St Joseph the Hesycast Icon 10" x 7"

Pre-owned icons usually have minor defects like worn spots, abrasions, nicks or indentations, and sometimes there is writing on the back. If an individual icon has more than that, it will be noted in description below.

This beautiful icon depicts St. Joseph the Hesychast, a 20th-century Athonite monk renowned for his life of deep prayer, silence, and asceticism. A spiritual giant of modern times, St. Joseph helped revive the practice of hesychasm—inner stillness and unceasing prayer—on Mount Athos and beyond. His legacy continues through his spiritual children, many of whom have become elders and abbots around the Orthodox world.

• Feast Day: August 16

• Style: Byzantine

• Inscription: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Ἡσυχαστής

This icon makes a wonderful gift for monastics, those drawn to the Jesus Prayer, or anyone seeking the intercessions of a modern-day saint whose life was filled with grace and silence.

“Acquire inner peace, and thousands around you will be saved.” — St. Seraphim of Sarov, a quote dear to the hesychast spirit

Print on red painted wood with hook for hanging.

10 1/4" x 7 3/4" x 3/8"