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What is the name of the 14th-century Hesychast monk and theologian whose writings on inner stillness and the Jesus Prayer profoundly influenced Orthodox spirituality?
Answer: Gregory Palamas — Saint Gregory Palamas (1296-1359) was an Athonite monk and Archbishop of Thessaloniki who defended Hesychasm – the practice of contemplative prayer aimed at experiencing the uncreated light of God.
- A Gregory Palamas ✓
- B Symeon the New Theologian
- C John Chrysostom
- D Maximus the Confessor
Saint Gregory Palamas (1296-1359) was an Athonite monk and Archbishop of Thessaloniki who defended Hesychasm – the practice of contemplative prayer aimed at experiencing the uncreated light of God.