Identity

06.06.2021

The history of the name of the Vatopedi Monastery

The foundation of the Vatopedi Monastery is placed in 972 at the point where, according to tradition, the miraculous rescue took place...

01.10.2020

The history of the name of the Vatopedi Monastery

The Holy Monastery of Vatopedi is one of the oldest monasteries that has survived to this day. It is built on the coast of the same name...

04.01.2018

Designation

The official name of the Monastery is the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The basic name Vatopedi or Vatopediou already appears in...

11.05.2011

Mark and Seal

The emblem used by the Monastery today is a Byzantine-style monogram with the phrase "of Vatopedi" written in...

11.05.2011

Designation

The official name of the Monastery is the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The basic name Vatopedi or Vatopediou already appears in...

11.05.2011

Dedication

Every Athonite institution is dedicated to the memory of the saint or the religious feast (despotic or theotokos) on which it is honored...

11.05.2011

Administration

In accordance with the communal nature of the Vatopedi brotherhood's organization, the administration is exercised by the Holy Synax, which consists of...