Un Sfânt isihast român, puțin cunoscut Cuviosul Antipa de la Calapodești
A little-known Romanian Isichast Saint, the Abbot Antipas of Calapodesti

Author(s): Lucian Mihail Moisei
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: hermits; Antipas; Calapodești; saint; prayer;
Summary/Abstract: The uninterrupted existence of thousands of hermits and hundreds of hermitages with monastic life in the Romanian Lands, since the 14th century, was the reason why, monks from neighbouring countries, such as Vasile de la Poiana Mărului (1692-1767), Onufrie de la Vorona (1700-1789), or Paisie Velicicovschi (1722-1794), chose to settle in these places, contributing to the renewal of Orthodox monasticism, by translating and printing the philocalic writings. Father Antipas of Calapodesti (1816-1882), follows the path trodden in the Romanian Lands by prominent hesychast monks. He received from God the gift of unceasing prayer, about which he spoke and advised with great ease, of long fasting, of simplicity, of tears of humility and of foreknowledge, managing to make himself loved both by simple people and by those in positions of leadership, metropolitans, bishops, abbots of monasteries, priests, or simple monks, some of whom even became his spiritual sons. The genuinely Christian life of the Father Antipas, his wonderful and exemplary life, was unanimously recognized by all, and he was honored as a saint in the Monastery of "Saint Panteleimon" in Mount Athos since 1906, shortly after his death, and was officially canonized in 1992 by the Romanian Orthodox Church and introduced into the Calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

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