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<div>As far as the works of Dionysius the Areopagite go, isn't there some scholarship that suggests that these works are not those of the saint himself. Even going so far as to attribute them to Pseudo-Dionysius? Perhaps someone who is more deeply familiar with this topic could at a note regarding this to the works section.<br />
--~~[[User:Jlczuk|<font color="Maroon"><b>John Cz.</b></font>]] <sup>[http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Jlczuk&action=edit&section=new|<font color="blue"><b><i>talk</i></b></font>]</sup> 17:07, November 18, 2006 (PST)<br />
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:Yeah, I've noticed this before, good point. I think it's well accepted even amongst Orthodox theologians that ''The Celestial Hierarchy'', etc. weren't written by the actual apostle. I added a couple sentences and a wikipedia quote just for a start; feel free to edit. [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 20:44, November 18, 2006 (PST)<br />
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:: We just went over Dionysios in detail in my patristics class at STOTS, and our professor didn't put forward a specific theory of his own regarding the authorship of the Dionysian corpus. One possibility that many non-Orthodox scholars don't seem to take into account is that the corpus does indeed originate with the NT-era saint, but that the writings were expanded and revised over the years. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 14:32, November 19, 2006 (PST)<br />
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:::Sadly, that hadn't even crossed my mind as a possibility. Interesting, and certainly plausible. It would be great in an expanded section on the authorship. Hopefully someone will get around to writing such a knowledgeable discussion for us one day. I don't feel well-qualified enough to do so myself. [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 20:47, November 19, 2006 (PST)<br />
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several things mitigate against a pre-6th c. date for Ps.D. 1. the lack of any manuscript evidence. the corpus dionysiacum appears for the first time in the 6th c. in the form that we now know it, and all manuscript traditions attest to it in this form (i.e., it always appears with these texts in this order). 2. the liturgy that Ps.D describes is Syrian and dates from at least around 500. 3. his ontology is influenced by Proclus and more broadly by the theurgical tradition within Neoplatonism. Especially in light of 2 and 3 it is hard to say what one would have as a supposed early core.<br />
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It might be easiest just to create a new page for the Dionysian Corpus, or for Pseudo-Dionysius.</div>Invocationhttps://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Dionysius_the_Areopagite&diff=72850Dionysius the Areopagite2008-07-07T19:24:32Z<p>Invocation: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Dionysius the Areopagite.jpg|right|frame|St. Dionysius the Areopagite]]<br />
The holy, glorious and right-victorious [[Hieromartyr]] '''Dionysius the Areopagite''' (also '''Dionysios''' or '''Denys''') was [[baptism|baptized]] by [[Saint]] [[Apostle_Paul|Paul]] in Athens and is numbered among the Seventy [[Apostles]]. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[October 3]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
Prior to his baptism, Dionysius grew up in a notable family in Athens, attended philosophical school at home and abroad, was married and had several children, and was a member of the highest court in Greece, the Areopagus. After his [[conversion]] to the True Faith, St. Paul made him [[Bishop]] of Athens. Eventually he left his wife and children for [[Christ]] and went with St. Paul in [[missionary]] travel. He travelled to Jerusalem specifically to see the Most Holy [[Theotokos]] and writes of his encounter in one of his books. He was also present at her [[Dormition]].<br />
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Seeing St. Paul [[martyr]]ed in Rome, St. Dionysius desired to be a martyr as well. He went to Gaul, along with his [[presbyter]] Rusticus and the [[deacon]] Eleutherius, to preach the [[Gospel]] to the barbarians. There his suffering was equalled only by his success in [[conversion|converting]] many pagans to Christianity. <br />
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In the year 96, St. Dionysius was seized and tortured for Christ, along with Rusticus and Eleutherius, and all three were beheaded under the reign of the Emperor Domitian. St. Dionysius' head rolled a rather long way until it came to the feet of Catula, a Christian. She honorably buried it along with his body. <br />
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==Works==<br />
{{expert}}<br />
