John Chrysostom

John Chrysostom

male, deceased (407)
sermon, preaching, Patriarch of Constantinople, archbishop, Three Holy Hierarchs, lutheran church…Eastern Catholic saint, Eastern Catholic Churches, orthodox church, eastern orthodox church, easternorthodox
John Chrysostom (349- ca. 407,, "Ioannes Chrysostomos") was the archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public...
Jesus Prayer

Jesus Prayer

male
Roman Catholic, Prayer of the Heart, Eastern Catholicism, Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic, Eastern Christianity…easternorthodox, eastern orthodoxy
The Jesus Prayer, also called the Prayer of the Heart by some Church Fathers, is a short, formulaic prayer often uttered repeatedly. It has been...

Timothy Ware

male
titular Metropolitan, convert to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy in the United Kingdom, metropolitan bishop, Religious writer, English…Orthodox Christian faith, eastern orthodox church, easternorthodox
Timothy Ware (born 1934), also known as His Excellency, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia, is a titular Metropolitan of the...
Gregory Of Nyssa

Gregory Of Nyssa

male, deceased (394)
Church Father, universalist, Saint, Mystic, Theologian, easternorthodox…Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Catholic saint
Gregory of Nyssa غريغوريوس النيصي was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great, and a good friend of Gregory Nazi...
Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

female
disciple, Christian, Sunday of the Myrrhbearers, Calendar of Saint, exemplum, Penitence…easternorthodox, eastern orthodox church
Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is...
Vladimir Lossky

Vladimir Lossky

male, deceased (1958)
Philosophers' ship, Vladimir Nikolayevich Lossky, exiled, Petrograd University, Scholar in Eastern Orthodoxy, Soviets…eastern orthodox church, easternorthodox, orthodox, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church, Russian Orthodox Christian
Vladimir Nikolayevich Lossky (February 7, 1958) was an influential Eastern Orthodox theologian in exile from Russia. He emphasized "theosis" as the...
Gregory Palamas

Gregory Palamas

male, deceased (1359)
Theologian, Energies of God, Philokalia, monk, ousia, monasticism…Eastern Catholic, Eastern Catholic saint, Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition, Eastern Rite Catholic Churches, eastern orthodox church
Gregory Palamas was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece and later Archbishop of Thessalonica known as a preeminent theologian of Hesychasm. He is...
John Of Damascus

John Of Damascus

male, deceased (749)
Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic saint, Oriental Orthodox saint, Eastern Christian, Eastern Christianity, John Damascene, Χρυσορρόας/Chrysorrhoas…easternorthodox, Oriental Orthodox Christianity, Christian Orthodox
John of Damascus (Greek: Ιωάννης Δαμασκήνος/Ioannês Damaskinos; Arabic: Yaḥyā ibn Manṣūr; Latin: "Iohannes Damascenus" or "Johannes Damascenus" al...
Frederica Mathewes-Green

Frederica Mathewes-Green

female
Episcopal Church in the United States of America, episcopal church, Facing East, The Corner of East and Now, Feminist for Life of America, Common Ground Network for Life…easternorthodox
Frederica Mathewes-Green is an Eastern Orthodox author and speaker on the subjects of religion and abortion. Her books include: * "Facing East,"...
Saint Peter

Saint Peter

male, deceased (67)
Saint, Christian, Early Church, early christianity, pope, disciple…Oriental Orthodox, easternorthodox, eastern orthodox church
The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, Shimon "Keipha" Ben-Yonah/Bar-Yonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Keipha—original name Shimon or Simeon (A...