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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 was a Pharisee and the other was a publican. The Pharisee, standing up, prayed in himself like this: “God! I thank You that I am not like other people, robbers, offenders, adulterers, or like this publican; I fast twice a week, I give a tenth of everything I get.” The publican, standing afar off, did not even dare to raise his eyes to heaven; but, striking his chest, he said: “God! be merciful to me, a sinner!” (Luke 18:10-13). And this brief prayer saved him. Let us also remember the thief who was crucified with Jesus and who said to Him: “Remember me, Lord, when You come into Your Kingdom” (Luke 23:42). This alone was enough for him to enter heaven.

Prayer can be extremely short. If you are just starting out on your prayer journey, start with very short prayers - ones that you can focus on. God does not need words - He needs the heart of man. Words are secondary, but the feeling, the mood with which we approach God is of paramount importance. To approach God without a sense of reverence or absent-mindedly, when our mind wanders on the side during prayer, is much more dangerous than saying the wrong word in prayer. Scattered prayer has neither meaning nor value. A simple law applies here: if the words of prayer do not reach our hearts, they will not reach God either. As is sometimes said, such a prayer will not rise above the ceiling of the room in which we pray, and yet it must reach heaven. Therefore, it is very important that every word of prayer be deeply experienced by us. If we are not able to concentrate on the long prayers that are contained in the books of the Orthodox Church - prayer books, we will try our hand at short prayers: “Lord, have mercy”, “Lord, save”, “Lord, help me”, “God, be merciful to me , a sinner."

One ascetic said that if we could, with all the force of feeling, with all our hearts, with all our souls, say only one prayer, “Lord, have mercy,” this would be enough for salvation. But the problem is that, as a rule, we cannot say this with our whole heart, we cannot say this with our whole life. Therefore, in order to be heard by God, we are verbose.

Let us remember that God wants our hearts, not our words. And if we turn to Him with all our heart, we will certainly receive an answer.

Short morning prayers

Predestinatory prayer

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Trisagion

Lord's Prayer

Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Psalm 50

Symbol of faith

First Prayer of Saint Macarius the Great

The prayer of the same saint

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Prayer invocation of the saint whose name you bear

Prayer for the Living

Prayer for the dead

End of prayers

Short evening prayers (for sleep)

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

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.

Tropari
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us; bewildering any answer, we offer this prayer as the Lord of sin: have mercy on us. Glory: Lord, have mercy on us, we put our trust in you; do not be angry with us, remember our iniquities below, but look now as if you are merciful, and deliver us from our enemies; Thou art our God, and we are Thy people, all works by Thy hand, and we call on Thy name. kind of Christian.
Lord have mercy. (12 times)

Prayer 1, Saint Macarius the Great, to God the Father
Eternal God and the King of every creature, having made me sing even at this hour, forgive me the sins that I have done in this day by deed, word and thought, and cleanse, Lord, my humble soul from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. And give me, Lord, in this night's sleep to pass away in peace, but having risen from my humble bed, I will please your most holy name, all the days of my stomach, and I will stop the enemies of the flesh and fleshless who fight me. And deliver me, O Lord, from vain thoughts that defile me, and from evil lusts. 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.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos
Good Tsar, good Mother, Most Pure and Blessed Mother of God Mary, pour out the mercy of Your Son and our God on my passionate soul and with Your prayers instruct me in good deeds, so that the rest of my life will pass without a blemish and I will find paradise with You, Virgin Mary, one Pure and Blessed.

Prayer to the Holy Guardian Angel
Angel of Christ, my holy guardian and protector of my soul and body, forgive me all, the fir-tree of sinning in this day, and deliver me from every wickedness of the enemy, but in no sin will I anger my God; but pray for me a sinful and unworthy slave, as if I were worthy, show the goodness and mercy of the All-Holy Trinity and the Mother of my Lord Jesus Christ and all the saints. Amen.

Kontakion to the Theotokos
The chosen Voivode is victorious, as if having got rid of the evil ones, gratefully we will write down Ti Thy servants, the Mother of God, but as if having an invincible power, from all troubles of freedom, let us call Ty; Rejoice, Bride Unbetrothed. Virgin Mother of God, do not despise me, a sinner, demanding Your help and Your intercession, my soul trusts in You, and have mercy on me.

