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SAINT GERASIMOS

Code: MC667
Available Dimensions
  • 13x10 cm || 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 "
  • 21x16 cm || 8 17/64 x 6 19/64 "
  • 29x21 cm || 11 27/64 x 8 17/64 "
Description Saint Gerasimos was born as George in Trikala of Corinthia in 1506 AD. He was a son of an aristocratic family of Byzantium, the renowned family of Notarades. He was raised and educated aristocratically. At the age of 20 he went to Zakynthos, which was an education center of the era. However, his orthodox faith led him to the spiritual religious centers of his era, Constantinople, the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Mount Athos, where he became a monk. He lived in the cell of Saint Basil and departed for a long journey to the Holy Land. He ended up in Jerusalem, where he was ordained a deacon and a priest by the name Gerasimos. He returned to Zakynthos 20 years later and lived an ascetic life. The pressure from the Venetian rulers to convert him to Catholicism led him to Cephalonia. There, he lived as a hermit in a cave for 6 years and built a monastery called New Jerusalem. His reputation was spread throughout Christianity. He died on August 15, the Day of the Dormition and he is celebrated one day later, on August 16.

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