St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 4.5 x 6 (Cherry) Iconography St Zosima agreed and returned

St Zosima agreed and returned the following year and was doubtful when he did not see her

and nights in the thick of the forest

In 1908 he resigned his position as director of the school and withdrew to Holy Trinity Monastery where he spent the rest of his days as a monk

It was here that St Paisios' fame as a man of God grew

St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 4.5 x 6 (Cherry) Iconography St Zosima agreed and returnedSaint 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