Saint Spyridon Monastery was the institution where the greatest medical and social work was developed for all the sick, the suffering or the elderly, the orphans and the infirm, for those people who were and are the most vulnerable in front of the great trials of life. The monastery was the catalyst that inspired the rulers, the ministers of the Holy Altar, the great dignitaries and many wealthy men of great means to offer of their wealth for the comfort of all the helpless who turned their steps to St. Spyridon s Hospital or to the other hospitals and philanthropic establishments it developed over time.