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Sign at Kafsokalyvia directing pilgrims to the hut of Saint Porphyrios. St. Porphyrios was born on February 7, 1906, in the village of Agios Ioannis, which translates to St. John Karystia, in the province of Evia in Greece. His parents, Leonidas and Eleni Bairaktaris, baptized him as Evangelos, and he was the fourth out of five siblings.
Kafsokalyvia (Greek: Καυσοκαλύβια, lit. 'burning hut') is a settlement and idiorrhythmic skete located on Mount Athos. It is located at the southern edge of the Athos peninsula. Kafsokalyvia is named after Maximos Kausokalybites ("Maximos the Hut Burner"), a 14th-century Christian hermit. [2]
Saint Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia, ... St. Porphyrios said, "Go and receive the blessing of Elder Evmenios, because he is the hidden Saint of our days. You can find ...
A 1,600-year-old church in Gaza illustrates the plight of people of faith in the entire region.
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Porphyrius (Latin: Porphyrius; Ancient Greek: Πορφύριος, Porphyrios; Slavonic: Порфирий, Porfiriy; c. 347 –420) was bishop of Gaza from 395 to 420, known, from the account in his Life, for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city of Gaza, and demolishing its temples.
Archimandrite Cleopa was glorified as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church on July 12, 2024. His feast day is December 2, alongside saints Paisie (Olaru) of Sihăstria and Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia. [1] [2]
In 1784, Paisios of Kafsokalyvia and his brotherhood arrived at the monastery and converted it from an idiorrhythmic to cenobitic one. Paisios became the abbot of Xenophontos and built many new buildings, including the newer Great Katholikon that was built from 1817 to 1839, as well as a new southwestern wing that was built in 1815.