According to medical sources from the “Evangelismos” hospital, the health of the abbot of the Vatopedi Monastery, Ephraim, showed a rapid deterioration.
Elder Ephraim, dear to the Orthodox world, has been intubated by the treating physicians of the Evangelismos Intensive Care Unit, as in the last few hours the oxygen level in his body had dropped severely.
In both the Vatopedi Monastery, as well as in other Monasteries of Mount Athos, the concern for the condition of the beloved abbot to the Orthodox world is obvious.
The abbot was admitted to Evangelismos Hospital last Friday and is spending the eighth day of treatment in the special unit for patients with Covid, of the Athens Hospital.