The Jesus prayer definitely diminishes bad thoughts that come out of no where. I say it every time I need to stay focused. It’s not a gimmick or a child’s prayer. It’s a mystery that works. It passes all understanding.

This video is pure gold. May God bless those heroic monks, examples for all Christendom.

I dream of crossing paths with someone like Father Lazarus and just having a nice, comfortable talk about matters such as this.

As a Roman Catholic, The Lord's prayer and the Jesus prayer are the most powerful prayers that I use on a daily basis.

I now pray the Jesus prayer when memories of past sins plague my mind and when temptations afflict my imagination. Thank you Lord for your grace! Have mercy on us sinners!

I went into the Forest. Felt like I wondered in a desert for 30 years. I prayed so hard. I said the Jesus prayer. Silence helps. Time alone with God. TIME WITH JESUS. My salvation comes only thru him. I am a sinner. Forgive me and thank you for the gift of Life. Thank you Jesus.

Why do people say that religion is boring? Everything in this video looks beautiful, interesting, exotic and funky, including the monks.

I started saying the Jesus Prayer and I felt like I was being lifted up and away from the pestering voices that have been bothering me for while (it appears to be that every time I devote myself to proper spiritual practice, devils hate that and they pester me. They try to speak loudly so I cannot hear/feel Jesus and it is annoying/disorienting). When I say the Jesus prayer I hear them still but I feel almost as if I am hovering over them. Like their words could not reach me anymore and I was brought to another room. Then I cried. Now I try to do it at 3 am. I have tried meditation but that sort of uncontrolled silence seems to allow them in. With Jesus prayer I can die to myself while calling upon Jesus. And too asking for mercy alleviates my soul. Every time I say the Jesus Prayer something magical happens, seriously. Maybe it will not be like this every time but every time I do God gifts me something (most times even these gifts I can interact with my physical senses so this is even more special to me but I love the Spiritual gifts Father gives me and I am grateful for them. Also one of the men sharing I relate to what he said about inner stillness. I find it much easier to constantly say the Jesus Prayer (or when needed for long periods of time) than to having to be constantly conscious of my thoughts. For me it is stressful to constantly be on my guard of my own sin and other devils that wish to distract me. All of this is chatter chatter chatter and it is very stressful. Saying the Jesus Prayer is greatly alleviating. I hope that this inspires and encourages anyone reading this. Truly it (the Jesus Prayer) is amazing.

When I watch this video I can feel a very spiritual presence, just like when I enter my local basilica to worship on my own, when no one else is around. Its just me, sitting in silence, sitting before God. ✝✝✝✝

I have "Mysteries of The Jesus Prayer " I do not have silence but periods of quiet. Prayer is a ladder, and there is always a rung that is loose, such as when the phone rings. With God's help I try and climb once more.

Fr. Lazarus El Anthony is truly a modern day saint. Every word that he speaks is practical divinity.

Father Lazarus is the single reason I turned from sin, and the reason I lived as a monk, to a degree. And now, I’m a teacher to a certain degree, but my problem is the isms. But isms aren’t necessarily sinful. I’ve become him, but different. I want to meet him and thank him. Cheers.

Father Lazarus has a beautiful understanding of the correlation between prayer, silence and peace

A line from a psalm that I like to meditate on is, `Be still and know I am God.` Or is it; `I Am God`. Yep, that's to ponder on too. Blessings and love to you all.

I could listen to this man for hours

This is absolutely priceless the amount of wisdom holiness beauty is Just so Good

1 John 1:8 'If we say we have no sin, we decieve ourselves, and the truth is not in us.'

Amazing! Heart touching! 😇

In time of loss.I seek this vid

Thank you for this beautiful explanation.

I have yearned for this kind of life for years.

Such precious wisdom. Praise God for their strong faith!!

The amount of knowledge and stoisism and the acknowledge ment of christ and the pray3r is so profound

I love this guy and father seraphim

These two brother monastics are a joy to observe. They are so synchronized it is almost like they have a telepathic connection.

These guys reason deeply. Astonishing compared to any voice you can hear online. Striving for silence.

Is silence important to you? Naturally. WOW!🙏

It's one of the great travesties of history that western Christianity abandoned the mystic tradition of the early Church.

What incredible wisdom

Meditation and mantra, the path to quietness and a glimpse at the infinite.

