St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 5.25 x 7 (Walnut) Gilding Options:Not Gilded his father was a deacon

his father was a deacon in the church

Archangel Gabriel has been often described as the leader of the heavenly hosts

and burdened by the wind and cold

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St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 5.25 x 7 (Walnut) Gilding Options:Not Gilded his father was a deaconSaint 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