Gregory of Sinai
Gregory of Sinai | |
|---|---|
| Saint | |
| Born | c. 1260s Smyrna (modern-day İzmir, Turkey) |
| Died | 1346 Paroria, Bulgaria |
| Honored in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Feast | 8 August |
Gregory of Sinai, or in Serbian and Bulgarian Grigorije Sinaita (c. 1260s – 27 November 1346), was a Greek Christian monk and writer from Smyrna. He was instrumental in the emergence of hesychasm on Mount Athos in the early 14th century.