September 18, 2019 Biblical Roots of the Jesus Prayer It is remarkable to me how deeply biblical the Jesus Prayer is: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner.”…
September 11, 2019 The Desert Fathers: Praying without Ceasing Once certain monks of the kind called Euchitae‚ that is‚ the Men of Prayer, came to the abbot Lucius in Enna: and the old…
July 15, 2019 Partaking of Divine Glory through the Jesus Prayer This divine prayer, which consists of the invocation of the name of our Savior Jesus Christ, specifically “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have…
July 5, 2019 “Chernobyl” Has Ended with Orthodox Prayer. What Prayer Is It? The final shots of the recently released series “Chernobyl” are accompanied by threefold singing “Memory Eternal”. The last episode is called the same way….
July 5, 2019 Why Should We Pray “on Behalf of All and for All”? The topics of heaven, hell, purgatory, hades, life-after-death, the judgment, etc., are not among my favorites. There is a particular reason for this: everybody…
May 17, 2019 The Difference between the Prayer of the Intellect and of the Heart Remembrance of God demonstrates communion with Him and is therefore like prayer. Striving to invoke the holy Name of Christ continuously, through the prayer…
April 12, 2019 Saturday of the Akathist: Why so Special? The Akathist Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary, is one of the most beloved services of devotion that we…
March 22, 2019 The Jesus Prayer for the Beginners One of the most important prayers in the Orthodox Tradition is the “Jesus Prayer.” It is not long or complicated, simply, “Lord Jesus…
March 19, 2019 Special Power of the Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) on the penitential prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian. Unjust Justice The Lord allows apparent injustices sometimes in order to lead us…
March 13, 2019 What Do We Mean When We Say “Prayer?” As Great Lent is approaching let us take some time to dwell on prayer. Lent is usually a time of greater concentration on our…
