New Skete, Mt. Athos, July 22, 2024
The repaired tomb of St. Joseph the Hesychast. Photo: GoFundMe The tomb of the great St. Joseph the Hesychast has been repaired, thanks to the generous donations from Orthodox faithful around the world, including from readers of OrthoChristian.com.
St. Joseph reposed in the Lord on August 15, 1959.
His disciples are largely responsible for the spiritual revitalization of the Holy Mountain, having repopulated several of the ruling monasteries. His spiritual child, Elder Ephraim, is also beloved as the founder of 17 monasteries throughout America and Canada.
Over the decades, the buildings at New Skete on Mt. Athos, where the saint spent the last years of his life and where he was buried, have deteriorated, and the cover of his tomb had cracked into several pieces.
St. Joseph’s tomb before repairs. Photo: GoFundMe
Thus, with the blessing of Geronda Nikodemos of New Skete and Holy Archangels Greek Orthodox Monastery in Texas, one of the monasteries founded by Elder Ephraim, a fundraiser was launched in the spring to help repair St. Joseph’s tomb.
On July 19, an update was posted to the fundraiser:
Glory to God! The new tomb cover was installed a few hours ago today. The quality could have been better, but we are still thankful to God to have replaced the cracked cover of the tomb of our beloved, wonder-working Saint (we still tried to find the best quality skilled man).
The rest of the donations will go to repair the other buildings of the New Skete.
Thank you for your continued attention, love, prayers, and efforts, as the New Skete still has many parts of the buildings to be repaired. More pictures will be posted here, as we do repair works.
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