Arsenios the Cave Dweller

Elder

Arsenios the Cave Dweller
BornAnastasios
1886
Samsun, Pontus (modern-day Turkey)
ResidenceMount Athos
Died15 September 1983
Mount Athos
InfluencesJoseph the Hesychast
Tradition or genre
Athonite Monasticism, Hesychasm

Elder Arsenios the Cave Dweller (Greek: Γέρων Αρσένιος ο Σπηλαιώτης; Samsun, 1886 – Mount Athos, 1983) was a Greek Orthodox monk and elder. He was the primary companion of St. Joseph the Hesychast for about 40 years. The two of them led a small entourage of disciples.