Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States

His Grace shares with us some requirements for prayer in these multipart tracks. In part 5, we hear the final requirement: “Persist in and honour reading if possible more than prayer. Reading is the spring of intelligent prayer.” - St. Pope Kyrillos VI St. Isaac in homily 64 says: "Give more honor to reading, if possible than standing, for it is the source of pure prayer." All the quotes are found in A Silent Patriarch by Fr. Daniel Fanous

His Grace shares with us some requirements for prayer in these multipart tracks. In part 4, we meditate on another requirement: “Spend the most of your night in prayers and praise; as much as you can prepare for them during the day.” - St. Pope Kyrillos VI All the quotes are found in A Silent Patriarch by Fr. Daniel Fanous

His Grace shares with us some requirements for prayer in these multipart tracks. In part 3, we meditate on another requirement: “among all other virtues undertaken by people, there is none better than [prostrations],” “it terrifies the demons.” - St. Pope Kyrillos VI St. Isaac in homily 64 says: “More than the practice of psalmody , love prostrations during prayer" All the quotes are found in A Silent Patriarch by Fr. Daniel Fanous

His Grace shares with us some requirements for prayer in these multipart tracks. In part 2, we hear another requirement to meditate on: “If you have to go out of your cell, protect what you had gathered,” and if you are “happy” when a visitor arrives, “know that you have prepared yourself for boredom and not God” - St. Pope Kyrillos VI All the quotes are found in A Silent Patriarch by Fr. Daniel Fanous

His Grace shares with us some requirements for prayer in these multipart tracks. In part 1, we hear one of the requirements: "When standing before your Lord the attire of your soul should be woven with threads of non-hatred…without envy and grudge” - St. Pope Kyrillos VI All the quotes are found in A Silent Patriarch by Fr. Daniel Fanous