Procopius Dendrinos

Steven Avery

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John Anthony Petropulos (1929-1999)

2015
John Anthony Petropulos
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...In its unpublished writing, the Athonitic Archimandrite Prokopios Dendrinos denmarkt all this secret lighting, from which the "miracle" is surrounded, and describes it straight as suspicious and misleading. He even does not shy away from throwing the feeding glove in the face of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre:

After all, they are supposed to leave the lamps of the church unprepared – without oil and wicks – and the door of the funerary chapel should also remain open so that the grave bench can be seen from everywhere and everything is visible, as was the case with Elijah. After that, the door guards should step away, or rather make an incoming autopsy of the grave bench. Then you should clean the entire grave bench with pure water by pouring a jug of water over it. From Maundy Thursday evening to Easter Sunday morning, access to the tomb chapel is even denied to the representative of the patriarch; then the “flight of fire” may go in and receive the light! The secrelight, however, is suspect and should not serve to prevent the carrying of a human-made fire – that is impossible – but it is purposeful that the preparation, i.e. the deceit, does not come to light. For the oil lamps are prepared by the representative of the patriarchy, and not as usual by the church servant. The candles are smeared with alcohol, and no one else is allowed to receive the sacred fire, not even the most high-ranking among the pilgrims. Everything indicates that it is created by human hands, and that is whispered even among the monks of the grave brotherhood.63
...Whether this is actually an outrageous work or a true miracle of God is a must. Perhaps everything is just a “question of faith”, as Christians say. And to quarrel over the questions of faith is senseless, is it?
 

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My photo FR GEORGE FRANGOS Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Hi all, my name is Fr George and I am a former student of Athonias Ecclesistical Academy, Karies Mount Athos. I welcome you to my Blog and hope that you enjoy my article

Hi all, my name is Fr George and I am a former student of Athonias Ecclesistical Academy, Karies Mount Athos. I welcome you to my Blog and hope that you enjoy my articles.

Eugenios Voulgaris 1716 - 1806.
During his deanship Athonias is named "Athonias Ecclesiastical Academy" the title it has retained until present day. During this period the Academy has its glory days it draws many students and gains fame not only in the Orthodox world but to much of Europe and beyond. Many students came to the Academy in order to be taught by the great teacher, Evgenios Voulgaris.
Amongst those students, most notable is the equal to the Apostles, Saint Kosmas of Aetolia, Anthimos of Olympus, Iosypos Misiodakas, Sergios Makarios, Christophoros Prodromitis, Saint Athanasios Parios, Damascenos Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Paisios Kafsokalivitis, John Pezaros and Dionysios Platamonos. In addition to these students the following were also very notable students: St. Athanasios Koulakiotis, St. Cyrillos Papadopoulos the founder of the Holy Monastery "Megalou Dendrou" in Paros, the first dean of the Chalki Theological Seminary Metropolitan Constantine Tipaldos of Stavropoulis, the first dean of the Seminary established by Kapodistrias on the island of Poros, Prokopios Dendrinos and teacher of the same seminary, Benedictos.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate after the departure of Evgenios Voulgaris, made enormous efforts for the maintenance and upkeep of the academy. It appointed teachers and deans and with fundraising efforts it maintained the academy with care.
In 1771 it invites graduate of he academy, Saint Athanasios Parios to be dean. Most notable teachers in the period prior to 1821 were Hierodeacon Kyprianos of Cyprus, who later was elected Patriarch of Alexandria, Nicholaos Zerzoulis, Saint Athanasios Parios, John Pezaros and others.
 

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Scholarly Monks – 2​


The monk Gregorios, the secretary of the Monastery, was also an important presence. A descendant of the well-known, influential Mavrokordatos family, the monk was a friend of Gregory VI, with whom he corresponded. Their correspondence is preserved today in the archives of the Monastery.
Prior to 1827, the well-known scholar and Hieromonk Prokopios Dendrinos resided at the Monastery for a short time. He wrote or issued many books on theological subjects, and was the first teacher at the seminary which operated on Poros by order of Ioannis Capodistrias, the first Governor of the independent Greek state.
Finally, Nikiforos Kalogeras, who later became the Archbishop of Patra and Ileas and a professor at the Theological School of the University of Athens, was tonsured as a monk at the Monastery. He dedicated sacred vestments to the Monastery.

 

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Athos Forum

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Benedict, left during the revolution, taught at the priestly school of Poros founded by Kapodistrias, returned to the Monastery, where he died in 1840. The sequence he wrote on the icon of the Virgin of "Axion estii" was published. There are anecdotes and other works of his, sequences and eulogies.

Procopios Dendrinos followed the same course. He left during the revolution, taught at the school of Poros and returned to his Monastery to die in 1848. In 1814 he printed a new edition, at the expense of the Monastery, of Thikara in lasion.

In 1831 in Aegina the Guide, or Introduction to the Holy Scriptures...

In 1832 in Nafplion the Egolpion hieron, That is, the study of Evidence from the Holy Scriptures...
In 1835 in Constantinople the Reconstruction. Almost verbatim, the Anti-origin Original Sin Unseen Booklet...

In 1841 in Athens a catechism with the title Christian Teaching, i.e. Holy Catechism of the correct doctrines...

loannis Symeonidis, from the Macedonian country of Tarlizi, and former Teacher of the School in Megalo Turnovo, published in
Pesti in 1840, in Greek, the work Kipos Polyanthis, which contains plants of various kinds...

Azarias printed in Constantinople in 1861 in a bilingual edition (Greek and Russian) Anotera episkiasis pir Athos, That is,
stories about Saints and Miracle Workers and Icons of the Virgin Mary and other Saints glorified on Athos.

Around 1840, Hieronymos Solomegov settled in the Monastery, who set up a printing press and devoted himself mainly to the printing of enlightening leaflets about Mount Athos and especially about the Monastery of Agios Panteleimon, which were widely distributed in Russia, which contributed to the massive attendance of monks from there.

Calligrapher in the 19th century, Dionysios Agiartemitis in Penteleimonos.
 
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