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)
Hesychasm
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Hesychasm is a contemplative monastic tradition in the Eastern Christian traditions of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches in which stillness is sought through uninterrupted Jesu
Jesus Prayer
…It is often repeated continually as a part of personal ascetic practice, its use being an integral part of the Hermitic tradition of prayer known as hesychasm. The prayer is particularly important to the spiritual fathers of this tradition, such as in the Philokalia, as a method of cleaning and opening up the…
Gregory Palamas
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2744 x 2900 pixels 3.1 MB
Unknown painter Transfiguration of Christ WGA23487
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2240 x 3109 pixels 2.5 MB