Philocalia

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Philocalia (Gk., ‘love of what is beautiful’). The title of two Christian works: (i) the Philocalia of Origen, an anthology from his writings compiled by Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus; and (ii) the Philocalia of Sts Macarius Notaras and Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain, first publ. in Venice in 1782, a collection of ascetic and mystical writings of the 4th–15th cents.