Four theological works are attributed to Dionysius: ''The Divine Names'', ''The Mystical Theology'', ''The Celestial Hierarchy'', and ''The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy'', as well as eleven letters. While there were occasional questions raised regarding the true authorship of the Dionysian writings in the Middle Ages, it is Koch and Stiglmayer's work (1895) that definitively laid to rest the idea of tracing the texts back to the apostolic age. The scholarly consensus now identifies the corpus as the work of a fifth-century Syrian student of the pagan Neoplatonist Proclus (for more see for instance Andrew Louth, ''Denys the Areopagite'', as well Jaroslav Pelikan, "The Odyssey of Dionysian Spirituality" in ''Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works''). Pseudo-Dionysius has been accused of "employing Neoplatonic language to elucidate Christian theological and mystical ideas."<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dionysius_the_Areopagite&oldid=221352184 Wikipedia: Dionysius the Areopagite]; cf. also [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pseudo-Dionysius_the_Areopagite&oldid=220002373 Wikipedia: Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite]</ref> But, while some recent Orthodox scholars have been critical of the influence of the Dionysian corpus, recent defenders include Igumen [[Alexander Golitzin]], who sees it as a fully Christian liturgical theology (''Et introibo ad altare dei: The Mystagogy of Dionysius Areopagita'' [Thessalonika, 1994]), and [[Vladimir Lossky]], who sees the Dionysian interpretation of the unknowability of God as fundamental to any Christian thought and as setting the stage for the work St. Gregory Palamas (''The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church''). However controversial the texts, their theology was incorporated into the mainstream of Orthodox theology through its adoption by St. [[Maximus the Confessor]] and St. John of Damascus.<br />
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His ''Letter to Titus'' is quoted by St. [[John of Damascus]] in his work ''On the Divine Images'', a defense of [[icon]]s during the [[iconoclast|iconoclastic controveries]].<br />
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==Hymns==<br />
[[Troparion]] (Tone 4)<br />
:Having learned goodness and maintaining continence in all things,<br />
:you were arrayed with a good conscience as befits a priest.<br />
:From the chosen Vessel you drew ineffable mysteries;<br />
:you kept the faith, and finished a course equal to His.<br />
:Bishop martyr Dionysius, entreat Christ God that our souls may be saved.<br />
[[Kontakion]] (Tone 8)<br />
:As a disciple of the apostle caught up to the third heaven,<br />
:you spiritually entered the gate of heaven, Dionysius.<br />
:You were enriched with understanding of ineffable mysteries<br />
:and enlightened those who sat in the darkness of ignorance.<br />
:Therefore we cry to you: Rejoice, universal Father!<br />
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==References==<br />
<references /><br />
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==Source==<br />
*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=227 Dionysios the Areopagite] ([[GOARCH]])<br />
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102843 Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite the Bishop of Athens] ([[OCA]])<br />
*[http://www.ccel.org/d/dionysius Dionysius, the Pseudo-Areopagite (b. c. 500): Mystical theologian] at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library<br />
*[http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=117&SID=3 Dionysius the Areopagite] Q & A (OCA)<br />
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/d/cap10.htm An icon of Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite] at "Come and See" Icons, Books & Art<br />
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<div>As far as the works of Dionysius the Areopagite go, isn't there some scholarship that suggests that these works are not those of the saint himself. Even going so far as to attribute them to Pseudo-Dionysius? Perhaps someone who is more deeply familiar with this topic could at a note regarding this to the works section.<br />
--~~[[User:Jlczuk|<font color="Maroon"><b>John Cz.</b></font>]] <sup>[http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Jlczuk&action=edit&section=new|<font color="blue"><b><i>talk</i></b></font>]</sup> 17:07, November 18, 2006 (PST)<br />
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:Yeah, I've noticed this before, good point. I think it's well accepted even amongst Orthodox theologians that ''The Celestial Hierarchy'', etc. weren't written by the actual apostle. I added a couple sentences and a wikipedia quote just for a start; feel free to edit. [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 20:44, November 18, 2006 (PST)<br />
