Paisios of Mount Athos
Paisios of Mount Athos | |
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| Anchorite | |
| Born | Arsenios Eznepidis 25 July 1924 Pharasa, Cappadocia (today Kayseri, Turkey) |
| Residence | Konitsa; Mount Athos; Sinai Peninsula; Souroti |
| Died | 12 July 1994 (age 69 years) Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Souroti, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 13 January 2015 by Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Major shrine | Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Souroti |
| Feast | 12 July (ns) / 29 June (os) |
| Attributes | Skufia, vest, prayer rope, walking stick |
| Patronage | Australia, signalmen |
| Influences | Arsenios the Cappadocian, Tikhon (Golenkov), Isaac the Syrian |
Tradition or genre | Athonite Monasticism |
Saint Paisios of Mount Athos (Greek: Ἅγιος Παΐσιος ὁ Ἁγιορείτης, pronounced [ˈa.ʝi.os pai̯:sios o aɣiori̯tis]; secular name: Arsenios Eznepidis (Greek: Αρσένιος Εζνεπίδης); 1924–1994), was a Greek Eastern Orthodox ascetic from Mount Athos, originally from Pharasa, Cappadocia. Today, he is widely venerated by Eastern Orthodox Christians, particularly in Greece, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro and Syria.
Paisios was canonized on 13 January 2015 by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and the church commemorates his feast day on June 29 [OS] / July 12 [NS].
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided at its meeting of 5 May 2015 also to add the name of the Venerable Paisios of Mount Athos to the Menology of the Russian Orthodox Church, establishing his feast day on June 29/July 12, aligning with the Menology of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople during the present century.