St Seraphim Rose - 5.25 x 7 (Cherry) Gilding Options:Gilded Halo A week after his birth

A week after his birth St Paisios and his family were driven out of Cappadocia by the Turks

he ended the relationship he had and was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in San Francisco

After leaving the Holy Mountain to receive treatment for his ailing health he was diagnosed with cancer which required immediate surgery

After the war had ended and his military service was over he desired greatly to become a monastic and join the Holy Mountain

St Seraphim Rose - 5.25 x 7 (Cherry) Gilding Options:Gilded Halo A week after his birthWhen Christ said "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." This is a call to a life of theosis, personal communion with God. The son of God became man so that man can become god's by grace. There are certain 20th century Saints that one instantly thinks of when they hear the word theosis. St Paisios, St Joseph The Hesychast, St Porphyrios, St Olga. These are all men and women who became god's by grace and are written on Icons now in our parishes