St Jospeh The Hesychast - 8.25 x 11 (Walnut) Gilding Options:Gilded Halo a large number of sacred

a large number of sacred objects

History tells us that St Luke the Evangelist was the first one to write this icon as he spent alot of time around the Theotokos and was inspired to write the icon

Seraphim as meek

Then the road began to go up a mountain

In 1968 after recovering from his surgery he moved to what would be his final home on the Holy Mountain

St Jospeh The Hesychast - 8.25 x 11 (Walnut) Gilding Options:Gilded Halo a large number of sacredSt Joseph The Hesychast born in 1897 was a monk and elder on Mt Athos. He practiced the form of prayer called hesychasm. Which was the continual prayer of the Jesus Prayer. At the age of 23 he read the lives of the Church Fathers and it forever changed him. He would then move to Mt Athos in 1921. He would go on to meet Elder Ephraim of Arizona who would take St Joseph as his spiritual father. St Joseph fought against a demon of fornication for 8 years