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Prayer

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He knows how much we gain

Saint John Chrysostom   Your body was in church, but your soul was outside. Your mouth was praying, but your mind was counting interest payments, agreements, transactions, fields, holdings, gatherings with friends. All of this because the devil is cunning. He knows that we gain a great deal at the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsApril 8, 2021 ago
The Prayer Team

Take Up the Cross and Follow

Scriptures of the Triodion Third Saturday of Great Lent And Jesus called to Him the multitude with His Disciples and He said to them, “If any man would come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.”  Mark 8:34 Good morning Prayer Team! Deny. Take Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 2 years ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Saint Neilos of Sinai

Saint Neilos was born into a wealthy and illustrious family and was probably a pupil of St. John Chrysostom from as early as when the latter was preaching in Antioch. His birth and personal attributes were such that he was raised to the rank of prefect of the capital. The Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 years ago
Pemptousia Partnership

The Prayer of the Holy Mountain Yesterday and Today

Elder Aimilianos Simonopetritis †   None of us would doubt that prayer is, indeed, a fundamental necessity for any soul. It is the tree of life which nourishes people and renders them incorruptible, because it allows them to enter into communion with the eternal and incorruptible God. Just as there Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 years ago
Pemptousia Partnership

“Our Father”, the Perfect Prayer

George Babiniotis, Professor   When the bell rings and everybody tries to avoid saying their prayers (a parody of a prayer, but one which just may be, for some, the last thread connecting their lives with God and therefore the only little window through which they can get into Paradise), Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsJuly 1, 2020 ago
Video

How Do You Listen to God in Prayer?

Answers to questions surrounding the Christian faith. Email us yours at: info@myocn.net Question: How Do You Listen to God in Prayer? Answer: I have not yet been able to speak to God as Moses was, face to face, like a man speaks to his friend, so I have resorted to Read more…

By Fr. Andrew Pavlakos, 3 yearsJune 29, 2020 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

What is Prayer of the Intellect and of the Heart?

Archimandrite Georgios Kapsanis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou †   Remembrance of God demonstrates communion with Him and is therefore like prayer. Striving to invoke the holy Name of Christ continuously, through the prayer ‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy upon me’, is a constant renewal within us of Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsJune 9, 2020 ago
The Children's Word

Remember to Pray: Jesus Watches Over all of His Sheep!

Do you pray to God sometimes, all by yourself? Before Christ was arrested and sent to the Cross, He prayed by Himself too. In to- day’s Gospel reading, we hear how He prayed to His Father for His disciples. Remember, the disciples were Jesus’s great helpers. Now that Jesus was going to leave, Read more…

By Presvytera Alexandra Houck, 3 yearsMay 27, 2020 ago
Video

Jonathan Jackson – A prayer for all

The album of songs dedicated to the great Athonite ascetic Saint Iosif the Hesychast is entitled ‘Great Hours’, in commemoration of the enduring spiritual support he has given to the world. Source: pemptousia.com

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsApril 15, 2020 ago
Articles

On Having a Prayer Corner at Home

Re-commit to our spiritual lives: Prayer Corner at Home A desire for a fuller personal prayer life that includes regular daily prayers. One thing that can help keep this resolution includes having a dedicated place in our home where we can pray. A common practice for Orthodox Christians is having a Read more…

By Fr. Matthew Thurman, 3 yearsMarch 31, 2020 ago

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