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St Paisios The Athonite - 3.75 x 5 (Cherry) Pantocrator Growing up in Greece heSt Paisios was born in Cappadocia in 1924 to pious Orthodox parents. At birth his name was given to him by the family's spiritual father Priest monk Arsenios, now St Arsenios of Cappadocia. St Arsenios gave the newborn his own name prophesying that he would one day become a monk. A week after his birth St Paisios and his family were driven out of Cappadocia by the Turks. St Arsenios guided St Paisios and his family 400 miles to Greece where they would