It was recently brought to my attention that Metropolitan Sotirios of Toronto, in a sermon recorded for YouTube on 24 January 2021, made the following comments:
"Sometimes I am disappointed, because some people forget the three basic things that prayer should have. I repeat: thankfulness, glorification (doxology) and petition. And sometimes some of us are doing this mistake: Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Monks, ELDERS. And some say we should pray always with a little prayer: 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner'. Nothing wrong with this. It's a good prayer, but it's not a complete prayer. It forgets to thank the Lord and glorify Him. That is why I think better it is that if we don't pray with the Lord's Prayer [the Our Father], we should pray with the following prayer: 'I thank You, I glorify You, have mercy on me'."
"Sometimes I am disappointed, because some people forget the three basic things that prayer should have. I repeat: thankfulness, glorification (doxology) and petition. And sometimes some of us are doing this mistake: Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Monks, ELDERS. And some say we should pray always with a little prayer: 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner'. Nothing wrong with this. It's a good prayer, but it's not a complete prayer. It forgets to thank the Lord and glorify Him. That is why I think better it is that if we don't pray with the Lord's Prayer [the Our Father], we should pray with the following prayer: 'I thank You, I glorify You, have mercy on me'."
