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[[Image:Gregory Palamas.jpg|right|frame|St. Gregory Palamas]]
Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Gregory Palamas''' (1296-1359), [[Archbishop]] of [[Thessalonica]], was a [[monk]] of [[Mount Athos]] in Greece (at [[Vatopedi Monastery (Athos)|Vatopedi Monastery]] and [[Esphigmenou Monastery (Athos)|Esphigmenou Monastery]]), and later became Archbishop of Thessalonica. He was a preeminent theologian and a proponent of [[hesychasm|hesychastic]] theology. His [[feast day]]s in the Church are [[November 14]] and the second Sunday of [[Great Lent]] as the [[Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas]].
==Life==
==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] ([[Tone ]] 8)[http://www.oca.org/FSTropars.asp?SID=13&ID=103303]
:O light of Orthodoxy, teacher of the Church, its confirmation,
:O ideal of monks and invincible champion of theologians,
:always intercede before the Lord that our souls may be saved.
[[Kontakion]] (Tone 8)[http://www.oca.org/FSTropars.asp?SID=13&ID=103303]
:Holy and divine instrument of wisdom,
:joyful trumpet of theology,
:Since you now stand before the Original Mind, guide our minds to Him, O Father,
:so that we may sing to you: "Rejoice, preacher of grace."
== See also ==
*[[Metropolis of Thessalonica]]
==External links==
*''The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3rd ed.)'', p. 713
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[[fr:Grégoire Palamas]]
[[mk:Свети Григориј Палама]]
[[pt:Gregório Palamas]]
[[ro:Grigorie Palama]]
