Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, Gapyeong
Our conversation concludes with my question about his vision for the future. “Visions are always grand,” he replies.
“Our resources, however, are limited, because we are very far from Orthodox countries, and Korea has become a very expensive country. But to offer encouragement to the younger generation,” he adds, “I will say this: in the thirty-one years I have been here, not a single important project that was needed has ever been abandoned. A way has always been found to bring it to completion—almost miraculously.”
From the feature article by Christina Poutetsi on Fr. Sotirios Trambas, then Metropolitan of Korea, now Metropolitan of Pisidia.
Published: 3 September 2006, To Vima – Economy.
Fr. Sotirios Trambas, founder of the Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, Gapyeong
Metropolitan of Korea Ambrosios; Fr. Sotirios Trambas, former Metropolitan of Korea, now of Pisidia. The 24 patron Saints of the Church of Korea, whose holy relics are kept at the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration in Gapyeong
Nun Agathi Paek
Visitors together with Fr. Sotirios
Visitors of the Monastery
Memorial to fallen Greek soldiers in the Korean War
