St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 6 x 8 (Maple) St Gabriel of Georgia Isidore was a merchant

Isidore was a merchant

This was a pivotal moment in St Seraphim's life

Our Lady of The Dawn Gate is a Lithuanian icon of the Theotokos

The Sweet Kiss is a very sacred icon in the Orthodox Church

for otherwise he would not be allowed on the mountain since he was still a child

St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 6 x 8 (Maple) St Gabriel of Georgia Isidore was a merchantSaint Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) was born in 1907 with the name Evangelos in Evoia, Greece, in the small village of Agios Ioannis (Saint John). As a child he tended to the sheep in the hills, and it is there that he first read the life of Saint John the Hut Dweller (Commemorated January 15th) which planted the desire of monasticism in his heart. The spark lit by Saint John was fanned when at the age of seven he overheard a conversation about the divine