Venerable
Theognostos Kafsokalyvites
of Kavsokalyvia (Great Lavra)
A wondrous ascetic in the cave of St Peter, elder of Niphon, in the 14th century; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Era
- 14th century
- Place
- Great Lavra, Mount Athos
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Theognostos Kafsokalyvites was a wondrous ascetic of the fourteenth century who lived in the cave of St Peter the Athonite, on the border of the Great Lavra. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.
We know him chiefly from the Life of his disciple, St Niphon of Kavsokalyvia (born in 1315 in Epirus, reposed in 1411). Coming to the Holy Mountain, Niphon withdrew to the cave of St Peter the Athonite and stayed three years under the obedience of this wondrous ascetic, Theognostos, then moved on to other struggles. Theognostos is also named, with Neilos of Erichios, among Niphon's teachers in the Skete of Kavsokalyvia.