“Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer” airing on public TV this week
An abbreviated public TV version of the documentary feature film, “Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer,” is airing on over 218 PBS TV stations this week, in conjunction with the celebration of Pascha.
The recently produced film focuses on the meaning of prayer with an inside view of Orthodox monasticism. It follows the V. Rev. Dr. John McGuckin, an Orthodox priest, and Dr. Norris Chumley as they explore monastic practices of the early Church that have endured for centuries, especially the Jesus Prayer. This “travelogue of the mind and soul” carries them from Egypt to Greece, Romania, Ukraine, and Russia.
The film will air in the following regions as scheduled.
New York: WLIW Channel 21, Saturday 4/23 at 5:00 pm
Washington, DC: WHUT Ch. 32, Sunday 4/24 at 9:00 pm and Monday 4/25 at 1:00 am
Chicago: WYCC Ch. 20.1 and 20.2, Monday 4/25 at 8:00 pm and Wednesday 4/27 at 12:30 pm
Los Angeles: KVCR-24, Sunday 4/24/2011 at 10:30 pm
Atlanta: WGTV-8, Sunday 4/24/2011 at 12:30 pm
Indianapolis: WFYI-20, Sun 4/24/2011 3:00 pm
Las Vegas: KLVX-10.1, Sunday 4/24/2011 3:30 pm
Seattle: KCTS-9, Sunday 4/24/2011 1:00 pm
Milwaukee: WMVS-10.1, Saturday 4/23/2011 3:00 pm
New Orleans: WLAE-32.2, Friday 4/22/2011 at 8:00 am
For other locations, a full listing of all PBS station broadcasts is available at www.JesusPrayerMovie.com, and/or call your local station for dates and times. Parishes interested in screening the film will find information at the same web site.
The HarperOne book, bearing the same title, by Dr. Norris J. Chumley with the Foreword by His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, is available in bookstores everywhere and on Amazon.com.