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Where can you pray to God?

At home, they read home prayers (morning, evening, before or after eating food). With the blessing of the priest, morning prayers can be read on the way to work. In the office, you can pray before the start and at the end of the working day.

During worship services in the temple, believers together perform a public (otherwise - church) prayer.

To pray alone in the temple, you need to come outside of worship, purchase and light candles. It is not necessary to light them: the ministers will light them before the start of the service. Then you need to venerate the icon of the day or holiday - it lies on a lectern (a special inclined table) in the middle of the temple - as well as to the shrines that may be in the temple: revered icons, relics of saints. After that, you can find a place to read to yourself (in a whisper) any prayer that you know by heart, or pray in your own words.

Prayer is a time dedicated to God. This time should be every day.

in the morning,
in the evening,
before meals and after
before and after the completion of any business (for example, work or study)
in order to first ask God for blessings, and in the end to thank Him.

In addition, it is important to attend the Liturgy in the church weekly to perform church prayer and receive Holy Communion. If necessary, in case of special needs or life circumstances, you can turn to private prayer (at home in front of the icons or in the church between services) to the saints or heavenly forces so that they intercede for the one who is praying before the Lord.

In ancient monasteries, nine long services were performed per day, and between them the monks alone read psalms or said the Jesus Prayer. Night was considered a particularly fertile time for solitary prayer.

Modern laity in the morning at home perform the morning prayer rule, in the evening, upon returning home, the evening rule. If a person is weak or has little time, then instead of the morning and evening rules, he can read a short rule of St. Seraphim of Sarov during the day.

It is advisable to discuss the duration of morning and evening prayers with the priest, with whom the parishioner confesses constantly.

On Saturday evening and on the eve of church holidays, you should attend the all-night vigil in the church, and on Sunday mornings and on holidays - the Liturgy.

During Great Lent they go to church more often to pray: in the first four days they try not to miss evening services- they serve Great Compline with the Canon of Andrew of Crete. You should also try to attend as many services as possible during the Holy Week preceding the Easter holiday. During Holy Week Liturgy is served daily, and believers strive to visit it in order to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ not only on Sunday, but also on a weekday.

Morning prayer time

Morning prayers are read at home, immediately upon awakening. Waking up, you need to stand in front of the icons and start reading prayers by heart or according to the prayer book.

Evening Prayer Time

Evening prayers are read at home at the end of the day or before bed. The evening rule is not recommended to be postponed until later, because the later, the stronger the fatigue and the more difficult it is to concentrate.

Just before going to bed, already lying in bed, they say: “In Your hands, Lord my God, I betray my spirit, You save me, You have mercy on me and grant me eternal life.”

Prayer all day long

The Orthodox Church does not set a strict time for prayers. We must strive to pray constantly. First of all, this means constantly remembering God and from time to time, if possible, turning to Him during the day with short prayers (for example, the Jesus Prayer “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner” or a short thanksgiving prayer “Glory To Thee, our God, glory to Thee!”).

Continuous prayer

You can read short prayers continuously throughout the day, repeating the same prayer many times in a row and counting the number of repetitions with a rosary. This is usually how the Jesus Prayer is read. However, for such a prayer it is necessary to take the blessing of the priest, and the number of repetitions is strictly regulated.

There are many restrictions on continuous prayer, it cannot be read uncontrollably.

St. Ambrose of Optina ordered his spiritual children to read the Jesus Prayer only aloud, because reading to oneself can cause strong emotional sensations and lead to falling into delusion. Charm means self-deception, up to mental insanity.

Duration prayers are not governed by rules.

The most important thing is the focus on prayer, not its duration or number of prayers.
You need to pray slowly, thinking about every word.
The number of prayers should correspond to the time that we can devote to them.

The Lord said, “I want mercy, not sacrifice” (Mt. 9:13), therefore, with a lack of time or severe fatigue, it is permissible to shorten the prayer rule in order to read it with concentration.

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Powerful Prayer of the Day

It is very good to start the day with this prayer!

Lord, give me peace of mind to meet everything that the coming day brings me. Let me completely surrender to Your holy will. For every hour of this day, instruct and support me in everything. Whatever news I receive during the day, teach me to accept it with a calm soul and firm conviction that everything is Thy holy will.

In all my words and deeds guide my thoughts and feelings. In all unforeseen cases, do not let me forget that everything is sent down by You.

Teach me to act directly and reasonably with each member of my family, without embarrassing or upsetting anyone. Lord, give me the strength to endure the fatigue of the coming day and all the events during the day. Guide my will and teach me to pray, believe, hope, endure, forgive and love. Amen.

Sincere faith will contribute to the fulfillment of the most secret desires during the day. By reading such a prayer regularly, you will help improve the life of your own and those of your loved ones, dear people.

How to pray during the day?

With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit.

But so that this, i.e. doing everything for the glory of God, the soul performed as it should;

Fulfill everything that is difficult for you as penance for your sins in the spirit of obedience and humility; in the course of your labors, say short prayers, especially the Jesus Prayer, and imagine Jesus, Who, in the sweat of His face, ate His bread, laboring with Joseph.

If your works are successful, according to the desire of your heart, then give thanks to the Lord God; if unsuccessful, then remember that God allows this too, and God does everything well.

For example: looking at the fire, either in the stove, or in the stove, or in the lamp, or anywhere else, say to yourself mentally: Lord, deliver me from the eternal fire! And thus humble your thoughts.

Lying down to sleep, say to yourself mentally: Our Lord and God did not have anywhere to bow his head, but he gave us every comfort.

When you wake up, cross yourself, and when you get up from sleep, say to yourself: Glory to Thee, who showed us the light!

You begin to put on shoes, say mentally: Lord bless, Lord help!

When you get dressed, say to yourself (mentally): Lord, enlighten the garment of my soul and save me!

When you start to wash yourself, be sure to cross yourself to drive away the enemy action, which comes through the watery nature ...

And when despondency or hardening of the heart attacks us, preventing us from praying, then, in order to drive away such a demonic temptation, we must say to ourselves: Lord, I have neither compunction, nor zeal, nor contrition to pray to You worthily!

After such contrition of the heart, God will give God-pleasing and saving prayer, since God will not humiliate the contrite and humble heart, i.e. will not leave without help.

Therefore, it is necessary to call on the grace-filled help of God, either in words or mentally: Lord, bless! God help me! Without God's help we cannot do anything useful and saving; and if we do something without asking for the grace-filled help of God for our work, then by doing this we only reveal our spiritual pride and resist God.

If the demonic action comes again, again make a prayer of repentance; this is the only way a person will achieve purity of heart and peace of mind.

Before going to bed, you need to think: how was the day spent? Remember where you were, what you saw, what you said, and what evil you did: against God, against your neighbor, and against your own conscience.

And if you see something sinful, then repent to God for the whole day, and if you don’t see it, you don’t remember anything, this does not mean that nothing happened, but it means that due to the distraction of thoughts everything is forgotten; then one must repent to God for the very forgetfulness of God, saying to oneself: I forgot You, Lord! Alas for me! Do not forget me, Lord, who forgets You! And these words must be expressed (even mentally) several times in a drawling tone, because with such a tone, and not with a patter, there is a contrite and humble heart; then a sigh will turn out, as a sign of the coming to us of the grace of the Holy Spirit, without which a person in itself is nothing! If the Lord does not build a spiritual home, we labor in vain, sings the Holy Church.

Prayer rule

So, prayer for an Orthodox Christian is a conversation, communication with God. Turning to the Lord in prayer is the need of the soul of a believer, not without reason the holy fathers called prayer the breath of the soul.

In fulfilling the daily rule of prayer, two things must be remembered.

First . That is why daily prayer is called rule, which is mandatory. Every Orthodox Christian prays in the morning and before bedtime; he prays and before eating, a after meal thanks God. Christians pray before starting any business(work, study, etc.) and upon completion. Before starting work, a prayer is read “To the King of Heaven. ” or special prayers at the beginning of every business. At the end of the case, the prayer to the Mother of God “It is worthy to eat” is usually read. All these prayers are contained in the Orthodox Prayer Book.

So in the prayer life there should be regularity and discipline. The daily prayer rule cannot be skipped and pray only when you want and there is a mood. A Christian is a warrior of Christ, in baptism he takes an oath of allegiance to the Lord. The life of every warrior, soldier is called service. It is built according to a special order and charter. And an Orthodox person also carries out his service, performing a prayer rule. This service to God takes place according to the statutes of the Church.

