120,000 people visited the grave of elder Paisios the
Athonite on the 20th anniversary of his repose
Souroti, July 14, 2014
20 years ago (on July 12, 1994) the Athonite elder Paisios
(Eznipidis) reposed. On July 12-13, 2014, a very large number of people came to
commemorate the great ascetic of our times and to pray at his grave, reports
AgionOros.ru.
Thousands of pilgrims
queued for hours in huge lines waiting for their opportunity to come up to the
elder’s grave, to lay flowers and pray. At the Convent of Sts. John the
Theologian and Arsenios of Cappadocia, where elder Paisios of Mount Athos is
buried, at the anniversary of his repose a service for the dead and a Vigil
were celebrated, followed by the Divine Liturgy early in the morning. The
church could not hold thousands of worshippers, “including a great number of
children”, so they had to pray in the convent’s courtyard. According to the
police, 50,000 people prayed at the night service. 120,000 pilgrims visited the
elder’s grave on July 12. Three-day events, dedicated to the 20th anniversary
of the elder’s blessed repose, were to take place in the town of Konitsa.
At
19.00 of July 12, at the Church of Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cosmas of
Aetolia, a hierarchical evening service was to be celebrated. A Matins and a
Divine Liturgy were scheduled for Sunday, July 13. At the mayor’s office the
international conference, “Life and teaching of elder Paisios the Athonite”,
was held also on Sunday. After the conference, a new documentary dedicated to
Paisios the Athonite was shown for the first time. On July 14, for all comers a
lengthy tour of the sites associated with the elder’s life was organized.
These
places include his cell at the Stomio Monastery; St. Barbara’s Church, “where
the elder used to pray”; and the house where the future elder spent his
childhood. Events dedicated to elder Paisios took place in many cities and
towns of Greece. He was also commemorated in Serbia and other Balkan countries.
In Russia, an international conference was scheduled for the 20th anniversary
since the elder’s blessed repose.
myocn.net
Pravoslavie.ru
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15 / 07 / 2014
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