Pemptousia FM's "Current Affairs" podcast dedicated to the shooting of the new series "Saint Joseph the Hesychast"translated

In the experience of filming the new TV series "Saint Joseph the Hesychastis" in the locations of Mount Athos, where the Saint lived and practiced, screenwriter Giorgos Tsiakkas mentioned, speaking at noon on Wednesday (10/21/2026) on the "Epikairoitita" program of the Pemptousia FM radio and the journalist Maria Giachnaki. The new TV series, the filming of which was recently completed, is expected to be shown in the winter by MEGA. Giorgos Tsiakkas, who also wrote the script of the popular series "Agios Paisios - From the Farasa to Heaven", underlined the responsibility involved in the television performance of the life of a Saint. "Where the Saints stepped. And I say it with awe. They are places that have passed," said the screenwriter, describing the difficulty of filming in hermitages, caves and inaccessible areas of Mount Athos.

Also, the show dealt with issues of ecclesiastical current affairs.

In the studio together with Maria Yachnaki were the journalists of Pemtousia and Orthodoxy Agency, Dimitris Stroumbakos and Nikolaos Zaimis.

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