ΓΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΣ Ο ΑΓΙΟΡΕΙΤΗΣ (1853-+1930)
του κ. Παναγιώτη Ηλιόπουλου
Ὁ Καλλίνικος ὁ Ἁγιoρείτης ἀνήκει στὶς μεγάλες μορφὲς τοῦ Ἁγιρείτικου μοναχισμοῦ. Ὁ Κωσταντίνος Θειάσπρης - αὐτὸ ἦταν τὸ κοσμικὸ του ὄνομα - γεεννήθηκε τὸ 1853 στὴν Ἀθήνα ἀπὸ εὐσεβεiς γονεῖς ποὺ προήρχοντο ἀπὸ καπεταναίους τοῦ 1821.
With the beginning of the 20th century was born in the church a curious pattern. A weird beast. Ecumenism.Ἦταν ζωηρὸ καὶ ἔξυπνο παιδὶ. Παράλληλα μὲ τὰ μαθήματά του μελέτησε καὶ διάφορα χριστιανικὰ βιβλία, ἀπὸ τὰ ὁποῖα γνώρισε τὴ θαυμαστὴ ζωὴ τῶν ἀσκητῶν. Τὸ 1875, σὲ ἡλικἰα 22 ἐτῶν, ἦλθε στὴ συνοδεία τοῦ ἐνάρετου γέροντος Δανιήλ, στὰ Κατουνάκια τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους. Ὁ γέρων Δανιὴλ σὰν ἀντίκρυσε τὸν Ἀθηναῖο νεαρὸ εἶχε ἀμφιβολίες ἄν θὰ μποροῦσε νὰ ζήσει τὴν βαριὰ καλογερικὴ ζωὴ. Ὅμως γρήγορα ἄλλαξε γνώμη καὶ τὸν ἔκειρε μοναχὸ μὲ τὸ ὄνομα Καλλίνικος.
Ὁ π. Καλλίνικος εἶχε ζῆλο γιὰ τὴν καλογερικὴ ζωὴ καὶ βαθιὰ ἔφεση γιὰ μάθηση γι’ αὐτὸ καὶ μελετοῦσε διάφορα πατερικὰ βιβλία. Σὲ πολὺ λίγο χρονικὸ διάστημα μποροῦσε νὰ ὁμιλεῖ καὶ νὰ γράφει τὴ Ρωσικὴ γλῶσσα, αὐτοδίδακτος. Γιὰ τὴν ἐν γένει συμπαράσταση στοὺς Ρώσους μοναχοὺς ὁ Τσάρος τῆς Ρωσίας τοῦ ἀπένειμε παράσημα.
Μὲ τὴ σύμφωνη γνώμη τοῦ γέροντά του ὁ Δανιὴλ ἀποφασίζει νὰ ζήσει ἔγκλειστος. Νὰ ζήσει δηλαδὴ στὸ κελλὶ του καὶ σὲ μία μικρὴ περιοχὴ γύρω ἀπὸ αὐτό, 45 χρόνια.Ἡ ἡρωϊκὴ αὐτὴ ἀπόφαση συνδυάστηκε μὲ ὁλοκληρωτικὴ παράδοση στὴν πρόνοια τοῦ Θεοῦ, μὲ ἀδιάλειπτη προσευχὴ καὶ νηστεία. Δὲν εἶναι βέβαια ἡ ζωὴ αὐτὴ γιὰ ὅλους ἀλλὰ «οἷς δέδοται». Ὁ μεταξοσκώληκας δημιουργεῖ τὸ μετάξι του ἀφοῦ γίνει ἔκλειστος στὸ κουκούλι του. (π. Χερουβεὶμ).
Ὁ Τρίκκης καὶ Σταγῶν Διονύσιος γράφει γι’ αὐτὸν: «Ἔβλεπες μία μορφὴ ὁσιακὴ, ἐπιβλητικὴ ἁγία ...» Ἡ φήμη του προσείλκυε κοντὰ του πλῆθος ἀνθρώπων γιὰ νὰ ἀκούσουν μιὰ φωτισμένη ἀπάντηση στὰ προβλήματὰ τους.
