St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 6 x 8 (Maple) St Gabriel of Georgia During his time in Shanghai

During his time in Shanghai he became renown as a wonderworker and was attributed to many miracles

Isidore was a merchant

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

His books were smuggled into the Soviet Union during the control of communism and spread like wild fire

St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 6 x 8 (Maple) St Gabriel of Georgia During his time in ShanghaiSaint 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