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moved with his brotherhood to New Skete and lived in a cell there until his repose in 1959. The original tomb of Saint Joseph (until his body was exhumed and relics were given to various monasteries) still exits in his chapel in New Skete. He was buried in the holy chapel of the
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957:Monasteries
949:Mount Athos
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389:του Δανιήλ
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422:του Ιωσήφ
419:tou Iosíf
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386:tou Daníl
297:Katholikon
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305:καθολικόν
278:New Skete
235:monastics
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