Vol. 6 - On Prayer (Saint Paisios) service_All-Night Vigil The world was seething in

The world was seething in unprecedented passions

But sacrifice as practiced in the Old Testament and throughout the ancient world was most often the occasion of joyous celebration - a way of drawing near to God and to the other members of the community

collected and codified

both clergy and lay

all of whom exhibited unwavering faith when

Vol. 6 - On Prayer (Saint Paisios) service_All-Night Vigil The world was seething inThis new volume in the collected teaching of Elder Paisios of Mt. Athos deals specifically with prayer. The elder insisted that we understand prayer to be a necessity and earnestly sought to help those who had not learned to pray "to make a start in order to get their heart working on prayer". The books discusses prayer more generally, the hindrances that we encounter in prayer, the Mother of God and the saints who pray for us, watchfulness, prayer in