Second , which should be remembered when fulfilling the rule: you cannot turn daily prayer into a formal reading of the prescribed prayers. It happens that a priest in confession has to hear: “I began to read the morning prayers and only in the middle I realized that I was reading the evening rule.” So the reading was purely formal, mechanical. It does not produce spiritual fruit. So that the fulfillment of the rule does not turn into a formal proofreading, you need to read it slowly, better aloud or in an undertone, pondering the meaning of the prayer, standing reverently - after all, we stand before God Himself and talk with Him. If you are going to pray, you need to gather yourself, calm down, drive away all worldly thoughts and cares. If during the reading of prayers inattention and extraneous thoughts came and we stopped paying attention to what we read, we need to stop and start reading the prayer again, already with due attention.

It can be difficult for a new beginning Christian to immediately read a complete prayer rule. Then, with the blessing of his spiritual father or parish priest, he can choose from the Prayer Book at least a few morning and evening prayers. For example, three or four, and pray according to this abbreviated rule, gradually adding one prayer from the Prayer Book - as if ascending "from strength to strength."

Of course, it is not easy for a person taking the first steps in spiritual life to fulfill the complete rule. He still doesn't understand much. The Church Slavonic text is still difficult for him to understand. You should purchase a small dictionary of Church Slavonic words in order to better understand the meaning of the texts you read. Understanding and skill in prayer will definitely come with time if a person sincerely wants to understand what he has read and does not stand still in his prayer life.

In the morning prayers, Christians ask God for a blessing for the coming day and thank Him for the past night. Evening prayers prepare us for sleep, and are also a confession of the sins of the past day. In addition to the morning and evening rules, an Orthodox person throughout the day must keep the memory of God and mentally turn to Him. You can't do anything without me, says the Lord (Jn 15:5). Every business, even the simplest, must begin with at least a brief prayer for God's help in our labors.

Too many mothers of babies complain that they have no time at all for the daily rule. Indeed, when a child grows and needs to be taken care of day and night, it is very difficult to fulfill a complete prayer rule. Here we can advise you to constantly do inner prayer during the day and ask God for help in all your affairs and worries. This applies not only to the mother of small children, but also to any Orthodox Christian. Thus, our life will pass with constant remembrance of God and we will not forget Him in the vanity of the world.

Prayers are divided into pleading, penitential, grateful and glorifying. Of course, we must not only turn to the Lord with requests, but we must constantly thank Him for His countless benefits. And, most importantly, they should be able to see the gifts of God in their lives and appreciate them. It is necessary to make it a rule: at the end of the day, remember all the good things that were sent from God on the past day, and read thanksgiving prayers. They are in any complete Prayer Book.

In addition to the obligatory prayer rule, every Orthodox person can also take on a special rule. For example, read canons, akathists during the day. The peculiarity of the construction of the akathist is in the word “rejoice” repeated many times. Therefore, he is distinguished by a special joyful mood. In ancient times, the daily reading of the psalms occupied a special place in the spiritual life of a Christian.

Reading canons, akathists, psalms helps in mournful or difficult periods of life. For example, the prayer canon to the Theotokos (it is in the Prayer Book) reads in every sorrow of soul and circumstance, as its very name says. If a Christian wants to take on a special prayer rule (reading the canons or, for example, saying the Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner” with the rosary), he must take the blessing of his spiritual father or parish priest for this.

In addition to a constant prayer rule, a Christian should regularly read the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament.

You can hear the following opinion: why turn to God so often with your requests, prayers? The Lord already knows what we need. Like, you need to turn to God only in special cases, when it is really necessary.

Such an opinion is just an excuse for their own laziness. God is our Heavenly Father, and like any Father, He wants His children to communicate with Him, to turn to Him. Both God's grace and mercy towards us can never fail, no matter how much we turn to God.

In the house of rich people, they stopped praying before meals. One day a priest came to visit them. The table was exquisite, and the best dishes were served. We sat at the table. Everyone looked at the priest and thought that now he would pray before eating. But the priest said: "The owner must pray at the table, he is the first prayer book in the family."

There was an awkward silence: no one in this family prayed. The father cleared his throat and said: “You know, dear father, we don’t pray, because in prayer before meals, the same thing is always repeated. Why do the same thing every day, every year? No, we don't pray." The priest looked at everyone in surprise, but then the seven-year-old girl said: “Daddy, don’t I need to come to you every morning and say good morning?”

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Is it possible to read different short prayers during the day?

Where, when and for how long should you pray?

Where can you pray to God?

How many times a day should the Orthodox pray?

Time for reading Orthodox prayers in church and at home

How long should a prayer be?

In everything that concerns prayer and a pious life, the Lord Jesus Christ, the apostles and saints can serve as an example for us. It is written in the Gospel that Christ prayed in solitude for several hours and even during the whole night. The Apostle Paul urged to pray without ceasing, that is, all the time. Is there a limit to the length of the prayer?

Where can you pray to God?

You can turn to God in prayer almost everywhere:

in the temple domats, where they take food at work and even on the road

At home, they read home prayers (morning, evening, before or after eating food). With the blessing of the priest, morning.

The prayer rules keep the worshiper in a saving disposition, humility and repentance, teaching him unceasing self-condemnation, nourishing him with compunction, strengthening him with hope for.

In the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the city of Pokrovsk (Engels), the first conversation of the Bishop of Pokrovsky and Nikolaev Pachomius with the parishioners took place this year. We bring to your attention some of the questions and answers that sounded at it.

Prayer is the free appeal of the human soul to God. How to correlate this freedom with the obligation to read the rule even when you clearly do not want to do this?

Freedom is not permissiveness. A person is so arranged that if he allows himself an indulgence, it can be very difficult to return to the previous state. There are many examples in hagiographic literature when ascetics abandoned their prayer rule in order to show love to the brothers who came. Thus, they placed the commandment of love above their prayer rule. But it should be remembered that these people reached extraordinary heights of spiritual life, they were unceasingly in prayer. When we feel that we do not want to pray, this is a banal temptation, not a manifestation.

Apostolic Creed

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PRAYERS DURING THE DAY

“We must rediscover the power of prayer: to pray is to draw near to Him whom we call, whom we meet, by whom we live. The experience of prayer is the acceptance of the grace that transforms us. The Spirit given to our human spirit obliges us to live as the Word of God teaches. To pray means to engage in the action of God in history: He, the Lord of history, was pleased to make people His co-workers.

(Pope John Paul II)

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These are questions encountered in the practice of parish counseling, which are asked by people who rarely come to church or are just starting church life, and answers that are understandable for a person with little church.

As answers to some questions, quotes from the Holy Scriptures are given to show the advisers a guideline for their answers, and the churchgoers - the main source of doctrinal knowledge. Consultants are not recommended to answer questions with memorized quotes, but if necessary, based on the situation, you can back up the answer with the authority of the Holy Scriptures.

It should also be remembered that some questions do not have unambiguous answers. Based on the spiritual state of the questioner and the established tradition in the parish, different answers can be given to the same question.

In ecclesiastical knowledge it is necessary to distinguish:

dogmas - the truths of Christian teaching, the truths of faith, deviation from which no one is allowed, as it leads to heresy;

In your case, perhaps this will be a lesser evil than not reading morning prayers at all. But, nevertheless, I would like to advise you to pray in the morning, and take as a basis, for example, the rule of Seraphim of Sarov, which consists of prayers that are very easy to remember. It will not be difficult for you and you can pray whenever you want.

The Monk Seraphim of Sarov taught everyone the following rule of prayer:

“Rising from sleep, every Christian, standing before the holy icons, let him read the Lord’s Prayer “Our Father” three times, in honor of the Most Holy Trinity, then the hymn to the Theotokos “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice” three times and, finally, the Symbol of Faith once.

Having made this rule, let him go about his business, for which he was appointed or called. While working at home or on the way somewhere, let him quietly read: “Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Saint Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) wrote in his Teaching on the Rule of Prayer: “The rule! What an exact name, borrowed from the very action produced on a person by prayers, called the rule! The rule of prayer directs the soul correctly and holily, teaches it to worship God in Spirit and Truth (John 4:23), while the soul, being left to itself, could not follow the right path of prayer. Because of her damage and darkening by sin, she would be constantly seduced to the sides, often into an abyss, now into absent-mindedness, now into daydreaming, then into various empty and deceptive phantoms of high prayerful states composed by her vanity and voluptuousness. The prayer rules keep the worshiper in a saving disposition, humility and repentance, teaching him unceasing self-condemnation, nourishing him with compunction, strengthening him with hope in the All-Good and All-Merciful God, amusing him with the peace of Christ, love for God and for neighbors. From these words of the saint it is clear that it is very salutary.

Daily morning and evening prayers for a Christian. Their texts can be found in the prayer book.

The rule can be general - obligatory for all or individual, selected for the believer by the confessor, taking into account his spiritual state, strength and employment.

Consists of morning and evening prayers, which are performed daily. This vital rhythm is necessary, because otherwise the soul easily falls out of the life of prayer, as if waking up only from time to time. In prayer, as in any great and difficult undertaking, "inspiration", "mood" and improvisation alone are not enough.

