A N N O U N C E M E N T
By the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopaidi Mount Athos
The Holy Great Monastery of Vatopaidi has, through a sense of responsibility to the Greek people, its history, its spiritual tradition and its spiritual and ethical authority in both the Orthodox and the Greek community and due to the unjust attack and public vilification that it has suffered due to various factors, been compelled to inform the Christian flock in the Church.
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The Church is entitled to hold property, in accordance with the plethora of resolutions by not only the Greek Courts but also by the European Human Rights Commission of the European Council, to which the Monasteries of our nation resorted contra to Law 1700/87. Every Monastery with movable and fixed assets secures the running expenses for dining and hosting, building repairs, preservation of relics, as well as for the conduct of the missionary and philanthropic work.
The Vatopaidion Monastery in accordance with history was blessed by Divine Providence to play a dual role, of living a hesychast life and providing missionary activity to not only the Hellenic State but also outside it. Through the passage of the centuries… Διαβάστε τη συνέχεια του άρθρου »