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Maximos Kausokalybites (Greek: Μάξιμος Καυσοκαλυβίτης; died 1365 or 1380; also spelled Kavsokalyvites Kafsokalyvia 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.Maximos lived an austere life mostly as a recluse in crude shelters moving from time to time to seek further seclusion.

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