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02.07.2026
“Rest, O our Savior, with the righteous your servant…” Annual Memorial of Elder Joseph of Vatopedi (2026)
13.06.2026
Elder Ephraim of Vatopedi: "The people of Serbia will be pacified by the presence of the Holy Belt"
In a devout atmosphere and according to the Athonite order and tradition, the great Despotic feast of the Epiphany was celebrated on Thursday, January 19, 2023 (06/01/23 BC) at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The Agrippina of the Great Sanctification and the Eucharistic Synaxation were presided over by His Eminence Bishop Irenaeus of Eumenia, Assistant Bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarch and Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Our Lady of Angels in the Governorate of Chania, flanked by the Abbot of the Monastery Elder Ephraim and other Vatopedi residents, Athonite monks and visiting Fathers. After the Divine Liturgy, they went in a procession to the arsana of the Monastery, where the Sanctification of the Waters was performed in a festive atmosphere by throwing the Holy Cross into the sea. This was followed by the Athonite feast in the Synod of the Monastery and then the banquet, which ended with a festive prayer in the katholikon of the Monastery before the miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary of Vimatarissa.
02.07.2026
“Rest, O our Savior, with the righteous your servant…” Annual Memorial of Elder Joseph of Vatopedi (2026)
13.06.2026
Elder Ephraim of Vatopedi: "The people of Serbia will be pacified by the presence of the Holy Belt"










