Mount Athos weathered lithography (icon) of Saint Sofroniou of Essex in pine wood with carved decoration.

Saint Sophronius (born Sergei Semyonovich Sakharov, 22 September 1896 AD - 11 July 1993 AD) was a Russian Orthodox monk, who lived on Mount Athos in the Russian Monastery of Saint Panteleimon and is considered one of the most charismatic monks of the 20th century.

Apolytikon

Sound a´. The Three Great Luminaries.

Philosophy holy of the Church, Sophronius, and the state of Soter, Holy of Holies, you are a companion to the West, giving divine inspiration, Monasticism's usefulness is theophany, you have shone the glittering stars of the Divine Paraclete, ...and, with a groping darkness of adu, wishing for all the world; and, with a wise and gracious mind in hell, and with a true love of Christ, thy father Silvano, wish us all to be saved.