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'''Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra'''; secular name: '''Alexandros Vafeides''', was a Greek Orthodox Archimandrite who served as Abbot of Simonopetra Monastery in Mount Athos from 1974 until 2000.<ref name="Dorobantu">{{cite thesis | last=Dorobantu | first=Marius | title=Hesychasm, the Jesus Prayer and the contemporary spiritual revival of Mount Athos | publisher=Radboud University | location=Nijmegen | type=Master's thesis | date=2017-08-28 | url=https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/4780 | access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref>
'''Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra'''; secular name: '''Alexandros Vafeidis''', was a Greek Orthodox Archimandrite who served as Abbot of Simonopetra Monastery in Mount Athos from 1974 until 2000.<ref name="Dorobantu">{{cite thesis | last=Dorobantu | first=Marius | title=Hesychasm, the Jesus Prayer and the contemporary spiritual revival of Mount Athos | publisher=Radboud University | location=Nijmegen | type=Master's thesis | date=2017-08-28 | url=https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/4780 | access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref>


== Life ==
== Life ==

Revision as of 05:04, 30 March 2024

Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra; secular name: Alexandros Vafeidis, was a Greek Orthodox Archimandrite who served as Abbot of Simonopetra Monastery in Mount Athos from 1974 until 2000.[1]

Life

Alexandros Vafeides was born on October 5, 1934 in Piraeus, Greece.[2]

During his time as Abbot of Simonopetra, he helped to establish several monasteries that are all dependencies of Simonopetra. These include the Holy Convent of the Annunciation in Ormylia on the Greek peninsula of Chalkidiki,[3] and three monasteries located in France.[4]

He passed away on May 9, 2019 in Ormylia.[5]

References

  1. ^ Dorobantu, Marius (2017-08-28). Hesychasm, the Jesus Prayer and the contemporary spiritual revival of Mount Athos (Master's thesis). Nijmegen: Radboud University. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  2. ^ "Αρχ. Αιμιλιανοσ Σιμωνοπετριτησ". indiktos.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2014-11-26. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  3. ^ "Beginnings". Ormylia Monastery. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  4. ^ "Étapes d'un pèlerinage". Pages orthodoxes la Transfiguration. 2004-12-26. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  5. ^ John Sanidopoulos (2019-05-09). "Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra has reposed". Mystagogy Resource Center. Retrieved 2024-03-30.