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:: We just went over Dionysios in detail in my patristics class at STOTS, and our professor didn't put forward a specific theory of his own regarding the authorship of the Dionysian corpus. One possibility that many non-Orthodox scholars don't seem to take into account is that the corpus does indeed originate with the NT-era saint, but that the writings were expanded and revised over the years. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 14:32, November 19, 2006 (PST)<br />
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:::Sadly, that hadn't even crossed my mind as a possibility. Interesting, and certainly plausible. It would be great in an expanded section on the authorship. Hopefully someone will get around to writing such a knowledgeable discussion for us one day. I don't feel well-qualified enough to do so myself. [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 20:47, November 19, 2006 (PST)<br />
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several things mitigate against a pre-6th c. date for Ps.D. 1. the lack of any manuscript evidence. the corpus dionysiacum appears for the first time in the 6th c. in the form that we now know it, and all manuscript traditions attest to it in this form (i.e., it always appears with these texts in this order). 2. the liturgy that Ps.D describes is Syrian and dates from at least around 500. 3. his ontology is influenced by Proclus and more broadly by the theurgical tradition within Neoplatonism. Especially in light of 2 and 3 it is hard to say what one would have as a supposed early core.</div>Invocationhttps://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Dionysius_the_Areopagite&diff=72710Dionysius the Areopagite2008-07-04T03:45:16Z<p>Invocation: /* Works */</p>
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<div>[[Image:Dionysius the Areopagite.jpg|right|frame|St. Dionysius the Areopagite]]<br />
The holy, glorious and right-victorious [[Hieromartyr]] '''Dionysius the Areopagite''' was [[baptism|baptized]] by [[Saint]] [[Apostle_Paul|Paul]] in Athens and is numbered among the Seventy [[Apostles]]. Prior to this, Dionysius grew up in a notable family in Athens, attended philosophical school at home and abroad, was married and had several children, and was a member of the highest court in Greece, the Areopagus. After his [[conversion]] to the True Faith, St. Paul made him [[Bishop]] of Athens. Eventually he left his wife and children for [[Christ]] and went with St. Paul in [[missionary]] travel. He travelled to Jersusalem specifically to see the Most Holy [[Theotokos]] and writes of his encounter in one of his books. He was also present at her [[Dormition]].<br />
<br />
Seeing St. Paul martyred in Rome, St. Dionysius desired to be a [[martyr]] as well. He went to Gaul, along with his [[presbyter]] Rusticus and the [[deacon]] Eleutherius, to preach the [[Gospel]] to the barbarians . There his suffering was equalled only by his success in converting many pagans to Christianity. <br />
<br />
In the year 96, St. Dionysius was seized and tortured for Christ, along with Rusticus and Eleutherius, and all three were beheaded under the reign of the Emperor Domitian. St. Dionysius' head rolled a rather long way until it came to the feet of Catula, a Christian. She honorably buried it along with his body. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[October 3]]. <br />
<br />
==Works==<br />
Many famous books are attributed to St. Dionysius, including: ''The Divine Names of God'', ''Celestial and Ecclesiastical Hierarchies'' and ''Mystical Theology''. Many scholars, however, doubt the that the apostle himself wrote these works, often calling their author "Pseudo-Dionysius." These works, mostly like written by a fifth-century Syrian student of the pagan Neoplatonist Proclus, have been controversial in their reception. On the one hand they have been accused of "employing Neoplatonic language to elucidate Christian theological and mystical ideas."{{ref|1}} Yet they have also been defended by scholars such as Hieromonk Golitzin as a fully Christian liturgical theology (''Et introibo ad altare dei: The Mystagogy of Dionysius Areopagita'' (Thessalonika, 1994)), while Vladimir Lossky places the insights of Ps-Dionysius as fundamental to any Christian theology (''The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church'').<br />
<br />
His ''Letter to Titus'' is quoted by St. [[John of Damascus]] in his work ''On the Divine Images'', a defense of [[icon]]s during the [[iconoclast|iconoclastic controveries]].<br />
<br />
==Hymns==<br />
[[Troparion]] (Tone 4)<br />
:Having learned goodness and maintaining continence in all things,<br />
:you were arrayed with a good conscience as befits a priest.<br />
:From the chosen Vessel you drew ineffable mysteries;<br />
:you kept the faith, and finished a course equal to His.<br />
:Bishop martyr Dionysius, entreat Christ God that our souls may be saved.<br />
[[Kontakion]] (Tone 8)<br />
:As a disciple of the apostle caught up to the third heaven,<br />
:you spiritually entered the gate of heaven, Dionysius.<br />
:You were enriched with understanding of ineffable mysteries<br />
:and enlightened those who sat in the darkness of ignorance.<br />
