ST ANTHIMOS THE BLIND ASCETIC, FOUNDER OF ST GEORGE MONASTERY ON CASTELLORIZO
St. Anthimos, son of Ioannis and Antzouleta Kourouklis, was born in Cephalonia in 1717, with the name Athanasios. At the age of seven he became blind as a result of a smallpox epidemic.
The Holy Monastery of the Mother of God ‘PANTANASSA’ is a coenobitic monastery for men located on the Central Coast of N.S.W. Australia. The monastery was established in 1976 with the blessing of the late Archbishop Stylianos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church (1975-2019)
