Uncover the power of prayer in this captivating narrative by Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou. Join us as he shares profound stories, including an extraordinary account of a policeman invoking the Holy Trinity in a life-saving moment. Discover the transformative prayer recommended by St. Paisios for challenging times: “Great is the name of The Holy Trinity. Most Holy Theotokos, protect us.” Be inspired by these real-life encounters and consider incorporating this prayer into your spiritual journey. Like, subscribe, and share to spread the blessings. 🙏✨
Video source: Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou Homilies
Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/X6W64vKOCHM
Holy Monastery of Saint Avvakoum, Fterikoudi, Cyprus, June 11, 2023
Metropolitan Neophytos:
St. Paisios once told me – I’ve told you about this a lot of times.
I visited him and told him, “Elder give me a prayer to say because the temptations have multiplied now that I turned 25 years old.” He says, “[St.] Iakovos, [St.] Evmenios have told you so many things. What [more] is there for me to say?”
I told him, “Tell me something of yours to remember. Evmenios and Iakovos always tell me to read the Psalter.”
[St. Paisios]: Does the Psalter do so little for you?
[Morphou]: [While] the monks use the Jesus prayer all the time, “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.”
[St. Paisios]: Does the Lord’s Prayer do so little for you? Lord, have mercy!
[Morphou]: When you are on a stalemate, what prayer do you say?
[St. Paisios]: This is why I love you. [Because] you are ‘ruthless.’ You always look for something deeper. You are not satisfied with moderate. We have a passion in common. I too get angry easily. As soon as I see the anger inside me increase, I have found an unbeatable prayer. There are no words to describe it, deacon [Morphou was a deacon back then]. It sends away the angers, the carnals, the psychologicals and the unclean spirits [the demons].
[Morphou]: I pricked up my ears.
[St. Paisios]: Watch what the priest says in the Liturgy when he raises the antidoron.
[Morphou]: Now, priests, have stopped doing it …
[Fr. Nektarios]: I still say it.
[Morphou]: You do because you are Kotsinohoritis [i.e. from Kokkinohoria (“Red-villages”) which are villages of the Ammochostos, Famagusta district known for their red fertile soil]. The priest takes the antidoron and does this [makes the sign of the cross] over the Body and Blood of Christ while saying, “Great is the name of The Holy Trinity. Most Holy Theotokos, protect us.” “Great is the name of The Holy Trinity. Most Holy Theotokos, protect us.”
[St. Paisios]: This is what I say.
[Morphou]: I said it to people, when I started the homilies. 10 years ago … No, it’s not that much.
Christodoulos [male name] knows better than all. I started making homilies in 2015. Before we went to Kolymvari [June 2016].
[Fr. Nektarios]: Christodoulos says 2015
[Morphou]: 2015. How much is it? 8 years.
I said to people that St. Paisios told me to say in difficult times, “Great is the name of The Holy Trinity. Most Holy Theotokos, protect us.”
Some policemen in Ioannina [Greece] listened to it. See how prayer travels through the web and the modern media. These are ‘the goods’ of technology, she does not have just ‘bad ones.’ They [policemen] told me that they found a man who was laying in the street at midnight because of a heart problem. The policemen called an ambulance, and they started CPR. They felt that he was regaining consciousness, but they were losing him again. The nurse says to the policemen, “We are going to lose him, guys.”
One of the policemen was very pious. He had listened to [my homilies] where I said, “In difficult times pray, ‘Great is the name of The Holy Trinity. Most Holy Theotokos, protect us.’” So he started saying aloud, “Great is the name of The Holy Trinity. Most Holy Theotokos, protect us.” The rest [of the people there] told him, “Are you a policeman or a priest?” He said, “I am a policeman who believes in priests.” “Great is the name of The Holy Trinity. Most Holy Theotokos, protect us.”
The man regained consciousness. He regained consciousness and he was able to sit [on top of it]. They told him, “Let’s go to the hospital to run a few tests.” “No, I feel all right.” “No, you should go. And know that you regained consciousness not because of the nurses but thanks to the policeman who invoked the name of The Holy Trinity.” “Go have your heart tested now.”
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