John Hesychastes
Johannes Hesychastes (also Sabaites, Silentiarius); (* January 8, 454 in Nicopolis , today's Koyulhisar in the province of Sivas ; † January 8, 559 in Jerusalem ) was 482 to 491 bishop of Kolonia.
At the age of 18 he inherited a large fortune from his parents, with which he founded a monastery in Nicopolis and built a St. Mary's Church. When the bishop of Kolonia in Armenia ( Aksaray ) died in 482 , he took over the office. In 491 he fled to Sabas in the Great Lavra in Jerusalem, where he concealed his identity. 503-509 he lived as a hermit in the desert and then returned to the Lavra. His vita , compiled by Kyrillos von Skythopolis , reports on astonishing occurrences. Johannes is said to have been 105 years old.
Hesychasm , named after John, received new impulses from the Russian Imjaslavie movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries and is still a widespread prayer practice in the Orthodox Church in Russia. December 7th (Catholic) and March 30th and December 3rd (Orthodox) are given as days of remembrance .
literature
- Hans-Udo Rosenbaum: Johannes Hesychastes (lat. J. Silentiarius, ie J. the hermit; also J. Sabaites). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 389-390.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical-Bibliographical Church Lexicon
- ↑ Johannes Hesychastes (Sabaites, Silentiarius, the Hermit)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hesychastes, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop and founder of the monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 454 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nicopolis , today Turkey |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 559 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem , today Israel |