Information AboutPaisius Velichkovsky |
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| 1722 births | |
| 1794 deaths | |
| history of romania | |
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Saint Paisius Velichkovsky or '''Wieliczkowski''' (''Paisie de la Neamţ'' in Romanian ; 1722 - 1794 ) is the founder of modern Eastern Orthodox Starets dom. A Ukrainian by birth, Pyotr Velichkovsky was born in Poltava , where his father Ivan was a priest. At the age of 17 he took monastic vows and went to Mount Athos , where he established a separate Hermit age for himself and his followers. In 1764 Prince Grigore III Ghica of Moldavia asked Paisius to revive the monastic life in his country. Thereupon Paisius and 64 other monks went to Iaşi . While living in the principality, Paisius administrated several cloisters, notably the Neamţ Monastery . Paisius wrote theological epistles to his disciples and translated into Russian a great number of Greek theological writings, including the '' Philokalia ''. He exerted immense influence on the ''startsy'' of the Optina Monastery both through his translations and through his personal disciples, such as Feodor Ushakov . EXTERNAL LINKS
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