Arsenios the Cave Dweller

Elder

Arsenios the Cave Dweller
BornAnastasios
1886
Samsun, Pontus (modern-day Turkey)
ResidenceMount Athos
Died15 September 1983
Mount Athos
InfluencesJoseph the Hesychast
Tradition or genre
Athonite Monasticism, Hesychasm

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]

  1. ^ "Elder Arsenios Spileotis (1886-1983)". Pemptousia. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  2. ^ Monk Joseph Dionysaitis. Elder Arsenios the Cave-dweller (1886–1983): Fellow Ascetic of Elder Joseph the Hesychast. Transl. Angela Georgiou. 2005.
  3. ^ "Γέροντας Αρσένιος Σπηλαιώτης". Monastiriaka - Mount Athos.