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Most of the monastery's artwork consists of donations and tributes. The "portable icon of Saint Ephraim," located to the left of the church entrance, was created by Fotis Kontoglou but remains unfinished. In 1950, the relics of Saint Ephraim were found, having been buried for 524 years since his death. [3] [4] [5] [6]
The monastery is subordinate to the diocese Kitros Katerini, belonging to the archdiocese of Athens. [2] The property stretches over approximately 21 hectares and is surrounded by a wall. Outside the actual monastery, there is an ornamental garden, a church where weddings and christening take place, and an olive grove.
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The American naval communications station was the deployment location for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, home-ported in Gulfport, MS. Saint Ephraim the martyr was a monk who may have lived in the Monastery of the Annunciation in Nea Makri; it has become an important monastery in recent years and has become a site of pilgrimage for all ...
According to the dreams revealed to Makaria Desipri, St. Ephraim was born on 14 September 1384 in Trikala, Thessalia.His civil name was Konstantinos Morphes. He became a monk, took the monastic name of Ephraim and moved to Attica to live in what was then the Monastery of the Annunciation of Our Lady on Mount Amomon.
Ephrem the Syrian [a] (/ ˈ iː f r əm, ˈ ɛ f r əm /; c. 306 – 373), also known as Saint Ephrem, Saint Ephraim (/ ˈ iː f r i əm /), Ephrem of Edessa or Aprem of Nisibis, was a prominent Christian theologian and writer who is revered as one of the most notable hymnographers of Eastern Christianity.
The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi (Greek: Βατοπέδι, pronounced [vatoˈpeði]) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, Greece. The monastery was expanded several times during its history, particularly during the Byzantine period and in the 18th and 19th centuries. More than 120 monks live in the monastery.
Subsequently, in April 1990, on the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Hieromonk Ephraim was promoted to Archimandrite and ordained as Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi. The ordination was attended by the then Metropolitan of Demetrias and later Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens , the Civil Administrator of Mount Athos , Konstantinos Loulis ...