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This period was one Savvas conducted the funeral service for Saint Nektarios and is also renowed for painting the first [[icon]] of the most significant events saint.:''One day St. Savvas asked the [[abbess]] not to let anyone disturb him for forty days, during which he remained confined to his cell in which the nuns could hear constant conversation (between the living Saint and the reposed Saint). After 40 days, he came out of his biography due cell holding an icon of the saint. He handed it to his friendship with Stthe abbess and asked her to place it in the church for veneration. The abbess was surprised since Nektarios; who had not been formerly [[glorification|glorified]] ("canonized") as a saint, and was at afraid that the height of his spiritual development at this timeconvent would get into trouble. Although Savvas was always meek and humble, he insisted, and told her in a commanding manner: "You must show obedience. Sava had Take the opportunity to confess icon and receive counsel from place it on the saint [[iconostasis|icon stand]], and do not scrutinize the two held each other in high esteem will of God." He knew the holiness and considered each a saintpurity of St. Savas also conducted Saint Nektarios.'' funeral service.
St. Sava is also renowed for painting After the first [[icon]] repose of St. Nektarios: ''One day St. Sava asked the [[abbess]] not to let anyone disturb him for forty days, during which he remained confined to his cell in which the nuns could hear constant conversation between the living Saint and the reposed Saint. After 40 days, he came out of his cell holding an icon number of St. Nektarios. He handed it pilgrims to the abbess and asked her convent increased due to place it in the church for veneration. The abbess was surprised since St. Nektarios had not been [[glorification|glorified]] ("canonized") as a saint yet, and she was afraid that the convent would get into trouble. Although growing reputation of the saint was always meek and humble, he insisted, and told her in as a commanding manner: "You must show obediencemiracle-worker. Take This greatly disrupted the icon quiet life that Savvas loved and place it on with the [[iconostasis|icon stand]]encouragement of Gerasimos Zervos <ref> Gerasimos Zervos, and do not scrutinize the will husband of GodAnna, who later became Sister Monica, who also went to Kalymnos." He knew </ref>, he departed in 1925 and went to the holiness and purity island of St. NektariosKalymnos.''
After St. Nektarios reposedThere, more he spent the last years of his life as the priest and more pilgrims would come to the convent due to spiritual father at the growing reputation ''Convent of StAll Saints''. Nektarios as As a miracle-worker[[confessor]], he combined leniency with severity. He was lenient on certain sins and severe to others. This disrupted He remained an ardent spiritual striver until the quiet end of life that and practiced extreme forms of self-restraint with regard to food, drink, and sleep. St. Sava loved, Savvas became a shining example of virtue to all who came into contact with him. Many smelled a heavenly fragrance in his presence and so some even saw him rising above the ground as he departed the convent in 1925, again for a quieter lifestood at prayer.
Towards == Icons of the end of his life, Saints Life == <small><gallery>Image:StNectarios- Kimisi-close-up. Sava jpg|Saint Savvas was the only clergyman to officiate at Saint Nectarios' funeral.Image:St_Savvas_of_Kalymnos-with_Icon6X4.jpg|Icon of the Saint holding the first icon of Saint Nectarios.Image:Saint Savvas- miracle in church.jpg|On many occasions Saint Savvas while liturgising was witnessed levtitating with a sacrificial Christ on the altar table.Image:Saint Savvas -teaching Nuns.jpg|Saint Savvas was also a state great teacher of intense prayer Orthodoxy. Teaching theology, iconography and holy contritionByzantine chant.Image:Saint Savvas Confessing. For three days he did not receive anyone jpg|Saint Savvas was also a very discerning confessor. He was both lenient and he gave his last counselssevere when requiredImage: requested love and obedience Saint Savvas giving child.jpg|Saint Savvas has been quite miraculous in Christgranting childless couples children.Image:Saint Savvas Miracle at sea. When he was on jpg|Saint Savvas has saved many storm stricken vessels at sea, with only the point mention of death taking his last breathname.Image:Saint Savvas miracle for Bishop.jpg|Here Saint Savvas cures monk Panteliemon Lambadarios (currently a bishop in Alexandria) of cancer, suddenly he received strength, brought his blessed small hands together, and clapped them repeatedly saying his last holy words's a well know healer of cancer.Image: "The Lord! Saint Savvas kimisi-2.jpg|The Lord! The Lord!" He went to the Lord in 1948 on the eve repose of the [[feast]] Saint Savvas of the [[Kalymnos on 7th April 1947 (Annunciation]]25th March OC)Image:SAINT_SAVVAS_MIRACLE. One nun saw the soul JPG|X-ray of healed tumour by Saint Savvas of the saint ascending in a golden cloud towards heavenKalymnos. After about 10 years when the saint</gallery></small> == Photographs of Saint's grave was opened in accordance Monastery == <small><gallery>Image:Saint Savvas Church-Mountain.jpg|Monastery of All Saints.Image:Saint Savvas- church.jpg|Church of Saint Savvas of KalymnosImage:Church entrance.jpg|Entry to the Greek Orthodox custom, a heavenly fragrance emanated from the grave which covered the whole island churchImage:Saint Savvas Larnaca.jpg|Larnaca of Saint Savvas of Kalymnos, this phenomenon was witnessed by many, including the local [[bishop]]Image:Saint Savvas-Close-up.jpg|Close-up of saints relicsImage:Saint Savvas-tomb. This was a testament jpg|Original burial place of St SavvasImage:Saint Savvas-entry to the sanctity of the saintcell. Numerous [[miracle]]s and healings have since been attributed jpg|Entry to StSaints cellImage:Saint Savvas-room. Sava jpg|Inside the New of KalymnosSaints cellImage:Saint Savvas personal belongings.jpg|Some personal belongingsImage:Saint Savvas walking stick.jpg|Saints Walking stick</gallery></small>== Video Slideshow == http://youtu.be/O9-faBf4ag4
*[http://www.koel-art.com/pics/byz3/45-3.jpg Icon of St. Savas of Kalymnos]
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[[Image:Saint Savvas- Icon from his church.jpg|frame|right|Icon at the Entrance of his church in Kalymnos]][[Image:St-Savas-the-New-icon.jpg|frame|right|St. Sava the New First ever icon of KalymnosSaint Savvas]]Our venerable and God-bearing father Saint '''Sava the NewSavvas of Kalymnos''' (also spelled known as Saint '''Savvasthe New'' or ''Savas'') is the [[patron saint]] of the Greek island of Kalymnos (Calymna), where he lived during the last twenty years of his life as the [[priest]] and spiritual father of the [[nun]]s of the Convent of All Saints. He was a great [[ascetic]], [[confessor]], [[iconographer]], and [[wonder-worker|miracle-worker]]. He is one of the recently recognized [[saint]]s in the Greek Orthodox Church.
