St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 8.25 x 11 (Cherry) Gilding Options:Not Gilded in the center an infant

in the center an infant Christ lying in a manger

In the evening after his arrival

He would develop a skill in carpentry and worked as a carpenter until his mandatory military service

The young Porphyrios loved to carry out the virtue of obedience to his elders

St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 8.25 x 11 (Cherry) Gilding Options:Not Gilded in the center an infantSaint 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