Reading prayers connects a person with their creators: psalmists and ascetics. This helps to find a spiritual mood akin to their burning heart. In praying in other people's words, our example is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. His prayer exclamations during the sufferings on the Cross are lines from psalms (Ps. 21:2; 30:6).

There are three main prayers.

What causes mental fatigue? Can a soul be empty?

Why can't it? If there is no prayer, it will be both empty and tired. The Holy Fathers do the following. A person is tired, he has no strength to pray, he says to himself: “Maybe your fatigue is from demons”, gets up and prays. And the man has strength. So the Lord did. In order for the soul not to be empty and to have strength, one must accustom oneself to the Jesus Prayer - “Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner (or a sinner).”

How to spend a day like God?

In the morning, when we are still resting, they are already standing near our bed - an angel on the right side, and a demon on the left. They are waiting for whom we will begin to serve on this day. And this is how you start the day. Waking up, immediately protect yourself with the sign of the cross and jump out of bed so that laziness remains under the covers, and we find ourselves in a holy corner. Then make three earthly bows and turn to the Lord with these words: “Lord, I thank You for the past night.

In the last 3 weeks, 2 people have approached me with a request to teach them how to pray. I was a little surprised (although pleased) because I do not have any kind of clergy or religious education, so it is strange that they asked me such a question. But in fact, these people simply did not even know who to ask such questions, and the need of the soul for prayer was ripe.

I do not own dignity and education, but I will share my experience with pleasure. My knowledge of the prayer rule is based on what my spiritual mentor recommended to me and on those lectures of the holy fathers that I listened to. I will try to explain everything as simply as possible. So, if you are interested in information of this kind, then welcome under cat. If you have any questions on the topic - welcome to the comments; questions about “how I, a person with 2 higher educations, believe in aboriginal fairy tales”, please do not send :)

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Select a corner in your home in which you will have icons.

Short Morning and Evening Prayers are short prayers that anyone can say, and when sincerely said, they have exceptional power.

People often ask: how should one pray, with what words, in what language? Some even say: “I don’t pray because I don’t know how, I don’t know prayers.” Prayer does not require any special skill. You can just talk to God. At divine services in the Orthodox Church we use a special language - Church Slavonic. But in private prayer, when we are alone with God, there is no need for any special language. We can pray to God in the language in which we speak with people, in which we think.

Prayer should be very simple. The Monk Isaac the Syrian said: “Let the whole fabric of your prayer be simple. One word of the publican saved him, and one word of the thief on the cross made him heir to the Kingdom of Heaven.”

Let us recall the parable of the publican and the Pharisee: “Two men went into the temple to pray: one Pharisee and the other.

The person constantly delivers an internal monologue, and sometimes violently argues with an imaginary opponent. He is torn apart by conflicting feelings, oppressed by the need to make decisions. Vain thoughts, big problems and small things, the flow of daily, endless worries. And it already seems that no one can help, and life passes by, and nothing good awaits ahead. And then we suddenly remember that we also have someone to turn to, someone to hope for and from whom to expect help.

It’s better, after all, not to wait for a special mood, failure, God forbid, misfortune, but to know the prayers for every day and read them regularly.

Daily church attendance for a modern, active, working person is almost impossible, but everyone can read prayers in the morning, entrusting their fate into the hands of God. The church rite suggests that a full reading of the daily prayer for each day takes at least 40 minutes. Not everyone can afford it, and besides, there are difficulties in understanding.

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(Rising from sleep, before any other work, stand reverently, presenting yourself before the All-Seeing God, and, making the sign of the cross, say):

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

(Then wait a little until all your feelings come to silence and your thoughts leave everything earthly, and then say the following prayers, without haste and with attention of the heart:

Publican's Prayer

God, be merciful to me a sinner (Bow).

Predestinatory prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen. Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of Truth, Who is everywhere and fills everything, Treasury of the good and Giver of life, come and dwell in us and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Blessed, our souls.

Trisagion

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (It is read three times, with the sign of the cross and a bow from the waist).

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Lord, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Your name's sake. Lord have mercy (thrice). Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever, amen.

Lord's Prayer

Our Father, Who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Song of the Virgin

Virgin Mother of God, rejoice, Blessed Mary, the Lord is with you: blessed are you in women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, as if you gave birth to our souls as the Savior.

Symbol of faith

I believe in one God the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only Begotten, who was born of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, who was all. For us for the sake of man and for our sake of salvation, he descended from heaven and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and Mary the Virgin, and became human. Crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried. And she rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures. And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father. And the packs of the coming with glory to judge the living and the dead, His Kingdom will have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-Giving One, Who proceeds from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who spoke the prophets. Into one Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the remission of sins. I look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come. Amen.

Troparion to the Cross and Prayer for the Fatherland

Save, O Lord, Thy people, and bless Thy inheritance, granting victory to the opposition, and Thy keeping Thy Cross living.

Prayer for the Living

Save, O Lord, and have mercy on my spiritual father (name), my parents (names), relatives (names), bosses, mentors, benefactors (their names) and all Orthodox Christians.

Prayer for the dead

Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of your departed servants: my parents, relatives, benefactors (their names), and all Orthodox Christians, and forgive them all sins, voluntary and involuntary, and grant them the Kingdom of Heaven.

At the end of every prayer and every deed

It is worthy to eat as if truly blessed Theotokos, Blessed and Immaculate and Mother of our God. The most honest Cherubim and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, without the corruption of the God of the Word, who gave birth to the Existing Mother of God, we magnify Thee.

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Prayer rule- 1) daily morning and evening that Christians perform (recommended texts can be found in); 2) regulated reading of these prayers.

The rule can be general - obligatory for all or individual, selected for the believer, taking into account his spiritual state, strength and employment.

There are three basic prayer rules:
1) The complete prayer rule, which is printed in "";

2) Brief prayer rule. Lay people sometimes have situations when there is little time and energy left for prayer, and in this case it is better to read a short rule with attention and reverence than hastily and superficially, without a prayerful mood - the whole rule. The Holy Fathers teach to treat their prayer rule with reason, on the one hand, not giving concessions to their passions, laziness, self-pity and others that can destroy a correct spiritual dispensation, and on the other hand, to learn to shorten or even slightly change the rule without temptation and embarrassment. when there is a real need for it.

in the morning : “King of Heaven”, Trisagion, “”, “Virgin Mother of God”, “Rising from sleep”, “God have mercy on me”, “”, “God, cleanse me”, “To You, Vladyka”, “Holy Angel”, “ Blessed Lady”, invocation of the saints, prayer for the living and the dead;
in the evening : “King of Heaven”, Trisagion, “Our Father”, “Have mercy on us, Lord”, “Eternal God”, “Good King”, “Angel of Christ”, from “Choose Governor” to “It is worthy to eat”;

Morning and evening rules are only necessary spiritual hygiene. We are commanded to pray without ceasing (see). The holy fathers said: if you churn milk, you will get butter, and in prayer, it turns from quantity into quality.

“In order for a rule to become not an obstacle, but a real mover of a person towards God, it is necessary that it be in proportion to his spiritual strength, correspond to his spiritual age and state of soul. Many people, not wanting to burden themselves, consciously choose prayer rules that are too light, which because of this become formal and do not bear fruit. But sometimes a great rule, chosen out of unreasonable jealousy, also becomes a shackle, plunging into despondency and preventing one from growing spiritually.
The rule is not a frozen form, during the course of life it must necessarily change both qualitatively and externally.

Prayers during the day

Before starting any business

(say secretly or mentally)

Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of Your Father without beginning, You spoke to us with Your pure lips: “I am the Vine, and you are the branches; whoever abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit; for without me you can do nothing.” My Lord, Lord, I believe with all my soul and heart what You have said, I bow down to Your goodness and pray to You: help me, a sinner, to do this work that I am starting, for You to do it for Yourself, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

At the end of every business

(say secretly or mentally)

Glory to Thee, Lord!

The source of all goodness, You, my Lord Jesus Christ, grant joy and gladness to my soul and save me, the One Most Merciful.

Prayer before eating

Prayer after eating

We thank You, Christ our God, for You have satisfied us with Your earthly blessings. Do not deprive us of Your Heavenly Kingdom, but as you once came to Your disciples, granting them peace, come to us and save us.

Prayers for the sick

Troparion, tone 4

You alone are swift in intercession, Jesus Christ, quick help from above to the suffering

Kontakion, voice 3

As you once healed, Savior, Peter's mother-in-law

Prayer

Master, Almighty, Holy Lord, punishing, but not killing, supporting the fallen and lifting the defeated, healing the bodily suffering of people, we pray to You, our God,

Prayer for the mentally ill

The eternal and incomprehensible mind, Who sowed seeds from His mind in angels and people, Who embraces the whole created world with His thought and with good wisdom provides for every creature, hear our prayer for our mentally ill brothers.

