Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta

My dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, 

This week, the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, shows how our faith is not an abstract concept, but a living reality in which we are all called to participate. St. Gregory Palamas is known for his defense of Hesychasm, a monastic practice of still, unceasing prayer which can allow a person to encounter the Uncreated Light of God: the same law that Moses met in the Burning Bush, and which the Disciples saw during our Lord’s Transfiguration on Mount Tabor. An Orthodox Priest named Barlaam argued that Hesychasm was a heresy, but all St. Gregory meant was that Hesychasts could experience God’s energies, and in knowing God’s energies we could have true spiritual knowledge of God.