St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 12 x 16 (Maple) Gilding Options:Gilded Halo In 1965 with St John's

In 1965 with St John's blessing he would found the St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood which took up shop next door to the cathedral

what sweetness awaits a righteous soul in Heaven

While he was praying

and dragged him along the ground

Before Mother Theodora became Abbess

St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 12 x 16 (Maple) Gilding Options:Gilded Halo In 1965 with St John'sSaint 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