Category
page 1Hesychasts
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Greek philosopher
Seraphim of Sarov
Russian Saint and Wonderworker
John Climacus
Syrian mystic and abbot

John Cassian
Christian monk and theologian
Evagrius Ponticus
Christian Monk
Symeon the New Theologian
Christian saint, monk, and theologian
Desert Fathers
early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who lived mainly in the Scetes desert of Egypt beginning around the third century AD

Theophan the Recluse
Russian saint (1815–1894)
Nilus of Sora
Russian theologian and saint
Gregory Tsamblak
Bulgarian scholar
Kallistos (Ware)
English theologian (1934–2022)
Niketas Stethatos
Byzantine theologian
Vladimir Lossky
theologian, philosopher (1903–1958)
Diadochos of Photiki
Byzantine bishop and saint
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow
Russian bishops
Zosimas of Palestine
Palestinian saint
Sophrony Sakharov
Russian monk, theologian and writer (1896–1993)

Ambrose of Optina
Russian Orthodox elder, monk, and saint (1812–1891)
Nilus of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople
Lev of Optina
Russian saint and monk
Gherasim Safirin
Romanian cleric (1849–1922)