Doesn't a man without a mind become a handful of dust, which he carries here and there, without meaning and without purpose, without distinguishing good from evil and the Living from the dead?

Righteous are You, the most high God, and in truth you allow torment on people for their unrepentant sins. But in truth You will judge at Your Last Judgment, and now have mercy on those whose mental sufferings the sons of perdition rejoice most of all, who are at enmity against You and people.

Since every year the number of people who boast of their intelligence, covering Your name with contempt, increases, the number of those who, having lost their mind, fill up insane houses.

You give intelligence so that people know that intelligence is from You - You take intelligence away so people will see that intelligence is Yours. Great Giver of gifts, show Thy mercy to the mad, and for the sake of the terrible sacrifice of Your Son on the Cross for the whole human race, restore the minds of the mad, and through this bring them and their relatives to repentance. To more appreciate and cherish the amazing gift of the mind, with which You adorned people and elevated them above every other creature in the world.

Through the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos, St.

Prayer to the Lord for the weak and the sleepless

Great God, glorious and incomprehensible, who created man with His hand from the dust of the earth in His Image, appear on

Prayers for travelers

Troparion, voice 2

Lord Jesus Christ, You are the Way and the Truth! Let's go now

Kontakion, voice 2

Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, our God, the true and living Path, wandering with Joseph and with Your Most Pure Mother Virgin to Egypt, desiring to go with

Thanksgiving for every good deed of God

Troparion, tone 4

Lord, we are unworthy

Kontakion, voice 3

We are your blessings and gifts,

Bogorodichen

Mother of God, Helper of Christians, having received Your intercession, Your servants sing with gratitude to You: Rejoice, Most Pure Mother of God Virgin, and always deliver us from all troubles with Your prayers, faithful and unceasing

About the multiplication of love and the eradication of hatred and all malice

Troparion, tone 4

By the union of the love of Thy apostles, O Christ, uniting us, Thy faithful

Kontakion, tone 5

With the flame of love for You, kindle our hearts, Christ God, so that we, filled with this love, with our hearts, thoughts, souls and all our strength, love You and our neighbor as ourselves, and keeping Your commandments, glorify You, all the blessings of the Giver.

About those who hate and offend us

Troparion, tone 4

Lord of love, who prayed for those who crucified You, and commanded Your disciples to pray for enemies! Forgive those who hate and offend us, and turn from all evil and deceit to a brotherly-loving and virtuous life, we humbly offer you a prayer: yes, in unanimous unanimity, we will glorify you, the only Lover of mankind.

Kontakion, tone 5

As Your First Martyr Stephen prayed to You, Lord, for those who killed him, and we, falling down to You, pray: Forgive those who hate everyone and offend us, so that not one of them perishes because of us, but all are saved by Your grace, God all-merciful.

Prayers for the reconciliation of the warring

Prayer one

Lord Lover of mankind, King of the ages and Giver of blessings, who took upon himself the sins of the world and gave peace to the human race, grant peace now

Prayer two

Lord Lover of mankind, the Eternal King and the Giver of all blessings, who destroyed the fence of the law and gave peace to the human race, grant peace to Your servants now: root the fear of God in them, and affirm love for each other, extinguish all quarrels, destroy all causes of disagreement. For You are our peace, and we give glory to You, Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, now and always, and forever and ever. Amen.

Forgiveness of Forgotten Sins

Prayer of St.

Master Lord, since it is a sin to forget one's sins, then I have sinned in everything to You, the One Who knows the Heart; You and forgive me everything according to Your philanthropy; This is how the splendor of Your glory is manifested when You do not repay sinners according to their deeds, for You are glorified forever. Amen.

Another prayer

I have sinned, Lord, have mercy on me! Receive me, a lost sheep, and count me among Your chosen flock! Give me a heart

Prayer for the bestowal of every virtue

Grant me, Son of the All-Good, what my thoughts strive for, and add to that what is pleasing to Your will.

Grant me the pleasure to do good, and in no way deviate from Your will.

Do not let me be a crafty and hypocritical disciple and break Your commandments.

Protect me from the thought of walking in Your way only for appearances, and with your hypocrisy to deceive those who see me, so that they proclaim me blessed.

Grant that my heart pleases Your majesty in secret, and that my right life glorifies You openly.

Truth be my teacher

Prayers for every weakness

Prayer

Lord! I am in Your hands, have mercy on me according to Your will, and if it helps me, heal me soon.

Prayer of St.

Do not allow me, Lord God, temptation or sorrow or illness beyond my strength, but deliver them from them or grant me the strength to endure them with thanksgiving.

Psalm 29

I will exalt You, O Lord, that You lifted me up and did not let my enemies triumph over me. Oh my God! I called to You and You healed me. God! You brought my soul out of hell and revived me so that I would not descend into the grave. Sing to the Lord, His saints, praise the memory of His holiness, for His wrath is for a moment, His favor is for [all] life: in the evening weeping settles, but in the morning joy. And I said in my prosperity: "I will never be shaken." According to Your good pleasure, O Lord, You have strengthened my mountain; but You hid Your face, [and] I was troubled. [Then] to You, Lord, I called out, and I begged the Lord: “What good is my blood when I go down to the grave? Will the dust praise You? will he proclaim your truth? hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me; God! be my helper." And You turned my mourning into rejoicing, took off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, so that my soul praises You and does not fall silent. Oh my God! I will praise You forever.

Psalm 69

Hasten, O God, to deliver me, [hasten], Lord, to help me. Let those who seek my soul be ashamed and confounded! May those who wish me harm be turned back and ridiculed! Let those who say to [me], “Well done! Good!" May all who seek You and love Your salvation rejoice and rejoice in Thee, and may they say without ceasing: “Great is God!” I am poor and needy; God, come to me! You are my help and my Redeemer; God! don't slow down.

Prayers in case of distraction, inattention to prayer

Collect my scattered mind, O Lord, and cleanse my frozen heart, as

Lord, if I read a prayer without attention and scattered in my thoughts: forgive me and save me by Your mercy.

Prayers for the Grant of Prayer

God! Teach us to pray.

(OK. 11:1)

Teach me, Lord, to pray fervently to You with attention and love, without which prayer cannot be heard! May I have no careless prayer in

Prayers in despair

Prayer from the works of St.

God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Father of bounty and God of all comfort, comforting us in all our sorrow! Comfort every grieving, saddened, despairing, overwhelmed by the spirit of despondency. After all, every person was created by Your hands, wise in wisdom, exalted by Your right hand, glorified by Your goodness ... But now we are visited by Your Fatherly punishment, short-term sorrows! “You compassionately punish those you love, and you show mercy generously and look down on their tears!” So, having punished, have mercy and quench our sorrow; turn sorrow into joy and joy, dissolve our sorrow; show us Thy mercy, O Master in councils, incomprehensible in destinies, Lord, and blessed in Thy deeds forever, amen.

Psalm 101

God! hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you. Do not hide Your face from me; in the day of my sorrow, incline your ear to me; on the day [when I call to you], hear me soon; for my days are gone like smoke, and my bones are burned like a brand; my heart is stricken and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread; At the voice of my groaning, my bones cling to my flesh. I am like a pelican in the desert; I became like an owl in the ruins; I do not sleep and sit like a lonely bird on the roof. All day long my enemies revile me, and those who resent me curse me.

Psalm 26

The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life: whom shall I fear? If evildoers, my adversaries and enemies, attack me to devour my flesh, then they themselves will stumble and fall. If an army takes up arms against me, my heart will not be afraid; if war arises against me, and then I will hope. I asked the Lord for one thing, that I seek only, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, contemplate the beauty of the Lord and visit His temple, for He would hide me in His tabernacle in the day of distress, would hide me in the secret place of His village would take me to the rock. Then my head would be lifted up above the enemies that surround me; and I would offer sacrifices of praise in His tabernacle, and I would sing and sing before the Lord. Hear, O Lord, my voice with which I cry, have mercy on me and listen to me. My heart says from You: “Seek my face”; and I will seek Your face, Lord. Do not hide your face from me; do not reject in anger

Prayers for Patience

Prayer 1, to the Lord

Praise be to Thee, Father of Mercy and God of all comfort, that Thou never leave Thy sufferers without visitation and consolation. Punish - you punish them, but you do not put them to death; although you are often their hidden God, you are their Savior. Imprint this consolation, O Lord, in my heart and show it true over me when disaster is near, but there is no helper. Be my light when I sit in darkness; make the knowledge of my sins and what they deserve produce in me true humility and patience. Strengthen, when trouble comes, faith in me, as in Jacob, so that I fight and do not let You go until You bless me. Make sure that I do not run away from You in suffering, O my Shepherd, but that my courage increases and I become more zealous for Your prayer and praise. Open my mind so that I may understand the Scriptures, learn from it Thy ways, and in true silence of heart, completely and completely surrender to Thee, through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord! Amen.

