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H. G. Dr. Paulos Mar Gregorios Metropolitan (Written for Orthodox young people in India) Prayer is like breathing. Without breathing we cannot live. When we breathe, air enters our lungs, cleanses the blood in our veins by relieving it of the carbon dioxide, and supplying it with oxygen. If I do not breathe for a few ...

The Cappadocian Fathers (or Cappadocian philosophers) are Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea (330- 379); Basil’s brother Gregory of Nyssa, bishop of Nyssa (c. 335-post 394); and a close friend, Gregory Nazianzus, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 330-c. 390). They significantly advanced the development of early Christian theology and are highly respected as saints in both ...