Paisius Velichkovsky
Paisius Velichkovsky or Wieliczkowski (Paisie de la Neamţ in Romanian; Паисий Величковский in Russian; Паїсій Величковський in Ukrainian; 20 December 1722 – 15 November 1794) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and theologian who helped spread staretsdom or the concept of the spiritual elder to the Slavic world. He is a pivotal figure in Orthodox Church history.
Paisius Velichkovsky | |
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18th-century portrait of Paisius of Neamt. | |
| Venerable | |
| Born | December 20, 1722 Poltava, Cossack Hetmanate (now Ukraine) |
| Died | November 15, 1794 Neamț Monastery |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Canonized | July 20, 1982 and 6 June 1988, Skete of St. Elias on Mount Athos and Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius by 1988 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, (Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow) |
| Feast | 15 November |
| Patronage | Monastics |
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