Charles Renoux
Charles Renoux | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 April 1925 Bouin, France |
| Died | 2 February 2026 (aged 100) En-Calcat Abbey, France |
| Education | Catholic University of Toulouse Catholic University of Paris |
| Occupations | Monk, orientalist |
Athanase Charles Renoux (French: [ʃaʁl ʁənu]; 30 April 1925 – 2 February 2026) was a French Benedictine monk and orientalist.[1]
Renoux dedicated his life to laity at En-Calcat Abbey in Dourgne and attended the Catholic University of Toulouse, where he studied Syriac, Georgian, and Armenian. He then studied Eastern Christianity at the Catholic University of Paris. Throughout his career, he wrote dozens of articles on Syriac, Georgian, and Armenian liturgical texts.[2]
Renoux died at En-Calcat Abbey on 2 February 2026, at the age of 100.[3][4]
Books
- Un rite pénitentiel le jour de la Pentecôte. L’office de la génuflexion dans la tradition arménienne (1973)
- Initiation chrétienne. 1. Rituels arméniens traduits, introduits et annotés (1997)
- Les Hymnes de la Résurrection. I. Hymnographie liturgique géorgienne, introduction, traduction et annotation des textes du Sinaï 18 (2000)
- Una nuova tappa del djachots (Lezionario armeno) e del suo ciclo eortologico (2018)
References
- ^ "Ce lundi matin 2 février 2026, fête de la Présentation de Jésus au Temple, notre frère Athanase (Charles) Renoux est parti à la rencontre de son Seigneur" (PDF). Église catholique dans le Tarn (in French).
- ^ "Father Athanase Renoux OSB". Benedictines.
- ^ "Décès du P. Athanase (Charles) Renoux". En-Calcat Abbey (in French). 3 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
- ^ "Rappel à Dieu du frère Charles Athanase Renoux". Saint-Serge - Institut de théologie orthodoxe (in French). Retrieved 6 February 2026.