21.01.2024
VATOPEDI MONASTERY VIDEO LIBRARY
"Today Christ came to be baptized in the Jordan"
In a climate of devotion and glorious feast, according to the Athonite order and tradition, the great Despotic feast of the Epiphany was celebrated again this year in the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The Vigil, the Great Blessing and the Eucharistic Synaxation were presided over by the Abbot of the Holy Monastery, Elder Ephraim, flanked by the Fathers of Vatopedi and priestly pilgrims. After the end of the Divine Liturgy, a procession was taken to the arsana of the Monastery, where the immersion of the Holy Cross was performed. This was followed by the Athonite feast in the Synodical Hall of the Monastery and the festive meal, which ended with a prayer in the Catholicon of the Monastery.