Rich food indeed 🙏🏼

I love you....thank you

If anyone has not seen and learned from Fr. Lazerus' life, then stop ✋ what your doing, go to CYC's channel and watch it. It's worth your time.

I pray for interior silence.

I've prayed the Jesus prayer, it's very peaceful. It will do what the Coptic hermit says it will do. You begin to concentrate completely on Jesus but also be prepared to see what's in your heart and mind. Peace and blessings to you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Noble ones!

Κύριε ημών Ιησού Χριστέ Υιέ Του Θεού Ελέησων με τον αμαρτωλό

Wow such a powerful statement

I'm in contact with a coptic priest to help me become in contact with father lazarus, pray for me that I become under his counsel.

I've never heard that or tought about it like they.

I think Father Lazarus is doing a great service to other ministers by providing this opportunity to them. I hope he continues this and someone takes up the cause after he departs us. God bless.

Please tell Father ElAnthony Lazurus we need more videos like we need water. Please, there are not enough. We need new videos ASAP

🔴🔵⚪IC+XC🕇NI+KA⚪🔵🔴 BIG RESPECT FROM ORTHODOX SERBIA.

Man watching this documentary honestly...made me realize how my place is hella seriously Christian(specifically Catholic), this is part of my lesson from senior high until now college, In my place there are a lot of Christian(Catholic) Institutions and we got this class call ReED and it teaches us about first interpretation, points of views whether it's from the followers or how others can find inspiration or learn from it even if they aren't christian catholic, then after those like well in my current situation, my school is teaching us bible study, most catholic institution in my place are serious about like what this or that legitimately means whether it's the bible verse, history from the bible, Culture of the bible and some origin of the words for shirt Bible study, this video makes the knowledge quite worth it (I'm not religious but i know some stuff) There's also these things about the bible so there are other Christian bibles and theres the Catholic bible, the amount of stuff to know if the translation of the bible is verified (Especially in the Catholic Bible) and true is ngl really a lot, like from the old Hebrew->Greek then to the other languages like English,Spanish,French, Filipino so on so forth, Tbh props to the translators, editors etc cause that's tiring. (From what I learned there are bibles that doesnt have like the official verification and follow the catholic order but not being catholic so they can be published which cause some confusion in terms of translation (It can be used for interpretation but never for study)

Glory be to God for all things! Orthodoxy will save man +++ Lord have mercy on me a sinner+++

The wisdom god gave to the monks pray for me the life its in god strong god of love🔱🔱🔱 edna

Would love to be a monk

I wish to live the life of Fr. Lazarus, to escape this world and live a life of devotion to God, but I have too many connections holding me here, pray for me a sinner.

I'm down to Michigan right now and they have I'm good. I'm just I'm a kid now so if I die come back love you goodbye

wow

AMHN.

AMEN

Please pray that I'm not killed

Interesting.

This was something that came to my mind, and then I saw this video. Is there a way to pray without words being spoken?

when he asked what do you hear at 1:35 and the other monks turn to lazarus with a short little grin wooow this thought of him i would want to look in, thats deep, it looks like his look says "this you cannot imagine, how do we tell him"

C'est incroyable de voir à quel point on se ressemble entre orthodoxes byzantins et coptes. Malgré le fait que nous soyons séparés depuis plus longtemps avec eux qu'avec les catholiques romains Seigneur, aide-nous à revenir en communion avec nous frères coptes Amin ☦️🙏

Spiritually uplifting

Deep prayer and meditation both activate theta and delta waves in the brain. What’s the difference between the two? The reason people are able to overcome certain things is because mindfulness is the result. Prayer is just another form of meditation. This isn’t some crazy spiritual thing going on. It’s literally just being mindful and having the brain operate at a deeper level.

Its like a mantra

Anyone know what happened to the Desert foreigners documentary?

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Father Lazarus pray for me ❤️ 🙏 ☦️ my name is Youssef Mikho Mallo. God bless you

Hello! Thank you for the excerpt. Where can I watch the whole video?

Dear father Lazarus pray for me

Jesus is the only way out of hell 🔥🔥

Jesus bless you!!! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

My Pranam to these Holy Christian Munis

I find that praying in tongues and also Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs leads to Interior silence.

