Byzantine "Political Hesychasm" in the Literature of the Second South Slavic Influence
Ph.D.Monasticism began as an eremetic movement focused on individual self-perfection for Christians who longed to distinguish themselves from the newly Christianized lay society of late antiquity.
Johnson, Glen Charles
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Kolmogorov compression complexity may differentiate different schools of Orthodox iconography. [PDF]
Peptenatu D +16 more
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The peculiarities of etiquette speech genre of greeting in the Russian spiritual letter are covered. Referring to the epistolary heritage of Russian spiritual mentors-monks, the author shows that the greetings in the spiritual letters are significantly ...
A. N. Smolina
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Participation (μέθεξις) and Divinization (θέωσις) in the Thought of St. Gregory Palamas [PDF]
Gregory Palamas’ apology of Hesychasm is not only a theological debate on mystical experience, but it is also a philosophical discussion on participation.
Anna Palusińska
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Yoga and the Jesus Prayer—A Comparison between aṣtānga yoga in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali and the Psycho-Physical Method of Hesychasm [PDF]
The present article will try to show differences and similarities in description about the ascetic teaching and mystical experience of two totally different spiritual traditions, i.e.
Hisamatsu, Eiji +3 more
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Eastern Mediterranean in light of the topography of Hesychasm in the early 14th Century [PDF]
U radu se razmatra uticaj i značaj topografije značajnih hrišćanskih centara duhovnosti sa njihovim lokalnim predanjima u svetlu začetka isihastičke molitvene tradicije onako kako je ona opisana u žitijima dvojice prvih isihastičkih delatnika prve ...
Marjanović, Dragoljub
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Name-Glorification, Hesychasm, and Palamism in Alexei Losev’s “Onomatodoxy” and “Essays on Ancient Symbolism and Mythology” [PDF]
This article considers how early Alexei Losev dealt with the concepts of hesychasm, Palamism, and Name-Glorification. It reveals a range of important sources that Losev employed in his essay “Onomatodoxy” while developing his formulas of hesychasm and ...
Biriukov, Dmitry
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Hesychasm, the Jesus Prayer and the contemporary spiritual revival of Mount Athos
The thesis explores the causes of the contemporary monastic revival of Mount Athos. Besides the charismatic fathers and the material improvement, the key for the current renewal is in the import of the practices of hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer from the
Dorobantu, M.
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In his editorial, the author introduces the content of the Spring 2026 issue of Spirituality Studies, highlighting some of prerequisites of successful spiritual practice, including traditional Buddhist mindfulness practices, contemporary yoga teachings ...
Martin Dojčár
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Natural theology in the prism of the hesychast vision
Natural theology is an old and influential doctrine stating the possibility of cognizing God via the cognition of Nature. We show that from the Orthodox and especially hesychast viewpoint, its foundations need to be radically corrected and reassessed ...
Horujy S.S.
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