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St. Gerasimos was from born in 1509 in the Peloponnesustiny village of Trikala Corinthos, in the son of Demetrius Peloponnesus and Kale, a decendant of the Notaras, a well known Byzantine family during the reign of NotarasConstantine Palaiologos. He <note> His grandfather was reared in piety by them and studied the [[Holy Scripture|sacred writings]]. He left his country and went throughout various lands, and finally came to Cephalonia, where he restored a certain old [[church]] and built a [[convent]] around it, where it stands to this day at brother of Lukas Notaras the place called Omala. President </note>

He was reared in piety by his parents, Demetrios and Kale, and studied the [[Holy Scripture|sacred writings]]. At a young age he visited Constantinople. It was during this visit that he was moved with compunction for the number of Christians who martyred and made the decision to commit his life to monasticism. With this in mind, he went straight to Mount Athos and remained for around five years. He then moved to the Holy Land and remained in Jerusalem for twelve years. He also visited other Mount Sinai, Egypt and Crete; where he remained in a cave for two years. From there he went to Zakynthos, where he also remained in a cave for around five years, and at the age of around 50 ended up in a cave in Cephalonia. In Cephaloinia he restored a certain old [[church]] and built a [[convent]] around it, where it stands to this day at the place called Omala. He finished the course of his life there in [[asceticism]] in the year 1570. His sacred relics, which remain incorrupt, are kept there for the sanctification of the faithful.