Grigorije of Gornjak

Grigorije of Gornjak (Serbian: Григорије Горњачки, Григорије из Горњака; fl. 1375–1379), also known as Grigorije the Younger (Григорије Млађи) and Grigorije the Silent (Григорије Ћутљиви), was Serbian Orthodox monk who was canonized as saint. He studied at Mount Sinai with his teachers were Gregory of Sinai and Romylos of Vidin. Together with a group of Serbian, Bulgarian and Greek monks, Grigorije returned to Moravian Serbia between 1375 and 1379. They established a strong hesychastic colony led by Grigorije. Their patron was Prince Lazar who built the Gornjak monastery for their colony. He endowed it to Grigorije and his fellow monks by written chapter, confirmed by the Serbian patriarch on 17 May 1379. Grigorije spent the rest of his life at the monastery.