ON THE JESUS PRAYER
ON THE JESUS PRAYER
Author(s): Peter VryzasSubject(s): Comparative Studies of Religion, Biblical studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: prayer of the heart; Jesus Prayer; hesychia; hesychasm; St. Silouan the Athonite; St. Sophrony (Sakharov); knowledge of God; God’s grace; return of the mind; contemplation; the “deep heart” of man;
Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the Jesus Prayer, attempting to explain (1) how in this prayer, by the grace of God, our mind can be united with the heart and (2) what the fruits of this marvellous union are.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Theologia Orthodoxa
- Issue Year: LXVII/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 337-351
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English