Prayer 2, to the Lord

Father of mercy and God of all comfort! I call on you in the name of Jesus Christ to grant me true Christian patience. Arm me with it against every tribulation, so that I may be patient in it, for it is very precious. Make me ready to take up my cross, as Christ did

Psalm 142

Psalm

Prayer

Lord, You visit, receive sinners! And you raise the dead! And you command the waters of the sea, the winds of the sky! And miraculously loaves grow in Your hands, give a thousandfold harvest - they are sown, reaped, baked and broken at the same time, in one instant! And you are hungry to save us from hunger! And you long for our thirst to go away! And you travel through the country of our exile with the burden of Yourself in order to return to us the calm, sweet heavenly nature that we have lost! You shed Your sweat in the Garden of Gethsemane so that we stop shedding our sweat in earning bread, learn to shed it in prayers for a worthy communion of Heavenly Bread. The thorns that the accursed earth has grown for us, You took on Your head; Thou hast crowned Thy holy head with thorns! We have lost the Paradise tree of life and its fruit, which communicated immortality to those who eat it - You, sprawling on the tree of the Cross, have become for us a fruit that gives eternal life to Your partakers. Both the fruit of life and the tree of life appeared on earth, in the camp of our exile. This fruit and this tree are more excellent than those of Paradise: those communicated immortality, and these communicate immortality and Divinity. Through Your suffering You have poured sweetness into our suffering. We reject earthly pleasures, we choose suffering as our lot, if only to become partakers of Your sweetness! She, like a foretaste of eternal life, is sweeter and more precious than temporary life! You fell asleep as a mortal who could not keep You in eternal sleep. You - God! You have risen and granted us awakening from this sleep, from the fierce sleep of death, granted us a blessed and glorious resurrection! You raised our renewed nature to heaven, planted it at the right hand of the eternal, Your co-eternal, Your Father! Our Lord! Grant us both on earth and in heaven to glorify, bless, praise Your goodness! Grant us open

With slander and unjust harassment

You, Lord, offered Yourself as a sacrifice on the cross for my salvation. Can I also turn away the burdens of unfair judgments of people about me? Do, Lord Jesus, so that, thinking about the reproach and slander that You endured for me, my heart learns to be patient, and not only without irritation, but even with thanksgiving, willingly endure the insults and condemnations of others. I implore You about one thing, Lord, do not leave my enemies forever in their blindness, but finally illuminate them with the ray of Your grace. Amen.

Psalm 3

Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son.

Prayer for Anger

Prayer

Merciful and merciful God! According to your unspeakable goodness, who created us from nothing, for the enjoyment of Your blessings, and called us, who deviated from Your commandments, by the blood of Your Only Begotten Son, our Savior! Come now, help our infirmities, and as You once forbade the troubled sea, so now forbid the revolt of our hearts, so that You do not lose Your children in one hour, mortified by sin, and so that You do not say to us: “what good is My blood, always descend to me into destruction”, and: “Amen I say to you, I do not know you”

Prayers for relaxation of the spirit and insensitivity to sin

Prayer for the gift of repentance, St.

Lord, grant us to see our sins, so that our mind, drawn entirely to the attention of our own errors, ceases to see the errors of our neighbors, and thus sees all our neighbors as good. Grant our hearts to leave pernicious care for the shortcomings of their neighbor, to unite all their cares into one care for the acquisition of the purity and holiness commanded and prepared for us by You. Grant us, who have defiled the spiritual vestments, to whiten them again: they have already been washed with the waters of baptism, now, after desecration, they need to be washed with tear waters. Grant us to see, in the light of Thy grace, the manifold ailments living in us, destroying spiritual movements in the heart, introducing into it spiritual and carnal movements hostile to the Kingdom of God. Grant us the great gift of repentance, preceded and born by the great gift of seeing our sins. Protect us with these great gifts from the abysses of self-deception, which opens in the soul from its unnoticed and incomprehensible sinfulness; is born from the action of voluptuousness and vanity, unnoticed and incomprehensible by it. Keep us with these great gifts on our way to You, and grant us to reach You, calling confessing sinners, and rejecting those who recognize themselves as righteous, may we praise You forever in eternal bliss, the One True God, the Redeemer of the captives, the Savior of the lost. Amen.

Psalm 56

Choir leader. Don't lose. The Scripture of David when he fled from Saul to the cave.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for my soul trusts in You, and in the shadow of Your wings I will hide myself until the troubles pass. I will call upon the Most High God, the God who benefits me; He will send from heaven and save me; shame the one who seeks to devour me; God will send His mercy and His truth. My soul is among the lions; I lie among the breathers of fire, among the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword. Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and above all the earth be Your glory! They prepared a net for my feet; my soul sank; dug a hole before me, and [themselves] fell into it. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing and praise. Rise, my glory, rise, psalter and harp! I'll get up early. I will praise You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing to You among the nations, for Your mercy is great to the heavens, and Your truth is to the clouds. Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and above all the earth be Your glory!

Prayer for unmercifulness and irritation with one's neighbor

Merciful, merciful, good, long-suffering, loving, merciful Heavenly Father! I mourn and confess before You the innate malevolence and insensitivity of my heart, that I often sinned against my poor neighbor with mercilessness and unfriendliness, did not take part in his poverty and misfortunes that happened to him, did not have proper human, Christian and fraternal compassion for him, left he was in distress, did not visit, did not console, did not help him. In this I did not act as a child of God, because I was not merciful, like You.

My heavenly Father, and did not think about what Christ my Lord says: Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. I did not think about the final verdict at the Last Judgment: Depart from Me, cursed ones, into eternal fire; for I was hungry, and you gave me no food; I was naked and you did not clothe me; was sick and did not visit me

Merciful Father! Forgive me this grave sin, and do not impute it to me. Turn away heavy and righteous punishment from me, and make sure that judgment is not fulfilled on me without mercy, but cover and forget my mercilessness for the sake of the mercy of Your beloved Son.

Grant me a merciful heart that would grieve over the misfortune of my neighbor, and make me quickly and easily prompted to compassion. Grant me grace so that I can contribute to relief, and not to increase the sorrows and calamities undergone by my neighbor; so that I console him in his sorrow and show mercy to all the sorrowful spirit - to the sick, strangers, widows and orphans; to help them willingly and love not only in words, but in deed and truth.

My God! You want mercy, not sacrifice. Make me put on the mercy of heart, goodness, humility, patience, and willingly forgive, as Christ forgave me. Make it so that I know Your great mercy in me, because I am too small in front of all the mercy that You have shown over me from the day I was born. Thy mercy preceded me when I lay in sins; it embraces me, it follows me wherever I go, and finally takes me to itself into eternal life. Amen.

Prayers in desperation

Prayer

O Marvelous Creator, Human-loving Lord, Many-merciful Lord! With a contrite and humble heart, I beg You: do not disdain my sinful prayer, do not reject my tears and sighs, hear me like a Canaanite, do not despise me like a harlot, show on me, a sinner, the great mercy of Your love for mankind: with Your honest robe protect have mercy on me and strengthen me, so that I will endure all the troubles sent from You and attack with thanksgiving in the hope of eternal blessings; turn my considerable sadness into joy, so that I will not fall into despair and perish, damned one. You are the source of mercy and the shameless salvation of our hope, Christ our God, and we send glory to You with Your Father without beginning, and Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now, and always, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer

Sovereign Lord of heaven and earth, King of the ages! Kindly open the door of repentance for me, for in the pain of my heart I pray to You, the true God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Light of the world: look at Your many mercy and accept my prayer; do not turn him away, but forgive me, who has fallen into many sins. For I seek rest and do not find it, because my conscience does not forgive me. I am waiting for peace, and there is no peace in me, because of the deep multitude of my iniquities. Hear, O Lord, me, who is in despair. For I, deprived of any readiness and any thought to correct myself, fall down to Your mercies: have mercy on me, cast down to the ground and condemned for my sins. Turn, O Lord, my weeping into my joy; loosen my sackcloth and gird me with gladness. And be pleased that I may receive rest, as Thy chosen ones, Lord, from whom sickness, sorrow and sighing have fled, and may the door of Thy Kingdom be opened to me, so that, having entered with those who enjoy the light of Thy face, Lord, I may receive eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord . Amen.

Prayer in sorrow for not humility and for the gift of humility

Prayer requests of St.

Lord, give me Your humble spirit, so that I do not lose Your grace and begin to weep for it, as Adam wept for Paradise and God. Lord, You are Merciful; tell me what must I do to humble my soul? Lord, vouchsafe us the gift of Your holy humility. Lord, grant us Your humble Holy Spirit free of charge, as You came free of charge to save people and take them up to heaven so that they may see Your glory. Most Holy Mother of the Lord, ask, Merciful, for us a humble spirit. All Saints, you live in heaven, and you see the glory of the Lord, and your spirit rejoices - pray that we also be with you.

