He was born in Corfu in 1731. A disciple of Evgenios Voulgaris and his successor to the episcopal See of Cherson, Nikiphoros Theotokis, he is regarded as a brother of Vatopaidi Monastery and is include in the list for commemoration in the cemetery. He made...
From 1768, Prohegumenos Sophronios served as general administrator of the Vatopaidi metochia in Romania and was consecrated titular Metropolitan of Irenopolis and Vatopaidi. In 1784, he made a votive offering of five pungia – that is, 2500 Turkish gurus – for Athonias and to Vatopaidi...
[caption id="attachment_297" align="alignleft" width="220"] Idealistic depiction[/caption] Kyrillos V (called Karakallos before monasticism) was born in Dimitsana (or at Nafplio) in the late seventeenth century. In 1715, during the reoccupation of Peloponnisos by the Turks, Kyrillos was captured and taken to Constantinople. After his ransom and release...
Metropolitan Gerasimos originated from Paros. He was made Metropolitan of Philippi and Drama in the late eighteenth century and afterwards he became a brother of Vatopaidi Monastery. In the Monastery’s guesthouse, Gerasimos restored the Chapel of the Apostle Andrew and decorated it with wall-paintings at...