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==Monastic life==
On September 26, 1947, Ioannis arrived at Mt. Athos to the St. Anna's skete. Elder Joseph got to know about his arrival from the patron saint of both Ioannis and of the keliya of elder Elder Joseph - St. John the Baptist. As elder Ephraim recalls in his book, at the pier he met elder [[Arsenios the Cave-Dweller|Arsenios]] who said: "Are you Iannakis from Volos?" - "Yes, how do you know me?" -"Elder Joseph knows that from the Fair Forerunner. He appeared to him today and said: I brought to you one sheep. Place it in your fence."
So Ioannis became a disciple of Elder [[Joseph the Hesychast]] who [[tonsure]]d him in 1948 and gave him the name Ephraim. Elder Ephraim was subsequently [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]], and then a [[priest]]. The life in the brotherhood under Elder Joseph was very austere and [[asceticism|ascetical]], and Elder Ephraim made great spiritual progress under his holy Elder.
