With the venerable and much-respected Elder, the Reverend Father Theokletos, Monk of Dionyssiou Monastery.

January

1 F Basil the Great. 17 S + SUNDAY OF THE 10 LEPERS. Anthony the Great. Martyr George of Ioannina.
2 S + Seraphim of Sarov. Juliana. 18 M + Athanasios & Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria.
3 S + SUNDAY BEFORE THEOPHANY. Prophet Malachi. 19 T Macarios the Great. Mark of Ephesus.
4 M Synaxis of the 70 Apostles. Theoktistos. 20 W + Euthymios the Great. Eusebios & Eutychios, Martyrs.
5 T + Eve of Theophany (fast). Theopemptos. Theonas. Blessed Synkletiki. 21 T Maximos the Confessor. Neophytos. Eugene of Trapezounta.
6 W + HOLY THEOPHANY. 22 F Apostle Timothy. Anastasios the Persian.
7 T + Synaxis of John the Baptist. 23 S Clement, Agathangelos, Dionyssios of Olympus.
8 F George the Choszebite. Domnica. 24 S + SUNDAY OF ZACCHAEUS. Blessed Xenia. Babylas.
9 S Martyr Polyeuctos, Eustratios. 25 M + Gregory The Theologian. Margarita.
10 S + SUNDAY AFTER THEOPHANY. Gregory of Nyssa. 26 T Xenophon, Maria & their children.
11 M Theodosius the Great. Agapios. 27 W + Translation of the relics of St. John Chrysostom.
12 T Tatiana & Mertios, Martyrs. 28 T Ephraim the Syrian. Isaac of Ninevah. Blessed Palladius.
13 W Hermylos & Stratonikos the Martyrs. 29 F Translation of the relics of St. Ignatius. Martyr Philotheos.
14 T The Holy Fathers martyred in Sinai & Raitho. Agnes. 30 S + The Three Hierarchs. Discovery of the Icon of the Theotokos.
15 F Paul of Thebes. John the Cave-dweller. 31 S + SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN & PHARISEE (Triodion begins).
16 S Veneration of the Apostle Peter's chains.  

It is with great joy and profound emotion that I depart from the beautiful Monastery of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which cultivates virtue within the framework of the spiritual and monastic tradition of Orthodoxy; also because the sum total of the nuns in blessed asceticism, who come from different fatherlands, gave me a pleasant suprise, such that in this monastery the ecumenicity of Orthodoxy is realized.

Under the oversight and pastoral providence of my old friend, the Athonite Archimandrite Fr. Dionyssios, I have the hope that the Holy Monastery will progress in every aspect and will constitute a true spiritual beacon of Orthodoxy, to the glory of God and the salvation of many souls. I pray that the Lady Theotokos, as the "nanny of virgins", but also as the first and greatest hesychast for twelve years within the Holy of Holies, and even as a unique "propagandist" for the life of women monastics, will help the sisters in Christ in their efforts, such that their settlement will issue forth full of good works, and chiefly through theosis, toward which divine Monasticism is directed. Amen.

Theokletos, Monk of Dionysiou Monastery
+ St. Anthony the Great
17 Jan. 1998


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