Νέος Ηγούμενος στο Έσσεξ

Μια ιστορική εξέλιξη είχαμε αυτές τις ημέρες στην Ιερά Σταυροπηγιακή και Πατριαρχική Μονή Τιμίου Προδρόμου, στο Έσσεξ της Αγγλίας. Ο Ιερομόναχος π. Πέτρος Βρύζας εξελέγη νέος Ηγούμενος της Ιεράς Μονής.

Ο νέος Ηγούμενος, ο οποίος γεννήθηκε στην Καβάλα το 1977, προσχώρησε στην εν λόγω Ιερά Μονή σε ηλικία 25 ετών, όπου μετά από 17 χρόνια εξελέγη Ηγούμενός της.

Είναι πνευματικό τέκνο του Πνευματικού της Μονής π. Ζαχαρία Ζαχάρου, ο οποίος με τη σειρά του αποτελεί πνευματικό τέκνο του Ιδρυτή της Μονής Γέροντος Σωφρονίου.

Στην ιστοσελίδα Orthodox Christianity διαβάζουμε τα παρακάτω για το σημαντικό αυτό θέμα:

The Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, near Essex, England is the oldest Orthodox monastic community in the country. It was founded in 1958 by Elder Sophrony Sakharov, the spiritual child of St. Silouan the Athonite who is himself venerated throughout the Orthodox world.

Elder Sophrony served as the monastery’s abbot until his holy repose in 1993.

The abbatial post was then taken up by Archimandrite Kyrillos, who served in that capacity until earlier this year, when he retired due to the weakness of his age. He has not been able to serve the Liturgy for more than a year now, though he is now working to instruct the new abbot.

For its new abbot, the monastery, consisting of both a male and female community, elected Fr. Peter Vryzas.

Fr. Peter is a relatively young monk and disciple of Elder Zacharias Zacharou, who was himself a close disciple of Elder Sophrony.

The new abbot was born in Greece in 1977. He joined the monastery in 2002 at the age of 25, having labored in monastic obedience for 17 years already.

His PhD, on the mystery of receiving and transmitting the word of God in the teachings of Fr. Sophrony, was recently published as his first book.

ΠΗΓΗ: Orthodox Christianity