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Early life and education
Persecution from the Turks, who ruled most of the Greek world at the time, cut his schooling short, and he returned to Naxos in 1770.Gerasimos Micragiannanitis, "The Life of Saint Nikodemos", in Constantine Cavarnos, St. Nicodemos the Hagiorite(Belmont, Massachusetts: The Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1974), 66-70Monastic life
Nicholas made the acquaintance of Macarius of Corinth a few years after returning home, beginning a lifelong friendship. It was shortly thereafter that he decided to embrace the monastic life, following the example of three monks he had encountered, Gregory, Niphon, and Arsenios. These men had come from Mount Athos, which had been an important center of monasticism for over seven hundred years, and persuaded Nicholas to go there as well. He arrived there in 1775, at age 26.George S. Bebis, in Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain Handbook of Spiritual Counsel, trans. Peter A Chamberas New York: Paulist Press, 1989.Upon being tonsured a monk, Nicholas' name was changed, as is the custom for those who had abandoned the world, to Nicodemus. He was initiated into the practice of hesychia, a method of prayer involving inner stillness, controlled breathing, and repetition of the "Jesus Prayer" (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner). Nicodemus aligned himself with the monks known as Kollyvades, who sought a revival of traditional Orthodox practices and patristic literature, and he spent the remainder of his life at work translating and publishing those works. He also composed many original books of his own.Bebis, in Nikodemos, 13-14; Micragiannitis, in Cavarnos 71-73; see also Gregory Palamas, The Triads trans. Nicholas Gendle (New York: The Paulist Press, 1983), 41-55 for a more thorough explanation of Hesychism.Nicodemus attained the rank of megaloskhemos ("Great Schema"), the highest degree for orthodox monks. "Review of Unseen Warfare, being the Spiritual Combat and Path to Paradise of Lorenzo Scupoli by Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain, Theophan the Recluse, E. Kadloubovsky, G. E. H. Palmer, H. A. Hodges, by Donald Attwater, Life of the Spirit (1946â1964), vol. 7, no. 73, 1952, pp. 32-34. JSTOR, Accessed 29 December 2023Major works
Another of his famous works is the Enchiridion of Counsels (or "Handbook of Spiritual Counsel"), written by Nicodemus at the suggestion of his cousin Hierotheos, who had recently been made Bishop of Euripos. This handbook on the religious life, aimed at clergy and lay Christians alike, continues to be influential on Greek spirituality to this day. The work has been described as a theological-ethical tract that displays both deep psychological insight and a keen scientific mind.Bebis, in Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain, 17-52; Cavarnos, 96-114.He was not ignorant of the Western spiritual writers, and even published reworked versions of the Spiritual Exercises (Î Î½ÎµÏ Î¼Î±Ïικά Î³Ï Î¼Î½Î¬ÏμαÏα) of Ignatius of Loyola and The Spiritual Combat (βιβλίον καλοÏμενον· ÎÏÏαÏÎ¿Ï Î ÏλεμοÏ) of Lorenzo Scupoli.Meyendorff, St Gregory Palamas and Orthodox Spirituality, 138.See also
- Theosis
- Theoria
- Ritual purification
- Praxis
- Sacred Heart as a Catholic doctrine
- Peter of Damascus
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