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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.
Joseph the Hesychast played a key role in the repopulation of six monasteries at Mount Athos, as well as many nunneries in Greece. [13] His life and spiritual legacy are presented in a documentary film titled Elder Joseph the Hesychast (2019), which was produced, written and edited by the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi. [15]
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 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]
Joseph of Arimathea: 33–100 31 July / Third Sunday of Easter Righteous, Secret Disciple of Jesus [432] Joseph of Freising: 764 17 January Bishop of Freising, Venerable; a.k.a. Joseph of Verona [353] Joseph the Hesychast: 1959 16 August Venerable, Hesychast, the Cave-Dweller [433] Joseph the Hymnographer: 886 4 April Venerable, Hymnographer [434]
Many of the monks and nuns developed a reputation for holiness and wisdom, with the small communities following a particularly holy or wise elder, who was their spiritual father or mother (amma). The individual Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers are mostly known through The Sayings of the Desert Fathers , which included 1,202 sayings attributed ...
Elder Joseph of Vatopedi (or Joseph of Vatopaidi, Greek: Ιωσήφ ο Βατοπαιδινός, also known as Joseph the Younger; [1] Paphos District, Cyprus, 1 July 1921 – Vatopedi, Mount Athos, 1 July 2009) was a Greek Cypriot Orthodox Christian monk and elder. [2] He was one of the primary disciples of St. Joseph the Hesychast at Mount Athos.
Ephraim formed a group of disciples after 1980, following Elder Joseph's instruction to have a group of disciples after the death of Nikephoros. His nickname on Mount Athos was "the Charismatic Submissive" (Greek: ο χαρισματούχος υποτακτικός, romanized: O Charismatuchos Ypotaktikos) because of the obedience he showed to ...