St Joseph The Hesychast - 3.75 x 5 (Maple) St Nektarios The icon depicts the Mother

The icon depicts the Mother of God embracing a young Christ

St Matushka OIga's story is an incredible reminder to Orthodox Christians that we are all called to be Saints and that anyone

The icon of Christ The Good Shepherd is perhaps one of the more famous and beloved icons that we have as Orthodox Christians

His strict ascetism receiving and praying for the suffering people that came to him made him prone to sickness

but business had little appeal for him

St Joseph The Hesychast - 3.75 x 5 (Maple) St Nektarios The icon depicts the MotherSt 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