Ὑποτακτικοὶ, γέροντες, ἐρημίτες, κοινοβιάτες, κοσμικοὶ, νομικοὶ, στρατιωτικοί, καθηγητὲς Πανεπιστημίου, πρυτάνεις, Ἕλληνες, Ρῶσοι καὶ γενικῶς ἄνθρωποι πάσης ἡλικίας, κοινωνικῆς τάξεως καὶ μορφώσεως, προσέτρεχαν στὸν φωτισμένο ἡσυχαστὴ τῶν Κατουνακίων γιὰ τὸν συμβουλευτοῦν γιὰ τὰ προβλήματὰ τους. Μεταξὺ αὐτῶν ἦτανὁ Ἰωσήφ ὁ Σπηλαιώτης, ὁ π. Γεράσιμος Μενάγιας κ.ἄ.
Ἀξιώθηκε καὶ αὐτὸς μεταξὺ ἄλλων ἐλαχίστων μεγάλων πατέρων τῆς θέας τοῦ ἀκτίστου φωτὸς. Μὲ τὴν ἄσκηση τῆς νοερᾶς προσευχῆς ἠξιώθη θείων ἐλλάψεων, γράφει ὁ Ἔραστος μοναχὸς. (Δύο Σύγχρονοι Ἅγιοι, Ἀθήνα 1963).
Στὶς 7 Αὐγούστου 1930 ἔμελε ὁ ἔγκλειστος ἡσυχαστὴς τῆς ἐρήμου τῶν Κατουνακίων π. Καλλίνικος νὰ ἀναχωρήσει γιὰ «τὰ σκηνώματα Κυρίου τὰ ἀγαπητά».
He was brisk and smart kid. Along with his homework, he was studying various Christian books, of which experienced the wonderful life of ascetics. In 1875, at age 22, he came to attending the virtuous elder Daniel in Katounakia on Mount Athos.
Elder Daniel when saw the Athenian young man doubted if he could live the heavy monastic life. But he quickly changed his mind and he made him monk named him Kallinikos.
Fr Kallinikos had zeal for the ascetic life and deeply appeal for learning and studying various patristic books. In a short period of time, he could speak and write Russian, self-taught. For his general support of the Russian monk Tsar of Russia presented him with medals.
With the agreement of his elder Father Daniel he decides to live inclusions that means that he was living in a cell and in a small area around it for 45 years.
This heroic decision was coupled with complete surrender to God's providence, with prayer and continuous fasting. It certainly is not the life for all but for "whom is given”. The silk worm creates silk once the cocoon has closed. (Fr Cherubem).
Metropolitan of Trikki and Staga Dionysios wrote about him: "I saw a righteous face, imposing holy ..." His reputation attracted a crowd of people near him to listen to an enlightened answer to their problems”.
Subjunctive, elders, hermits, koinoviates, secular, legal, military, university professors, deans, Greeks, Russians and generally people of all ages, social order and the bringing up, went to the righteous Father of Katounakia of tranquilizer to consult about their problems. Among them was Joseph the Spilaiotis, Fr. Menagias etc.
And he became worthy including minimum Fathers of the saw of the Uncreated Light. By the exercise of mental prayer he was able to see divine lights writes monk Erastos . (Two Contemporary Saints, Athens 1963).
On 7 August 1930 the “prisoner” quieter of the desert of Katounakia Kallinikos was going to leave for "the beloved abode of Lord”.
Ἀφοῦ προειδοποίησε γιὰ τὸ τέλος του τὸν ὑποτακτικὸ του, τοῦ εἶπε νὰ ὑπάγει νὰ ἑτοιμάσει τὴν Ἐκκλησία. Ἐπὶ δέκα λεπτὰ πρὶν ξεψυχήσει ἐνατένιζε ἅγιες μορφὲς ποὺ ἦλθαν νὰ τὸν συνοδεύσουν τιμητικὰ στὴν ἀναχώρησή του. Τότε άκούστηκε νὰ ψελλίζει ἤρεμα «Σὲ εὐχαριστῶ Θεὲ μου ποὺ πεθαίνω Ὀρθόδοξος . . .» (π. Χερουβεὶμ).
Μὲ τὴν ἔναρξη τοῦ 20ου αἰώνα γεννήθηκε στὸ χῶρο τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ἕνα μόρφωμα περίεργο.
Ἕνα ἀλλόκοτο τέρας. Ὁ Οἰκουμενισμὸς.
