Barlaam may refer to:
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Barlaam, legendary Christian saint, teacher of prince Josaphat in India in the Barlaam and Josaphat tale
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Barlaam of Antioch
Barlaam may refer to:
* Barlaam, legendary Christian saint, teacher of prince Josaphat in India in the Barlaam and Josaphat tale
* Barlaam of Antioch (died 304), Christian martyr
* Barlaam of Kiev (11th century), saint in the Russian Orthodox Chur ...
(died 304), Christian martyr
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Barlaam of Kiev
Barlaam of Kiev (died 1065) was the first abbot of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, serving together with St. Anthony of Kiev. He is regarded as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, with a feast day of 19 November.
Biography
Barlaam was born somet ...
(11th century), saint in the Russian Orthodox Church
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Barlaam of Khutyn
Barlaam or Varlaam of Khutyn (; secular name: ''Aleksa'' or ''Aleksy''; ( – ) was a Russian Orthodox hegumen and saint who founded the Khutyn Monastery.
Life
He was born into a wealthy family from Novgorod. After the death of his parents, he ...
(died 1192), Russian saint
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Barlaam of Seminara
Barlaam may refer to:
*Barlaam and Josaphat, Barlaam, legendary Christian saint, teacher of prince Josaphat in India in the Barlaam and Josaphat tale
*Barlaam of Antioch (died 304), Christian martyr
*Barlaam of Kiev (11th century), saint in the Ru ...
(c. 1290–1348), Italian scholar and theologian, notable as an opponent of Gregory Palamas
*Barlaam (14th century), namesake of the
Monastery of Varlaam
The Monastery of St. Varlaam () is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern ...
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Barlaam (Shyshatsky) Monk Barlaam (; secular name Gregory Stepanovich Shyshatsky, 12 March 1750, village Krasilovka, Kozeletskyy uezd, Chernigov province - 23 July 1820, Novgorod-Seversky) was a defrocked Archbishop of Mogilev and Vitebsk of the Russian Orthodox Chu ...
(1750–1820), defrocked Archbishop of Mogilev and Vitebsk
See also
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Balaam (disambiguation)
Balaam was a Biblical prophet.
Balaam may also refer to:
People
* Anthony Balaam (born 1965), American serial killer
* Ellen Balaam (1891–1985), Australian physician
Other
* Barlaam, the legendary Christian saint from the story Barlaam and ...
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Varlaam (disambiguation)
Varlaam is a variant of the saint's name Barlaam, used in the Orthodox churches due to the Byzantine sound shift from /b/ to /v/. A shortened form is Varlam. It may refer to:
Places Greece
* Varlaam, Greece, a village in the southern Ioannin ...
, Orthodox version of the name, due to the Byzantine sound shift from /b/ to /v/
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Varlam, variant of the above
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