Venerable Our venerable father '''Theophanes the Newof Naousa''' of [[Dochiariou Monastery (Athos)|Dochiariou Monastery]] of [[Mount Athos]]the seventeenth century, not to be confused with [[Theophanes the Confessor]], was a native monastic who founded a number of monasteries in the city northern area of Ioannina, who lived during the sixteenth centuryGreece. His [[feast day]] is commemorated [[August 19]].
As ==Life==Little is known of the early life of Theophanes. He was born in 1590 in the city of Ioannina in Epirus in northwestern Greece. He chose [[monasticism]] early in his life. Still a young man, he received [[monasticism|monastic]] [[tonsure]] on [[Mount Athos ]] at the Docheiariou monastery. He [[Dochiariou Monastery (Athos)|Dochiariou]] Monastery and subsequently was later chosen its [[igumenabbot]] of the monastery because of his lofty virtue. In giving refuge to Finding that his own nephew (who had been forcibly converted forced to become a [[IslamMuslim]]) from the Turks who had captured Constantinople, St. Theophanes, with the help of God, freed the youth, hid him in his own [[monastery]] Dochiariou Monastery, and blessed him to enter the monastic life.
The brethrenof the [[monastery]], fearing revenge on the part of the Turks, became distressed about the nephew and began to grumble against the [[saint]]abbot. Not Theophanes, not wanting to be the cause of discord and dissensionwithin the monastery, he humbly withdrew with his nephew quietly departed from the Docheiariou monasterywith his nephew, quit the Holy Mountain , and went moved 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 ruleMacedonia.
After In Beroea, Theophanes founded the Skete of St. [[John the Forerunner]] and built a [[church]] dedicated to the Most Holy [[Theotokos]]. Soon, [[monk]]s began to gather for whom he established a cenobitic monastic rule. As the monastery flourished, the saint Fr. Theophanes withdrew nearby to a new place at Naousa, where he made founded another monastery and built a church in honor of the holy Holy [[Archangel]]s and founded there also a monastery. To the very end of his days St. Theophanes did not forsake continued guiding the monks of both monasteries, both of which regarded him as their common father.
In a revelation foreseeing his own end and giving During his flock a final farewelllifetime, the saint died at a very old age at the Beroeia monastery. Even during life the Lord had glorified his humble saint: saving servant as he saved people from destruction, He calmed a storm by his [[prayer]], and changed converted sea water into drinking water. In a revelation he foresaw his own end and give his flock a final farewell before the sainted Theophanes died at very old age at the Beroeia Skete of the Forerunner. Even after death, the [[saint ]] has never forsaken people with his grace-filled help.
Soon after his repose the monks of the Beroeia Skete placed his skull, among the other [[relics]] of the Skete, in a silver reliquary which became a [[shrine]] while his body was buried. Decades later, the Turks destroyed the Skete and left the tomb of St. Theophanes in ruins. In the twentieth century, the people of Naousa stole his skull and brought it back to their city and placed it in the Church of the [[Dormition]] of the Theotokos. Today, it is enshrined in the church dedicated to his name. In 1926, the tomb of St. Theophanes in Beroeia was opened and 60 pieces of bone were removed and placed in the Holy Altar.
==External linkSources==*[http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/08/saint-theophanes-new-of-naousa.html Saint Theophanes the New of Naousa]
*[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/August/19-04.htm The Monk Theophanes the New]
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