Back Григорий Синаит Bulgarian Gregor vom Sinai German Gregorio del Sinaí Spanish Grégoire le Sinaïte French Sínai Szent Gergely Hungarian Gregorius dari Sinai ID Gregorio del Sinai Italian シナイのグレゴリオス Japanese გრიგოლ სინაიტი Georgian Grzegorz Synaita Polish
Gregory of Sinai | |
|---|---|
| Saint | |
| Born | c. 1260s Smyrna (modern-day İzmir, Turkey) |
| Died | 1346 Paroria, Bulgaria |
| Honored in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Feast | 8 August |
Gregory of Sinai, or in Serbian and Bulgarian Grigorije Sinaita (c. 1260s – 27 November 1346), was a Greek Christian monk and writer from Smyrna. He was instrumental in the emergence of hesychasm on Mount Athos in the early 14th century.[1]
- ^ "Gregory of Sinai | Biography, Legacy, Works, & Facts". Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 November 2024.