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Geronda Ephraim of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos, (Greek: Γέροντας Ἐφραὶμ Ἀριζόνας) was born in Greece on June 24, 1928 – and died in Arizona, USA on December 7, 2019. He was a revered Greek Orthodox Hieromonk, an Athonite Elder, and Archimandrite in the
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