Saturday, July 4, 2009

Video and More Photos From the Funeral of Elder Jospeh of Vatopaidi

"Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi is man of God. His mind is so fortified in God that he does not speak about anything which is of this world. Having enormous love towards God, he longs to die." -- Abbot Ephraim of Vatopaidi







More photographs from Elder Joseph's funeral were published on http://vatopaidi.wordpress.com. These were taken by Demetris Kapogiannis of Athens and George Sarafeidis of Thessaloniki who were present at the funeral. May the blessing of the Elder be with them for sharing these.






























Posted by J.Sanidopoulos at 12:51 AM
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  1. Thank you so much for posting this beautiful tribute. May God grant his soul blessed repose.
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  2. I feel conforted by observing the decays of this holy fother of the holy mountain who is smiling upon his departure to the eternal fother. However, I do not know why I cannot stop crying while looking at him; maybee I weep over myself or because humanity had just last a saint. I regret myself because I did not meet him last year while at the Mount.
    Mazen H.ABBOUD
    www.mazenabboud.com
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  3. Aionia i mnimi autou!
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  4. Aionia i mnimi autou! we would love to have this as a video for ourselves!
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