Vissarion ( el, Βησσαρίων, russian: Виссарион) οr Visarion ( sr-cyr, Висарион) is a Greek male name, which may refer to:
Given name
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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
Bessarion ( el, Βησσαρίων; 2 January 1403 – 18 November 1472) was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the so-called great revival of letter ...
(1403–1472), Greek scholar, Catholic cardinal and Latin patriarch of Constantinople
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Visarion, Metropolitan of Herzegovina
Visarion ( sr-cyr, Висарион) was the Metropolitan of Herzegovina between 1590 and 1602.
He was the ''ktitor'' of the Great Church of the Tvrdoš Monastery in Trebinje, where he was seated.
Life
Rebel activity
The Banat Uprising (1594), i ...
(s. 1590–1602)
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Vissarion Belinsky
Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky ( rus, Виссарион Григорьевич БелинскийIn Belinsky's day, his name was written ., Vissarión Grigórʹjevič Belínskij, vʲɪsərʲɪˈon ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈlʲinskʲ ...
(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 (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
Metropolitan Visarion Xhuvani (14 December 1890 – 15 December 1965) was the primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania from 1929 to 1936. He was a main contributor to the autocephaly, and a close collaborator of Fan Noli.
Life
Vis ...
(1890–1965), Primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania (s. 1929–37)
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Vissarion Lominadze
Vissarion Vissarionovich "Beso" Lominadze ( ka, ბესარიონ ლომინაძე; russian: Виссарион Виссарионович Ломинадзе; 6 June 1897 – January 1935), was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet p ...
(1897–1935), Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician
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Vissarion Shebalin
Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (russian: Виссарио́н Я́ковлевич Шебали́н; 29 May 1963) was a Soviet composer.
Biography
Shebalin was born in Omsk, where his parents were school teachers. He studied in the musical colle ...
(1902–1963), Soviet Russian composer
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Vissarion Korkoliacos
:''See Vissarion (given name) for other people called Vissarion.''
Vissarion of the Agathonos ( el, Άγιος Βησσαρίων ο Αγαθωνίτης), secular name: Andreas Korkoliakos ( el, Ανδρέας Κορκολιάκος; 1908–2 ...
(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
Surname
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I. C. Vissarion
Iancu Constantin Vissarion (born Iancu Visarion, also credited as Ion Vissarion; 2 February 1879 – 5 November 1951) was a Romanian prose writer, poet, and political agitator, also known as an inventor, esotericist, and promoter of pseudoscience ...
(1879–1951), Romanian writer
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