Vasileios Dimopoulos was born in Agia Marina in Lokris in 1867. He was tonsure a monk at Vatopaidi Monastery in 1893. In 1894 he followed his elder and uncle, Archimandrite Iakovos Dimopoulos, whom he succeeded in 1913 as representative of the Ecumenical Throne at the...
[caption id="attachment_327" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photograph of hierodeacon Arkadios in the midst of civilians.[/caption] Arkadios was from Skopje of Proconnesus. Having settled at Vatopaidi Monastery in 1882, he was ordained a deacon in 1887, and in 1899 he became a council member. A prolific writer with a...
Neophytos was born in 1832 in Kioupkioi, today’s provincial seat of Serres. He received a complete education at various schools and for a short time he taught Greek at the Theological School of Chalki. Afterwards he went to Germany for higher studies. In 1867 he...
Dionysios was born around 1790 on Ainos. A very bright and energetic man, he served as overseer for Vatopaidi Monastery throughout all the years of the Greek Revolution (1821–1828). In 1821, in their effort to abate the fury and the rage of the Turks against...
Panagiotis Dimopoulos was born in 1853 in Agia Marina in Lokris. In 1871 he was tonsured a monk at Vatopaidi Monastery with the name Iakovos. From 1875 to 1879 he was a student at the Theological School of Chalki. After his return to the Monastery,...
Pankratios Synapalos was born in Vavdos of Chalkidiki in 1866. In 1886 he was tonsured a monk at the Monastery of Vatopaidi, and in 1889 he was ordained a deacon. Since 1905 he served as archimandrite in Tatavla of Constantinople. In Constantinople in 1917 he...
Nikandros was born in 1840 in Kazaviti on Thasos. He went to Vatopaidi Monastery in 1858 and became a prohegumenos in 1889. He studied at the Rizareios School and at the Theological School of the University of Athens. He served well at the Monastery as...
Neophytos originated from Mesaipolis in the province of Prousa. He studied at the Rizareios School and then at the Theological School of the University of Athens. He served as teacher at the school in Vatopaidi Monastery, as accountant for the Monastery, as its representative at...
Agapios was born in Ravna (present day Petrokerasa) of Chalkidiki near the end of the eighteen century. He went to Vatopaidi Monastery and was tonsured a monk before 1821. He was ordained a hieromonk and later became a prohegumenos. In 1858 he was already Abbot...
Archimandrite Pankratios of Vatopaidi went to the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi after 1830. He served as abbot at the Monastery’s metochia in Moldo-Wallachia. He gave many gifts to the Monastery. In 1857 he donated a Holy Chalice of fine craftsmanship. In 1858 he assumed the...