Charalambos of Dionysiou explained

Honorific Prefix:Archimandrite
Charalambos of Dionysiou
Native Name:Χαράλαμπος Διονυσιάτης
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Church:Greek Orthodox Church
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Birth Date:1910
Birth Place:Russia
Death Date:1 January 2001
Death Place:Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos
Buried:Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos
Nationality:Greek
Religion:Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Residence:Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos
Parents:Theodosius and Constantina Kazazis
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Occupation:Abbot and monk
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Archimandrite Charalambos (Galanopoulos) of Dionysiou (or Haralambos Dionysiatis, Greek, Modern (1453-);: Χαράλαμπος Διονυσιάτης; 1910 in Russia – 1 January 2001 in Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos) was a Greek Orthodox Christian monk who served as the abbot of Dionysiou Monastery from 1979 to 2000.[1]

Early life

In 1910, he was born in southern Russia to Pontic Greek parents, namely Leonidas (Λεωνίδας) and Despina (Δέσποινα) Galanopoulos.[2] He and his family moved to Arkadiko, Drama (Αρκαδικό της Δράμας) in 1922. He moved to the Little Saint Anne's Skete at Mount Athos in September 1950, where he became a disciple of Joseph the Hesychast.[3] Later, he moved with Joseph the Hesychast and his disciples to New Skete. When Joseph the Hesychast died in 1959, he remained at New Skete until 1967.[2] [4] In 1967, Charalambos and his 12 disciples moved to Bourazeri, near Karyes. By 1979, Charalambos had 20 disciples, among whom was Elder Hilarion of New Skete.

In 1979, he was ordained as the abbot of Dionysiou Monastery, succeeding Archimandrite Gabriel of Dionysiou who had been Abbot of Dionysiou since 1936.[5]

Archimandrite Charalambos died at Dionysiou Monastery on 1 January 2001. His remains were exhumed in 2021.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abbot Haralambos Dionysiatis - The Teacher of Noetic Prayer . Greekorthodoxbooks . 2022-04-26 . 2022-08-28.
  2. Web site: Ο μεγάλος διδάσκαλος της νοεράς προσευχής παπά-Χαράλαμπος Διονυσιάτης . Orthodox Times . 2021-02-16 . el . 2022-08-28.
  3. Web site: Ο Παπά-Χαράλαμπος ο Διονυσιάτης με τις 3000 μετάνοιες κάθε βράδυ στο Άγιον Όρος . ΒΗΜΑ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΙΑΣ . 2021-07-03 . el . 2022-08-28.
  4. Web site: Elder Haralambos of Dionysiou . Greek Orthodox Christian Society . 2017-03-19 . 2022-08-28.
  5. Dorobantu . Marius . Hesychasm, the Jesus Prayer and the contemporary spiritual revival of Mount Athos . Radboud University . Nijmegen . Master's thesis . 2017-08-28 . 2022-08-28.
  6. Web site: Παπά Χαράλαμπος Διονυσιάτης: «Πεθύμησα το ευλόγησον και το νά’ ναι ευλογημένο!» . Πεμπτουσία . 2021-07-01 . el . 2022-08-28.