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God Of My Silence

“Silence your lips that your heart may speak… Silence your heart that God may speak…” - The Spiritual Elder How I miss the silence. It was pleasant...

Struggling With Prayer

Matanias, agpia prayers, the Jesus prayer, and contemplations on psalms...these are prayers and supplications made to God by all monks, who, living in isolation,...

Tips On Prayer

“The brethren asked Abba Agathon: “Amongst all of our different activities, father, which is the virtue that requires the greatest effort?” He answered: “Forgive...

Praying The Psalms

Why did the church choose the Psalms of David the Prophet and organise them into an Agbia? I do not want to answer this...

Why Is It, You Ask, That One Can Pray For So...

Why is it, you ask, that one can pray for so many years with a prayer book, and still not have prayer in his...

The Exercise of the Arrow Prayer

The Concept Behind this Exercise: These prayers are called "arrow-like prayers" by the Church for they are, in a manner of speaking, spiritual arrows...

Gesture

Enacted assimilation of the text, points us beyond the mind and heart to consider another dimension of monastic prayer, the use of the body....

Stand Up For Prayer

“If prayer is fulfilled together with its outward forms, then this is the fulfilment, not only of psalmody, but also of all the virtues.” - St....

Prostrations In The Orthodox Church Rite

The Coptic Church, in its humble and meek spirit, teaches her children three types of prostration, or metanias (bowing). These are: prostrations of worship,...

Enclosed Within Four Walls

Spirituality in the desert or on the mountain, differs in its manner from spirituality in the city. One of the most troublesome factors for...

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