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Born 1589 • Véroia • Greece
Died May 30, 1639 (aged 50) • Walachia • Romania
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St. Gregory Palamas
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St. John of Damascus
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Theodore Ascidas
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Maximus The Greek
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Saint Theophilus of Alexandria
Egyptian theologian
Theophylact of Ochrid
Greek archbishop
Saint Nicephorus I
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Gregory of Sinai
Greek Orthodox monk
Gennadios II Scholarios
patriarch of Constantinople
Markos Eugenikos
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Eugenius Bulgaris
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Maximus Margunios
Greek Orthodox bishop
Severus of Antioch
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Theodore Of Rhaithu
Chalcedonian theologian
Callistus
patriarch of Constantinople
Meletios Pegas
patriarch of Alexandria
Didymus The Blind
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