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The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi (Greek: Βατοπέδι, pronounced [vatoˈpeði]) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, Greece. The monastery was expanded several times during its history, particularly during the Byzantine period and in the 18th and 19th centuries. More than 120 monks live in the monastery.
Map of Mount Athos. From north to south in order, the footpath network on the eastern coast of the Athonite peninsula takes pilgrims through the following sites. [1] Helandariou Monastery (interior) Esphigmenou Monastery; Vatopedi Monastery. Agiou Dimitriou Skete (interior, behind Vatopedi) Bogoroditsa Skete (interior, behind Pantokratoros)
He was abbot of the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos before being appointed by Patriarch Symeon I of Constantinople as Metropolitan bishop of Serres, which he governed under the religious name of Manasses. In the first months of 1491, he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople with the support of the monks of Mount Athos.
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Joseph the Hesychast played a key role in the repopulation of six monasteries at Mount Athos, as well as many nunneries in Greece. [ 13 ] His life and spiritual legacy are presented in a documentary film titled Elder Joseph the Hesychast (2019), which was produced, written and edited by the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi . [ 15 ]
The ordination was attended by the then Metropolitan of Demetrias and later Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens, the Civil Administrator of Mount Athos, Konstantinos Loulis, and the Protector of Mount Athos, Elder Theokletos Dionysiatis. In July 2009, after the death of Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, [6] [7] Archimandrite Ephraim became the spiritual ...
Elder Joseph of Vatopedi (or Joseph of Vatopaidi, Greek: Ιωσήφ ο Βατοπαιδινός, also known as Joseph the Younger; [1] Paphos District, Cyprus, 1 July 1921 – Vatopedi, Mount Athos, 1 July 2009) was a Greek Cypriot Orthodox Christian monk and elder. [2] He was one of the primary disciples of St. Joseph the Hesychast at Mount Athos.
Returning to Mount Athos, he stayed for about five years at the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, where he was said to have been miraculously cured of renal colic. He was sent from the Monastery of Vatopedi to his hometown, Smyrna, to settle the affairs of the monastery's metochion there. He remained in Smyrna for nine months.