Venerable
Gregory the Hesychast
Hesychast monk of Athos
A hesychast monk of the Holy Mountain of Athos.
- Feast
- December 7old style December 20
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Gregory the Hesychast, also called Gregory the Peaceful or Gregory the New, lived in the fourteenth century on the Holy Mountain of Athos, where he struggled in stillness. The synaxarion calls him the New to distinguish him from his great teacher, Venerable Gregory of Sinai.
He founded the monastery that bears his name today, the Monastery of Saint Gregory, formerly called that of Saint Nicholas. He reposed in peace, and his holy relics are at Gornjak Monastery in Serbia and at the Monastery of Saint Gregory on Athos.
He is commemorated on 19 May, and the Greek calendar also has him on 7 December.
Commemorated the same day December 7
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Aemilianus the PhysicianMartyr · Physician and confessor of AfricaDec 7
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Philofteia of Curtea de ArgeșVenerable Martyr · Patron of Curtea de ArgeșDec 7- Gregory of GornjakVenerableDec 7
John the Faster of the Kiev CavesVenerable · Monk of the Kiev CavesDec 7- Mastridia of AlexandriaVenerableDec 7
Sergius GoloshchapovHieromartyr · ArchpriestDec 7- Romanus of SinaiSaint · Monk of SinaiDec 7
- Paul the ObedientVenerableDec 7