Prayers of the Saints for the Acquisition of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

The Reverend's Prayers

God, enlighten us with Your Holy Spirit so that we all understand Your love.

Whoever asks me for prayers, for those I tearfully ask the Lord:

“Lord, give them Your Holy Spirit, that they may know You by the Holy Spirit. Merciful Lord, teach us all by Your Holy Spirit to live according to Your will, so that in Your Light we all know You, the true God, for without Your Light we cannot understand the fullness of Your love. Enlighten us with Your grace, and it will warm our hearts to love You.

Lord, Most Merciful, grant us a humble spirit, so that our souls may find rest in Thee.”

“Most Holy Mother of the Lord, ask, Merciful, for us a humble spirit.

All saints, you live in heaven and see the glory of the Lord, and your spirit rejoices - pray that we also be with you. My soul is also attracted to see the Lord and misses Him in humility, as unworthy of this blessing.

“O Merciful Lord, by the Holy Spirit teach us Thy humility.

Lord, correct us as a tender mother corrects her little children.

Let every soul know the joy of Your Coming and the power of Your help. Give coolness to the suffering souls of Your people, and teach us all by the Holy Spirit to know You. The human soul languishes on earth. Lord, even with the mind it cannot be strengthened in You, because it does not know You and Your goodness.

“O Lord, teach us by Your Holy Spirit to be obedient, temperate. Give us the spirit of Adam's repentance and tears for our sins. May we forever praise You and give thanks. You gave us Your most pure body and blood, so that we could live with You forever and be where You are and see Your glory.

“Lord, let the peoples of all the earth know how much You love us and what a wonderful life You give to those who believe in You.

Have mercy on me, O God, Thy fallen creature.

How many times have You given me Your grace, and I did not keep it, because my soul is vain; but my soul knows you, the Creator and my God, and therefore I seek you, weeping, as Joseph wept for his father Jacob on the tomb of his mother

Reverend

“... We were honored to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit at baptism. How many people remember this? It is not enough to receive, one must also preserve, improve, multiply, and not bury. To do this, you need to kindle jealousy. How?

2. Pay attention to yourself.

3. Often participate in the Holy Mysteries, through which the Holy Spirit is communicated to a person.

4. Visiting a holy temple often is a place of special presence of the Holy Spirit.

5. Finally, prayer is a great thing to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit, especially the "King of Heaven" prayer. It must not only be listened to with special reverence during prayer in the temple, but also during work, pronounce it, asking for help from the Holy Spirit.

Prayer rule from sorrow and temptations

In temptation no one say: God is tempting me; because God is not tempted by evil and He Himself does not tempt anyone, but everyone is tempted by being carried away and deceived own lust.

Jacob. 1:13–14

Venerable Ambrose of Optina

From the letters of St. Ambrose of Optina

Reverend Elder

From the letters of St. Ambrose of Optina

Hope for the mercy and help of God and believe that the Lord is strong to deliver you from all the machinations of human and enemy. It is said in the psalms: “The Lord destroys the councils of the Gentiles and sweeps aside the thoughts of people; but the counsel of the Lord endures forever.”

I write out for you the psalms with which Saint David prayed when he was persecuted by enemies: 3rd, 53rd, 58th, 142nd. Choose from these psalms words suitable for you and often read them, turning to God with faith and humility. And when despondency will overcome you or unaccountable grief will torment your soul, read the 101st psalm.

Prayer rule

Psalm 3

God! How my enemies have multiplied! Many rise up against me, many say to my soul: "There is no salvation for him in God." But You, O Lord, are my shield, my glory, and You lift up my head. With my voice I cry out to the Lord, and He hears me from His holy mountain. I lie down, sleep and get up, for the Lord protects me. I will not be afraid of those people who have taken up arms against me from all sides. Arise, Lord! save me, my God! for You strike in the cheeks of all my enemies; you break the teeth of the wicked. Salvation is from the Lord. Your blessing is upon your people.

Psalm 53

God! save me by your name, and judge me by your power. God! hear my prayer, heed the words of my mouth, for strangers have risen up against me, and the strong seek my soul; they don't have God before them. Behold, God is my helper; The Lord strengthens my soul. He will repay the evil of my enemies; destroy them by your truth. I will diligently offer You a sacrifice, I will glorify Your name, Lord, for it is good, for You delivered me from all troubles, and my eye looked at my enemies.

Psalm 58

Deliver me from my enemies, my God! protect me from those who rise up against me; deliver me from those who do iniquity; save from the bloodthirsty, for behold, they lie in wait for my soul; Mighty ones gather against me, not for my transgression and not for my sin, Lord; without [my] fault they flee and arm themselves; move to help me and look. You, Lord, God of hosts, God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations, do not spare any of the ungodly lawless: in the evening they return, howl like dogs, and walk around the city; behold, they spew blasphemy with their tongue; swords in their mouths: "for," [they think], "who hears?" But You, Lord, will laugh at them; You will shame all nations. They have strength, but I resort to You, for God is my intercessor. My God, who has mercy on me, will precede me; God will let me look at my enemies. Do not put them to death, lest my people forget; scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our defender. The word of their tongue is the sin of their mouth, let them be caught in their pride for the oath and the lie that they utter. Waste them in anger, waste them to be gone; and let them know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth. Let them return in the evening, howl like dogs, and walk around the city; let them roam to find food, and the unsatiated spend their nights. And I will sing of Your power and proclaim Your mercy from early morning, for You were my protection and refuge in the day of my distress. My strength! I will sing to you, for God is my intercessor, my God, who has mercy on me.

Beloved brothers and sisters!

Orthodoxy, unlike other religious denominations, relies heavily on special or personal prayer. Thus, each Christian does not himself create the life of his neighbors, his own destiny and his earthly Fatherland, but wholly entrusts to God, the Most Holy Trinity, the Most Holy Theotokos the Prayer Book and our intercessor and the great host of saints, the life of his God pleasing.
Therefore, we Orthodox Christians, in order, first of all, to live in peace with ourselves and bring peace to others, and thus bring peace and prosperity to the long-suffering and sinful land of Russia, we should unite in a common prayer, and act as it is said in the Holy Scripture: "Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will complete it." Each person sees in his own way the path of mankind to a perfect society and, with the help of like-minded people, tries to rebuild it in his own way. This restructuring, as a rule, is never painless. It is always associated with blood, with mass deaths of people, with huge destruction, refugees left without shelter and food, orphans, widows and the disabled. But it is said in the Holy Scripture: "You cannot have a single hair white or black." And it is also said: “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Therefore, every Orthodox Christian must always understand that he himself is not able to overcome the difficulties and trials that so often fall to the lot of a person, family, people, state. But he can independently overcome, survive, and, most importantly, understand the significance of what is happening with not worldly, but spiritual vision, and influence, calling for God's help and protection. To do this, you need to constantly talk with Him.
Prayer is a conversation with God. The Holy Psalmist David, who pleased God with his prayers, in one of the psalms teaches us to pray like this: “Seven times a day I will glorify You for the judgments of Your righteousness.” (Ps.119:164) The Apostle Paul in his epistles instructs us: "Pray with every prayer and petition at all times in the spirit ...". And by faith we comprehend that: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you; For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” Therefore, a prayer request to everyone who has this prayer book, without being lazy, at a certain hour, in any place, open the right hour, read the psalm and the prayer of this hour. Thus, you will join the huge number of those praying at this hour for you, for your immortal soul, for the souls of your relatives and friends, for the fate of our earthly Fatherland - Russia, for your and the common good. May God send peace to our souls. May the Lord keep us all!

PRIOR PRAYERS

PRAYERS AT 6 AM

In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen
God, have mercy on me a sinner.
God, cleanse my sins and have mercy on me.
Created me, Lord, have mercy on me.
I have sinned without number, Lord, forgive me.
My Lady, Most Holy Theotokos, save me a sinner.
My holy Guardian Angel, save me from all evil.
All saints, pray to God for me.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of Truth, who is everywhere and fills everything, Treasury of the good and giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Blessed, our souls.

Holy God, holy strong, holy immortal, have mercy on us.
Holy God, holy mighty, holy immortal, have mercy on us

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us: Lord, cleanse our sins: Master, forgive our iniquities: Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Your name's sake.
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.
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Lord, do not rebuke me with Your wrath, but punish me with Your anger. Have mercy on me, O Lord, as my bones are troubled, And my soul is greatly troubled: and Thou, Lord, for how long; Turn, Lord, deliver my soul, save me for the sake of Thy mercy. As if to bear in death, remember Thee, in hell who will confess to Thee; Having troubled myself with my sighing, I will wash my bed every night, I will wet my bed with my tears. My eye laughs with rage, I have promised in all my enemies. Depart from me, all those who do iniquity, as if the Lord heard my cry: The Lord heard my prayer, the Lord welcomes my prayer. Let all my enemies be ashamed and confused, let them return and be ashamed very soon.

