RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Paisios of Mount Athos

1924 - 1994

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Saint Paisios of Mount Athos (Greek: Ἅγιος Παΐσιος ὁ Ἁγιορείτης, pronounced [ˈa.ʝi.os pai̯:sios o aɣiori̯tis]; secular name: Arsenios Eznepidis (Greek: Αρσένιος Εζνεπίδης); 1924–1994), was a Greek Eastern Orthodox ascetic from Mount Athos, originally from Pharasa, Cappadocia. Today, he is widely venerated by Eastern Orthodox Christians, particularly in Greece, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro and Syria. Paisios was canonized on 13 January 2015 by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and the church commemorates his feast day on June 29 [OS] / July 12 [NS]. The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided at its meeting of 5 May 2015 also to add the name of the Venerable Paisios of Mount Athos to the Menology of the Russian Orthodox Church, establishing his feast day on June 29/July 12, aligning with the Menology of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople during the present century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paisios of Mount Athos is the 1,486th most popular religious figure (down from 1,029th in 2019), the 659th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 496th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paisios of Mount Athos ranks 1,486 out of 3,187. Before him are Lucian Mureșan, Hyacinth of Poland, Tim Keller, John F. MacArthur, Hripsime, and Lothair II of Italy. After him are Adolfo Nicolás, Pope Anianus of Alexandria, Rabban Bar Sauma, Oliviero Carafa, Juan José Omella, and Nathan Homer Knorr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Paisios of Mount Athos ranks 127. Before him are Rik Van Steenbergen, Hidemaro Watanabe, Priscilla Pointer, Motoo Kimura, Machiko Kyō, and Luigi Musso. After him are Roland Petit, Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, Yehuda Amichai, Dawda Jawara, Fess Parker, and Marjorie Boulton. Among people deceased in 1994, Paisios of Mount Athos ranks 98. Before him are Nikolai Ogarkov, Wilma Rudolph, Claude Akins, Cab Calloway, Motoo Kimura, and R. D. Burman. After him are Álvaro del Portillo, Jack Unterweger, Jérôme Lejeune, Sarah Kofman, Max Morlock, and Manos Hatzidakis.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Paisios of Mount Athos ranks 659 out of 1,347. Before him are Kadi Burhan al-Din (1345), Annia Faustina (201), Şehzade Ahmet (1466), Kemal Reis (1451), Histiaeus (-550), and Artakama (-350). After him are Alexander Polyhistor (-100), Rufinus (335), Andronikos III of Trebizond (1310), Anaximenes of Lampsacus (-380), Archelaus of Cappadocia (-50), and Methodius of Olympus (260).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Paisios of Mount Athos ranks 102. Before him are Ebussuud Efendi (1490), Macrina the Younger (324), Theodosius the Cenobiarch (424), Isaac of Armenia (338), Maximus V of Constantinople (1897), and Kadi Burhan al-Din (1345). After him are Alexander of Jerusalem (200), Archippus (50), Michael the Syrian (1126), Benjamin I of Constantinople (1871), Saint Mercurius (224), and Eunomius of Cyzicus (335).

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