Damaskinos Stouditis
Damaskinos Stouditis ( el, Δαμασκηνός Στουδίτης; Latin: Damascenus Studites) was a high-ranking Greek ecclesiastic and writer in the sixteenth century. Born in Thessaloniki around 1500, he became a monk in Constantinople, where he was a student of Thomas (Theophanes) Eleavoulkos Notaras at the Patriarchal Academy. In 1564 he was appointed Bishop of Lete and Rendina. In 1574 he was promoted to Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Arta, and later became Patriarchal Exarch of Aitolia. He died in 1577. Sometime before 1558, when he was still a subdeacon (ὑποδιάκονος), Damaskinos composed his most famous and popular work, the ''Thesauros'' (Θησαυρός), a compendium of 36 sermons devoted to passages of the Bible. Written in contemporary vernacular Greek, this work reveals Damaskinos’ wide knowledge of scriptural, patristic, historical and philosophical literature. Since its ''editio princeps'' in Venice in 1568, the ''Thesauros'' has been published ...
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Damaskinos or Damaskenos ( el, Δαμασκηνός, "from Damascus"), is a Greek name, found both as a first name and as a surname. It can refer to: * Nikolaos Damaskenos (1st century BC), Greek historian and philosopher * John of Damascus (ca. 676-749), named Ioannes Damaskenos in Greek * Michael Damaskinos (ca. 1530-1593), post-Byzantine painter from Crete * Damaskinos Stouditis (d. 1577), Greek Orthodox bishop * Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens (1891-1949), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Athens and Regent of Greece * Archbishop Damaskinos of Jaffa (b. 1952), Greek Orthodox bishop * Eli Damaskinos (b. d. 2002), Vampire Overlord from ''Blade II'' {{Hndis Greek masculine given names ...
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