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen

Prayer to the Holy Trinity.

Holy Trinity, Consubstantial Power, all good wine! What shall we repay Thee for all that thou hast repaid to us sinners and unworthy, before we were born into this world, for all that thou recompense to whom from us all the days, and even has prepared to eat for all of us in the future; It’s better, for a lot of good deeds and generosity, not just words, but more than your deeds, thank you, keeping and fulfilling your commandments: we, by our passions and habits, are innumerable from youth, sins and iniquities are cast down. For this sake, as if unclean and defiled, not just before Your Three-Bright Face, shamelessly appear, but below the name of Your Blessed One, utter more blatantly to us, otherwise You yourself would deign to announce to our joy, like, pure and righteous, loving and sinners repentant, merciful and with joy accept. Look down, O Most Divine Trinity, from the height of Thy Holy Glory upon us many sinners, and accept our good will instead of good deeds, and give us the spirit of true repentance, yes, having hated every sin, in purity and truth until the end of our days we will chew the worker of the Most Holy Will Glorifying your pure thoughts and good deeds, Your Most Holy and Magnificent name forever and ever. Amen.

PRAYERS AT 9 AM

Our Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name: Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done, as in heaven, and on earth. Give us our daily bread today: and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Most of all, wash me from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin: For I know my iniquity, and my geh before me is taken out. I have sinned against you alone, and done evil before you: as if you were justified in your words, and you conquered, out of need to judge Ty. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and in sins give birth to me, my mother. Behold, thou hast loved the truth, thou hast revealed unto me the eternal and secret wisdom of thine. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Give joy and gladness to my ears, the bones of the humble will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins, and cleanse all my iniquities. Create a pure heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not the Holy Spirit from me. Reward me the joy of Your salvation and confirm me with the Sovereign Spirit. I will teach the wicked in Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from the blood, O God, God of my salvation: my tongue shall rejoice in Thy righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will proclaim your praise. As if you would have desired sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. Sacrifice to God the spirit is contrite: the heart is contrite and humble, but God will not despise. Bless, O Lord, Thy favor of Zion, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, an offering and a burnt offering; then they will offer calves on your altar.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I know, my Lord, that my iniquities have surpassed my head, but the multitude of Thy bounties is immeasurable, the mercy of Thy gentle goodness is inexpressible, and there is no sin that overcomes Thy philanthropy. Surprise, wonderful King, gentle Lord, and Thy mercy on me, a sinner, show Thy goodness to the power, and show the strength of Thy compassionate mercy and accept me, a sinner turning to You. Receive me as You accepted the prodigal, the robber, the harlot; accept me, who sin immeasurably in word and deed, with a placeless lust and a wordless thought, and do not rebuke me with Your righteous judgment and do not punish me in Your righteous anger. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am not only weak, but also Your creation. You have established Your fear on me, and I have done evil before You. I trust in You, my God! If there is a hope of salvation for me, if Your philanthropy without number exceeds the multitude of my iniquities, wake me the Savior and, according to Your mercies and Your mercy, weaken, leave me everything in which I have sinned before You, for my soul has been filled with many evils, and there is no me the hope of salvation. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and do not repay me according to my deeds, and do not condemn me according to my deeds, but turn, intercede, deliver my soul from the evils that grow with it and fierce perceptions; save me, for the sake of Thy mercy, so that where sin is multiplied, Thy grace abounds, and I would praise and glorify You always, all the days of my life, for You are the God of those who repent and the Savior of those who sin.

PRAYERS AT 12 PM

Our Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name: Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done, as in heaven, and on earth. Give us our daily bread today: and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever, Amen.

Alive in the help of the Most High, in the blood of the God of heaven will be settled. The Lord says: Thou art my intercessor and my refuge, my God, and I trust in Him. As if he will deliver you from the snares of the net, and from the rebellious word: His splash will overshadow you, and under His wing you hope: His truth will be your weapon. Do not be afraid of the fear of the night, from the arrow flying in the days, From the thing in the darkness of the transient, from the scum and the demon of the noonday. A thousand will fall from your country, and darkness at your right hand, but it will not come close to you: Both look at your eyes, and you will see the retribution of sinners. Evil will not come to you, and wounds will not come near your body. As if by Your Angel, keep the commandment about you in all your ways. They will take you in their hands, but not when you stumble your foot on a stone: step on the asp and the basilisk, and trample the lion and the serpent. For I have trusted in Me, and I will deliver, and I will cover, and, as I know My name. He will call to Me, and I will hear him: I am with Him in sorrow, I will overcome him: I will fulfill him with long life, and I will show him My salvation.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Most Holy Lady Theotokos, the one pure in soul and body, the one who exceeded all purity, chastity and virginity, the one who completely became the abode of the entire grace of the Holy Spirit, the most immaterial forces here still incomparably surpassed the purity and holiness of soul and body, look at me vile, impure soul and the body of the one who blackened my life with the filthy passions, cleanse my passionate mind, make immaculate and well-order my wandering and blind thoughts, put my feelings in order and guide them, free me from the evil and vile habit that torments me to impure prejudices and passions, stop every sin acting in me, grant sobriety and prudence to my darkened and cursed mind to correct my creeps and falls, so that, freed from sinful darkness, I would be able to boldly glorify and hymn you, the only Mother of the true Light - Christ, our God; because every invisible and visible creature blesses and glorifies you alone with Him and in Him, now, and always, and forever and ever. Amen.

PRAYERS AT 3 PM

Do not be jealous of the evil ones, envy those who do iniquity. Zane like grass will soon wither and like a potion of cereal will soon fall away. Trust in the Lord, and do good, and populate the earth, and be saved in its riches. Enjoy the Lord, and give you the petitions of your heart. Open your way to the Lord, and trust in Him, and He will do it. And it will bring out your truth like a light, and your fate like noon. Obey the Lord and pray to Him. Do not be jealous of the one who sings in his way, the man who commits the transgression of the law: Cease from anger, and leave fury, do not be jealous, even deceitful. For the evil ones will be consumed: but those who endure the Lord, these will inherit the earth. And a little more, and there will be no sinner: and you will seek his place, and you will not find it. But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight in the multitude of the world. The sinner looks upon the righteous, and gnashes his teeth with his teeth. The Lord will laugh at him, he will not despise him, for his day will come. Drawing the sword of the sinner, straining your bow, laying down the wretched and the poor, slay the right heart. Let their sword enter into their hearts, and let their bows be crushed. Better is a little for the righteous, more than the riches of sinners are many. For the muscles of sinners will be broken, but the righteous Lord affirms. The Lord knows the way of the undefiled, and their inheritance will be forever. They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied: as sinners will perish. Defeat the Lord, glorify them and ascend, disappearing like smoke has disappeared. The sinner borrows and does not return, but the righteous is generous and gives. As if those who bless him will inherit the earth, those who curse him will be consumed. From the Lord, the steps of a man are corrected, and his paths will be greatly desired. When the pedet does not break: as the Lord strengthens his hand. The youngest was, for he grew old, and did not see the righteous left, below his seed asking for bread. All day long, the righteous one gives mercy, and the righteous one gives in return, and his seed, for blessing, dwelled forever and ever. As the Lord loves judgment, and will not leave His saints, they will be preserved forever: the lawless women will be spit out, and the seed of the wicked will be consumed. The righteous women will inherit the earth, and dwell on it forever and ever. The lips of the righteous will learn wisdom, and their tongue will speak judgment. The law of his God is in his heart; his steps will not stumble. The sinner looks at the righteous, and looks for a hedgehog to kill him: the lady will not leave him in his hand, she will condemn him below, when she judges him. Be patient with the Lord, and keep His way, and He will exalt thee, to inherit the earth: always be consumed by sinful hearts. Let their sword enter into their hearts, and let their bows be crushed. Better is a little for the righteous, more than the riches of sinners are many. For the muscles of sinners will be broken, but the righteous Lord affirms. The Lord knows the way of the undefiled, and their inheritance will be forever. They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied: as sinners will perish. Defeat the Lord, glorify them and ascend, vanishing like smoke from vanishing. The sinner borrows and does not return, but the righteous is generous and gives. As if those who bless him will inherit the earth, those who curse him will be consumed. From the Lord, the steps of a man are corrected, and his paths will be greatly desired. When the pedet does not break: as the Lord strengthens his hand. The youngest was, for he grew old, and did not see the righteous left, below his seed asking for bread. All day long, the righteous one gives mercy, and the righteous one gives in return, and his seed, for blessing, dwelled forever and ever. As the Lord loves judgment, and will not leave His saints, they will be preserved forever: the lawless women will be spit out, and the seed of the wicked will be consumed. The righteous women will inherit the earth, and dwell on it forever and ever. The lips of the righteous will learn wisdom, and their tongue will speak judgment. The law of his God is in his heart; his steps will not stumble. The sinner looks at the righteous, and looks for a hedgehog to kill him: the lady will not leave him in his hand, she will condemn him below, when she judges him. Be patient with the Lord, and keep His way, and he will exalt you, if you inherit the earth: when you are consumed by a sinner, behold. He saw the wicked, exalted, and exalted, like the cedars of Lvana: And he passed by, and behold, he did not, and sought him, and did not find his place. Keep gentleness, and see the path, as if there is a remnant of a peaceful man. The wicked will be consumed together, but the remnants of the wicked will be consumed. The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord, and the Lord is their protector, and their deliverer, and will take them away from the sinner, and will save them, as if trusting in him.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to Saint George the Victorious.

