04 — The Convent of the Annunciation

The founding of the women’s Holy Monastery of the Annunciation (Evangelismos) on Patmos in 1937 and the sisterhood Amphilochios formed; and the spread of his spiritual daughters — the convents founded from Patmos and the missionary reach of his spiritual children, including in East Africa and the diaspora.

Tradition: Greek Orthodox (20th-c. elder; Ecumenical Patriarchate)

This section treats the enduring institution of the elder’s life. The first file follows the founding of the Convent of the Annunciation — from a knitting-and-weaving workshop under the occupation to the community of nuns that survives him. The second follows the spread: the daughter-houses founded on other islands, the charitable foundations, and the missionary labours of his spiritual children, with the East African and diaspora connections handled at the level the sources support.

Files

File	Description
founding-the-evangelismos-convent.md	The founding of the Convent of the Annunciation on Patmos, 1937; its origin as a workshop; the sisterhood he formed and its life
the-nuns-and-the-mission.md	The daughter-convents founded from Patmos; the charitable foundations (the Rhodes orphanage); the missionary reach of his spiritual children in East Africa and the diaspora

See Also

• 02 — Monastic Formation — the abbacy from which the convent grew
• 07 — The Confessor Under Occupation — the occupation under which it was founded