{"id":1160,"date":"2011-04-28T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2011-04-25T18:55:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T22:55:06","slug":"mt-athos-st-gregory-of-sinai-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2011\/04\/mt-athos-st-gregory-of-sinai-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Athos:  St Gregory of Sinai (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I\u2019m featuring tastes of my new book, \u201cMysteries of the Jesus Prayer,\u201d the chapter on Holy Mt. Athos.\u00a0 You may have seen the \u201c60 Minutes\u201d segment, and want to know more.\u00a0 In my book, I also have a lot of quotes and instructions from the monks on how to use prayer in your life, outside of a monastery.<\/p>\n<p>+ + + + +<\/p>\n<p>Mount Athos has been a cradle of saints, but in terms of the Jesus Prayer certainly one of the most influential is St. Gregory of Sinai. He was born about the year 1265 on the Aegean coast in what is now Turkey. As a boy Gregory, his entire family, and almost all of their fellow villagers were taken captive by Turkish pirates and held for ransom. Once they were all delivered, Gregory, although probably barely in his teens, chose not to return home but traveled instead to Cyprus to begin his formation as a monk. After his novitiate on Cyprus he went to Mount Sinai, to the Monastery of St. Catherine, where he made his solemn profession of monastic vows. A few years later Gregory was on the move again, this time to Crete where he placed himself under the guidance of monk named Arsenios, a man steeped in the art of contemplative prayer. It was Arsenios who taught Gregory how to make the Jesus Prayer an active ongoing interior conversation with God.<\/p>\n<p>+ + + + +<\/p>\n<p>Unlock the <em>Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer<\/em>.\u00a0 Join the hermits, monks and nuns in peaceful silence and prayer with my new book and feature film.\u00a0 Available now in bookstores everywhere, and on our website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.JesusPrayerMovie.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.JesusPrayerMovie.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I\u2019m featuring tastes of my new book, \u201cMysteries of the Jesus Prayer,\u201d the chapter on Holy Mt. 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