Figures

The teachers who walked this path and left us their maps

AP

Abba Philemon

The Hidden Elder

6th-7th century (uncertain) · Egyptian Desert
SA

St Antony the Great

The Desert Archetype

251-356 · Desert Fathers / Egyptian
DP

Diadochos of Photiki

The Bishop Who Mapped the Inner Senses

c. 400 – c. 486 · Greek Patristic
EP

Elias the Presbyter

The Gnomic Teacher

Late 11th – early 12th century · Byzantine
EP

Evagrios Pontikos

The Desert Psychologist

345-399 AD · Desert Fathers / Origenist
GS

Gregory of Sinai

The Reviver of Hesychasm

1260-1346 AD · Athonite
GP

Gregory Palamas

The Defender of the Light

1296-1359 AD · Athonite
HP

Hesychios the Priest

The Master of Watchfulness

8th-9th century AD · Sinaite
IS

Isaac of Syria

The Poet of Divine Love

7th century AD · Syriac
IS

Isaiah the Solitary

The Desert Father's Desert Father

d. 489 or 491 · Desert Fathers / Egyptian-Palestinian
JC

John Cassian

The Bridge Between East and West

360-435 AD · Desert / Western Monastic
JD

John of Damaskos

The Systematic Theologian

c. 675 – c. 749 · Byzantine / Palestinian
JK

John of Karpathos

The Encourager of the Distant

7th century · Greek Island / Monastic
KI

Kallistos and Ignatios Xanthopoulos

The Hesychast Handbook Writers

14th century · Athonite / Constantinopolitan
KA

Kallistos Angelikoudis

The Hesychast Theologian

14th century · Athonite / Byzantine
KK

Kallistos Kataphygiotes

The Syllogistic Mystic

14th century · Byzantine
KT

Kallistos Telikoudes

The Patriarch's Voice

14th century · Constantinopolitan
ME

Mark of Ephesos

The Last Byzantine Voice

c. 1392-1445 · Byzantine / Late Palamite
MA

Mark the Ascetic

The Teacher of Hidden Grace

Early 5th century · Desert Fathers / Egyptian-Palestinian
MC

Maximos the Confessor

The Cosmic Theologian

580-662 AD · Byzantine
NA

Neilos the Ascetic

The Practical Encourager

d. c. 430 · Egyptian / Ankyra
NM

Nikiphoros the Monk

The Method Man

13th century · Athonite
NS

Nikitas Stithatos

The Disciple Who Became a Master

11th century · Byzantine / Studite
PD

Peter of Damaskos

The Great Synthesizer

11th-12th century · Byzantine Monasticism
PS

Philotheos of Sinai

The Watchfulness Teacher

9th-10th century · Sinaite
SA

Silouan the Athonite

The Modern Desert Father

1866-1938 AD · Athonite
SA

Symeon Archbishop of Thessaloniki

The Liturgical Mystic

d. 1429 · Byzantine / Late Palamite
SM

Symeon Metaphrastis

The Reteller

d. c. late 10th century · Byzantine
SN

Symeon the New Theologian

The Singer of Light

949-1022 AD · Byzantine
TL

Thalassios the Libyan

The Quiet Maximian

7th century · Byzantine / North African
TG

Theodoros the Great Ascetic

The Centurion of the Soul

9th century · Byzantine Monastic
T

Theognostos

The Analyst of Contemplation

14th century · Byzantine
TP

Theoliptos of Philadelphia

The Hesychast Bishop

1250-1322 · Athonite / Byzantine
TR

Theophan the Recluse

The Russian Guide

1815-1894 AD · Russian Orthodox