John Scholasticus of Sinai

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John Scholasticus of Sinai, better known as St. John Climacus, was a 7th-century Christian monk and ascetic whose spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" became one of the most influential works in Eastern Orthodox monasticism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monk
Christian writer
Eastern Orthodox saint
ascetic
saint
alsoKnownAs John Climacus
linked to: St. John Climacus

John Sinaites
John of the Ladder
St. John Climacus
birthCentury 7th century
commemoratedOn March 30
countryOfActivity Byzantine Empire
fieldOfWork Christian spirituality
asceticism
monasticism
floruitCentury 7th century
influenced Byzantine spirituality
Eastern Orthodox monasticism
hesychasm
influencedBy Evagrius Ponticus
John Cassian
earlier Desert Fathers
languageOfWork Greek
literaryForm spiritual ladder of 30 steps
majorWorkGenre ascetical treatise
spiritual manual
monastery Saint Catherine's Monastery
notableWork The Ladder of Divine Ascent
occupation abbot
monk
spiritual writer
theologian
placeOfActivity Saint Catherine's Monastery
Sinai
linked to: Sinai desert
religion Christianity
religiousOrder Sinai monasticism
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Church
subjectOfWork Christian perfection
detachment
humility
ladder of virtues
monastic discipline
obedience
prayer
repentance
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

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St. John Climacus name John Scholasticus of Sinai
John of the Ladder alsoKnownAs John of Sinai
linked to: John Scholasticus of Sinai
John of the Ladder alsoKnownAs John Scholasticus Climacus
linked to: John Scholasticus of Sinai