08 — Sources and Repose

A well-documented twentieth-century saint: the sources for his life — his letters, the convent’s records, living witnesses, and photographs — and his foretold death on 16 April 1970 and the veneration that immediately followed.

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

This section steps back to consider how Amphilochios is known, and then follows him to his death. The first file treats the documentary basis of his life — unusually good by hagiographical standards, and the reason this collection can be “born verified” — and what that documentation does and does not settle. The second treats his repose in 1970 and the immediate growth of his veneration that led, in time, to his glorification.

Files

File Description
the-sources-for-his-life.md The documentary basis for his life — letters, the convent’s records, living witnesses, photographs — and what it does and does not establish (§3.5)
repose-1970.md His foreknowledge of death, his repose on 16 April 1970, and the veneration that followed

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