Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer on PBS at Easter time

From "Philip Jenks" <pjenks@ncccusa.org>
Date Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:01:13 -0400

For Easter, An Ancient Christian Meditation Revealed 
'Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer,'feature film and book

See: http://www.ncccusa.org/news/110420jesusprayer.html

New York, April 20, 2011 -- "Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer," a new book and  
documentary feature film on the prayer, with an unprecedented inner-view o f 
Orthodox monasticism has an abbreviated public TV version playing on over  218 
PBS TV stations this week, and especially for Easter.   

The national television broadcasts were generously funded by the ORDER OF S 
AINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE IN AMERICA,  the 
Virginia H. Farah Foundation, the Avalon Foundation, and many individua ls 
worldwide.  It is distributed by American Public Television.

For a full listing of all PBS station broadcasts and more information, visi t 
www.JesusPrayerMovie.com, and/or call your local station for dates and ti mes.  
The HarperOne book, by Dr. Norris J. Chumley with the Foreword by His All H 
oliness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, is available in bookstores everyw 
here, or on Amazon.com.

The Full-length film is available on DVD at www.JesusPrayerMovie.com

Selected cities and broadcasts (subject to change - check local listings or  
call your local PBS station):

NEW YORK:  WLIW Channel 21, Saturday 4/23 at 5pm
WASHINGTON DC:  WHUT Ch. 32, Sunday 4/24 at 9pm and Monday 4/25 at 1am
CHICAGO: WYCC Ch. 20.1 and 20.2,  Monday 4/25 at 8pm and Wednesday 4/27 a t 
12:30
LOS ANGELES: KVCR-24 San Bernardino/LA, Sunday  4/24/2011  at 10:30pm
ATLANTA:  WGTV-8 Atlanta/Athens GA, on Sunday 4/24/2011 at 12:30 PM
INDIANAPOLIS: WFYI-20 Indianapolis IN Sun 4/24/2011 3:00 PM
LAS VEGAS: KLVX-10.1 Sunday 4/24/2011 3:30 PM
SALT LAKE CITY: KUED-7, Sunday 4/24/2011 12:00 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
SHREVEPORT: KLTS  24, Friday 4/22/2011 8:00 AM and Sunday 4/24/2011 at 4: 00 PM

The full-length movie was featured at a benefit in Chicago for the Iakovos  
Retreat Center recently with over 1,000 faithful attending, sponsored by hi s 
Eminence Archbishop Iakovos and His Grace Bishop Demetrios.  If you wou ld like 
to show the movie at your parish or Church, please contact the prod ucers: 
 friends@Jesusprayermovie.com
 
Read a press release for more information.

Since its founding in 1950, the National Council of the Churches of Christ  in 
the USA has been the leading force for shared ecumenical witness among C 
hristians in the United States. The NCC's 37 member communions -- from a wi de 
spectrum of Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, Evangelical, historic Africa n 
American and Living Peace churches -- include 45 million persons in more  than 
100,000 local congregations in communities across the nation.

NCC News contact:  Philip E. Jenks, 212-870-2228 (office), 646-853-4212 ( 
cell), pjenks@ncccusa.org