Global InformationPorphyrios of Kafsokalyvia information
Saint Porphyrios Bairaktaris | |
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| Hieromonk | |
| Born | February 7, 1906 Evia, Kingdom of Greece |
| Hometown | Agios Ioannis |
| Residence | Mount Athos; Athens; Oropos, Attica |
| Died | December 2, 1991 (aged 85) Mount Athos, Hellenic Republic |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | November 27, 2013 by Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Feast | December 2 |
Saint Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) the Kafsokalyvite (Greek: Όσιος Πορφύριος ο Καυσοκαλυβίτης; secular name: Evangelos Bairaktaris (Greek: Ευάγγελος Μπαϊρακτάρης; February 7, 1906 – December 2, 1991) was a Greek Athonite hieromonk who became widely known for his gifts of spiritual discernment. He was canonised as an Eastern Orthodox Saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the 27th of November, 2013.