Paisios of Mount Athos

Arsenios Eznepidis was born on 25 July 1924 in Pharasa (Çamlıca), Cappadocia, during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.[12] Arsenios' name was given to him by Arsenios the Cappadocian, who baptised him, naming the child for himself and foretelling Arsenios' monastic future.[13] After the exchange, the Eznepidis family settled in Konitsa, Epirus. Arsenios grew up there, and after intermediate public school, he learned carpentry.[14]