Mary the Mother of God: Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas

by Gregory Palamas, Christopher Veniamin (Editor)

Mary the Mother of God, the first volume in this series, Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas, is a collection of some of the greatest homilies ever written on the Theotokos, including the most celebrated of all Palamas's writings, his sermon On the Entry of the Mother of God into the Holy of Holies.

Genres: Theology, Nonfiction, Christianity, Religion, Faith

92 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 2005

About the author

Saint Gregory Palamas (1296-1359) was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece and later the Archbishop of Thessalonica known as a preeminent theologian of Hesychasm. He is venerated as a Saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Though he is not widely venerated in the Roman Catholic Church he is recognised as a saint. The second Sunday of the Great Lent is called the Sunday of Gregory Palamas in those Churches that commemorate him according to the Byzantine Rite. Some of his writings are collected in the Philokalia, a highly regarded book in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Palamas is perhaps most well-known for his central role in the defense of the doctrine of Hesychasm, which was upheld in 1351 at the Council of Blachernae.

Reviews

[Gary Price · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a Wonderful Book!

Saint Gregory Palamas takes us to heavenly heights through his wonderful description of not only the entrance of the Holy Virgin into the Holy of Holies, but also the Annunciation, the revelation of her Son at the Resurrection and the Dormition. You will receive a growing blessing as you progress through this wonderful little book.