The effort of bodily prayer can help those not yet granted real prayer of the heart. I am referring to...
God Of My Silence
“Silence your lips that your heart may speak… Silence your heart that God may speak…” – The Spiritual Elder How...
Struggling With Prayer
Matanias, agpia prayers, the Jesus prayer, and contemplations on psalms…these are prayers and supplications made to God by all monks,...
Tips On Prayer
“The brethren asked Abba Agathon: “Amongst all of our different activities, father, which is the virtue that requires the greatest...
Praying The Psalms
Why did the church choose the Psalms of David the Prophet and organise them into an Agbia? I do not...
Why Is It, You Ask, That One Can Pray For So Many Years With A Prayer Book?
Why is it, you ask, that one can pray for so many years with a prayer book, and still not...
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...
Gesture
Enacted assimilation of the text, points us beyond the mind and heart to consider another dimension of monastic prayer, the...
Stand Up For Prayer
“If prayer is fulfilled together with its outward forms, then this is the fulfilment, not only of psalmody, but also...
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...