Hello, welcome to the Forum, Letgo1. [Is there a particular reason for your username ? Like "let go of the world" - ?]
Thank you for pulling up this thread. So many over the years were abandoned !
Are you speaking of Elder Joachim of St Anne's Skete, by chance ? Or a different Fr Joachim ? [I think the former reposed too long ago, come to think of it, but I'll be interested to hear about your meeting with ONE Fr Joachim !
Where can the lecture by Met Demetrios be found ? Was that put on the GOC-K youtube channel ?
I love hearing personal reminiscences of holy monastics, which are more immediate than written accounts.
Number of True Orthodox Monasteries on Mt Athos?
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