Nicholas Kabasilas
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| Born | c. 1319 Thessalonica, Byzantine Empire |
| Died | c. 1392 |
| Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 20 June |
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Nicholas Kabasilas or Cabasilas (Greek: Νικόλαος Καβάσιλας; born 1319/1323 in Thessalonica;[1] died 1392)[2] was a Byzantine mystic and theological writer.
Kabasilas is revered as a saint within the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is June 20.[3][4] The Catholic Church uses extracts from his Life in Christ as readings in the Liturgy of the Hours (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter in Year II of the provisional two-year cycle for the Office of Readings).[5]
He is known for his two most famous texts, his Life in Christ, and his Commentary on the Divine Liturgy.[6]
Life
[edit]Little of his life is known with certainty; including the dates of his birth and death.[7]
Kabasilas was the nephew of theologian and clergyman Neilos Kabasilas.[8]
He was on intimate terms with the emperor John VI Kantakouzenos, whom he accompanied in his retirement to a monastery. He was once thought to have succeeded his uncle Neilos Kabasilas as archbishop of Thessalonica; however, contemporary records of that see do not show Nicholas as serving in the capacity of archbishop. It is more likely that he served as a priest at the Mangana Monastery at Constantinople.[9]
In the Hesychast controversy he took the side of the monks of Mount Athos and Saint Gregory Palamas.[6]
Legacy
[edit]He was canonized in the Eastern Orthodox Church in 1983, with his feast day set on 20 June.[10]
Works
[edit]His chief work is his Περὶ τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ζωῆς[11] ("On the Life in Christ"), in which he lays down the principle that union with Christ is effected by the three great mysteries of baptism, chrismation, and the eucharist. Kabasilas's Commentary on the Divine Liturgy displays a profound understanding of the sacramental and liturgical life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He also wrote homilies on various subjects, and a speech against usurers, printed with other works by Jacques Paul Migne in Patrologia Graeca. He also wrote an encomium on the ninth century nun and saint Theodora of Thessaloniki.[12] A large number of his works are still extant in manuscript.
Bibliography
[edit]- Cabasilas, N. Commentary on the Divine Liturgy. 14th century. Translated by J. M. Hussey and P. A. McNulty. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1960. ISBN 0-913836-37-0
- Cabasilas, N. The Life in Christ. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1974. ISBN 0-913836-12-5
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cabasilas, Nicolaus (1974). The Life in Christ. Translated by Carmino J. DeCantazaro. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 9780913836125.
- ^ "Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόλαος Καβάσιλας" [Saint Nicholas Kabasilas]. Great Book of Saints (in Greek). 2009.
- ^ "Lives of all saints commemorated on June 20". Orthodox Church in America.
- ^ "Nicholas Cabasilas". Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
- ^ "Domingo V de Pascua" [Easter Sunday V]. Mercaba (in Spanish).
- ^ a b "Nicholas Cabasilas of Thessaloniki – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America". Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ Cabasilas, Nicolaus; Hussey, J. M.; McNulty, P. A. (2002). A commentary on the Divine Liturgy. Crestwood, N.Y: St. Vladimir's Press. pp. viii. ISBN 978-0-913836-37-8.
- ^ "Venerable Nicholas Cabasilas". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ Cabasilas (1974), p. 10
- ^ "Venerable Nicholas Cabasilas". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ ed. pr. of the Greek text, with copious introduction, by W. Gass, 1849; new ed. by M. Heinze, 1899
- ^ Talbot 1996, p. 162.
Sources
[edit]- Krumbacher, Karl (1897). Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur. Munich, Germany: C. H. Beck.
- Herzog, Johann Jakob; Hauck, Albert, eds. (1901). Realencyklopädie für Protestantische Theologie und Kirche. Leipzig, Germany: J. C. Hinrichs.
- Parry, Ken; Melling, David, eds. (1999). The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Malden, MA.: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0-631-23203-6.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Further reading
[edit]- Russell, Eugenia (2010). "Nicholas Kavasilas Chamaëtos (c. 1322 – c. 1390): A Unique Voice Amongst his Contemporaries". Nottingham Medieval Studies. 54: 123–37. doi:10.1484/J.NMS.1.100772.
- Metso, Pekka (2010). Divine Presence in the Eucharistic Theology of Nicholas Cabasilas. Joensuu: Itä-Suomen yliopisto, University of Eastern Finland. ISBN 978-952-61-0080-7.
- Talbot, Alice-Mary Maffry (1996). "Life of St. Theodora of Thessalonike". Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation. Dumbarton Oaks. pp. 159–238. ISBN 978-0-88402-248-0. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
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