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As Fr. Joachim's ministry in the United States began to bear much fruit, his health began to fail. His health deteriorated such that he needed medication before celebrating each [[Divine Liturgy]]. To reduce his pace of activities his doctors advised, to his disappointment and the grief of his flock, that he return to Greece for some rest. In 1930, Fr. Joachim left the United States and traveled to the [[Mount Athos]] where he joined St. Anne's Skete. In recognition of his missionary zeal in America, Fr. Joachim was awarded the Medallion of the All-Holy Sepulchre by the Patriarch of Jerusalem.
At St. Anne's Skete, Fr. Joachim sought out the strict and isolated [[Skete]] of Kavsokalyvia[http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/Athos/Skete/Kavsokalivia.html]. Elder Joachim remained at the skete for the next twenty years where he established himself as an Elder. Elder Joachim reposed on [[September 22]], 1950.
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