by Matt Kappadakunnel In my last article in Public Orthodoxy, I shared a reflection on the Jesus Prayer. An important facet of the prayer—one that I often overlook or speed past—is acknowledging in humility and truth before God that I am a sinner. We are often afraid to acknowledge our fallen areas and our need…
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An Ancient Christian Practice and an Aid during Sleeplessness
The stress of 2020 through the present has caused many, including myself, to lose sleep. I cannot count the number of nights I have laid awake for more than an hour, and I often don’t fall back asleep until minutes before my alarm is set to go off. One sleepless night, I remembered a spiritual…
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by Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis | ελληνικά | ру́сский I’ve always admired the early monks and nuns of the desert literature. Not because they discovered ways of escaping the reality of paying taxes. Not only because their words were inspirational and their prayer transformative. And not primarily because they withstood the power of the empire…
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