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Elder Ephraim the Philotheou monastry describes to us Mount Athos as he lived it and the heavenly experiences he had in the orchard of Our Lady. From the age of 19, the elder apprenticed with Saint Joseph the Hesychast, in the cave of Timios Prodromos. After the death of Elder Joseph in 1959, several monks gathered around Elder Ephraim who had him as their spiritual father. In 1973 his fraternity moved to the Holy Monastery of Philotheos where he became its abbot ...