12/12/2019
The prayer is not transmitted by precepts—not in the letter, but in the spirit. You live with an elder and you draw from his spirit.
Archpriest Sergy Baranov
On the third day an Athonite monk couldn’t contain himself any longer and wondered, “There are no questions for you… But your companion… Is he really a bank manager?” I replied: “He is the manager of all the banks in the Orenburg region!” He continued: “Does he really read the Jesus Prayer all day long?”
In fact you must enter the realm of prayer and never leave it till the moment of your death. This is your life’s work; this is something we ought to do our entire lives.
