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On the Holy and Deifying Prayer
Connecting hesychast prayer to liturgical and sacramental life
Symeon Archbishop of Thessaloniki Volume 5 Secondary
Symeon Archbishop of Thessaloniki connecting hesychast prayer to the Church's liturgical and sacramental life. The Jesus Prayer is presented not as a private technique but as participation in the deifying grace communicated through the Church's worship. Where most Philokalic texts treat prayer as an individual contemplative practice, Symeon insists on its ecclesial and sacramental context. Important for readers who want to understand how the hesychast tradition relates to the broader life of the Orthodox Church.