JESUS PRAYER

Victor Fedyna

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This manuscript is my faith full daily practice and prayer diary which has been a baptized enterprise over decades. I learned from folks on different continents to recite Jesus Prayer as form of incessant living relationship and spiritual lubrication in walking pathway with God. Author Ralph Waldo Emerson stated: Do not go where the path may lead you; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. In consulting and reciting Jesus Prayer my memory recollects sympathy from renown disciples: To my Parents, Grandparents, God Father Thank you for promoting, inspiring, for your blessings and prayers with me and for me. To Pastor William Hupalo Thank you for advice and blessings; for fitting me to represent Edmonton Eparchy in 400 Anniversary Celebration and historic First Sobor of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Lviv, Ukraine. To Sister Servants Josapha Synyshyn Thank you for teaching, ministering, directing, engineering the faith and human dignity. To Bishop Gbur Eparchy of Lviv, Ukraine Thank you for warm embraces, your understanding, direction in Ukraine and Canada. To Beatitude Patriarch Lubomyr Husar Thank you for attraction to my Eparchial propositions, concerns, for your iconic and encyclopedic leadership, advice, worshipness. To Pastor Mihajlo Planchak Thank you for historic Easter Retreat where you illustrated brightness, piousness,

concrete mandate to know our God, for emphasizing benefit of reciting Jesus Prayer. To Religious I consulted in Ukraine, Moldavia, Singapore, Mexico, Columbia, Italy, USA Thank you Clergy, Sisters, Monistic Orders for your moral activism to curb the slavery of sin. To our children, Sharon, Michael, Russell, Margaret Thank you for fountains of joy in our life upon this planet. To my Wife Aloysia Anna Thank you for sailing Lords earthly landscape as my loving wife, phenomenal friend, mentor, indescribable partner. You make my home, my faith, my world, my life the highlight of my every day and way, way more. VJF

FOREWORD
Victor is one of four children born 1931 August 17 at Viking Alberta Hospital to devout Byzantine Christians John and Anna Fedyna. He graduated in Bruce High and engaged in architecture, project management and business administration including four years Chicago Community College, UOA, and other institutions. He commenced architectural design in private enterprise for four years. For six years he was Supervisor of Technical Services Transport Canada in Alberta, Yukon, NWT. In Public Works Canada he was Chief Architectural and Engineering Services, Project Manager, (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, NWT). He Coordinated Barrier Freedom for Western Region. His prime position was a 10 year commission on historic Canada Task Force for Barrier Free Design headquartered in Ottawa. Twice Victor received Salute to Excellence commendations at Government House. Victor and Anna formed VICTOR FEDYNA RESOURCES. This magnificent Barrier Free Design mission served the physically challenged. What a faith full feeling it is to engineer fruitful barrier free independence for physical challenged Children of God. It is significant mission of stewardship. Victor invests every minute of time in faith, family, church, community, and physically challenged. Victor and Anna raised four faithful children. His life

is faithful, cultural, patriotic, recreational causes. First he joined UCYC. Then he devoted his life to Faith, UGCC, UCBC, UCYC, KC, UCC, ASET, ASCSRA, PDGA, other. He is promoter and benefactor to dozens non-profit institutions. Victor is contagious advocate of Family Solidarity and stewardship, ceaseless activist of Right to Human Life. As Canadian with a Cause and Soldier of Christ he speaks, writes papers, documents, books, editorials on faith, culture, family, recreation. Victor, like Apostle Paul, runs his races in a picture of Christian life. He is a dynamic athlete, completing the equivalent of a third run around equator, with a lifetime of national and international competitions and recreation. He runs distance or throws javelin with Jesus as his Chief Coach. Jesus Prayer is Victors life. It sustained crisis when Anna was struck with seven-hour brain aneurysm surgery, subsequent traumatic stroke, cardiovascular damage, eating/chewing/swallowing challenges. Jesus Prayer is merciful catalyst, harmonious medication, concrete salvation, devout service of the Lord. Lord Jesus Christ, The Son Of The Living God, Have Mercy Upon Me, A Sinner. Aloysia Anna (Chmelyk) Fedyna (Vice President UCWLC)

