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Texts on Prayer
The hesychast tradition in its most institutionally authoritative voice
Texts on prayer from Patriarch Kallistos I — representing the hesychast tradition in its most institutionally authoritative voice. Coming from a Patriarch of Constantinople, a direct disciple of Gregory of Sinai, these texts carry the weight of the Church's highest office endorsing the contemplative practices described throughout the Philokalia. The content draws on the established hesychast tradition without significant innovation. Valuable primarily as evidence: hesychast prayer was not a marginal monastic practice. It was affirmed at the highest levels of ecclesial authority by someone who had personally received the transmission.