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 Churc ...
(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 Anthony of Kiev. He is regarded as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, with a feast day of 19 November.
In 1062, Barlaam made a pilgrimage to th ...
(11th century), saint in the Russian Orthodox Church
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Barlaam of Khutyn
Barlaam of Khutyn (russian: Варлаам Хутынский), also known as Varlaam, was a hermit. Born Alexis Michalevich to a wealthy family from Novgorod. After the death of his parents, he became a hermit on the Volkhov and handed all of h ...
(died 1192), Russian saint
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Barlaam of Seminara (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 ( el, Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially ...
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Barlaam (Shyshatsky) Monk Barlaam (russian: Монах Варлаам; 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 Vit ...
(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 Jos ...
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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 Varlam is both a masculine given name and a surname derived from the saint's name Barlaam, used predominantly in Orthodox cultures. Notable people with the name include:
*Varlam Cherkezishvili (1846–1925), Georgian politician and journalist
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, variant of the above
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