Holy Mount Athos, February 13, 2014
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According to Romfea.gr, the abbot had earlier expressed his desire to retire for reasons that are still unknown. According to information on AgionOros.ru, the reason for such a step was his present state of health.
The election of the new abbot is to take place on Thursday, February 20.
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Archimandrite George Kapsanis is a well-known contemporary Greek theologian and church figure. The following books by Fr. George are known to Russian readers: Pastoral Ministry According to the Holy Canons (M.: Svyataya Gora, 2006), and, God Became Man so that Man Might Become a God: Divinization as a Purpose of Human Life, Orthodoxy and Papism, Orthodoxy and Humanism (Moscow: DAR, 2008).