St. Gregory Palamas

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

Mount Athos ⓘ
movement Hesychasm ⓘ
linked to: hesychast tradition
notableWork Homilies ⓘ
Tomos of the Holy Mountain ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
Metropolitan of Thessaloniki ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
theologicalConcept essence–energies distinction ⓘ
theosis ⓘ
uncreated energies of God ⓘ
uncreated light of Tabor ⓘ
tradition Byzantine theology ⓘ
veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ

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