Patriarch Kallist I ( Greek Πατριάρχης Κάλλιστος ум; d. C. 1363 ) - Patriarch of Constantinople (1350-1354, 1355-1333). It is revered in the Orthodox Church in the guise of saints , commemorated on June 20 (according to the Julian calendar).
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Biography
Information about the early years of life is scarce. He was a student of Gregory Palamas and Gregory of Sinai , for 28 years he was a monk at the Monastery of Philotheus on Mount Athos .
In 1350, he was elevated to the department of Constantinople, occupying it under the emperors John Cantacuzine (1341–1355) and John Paleologue (1341–1376). After two years of the priesthood, he retired to the feats of silence in the monastery he built in honor of St. Mamant in Tenodos. Then he was again elevated to the Patriarchal Chair.
Saint Patriarch Callistus died around 1363 in Serbia , where he was sent to the Embassy of John Paleolog . Saint Callist is known as the author of spiritual creations.
Compositions
In Russian published:
- Chapters on prayer. The rule of those who dare to live silently and monasticly, 100 chapters. Ambitiousness. Ed. 2nd. Prince 1, part II, M., 1882. The same. Per. Bishop Theophanes [Govorov]. Ed. Athos Russian Panteleimon Monastery. M., 1889. (On prayer, 14 chapters - see also: “Christian Reading”, 1832. XLVII, p. 204 pp.).
- The ascetic creations of the holy fathers, Kallista Kathafiogita about Divine unity and contemplative life. John of Karpathia the word of mobility. Translated from the Greek N. A. Leontiev. The sixth issue of the patrological department of the journal "Orthodox Interlocutor" for 1898. Kazan, 1898, 109 p.
- The life of St. Gregory of Sinai. - Per. I. I. Sokolova, M., 1904. The same. Ed. P.A. Syrku. Glory per. SPb., 1909. Monuments of ancient writing and art. T. SSXXII.