Philokalia

E1894

Christian spiritual anthology Eastern Orthodox spiritual text religious book

Philokalia is a renowned anthology of spiritual writings by Eastern Orthodox mystics and Church Fathers that guides readers in the practice of inner prayer and ascetic life.

Aliases (7)

The Philokalia ×2
Apophthegmata Patrum ×1
Hesychasm ×1
On Watchfulness and Holiness in the Philokalia ×1
Philokalic tradition ×1
The Philokalia: The Complete Text ×1
hesychasm ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian spiritual anthology → Eastern Orthodox spiritual text → religious book →
aimsTo	guide readers in the ascetic life → guide readers in the practice of inner prayer →
associatedWith	Mount Athos → prayer of the heart →
compiledInCentury	18th century →
compiler	St. Makarios of Corinth → St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite →
containsWorkBy	Evagrius Ponticus → St. Gregory Palamas → St. Hesychios the Priest → St. Isaac the Syrian → St. John Climacus → St. Mark the Ascetic → St. Maximus the Confessor → St. Peter of Damascus → St. Symeon the New Theologian → St. Theophan the Recluse →
EnglishTranslator	G. E. H. Palmer → Kallistos Ware → Philip Sherrard →
firstPublicationYear	1782 →
firstPublishedIn	Venice →
focusesOn	Jesus Prayer → ascetic life → hesychasm → inner prayer → watchfulness (nepsis) →
genre	Christian mysticism → ascetical theology →
hasEnglishTranslation	The Philokalia: The Complete Text →
hasLanguage	Greek →
hasPart	Volume 1 → Volume 2 → Volume 3 → Volume 4 → Volume 5 →
influenced	Eastern Orthodox spirituality → Russian Orthodox spirituality → modern hesychast practice →
intendedAudience	lay Christians → monks →
religiousTradition	Eastern Christian monasticism → Eastern Orthodoxy →
titleLanguage	Greek →
titleMeaning	love of the beautiful →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
St. Mark the Ascetic → St. Peter of Damascus →	includedIn
G. E. H. Palmer ("The Philokalia") → St. Hesychios the Priest ("On Watchfulness and Holiness in the Philokalia") →	notableWork
St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite →	coEditorOf
G. E. H. Palmer ("The Philokalia") →	coTranslatorOf
Philokalia ("The Philokalia: The Complete Text") →	hasEnglishTranslation
Eastern Orthodox Christianity →	hasSpiritualSource
Desert Fathers ("hesychasm") →	influenced
Desert Fathers ("Apophthegmata Patrum") →	produced
Jesus Prayer ("Philokalic tradition") →	recommendedBy
hesychast tradition →	textualSource
Jesus Prayer ("Hesychasm") →	usedIn
St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite →	workAuthored
St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite →	workEdited
St. Hesychios the Priest →	workIncludedIn