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“Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer: Experiencing the Presence of God and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of an Ancient Spirituality”

It will be published February 8, 2011 by HarperOne.

New York, July 1, 2010 — A little known 2000-year-old Christian prayer, still used by monks and nuns in far away caves and monasteries, is the subject of a documentary feature film and book slated for early 2011.

Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer focuses on the prayer, Kyrie Eleison (“Lord Have mercy”) that is thought to have been first practiced by the Apostles.
Traveling with cameras and crews to ancient lands of peace and solitude, the Very Rev. Dr. John McGuckin, Ane Marie and Bent Emil Nielsen Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies, Union Theological Seminary/Columbia University, and Dr. Norris J. Chumley, a media producer and columnist for Beliefnet, visited hermits, priests and nuns in caves and monasteries to record their use of this ancient mystical prayer.
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In a new series beginning today, Fr. Andrew presents a study of major themes of the Orthodox Christian faith as found in the letters of the 2nd century martyr and 3rd bishop of Antioch, Ignatius the God-bearer.

Podcast courtesy of Ancient Faith Radio

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Austrian MP Ewald Stadler speaks to the position of the Turkish Ambassador and tells off some of his colleagues.

During this, he addresses the lack of outrage when Catholic Archbishop Luigi Padovese was killed in Turkey and mentions the priests who have been killed.

Stadler is certainly not an indifferent Catholic!

Some of the American hymns are beautiful. This is one of my favorites.