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...
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...
Saint Makarios Makris was an eminent figure of the later Byzantine years. An offspring of an important family of Thessaloniki, where he was born in about 1383, he received an outstanding education and, even from a young age, was distinguished by his learning, prudence and...
Constantine Harmenopoulos was born in Constantinople in 1320. He was professor of law and a scholar. He was born into a noble and important family, which was related to the Emperor John VI Cantacuzenus. By 1345 he was already “Nomophylax (Chief Magistrate) and a judge...
Saint Savvas was born in Thessaloniki around the year 1280. He became a monk at an early age as a disciple of a strict elder in a Vatopaidi cell at Karyes. He lived a severe ascetic life with extreme temperance in food and drink and...
Saint Philotheos Kokkinos was born in Thessaloniki in about the year 1300. He received an exceptional education and early on he embraced the monastic life. He visited Mount Sinai, and from there he went to Athos. Initially he settled at Vatopaidi Monastery; afterwards he stayed...