Editing Jesus Prayer (section)

==Variants of repetitive formulas==
A number of different repetitive prayer formulas have been attested in the history of Eastern Orthodox monasticism: the Prayer of St. Ioannikios the Great (754–846): "My hope is the Father, my refuge is the Son, my shelter is the Holy Spirit, O Holy Trinity, Glory unto You", the repetitive use of which is described in his ''Life''; or the more recent practice of [[Nikolaj Velimirović]].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Similarly to the flexibility of the practice of the Jesus Prayer, there is no imposed standardization of its form. The prayer can be from as short as "Lord, have mercy" ([[Kyrie eleison]]), "Have mercy on me" ("Have mercy upon us"), or even "Jesus", to its longer most common form. It can also contain a call to the [[Theotokos]] (Virgin Mary), or to the saints. The single essential and invariable element is Jesus' name.<ref name="kallistos-ware" />

* Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. (a very common form)
* Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me. (a very common form in the Greek tradition)
* Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me. (common variant on [[Mount Athos]]<ref>[http://www.pelagia.org/htm/b01.en.a_night_in_the_desert_of_the_holy_mountain.05.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105074620/http://www.pelagia.org/htm/b01.en.a_night_in_the_desert_of_the_holy_mountain.05.htm|date=2009-01-05}}</ref>)
* Jesus, have mercy.<ref>"The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios" by Dionysios Farasiotis</ref>
* Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saintjonah.org/services/stpachomius.htm|title = The Rule of St. Pachomius}}</ref>
* Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on me, a sinner.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ntwrightpage.com/Wright_Prayer_Trinity.htm|title = The Prayer of the Trinity|date = 5 April 2016|access-date = 26 July 2010|archive-date = 18 March 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150318054644/http://ntwrightpage.com/Wright_Prayer_Trinity.htm|url-status = dead}}</ref>