TV Series · 2022

Saint Paisios: From Farasa to Heaven

45 min · Drama · Ended

Composite

6.9

IMDb

9.0 / 10

1,127 votes

TMDB

7.6 / 10

8 votes

Local

— / 10

No votes

Synopsis

The series presents the life of Saint Paisios and his family and records his path to monasticism. The shooting took place in places where Saint Paisios lived, such as Konitsa and Mount Athos, Greece.

Cast

Prokopis Agathokleous

Saint Paisios

Dimitris Xanthopoulos

Prodromos Eznepidis

Christina Pavlidou

Evlogia Eznepidi

Drosos Skotis

Prodromos Kortsinoglou

Δέσποινα Γκάτζιου

Kyra-Despoina

Crew

Sound

Tuomas Kantelinen Original Music Composer

Writing

Giorgos Tsiakkas Writer

Seasons & episodes

Season 1 (9 ep)

1. Episode 1

Feb 10, 2022 · 45 min

The birth of Saint Paisios coincides with the uprooting of the Greeks from Cappadocia. His family, along with all the inhabitants of the Greek villages, takes the road of refuge to Greece. Their spiritual guide is the old man Arsenios.
2. Episode 2

Feb 17, 2022 · 45 min

The uprooted from Cappadocia arrive in Piraeus, expecting to find mother Greece who will embrace them, but they encounter many difficulties and problems.
3. Episode 3

Feb 24, 2022 · 45 min

40 days after the settlement in the castle of Corfu, the old man Arsenios sleeps in the hospital of the city. His passing turns everything in the community upside down. Tensions, quarrels and disputes begin.
4. Episode 4

Mar 3, 2022 · 45 min

Prodromos faces great difficulties in keeping the villagers together. His family, along with 50 other families, finally arrive at the place where they will put down roots. In the land of Konitsa.
5. Episode 5

Mar 10, 2022 · 45 min

Little Arsenios chants his first prayers, grows up and, as a refugee child, encounters his first difficulties with his peers.
6. Episode 6

Mar 17, 2022 · 45 min

Arsenios at the age of 12 chooses not to go to high school but to learn the carpenter's art in order to help his parents. At the age of 16, a cousin sows doubt in his soul about the divinity of Christ.
7. Episode 7

Mar 24, 2022 · 45 min

Arsenios is called to join the army. He turns to the Virgin Mary and begs her to help him not to kill a man.
8. Episode 8

Mar 31, 2022 · 45 min

Evlogia has a big surprise. Arsenios returns home and tells her that he has been discharged from the army. Her joy will not last long, because he announces her that he is leaving for Mount Athos.
9. Episode 9

Apr 7, 2022 · 45 min

Arsenios having fulfilled all his obligations to his family, he leaves for Mount Athos for a permanent stay. Under the guidance of Abbot Kallinikos the young novice becomes a petty monk and takes the name Paisios.