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Niphon Kausokalybites, the Glossary

Niphon Kausokalybites (Όσιος Νήφων Καυσοκαλυβίτης, 1316–1411) was a Greek Christian Orthodox saint and monk.^[1]

Albania

Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Asceticism

Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals.

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Bogomilism (bogomilstvo; bogomilstvo; богумилство) was a Christian neo-Gnostic, dualist sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire by the priest Bogomil during the reign of Tsar Peter I in the 10th century.

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Byzantine Greeks

The Byzantine Greeks were the Greek-speaking Eastern Romans throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Callistus I of Constantinople

Kallistos I (Κάλλιστος; died August 1363) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods from June 1350 to 1353 and from 1354 to 1363. Niphon Kausokalybites and Callistus I of Constantinople are Hesychasts.

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Despotate of Epirus

The Despotate of Epirus (Δεσποτᾶτον τῆς Ἠπείρου) was one of the Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 by a branch of the Angelos dynasty. Niphon Kausokalybites and Despotate of Epirus are Medieval Epirus.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Euchites

The Euchites or Messalians were a Christian sect from Mesopotamia that spread to Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) and Thrace.

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Filiates

Filiates (Φιλιάτες) is a town and a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece.

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Gjirokastër

Gjirokastër (Gjirokastra) is a city in southern Albania and the seat of Gjirokastër County and Gjirokastër Municipality.

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Greek Orthodox Church

Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.

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Greeks

The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..

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Gregory Palamas

Gregory Palamas (Γρηγόριος Παλαμᾶς; – 1359) was a Byzantine Greek theologian and Eastern Orthodox cleric of the late Byzantine period. Niphon Kausokalybites and Gregory Palamas are 14th-century Byzantine monks, 14th-century Christian saints, Athonite Fathers, Byzantine saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox mystics, Eastern Orthodox theologians, Hesychasts and Medieval Athos.

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Hesychasm

Hesychasm is a contemplative monastic tradition in the Eastern Christian traditions of the Eastern Catholic Churches and Eastern Orthodox Church in which stillness (hēsychia) is sought through uninterrupted Jesus prayer. Niphon Kausokalybites and Hesychasm are Medieval Athos.

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Hilandar

The Hilandar Monastery (Manastir Hilandar,, Μονή Χιλανδαρίου) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian monastery there. Niphon Kausokalybites and Hilandar are Medieval Athos.

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Himarë

Himarë (Himara; Χιμάρα, Chimara or Χειμάρρα, Cheimarra) is a municipality and region in Vlorë County, southern Albania.

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June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

June 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 15 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 27 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

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Kafsokalyvia

Kafsokalyvia (lit) is a settlement and idiorrhythmic skete in Mount Athos.

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Lukovë

Lukovë is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southern Albania.

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Maximos of Kafsokalyvia

Maximos of Kafsokalyvia or Maximos Kausokalybis (Μάξιμος Καυσοκαλύβης; died 1365 or 1380; also spelled Kafsokalyvis, from "of the burning hut"), also known as St. Niphon Kausokalybites and Maximos of Kafsokalyvia are 14th-century Byzantine monks, 14th-century Christian saints, Athonite Fathers, Byzantine saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox mystics, Eastern Orthodox theologians, Hesychasts and Medieval Athos.

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Mesopotam

Mesopotam (Mesopotami; Μεσοπόταμος - Mesopotamos) is a village and a former commune in Vlorë County, southern Albania.

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Mount Athos

Mount Athos (Ἄθως) is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece.

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Protos (monastic office)

The protos (πρώτος, "first, premier") is a monastic office at the Eastern Orthodox monastic community of Mount Athos in Greece.

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Saint

In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.

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Serbs

The Serbs (Srbi) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history, and language.

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Stefan Dušan

Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (Стефан Урош IV Душан), also known as Dušan the Mighty (– 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of the Serbs, Greeks, Bulgarians and Albanians from 16 April 1346 until his death in 1355.

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Synaxarium

Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; Συναξάριον, from συνάγειν, synagein, "to bring together"; cf. etymology of synaxis and synagogue; Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium; ⲥⲩⲛⲁⲝⲁⲣⲓⲟⲛ; Ge'ez: ሲናክሳሪየም(ስንክሳር); translit) is the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niphon_Kausokalybites

Also known as Niphon of Athos, Niphon of Kafsokalyvia, Niphon of Mount Athos.

Niphon Kausokalybites, the Glossary

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1316 births

1411 deaths

14th-century Byzantine monks

14th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops

15th-century Christian mystics

15th-century Greek people

Medieval Athos

Medieval Epirus

People from Himara

People from the Despotate of Epirus

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