A Byzantine Lay Theologian: The Righteous Nicholas Kabasilas (d. c. 1397)
July 3, 2025
Commemorated on June 20/July 3 in the Orthodox Church
Today the Orthodox Church commemorates the memory of Nicholas Kabasilas—lay theologian, liturgist, and hesychast—whose life unfolded in the "eleventh hour" of the Byzantine Empire.
Though the precise year of his birth is unknown, Kabasilas lived in the tumultuous 14th century, when civil strife, hesych…
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