Paisius Velichkovsky

Paisius Velichkovsky

Saint Paisius Velichkovsky or Wieliczkowski ("Paisie de la Neamţ" in Romanian; Паисий Величковский in Russian; Паїсій Величковський in Ukrainian; 1722-1794) is the founder of modern Eastern Orthodox staretsdom.

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 hermitage 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. Paisius's translation of "Philokalia" was one of the favourite books of saint Seraphim of Sarov, who received blessing to go to Sarov for spiritual devotion from the Paisius's monastery close friend abba Dositheus near Kyiv.

External links

* [http://paisius-niamets.orthodoxy.ru/ Online resource on Saint Paisius]
* [http://paisius-niamets.orthodoxy.ru/shema2.jpgMap of monasteries associated with St Paisius]
* [http://www.crestinism-ortodox.ro/html/10/10h_cuviosul_staret_paisie.html Biography] (in Romanian)


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