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Apoteichisis

Saints who resisted heresy

St Paisios of Mount Athos

Wrote openly (1969) against Patriarch Athenagoras' ecumenist actions; in the Athonite cessation of commemoration (1970 to 1973) he stood with the confessors who refused both the innovation and the zealot schism.

Period
1924 to 1994
Witness
Monk of Athos
Controversy
Modern doctrinal controversies

Witness under persecution

What this saint faced

Wrote openly (1969) against Patriarch Athenagoras' ecumenist actions; in the Athonite cessation of commemoration (1970 to 1973) he stood with the confessors who refused both the innovation and the zealot schism.

Exile, imprisonment or torture

The historical summary above may mention punishments reported in a saint's Life. A fully cross-checked chronology of exile, imprisonment and physical suffering has not yet been completed for this individual. The absence of a detailed dossier is not evidence that the saint suffered none.

How long did the persecution last?

Not established from the sources reviewed for this entry. No numerical duration has been invented.

Words and testimony of the Holy Fathers

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