Maximos of Kafsokalyvia

Maximos of Kafsokalyvia
Bornbetween 1272–1285
Lampsacus
Died1365 or 1380
Mount Athos
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
FeastJanuary 13 (26)

Maximos of Kafsokalyvia or Maximos Kausokalybis (Greek: Μάξιμος Καυσοκαλύβης; died 1365 or 1380; also spelled Kafsokalyvis, from "of the burning hut"), also known as St. Maximos the Hut Burner, was a hesychast monk who lived on Mount Athos in Greece. Some of Maximos' writings on prayer and ascetism are included in the Philokalia.

He is celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on January 13 (26).