What is "barlaam"

Barlaam may refer to:

• Barlaam of Seminara (c.1290–1348), Italian scholar and theologian
• Saint Barlaam, eventual companion of St. Josaphat of India
• Barlaam of Khutyn (–1192), Russian saint
• Barlaam of Kiev, saint in the Russian Orthodox Church

Monk Barlaam (; secular name Gregory Stepanovich Shyshatsky, 12 March 1750, village Krasilovka, Kozeletskyy uezd, Chernigov province - 23 July 1820, Novgorod-Seversky) was defroched Archbishop of Mogilev and Vitebsk of the Russian Orthodox Church.

During the French invasion of Russia he was accused of taking a loyalty oath to Napoleon, forcing junior clergymen to do the same, celebrating Napoleon's birthday and saying prayers for Napoleon instead of the tsar's family. After a long trial by the Holy Synod, Varlaam was found guilty, stripped of the rank and confined to a monastery.