Hesychasm

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Christian spiritual practice contemplative practice mystical tradition

Hesychasm is a mystical tradition of contemplative prayer in Eastern Orthodox Christianity that emphasizes inner stillness, the repetitive Jesus Prayer, and the direct experience of God’s uncreated energies.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hesychasm canonical 13
hesychasm 3
Byzantine hesychasm 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian spiritual practice ⓘ
contemplative practice ⓘ
mystical tradition ⓘ
affirmedBy Palamite councils of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsAt inner silence ⓘ
unceasing remembrance of God ⓘ
union with God ⓘ
vision of the uncreated light ⓘ
associatedWith Byzantine monasticism ⓘ
Eastern Christian monasticism ⓘ
Mount Athos NERFINISHED ⓘ
defendedBy Gregory Palamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedIn Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedWithin Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinguishes God’s essence and energies ⓘ
documentedIn Philokalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
writings of Gregory Palamas ⓘ
writings of the Desert Fathers ⓘ
emphasizes direct experience of God ⓘ
experience of God’s uncreated energies ⓘ
inner stillness ⓘ
the Jesus Prayer NERFINISHED ⓘ
unceasing prayer ⓘ
etymology from Greek “hesychia” meaning “stillness” or “silence” ⓘ
hasCentralConcept hesychia ⓘ
purification of the heart ⓘ
theosis ⓘ
uncreated light ⓘ
hasCentralPractice repetition of the Jesus Prayer ⓘ
influenced Eastern Christian spirituality ⓘ
modern Orthodox prayer practices ⓘ
influencedBy Desert Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Evagrius Ponticus NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Climacus NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOrigin Greek ⓘ
opposedBy Barlaam of Calabria NERFINISHED ⓘ
practicedBy Orthodox monks ⓘ
Orthodox nuns ⓘ
lay Orthodox Christians ⓘ
relatedDoctrine essence–energies distinction ⓘ
theosis in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf Eastern Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
scripturalBasis teachings of Jesus on secret prayer ⓘ
“pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17) ⓘ
systematizedBy Gregory Palamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses bodily postures in prayer ⓘ
regulated breathing techniques ⓘ
repetitive invocation of the name of Jesus ⓘ
viewedAs path to experiential knowledge of God ⓘ
wasDebatedIn 14th-century Byzantine theological controversies ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kollyvades movement → influencedBy → Hesychasm ⓘ
St. Makarios of Corinth → movement → Hesychasm ⓘ
John of the Ladder → influenced → Hesychasm ⓘ
this entity surface form: hesychasm
Isaac of Nineveh → influencedTradition → Hesychasm ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine hesychasm
St. → movement → Hesychasm ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Gregory Palamas
Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts → mainSubject → Hesychasm ⓘ
this entity surface form: hesychasm
Homilies → associatedWith → Hesychasm ⓘ
Hesychast controversy → mainTopic → Hesychasm ⓘ
Christian monastic heritage of Greece → influencedBy → Hesychasm ⓘ
The New Theologian → associatedTradition → Hesychasm ⓘ
Feofan Zatvornik → movement → Hesychasm ⓘ
Feofan Zatvornik → influencedBy → Hesychasm ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hesychast spirituality
Barlaam of Calabria → opposed → Hesychasm ⓘ
katholikon (main church) → associatedWith → Hesychasm ⓘ
subject surface form: katholikon of Vatopedi Monastery
John the Iberian → spiritualTradition → Hesychasm ⓘ
Byzantine theology → associatedWithPractice → Hesychasm ⓘ
Gavriil Govorov → movement → Hesychasm ⓘ
Orthodox churches → monasticTradition → Hesychasm ⓘ
this entity surface form: hesychasm
Sergius of Radonezh → movement → Hesychasm ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian hesychasm