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Father Athanasios Parios (Greek: Ἀθανάσιος Πάριος) was a Greek hieromonk who was a great and eminent theologian, philosopher, educator, and hymnographer of his time, and one of the "Teachers of the Nation" during the Modern Greek Enlightenment. He was the second leader of the Kollyvades movement, succeeding Neophytos Kausokalyvites (1713-1784). He also authored the lives of various saints. Athanasios was born in Kostos, a small village of Paros, in the year 1721/22 and died in Chios in 1813. He is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church on June 24.

History

On the island of Paros he received instruction in the "common letters." Desiring higher education, he left his parents and his native place and went to Smyrna, to study at the Greek school of that city. The school was founded in 1717, and was later named the Evangelical School, and became famous. He resided in Smyrna for six years.
1752 - Went to Mount Athos and enrolled in the Athonite Academy, where he studied under Neophytos Kausokalyvites and Eugenios Voulgaris. He later studied at Corfu under Nikephoros Theotokis.
1767-1770 - Taught at Thessaloniki, after which he returned to the Athonite School to become director.
1776 - Condemned as a heretic, defrocked, and excommunicated by Patriarch Sophronios II and the Holy Synod of Constantinople
1781 - Successfully defended himself before Patriarch Gabriel IV and the Holy Synod, and restored to communion and the priesthood
1788-1811 - Principle of the School in Chios.
At the age of 90, he withdrew to the cell of St. George the Refston and died there on June 24, 1813.

Works

1785 - Antipapas, analyses the work of Mark the Eugenic
1797 - Paternal Teaching, written by Anthanasius but published under the name of Patriarch Anthimos of Jerusalem
1798 - Christian Apologys
1787 - Rhetoric Pragmatics and Metaphysics
1802 - A Response to the Irrational Zeal of the Philosophers Coming from Europe
1806 - Epitome, a theology textbook, which was a collaboration with Makarios of Corinth.

Relations

Athanasios (d. September 8, 1774). Athanasios was from the village of Koliakia, near Thessaloniki, and was provided a good education, studying under Athanasios Parios in Thessaloniki. He later went to Mount Athos to the Vatopedi Monastery where he became a monk. Athanasius later was martyred for Christ, not willing to convert to the Islamic faith. He was hanged and buried near the Church of St. Paraskeve.
Minas Minoidis (d. France). Minas was a student of Athanasios Parios. He taught rhetoric and philosophy in Serres and Thessaloniki; he also taught ancient Greek and literature in Paris. He was an interpreter at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Minas was militantly opposed to Korais' ideas on language, his most severe and unfair critic. He was a fervent supporter of the fight for Greek independence. He discovered the verse "Myths of Vavrios" in a Mount Athos manuscript.[1]
Ierotheos Dendrinos and Christodoulos, Doctor of Philosophy.
St. Nikephoros of Chios (May 1), was sent to the city of Chios to be educated in its schools by Gabriel Astrakaris. Nikephoros remained close to this priest throughout the period of his education, where he developed a love for learning, and a respect for those who taught others. He also met St. Athanasius Parios, who was the director of the school in the city of Chios.

==References==

^ Greek-Macedonian Scholars (15th-19th century)

External links

St Athanasius Parios (OCA)