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[[Image:ElderEphraim.jpg|frame|right|Elder Ephraim of Philotheou]]
Elder Ephraim was a [[hieromonk]] for 71 years and an elder for more than 50 years. He was a [[disciple]] of [[Joseph the Hesychast|Saint Joseph]] the [[Hesychast]] of Mount Athos and lived in monastic obedience to him for 12 years until the saint's repose in 1959. Elder Ephraim wrote many books on his experiences and homilies of Saint Joseph.