Praying with Orthodox Tradition

by Kallistos Ware

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0281044317
• ISBN13: 9780281044313
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Great for the Orthodox Novice

This is a easy and well written work outlining the Hours. I would recommend this for anyone who is interested in praying the Hours.

Very Useful

This book is useful for daily prayers. The prayers are arranged in the order of prayer used by Orthodox Christians. It begins with Vespers which is at 6pm and goes through of the hours of prayer. The prayers are to the point and relate to each time period. I usually use the morning prayers. There are also extra pages which I have filled up with other prayers. The forward is very informative especially for a beginner.

we all have time to pray, or else we shouldn't breathe

Prayer is the breath of the Christian life, as it unites the heart and mind to God an reminds us that we are our brother's and sister's keeper. This very slim volume is a handy book to have in the glove box, desk drawer, purse or backpack. Broken down by time (sunset, midnight, 9 am, noon etc), the prayers come right out of the Orthodox Christian monastic prayer cycle that all Christians can use for profit. Some sections are longer than others, but usually you can pray any given section in about five minutes, or, if you need a shorter prayer, you can do it in 30 seconds. God knows what we need and can do. And the introduction by Bishop Kallistos Ware is very much worth reading over a few times a year, showing how prayer is something we do with the body and mind and heart, a recognition of God's holiness and mystery, a rejoicing in His love and intimacy, how it is Trinitarian and, since we ar emade in teh image of the Trinity, how our prayer is never individualistic- we belong to each other. Enjoy!

Worth the price for the introduction alone

Kallistos Ware wrote the foreward for this little gem; in it he defines man as a praying animal - an absolutely brilliant paragraph.The prayers in the book are taken from an ancient Greek liturgical document - late eighth century i.e. before the Catholic-Orthodox split. Parenti has selected from this document prayers for the liturgical hours (Divine Office, Breviary). The prayers are clearly saturated with a Scriptural orientation - phrases and images consistently taken from the Bible. The prayers are chosen to clearly illustrate the orientation of each hour - 3rd hours to Pentecost, 9th hour to nailing Christ to the cross etc.These traits are useful - but the beauty and doctrinal soundness of the prayers themselves make the book one to be treasured.

Beautiful

This is the most beautiful collection of prayers I've ever seen!