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Geronda Ephraim entered Mount Athos in 1947, where he was a disciple of the Athonite elder Saint Joseph the Hesychast. On July 13, 1948, he was tonsured and given the monastic name Ephraim. When his spiritual father Joseph the Hesychast died on August 15, 1959, he became the geronda (elder) of the hut of Annunciation of the Theotokos in New Skete.
Elder Ephraim had shown his religiosity from a young age, serving in his village church, attending Byzantine music classes and expressing his intention to become a priest. After completing his secondary education at the Gymnasium of Lefkoniko , he entered the Apostle Barnabas Seminary in Nicosia to attend classes with the ultimate goal of ...
Joseph the Hesychast (Greek: Άγιος Ιωσήφ ο Ησυχαστής; born Fragkiskos Kottis, Greek: Φραγκίσκος Κόττης; [1] 12 February 1897 – 15 August 1959 [2]) was a Greek Orthodox monk and elder who led a small group of monks at Mount Athos.
Counsels from the Holy Mountain. Selected from the Lessons and Homilies of Elder Ephraim. (Archimandrite Ephraim of the Monastery of St. Anthony, Florence, Arizona. Formerly Abbot of the Monastery of Philotheou on Mt Athos, and a disciple of Elder Joseph the Hesychast. Not to be confused with Elder Ephraim of Katounakia.) Secondary
Ephraim formed a group of disciples after 1980, following Elder Joseph's instruction to have a group of disciples after the death of Nikephoros. His nickname on Mount Athos was "the Charismatic Submissive" ( Greek : ο χαρισματούχος υποτακτικός , romanized : O Charismatuchos Ypotaktikos ) because of the obedience he ...
Ephraim of Antioch: 545 8 June Patriarch of Antioch [254] Ephraim of Katounakia: 1998 27 February Venerable, Athonite elder [255] Ephraim of Nea Makri: 1426 5 May / 3 January New Hieromartyr, the Newly-Revealed [256] Ephraim of Pereyaslavl: 1098 28 January Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus', Bishop of Pereiaslav, Venerable, a.k.a. Ephraim of the ...
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Elder Joseph of Vatopedi (or Joseph of Vatopaidi, Greek: Ιωσήφ ο Βατοπαιδινός, also known as Joseph the Younger; [1] Paphos District, Cyprus, 1 July 1921 – Vatopedi, Mount Athos, 1 July 2009) was a Greek Cypriot Orthodox Christian monk and elder. [2] He was one of the primary disciples of St. Joseph the Hesychast at Mount Athos.