Mount Athos

Prince Charles meets with Archbishop of Athens, speaks about Romania’s monasteries

During his official visit to Greece, HRH Prince Charles of Wales met Thursday with Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece. After welcoming the heir to the British throne at the Archdiocese’s office in Athens, His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II referred to the philanthropic work of the Church and the ties between the two countries.…

May 10, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Abp Ieronymos: Elder Joseph is a member of the choir of contemporary venerable fathers together with Sts Paisios and Porphyrios

Attending the presentation of a book about the renowned athonite monk Joseph of Vatopedi (d. 2009) was Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens who said that ‘Elder Joseph is a member of the choir of contemporary venerable fathers together with Saints Paisios and Porphyrios’. Vatopedi Monastery organized Thursday, April 19, the launch of the volume signed by…

Apr 23, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Oldest Romanian monk on Mt Athos reposes in the Lord aged 95

The oldest Romanian monk of Mount Athos, Elder Gerasimos from Vatopedi’s Colciu Skete, reposed in the Lord Tuesday, February 20, at the age of 95. According to the Athonite tradition, Fr Gerasimos was buried the next day, February 21, 2018. Father Gerasimos, a Romanian by nationality, joined the monastic community of Mount Athos almost 30…

Feb 22, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Video: Athonite monks celebrate Divine Liturgy for the first time in Eastern Antarctica

Athonite monks celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the eastern side of the continent of Antarctica for the first time ever on January 30, reports the Union of Orthodox Journalists. Footage of the monks’ visit was shot, and a video has been posted on the YouTube channel of the Information Portal of Holy Mt. Athos. The monks celebrated the Divine…

Feb 12, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

‘Our whole life should be a permanent and sincere repentance,’ Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj says at Vatopedi Monastery

His Eminence Andrei, Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramures and Salaj, celebrated the Sunday Divine Liturgy at the katholikon of the Athonite Vatopedi Monastery, during which he spoke about our earthly existence stressing that ‘our whole life should be a permanent and sincere repentance.’ Allegedly built by St Constantine the Great, the Vatopedi Monastery received much support…

Jan 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Communique | Romanian Skete Prodromos denies cessation of commemoration of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

The Romanian Skete of St John the Forerunner (Prodromos) of Mount Athos has issued a communique in which it denied the cessation of commemoration of the Ecumenical Patriarch at the divine services, as states false information disseminated by the media. Moreover, the communique sheds light upon the case of some monastics, excluded from the Skete,…

Jun 27, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu