Paisius Velichkovsky or Wieliczkowski was an Eastern Orthodox monk and theologian who helped spread staretsdom or the concept of the spiritual elder to the Slavic world. He is a pivotal figure in Orthodox Church history.

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• Monastics

December 20, 1722

1794-11-15

venerable

July 20, 1982 and 6 June 1988

1988 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, (Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow)

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