Nicholas Kabasilas

Semi-Autonomous: Nicholas Kabasilas or Cabasilas (Greek: Νικόλαος Καβάσιλας; born 1319/1323 in Thessalonica;[1] died 1392)[2] was a Byzantine mystic and theological writer.

[5] He was on intimate terms with the emperor John VI Kantakouzenos, whom he accompanied in his retirement to a monastery.

[6] In the Hesychast controversy he took the side of the monks of Mount Athos and Saint Gregory Palamas.

Kabasilas's Commentary on the Divine Liturgy displays a profound understanding of the sacramental and liturgical life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

He also wrote homilies on various subjects, and a speech against usurers, printed with other works by Jacques Paul Migne in Patrologia Graeca.