Elder Amphilochios Makris

VIDEO: 5 monks play semantron simultaneously at St Amphilochios the New canonization ceremony

In a video posted on Facebook by Mattheos Melianos, five Orthodox monks were playing the semantron simultaneously during the Divine Liturgy celebrated last week at St John the Theologian Monastery of Patmos on the occasion of the canonization ceremony of Saint Amphilochios the New. The semantron or semandron (Greek: σήμαντρον), or semanterion (σημαντήριον), is a…

Sep 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Elder Amphilochios Makris to be proclaimed a Saint during 4-day manifestation in Patmos

The canonization of St. Amphilochios (Makris), proclaimed by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on August 29, will be celebrated next week on the Greek island of Patmos, where the holy elder labored in monasticism. His canonization will be celebrated over a 4-day period, September 17-20, at the Monastery of St. John the Theologian…

Sep 14, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Elder Amphilochios Makris canonized by Ecumenical Patriarchate

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate resolved to canonize Elder Amphilochios (Makris) of Patmos (1889-1970) at its working session Wednesday, reports Fos Fanariou. Elder Amphilochios was a monk of the St. John the Theologian Monastery on the island of Patmos, where St. John the Evangelist received the Divine revelation that became the book of…

Aug 29, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu