as a child he was a...
On Elder Kallinikos the Vigilant
Archimandrite Gavriel Dionysiates
31 December 2012
He was originally from Athens and came to the Holy Monastery of Iviron first at the age of 18. Dissa...
Elder Ioannis Kalaïdis (2)
Protopresbyter Georgios Trapezanlides
26 December 2012
His great love of prayer He would dedicate a lot of time to prayer. In any case, prayer is a virtue...
Elder Ioannis Kalaïdis (1)
Protopresbyter Georgios Trapezanlides
19 December 2012
Introduction In the Gospel of Saint Matthew, the disciples and, by extension, all Christians who de...
Elisabeth Behr Sigel
8 December 2012
Mme Elisabeth Behr Sigel was, perhaps, the most significant Orthodox woman of the 20th century who d...
Elder Paisios the Athonite & Contemporary Financial Crisis
7 December 2012
Greeks Seek Strength in the Powers of a Revered Monk to Predict Events Elder Paisios Expected Trav...
Archimandrite Ioakeim Spetsieris, New Skete, Mt Athos – Part IΙ
22 November 2012
In Athens, Fr. Ioakeim used to stay at the dependency of the Holy Sepulchre. One woman, who kept los...
Contemporary Virtuous Romanians: Father Ilarion Felea
21 November 2012
Father Ilarion Felea (March 21, 1903 – September 18, 1961) How I love Your law, O Lord; It is my ...
Archimandrite Ioakeim Spetsieris, New Skete, Mt Athos – Part I
17 November 2012
Archimandrite Ioakeim Spetsieris, New Skete, (September 1943) Anecdotes from his life * His grandf...
Monk Ioakeim Karyotis (1893-1988)
Monk Moses the Athonite
11 November 2012
The late Elder Ioakeim was a real Athonite. He loved the Mother of God, the Holy Mountain its histor...
Contemporary Virtuous Romanians: Father Daniil Tudor
8 June 2012
Father Daniil Tudor (December 24, 1896 – November 16, 1962) Prove me, O Lord, and test me, try my...
Trusting the Eye-witnesses: A Reply to Sullivan’s Christianity in Crisis
Fr. Lawrence R. Farley
29 May 2012
The April 2 edition of Newsweek Magazine featured a piece (just in time for Western Easter) by jou...
Missionary on a Mountaintop
Fr. David Hudson
20 March 2012
"You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden." —Matthew 5:14  On...
Contemporary Virtuous Romanians – Father Sofian Boghiu
15 March 2012
Father Sofian Boghiu (7 October  1912 – 14 September 2002) Blessed are the blameless in the way...
Contemporary Virtuous Romanians – Father Gheorghe Calciu
10 February 2012
Father Gheorghe Calciu (November 23, 1925 – November 21, 2006) I spoke of Your testimonies before k...
St Maximus as a monk at the Vatopedi Monastery
Archimandrite - Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
12 January 2012
The spiritual unity and communion in Christ between the Holy Mountain and Russia is not something ...
Eldress Theosemni: A Quiet and Hidden Ascetic
7 November 2011
The life of the beloved Eldress Theosemni is a Synaxarion account of perfection in self-emptying, an...
Father Dumitru Stăniloae (1903-1993) – part 1
Professor at the Theological School of the University of Bucharest - Very Reverend Constantin Coman
7 November 2011
Theologising in the spirit of the Fathers ‘My theology springs partly from the constant and authent...
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The Memory of the Blessed Mary the Egyptian
Feast of the Annunciation at Vatopaidi
Hieromonk Neofytos from Vatopedi (1876-3 April 1967)
Penthos: The Lenten Journey to Joy
Shockingly in Paradise
On Humility
Archimandrite Agathangelos Mikhaïlidis- Xenofontinos (1908-1...
Saint John of the Ladder
John the Sinaite (+ Fourth Sunday of Great Lent): “On Vaingl...
Why are we called Christians
Concerning the Diet of the Fathers
Dimensions of the Fast
Person and Spirituality
The Orthodox Church of Finland
The Veneration of the Cross