Venerable
Ephraim of Xiropotamou
of Xiropotamou Monastery
An abbot of Xiropotamou Monastery, who reposed in 1983; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Reposed
- 198320th century
- Place
- Xiropotamou, Mount Athos
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Ephraim of Xiropotamou, a venerable monk, was abbot of the Xiropotamou Monastery on the Holy Mountain in the twentieth century and reposed in the year 1983. Father Moses the Athonite counts him among the Athonite abbots of the age. He is honoured by the faithful, without synodal canonization. Our sources give no further details of his life.