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Saint Nektarios was born in the mid-19th century in Selymbria, Thrace and was vastly recognized for his preaching and leadership capabilities. He graduated from the University of Athens in 1885, and thereafter was ordained a Priest and moved to Cairo, Egypt, where he served in the Church of Saint Nicholas. He was consecrated as the Bishop of Pentapolis (Metropolis of Egypt, back then). Then having served as Bishop of Cairo for a year before, he was unjustly removed.. Following this, he became director of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School in Athens, followed by the Metropolitan of the island of Aegina, where he also established the Holy Trinity Monastery. Saint Nektarios spent the rest of his life there, all the while publishing and preaching. Many thought of him as a Saint because of his virtues, philosophies and theological capabilities.

Saint Nektarios' feast day is celebrated on November 9.

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This icon of Saint Nektarios is reproduced, with permission, from the authentic icon painted by the monks in the Cell of St. John the Theologian Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou in Mount Athos, Greece. This icon is part of our collection “Icons from Mount Athos”, which features all icons from the Cell of St. John the Theologian.

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Known as the patron saint of all travelers and sailors. 

Saint Nicholas Bishop of Myra is also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession. He lived during the reign of Saint Constantine the Great in Asia Minor. He was born to a wealthy Christian family, but after his parents died, he distributed his wealth to the poor.  He became Bishop of Myra soon after he returned from a pilgrimage to Egypt and Palestine. Later, he was imprisoned during the persecution of Diocletian, one of the most severe persecutions of Christians, but was released after the orders of Constantine the Great. He was present at the First Ecumenical Council at Nicea in the year 325 and was imprisoned again for slapping the heretic Arius, an act forbidden to the clergy. During the night, our Lord Jesus Christ and our Lady Theotokos appeared to some of the bishops who were seeking disciplinary action against him, and informed them that no punishment should be taken as he had acted not out of passion, but extreme love and piety.

Many incidents from his life, along with his habit of secretly giving to the poor and to those in need make Saint Nicholas one of the most well-known and loved Saints of our church. Some of the most known miracles include saving three innocent soldiers from a wrongful execution, chopping down a tree possessed by a demon, healing a woman with a withered hand and hundreds more through the years.

He reposed in the year 330 and his feast day is celebrated on December 6.

Apolytikion of Nicholas the Wonderworker:

Fourth Tone

A model of faith and the image of gentleness, the example of your life has shown you forth to your sheep-fold to be a master of temperance. You obtained thus through being lowly, gifts from on high, and riches through poverty. Nicholas, our father and priest of priests, intercede with Christ our God that He may save our souls.

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Born on the island of Naxos, Greece in 1851, Saint Nicholas Planas (also known as Papa-Nicholas Planas) lost his father at a very young age and moved to Athens due to financial difficulties. Wanting to please his mother, he married at the age of 17 and soon became the father of one child. His wife passed away when their son was one year old, thus spending most of his life in celibacy. His only aspiration was to serve the Church  (an aspiration and love passed to him by his grandfather) and he was ordained a deacon in 1879. 

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Saint Nikephoros was born in 1890 in a small village on the island of Crete, Greece. His parents died when he was young, leaving him an orphan. At 16 years old he began to show signs of leprosy and left in secret for Cairo to avoid confinement on the Leper Island of Spinalonga. As his disease worsened, he returned to Greece, Chios this time, to live in a church for lepers led by Saint Anthimos. Two years later he was tonsured as a monk and lived a life of strict prayer and fasting. After the Chios leprosarium was closed in 1957, the two found residence in a leper home in Athens. Saint Nikephoros fell asleep in 1964, his relics becoming fragrant from Christ’s blessing. Saint Nikephoros the Leper is the patron saint of those suffering infectious diseases. In the midst of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, several people in Greece revealed that Saint Nikephoros the Leper appeared to them, assuring them of his intercession and protection as well as for the healing of those who suffered the disease.

Saint Nikephoros’ feast day is celebrated on January 4.

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Explore our other icon of Saint Olga, Full Stature. 

The Story Behind This Icon:

Saint Olga lived in the early tenth century A.D. in Russia. She married into the royal family through Prince Igor the First, whose father was the first leader of Russia. After her husband was murdered, Olga was the temporary ruler of the state (for almost twenty years) until their son, Svyatoslav was old enough to rule himself. She was well known for her strong and stable administration. During her time in power, Olga went to visit Constantinople, in which she found Christianity and converted. She returned back to Kiev to live the rest of her life in peace. Although she, herself did not convert the Russian people to Christianity, by becoming Christian herself, she influenced her people and her descendants to follow suit.

Saint Olga's feast day is celebrated on July 11.