Oh, all-praise Holy Great Martyr and Wonderworker George. Look upon us with your quick help and implore God, the Lover of mankind, that he may not condemn us sinners according to our iniquities, but may He do with us by His great mercy. Do not despise our prayer, but ask us from Christ our God a quiet and God-pleasing life, spiritual and bodily health, fertility of the earth and in all abundance, and may we not turn the good that you give us from the all-merciful God into evil, but to the glory of the Holy His name and in glorification of your strong intercession, may He give God-protected Russia and the Orthodox people peace and blessings. Yes, His Holy Angels protect us with His militia from the wiles of the evil one and heavy ordeals, in order to appear uncondemned to the throne of the Lord of Glory. Hear us, Passion-bearer of Christ George, and pray for us unceasingly to the Trinitarian Lord of all God. By His grace and philanthropy, and your help and intercession, we will find mercy with the Angels and Archangels and with all the saints at the right hand of the Just Judge, and then we will eternally glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen

PRAYERS AT 6 PM

The Lord shepherds me, and will deprive me of nothing. In a place that is greener, there they instilled me: on the water, calmly raised me. Turn my soul, guide me in the paths of the truth of your name for your sake. If I go in the midst of the canopy of death, I will not fear evil, for you are with me: your rod and your club, that consoles me. Thou hast prepared a meal before me against those who are aching for me; And Thy mercy shall wed me all the days of my life: and let us dwell in the house of the Lord for the length of days.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen

Prayer to the Holy Great Martyr Barbara.

All-wise and all-beautiful saint, Great Martyr of Christ Barbara! Blessed are you, as if the transcendent wisdom of God's flesh and blood did not show you, but God Himself the Heavenly Father, Whomever you, for the sake of faith from an unfaithful father, was left, expelled and mortified, as a beloved darling to Himself: for the perishable earthly estate, the inheritance is incorruptibility of the gift; the labors of martyrdom and the repose of the heavenly change of the Kingdom; your temporary life, cut short by His death, glorify with honor, like a soul from the face of heavenly spirits, and the body, laid on earth in their angelic temple, by the angel of the commandment, keep intact, honestly and miraculously. Blessed are you, Christ the Son of God, the Heavenly Bridegroom, the maiden of heaven, you wish to have his kindness, your guardian, all your suffering, wounds, cutting and the very head of the truncation, like the dearest utensils, thou didst adorn: yes, like a wife is faithful to her husband’s head, Inseparably united to Christ in spirit and body, saying: I have gained. But love him, my soul, keep him, and do not leave him. Blessed are you, as the Holy Spirit has rested on you, you have taught spiritual spiritual reasoning, all the spirits of wickedness in idols, as if pernicious, have rejected you, and having known the one God Spirit, as a true worshiper, you deigned to bow in spirit and truth, preaching: I honor the Trinity, one Deity. This Holy Trinity, You glorified this Holy Trinity in your belly and death with your confession and suffering, pray for me, my intercessor, as if it were always tripartite, faith, love and hope, I revere the Holy Trinity by virtue. Imam is a lamp of faith, but the good deeds of oil are celebrated: you, wise virgin, your suffering flesh, full of blood and shedding wounds, like a lamp having, give from your oil, so that by decorating my spiritual candle, I will be honored and az, your unworthy servant (name ) for you to enter into the chamber of heaven. I am a pastor on earth and a stranger, like all my fathers: the blessings of the eternal heiress and a blessed dinner in the Kingdom of Heaven, a partaker, as if in a journey of life, a meal of divine treats, and in the exodus from the world, wish me to be worthy of parting words: and always at the end of sleep I will begin to fall asleep to death, touching then my exhausted flesh, as sometimes the angel of Elijah, saying: rise, eat and drink, as if strengthened by the grace of the divine Body and Blood of the Secrets, I will pass in the fortress of eating that long way of death, even to the mountain of heaven: and there, Through the three windows of the bathhouse, before by the faith of God, thou saw the Trinity; Amen.

PRAYERS AT 9 PM

Our Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name: Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done, as in heaven, and on earth. Give us our daily bread today: and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Lord, Thou hast been a refuge to us in generation and generation: Before even the mountains did not exist and the earth and the universe were created, and from age to age You are. Turn not man away into humility, and thou hast said: Turn thou sons of mankind. Like a thousand years before your eyes, Lord, like yesterday, like a mime, and the night watch. The humiliation of their summer will be: the morning, like grass, will pass by, the morning will flourish and pass away: it will fall away in the evening, it will harden and wither. As if I were gone by Your wrath, and I am troubled by Your fury. Thou hast laid down our iniquities before Thee: our age is for the enlightenment of Thy face. As if all our days were impoverished, and with Your anger disappeared: Our summer, like a spider, will learn. The days of our years in them are seventy years, and if they are strong, eighty years, multiplying their labor and sickness: for meekness has come upon us, and we shall be punished. Who knows the power of Your wrath; and blot out your wrath from your fear; Say this to me by Your right hand, and those who are bound in heart in wisdom. Turn, O Lord, how long; and beg be on Thy servants. In the morning we will be filled with Thy mercy, O Lord, and we will rejoice and rejoice: All our days we will rejoice, for the days in the lower humbled us, the summer in the lower we see evil. And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works, and instruct their sons. And be the grace of the Lord our God upon us, correct the works of our hands on us, and correct the work of our hands.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen

Prayer to the holy martyrs Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov and their mother Sophia

You holy martyrs, Vero, Nadezhda and Lyuba, we glorify, magnify and appease, together with the matter of Sophia, we worship her, as an image of God-wise care showing. Pray, Saint Vero, the Creator of the visible and invisible, that faith is strong, unblasphemy and indestructible, give us. Intercede, holy Hope, before the Lord Jesus for us sinners, so that hope in good will not wed us, and save us from all sorrow and need. Confession, holy Luba, to the Spirit of truth, the Comforter, our misfortunes and sorrows, may He send heavenly sweetness to our souls from above. Help us in our troubles, holy martyrs, and together with your mother Sophia, pray to the Lord God, that He will keep His Holy Church under His protection. So, for all of us, your warm intercession before God, we earnestly pray, but together with you and with all the saints we exalt the Most Holy and Great Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit of God, the eternal Lord and good Creator, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

PRAYER AT 12 AM

Our Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name: Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done, as in heaven, and on earth. Give us our daily bread today: and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Psalm 142

Lord, hear my prayer, give ear to my prayer in Thy truth, hear me in Thy righteousness: And do not enter into judgment with Thy servant, for every living thing will not be justified before Thee, for the enemy has persecuted my soul: he humbled my life in the ground: he planted I am in the dark, like dead centuries. And my spirit is in me, my heart is troubled in me. I remember the days of old, learn from all your deeds, learn from your hand in creation. Lift up my hands to Thee: my soul is like a dry land to Thee. Hear me soon, O Lord, my spirit has perished; do not turn Your face away from me, and I will be like those who go down into the pit. I hear, do me Thy mercy in the morning, as if on Thee I hope: tell me, Lord, the way, I will go further, as if I took my soul to Thee. Deliver me from the enemies of my Lord, I have resorted to You. Teach me to do Your will, as You are my God. Your good Spirit will guide me to the land of right. For the sake of Thy name, O Lord, live me in Thy righteousness: bring my soul out of sorrow;
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen

Prayer to the Most Holy Rev. Ephraim the Syrian.

O saint of Christ, our father Ephraim! Bring our prayer to the merciful and omnipotent God and ask us (names), His goodness is all for the benefit of our souls and our bodies: faith is right, hope is undoubted, love is not hypocritical, meekness and gentleness, courage in temptations, patience in suffering, in piety prosperity, let us not turn the gifts of the All-good God into evil. Do not forget, holy miracle worker, and this holy temple (house) and our parish: save and keep them with your prayers from all evil. To her, Holy One of God, make us worthy of a good end and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, may we glorify the wondrous God in His saints, He deserves all glory, honor and power, forever and ever. Amen.