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As a young man, he received [[monasticism|monastic]] [[tonsure]] on Mount Athos at the Docheiariou monastery. He was later chosen [[igumen]] of the monastery because of his lofty virtue. In giving refuge to his own nephew (who had been forcibly converted to [[Islam]]) from the Turks who had captured Constantinople, St. Theophanes, with the help of God, freed the youth, hid him in his own [[monastery]] and blessed him to enter the monastic life.  
 
As a young man, he received [[monasticism|monastic]] [[tonsure]] on Mount Athos at the Docheiariou monastery. He was later chosen [[igumen]] of the monastery because of his lofty virtue. In giving refuge to his own nephew (who had been forcibly converted to [[Islam]]) from the Turks who had captured Constantinople, St. Theophanes, with the help of God, freed the youth, hid him in his own [[monastery]] and blessed him to enter the monastic life.  
  
The brethren, fearing revenge on the part of the Turks, began to grumble against the [[saint]]. Not wanting to be the cause of discord and dissension, He humbly withdrew with his nephew from the Docheiariou monastery, quit the Holy Mountain and went to Beroea. There, in the skete monastery of St. [[John the Forerunner]], St. Theophanes built a [[church]] in honor of the Most Holy [[Theotokos]]. And as [[monk]]s began to gather, he gave them a cenobitic monastic rule.  
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The brethren, fearing revenge on the part of the Turks, began to grumble against the [[saint]]. Not wanting to be the cause of discord and dissension, he humbly withdrew with his nephew from the Docheiariou monastery, quit the Holy Mountain and went to Beroea. There, in the skete monastery of St. [[John the Forerunner]], St. Theophanes built a [[church]] in honor of the Most Holy [[Theotokos]]. And as [[monk]]s began to gather, he gave them a cenobitic monastic rule.  
  
 
After the monastery flourished, the saint withdrew to a new place at Naousa, where he made a church in honor of the holy [[Archangel]]s and founded there also a monastery. To the very end of his days St. Theophanes did not forsake guiding the monks of both monasteries, both of which regarded him as their common father.  
 
After the monastery flourished, the saint withdrew to a new place at Naousa, where he made a church in honor of the holy [[Archangel]]s and founded there also a monastery. To the very end of his days St. Theophanes did not forsake guiding the monks of both monasteries, both of which regarded him as their common father.  

Revision as of 17:24, August 29, 2011

Venerable Theophanes the New of Dochiariou Monastery of Mount Athos, not to be confused with Theophanes the Confessor, was a native of the city of Ioannina, who lived during the sixteenth century. His feast day is commemorated August 19.

As a young man, he received monastic tonsure on Mount Athos at the Docheiariou monastery. He was later chosen igumen of the monastery because of his lofty virtue. In giving refuge to his own nephew (who had been forcibly converted to Islam) from the Turks who had captured Constantinople, St. Theophanes, with the help of God, freed the youth, hid him in his own monastery and blessed him to enter the monastic life.

The brethren, fearing revenge on the part of the Turks, began to grumble against the saint. Not wanting to be the cause of discord and dissension, he humbly withdrew with his nephew from the Docheiariou monastery, quit the Holy Mountain and went to Beroea. There, in the skete monastery of St. John the Forerunner, St. Theophanes built a church in honor of the Most Holy Theotokos. And as monks began to gather, he gave them a cenobitic monastic rule.

After the monastery flourished, the saint withdrew to a new place at Naousa, where he made a church in honor of the holy Archangels and founded there also a monastery. To the very end of his days St. Theophanes did not forsake guiding the monks of both monasteries, both of which regarded him as their common father.

In a revelation foreseeing his own end and giving his flock a final farewell, the saint died at a very old age at the Beroeia monastery. Even during life the Lord had glorified his humble saint: saving people from destruction, He calmed a storm by his prayer, and changed sea water into drinking water. Even after death, the saint has never forsaken people with his grace-filled help.


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