Saint Paisios – Handmade Hagiography – Mount Athos

Description

Handmade Hagiography On natural linden wood by the hands of the hagiographer, the saintly monk Father Vasileios, who is buried in the Holy Cell of Agios Anthony of the Holy Monastery of Philotheus.
An exceptional iconography depicting Saint Paisios, entirely hand-crafted.

This specific iconography has been crafted by the Agiorite Father Vasilios, based on Byzantine iconography standards. The depiction of the Saint has been painted entirely by hand. Coating the hagiography with pure beeswax ensures that the colors of the image remain unchanged over time.
Saint Paisios (July 12)
The Holy Father Paisios the Agiorite was born of pious parents in Farasa, Cappadocia on July 25, 1924 AD, a few days before the Farasiites fled their homeland for Greece. At his baptism, Saint Arsenios of Cappadocia (November 10), named him Arsenios, “to leave him a monk at his feet”, as he characteristically said. He became widely known for his monastic life and work. His classification as a saint of the Orthodox Church was carried out by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on January 13, 2015. In 2017, he was declared the patron saint of the military weapon of the Transmigrations, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece.