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\"O Heavenly King, Comfoter, True Spirit, Who art everywhere, and fillest all things, Treasury of Good things, and Giver of Life, Come and dwell within us, and cleanse us from every impurity, and save us, O Good One!
When and where did this Prayer of Invocation for the Presence of the All-Blessed Holy Spirit of Truth come into the Orthodox Church?
Which Orthodox Saint prayed this, and where did he live?
Which language was this composed in; Greek, probably?
Wondering.
Besides the Jesus Prayer, and the prayer
\"Through the Prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother ....\"
I like the LORD\'s Prayer and the Heavenly King Prayer.
Always,
:grin:
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Hey Scott,
this is the best i could do, it doesn\'t answer any of your questions but it does explain the prayer if thats what your looking for. scroll down to the prayer to the Holy Spirit. :)
http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/law_of_god_slobodskoy_1.htm
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I was only looking for help with who wrote
the prayer, not an example of other
Orthodox prayers. When we become
Orthodox, we also pray, \"Through the
Intercessions of the Blessed Theotokos,
LORD Jesus Christ, Son of GOD, have mercy
on us; but Prayer to the Holy Spirit is
prayer to GOD; whereas, the Theotokos is
the most holy person, next to Jesus, who
ever lived; but even she is not in the same
league as the Holy Spirit. None of us are.
What impresses me is that Orthodoxy has
the life of experience of the sacraments
and mysticism without any of the doctrinal
and psychological excesses of the
Pentecostalism experience; but I kind of
remember reading in some places that
people see some analogies between what
Pentecostalism and Quakerism are seeking,
but failing to find in themselves: \"The Inner
Light\" from the Uncreated Holy Spirit.
The Uncreated Light.
Pneumatology is a strength of Orthodoxy,
and pneumatology is a concern of
Quakerism and Pentecostalism.
But they are far afield from Orthodox
Pneumatic experience.
Prayers to the Theotokos are a whole other
subject; in common with Catholicism and
Protestantism, alike, our main prayers
should be directly to God Himself, albeit in
Orthodoxy they are without the crass one-
on-one individualism or Protestantism
what is lacking in me is a better sense
of the communion of saints; I have yet
to experience better fellowship in person
with some Orthodox, but I have had some
limited contact with Orthodox priests and
laity, and I get a feeling for how they pray
when I have attended Sunday Divine Liturgy.
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