Saint Gregory at Prayer was an oil-on-panel painting by Annibale Carracci, showing the scene in Gregory the Great's life when an image of the Virgin Mary...
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repeatedly called Gregory a great theological writer. Since 1971, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church has venerated Gregory as a saint. Some of his writings...
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The Jesus Prayer, also known as The Prayer, is a short formulaic prayer, esteemed and advocated especially in Eastern Christianity and Catholicism: Lord...
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Church. The text is named after Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, one of the Cappadocian Fathers. The anaphora or Eucharistic Prayer that is part of this liturgy...
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Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590...
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The Mass of Saint Gregory is a subject in Roman Catholic art which first appears in the late Middle Ages and was still found in the Counter-Reformation...
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Teresa of Ávila (redirect from Saint Teresa of Avila)
become impatient with the saint". Aumann synthesizes Teresa's writings into nine grades of prayer: Mental prayer is a form of prayer "performed without aid...
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brothers Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, he is known as one of the Cappadocian Fathers. Gregory of Nazianzus is a saint in both Eastern and Western...
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anglicized as Gregory of Narek; c. 950 – 1003/1011) was an Armenian mystical and lyrical poet, monk, and theologian. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian...
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Guercino Madonna and Child with Saints Annunciation Transfiguration by Lodovico Carracci Abraham and the Three Angels Saint Sebastian Thrown into the Cloaca...
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Christian mysticism (redirect from Contemplative prayer)
Aumann, Saint Teresa of Ávila distinguishes nine grades of prayer: vocal prayer, mental prayer or prayer of meditation, affective prayer, prayer of simplicity...
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Macrina the Younger (redirect from Saint Macrina, Jr.)
humble life, devoting her time to prayer and the spiritual education of her younger brother Peter. She is regarded as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Eastern...
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Basil of Caesarea (redirect from Saint Basil)
considered a saint by the traditions of both Eastern and Western Christianity. Basil, together with his brother Gregory of Nyssa and his friend Gregory of Nazianzus...
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The Lord's Prayer, also known by its incipit Our Father (Greek: Πάτερ ἡμῶν, Latin: Pater Noster), is a central Christian prayer that Jesus taught as the...
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A prayer rope is a loop made up of complex woven knots formed in a cross pattern, usually out of wool or silk. The typical prayer rope has thirty-three...
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Hesychasm (category Christian prayer)
combination with the Jesus Prayer", use of which technique can be traced back at least to the 13th century; "the theology of St. Gregory Palamas", on which see...
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saints, convoking a synod in 732 in order to regulate the prayers and masses to be said there. Gregory was an enthusiastic supporter of monasticism; he established...
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Intercession of the Saints Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Marian Prayers and Prayers of the Saints Marian Novenas and Novenas to Saints Archived 2014-10-14...
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Christianity portal The Brotherhood of Saint Gregory is a community of friars within the Anglican Communion. The community's members, known as Gregorians...
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Divine Liturgy (section Liturgy of Saint Basil)
for the saints – naming Mary, John the Baptist, Saint Stephen, Saint Mark and Saint Basil; then reading of the diptychs, followed by the prayers for the...
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The Litany of the Saints (Latin: Litaniae Sanctorum) is a formal prayer of the Roman Catholic Church as well as the Old Catholic Church, Lutheran congregations...
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Palamism (redirect from Theology of Gregory Palamas)
of the Jesus Prayer, which he accused of being a practise of the Bogomils; also charged it with not proclaiming Christ as God. Gregory Palamas: Historical...
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the canonical hours that are said at fixed prayer times. While praying, certain gestures usually accompany the prayers, including folding one's hands, bowing...
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Nicodemus the Hagiorite (redirect from Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite)
literature. He wrote ascetic prayer literature and influenced the rediscovery of hesychasm, a method of contemplative prayer from the Byzantine period....
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Prelest (section Prelest and Jesus prayer)
of the Jesus prayer and prayer in general: Saint Symeon the New Theologian, Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov, Saint Theophan the Recluse, Saint Ambrosius of...
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as the opponent of Satan, He also assists people at the hour of death. A widely used "Prayer to Saint Michael" was brought into official use by Pope Leo...
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Gregorio Magno al Celio for Saint Gregory at Prayer only a few years before. Rubens, in fact, distanced the two side paintings of saints from the central altar...
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and will pray, and offer unto thee propitiatory prayers and sacrifices for their souls." Saint Gregory Dialogus († 604) in his famous Dialogues (written...
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Greek by Gregory: On Commandments and Doctrines, Warnings and Promises; on Thoughts, Passions, and Virtues, and also on Stillness and Prayer: 137 Texts...
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settled on Mount Izla. Gregory had a reputation for receiving visions. His known writings, all in Syriac, include: Chapters on Prayer Treatise on the Monastic...
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