:Therefore we cry to you: Rejoice, universal Father!<br />
== Source ==<br />
St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=227 Dionysios the Areopagite] ([[GOARCH]])<br />
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102843 Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite the Bishop of Athens] ([[OCA]])<br />
*[http://www.ccel.org/d/dionysius Dionysius, the Pseudo-Areopagite (b. c. 500): Mystical theologian] at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library<br />
*[http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=117&SID=3 Dionysius the Areopagite] Q & A (OCA)<br />
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/d/cap10.htm An icon of Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite] at "Come and See" Icons, Books & Art<br />
*{{note|1}} [[w:Dionysius the Areopagite|Wikipedia's Dionysius the Areopagite]] (see also link to Pseudo-Dionysius)<br />
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<div>[[Image:Dionysius the Areopagite.jpg|right|frame|St. Dionysius the Areopagite]]<br />
The holy, glorious and right-victorious [[Hieromartyr]] '''Dionysius the Areopagite''' was [[baptism|baptized]] by [[Saint]] [[Apostle_Paul|Paul]] in Athens and is numbered among the Seventy [[Apostles]]. Prior to this, Dionysius grew up in a notable family in Athens, attended philosophical school at home and abroad, was married and had several children, and was a member of the highest court in Greece, the Areopagus. After his [[conversion]] to the True Faith, St. Paul made him [[Bishop]] of Athens. Eventually he left his wife and children for [[Christ]] and went with St. Paul in [[missionary]] travel. He travelled to Jersusalem specifically to see the Most Holy [[Theotokos]] and writes of his encounter in one of his books. He was also present at her [[Dormition]].<br />
<br />
Seeing St. Paul martyred in Rome, St. Dionysius desired to be a [[martyr]] as well. He went to Gaul, along with his [[presbyter]] Rusticus and the [[deacon]] Eleutherius, to preach the [[Gospel]] to the barbarians . There his suffering was equalled only by his success in converting many pagans to Christianity. <br />
<br />
In the year 96, St. Dionysius was seized and tortured for Christ, along with Rusticus and Eleutherius, and all three were beheaded under the reign of the Emperor Domitian. St. Dionysius' head rolled a rather long way until it came to the feet of Catula, a Christian. She honorably buried it along with his body. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[October 3]]. <br />
<br />
==Works==<br />
Many famous books are attributed to St. Dionysius, including: ''The Divine Names of God'', ''Celestial and Ecclesiastical Hierarchies'' and ''Mystical Theology''. Many scholars, however, doubt the that the apostle himself wrote these works, often calling their author "Pseudo-Dionysius." These works, mostly like written by a fifth-century Syrian student of the pagan Neoplatonist Proclus, have been controversial in their reception. On the one hand they have been accused of "employing Neoplatonic language to elucidate Christian theological and mystical ideas."{{ref|1}} Yet they have also been defended by scholars such as Hieromonk Golitzin as a fully Christian liturgical theology(''Et introibo ad altare dei: The Mystagogy of Dionysius Areopagita'' (Thessalonika, 1994)), while Vladimir Lossky places the insights of Ps-Dionysius as fundamental to any Christian theology (''The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church'').<br />
<br />
His ''Letter to Titus'' is quoted by St. [[John of Damascus]] in his work ''On the Divine Images'', a defense of [[icon]]s during the [[iconoclast|iconoclastic controveries]].<br />
<br />
==Hymns==<br />
[[Troparion]] (Tone 4)<br />
:Having learned goodness and maintaining continence in all things,<br />
:you were arrayed with a good conscience as befits a priest.<br />
:From the chosen Vessel you drew ineffable mysteries;<br />
:you kept the faith, and finished a course equal to His.<br />
:Bishop martyr Dionysius, entreat Christ God that our souls may be saved.<br />
[[Kontakion]] (Tone 8)<br />
:As a disciple of the apostle caught up to the third heaven,<br />
:you spiritually entered the gate of heaven, Dionysius.<br />
:You were enriched with understanding of ineffable mysteries<br />
:and enlightened those who sat in the darkness of ignorance.<br />
:Therefore we cry to you: Rejoice, universal Father!<br />
== Source ==<br />
St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=227 Dionysios the Areopagite] ([[GOARCH]])<br />
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102843 Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite the Bishop of Athens] ([[OCA]])<br />
*[http://www.ccel.org/d/dionysius Dionysius, the Pseudo-Areopagite (b. c. 500): Mystical theologian] at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library<br />
*[http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=117&SID=3 Dionysius the Areopagite] Q & A (OCA)<br />
