I was recently commissioned to translate some profound and inspiring works by our Righteous Father Alexei Mechev, which I put together in a booklet. Unfortunately, after printing 500 copies, circumstances changed and the one who commissioned the work has been hospitalized and called off the purchase. Since I am at an unforeseen personal loss with this, I wanted to make these never before translated texts available to my followers for only $11.95 a copy, which includes shipping and handling. I would like to sell all of these as quick as possible, and it would be great reading material for the lenten season. As an added incentive, for the first 50 people who order, I will also offer a never before published text by Fr. John Romanides titled "The Canon and the Inspiration of the Holy Scripture" free of charge.

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December 10, 2010

The Monastery of Saint Nicholas in Ano Vatheia



Amarynthos is a small sea-side city, part of the municipality in Euboea (Evia), Greece. In Amarynthos (Ano Vatheia) is the female monastery of Saint Nicholas with wallpaintings from the 15th century. It was founded in 1455, and the Katholikon which is dedicated to Saint Nicholas was built from 1460 to 1463. Soon after iconography decorated the church.

The history of the monastery only goes to about the 18th century when life at the monastery seems to have died down during the Turkish occupation. The new history of the monastery begins again in 1963 when it was re-established as a female monastery with five nuns lead by Abbess Mitsopoulou (+1988). The monastery slowly was restored and expanded, and the Cemetery of the Metropolis of Chalkidos is outside the monastery where the nuns are buried. In the late 1930's Elder Porphyrios lived her for three years.

The Katholikon today has many holy relics: Sts. Nicholas, John Chrysostom, Haralambos, Xenophontos, Paraskevi, Righteous David, Arsenios the Cappadocian and Panteleimon.

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