Saint Gregory Palamas

  1. Person
  2. Άγιος Γρηγόριος ο Παλαμάς (en)
  3. 1296
  4. 1359
  5. Constantinople
  6. Thessaloniki
  7. Male
  8. Saint Gregory Palamas was an Orthodox monk, theologian, and intellectual leader of Hesychasm, an ascetical method of mystical prayer that integrates repetitive prayer formulas with bodily postures and controlled breathing. He was appointed bishop of Thessalonica in 1347. In 1368 he was acclaimed a saint and was named “Father and Doctor of the Orthodox Church.”
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