Κατ’ αὐτὸν καμία θρησκεία δὲν ἔχει πλῆρη ἀλήθεια. Κάθε θρησκεία ἔχει μέρος τῆς ἀληθείας. Ἡ ὁλοκληρωμένη ἀλήθεια θὰ προκύψει ἀπὸ τὴν ἕνωση ὅλων τῶν Ἐκκλησιῶν καὶ ὅλων τῶν θηρκειῶν. Πανθρησκεία Οἰκουμενισμὸς. Διάφορες προσωπικότητες ἔχουν χαρακτηρίσει τὸν Οἰκουμενισμὸ ὡς παναίρεση (π. Ιουστῖνος Πόποβιτς). Πρῶτο βῆμα τοῦ Οἰκουμενισμοῦ ἦταν ἡ ἀλλαγὴ τοῦ ἡμερολογίου, ὅπως τοῦτο φαίνεται στὴν ἐγκύκλιο τοῦ Πατριαρχείου τὸ 1920 καὶ στὰ πρακτικὰ τοῦ συνεδρίου τῆς Κωσταντινουπόλεως τὸ 1923 γιὰ νὰ συνεορτάζουν Ὀρθόδοξοι καὶ Παπικοί. Ἔτσι τὸ 1923 ὁ νεωτεριστὴς Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Μελέτιος Μεταξάκης ἀπετόλμησε τὴν ὀλέθρια ἡμερολογιακὴ ἀλλαγή.
Τὸ Ἅγιον Ὄρος ὁλόκληρο (ἐκτὸς τῆς μονῆς Βατοπαιδίου γιὰ κάποιο διάστημα) κράτησε μέχρι σήμερα τὸ παλιὸ (Ἰουλιανὸ) ἡμερολόγιο. Σημαντικὴ μερίδα Ζηλωτῶν μοναχῶν προέβησαν καὶ στὴν διακοπὴ τοῦ μνημοσύνου τοῦ καινοτόμου Πατριάρχου. Ὁ φωτισμένος γέροντας Καλλίνικος δὲν μποροῦσε νὰ μείνει ἀπαθὴς μπροστὰ στὴν πρωτοφανὴ αὐτὴ προδοσία τῆς πίστεως.
Σ’ αὐτὸν (τὸν π. Καλλίνικο) ὡς σοφώτερον καὶ ἁγιώτερον προσέφευγαν οἱ ἀνησυχοῦντες Πατέρες γιὰ νὰ τὸν συμβουλευτοῦν περὶ τοῦ πρακτέου, καὶ ἐκεῖνος διερμηνεύων τὰς γραφάς, χωρὶς περιστροφὲς καὶ ἀμφιβολίες μὲ βάση τοὺς ἁγίους Πατέρες καὶ τὸν ΙΕ’ κανόνα τῆς ΑΒ Συνόδου τοὺς συμβούλευε γιὰ τὴν διακοπὴ τοῦ μνημοσύνου τοῦ νεωτεριστοῦ πατριάρχου Μελετίου Μεταξάκη. Σὲ μιὰ δὲ τέτοια σύναξη τὴν ἄποψη περὶ μή διακοπῆς τοῦ μνημοσύνου τοῦ πατριάρχου, τὴν χαρακτήρισε εὐθαρσῶς ὁ γέροντας Καλλίνικος «διαμονικὴ ἀπάτη» (Μαξίμου Ἁγιοβασιλειάτου. Καταγγελία Ἁγιορειτῶν Πατέρων Ἅγιον Ὄρος 1997, σελ. 160).
Ἡ θέση αὐτοῦ τοῦ εὐλογημένου γέροντος Καλλινίκου σχετικὰ μὲ τὴν Οἰκουμενιστικὴ καινοτομία τῆς ἀλλαγῆς τοῦ ἡμερολογίου φαίνεται ἀπὸ τὸ ἀκόλουθο περιστατικό.
