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[[File:Venerable Niphon Kavsokalybites (18th c.).jpg|right|thumb|Saint Niphon of Mt. Athos (''18th c. icon'').]]
Our Venerable and God-bearing Father '''Niphon Kavsokalybites''', also '''Niphon of Mount Athos''' ({{el icon}} Ὅσιος Νήφων ὁ Καυσοκαλυβίτης, 1315–1411) was a hieromonk of [[Mount Athos]] in Greece and a proponent of [[Hesychasm|hesychastic]] theology. His [[feast day]] is celebrated by the [[Orthodox Church]] on [[June 14]].<ref name=synaxarion>Great [[Synaxarium|Synaxaristes]]: {{el icon}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3799/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Νήφων ὁ Καυσοκαλυβίτης].'' 14 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>