Annanias was born in Ioannina in 1806. Prior to joining the Vatopaidi brotherhood in 1833, he had studied at Zosimaia School and had been ordained a deacon. As an archimandrite he served from the end of the 1840s to 1872 as Abbot of Golia Monastery,...
Ioannikios came from Pedoula of Cyprus and studied at the School of Kydonia. As a monk of Vatopaidi Monastery he served for many years as Chief Secretary of the Athonite Holy Community (Iera Koinotis) during the years of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Having been...
Iakovos Pangkostas was born on Patmos in 1803 and studied at the Patmiada School. In 1820 he became a monk at the Monastery of Patmos. In 1832 he moved to Constantinople where he served as parish priest and teacher. In 1842 he was chosen Metropolitan...
Dorotheos originated from Rysio of Bithynia in the eparchy of Chalcedon. He studied at Athonias, Rizareio School, and the Theological School at Chalkis. In 1851 he was in tonsured a monk at Vatopaidi Monastery and was assigned as its Chief Secretary; later he was made...