«Κάποιος ἤθελε νὰ γίνει ἱερέας καὶ ἔγραψε ἐπιστολὴ ἐξομολογητικὴ καὶ τὴν ἔστειλε στὸν π. Καλλίνικο. Ὁ γέρων εἶπε στοὺς ὑποτακτικοὺς του: «Γράψτε στὸν ἀδελφὸ ὅτι εὑρίσκεται εἰς ἕνα λάκκο βορβόρου καὶ κροτεῖ τὰ χέρια του καὶ φωνάζει νὰ τὸν κάνουμε βασιλέα. Ἄς βγεῖ πρῶτα ἀπὸ τὸν λάκκο τῆς νεοημερολογίτικης καινοτομίας, νὰ καθαρισθεῖ καὶ ὕστερα βλέπουμε ἄν εἶναι ἄξιος νὰ γίνει βασιλέας» (Δαμασκηνὸς Μοναχὸς, Ἁγιοβαλειάτης περιοδικὸ Ἅγιος Ἀγαθάγγελος ὁ Ἐσφιγμενίτης τ. 74 1984).
Ἐλάμβανε τὸ θρησκευτικὸ περιοδικὸ «Η ΖΩΗ». Ὅταν ὅμως ἔγινε ἡ ἀλλαγὴ τοῦ ἡμερολογίου, ἀμέσως ἐπέστρεψε τὸ περιοδικὸ. (Δαμασκηνὸς βλ. ἀνωτ.).
Θὰ μπορούσαμε νὰ ποῦμε ὅτι ὁ γέροντας Καλλίνικος ἔπαιξε στὶς ἡμέρες μας τὸν ρόλο τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρκου τοῦ Εὐγενικοῦ, τοῦ Ἁγίου Γρηγορίου τοῦ Παλαμᾶ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Μαξίμου τοῦ Ὁμολογητοῦ καὶ ἄλλων ἀγωνιστῶν Πατέρων οἱ ὁποῖοι σὲ στιγμὲς κρίσιμες γιὰ τὴν Ἐκκλησία ἔμειναν μοναδικοὶ ὑποστηρικταὶ τῆς Ὀρθοδοξίας.
Ἐκ τῶν παρατεθέντων στοιχείων γίνεται ἀντιληπτὸ ὅτι ὁ Ἅγιος γέροντας Καλλίνικος ὁ Κατουνακιώτης ὁ ἔγκλειστος ἡσυχαστὴς, εἶναι μία σύγχρονη μορφὴ τῆς Ἀθωνικῆς ἐρήμου ποὺ στηλίτευσε τὴν αἵρεση τῶν Ἰταλῶν, τὸν Παπισμὸ καὶ τὴν σύγχρονη παναίρεση τοῦ Νεοημερολογιτισμοῦ-Οἰκουμενισμοῦ.
Ἄς ἔχουμε τὴν εὐχὴ του!
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ELDER KALLINIKOS OF THE MOUNT ATHOS (1853-1930)
of Mr Panagiotis Illiopoulos
He was brisk and smart kid. Along with his homework, he was studying various Christian books, of which experienced the wonderful life of ascetics. In 1875, at age 22, he came to attending the virtuous elder Daniel in Katounakia on Mount Athos.
Elder Daniel when saw the Athenian young man doubted if he could live the heavy monastic life. But he quickly changed his mind and he made him monk named him Kallinikos.
Fr Kallinikos had zeal for the ascetic life and deeply appeal for learning and studying various patristic books. In a short period of time, he could speak and write Russian, self-taught. For his general support of the Russian monk Tsar of Russia presented him with medals.
With the agreement of his elder Father Daniel he decides to live inclusions that means that he was living in a cell and in a small area around it for 45 years.
This heroic decision was coupled with complete surrender to God's providence, with prayer and continuous fasting. It certainly is not the life for all but for "whom is given”. The silk worm creates silk once the cocoon has closed. (Fr Cherubem).
Metropolitan of Trikki and Staga Dionysios wrote about him: "I saw a righteous face, imposing holy ..." His reputation attracted a crowd of people near him to listen to an enlightened answer to their problems”.
Subjunctive, elders, hermits, koinoviates, secular, legal, military, university professors, deans, Greeks, Russians and generally people of all ages, social order and the bringing up, went to the righteous Father of Katounakia of tranquilizer to consult about their problems. Among them was Joseph the Spilaiotis, Fr. Menagias etc.
And he became worthy including minimum Fathers of the saw of the Uncreated Light. By the exercise of mental prayer he was able to see divine lights writes monk Erastos . (Two Contemporary Saints, Athens 1963).
