Gregory of Sinai

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Saint Gregory of Sinai (1260s-1346) was instrumental in the emergence of "technical" (Athonite) Hesychasm on Athos in the early 14th century.

Born in Smyrna, he was captured by Turks as a young man, he was eventually ransomed to Cyprus and became a monk at Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. Later, he moved to Crete, where he learned the practices of Hesychasm from a monk named Arsenios, and in 1310 to Athos, where he remained until 1335. Increasing Moslem raids on Athos pushed Gregory and some disciples into Bulgaria, where he founded a monastery near Paroria.

The Philokalia includes five works by Gregory,

On Commandments and Doctrines, Warnings and Promises; on Thoughts, Passions and Virtues, and also on Stillness and Prayer: 137 Texts
Further Texts
On the Signs of Grace and Delusion, Written for the Confessor Longinos: Ten Texts
On Stillness: Fifteen Texts
On Prayer: Seven Texts