Prayer of St. Joannicius
My hope is the Father, my refuge is the Son, my cover is the Holy Spirit: Holy Trinity, glory to Thee. We magnify the most honest Cherubim and the most glorious Seraphim without comparison, without the corruption of God the Word, who gave birth to the Mother of God. Amen.

Prayer book

Brief Prayer Book

Foreword Morning PrayersPrayers for the Future SleepThe layman's prayer rule consists of morning and evening prayers, which are performed daily. This 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 big and difficult task, inspiration, mood and improvisation alone are not enough.

There is a complete prayer rule, designed for monks and spiritually experienced laity, which is printed in the Orthodox Prayer Book.

However, for those who are just beginning to get used to prayer, it is difficult to immediately begin to read the entire rule. Usually confessors advise to start with several prayers, and then add one prayer to the rule every 7-10 days, so that the ability to read the rule develops gradually and naturally.

In addition, situations sometimes arise for the laity when there is little time 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, mechanically read out the full rule.

So, cultivating a reasonable attitude towards prayer rule, St. Theophan the Recluse writes to one family person:

“Bless, Lord, and continue to pray according to your rule. But never bind yourself to a rule and think that there is anything of value in having such a rule or always making it. The whole price is in the heart before God falling down. The saints write that if someone does not depart from prayer as a condemned person, worthy of any punishment from the Lord, then such a person departs from it as a Pharisee. Another said: “standing at prayer, stand as at the Last Judgment, when God’s decisive decision about you is ready to come out: depart or come.”

Formality and mechanism in prayer should be avoided in every possible way. Let it be a matter of thought every time free decision, and to do it with consciousness and feeling, and not somehow. In case you need to be able to shorten the rule. Are there any accidents in family life?.. You can, for example, in the morning and in the evening, when there is no time, to read only the morning prayers and for the coming sleep. You can even not read all of them, but several. You can read nothing at all, but make a few bows, but with true heartfelt prayer. The rule must be handled with complete freedom. Be the mistress of the rule, not a slave. A servant only of God, obliged to devote all the minutes of her life to please Him.

For such cases, there is an established short prayer rule, designed for all believers.

In the morning it includes:

“King of Heaven”, Trisagion, “Our Father”, “Virgin Mother of God”, “Rising from sleep”, “Have mercy on me, God”, “I believe”, “God, cleanse”, “To You, Master”, “Holy Angel ”, “Most Holy Lady”, invocation of the saints, prayer for the living and the dead.

In the evening it includes:

“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 prayers

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

The prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.

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

Lord's Prayer

Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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 the Savior gave birth to our souls.

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Having risen from sleep, I thank Thee, Holy Trinity, for many, for the sake of Thy goodness and long-suffering, have not been angry with me, lazy and sinful, below have destroyed me with my iniquities; but you usually loved humanity and in the hopelessness of the lying one raised me up, in a hedgehog to matine and glorify Your power. And now enlighten my mental eyes, open my mouth to learn Thy words, and understand Thy commandments, and do Thy will, and sing Thee in confession of the heart, and sing of Thy all-holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever centuries. Amen.

Come, let us worship our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, our King God. (Bow)
Come, let us worship and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (Bow)

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Wash me most of all from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and my sin 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 conquered when you judge Thee. Behold, in iniquities I was conceived, and in sins my mother gave birth to me. Behold, thou hast loved the truth; the unknown and secret wisdom of Thy revealed to me. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Give joy and joy to my hearing; 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. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me the joy of Your salvation and confirm me with the dominating Spirit. I will teach the wicked in Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation; my tongue rejoices 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 broken; a contrite and humble heart God will not despise. Please, O Lord, with Your favor Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, an offering and a burnt offering; then they will offer bullocks on your altar.

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, Whom all was. 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 resurrected 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 future 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.

First Prayer of Saint Macarius the Great

God, cleanse me a sinner, for I have done no good before Thee; but deliver me from the evil one, and let Thy will be in me, but without condemnation I will open my unworthy mouth and praise Your holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever Amen.

