#REDIRECT [[Ephraim of Philotheou]]

Talk:Ephraim (Moraitis) of Philotheou

2006-08-27T02:44:07Z

Anyone know what Fr. Ephrem's surname is? As it is, this article's name doesn't conform to our [[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual (People)|naming conventions]] (as it includes a title), nor does it distinguish this particular man from others who are known by the same name. —[[User:ASDamick|Dcn. Andrew]] [[User_talk:ASDamick|talk]] [[Special:Randompage|random]] [[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|contribs]] 14:51, 22 Aug 2005 (EDT)

:I added what I could find (''of Philotheou'') in the hopes of an article move, but haven't come across his surname. [[User:Magda|{{User:Magda/sig}}]] 16:36, 22 Aug 2005 (EDT)

== Spelling of Ehpraim ==

Should not this page be under Ephraim and not Ephrem? Ephraim is the way it is spelled most often in English, and even the books written on him, refer to him as Ephraim.

== Surname of Father Ephraim ==

Father Ephraim doesn't have a surname...no one which is a monk has a surname.What happens is they have a first name only(which is a name of an otrhodox Saint)and if he is an elder father(spiritual father responsible for a monastery) then he uses the name of that monastery in order to show that he comes from there....in the example of Father Ephraim, because he comes from Philotheou Monastery(in mount of Athos-Greece) then he is called as "Father Ephraim the Philotheitis)which means Father Ephraim from Philotheou monastery.

I hope you understand what I am trying to say...

Reginos

:In practise, many monks (almost all, in the west) have surnames that secular authorities have (eg on birth certificates, drivers licenses, passports, etc). Some simply have their preferred name as their ecclesiastical name; some officially change their name based on the name of their monastery (eg Abbot [[Stephanos (Pantanassiotis)]] and his monks are all officially surnamed 'Pantanassiotis'). The only exception I can think of is Hieromonk Damascene, who appears to have officially changed his name so that Hieromonk appears to be, officially, his first name. Of course, the fact that I remember specific cases tells you how common that practise is...
:All that being said, he is usually known as Elder Ephraim - much like Elder Paisios. -- [[User:Pistevo|Pistevo]] 15:09, 5 November 2005 (CST)

Reginos' point is well taken. Of course, he is correct. However, it is common to use the surname to identify a monastic more precisely -- perhaps there are a number of people with the same name from a particular monastery, even if they are separated by generations. This is why we usually try to add the surname here - just for identification/record-keeping purposes. But also we add it in parentheses to make clear that this is no longer their name according to the Church. The same goes for bishops. {{User:FrJohn/sig}}

2006-07-20T19:26:26Z

Andreas:

[[Image: Vladimir_of_Kiev.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[St. Vladimir, Grand Prince of Kiev]]]]
[[Saint]] '''Vladimir (Svyatoslavich), Baptizer of Russia''' (958-1015) was the Grand Prince of Kiev.

== Early Life ==
St. Vladimir was a devout pagan in his early life. He was a great conqueror, who had many wives, and erected many pagan statues in the lands that he ruled over.

== Discovering Orthodoxy ==
Upon finding out that other faiths existed beyond his own paganism, he decided to send his envoys out into the world to find out what was true faith on earth.

His envoys met with Muslims, but felt that there was no joy among them, and that their faith was very mechanical. The envoys also met with Jews and Catholics, but were still unimpressed.

Everything, however, changed when St. Vladimir’s envoys arrived in [[Constantinople]]. Upon attending[[ Divine Liturgy]] in the [[ Hagia Sophia]], the envoys said “We no longer knew whether we were in heaven or on earth"

Taking the word of his envoys, St. Vladimir had himself and his nation baptized [[Orthodox]].

== After St. Vladimir’s Conversion ==
St. Vladimir changed completely after his baptism. He destroyed all the pagan statues that stood in Russia, and replaced them with Churches. He also attempted to live in peace as much as possible with his neighbors, and had only one wife.

== Notes ==
St. Vladimir is also the grandson of St. Olga, and the father of Sts. Boris and Gleb the Passion-Bearers.

[[Category:Emperors and Kings]]
[[Category:Russian Saints]]
[[Category:Saints]]

Vladimir of Kiev

2006-06-14T00:11:47Z

Andreas:

Vladimir of Kiev

2006-06-14T00:11:32Z

Andreas:

2006-01-27T07:52:25Z

Andreas: Saint John the Wonderworker of San Francisco and Shanghai moved to John the Wonderworker of San Francisco and Shanghai

#redirect [[John the Wonderworker of San Francisco and Shanghai]]