He died on [[April 7]], 1947 and his remains were exhumed in 1957 and "miracles happen for those who venerate these in faith". In Kalymnos, he is commemorated by the church [[April 7]]. The feast feasts dates of St. Sava ''Savvas the New of Kalymnos is '' are celebrated on various dates in different traditions, including [[February 7]], [[April 7]] ([[March 25]] in the [[Old Calendar]]), [[December 5]] with St. [[Sabbas the Sanctified|Sava Sabbas the Sanctified]], and the fifth Sunday of [[Great Lent]] with St. [[Mary of Egypt]].
==Life==
Saint Sava Savvas was born in 1862 in Herakleitsa, Eastern Thrace to Constantine and Smaragda, very poor and he was there their only son. When he was [[baptize]]d he was given the name Vasilios.
From a young age he had a calling for the holy [[monastic]] life and secretely left for [[Mount Athos]] at the age of twelve where he entered [[St. Anne's Skete (Athos)|St. Anne's Skete]]. Along with the usual monastic duties, this is where he learned [[iconography]] and [[Byzantine chant|Byzantine music]].
Due to the irregularities caused by the raids of the Arabs in the Holy Land, and health reasons, Sava was forced to leave. He returned to Greece where he searched for a quiet place to continue his monastic life. He was attracted to the island of [[Patmos]], where he lived for a while in the hermitage of Grava and later at the [[Monastery of St. John the Theologian (Patmos, Greece)|Monastery of St. John]]. <ref> This is verified by an inscription on an icon painted by St. Sava at the monastery "In the month of December in 1914 this icon was painted by the hand of the iconographer, holy monk Savvas the Hosevite." </ref>
He later traveled for three years, throughout Greece, looking for a suitable place to stay. He visited [[Mount Athos]], then the Monastery of Phaneromenis, then Salamina and finaly the island of Hydra but in 1919, he was invited to stay at the Greek island of Aegina, by St. [[Nektarios of Aegina|Nektarios]], to serve as a priest at the Convent of the Holy Trinity, and stayed for six years at this convent (from 1919 until 1925). There he taught the nuns the sacred art of iconography and Byzantine music. This period was one of the most significant events in his biography due to his friendship with St. Nektarios; who was at the height of his spiritual development at this time. Sava had the opportunity to confess and receive counsel from the saint and the two held each other in high esteem and considered each a saint.
Towards the end of his life, St. Sava spent Savvas was in a state of intense prayer and holy contrition. For three days he did not receive anyone and he gave his last counsels: requested love and obedience in Christ. When he was on the point of death taking his last years of breath, suddenly he received strength, brought his blessed small hands together, and clapped them repeatedly saying his life as last holy words: "The Lord! The Lord! The Lord!" He went to the priest and spiritual father at Lord in 1947 on the Convent eve of All Saints on the island [[feast]] of Kalymnos. As a the [[confessorAnnunciation]], he combined leniency with severity. One nun saw the soul of the saint ascending in a golden cloud towards heaven. He After about 10 years when the saint's grave was lenient on certain sins and severe opened in accordance to others. He remained an ardent spiritual striver until the end Greek Orthodox custom, a heavenly fragrance emanated from the grave which covered the whole island of life and practiced extreme forms of self-restraint with regard to foodKalymnos, drinkthis phenomenon was witnessed by many, and sleepincluding the local [[bishop]]. St. Sava became This was a shining example testament to the sanctity of virtue the saint. Numerous [[miracle]]s and healings have since been attributed to all who came into contact with himSt. Many smelled a heavenly fragrance in his presence and some even saw him rising above Savvas the ground as he stood at prayerNew of Kalymnos.
== Notes ==
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==Hymns==
==Source==
*''Modern Orthodox Saints'', Vol. 8. "[http://www.panagiavlahernon.org/st-savvas.html St. Savvas the New]" by Dr. Constantine Cavarnos, Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies ISBN 0914744631
*Photographs & Icons courtesy of Savas Pizanias and Constantine Vellis Cutie-Pie Photography - NSW Australia contact - info@cutiepiephoto.com.au
==External links==
*[http://www.abbamoses.com/months/april.html Saint Savvas the New of Kalymnos (1948) (March 25 OC)] (under the entry for April 7)
*[http://www.360cities.net/image/the-monastery-of-agios-savvas Virtual Tour of the Monastery of St. Savvas of Kalymnos in Greece]
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