Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors and the Holy Fathers

john17

But although our Lord distinguished the four kinds of prayers* to be offered, individually and at different times, as we understand, nonetheless He shows as well by His own example that they can also be included together in a perfect prayer. This He does in that prayer which we read that He poured out at great length toward the end of the Gospel according to John (Ch.17). St. John Cassian, The Conferences