22.01.2026
VATOPEDI MONASTERY VIDEO LIBRARY
"The manifestation of the Trinity took place in the Jordan..." The Epiphany Feast at the Vatopedi Monastery
Moments from the Great Vespers of the Epiphany Feast, the Vigil, the Great Sanctification, the Eucharistic Synaxis and the Immersion of the Holy Cross into the sea at the Vatopedi Monastery. In a devout atmosphere and according to the Athonite order and tradition, the great Epiphany Feast was celebrated on Monday, January 19, 2026 (06/01/26 BC) at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi. officiated by Bishop Eumenias, Mr. Irenaeus, Abbot of the Patriarchal and Stavropegic Holy Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels, Governorate of Crete, flanked by the Abbot of the Holy Monastery, Elder Ephraim and other Vatopedi residents, Athonite and visiting Fathers. After the end of the Divine Liturgy, they went in a procession to the monastery's arsana, where the Sanctification of the Waters was celebrated in a festive atmosphere by throwing the Holy Cross into the sea.