) was an Eastern Orthodox monk, theologian, and linguist. An advocate of Western Aristotelian thought, his translation of Latin Scholastic writings, brought him into conflict with Hesychasm
, the leading school of Byzantine mystical theology, and its most vigorous defender, Gregory Palamas
.
Born in the Byzantine city of Thessalonica, Prochorus entered the Great Lavra
, a monastery on Mount Athos
at a young age, and was eventually ordained a hieromonk
.
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