St. Gregory Palamas

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Archbishop of Thessaloniki Byzantine theologian Christian mystic Eastern Orthodox saint Hesychast theologian

St. Gregory Palamas was a 14th-century Byzantine theologian and Archbishop of Thessaloniki, best known for defending Hesychasm and articulating the distinction between God's essence and energies in Eastern Orthodox theology.

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Gregory Palamas 4

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instanceOf Archbishop of Thessaloniki ⓘ
Byzantine theologian ⓘ
Christian mystic ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox saint ⓘ
Hesychast theologian ⓘ
birthDate 1296 ⓘ
birthPlace Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
canonizationStatus canonized saint ⓘ
canonizedBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1359 ⓘ
deathPlace Salonika ⓘ
surface form: Thessaloniki
educatedAt imperial court of Constantinople ⓘ
era 14th century ⓘ
feastDay November 14 ⓘ
Second Sunday of Great Lent ⓘ
fullName St. Gregory Palamas self-link ⓘ
surface form: Gregory Palamas
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
St. ⓘ
influenced Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox theology

modern Orthodox spirituality ⓘ
knownFor Palamite theology ⓘ
defense of Hesychasm ⓘ
essence–energies distinction in God ⓘ
theology of uncreated light ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Greek ⓘ
monasticAffiliation Great Lavra ⓘ
surface form: Great Lavra of Mount Athos

Mount Athos ⓘ
movement hesychast tradition ⓘ
surface form: Hesychasm
notableWork Homilies ⓘ
Holy Mountain ⓘ
surface form: Tomos of the Holy Mountain

Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts ⓘ
occupation archbishop ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
monk ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
opposedBy Barlaam of Calabria ⓘ
Gregory Akindynos ⓘ
participantIn Hesychast controversy ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Thessaloniki ⓘ
Archbishop of Thessaloniki ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan of Thessaloniki
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
theologicalConcept essence–energies distinction ⓘ
theosis ⓘ
uncreated energies of God ⓘ
uncreated light of Tabor ⓘ
tradition Byzantine theology ⓘ
veneratedIn Byzantine Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

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Philokalia → containsWorkBy → St. Gregory Palamas ⓘ
St. Gregory Palamas → fullName → St. Gregory Palamas self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: Gregory Palamas
this entity surface form: Gregory Palamas
St. Maximus the Confessor → influenced → St. Gregory Palamas ⓘ
subject surface form: Maximus the Confessor
this entity surface form: Gregory Palamas
St. Symeon the New Theologian → influenced → St. Gregory Palamas ⓘ
subject surface form: Symeon the New Theologian
this entity surface form: Gregory Palamas
St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite → influencedBy → St. Gregory Palamas ⓘ
hesychast tradition → theologicalDefenseBy → St. Gregory Palamas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gregory Palamas