01.09.2026
VATOPEDI MONASTERY VIDEO LIBRARY
The reception of the Metropolitan of Patras at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi
With particular splendor and in accordance with the Athonite order, the brotherhood of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi welcomed on Thursday, August 27, 2026, the Metropolitan of Patras, Mr. Chrysostomos. His Eminence’s visit took place in order to preside over the feasts of the Dormition of the Theotokos and Saint Joseph the Hesychast. Upon his arrival at the Holy Monastery, the Metropolitan of Patras, accompanied by the Protosyngellos of the Holy Metropolis, Archimandrite Artemios Argyropoulos, as well as collaborators of the Metropolis, was received at the Gate of the Monastery by the Abbot, Elder Ephraim, and the fathers of the Brotherhood. Afterwards, they all went together to the Catholicon of the Monastery, where the official Divine Liturgy was celebrated. The Abbot of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, Elder Ephraim, welcomed His Eminence Metropolitan of Patras, Mr. Chrysostomos, with warm words, expressing the joy of the brotherhood for his presence at the Monastery's feast.