The light of the Lord's transfiguration does not come into being or cease to be, nor is it circumscribed or perceptible to the senses, even though fo…

- Gregory Palamas

... the passion for popularity brings such injury upon those it masters that it shipwrecks faith itself. Our Lord confirms this when He says, 'How ca…

- Gregory Palamas

It is pointless for someone to say that he has faith in God if he does not have the works which go with faith. What benefit were their lamps to the f…

- Gregory Palamas

The Lord came to send fire upon the earth (cf. Lk. 12:49), and through participation in this fire He makes divine not just the human substance which …

- Gregory Palamas

The Light of Christ illumines all.

- Gregory Palamas

Even when your body does nothing, sin can be active in your mind. When your soul inwardly repulses the evil one's attack by means of prayer, attentio…

- Gregory Palamas

Every day we should stand in awe of Him, as He is with us, and do what is pleasing before Him. If we are unable now to perceive Him with our physical…

- Gregory Palamas

Being bodiless, God is nowhere, but as God He is everywhere. If there were a mountain, a place or any part of Creation where God was not, then He wou…

- Gregory Palamas

Life of the soul is union with God, as life of the body is union with the soul. As the soul was separated from God and died in consequence of the vio…

- Gregory Palamas