Pachomios of the Phaneromenos Cell

Pachomios of the Phaneromenos Cell was an Athonite monk, the disciple of Evlogios and a spiritual grandson of Hadji-⁠Georgis. He reposed on 22 April 1974 and is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named Nikolaos Triantafyllou in the world, he was born in 1880 in the village of Kalyvia in northern Euboea. He emigrated to America, married and had a child. After the child's death he returned to Greece and left the world, following other bitter trials. He went first to Koutloumousiou Monastery, where a virtuous countryman, the monk Ioasaph (died 1928), lived. There he fell ill and was visited by Elder Evlogios of the cell of Phaneromenos, who cared for him as a practical physician. So they came to know each other, and in 1908 Pachomios followed him to the cell of St George Phaneromenos. He was tonsured in 1912. He was simple, calm and quiet.

St Paisios the Athonite tells of his end. Three days before his repose, on a Thursday, he sent Father George to buy fish for the feast of St George, saying that this time there would be two feasts, for he would celebrate in heaven with the saint. On Friday he asked that the fathers be told of his funeral and memorial, and on Saturday morning he received Communion, joyfully chanting the troparion Of Thy Mystical Supper. Then he reposed, on 22 April 1974. According to Moses the Athonite, an angelic greeting was heard as his soul departed, and the cell, which had smelled heavily because of his long illness, was filled with fragrance. The funeral took place on Sunday and the feast of St George on Monday.