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Our venerable and God-bearing Father '''Athanasius Parios''', known as "Master of the Greek Nation," was a [[hieromonk]] who was a great and eminent [[Theologian|theologian]], philosopher, educator, and hymnographer of his time. He was the second leader of the Kollyvades movement, succeeding [[Neophytos Kausokalyvites]] (1713-1784). He also authored the [[hagiography|lives]] of various [[saint]]s. Athanasius was born around in Kostos, a small village of Paros, in the year 1721/22 and died in Chios in 1813. He is commemorated by the Church on [[June 24]].
==History==
*1752 - Went to [[Mount Athos]] and enrolled in the Athonite School, 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 - Condmened 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[[priest]]hood
*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.
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==Relationships==
*Athanasius (d. [[September 8]], 1774). Athanasius was from the village of Koliakia, near Thessaloniki, and was provided a good education, studying under Athanasius Parios in Thessaloniki. He later went to Mount Athos to the [[Vatopedi Monastery (Athos)|Monastery of Vatopedi]] where he became a [[monk]]. Athanasius later was [[martyr]]ed for Christ, not willing to [[convert]] to the [[Islam|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 [[w:Adamantios Korais|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.<ref>[http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/B3.4.1.6.html Greek-Macedonian Scholars (15th-19th century)]</ref>
*Ierotheos Dendrinos and Christodoulos, Doctor of Philosophy.
