Career
Born in Smyrna, he was captured by Seljuk Turks as a young man, he was eventually ransomed to Cyprus and became a monk at Saint Catherine"s Monastery. 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. The Philokalia includes five works in Greek 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.