Gregory of Sinai

Gregory of Sinai

Saint Gregory of Sinai (1260s-November 27 1346) was instrumental in the emergence of "technical" (Athonite) Hesychasm on Athos in the early 14th century.

Born in Smyrna, he was captured by Turks as a young man, he was eventually ransomed to Cyprus and became a monk at Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. Later, he moved to Crete, where he learned the practices of Hesychasm from a monk named Arsenios, and in 1310 to Athos, where he remained until 1335. Increasing Muslim raids on Athos pushed Gregory and some disciples into Bulgaria, where he would find protection under Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Alexander) and where he founded a monastery near Paroria.strandja mountains in south east Bulgaria.

The "Philokalia" includes five works by Gregory,
* On Commandments and Doctrines, Warnings and Promises; on Thoughts, Passions and Virtues, and also on Stillness and Prayer: 137 Texts
* Further Texts
* On the Signs of Grace and Delusion, Written for the Confessor Longinos: Ten Texts
* On Stillness: Fifteen Texts
* On Prayer: Seven Texts

External links

* [http://www.innerlightproductions.com/thoughts/feb1002.htm Inner Light]
* [http://www.gsinai.com/rw/articles/articles_home_files/050821StGregoryofSinai.html Gregory of Sinai.com]


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