Saints Theofanis and Nektarios trying to make a decision on the place of their asceticism, visited Saint Niphon to take his consultancy. This scene depicts Saint Niphon who encourages them to leave their place of origin, Ioannina, where they were accepting hassles from local usurpers and look for a new hermitage.
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Saint Benedict was a disciple of the founders of the Holy Monastery ( Theofanis and Nektarios ). He passed away at the age of 40 years old from exhaustion during the construction of the Holy Monastery which took 20 years to finish.
This certain painting was designed and reflected for the first time by our workshop, upon the arrival of the founders of the Varlaam Holy Monastery Theofanis and Nektarios in Saint Lithoupoli Meteora.