St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 6 x 8 (Maple) St Gabriel of Georgia Abgar sent his court painter

Abgar sent his court painter Ananias to Palestine to paint an image of Christ

crossed his arms on his chest and obediently gave himself up to them

Our Sweet Kiss pendant in cherry is the perfect wood pendant to wear daily

His books were smuggled into the Soviet Union during the control of communism and spread like wild fire

This Georgian Cross pendant in cherry is the perfect wood pendant to wear daily

St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia - 6 x 8 (Maple) St Gabriel of Georgia Abgar sent his court painterSaint 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