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The Jesus Prayer, also known as The Prayer, is a short formulaic prayer esteemed and advocated especially within the Eastern churches: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me (a sinner).“ The prayer has been widely taught and discussed throughout the history of the Orthodox Church. The ancient and original form did not include the words “a sinner“, which were added later. It is often repeated continually as a part of personal ascetic practice, its use being an integral part of the eremitic tradition of prayer known as hesychasm. The prayer is particularly esteemed by the spiritual fathers of this tradition as a method of cleaning and opening up the mind and after this the heart (kardia) and bringing about firstly the Prayer of the Mind or more correctly the Noetic Prayer (Νοερά Προσευχή) and after this the Prayer of the Heart. The Prayer of the Heart is considered to be the Unceasing Prayer that the Apostle Paul advocates in the New Testament. Theophan the Recluse regarded the Jesus Prayer stronger than all other prayers by virtue of the power of the Holy Name of Jesus. Though identified more with Eastern Christianity, the prayer is found in Western Christianity in the catechism of Catholic Church. It also is used in conjunction with the recent innovation of Anglican Prayer Beads. The prayer “have mercy on me“ is not meant to be a submissive pleading in front of a revengeful God, but refers to the manifold situations where people asked Christ to do something for them, to turn towards them, to grant them his attention and divine action. The prayer therefore asks Christ to work on and in the praying person, bringing God to them and helping them in their inner life. Church Slavonic (literally “Church-Slavonic language“), also known as Church Slavic, New Church Slavonic or New Church Slavic, is the conservative Slavic liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Serbia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia. The language appears also in the services of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese, and occasionally in the services of the Orthodox Church in America. In addition, Church Slavonic is used by some churches which consider themselves Orthodox but are not in communion with the Orthodox Church, such as the Macedonian Orthodox Church, the Montenegrin Orthodox Church, the Russian True Orthodox Church, and others. The Russian Old Believers and the Co-Believers also use Church Slavonic. Church Slavonic is also used by Greek Catholic Churches in Slavic countries, for example the Croatian, Slovak and Ruthenian Greek Catholics, as well as by the Roman Catholic Church (Croatian and Czech recensions). Господи Иисусе Христе, Сыне Божий, помилуй мя грешнаго Gospodi Isusje Khristje, Sine Bozhii, pomilui mja greshnago Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me a sinner Singer: Patrick Lenk ✨ Shop CDs, MP3 Downloads, Autograph Cards and Artworks: 👉🏻 ▸ Spotify: ▸ Apple Music: ▸ Amazon: ▸ Deezer: ▸ iHeart: ▸ Napster: ▸ Tidal: ▸ Pandora: 🎵 Check out our new Sacred Choir & Chant Ambient Music Channel Audio Sanctum: → ❤ Become my monthly Patreon Supporter: ❤ Single Donation: ❤ Monthly Donation: ★ Newsletter: If you resonate with my work, sign up for my newsletter, where I send an email every one or two months to all interested people about new music, some thoughts I have and projects I am working on? It would be amazing to connect there with you: --- Want to use my music in your video? Please go to and follow the steps.
