The Life of Paisij Velyckovs'kyj (Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature: Translations)

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989. — XXXVI + 172 pp. — (Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature. English Translations: Volume IV). ISBN 0-916458-36-9 Translated by J. M. E. Featherstone with an Introduction by Anthony-Emil N. Tachiaos. The volume contains the first English translation of Velyckovs'kyj's unfinished Autobiography, as well as a biography of the elder by his disciple Mytrofan. Anthony-Emil N. Tachiaos's introduction discusses both works against their historical and generic background. Born in Poltava in 1722, Paisij Velykovskyj attended the Kievan Mohyla Academy. After four years, he renounced secular studies to become a monk. He lived in various monasteries in the Ukraine (including the Kievan Caves Monastery), on Mt. Athos, and in Moldavia and Wallachia, where he died in 1794. In or about 1748 a Moldavo-Slavic brotherhood began to gather about Velykovskyj and to revive the Hesychast traditions of the cult of the elder ( starecestvo ) and the Jesus prayer. Throughout his life Velykovskyj avidly collected and translated Byzantine texts into Church Slavonic, especially works pertaining to Hesychasm. This volume contains the first English translation of Velykovskyjs unfinished autobiography, as well as a biography of the elder by his disciple Mytrofan. Anthony-Emil Tachiaoss introduction discusses both works against their historical and generic background. Included are a map, an annotated index, and an index of Biblical citations. This volume contains the first English translation of Paisij Velyckovs'kyj's unfinished autobiography, as well as a biography of the elder by his disciple Mytrofan. Tachiaos's introduction discusses both works against their historical and generic background. The Autobiography Of Paisij Velyčkovs'kyj -- The Biography Of Paisij Velyčkovs'kyj / By Mytrofan. Translated By J.m.e. Featherstone ; With An Introduction By Anthony-emil N. Tachiaos. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [157]-164) And Index.