Relics of Elder Joseph of Vatopedi exhumed on Mt. Athos (+VIDEO)

Mt. Athos, October 20, 2021

    

The holy remains of one of the great Athonite elders of the 20th and 21st centuries were exhumed today at Vatopedi Monastery on the Holy Mountain.

Elder Joseph of Vatopedi spent 13 years as a disciple of the great St. Joseph the Hesychast. He remained at New Skete after the repose of his elder in 1959, laboring there for another 28 years. In 1987, he moved to Vatopedi Monastery, where he remained until his repose on July 1, 2009.

    

The Fathers cleared the dirt away from his grave in the monastery courtyard, and after Vespers his holy relics were unearthed, reports Romfea.

The exhumation is being overseen by His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol, a spiritual child of Elder Joseph, together with several other hierarchs and visiting Athonite abbots.

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10/20/2021

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Variations in the Spiritual Life (Teachings from Athos) Variations in the Spiritual Life (Teachings from Athos)
Elder Joseph of Vatopedi Variations in the Spiritual Life (Teachings from Athos) Variations in the Spiritual Life (Teachings from Athos)
Elder Joseph of Vatopedi
By staying within the bounds of obedience and duty, we enjoy the continuation of the presence of the Grace of Jesus and we become peaceful. All of this increases within us the experience of how we should fight. Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi
+ July 1, 2009 Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi: Biography and Remembrances
+ July 1, 2009
Elder Joseph continued the spiritual work which he received from his Elder, and lived as a hesychast till the end of his life. He sought obscurity. He did not seek worldly praise or glory. He endured humbly, meekly and without grumbling all scorn, contempt, disgrace, criticism and slander. He had “compassionate pity” and his heart received and forgave all, because he gave room within himself for Christ. The 40 Martyrs of Sebaste: Confession through martyrdom The 40 Martyrs of Sebaste: Confession through martyrdom
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi The 40 Martyrs of Sebaste: Confession through martyrdom The 40 Martyrs of Sebaste: Confession through martyrdom
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi
What were they "suffering at present" from? They were tortured with whatever the devil threw at them, since he is always generating ways to prevent the devout from getting on with their business. He begins with minor internal or external annoyances and reaches even the highest of all evil, death.
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