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| Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos. |
The knowledge
of God According to St. Gregory Palamas is the vision of God. Deification,
union and knowledge of God are closely bound together. They cannot be
understood apart from one another. Breaking this unity takes man further away
from knowledge of God. The basis of Orthodox epistemology is illumination and
God’s revelation within the purified heart of man.
We must pray fervently for God to
grant us to reach this knowledge of God.
Come, let us ascend into the
mountain of the Lord, even to the house of our God, and behold the glory of His
transfiguration, glory of the Only-begotten of the Father. Let us receive light
from His light, and with uplifted spirits let us forever sing the praises of
the consubstantial Trinity.



