Filming on Greek TV series about St. Joseph the Hesychast to begin after Pascha

Greece, April 2, 2026

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Filming is set to begin on a new Greek television series about the life of St. Joseph the Hesychast immediately after Pascha.

Aris Servetalis, known for his portrayal of St. Nektarios of Aegina in the award-winning film Man of God, will play St. Joseph in his mature years, while Tasos Lekkas will portray the saint as a young man.

Speaking on the Pemptousia internet radio program, journalist Maria Giachnak said the series will reveal little-known aspects of the saint’s ascetic life, reports the Orthodoxia News Agency.

“This series is starting now. After Pascha its filming. It will be a very special series as it will concern the life of St. Joseph the Hesychast, this great ascetic, and I think that through this series we’ll see and experience moments which we can’t imagine exist, and real events will be revealed to us which will offer our souls tranquility, peace,” she said.

The series is a production of the Institute of St. Maximos the Greek.

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4/2/2026

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