St Joseph The Hesychast - 6 x 8 (Maple) St Olga of Alaska Apgar after receiving the Image

Apgar after receiving the Image began to heal from leprosy

After the war had ended and his military service was over he desired greatly to become a monastic and join the Holy Mountain

As St Paisios got older

after which he served every day and received the Eucharist for a year

St Joseph The Hesychast - 6 x 8 (Maple) St Olga of Alaska Apgar after receiving the ImageSt 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