Maximos of Kafsokalyvia | |
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Born | between 1272–1285 Lampsacus |
Died | 1365 or 1380 Mount Athos |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | January 13 |
Maximos of Kafsokalyvia or Maximos Kausokalybis (Greek: Μάξιμος Καυσοκαλύβης; died 1365 or 1380; also spelled Kafsokalyvis, from "of the burning hut"), also known as St. Maximos the Hut Burner, was a hesychast monk who lived on Mount Athos in Greece. Some of Maximos' writings on prayer and ascetism are included in the Philokalia.[1]
He is celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on January 13.