On Friday, February 18, 2022, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, together with Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco, Bishop Ioannis of Phocaea, and Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos visited the sacred Monastery of St. Anthony in Florence, AZ.
They were warmly greeted by the Abbot, the V. Rev. Archimandrite Paisios, and the entire brotherhood of the monastery.
The Archbishop offered memorial prayers at the grave of the founder and elder of the monastery, Elder Ephraim.