SAINT PAISIUS WITH THE THEOTOKOS & JESUS

SAINT PAISIUS WITH THE THEOTOKOS  & JESUS

         

   A report has come out of Turkey that a book about the life of St. Paisius has been translated into the Turkish language and it has become very popular amongst the Turks.  It speaks to the secularism that is pervading their society and it has touched a delicate cord.   St. Paisius was a man who had made a decision to completely abandon the physical world and to focus on the Kingdom of Heaven.  He hardly ever slept. He ate very little food.  The feet on his personal icons are faded because of his constant reverencing of them. He told his disciples that we Orthodox Christians should never kiss the icons on the face of a saint because we are not worthy.  We should always kiss the feet of the icons of Jesus, Mary and of the saints because we humble ourselves before them. The fruits of his labors brought the spiritual gifts of discernment, prophecy, miracles and direct communication with the spiritual world.  He has worked miracles before and after falling asleep in the Lord.  Today he stands near the throne of God and boldly prays for all of us and for our sinful world.    The Russian language translation of St. Paisius has sold five million copies. St. Paisius lived for thirty-one years in Konitsa, Greece and thirty-seven years on Mt. Athos.  He passed on from this fleeting life on July 12, 1994.

HIS GRAVESITE IN SOURETI, GREECE

Compiled by:

+Fr. Constantine J. Simones, Aug. 19, 2015, Waterford, CT, USA, 860-460-9089, cjsimones300@gmail.com