What is the chant in the beginning??? Thanks in advanced to anyone who knows

And it's Lazarus

Ésaïe 41 …9Toi, que j'ai pris aux extrémités de la terre, Et que j'ai appelé d'une contrée lointaine, A qui j'ai dit: Tu es mon serviteur, Je te choisis, et ne te rejette point! 10Ne crains rien, car je suis avec toi; Ne promène pas des regards inquiets, car je suis ton Dieu; Je te fortifie, je viens à ton secours, Je te soutiens de ma droite triomphante. 11Voici, ils seront confondus, ils seront couverts de honte, Tous ceux qui sont irrités contre toi; Ils seront réduits à rien, ils périront, Ceux qui disputent contre toi.…

what's with the depressing music in the background ?

Omg why the other monk starts to speak while they ask about Jesus Prayer from the Father Lazarus

is fr lazarus still alive and there?

Padre he sufrido porque me enseñaron esa devocion y porque me pongo playeras de iconos ortodoxos y me desprecian por es ideologia del catolicismo copto⛪🕌

Ésaïe 44 …7Qui a, comme moi, fait des prédictions Qu'il le déclare et me le prouve!, Depuis que j'ai fondé le peuple ancien? Qu'ils annoncent l'avenir et ce qui doit arriver! 8N'ayez pas peur, et ne tremblez pas; Ne te l'ai-je pas dès longtemps annoncé et déclaré? Vous êtes mes témoins: Y a-t-il un autre Dieu que moi? Il n'y a pas d'autre rocher, je n'en connais point.

To what church Father Lazarus belongs to ? Is it Coptic ? Or is there some other Orthodox Christian Church in Egypt ?

please translate to spanish

Can one in his prayer adress the son, not the father?

real christianity !

Which is the real name of Jesus? Yeshua? Yahushua? I find it very confusing thank you.

This is Oriental orthodox ?

So a mantra

Father i need back to school of monks pray for me🏰🏰🏰🏰 edna

Matthew 6:7-13 " And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that the will be heard for their many words." -8. Therefore do not be like them. For you Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.-9. In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

They are in prelest!!!!

