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Icon of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Meryem Ana Kilesesi, Diyarbakır, Turkey). "The Prayer of Saint Ephrem" (Greek: Ἐὐχὴ τοῦ Ὁσίου Ἐφραίμ, Efchí toú Osíou Efrem), is a prayer attributed to Saint Ephrem the Syrian and used during the Great Lent by the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches.
Among the Old Believers the usual beginning is preceded by the following, known as the "Prayer of the Publican": God be merciful to me a sinner. (After which all make a bow.) Thou hast created me; Lord, have mercy on me. (Bow.) I have sinned immeasurably; Lord, forgive me. (Bow.) Some say an alternate version of the last prayer:
A number of different repetitive prayer formulas have been attested in the history of Eastern Orthodox monasticism: the Prayer of St. Ioannikios the Great (754–846): "My hope is the Father, my refuge is the Son, my shelter is the Holy Ghost, O Holy Trinity, Glory unto You," the repetitive use of which is described in his Life; or the more ...
The tomb of Saint George in Lydda, just south of Tel Aviv. Saint George is one of Christianity's most popular saints, and is highly honored by both the Western and Eastern Churches. [1] A wide range of devotions, traditions, and prayers to honor the saint have emerged throughout the centuries.
The Orthodox Church does not require the manifestation of miracles, as it does in Roman Catholicism; what is required is evidence of a virtuous life and prior local veneration of the saint. [1] Because the Church shows no true distinction between the living and the dead, as the saints are considered to be alive in heaven, saints are referred to ...
Saint John Cassian (c. 360–435), who transmitted Evagrius Ponticus's ascetical teachings to the West, forming the basis of much of the spirituality of the Order of Saint Benedict and the subsequent western mystical tradition, presents as the formula used in Egypt for repetitive prayer "O God, make speed to save me: O Lord, make haste to help me."
Quotes by St. Seraphim of Sarov at Orthodox Church Quotes; St. Seraphim of Sarov life, writings and icons Archived 14 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine on Kursk Root (Korennaya) Icon Hermitage of the Birth of the Holy Theotokos site; On the Acquisition of the Holy Spirit Spiritual conversation of Saint Seraphim
Contemporary spiritual teachers such as Orthodox Saints Ieronymos of Aegina, Nilus of Sora, Joseph the Hesychast, Paisios the Athonite, Evmenios Saridakis, and Seraphim of Sarov attest to the great spiritual wisdom of Isaac the Syrian in The Ascetical Homilies.