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/d/cap10.htm An icon of Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite] at "Come and See" Icons, Books & Art<br />
*{{note|1}} [[w:Dionysius the Areopagite|Wikipedia's Dionysius the Areopagite]] (see also link to Pseudo-Dionysius)<br />
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[[Category:Greek Saints]]<br />
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<div>[[Image:Dionysius the Areopagite.jpg|right|frame|St. Dionysius the Areopagite]]<br />
The holy, glorious and right-victorious [[Hieromartyr]] '''Dionysius the Areopagite''' was [[baptism|baptized]] by [[Saint]] [[Apostle_Paul|Paul]] in Athens and is numbered among the Seventy [[Apostles]]. Prior to this, Dionysius grew up in a notable family in Athens, attended philosophical school at home and abroad, was married and had several children, and was a member of the highest court in Greece, the Areopagus. After his [[conversion]] to the True Faith, St. Paul made him [[Bishop]] of Athens. Eventually he left his wife and children for [[Christ]] and went with St. Paul in [[missionary]] travel. He travelled to Jersusalem specifically to see the Most Holy [[Theotokos]] and writes of his encounter in one of his books. He was also present at her [[Dormition]].<br />
<br />
Seeing St. Paul martyred in Rome, St. Dionysius desired to be a [[martyr]] as well. He went to Gaul, along with his [[presbyter]] Rusticus and the [[deacon]] Eleutherius, to preach the [[Gospel]] to the barbarians . There his suffering was equalled only by his success in converting many pagans to Christianity. <br />
<br />
In the year 96, St. Dionysius was seized and tortured for Christ, along with Rusticus and Eleutherius, and all three were beheaded under the reign of the Emperor Domitian. St. Dionysius' head rolled a rather long way until it came to the feet of Catula, a Christian. She honorably buried it along with his body. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[October 3]]. <br />
<br />
==Works==<br />
Many famous books are attributed to St. Dionysius, including: ''The Divine Names of God'', ''Celestial and Ecclesiastical Hierarchies'' and ''Mystical Theology''. Many scholars, however, doubt the that the apostle himself wrote these works, often calling their author "Pseudo-Dionysius." These works, mostly like written by a fifth-century Syrian student of the pagan Neoplatonist Proclus, have been controversial in their reception. On the one hand they have been accused of "employing Neoplatonic language to elucidate Christian theological and mystical ideas."{{ref|1}} Yet they have also been defended by scholars such as Hieromonk Golitzin as a fully Christian liturgical theology(''Et introibo ad altare dei: The Mystagogy of Dionysius Areopagita'' (Thessalonika, 1994)), while Vladimir Lossky places the insights of Ps-Dionysius as fundamental to any Christian theology (''The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church''). Pseudo-Dionysius has been identified with various people in the past.<br />
<br />
His ''Letter to Titus'' is quoted by St. [[John of Damascus]] in his work ''On the Divine Images'', a defense of [[icon]]s during the [[iconoclast|iconoclastic controveries]].<br />
<br />
==Hymns==<br />
[[Troparion]] (Tone 4)<br />
:Having learned goodness and maintaining continence in all things,<br />
:you were arrayed with a good conscience as befits a priest.<br />
:From the chosen Vessel you drew ineffable mysteries;<br />
:you kept the faith, and finished a course equal to His.<br />
:Bishop martyr Dionysius, entreat Christ God that our souls may be saved.<br />
[[Kontakion]] (Tone 8)<br />
:As a disciple of the apostle caught up to the third heaven,<br />
:you spiritually entered the gate of heaven, Dionysius.<br />
:You were enriched with understanding of ineffable mysteries<br />
:and enlightened those who sat in the darkness of ignorance.<br />
:Therefore we cry to you: Rejoice, universal Father!<br />
== Source ==<br />
St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=227 Dionysios the Areopagite] ([[GOARCH]])<br />
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102843 Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite the Bishop of Athens] ([[OCA]])<br />
*[http://www.ccel.org/d/dionysius Dionysius, the Pseudo-Areopagite (b. c. 500): Mystical theologian] at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library<br />
*[http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=117&SID=3 Dionysius the Areopagite] Q & A (OCA)<br />
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/d/cap10.htm An icon of Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite] at "Come and See" Icons, Books & Art<br />
*{{note|1}} [[w:Dionysius the Areopagite|Wikipedia's Dionysius the Areopagite]] (see also link to Pseudo-Dionysius)<br />
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[[Category:Greek Saints]]<br />
[[Category:Seventy Apostles]]<br />
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