First Annual OCAA CONFERENCE FALL 2023 at the Diakonia Tetreat Center... full details soon
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With presentations by
GERONTA EPHRAIM
Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi, Mt Athos
In 1982 Geronta Ephraim was tonsured a monk in the brotherhood of Elder Joseph in New Skete, Mount Athos. The brotherhood of Elder Joseph eventually entered the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi and in 1990 the monastery reverted from the idiorrhythmic to coenobitic life and Elder Ephraim was enthroned as its first Abbot.
METROPOLITAN EPHRAIM OF AEGINA
Metropolitan of Aegina, Greece
Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina under the jurisdiction of the Church of Greece. He has served as the ruling hierarch of the metropolis since 2001.
GERONTISSA TIMOTHEA
Abbess of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity / St. Nektarios
Gerontissa Timothea was enthroned in 2019 as abbess of the women's monastery founded by the great saint St. Nektarios of Aegina the Wonderworker.
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“No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great.” - St. John Chrysostom
