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Elder Arsenios the Cave Dweller (Greek: Γέρων Αρσένιος ο Σπηλαιώτης; Samsun, 1886 – Mount Athos, 1983 [1]) was a Greek Orthodox monk and elder. [2] He was the primary companion of St. Joseph the Hesychast for about 40 years. The two of them led a small entourage of disciples. [3]
Joseph the Hesychast (Greek: Άγιος Ιωσήφ ο Ησυχαστής; born Fragkiskos Kottis, Greek: Φραγκίσκος Κόττης; [1] 12 February 1897 – 15 August 1959 [2]) was a Greek Orthodox monk and elder who led a small group of monks at Mount Athos.
In Greece, some Christian hermits and saints are known by the epithet "cave dweller" (Greek: Σπηλαιώτης, romanized: Spileótis) since they lived in cave dwellings; examples include Joseph the Cave Dweller (also known as Joseph the Hesychast) and Arsenios the Cave Dweller. [7]
Notable monks who lived at the skete include St. Joseph the Hesychast and his brotherhood, including disciples Arsenios the Cave Dweller and others. [3] Paisius Velichkovsky was also a resident of the skete. [2]: 69
Geronda Ephraim entered Mount Athos in 1947, where he was a disciple of the Athonite elder Saint Joseph the Hesychast. On July 13, 1948, he was tonsured and given the monastic name Ephraim. When his spiritual father Joseph the Hesychast died on August 15, 1959, he became the geronda (elder) of the hut of Annunciation of the Theotokos in New Skete.
In ancient writing, apparently the best known of the African cave-dwellers were the inhabitants of the "Troglodyte country" (Ancient Greek: Τρωγλοδυτική) on the coast of the Red Sea, as far north as the Greek port of Berenice, of whom an account was preserved by Diodorus Siculus from Agatharchides of Cnidus, and by Artemidorus Ephesius in Strabo.
Cave men do still exist -- at least in El Paso, Texas. A group of hikers reportedly got the scare of their lives on Sunday when a man jumped out of a cave along McKelligon Canyon and started ...
Joseph of Arimathea: 33–100 31 July / Third Sunday of Easter Righteous, Secret Disciple of Jesus [412] Joseph of Freising: 764 17 January Bishop of Freising, Venerable, a.k.a. Joseph of Verona [341] Joseph the Hesychast: 1959 16 August Venerable, Hesychast, the Cave-Dweller [413] Joseph the Hymnographer: 886 4 April Venerable, Hymnographer [414]