Neophytos Mavromatis was born on Antiparos in 1662. In 1703 he was elected Metropolitan of Naupactus and Arta. In 1722 he retired to the Holy Mountain. As metropolitan, he left behind a fine legacy. He was erudite and discerning. At his own expense, he built...
Saint Gerasimos Palladas was born in the village of Skillous of Pediada in Crete. He learned his first letters from his father Theodoros, who was first-priest and a preacher in Chandakas, and later continued his studies in Kerkyra (Corfu) and Venice. Besides Greek, he knew...
Kyprianos retired to Vatopaidi Monastery after his first term as Patriarch. He provided for a vineyard and its Kathisma [annex cottage] “of the Patriarch”, in the name of Saint Onouphrius. He reposed in 1714 and was buried at Vatopaidi Monastery. [caption id="attachment_377" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Icon from...
Grigorios Vatopaidinos, a prohegoumenos (the chief overseer) of Vatopaidi Monastery, was appointed Abbot of Golia Monastery in Bucharest and later consecrated as titular Metropolitan of Laodicea in 1669 at the Patriarchate in Constantinople. After his consecration he was appointed general supervisor of the Vatopaidi lands...
The Metropolitan of Nyssa Neophytos was an abbot and supervised the metochia of Vatopaidi in Wallachia. He died there in 1739. [caption id="attachment_270" align="aligncenter" width="650"] The episcopal double and triple candleholders, miter and phelonion of the Metropolitan of Nyssa Neophytos.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_268" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Artoclasia tray. 1730....
Iakovos was elected Ecumenical Patriarch for the years 1679–1682, 1685–1686 and 1687–1688. In 1680 he was made Abbot of the Monastery of Myra in Moldavia and was enrolled into the Vatopaidi Brotherhood. At the same time, he was designated exarch of the Vatopaidi metochia in...
Makarios was born on the island of Zakinthos (Zante) in 1465. In 517 he was raised to the Metropolitan Throne of Thessaloniki, having been transferred from the Metropolis of Corinth, which he had pastored for ten years (1507–1517). Having remained in his new position for...
Gennadios II Scholarios, Patriarch of Constantinople (1454–1456) (1462) (1464) Having resigned from the Patriarchal Throne during his first period in office, Gennadios Scholarios retired to the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi on 12 May 1456 and remained until September of that same year. Afterwards he went to...
Saint Maximos the Greek was born in Arta, Greece in 1470, studied at the greater universities of his time, and afterwards became a monk at the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi around 1505/6, where he lived for a decade. In 1516, at the invitation of the...
Patriarch Niphon II was raised to the Ecumenical Throne three times: 1486–1488, 1497–1498 and 1498–1502. He originated from Peloponnisos and became a monk at Epidaurus with the name Niphon. He met the virtuous Vatopaidi monk Zacharias, with whom he settled at the Monastery of the...