Mount Athos

23.07.2024

“A day of joy and gladness has dawned upon us, that of the Saints of our Monastery”

According to the Athonite order, the Synaxis of the Vatopedi Fathers was celebrated in a climate of devotion at the Holy Great Monastery...

08.07.2023

Tonsures of young monks at the Holy Skete of Saint Andrew (Serai)

According to the Athonite order, monastic services were held today at the Holy Vatopedi Conventual Skete of Apostle Andrew and Great Anthony (Serai)...

14.02.2023

Reception of the venerable Relic of Saint Daniel Katounakiotou

On Sunday, February 12, 2023 (n.e.) the Abbot of the Vatopedi Monastery together with the Vatopedi Brotherhood welcomed a piece of...

10.05.2022

TRIBUTE: 32 years since the Convivialization of the Vatopedi Monastery and the enthronement of its Abbot Elder Ephraim (Video – Photo)

Thirty-two years have passed today, Myrrh-Bearing Sunday, since the day of the Consecration of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi and the...

15.06.2021

Establishment of Vatopedi Administration (June 1/14, 2021)

On June 1/14, 2021, the established ceremony of the change of the Holy Administration on Mount Athos took place. The outgoing Lavriotiki Administration...

20.01.2021

"You have preserved the image of the one you have preserved unscathed", Sacred Idiomel (of Vatopedi Choir)

Listen to the famous doxasticus of the vespers of St. Anthony performed by the Vatopedi Choir. It is a poem by...

10.01.2021

Karyes: The capital of Mount Athos

The capital of Mount Athos is located in the middle of the Athonite peninsula and is the seat of the First. In Karyes...

30.09.2020

Speeches at the Synod of the I.M.M. Vatopedi at the feast of the Holy Belt (2020)

Speeches by Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopedi Monastery and Metropolitan Dionysios of Corinth at the Synod of the Vatopedi Monastery in...