Saint Paisios – Handmade Iconography – Mount Athos

Description

Handmade Icon of Saint Paisios, on a natural piece of wood, created by Hieromonk Vasileios

Arsenios Eznepidis, as his secular name was, was born in Farasa, Cappadocia. On August 7, 1924, one week before leaving for Greece as part of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, he was baptized by the priest of his parish, Arsenios, who was recognized as a Saint by the Orthodox Church in 1988.

His canonization as a Saint by the Orthodox Church took place by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on January 13, 2015, and the Orthodox Church commemorates his memory on July 12. In 2017, he was declared the patron Saint of the military corps of Communications, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece.

In his last years, Saint Paisios lived in the Panagouda cell on Mount Athos, where he was visited by many people to listen to him and receive his blessing. He led an intense ascetic life, with minimal rest of 2 to 3 hours a day. After his death, he was buried in the Holy Hesychast Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Sourpi, Thessaloniki. Since then, every year on July 11th to 12th, on his feast day, an all-night vigil is held at the Holy Hesychast Monastery, with the participation of thousands of faithful.

Handmade Iconography: Features

This particular icon comes from the Mount Athos iconographer Hieromonk Vasileios. It is entirely hand-painted on a natural piece of wood. The colors used are in accordance with the Byzantine tradition, and the work has been created according to the style of the Macedonian school, which is followed in the workshop of Hieromonk Vasileios.

This unique icon has a background of 22-karat gold leaf, while its surface is covered with pure beeswax to preserve the brightness of the colors over time.

The icon is available upon order.

Dimensions: 9 x 35.5 x 1 cm