02 — Monastic Formation
The making of a monk: his years of ascetic formation on Patmos, a period on Mount Athos and the Great Schema of 1913, his return and ordination; and his election as abbot (hegumen) of the Monastery of St. John the Theologian in 1935.
Tradition: Greek Orthodox (20th-c. elder; Ecumenical Patriarchate)
This section follows Amphilochios from the fervent young novice of 1906 to the abbot of 1935. It traces the discipline that formed him — the asceticism, the Athonite period, the Great Schema, the reluctance to be ordained — and then the abbacy that gave his ministry its institutional base and precipitated his collision with the Italian occupying power.
Files
| File | Description |
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| the-making-of-a-monk.md | His years of formation; the ascetic discipline; the period on Mount Athos and the Great Schema of 1913; his return, reluctance to be ordained, and the beginning of his priestly ministry |
| abbot-of-patmos.md | His election as abbot/hegumen of St. John’s in 1935; the circumstances under Italian rule; his leadership and its brevity |
See Also
- 01 — Foundations — the monastery he entered
- 03 — The Spiritual Father — the confessor’s ministry that formation prepared
- 07 — The Confessor Under Occupation — the occupation into which his abbacy led