15.06.2021
VATOPEDI MONASTERY VIDEO LIBRARY
Establishment of Vatopedi Administration (June 1/14, 2021)
On June 1/14, 2021, the established ceremony of changing the Holy Administration on Mount Athos took place. The outgoing Lavriot Administration was succeeded by the Vatopaidi Administration with a new Primate, Elder Hieromonk George of Vatopaidi. The new Primate of Vatopaidi, Elder George, is flanked by representatives of the Holy Monasteries of Karakallos Elder Joseph, Koutloumousi Elder Philotheos, and Stavronikita Elder Theophanes, according to the order of the certain tetrads from the Charter of Mount Athos. The changeover ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Costas Vlassis as Representative of the Greek Government, Kyriakos Velopoulos, Chief of Hellenic Solution, the Political Governor of Mount Athos Athanasios Martinos, the Deputy Governor of Mount Athos Aristos Kasmiroglou, as well as representatives of the Holy Monasteries.