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The Story Behind This Icon:

Saint Olga lived in the early tenth century A.D. in Russia. She married into the royal family through Prince Igor the First, whose father was the first leader of Russia. After her husband was murdered, Olga was the temporary ruler of the state (for almost twenty years) until their son, Svyatoslav was old enough to rule himself. She was well known for her strong and stable administration. During her time in power, Olga went to visit Constantinople, in which she found Christianity and converted. She returned back to Kiev to live the rest of her life in peace. Although she, herself did not convert the Russian people to Christianity, by becoming Christian herself, she influenced her people and her descendants to follow suit.

Saint Olga's feast day is celebrated on July 11.

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St. Paisios of Mount Athos, Monastic ~ St. Paisios the Athonite 

The Story Behind This Icon:

Saint Paisios was born in the early 1920s in the small town of Farasa, in Cappadocia, where the town priest was Saint Arsenios. Saint Paisios led a normal life and grew up to join the army during the Greek Civil War. He insisted on never firing a weapon, and therefore served as a radio operator. Once, during a battle, his unit was under heavy fire, but he prayed to the Panagia to intercede, and she quickly did, saving him and his unit. Following the Civil War, Saint Paisios became a monk, arriving on Mount Athos in 1950. He first settled at the monastery of Esphigmenou, before leaving for Philotheou. Later in life, Paisios suffered from lung problems and had to leave for Thessaloniki to be treated. During his time outside of Mt. Athos, he stayed with the Sisterhood of St. John the Theologian in Souroti, just outside of Thessaloniki. Saint Paisisos returned after a couple of years of treatment to live in the cell of Panagouda, which belongs to the Koutloumousiou Monastery. It was there where Saint Paisios became widely known. Many people from around the world came to see and speak with him. Saint Paisios had many God-given abilities and helped many who came to him, simultaneously praying for the entire world. In 1993, Saint Paisios left the Holy Mountain due to health issues. Saint Paisios lived for others, not caring at all for himself, which left him in a weakened health state. He slept in Christ in 1994 in the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Souroti, Greece.

Saint Paisios' feast day is celebrated on July 12.

His biography can be found here, as written by the Sisters from the Holy Hesychasterion "Evangelist John the Theologian".

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St. Paisios of Mount Athos ~ St. Paisios the Athonite 

The Story Behind This Icon:

Saint Paisios was born in the early 1920s in the small town of Farasa, in Cappadocia, where the town priest was Saint Arsenios. Saint Paisios led a normal life and grew up to join the army during the Greek Civil War. He insisted on never firing a weapon, and therefore served as a radio operator. Once, during a battle, his unit was under heavy fire, but he prayed to the Panagia to intercede, and she quickly did, saving him and his unit. Following the Civil War, Saint Paisios became a monk, arriving on Mount Athos in 1950. He first settled at the monastery of Esphigmenou, before leaving for Philotheou. Later in life, Paisios suffered from lung problems and had to leave for Thessaloniki to be treated. During his time outside of Mt. Athos, he stayed with the Sisterhood of St. John the Theologian in Souroti, just outside of Thessaloniki. Saint Paisisos returned after a couple of years of treatment to live in the cell of Panagouda, which belongs to the Koutloumousiou Monastery. It was there where Saint Paisios became widely known. Many people from around the world came to see and speak with him. Saint Paisios had many God-given abilities and helped many who came to him, simultaneously praying for the entire world. In 1993, Saint Paisios left the Holy Mountain due to health issues. Saint Paisios lived for others, not caring at all for himself, which left him in a weakened health state. He slept in Christ in 1994 in the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Souroti, Greece.

Saint Paisios' feast day is celebrated on July 12.

His biography can be found here, as written by the Sisters from the Holy Hesychasterion "Evangelist John the Theologian".

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This icon is made of solid, natural limewood (Tilia) that has been prepared by hand using traditional methods and organic materials. The background consists of 22 Karat gold leaves that were meticulously applied by hand, piece by piece.  

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St. Paisios of Mount Athos ~ St. Paisios of Mount Athos, Monastic

The Story Behind This Icon:

Saint Paisios was born in the early 1920s in the small town of Farasa, in Cappadocia, where the town priest was Saint Arsenios. Saint Paisios led a normal life and grew up to join the army during the Greek Civil War. He insisted on never firing a weapon, and therefore served as a radio operator. Once, during a battle, his unit was under heavy fire, but he prayed to the Panagia to intercede, and she quickly did, saving him and his unit. Following the Civil War, Saint Paisios became a monk, arriving on Mount Athos in 1950. He first settled at the monastery of Esphigmenou, before leaving for Philotheou. Later in life, Paisios suffered from lung problems and had to leave for Thessaloniki to be treated. During his time outside of Mt. Athos, he stayed with the Sisterhood of St. John the Theologian in Souroti, just outside of Thessaloniki. Saint Paisisos returned after a couple of years of treatment to live in the cell of Panagouda, which belongs to the Koutloumousiou Monastery. It was there where Saint Paisios became widely known. Many people from around the world came to see and speak with him. Saint Paisios had many God-given abilities and helped many who came to him, simultaneously praying for the entire world. In 1993, Saint Paisios left the Holy Mountain due to health issues. Saint Paisios lived for others, not caring at all for himself, which left him in a weakened health state. He slept in Christ in 1994 in the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Souroti, Greece.

