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What (who) is Hesychast - definition

CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH
Hesychasts; Hesychast; Ἡσυχασμός; Hesychastic; Hesichasm; Hesychast Movement

Hesychast         
·noun One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist.
Hesychasm         
Hesychasm (; Greek: Ησυχασμός) is a mystical tradition of contemplative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Based on Jesus's injunction in the Gospel of Matthew 6:6 that "whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you",Matthew 6:6 (New Revised Standard Edition) hesychasm is the process of retiring inward by ceasing to register the senses, in order to achieve an experiential knowledge of God (see Theoria).
Daniil Sihastrul         
  • Daniil's cave near [[Putna, Suceava]]
  • Entrance to Daniil's cave
15TH-CENTURY ROMANIAN ORTHODOX SAINT
Daniil Sihastru; Daniel Sihastru; Daniel Sihastrul; Daniil the Hermit; Daniel the Hesychast
Daniil Sihastrul (Romanian for "Daniel the Hesychast") was a renowned Romanian Orthodox spiritual guide, advisor of Stephen the Great, and hegumen of Voroneț Monastery. Canonized by the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1992, he is commemorated on December 18.

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Hesychasm

Hesychasm (; Greek: Ησυχασμός) is a contemplative monastic tradition in the Eastern Orthodox Church in which stillness (hēsychia) is sought through uninterrupted Jesus prayer. While rooted in early Christian monasticism, it took its definitive form in the 14th century at Mount Athos.