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Hesychast

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Hesychast [ˈhɛsɪˌkæst]
n
(Christianity / Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) Greek Orthodox Church a member of a school of mysticism developed by the monks of Mount Athos in the 14th century
[Cl8: from Medieval Latin hesychasta mystic, from Greek hēsukhastēs, from hēsukhazein to be tranquil, from hēsukhos quiet]
Hesychastic  adj
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Both the Monastic tradition as well as the hesychast tradition both use repeated prayer as part of their practices.
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The idea that one could experience theosis in this life was at the heart of what became known as the hesychast controversy, from the Greek hesychia, or "stillness.
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It is the home of the Hesychast approach to prayer, and one of its most illustrious nineteenth-century monks is the compiler of the Philocalia.
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