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Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian
Monk, priest, and teacher in Pharasa
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Life and witness
Arsenios was born around 1840 in Pharasa, Cappadocia. A monk and priest, he served there as a teacher and spiritual father. In 1924 he accompanied his displaced community to Greece and died on Corfu on November 10, 1924. His commemoration is November 10.
Historical setting
Born Theodoros, he lost his parents while young and was cared for by relatives. He studied in Nigde and Smyrna before entering the monastery of Saint John the Baptist near Caesarea, where he received the name Arsenios. He returned to Pharasa to teach children and later served as a priest. These details follow the life written by Saint Paisios, not a contemporary civil register.
Legacy and remembrance
Before leaving Cappadocia in 1924, Arsenios baptized the child who later became Saint Paisios of Mount Athos. Paisios later gathered testimony about his life. His remembrance emphasizes prayer, humility, and care for people in distress. Accounts of healings are religious testimony, not independently verified medical findings or promises of recovery.
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Paisios describes Arsenios praying for both Christians and Muslims and using the Psalms in his pastoral care. This profile summarizes that account without presenting prayer as a substitute for medical treatment or giving readers a personal rule of prayer. The account describes his pastoral ministry that joined teaching children, visiting the surrounding communities, and attending to people who were suffering.
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Church sources
https://pemptousia.com/2020/11/the-life-of-saint-arsenios-hadjiephentis-part-i/
https://pemptousia.com/2017/11/the-life-of-saint-arsenios-hadjiephentis-part-iii/