Contents
I the last supper ............................................................................................ 11 II VI CenturY ICon ChrIst the pantoCrator ..................................... 12 III Jesus praYer ChrIstIan FaIth ............................................................... 14
part one: lorD Jesus ChrIst, the son oF the lIVInG GoD .................. 16 part tWo haVe MerCY upon Me, a sInner .................................................. 17 part three upon Me ................................................................................................ 18

IV Jesus praYer Jesus praYer rope ........................................................ 22 V sounD praYer DeterMInatIon ............................................................. 26 VI Jesus praYer <> surFaCe ........................................................................ 29 VII praY the Jesus praYer (ChotKY) ........................................................ 30 VIII pertInent Gospels .................................................................................. 34 IX BYZantIne prInCIple ................................................................................. 36 X BYZantIne ChrIstIanItY ........................................................................... 37 XI BYZantIne ChurCh .................................................................................... 40 XII BYZantIne MeDIuM ................................................................................... 43 XIII BYZantIne ChrIstIan Cross................................................................ 46 XIV BasIC MYsterY announCeMents praYers For larGe Knots........................................................................ 48 XV Jesus praYer CoMMunIon WIth Jesus ........................................... 52 XVI the GooD shepherD ............................................................................... 55

INTRODUCTION
LORD JESUS CHRIST, SON OF THE LIVING GOD, HAVE MERCY UPON ME, A SINNER. ( , , ) Decidedly and by design, this story is not meant to be a prayerful manual, but readable to everyone who finds the title or topic advantageous. The strange world I entered became full of profound, progressive, joyful, unpredictable events and activities. I grew up decisively in a well cultured family of three younger siblings and our loving, faithful and physically handicapped / disabled parents. Their care, inspiration and positive promotion set me on my journey of extensive faith and historic human service upon Gods planet earth. James Richardson, outstanding grade nine teacher emphasized to me: Do not go where the path leads you, go where there is no path and leave a trail by Ralph Waldo Emerson. From childhood it became clear to me that quality of Prayer is the prime means of my concrete intimacy with our God. Ultimately, there surfaced a precious Divine command for me, the Jesus Prayer (Chotky). Its format became a most passionate and gracious quality means of appealing to Christ, of knowing Christ, of expanding my solidarity and enthusiastic relationship with Jesus Christ. I was privileged to have harmoniously prayed with and learned from my Parents, Monastic Orders, Clergy, Christian Educators, Sisters Servants, Institutions, Biblical

Scriptures, zealous brothers and sisters in Christ. I am fully and concretely convinced that Jesus represents most zealously to us Gods will and our mission. So, frequently I ask myself: How will I stand on Judgment Day? Do I make Jesus words heal our faith real and do I allow their entry into a real world? I am a contagious Christian activist and reinforced advocate for total equality of all Gods children, the supreme right to human life, the solid family stamina, the elimination of mans inhumanity to man, the discharge of immoral and selfish selected or elected leaders, in incessant anticipation of return of our Savior Jesus Christ. I always take my faith and my Savior Jesus seriously. In the world of today, more than ever before a societal erosion and secularist upheaval is surfacing in a Culture of Death. I cannot settle for or proclaim some watered-down feel-good Jesus that simply overlooks the chaos which surfaces within todays social orders. I am a devout activist, a soldier of my Lord. Jesus handed to us a remarkable world out there and an eternal gift. To understand the mystery of Christs redemptive mission is a ceaseless subject. I seldom lapse to practice the Jesus Prayer dutifully. This prayer has opened unbelievable vistas within my heart and soul. My script herein is faith-filled definition of the Jesus Prayer which I know and which I recite. I believe that we all have a faith full stake in this planet and our mandate is such that in our own way we each can make a difference. Life is like an 18-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use. These few prayerful moments arent meant to be demanding or competitive. The formation of this prayer session is very sensitive and soul saving. It can be adjusted to any persons schedule,
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aim, ability, position, location, language, association. Therefore, such an investment as 25 minutes in time may be the beginning of an indescribable way of passionately reaching out to Him and ceaselessly knowing Him. Lord Have Mercy! Bro. Victor J. Fedyna ASET / KSV / UCBC / KC / UGCC Advocate UCBC St. Josaphat Cathedral Edmonton Alberta

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