Saint Paisios' feast day is celebrated on July 12.

His biography can be found here, as written by the Sisters from the Holy Hesychasterion "Evangelist John the Theologian".

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This icon of Saint Paisios is reproduced, with permission, from the authentic icon painted by the monks in the Cell of St. John the Theologian Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou in Mount Athos, Greece. This icon is part of our collection “Icons from Mount Athos”, which features all icons from the Cell of St. John the Theologian.

This icon is made of solid, natural limewood (Tilia) that has been prepared by hand using traditional methods and organic materials. The background consists of 22 Karat gold leaves that were meticulously applied by hand, piece by piece.

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Other holy icons of Saint Panteleimon: Saint Panteleimon, Slavic Theme & Saint Panteleimon, Full Stature.

The Story Behind This Icon:

Saint Panteleimon was born in Nicomedia in 275 A.D under the name Pantoleon. Raised by a pagan father and a Christian mother, Pantoleon chose to become a Christian. He grew up to be a proficient physician, and began to practice medicine philanthropically, serving people in need for free. Because of his compassion to others, he was renamed “Panteleimon”, coming from the Greek word “eleimosini” or compassion. In the name of Christ, Panteleimon performed many miracles, including giving sight to a blind man. This miracle however, led to the martyrdom of the blind man who proclaimed his faith in Christ, as well as Panteleimon’s martyrdom, for performing a miracle in the name of God.

Saint Panteleimon’s feast day is celebrated on July 27.

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Other holy icons of Saint Panteleimon: Saint Panteleimon, Slavic Theme & Saint Panteleimon.

The Story Behind This Icon:

Saint Panteleimon was born in Nicomedia in 275 A.D under the name Pantoleon. Raised by a pagan father and a Christian mother, Pantoleon chose to become a Christian. He grew up to be a proficient physician, and began to practice medicine philanthropically, serving people in need for free. Because of his compassion to others, he was renamed “Panteleimon”, coming from the Greek word “eleimosini” or compassion. In the name of Christ, Panteleimon performed many miracles, including giving sight to a blind man. This miracle however, led to the martyrdom of the blind man who proclaimed his faith in Christ, as well as Panteleimon’s martyrdom, for performing a miracle in the name of God.

Saint Panteleimon the Russian's feast day is celebrated on July 27.

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Other holy icons of Saint Panteleimon: Saint Panteleimon, Full Stature & Saint Panteleimon.

The Story Behind This Icon:

Saint Panteleimon was born in Nicomedia in 275 A.D under the name Pantoleon. Raised by a pagan father and a Christian mother, Pantoleon chose to become a Christian. He grew up to be a proficient physician, and began to practice medicine philanthropically, serving people in need for free. Because of his compassion to others, he was renamed “Panteleimon”, coming from the Greek word “eleimosini” or compassion. In the name of Christ, Panteleimon performed many miracles, including giving sight to a blind man. This miracle however, led to the martyrdom of the blind man who proclaimed his faith in Christ, as well as Panteleimon’s martyrdom, for performing a miracle in the name of God.

Saint Panteleimon the Russian's feast day is celebrated on July 27.

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Explore the icon of the Holy Apostles Peter & Paul together. 

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Saint Paul, whose name was Saul, was a Pharisee and a Jew who hunted and persecuted Christians for their faith. On one of his travels to Damascus in order to capture disciples of the Lord and bring them back to Jerusalem, he saw a bright light from the Heavens, and he heard a voice saying: “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?”. Saul responded saying “Who art Thou, Lord?” and God replied, “I am Jesus Whom thou persecutest; it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks”. After this interaction, Saul was blinded and was led into Damascus by the men travelling with him. Meanwhile, in Damascus, the Lord appeared to the Apostle Ananias and told him that he should baptize Saul. As the Lord had said, Saul came into Damascus and was baptized as Paul. After becoming Christian, Paul began to travel across the world preaching Christ to all. He wrote many letters (Epistles) to the people he visited, guiding them spiritually even when he was away. He was beheaded by Nero in Rome, and is thought to have died at the same time as the Apostle Peter.

