It has long been known that some parrots, perhaps better than all other representatives of the feathered world, are able to imitate human speech. Knowing this, the monks of the Caucasian skete on Valaam taught the budgie Gosha to pronounce the words of the Jesus Prayer: 'Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!' This is reported by the magazine 'Foma'. From the words of the hieromonk, who took up the training of the bird, she easily remembered them and now she repeats them with pleasure many times. Most likely, Gaucher was also helped by the fact that he lives next to the skete, where the monks living here constantly say the Jesus Prayer. “With childish simplicity, praises and prays to God. Here's an example for us. And from the foolish creatures of God, there is something to learn from time to time! ' - say the Valaam inhabitants. The video where the parrot Gosha pronounces the words of the Jesus Prayer can be viewed on the Valaam Monastery page on the network
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