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Also Known As Gregory Sinaites
Born 1250 or 1300
Died November 27, 1346 • near Burgas • Bulgaria
Subjects Of Study Hesychasm • mysticism
St. Gregory Palamas
Greek theologian
Callistus
patriarch of Constantinople
Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite
Greek monk
Nicholas Cabasilas
Greek theologian
Nilus Cabasilas
Greek bishop
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Byzantine philosopher and theologian
Diadochus Of Photice
theologian
St. Maximus the Confessor
Byzantine theologian
Philotheus Kokkinos
patriarch of Constantinople
Isaac of Nineveh
Syrian bishop
Nicetas Stethatos
Greek theologian
St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
Theodore Ascidas
Greek monk-theologian
Maximus The Greek
Greek Orthodox monk and scholar
Isidore Of Kiev
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Saint Theophilus of Alexandria
Egyptian theologian
Theophylact of Ochrid
Greek archbishop
Saint Nicephorus I
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Gennadios II Scholarios
patriarch of Constantinople
Markos Eugenikos
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