Author: † Kallistos Ware (Metropolitan of Diokleia)
Keywords: Gregory of Sinai, saint, hesychasm, Jesus Prayer, variants, techniques
Abstract:
Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia examines the teachings of St Gregory of Sinai (1255-1346) on the Jesus Prayer. Describing both the form of the Prayer and the inward and outward techniques of prayer of the heart, Metropolitan Kallistos also touches upon the question of possible parallels or influences from other religions on the Jesus Prayer in Eastern Christianity. We are left with a clear impression of the extraordinary saint who, with St. Gregory Palamas, initiated the renaissance of hesychasm. A paper read at the Sixth International Conference of Patristic Studies, Oxford, 10 September 1971.
(English translation by Ștefan Voronca)
Pages: 134-156