Neophytos the Kaphsokalyvites (1713–1784?) and the "Movement of Kollyvadon”

Abstract

Leonidas Bargeliotes (Olympic Centre of Philosophy and Culture, Athens) argues, that in his efforts to defend the Ekklesiastical customs and regulations against whose monks who wanted to raise money by selling their articles of commerce and perform their vigilances and memorial services on Sundays and important holydays Neophytos Kaphsokalyvites become a protagonist of the movement of "Kollyvadon". For the evaluation of his protagonist role he examines a) the existing philosophico-theological conditions and conflicts of the 18th century, b) the religious rhetoric, convictions and obstinate defense by the monk Neophytos, and, c) his continuous movements, and wanderings from place to place and the transference, consequently, of the conflicts to the wide area of the Balkan countries.

Keywords

• History of orthodoxy
• Greek religious renaissance in the 18th c.
• church rules
• Neophytos