On 7 August 1930 the “prisoner” quieter of the desert of Katounakia Kallinikos was going to leave for "the beloved abode of Lord”.
After he called for the end his subordinate, his told him to prepare the Church. For ten minutes before he died, he was sawing holy faces that had to accompany him in the departure of honorary. Then he was heard to mumble quietly "I thank God! I die Orthodox. . . “(Fr. Cherubem).
In that no religion has the full truth. Each religion has part of the truth. Integrated truth will result from the union of Churches and all religions. Pan- Religion- Ecumenism. Various celebrities have identified the ecumenism as pan-heresy (Fr Justin Popovic).
The first step of ecumenism was the change in the calendar, as is shown in the Encyclical of the Patriarchate in 1920 and in the minutes of the Conference of Constantinople in 1923 that Orthodox and Papists should concelebrate. So in 1923 the modernist patriarch of Constantinople Meletios Metaxakis dared the disastrous change of calendar.
Whole Mount Athos (except Vatopedi monastery for some time) lasted until now keeps the old (Julian) calendar. A significant portion of the Zealots monks made stopping the commemoration of innovative patriarch. The illuminated elder Kallinikos could not remain impassive in this unprecedented betrayal of faith.
In him (Fr Kalinikos) as wiser and holiest concerned Fathers turned for advice on what action to take, and he interpret the Scriptures, blunt and doubts based on the holy fathers and 15th rule of AB (First- Second) Synod advising the elders to stop the commemoration of the modernist patriarch Meletios Metaxakis. In one such gathering in terms of non disruption of commemoration of the Patriarch, Elder Kallinikos featured deliberately "demonian fraud" (Maximus Agiovasileiatus. “Termination of Mount Athos Fathers” Mount Athos 1997, p. 160).
Whole Mount Athos (except Vatopedi monastery for some time) lasted until now keeps the old (Julian) calendar. A significant portion of the Zealots monks made stopping the commemoration of innovative patriarch. The illuminated elder Kallinikos could not remain impassive in this unprecedented betrayal of faith.
In him (Fr Kalinikos) as wiser and holiest concerned Fathers turned for advice on what action to take, and he interpret the Scriptures, blunt and doubts based on the holy fathers and 15th rule of AB (First- Second) Synod advising the elders to stop the commemoration of the modernist patriarch Meletios Metaxakis. In one such gathering in terms of non disruption of commemoration of the Patriarch, Elder Kallinikos featured deliberately "demonian fraud" (Maximus Agiovasileiatus. “Termination of Mount Athos Fathers” Mount Athos 1997, p. 160).
The position of this blessed Elder Kallinikos on ecumenist innovation of calendar’s change is shown by the following fact.
Someone wanted to become a priest and wrote revealing letters and sent to Fr. Kalinikos. The elder told the submissives; Write to the brother that being situated in a sludge pit and clicking his fingers and shouts make him king. He should first get out by the pit of new- calendarist innovation to clean and then he see if he is worthy to be king "(Monk Damascene, St. Agiovaleiatis, journal “Agathangelos the Esfigmenite” v. 74 1984).
He was receiving the religious magazines "Life". But when the change was made in the calendar, he immediately returned the magazine.
We could say that the elder Kallinikos played in our days the role of St. Mark the Evgenikkos, of St. Gregory the Palamas and of St Maximus the Confessor and other fighters Fathers who in times of crisis for the church remained unique supporters of Orthodoxy.
On the evidence cited is understood that elder Fr Kallinikos Katounakiotis, the “prisoner” tranquilizer, is a modern form of the monastic desert denounced the heresy of the Italians, the Papacy and the modern pan-heresies of ecumenism-New- calendarism.
He was receiving the religious magazines "Life". But when the change was made in the calendar, he immediately returned the magazine.
We could say that the elder Kallinikos played in our days the role of St. Mark the Evgenikkos, of St. Gregory the Palamas and of St Maximus the Confessor and other fighters Fathers who in times of crisis for the church remained unique supporters of Orthodoxy.
On the evidence cited is understood that elder Fr Kallinikos Katounakiotis, the “prisoner” tranquilizer, is a modern form of the monastic desert denounced the heresy of the Italians, the Papacy and the modern pan-heresies of ecumenism-New- calendarism.
Let us his blessing!
