Orthodox Icon Saint Gerasimos

Orthodox Icon Saint Gerasimos

The Orthodox Icon of Saint Anastasius is lovingly crafted in natural poplar wood. Its technique is lithography, while the wood is carved with a wavy outline that gives a modern touch to the icon.

Its embossed representation makes it a unique piece which requires high craftsmanship to be made. Its special design manages to combine traditional and modern elements, making it the most loved icon design in the customers preferences!

It is manufactured in Greece by experienced craftsmen and is produced in 4 dimensions in order to cover every need. Finally, it is worth noting that it has been specially treated and varnished to have maximum resistance to time and damage.

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Saint Gerasimos

He was born in 1509 in Trikala, Corinth, and at the age of 20, due to his intense faith in God, he made pilgrimages to the most important spiritual religious centers of his time. His first stop was Constantinople and the Ecumenical Patriarchate from where he received the patriarchal blessing and immediately after Mount Athos, where he became a monk. Then, he visited the Holy Land.

Besides the Holy Sepulchre, he was found in Syria, Damascus, Sinai, Antioch, Alexandria and the Theban desert, where, imitating the Lord himself, he retired to Mount Sarantario to fast for forty days. In this hard spiritual struggle of his he was confronted with infinite diabolical temptations. That is why he richly received from God the miraculous grace to heal diseases and cast out demons.

After a multi-year spiritual journey, which lasted a full twenty-six years, and enriched with divine experience and ascetic knowledge, he arrived in 1555 in Kefalonia, where he decided to settle in the area of ​​the Omals at the foot of Mount Ainos and found a monastery.

Saint Gerasimos died on August 15. His tent miraculously remained untouched by the ravages of time. He was called a young ascetic to distinguish him from Saint Gerasimos the Jordanite.

Orthodox Church celebrates his memory on October 20

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Orthodox Icon Saint Gerasimos