8 Il n'y a donc maintenant aucune condamnation pour ceux qui sont en Jésus Christ. 2 En effet, la loi de l'esprit de vie en Jésus Christ m'a affranchi de la loi du péché et de la mort. 3 Car-chose impossible à la loi, parce que la chair la rendait sans force, -Dieu a condamné le péché dans la chair, en envoyant, à cause du péché, son propre Fils dans une chair semblable à celle du péché, 4 et cela afin que la justice de la loi fût accomplie en nous, qui marchons, non selon la chair, mais selon l'esprit. 5 Ceux, en effet, qui vivent selon la chair, s'affectionnent aux choses de la chair, tandis que ceux qui vivent selon l'esprit s'affectionnent aux choses de l'esprit. 6 Et l'affection de la chair, c'est la mort, tandis que l'affection de l'esprit, c'est la vie et la paix; 7 car l'affection de la chair est inimitié contre Dieu, parce qu'elle ne se soumet pas à la loi de Dieu, et qu'elle ne le peut même pas. 8 Or ceux qui vivent selon la chair ne sauraient plaire à Dieu. 9 Pour vous, vous ne vivez pas selon la chair, mais selon l'esprit, si du moins l'Esprit de Dieu habite en vous. Si quelqu'un n'a pas l'Esprit de Christ, il ne lui appartient pas. 10 Et si Christ est en vous, le corps, il est vrai, est mort à cause du péché, mais l'esprit est vie à cause de la justice. 11 Et si l'Esprit de celui qui a ressuscité Jésus d'entre les morts habite en vous, celui qui a ressuscité Christ d'entre les morts rendra aussi la vie à vos corps mortels par son Esprit qui habite en vous. 12 Ainsi donc, frères, nous ne sommes point redevables à la chair, pour vivre selon la chair. 13 Si vous vivez selon la chair, vous mourrez; mais si par l'Esprit vous faites mourir les actions du corps, vous vivrez, 14 car tous ceux qui sont conduits par l'Esprit de Dieu sont fils de Dieu. 15 Et vous n'avez point reçu un esprit de servitude, pour être encore dans la crainte; mais vous avez reçu un Esprit d'adoption, par lequel nous crions: Abba! Père! 16 L'Esprit lui-même rend témoignage à notre esprit que nous sommes enfants de Dieu. 17 Or, si nous sommes enfants, nous sommes aussi héritiers: héritiers de Dieu, et cohéritiers de Christ, si toutefois nous souffrons avec lui, afin d'être glorifiés avec lui. 18 J'estime que les souffrances du temps présent ne sauraient être comparées à la gloire à venir qui sera révélée pour nous. 19 Aussi la création attend-elle avec un ardent désir la révélation des fils de Dieu. 20 Car la création a été soumise à la vanité, -non de son gré, mais à cause de celui qui l'y a soumise, - 21 avec l'espérance qu'elle aussi sera affranchie de la servitude de la corruption, pour avoir part à la liberté de la gloire des enfants de Dieu. 22 Or, nous savons que, jusqu'à ce jour, la création tout entière soupire et souffre les douleurs de l'enfantement. 23 Et ce n'est pas elle seulement; mais nous aussi, qui avons les prémices de l'Esprit, nous aussi nous soupirons en nous-mêmes, en attendant l'adoption, la rédemption de notre corps. 24 Car c'est en espérance que nous sommes sauvés. Or, l'espérance qu'on voit n'est plus espérance: ce qu'on voit, peut-on l'espérer encore? 25 Mais si nous espérons ce que nous ne voyons pas, nous l'attendons avec persévérance. 26 De même aussi l'Esprit nous aide dans notre faiblesse, car nous ne savons pas ce qu'il nous convient de demander dans nos prières. Mais l'Esprit lui-même intercède par des soupirs inexprimables; 27 et celui qui sonde les coeurs connaît quelle est la pensée de l'Esprit, parce que c'est selon Dieu qu'il intercède en faveur des saints. 28 Nous savons, du reste, que toutes choses concourent au bien de ceux qui aiment Dieu, de ceux qui sont appelés selon son dessein. 29 Car ceux qu'il a connus d'avance, il les a aussi prédestinés à être semblables à l'image de son Fils, afin que son Fils fût le premier-né entre plusieurs frères. 30 Et ceux qu'il a prédestinés, il les a aussi appelés; et ceux qu'il a appelés, il les a aussi justifiés; et ceux qu'il a justifiés, il les a aussi glorifiés. 31 Que dirons-nous donc à l'égard de ces choses? Si Dieu est pour nous, qui sera contre nous? 32 Lui, qui n'a point épargné son propre Fils, mais qui l'a livré pour nous tous, comment ne nous donnera-t-il pas aussi toutes choses avec lui? 33 Qui accusera les élus de Dieu? C'est Dieu qui justifie! 34 Qui les condamnera? Christ est mort; bien plus, il est ressuscité, il est à la droite de Dieu, et il intercède pour nous! 35 Qui nous séparera de l'amour de Christ? Sera-ce la tribulation, ou l'angoisse, ou la persécution, ou la faim, ou la nudité, ou le péril, ou l'épée? 36 selon qu'il est écrit: C'est à cause de toi qu'on nous met à mort tout le jour, Qu'on nous regarde comme des brebis destinées à la boucherie. 37 Mais dans toutes ces choses nous sommes plus que vainqueurs par celui qui nous a aimés. 38 Car j'ai l'assurance que ni la mort ni la vie, ni les anges ni les dominations, ni les choses présentes ni les choses à venir, 39 ni les puissances, ni la hauteur, ni la profondeur, ni aucune autre créature ne pourra nous séparer de l'amour de Dieu manifesté en Jésus Christ notre Seigneur.

Amazing how similar these monks are compared to buddhist monks.

Yoga citta vrittis nirodha which means :Yoga is the ceasing of mind fluctuation Yoga means literally union,fusion ,the fusion of our being with our Creator

HERESY!!!

Islam is a religion that calls for the worship of the One and Only God, there is no god but Him and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God Islam is a religion that calls for tolerance and non-racism, and Islam talks about the Prophet Jesus and his mother Mary in the Qur’an

Sadly even after Jesus showed how to live a practical life for God, many lock themselves up in monasteries. Jesus and the disciples were on the streets talking and living amongst people and not isolated in a monastery.

Vain repetitions and ✡️ 🤔 apostasy

Lets' cut through the crap. It is EASY to be spiritual when you don't have to get up and go to work in heavy traffic with endless red lights in this complicated world where everyone tries to push you around. ANYONE can be spiritual when all of their basic needs are met and they can focus on God all day instead of a nagging wife, screaming kids etc. I mean really people, come on. Show me a guy who lives like the rest of us and maintains his faith.

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