THE SANCTUARY IN DOWNTOWN ATHENS - SAINT PORPHYRIOS AND THE POLYCLINIC HOSPITAL

By Fenia Papadodima

SOCIAL & BIOGRAPHICAL • 2021 • 80 min • Greek

In the center of Athens, where Sophocles and Socrates walked, today one sees hundreds dwell in the squalor, fighting for survival. Immigrants, addicts, prostitutes, beggars. Once there was a sanctuary in this chaos. The Polyclinic Hospital of Athens. The hospital of the poor. There, priestmonk Porphyrios lived and attained holiness, while serving as a pastor at the hospital’s small church for 33 years.

DIRECTION: Fenia Papadodima SCREENPLAY: Fenia Papadodima CAST: Fenia Papadodima PRODUCER: Giorgos Palamiotis PRODUCTION: MARINA AMKE (Greece), marinaamke@gmail.com COFINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre