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Born November 11, 1296 or November 14, 1296 • Turkey
Died 1359 • Thessaloníki • Byzantine Empire
Subjects Of Study Hesychasm
Gregory of Sinai
Greek Orthodox monk
Callistus
patriarch of Constantinople
Nicholas Cabasilas
Greek theologian
Nilus Cabasilas
Greek bishop
Philotheus Kokkinos
patriarch of Constantinople
St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
Theodore Ascidas
Greek monk-theologian
Maximus The Greek
Greek Orthodox monk and scholar
Isidore Of Kiev
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Saint Theophilus of Alexandria
Egyptian theologian
Theophylact of Ochrid
Greek archbishop
Saint Nicephorus I
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Gennadios II Scholarios
patriarch of Constantinople
Markos Eugenikos
Greek theologian
Eugenius Bulgaris
Greek theologian
Maximus Margunios
Greek Orthodox bishop
Severus of Antioch
Greek theologian
Theodore Of Rhaithu
Chalcedonian theologian
Metrophanes Kritopoulos
Greek patriarch and theologian
Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite
Greek monk

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