Jesus Prayer
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The Jesus Prayer, also known as The Prayer, is a short formulaic prayer. It is most common in Eastern Christianity. There are multiple versions of this prayer, however the most widely used version is
Christogram with the Jesus Prayer in Romanian: Doamne Iisuse Hristoase, Fiul lui Dumnezeu, miluieşte-mă pe mine păcătosul ("Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner")
Icon of the Transfiguration of Jesus by Theophanes the Greek (15th century, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow). Talking with Christ: Elijah (left) and Moses (right). Kneeling: Peter, James, and John
Eastern Christian prayer rope
Christ the Redeemer by Andrei Rublev (c. 1410, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
Theosis, or deification, is a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God, as taught by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches; a similar concept is also f
Eastern Orthodox icon of The Ladder of Divine Ascent (the steps toward theosis as described by John Climacus), showing Christian monks ascending to Jesus Christ and falling from the ladder. Currently preserved in the Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt.
Unknown painter Transfiguration of Christ WGA23487
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2744 x 2900 pixels 3.1 MB