Charalambos of Dionysiou

Archimandrite Charalambos (Galanopoulos) of Dionysiou (or Haralambos Dionysiatis, Greek: Χαράλαμπος Διονυσιάτης; Russia, 1910 – Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos, 1 January 2001) was a Greek Orthodox Christian monk who served as the abbot of Dionysiou Monastery from 1979 to 2000.[1]

Archimandrite

Charalambos of Dionysiou
Native name
Χαράλαμπος Διονυσιάτης
ChurchGreek Orthodox Church
Personal details
Born1910
Russia
Died1 January 2001
Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos
BuriedDionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos
NationalityGreek
DenominationEastern Orthodox Christianity
ResidenceDionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos
ParentsTheodosius and Constantina Kazazis
OccupationAbbot and monk

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.[5]

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]

See also

Further reading
  • Dionysiatis, Joseph (2020). Abbot Haralambos Dionysiatis: The Teacher of Noetic Prayer. Virgin Mary of Australia and Oceania (Oceanitissa). ISBN 1-716-48406-5. OCLC 1227382770.

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