Saint Athanasios Parios | |
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| Born | 1722 Kostos, Paros |
| Died | June 24, 1813 (age 90) Hermitage of St. George, Chios |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 1995 |
| Major shrine | Kostos, Paros; Church of the Naxian Saints, Naxos. |
| Feast | June 24; First Sunday of September (with the other Saints of Paros and Naxos) |
| Attributes | Long white beard, vested as a Priest, holding a Gospel book. |
Athanasios Parios (Greek: Ἀθανάσιος Πάριος; 1722–1813) was a Greek hieromonk who was a notable theologian, philosopher, educator, and hymnographer of his time, and one of the "Teachers of the Nation" during the Modern Greek Enlightenment[citation needed]. He was the second leader of the Kollyvades Movement, succeeding Neophytos Kausokalyvites (1713–1784). He also authored the lives of various saints. Athanasios was born in Kostos, a small village of Paros, in the year 1722 and died in Chios in 1813. He is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church on June 24.
Despite this, modern Greek critics consider him a reactionary Orthodox fundamentalist, enemy of the Western European ideas of the French Revolution, opponent of Rigas Feraios and Adamantios Korais.