"Pray without forming images in your mind. Don’t try to imagine Christ. The Fathers emphasized the need for prayer to be free of images. With an image, the focus of prayer is easily lost, because one image can easily be displaced by another. And the evil one may intrude images and we lose the grace."
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Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia
Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia (also known as Porphyrios Bairaktaris, 7 February 1906 – 2 December 1991) was a Greek Eastern Orthodox monk and Saint who lived on Mount Athos.
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