Venerable
Arsenije of Hilandar
of Hilandar Monastery
Great elder of Hilandar, spiritual father of Isaiah the Serb, honoured by Tsar Dušan, reposed about 1348; venerated, not formally canonized.
- Era
- 14th century
- Place
- Hilandar, Mount Athos
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Arsenije of Hilandar was a great elder and abbot of Hilandar Monastery on the Holy Mountain in the fourteenth century, the spiritual father of St Isaiah the Serb. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.
The Life of Isaiah calls him a great spiritual figure, loved by the Serbian king Stefan Dusan, who willingly listened to him for his many virtues. When the king came to Athos in 1348 he visited the great elder Arsenios and spoke with him at length. Then the elder, taking Isaiah by the hand, told the king that his time of departure had come and gave Isaiah to him as a spiritual son in his place. Soon afterwards Arsenije passed to God.