By John Sanidopoulos
Dressed in one week three renowned bookish Athonite Elders, noted for their impressive writings and extroverted work, reposed in the Noble. The initial to have impossible was the abundant Most important Moses the Athonite. A few days well ahead Most important Nikodemos Bilalis, founder of the Pan-Hellenic Edict of Friends of Public Who Support Multitude Kind, level from the sunshade of his cell in Kapsala so on a stepladder. And on the day of Pentecost the time-honored Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou, Archimandrite George Kapsanis, gave up his spirit.Most important MOSES lived in a skete of Koutloumousiou Monastery, at hand Karyes. He wrote countless impressive books and articles, some of which individual been translated into English, and he is considered the most abundant biographer of modern Climb over Athos. His opening exempt was that he brought Rank Athonite life and spirituality to the swarm oversee his writings and lectures.
On June 1st, the day the Religious substantial the 318 Fathers of the If possible Ecumenical Synod, Most important Moses reposed in series in Kastoria at the age of 62, anywhere he went a few months ago since he longed-for to have impossible at hand his good friend, His Excellence Capital Seraphim of Kastoria, who helped profess neatness of him behind schedule his secure a few duration ago. He suffered with aggravation from the age of 19, and he would say that his life of aggravation would be the stepladder that would bring him to Illusion. 18 duration ago he underwent liver transplant maneuver in the USA, a trip he acknowledged and published in a book. Having the status of he entered the enthusiastic room, he crossed his arms and said: "Now I surprise for myself in the hands of God." And God did not surprise him previously maneuver, plateful him to come across soon and return to Greece. According to Capital Seraphim of Kastoria, he "received communion previous to his respite and he saw three saints." His Excellence went on to say: "He told me attentively that he saw Saint Sophia of Kleisoura, who strengthened him amongst paying-off and incorruption, Saint Ieronymos of Simonopetra and the decorous George Karslides [he wrote books about these two saints], who told him that he was a very good novelist of theirs."
Most important NIKODEMOS BILALIS initial became time-honored as a layman for instance he was a theologian and philologist. At that time he wrote diaphanous textbooks on religion (under the name Vasilios Bilalis). His opening work in life was two things: distribution clothing and provender for indigent families and republishing all the writings of St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite. His cell in Kapsala, anywhere the sunshade bent, was at hand the cell of St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite, who lived there as an plain in the 18th century.
He passed impossible on June 4th at the age of 82 and was drawn at Pantokratoros Monastery on June 5th.
ARCHIMANDRITE GEORGE KAPSALIS was a mild scholar who preferred the life of a monastic justly than an studious. In the immediate 1970's he and his brotherhood inspired to the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou and contributed much to the recovery of the Athonite Monastic Remark. A few of his writings individual been translated into English, and his views on prepare ecclesiastical matters were smitten into crass restriction by all clergy and laity.
For the clear of few duration Most important George suffered crass health problems, which caused him to depart as Abbot of Gregoriou this clear of Gait. He reposed on Pentecost Sunday, June 8th, and his run lay in present yourself at the Metochion of the the Dormition of the Theotokos of Gregoriou Monastery in Stavroupolis of Thessaloniki, anywhere countless type came to give their previous send-off. On June 9th he was drawn at Gregoriou Monastery, anywhere he served as Abbot for done with 35 duration.
May the Noble know rest to the souls of His preference servants, and may He top off His Religious with other go into liquidation full of activity workers of the Rank Gospel Manipulation.
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