Vissarion ( el, Βησσαρίων, russian: Виссарион) οr Visarion ( sr-cyr, Висарион) is a Greek male name, which may refer to:
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Bessarion of Egypt
Bessarion of Egypt, also known as Bessarion of Scetis or Bessarion the Great (4th century – 5th century) was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived around the 4th to 5th century in Egypt, wandering in the Nitrian Desert.
As a Desert Father, he is ...
, also Bessarion the Great or Passarion, Egyptian anchorite, thaumaturge and abbot, pupil of
Saint Anthony the Great
Anthony the Great ( grc-gre, Ἀντώνιος ''Antṓnios''; ar, القديس أنطونيوس الكبير; la, Antonius; ; c. 12 January 251 – 17 January 356), was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is d ...
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Basilios Bessarion (1403–1472), Greek scholar, Catholic cardinal and Latin patriarch of Constantinople
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Visarion, Metropolitan of Herzegovina (s. 1590–1602)
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Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848), Russian literary critic
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Visarion Ljubiša
Visarion Ljubiša ( sr, Висарион Љубиша; 28 February 1823 – 14 April 1884) was the Serbian Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Montenegro from 1882 to 1884.
Early life and schooling
Stefan Ljubiša was born in the village of Sveti St ...
(1823–1884), Metropolitan of Montenegro (s. 1882–84)
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Vissarion Dzhugashvili
Besarion Ivanes dze Jughashvili,. This is the name that appears in the birth register entry for his son, Ioseb. The Russian version of his name was Виссарион Иванович Джугашвили, ''Vissarion Ivanovich Dzhugashvili''. ...
(1849–1909), father of
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...
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Visarion Puiu
Visarion Puiu (; sometimes Bessarion in French; born Victor Puiu on 27 February 1879 in Pașcani, Romania – 10 August 1964 in Paris or Viels-Maisons, France) was a metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. During World War II, ...
(1879–1964), born as Victor Puiu, Romanian metropolitan bishop
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Visarion Xhuvani (1890–1965), Primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania (s. 1929–37)
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Vissarion Lominadze (1897–1935), Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician
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Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963), Soviet Russian composer
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Vissarion Korkoliacos (1908–1991), Greek Orthodox monk
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Vissarion
Sergei Anatolyevitch Torop (russian: Серге́й Анато́льевич То́роп, ''Sergej Anatolʹevič Torop''; born 14 January 1961 in Krasnodar, Russian SFSR), known as Vissarion ( rus, Виссарио́н, p=vʲɪsərʲɪˈon, "He ...
(born 1961 as Sergey Anatolyevitch Torop), Russian mystic
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I. C. Vissarion (1879–1951), Romanian writer
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