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Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia

Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia

Venerable monastic
December 2 · 1906–1991

Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia (1906 — 1991, Mount Athos) — the Venerable, Eastern Orthodox monk. Feast day: 2 December.

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Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia was a 20th-century Greek Eastern Orthodox monk and priest. Born Evangelos Bairaktaris in 1906, he entered monastic life at the age of fourteen and was ordained as a priest when he was twenty-one. During his life, he served as a hospital chaplain in Athens and later founded the Transfiguration of the Saviour convent. He is widely recognized for his spiritual discernment and his perceived ability to perform healings, qualities that defined his monastic service.

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