Saint Joseph Hesychast icon Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of St Joseph of Mt Athos Byzantine art wall hanging wood plaque, religious gift

This handmade orthodox icon is a lithography with double varnish layer and gold tones ensures vivid colors and waterproof properties depicting Saint Joseph Hesychast is a god inspired artwork abiding to the Athonian technique that was gives this icon unique religious and aesthetic value.

Elder Joseph the Hesychast was a monk and elder on Mount Athos. He reposed in 1959, and he has wide acclaim for being the spiritual father or grandfather of Elders Ephrem of Philotheou, Joseph of Vatopedi, Charalampus of Dionysiou and others, who are directly credited for revitalising six of the twenty monasteries on Mount Athos.

Early life
Francis Kottis was born in the island of Paros to George and Maria on February 12, 1897[1] (in other sources: in 1898). In his teens, he went to work in Piraeus. At twenty-three he began to read the lives of the Fathers, a spiritual turning point for him. These lives, particularly those of the strict ascetics, and a dream he had, gave him the desire to enter into monasticism. He responded to this desire by fasting and praying in the nearby countryside, which was uninhabited, and then going to Mount Athos.

Canonization
In October 2019, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople officially recognized Elder Joseph and four other holy monks, Elder Hieronymus of Simonopetra, Elder Daniel and Ephraim of Katounakia, and Elder Sophrony of Essex, as saints of the Holy Orthodox Church.