The secretly doing smart prayer. Naum (Bayborodin), Archimandrite

According to the teachings of the Holy Fathers, in the achievement of the high degrees of improving the prayer state, the perfect self -determination of the God -like soul towards the good and the unceasing appeal in the prayer of Jesus Christ is necessary. The confessor and old man, the archimandrite of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra Father Naum (Baiborodin; 1927-2017), known in Russia and far beyond its borders, has always advised his spiritual children: “As soon as there is an opportunity-filling free time by prayer”-and said: “To be so that it would You did - whether you are on the way or on obedience - always and everywhere do Jesus prayer. ”

He often brought the words of St. Isaac Sirin, whose writings for many discovered: “Do not talk with the devil in thoughts! And for this, take your mind with a prayer, otherwise the "idle mind is the devil's scheme." And he often said that smart work is a feat of the will of free and reasonable. This prayer feat is the innermost path to angelic life, there is a cherubic God -nomination with the soul of the word of the word and is the path of God, leading to salvation.