Archimandrite Seraphim (Papakostas) (1892 – 1954) was the Superior of the movement in Greece from 1927-1954. Zoe was founded in 1907 by Archimandrite Eusebius Matthopoulos (1849-1929), an earlier follower and collaborator of , as an extra-ecclesiastical, semi-monastic organization patterned on religious orders in the West.