Nea Krini, Thessaloniki, October 30, 2023
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A chapel in honor of the recently canonized St. Joseph the Hesychast was consecrated in Thessaloniki this weekend.
St. Joseph the Hesychast, one of the greatest saints of the 20th century, was Elder Joseph the Hesychast, Elders Daniel and Ephraim of Katounakia officially added to calendar of saintsThe great 20th-century Athonite spiritual fathers Elder Joseph the Hesychast and Elders Daniel and Ephraim of Katounakia were officially added to the calendar of saints of the Orthodox Church by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople yesterday, March 9.
“>canonized by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in March 2020.
In America and Canada, St. Joseph is especially venerated as the spiritual “grandfather” of the brotherhoods and sisterhoods of the many monasteries founded by Elder Ephraim, who was a spiritual child of St. Joseph for many years. The saint’s precious skull is treasured at St. Anthony’s Monastery in Florence, Arizona, where Elder Ephraim spent the last decades of his life.
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And of course, St. Joseph is highly venerated in his native Greece, where a chapel was consecrated in his honor yesterday, Sunday, October 29. The chapel, located at the Church of St. Paraskevi in the Nea Krini section of Thessaloniki, was consecrated by Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos in the presence of Metropolitan Justin of Nea Krini, reports the Orthodoxia News Agency.
Earlier, Fr. Ephraim celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. Paraskevi.
Met. Justin thanked the Vatopedi abbot for his presence at the consecration, as he was a spiritual grandson of Elder Joseph the Hesychast.
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St. Joseph the Hesychast church consecrated in Tbilisi (+VIDEO)On Wednesday, July 22, the first parish church in the world dedicated to the newly-glorified St. Joseph the Hesychast was consecrated in Tbilisi, Georgia.
“>In July 2020, the world’s first parish church in honor of St. Joseph the Hesychast was consecrated in Tbilisi, Georgia. Church of St. Joseph the Hesychast consecrated at Madagascar monasteryConstruction on the Church of St. Joseph the Hesychast at Madagascar’s first male monastery was completed one year ago. And on Saturday, June 12, the church was consecrated by Bishop Prodromos of Toliaras and South Madagascar”>In June 2021, St. Joseph the Hesychast Church at St. Joseph the Hesychast Monastery in Toliara, Madagascar, was consecrated.
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