Saint Paul's feast day is celebrated on the same day as Saint Peter's on June 29, as well as on June 30 with all the other Apostles.

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Saint Phanourios is a Saint of the Orthodox Church. His existence was unknown until the 14th century when his icon was found on the island of Rhodes, Greece among ruins. The icon, which looked like it had been painted that very same day, depicted the young Phanourios as a soldier, holding a candle. Around the border of the icon, twelves scenes depicted his life events, including his torture when he was beaten, burned, locked up in prison, crushed by a rock and thrown to wild animals, thus, revealing that he was a martyr. The faithful pray to Saint Phanourios to help them find lost objects, new jobs, health and happiness. 

Each year, he is honored by a symbolic cake (“Phanouropita”) baked in his name and blessed in the church by a priest with a lighted candle. 

Saint Phanourios is commemorated each year on August 27. 

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Saint Porphyrios was born in 1907 in a small village in Evoia, Greece. Still a young boy, he decided he wanted to become a monk and took a boat to Thessaloniki in order to find his way to Mount Athos. He pretended to be the nephew of a monk named Panteleimon, who became his spiritual father at Kafsokalivia. Saint Porphyrios became a monk at the age of fourteen. A few years later, an accident which almost led to his death if not for the intercession of the Theotokos, led him to return home to Evoia due to health concerns. He lived at the monastery of Saint Haralambos, where he was tonsured as a priest and eventually became a confessor. Many people came to visit him and he became well known around Greece for his spiritual capabilities. He later served as the priest for the Polyclinic Hospital in Athens, spending thirty three years there. By that time, he was sixty six years old, but Saint Porphyrios still wanted to do one thing in his life: build a monastery. Finding land on a hilltop in Milesi of Greece, he founded the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration. After living and catering to his new monastery for many years, he returned to Mount Athos and spent the last few years of his life in his old cell. He fell asleep in 1991.

Saint Porphyrios’ feast day is celebrated on December 2.

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Saint Sabbas was born in a small Cappadocian village in 439 A.D. He lived in a monastery with Euthymius the Great, the teacher of the desert, from a very young age. As he rose in the ranks of the monastery, he became the spiritual father of many other monks and the archimandrite for all the desert monasteries of Palestine in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Throughout his life he lived in caves, coming to the monastery on Sundays for Liturgy. He lived to the age of 94 and slept in Christ in 533. The monastery he lived in still exists to this day, Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas, which was founded in 483 by Saint Sabbas.

Saint Sabbas’ feast day is celebrated on December 5.

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The Story Behind This Icon:

Saint Seraphim was born in 1759 in eastern Russia where he was heavily involved in the Orthodox Faith from a young age. When the Saint was nine years old, the most holy Mother of God appeared to him in a vision, and through her icon of Kursk, healed him from a grave sickness from which he had not been expected to recover. He entered the monastery of Sarov at the age of nineteen and was tonsured a monk at the age of twenty-six. During his time there, he grew closer to God and the Saints, again experiencing miracles and visions. Once, during the Divine Liturgy of Holy and Great Thursday, he was counted worthy of a vision of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who appeared encompassed by the heavenly hosts. After this dread vision, he gave himself over to greater labors.

After almost ten years at the monastery, he took up an isolated life in the forest. It was at this time that he took upon himself one of the greatest feats of his life. Assailed with despondency and a storm of contrary thoughts raised by the enemy of our salvation, the Saint passed a thousand nights on a rock, continuing in prayer until God gave him complete victory over the enemy. He finally returned to the monastery and lived there in peace, seeing and performing miracles for many. He fell asleep in 1833, having been visited by the Theotokos twelve times in his life. The last was on the Feast of the Annunciation, 1831, to announce to him that he would soon enter into his rest. She appeared to him accompanied by twelve virgin-martyrs and monastic saints, as well as Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Theologian. With a body ailing and broken from innumerable hardships, and an unspotted soul shining with the light of Heaven, the Saint lived less than two years after this, falling asleep in peace on January 2, 1833, chanting Paschal hymns.

"Having left the beauty of the world and what is corrupt therein, O Saint, thou didst settle in the Monastery of Sarov. And having lived there an angelic life, thou wast for many the way unto salvation. Wherefore, Christ hath glorified thee, O Father Seraphim, and hath enriched thee with the gift of healing and miracles. And so we cry to thee: Rejoice, O Seraphim, our holy Father." -Kontakion of Saint Seraphim of Sarov

Saint Seraphim’s feast day is celebrated on January 2. 

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Saint Silouan the Athonite is celebrated each year on September 24.

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