Agios Paisios- Apo Ta Farasa Ston Ourano- Season 1

Agios Paisios: Apo ta Farasa ston Ourano Saint Paisios: From Farasa to Heaven

Theodora enters, guided by a young girl. She kneels before Arsenios.

YIANNOULA (tears falling) This is not a homeland. It is a ship without a sail. But where will we go? We don’t know the sea. We don’t know their language. Agios Paisios- Apo ta Farasa ston Ourano- Season 1

Arsenios grows up in Konitsa, where he learns carpentry and develops a deep spiritual life, spending hours in prayer. Military Service: During the Greek Civil War, he serves as a radio operator , earning a reputation for bravery and self-sacrifice. Monastic Calling: After fulfilling family obligations, Arsenios leaves for Mount Athos in 1953. The season concludes with him becoming a monk at Philotheou Monastery , where he is given the name Ascetic life of motherhood Key Production Details

Born in 1921 in the village of Farasa, Cappadocia, Turkey, Efstathios Veloulis, later known as Agios Paisios, grew up in a world marked by turmoil and upheaval. The Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922, which led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Greeks from their ancestral homeland, had a profound impact on the young Efstathios and his family. This traumatic event would shape his worldview and ultimately guide him towards a life of spirituality and service. Agios Paisios: Apo ta Farasa ston Ourano Saint

Prodromos kneels, touches the Greek soil, then weeps.

While episode counts may vary, the standard Season 1 includes: It is a ship without a sail

YIANNOULA Never. He only watches. As if he remembers heaven.