Mariam Haddad

In Part I of this three-part conversation, the Rev. Fr. Anthony Sabbagh reflects on prayer as the language of the whole person—and how, gradually, our lives can become prayer.

In Reflection II of the What Is Prayer? series, Rev. Fr. Romanos Karanos, Ph.D. reflects on St. Gregory of Nazianzus and St. Paul’s call to “pray without ceasing,” inviting us to understand prayer not merely as something we do, but as the remembrance of God becoming as natural to the soul as breathing is to the body.

What is prayer? Hieromonk Savvatey (Ageyev), Acting Abbot of St. Demetrios of Thessaloniki Monastery, offers a gentle reflection on the return of the mind to the heart, perseverance in prayer, and beginning exactly where we are.