Florence, Arizona, April 26, 2023
Photo: Twitter
A splendid new mosaic of Elder Ephraim, the beloved spiritual father to thousands around the world, was recently installed at his tomb.
Elder Ephraim began his monastic life as a spiritual child of the great St. Joseph the Hesychast. He later became abbot of Philotheou Monastery and helped to repopulate a number of other Athonite monasteries, in addition to founding numerous new monasteries in Greece and North America.
St. Menas Chapel. Photo: Twitter
The Elder spent the last decades of his life at St. Anthony’s Monastery in Florence, Arizona, where he reposed in the Lord on December 7, 2019.
Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona reposes in the LordThe Athonite elder, loved throughout the entire Orthodox world, reposed at about 10:00 PM at St. Anthony’s Arizona in Florence, Arizona, which he founded in 1995.During his lifetime, he was widely regarded as one of if not the holiest elder alive, and his veneration has only spread since his repose.
St. Joseph the Hesychast. Photo: Facebook
He is entombed in the St. Menas Chapel at St. Anthony’s Monastery, which now features a beautiful mosaic on the right side of the entrance, with a mosaic of his spiritual father, St. Joseph the Hesychast, on the left.
The tomb of Elder Ephraim. Photo: Facebook
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