Jesus Prayer
Sign in to saveshort prayer, popular in Eastern Christianity: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
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Vinony's link graph records 607 inbound references to Jesus Prayer, and connects out to hermit, Kyrie and Pharisee and the Publican.
It is catalogued under topics including Christian prayer, Christian terminology and Eastern Orthodox liturgy.
Vinony links it to 35 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Christian prayer
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- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
The Jesus Prayer, also known as The Prayer, is a short formulaic prayer. It is most common in Eastern Christianity. There are multiple versions of this prayer, however the most widely used version is as follows:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jesus Prayer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.