To Thee, O Lord, Lover of mankind, I have risen from sleep, and I strive for Thy works by Thy mercy, and I pray to Thee: help me at all times, in all things, and deliver me from every evil worldly thing and the devil's haste, and save me, and enter into your eternal kingdom. You are my Creator and all good, the Provider and Giver, all my hope is in You, and I send glory to You, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Holy Angel, stand before my accursed soul and my passionate life, do not leave me a sinner, depart from me below for my intemperance. Give no place to the crafty demon to possess me, the violence of this mortal body; strengthen my poor and thin hand and guide me on the path of salvation. To her, the holy Angel of God, the guardian and patron of my accursed soul and body, forgive me all, insult you with great insults all the days of my stomach, and if I have sinned this past night, cover me this present day, and save me from every temptation of the opposite Yes, in no sin will I anger God, and pray for me to the Lord, may he confirm me in His fear, and show me worthy of His servant of goodness. Amen.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos

My Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos, with Thy holy and all-powerful supplications, expel from me, Thy humble and cursed servant, despondency, oblivion, foolishness, negligence, and all filthy, crafty and blasphemous thoughts from my wretched heart and from my darkened mind; and extinguish the flame of my passions, for I am poor and cursed. And deliver me from many and fierce memories and enterprises, and from all the actions of evil free me. As if you are blessed from all generations, and Your honorable name is glorified forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer invocation of the saint whose name you bear

Pray to God for me, holy servant of God (name), as I diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for my soul.

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

Give rest, Lord, to the souls of the departed Thy 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.

It is worthy to eat as 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 God the Word, who gave birth to the real Mother of God, we magnify Thee. **

Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.

Prayers for the dream to come

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

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Three times)

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us; bewildering any answer, we offer this prayer as the Lord of sin: have mercy on us.

Glory: Lord, have mercy on us, we put our trust in Thee; do not be angry with us, remember our iniquities below, but look now as if you are merciful, and deliver us from our enemies; Thou art our God, and we are Thy people, all works by Thy hand, and we call on Thy name.

And now: Open the doors of Mercy to us, blessed Mother of God, hoping in Thee, let us not perish, but let us be delivered from troubles by Thee: Thou art the salvation of the Christian race.

Lord have mercy. (12 times)

Prayer 1, of St. Macarius the Great, to God the Father, God eternal and the King of all creation, having vouchsafed me to sing even at this hour, forgive my sins, even if I did this day in deed, word and thought, and cleanse, Lord, my humble soul from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. And give me, Lord, in this night's sleep to pass away in peace, but having risen from my humble bed, I will please your most holy name, all the days of my stomach, and I will stop the enemies of the flesh and fleshless who fight me. And deliver me, O Lord, from vain thoughts that defile me, and from evil lusts. 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.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos of the Good King Mother, Most Pure and Blessed Mother of God Mary, pour out the mercy of Your Son and our God on my passionate soul and with Your prayers guide me to good deeds, but the rest of my life I will pass away without a blemish and I will find heaven with You, Virgin Mother of God , one Pure and Blessed.

Prayer to the holy guardian angel, the angel of Christ, my holy guardian and patron of my soul and body, forgive me all, the fir-tree I have sinned this day, and deliver me from all the wickedness of the enemy against me, but in no sin will I anger my God; but pray for me a sinful and unworthy slave, as if I were worthy, show the goodness and mercy of the All-Holy Trinity and the Mother of my Lord Jesus Christ and all the saints. Amen.

The chosen Voivode is victorious, as if having got rid of the evil ones, gratefully we will write down Ti Thy servants, the Mother of God, but as if having an invincible power, from all troubles of freedom, let us call Ty; Rejoice, Unbrided Bride.

Glorious Ever-Virgin Mother of Christ God, bring our prayer to Your Son and our God, may our souls be saved by You.

I put all my hope in You, Mother of God, keep me under Your shelter.

Virgin Mother of God, do not despise me, a sinner, requiring Your help and Your intercession, my soul trusts in You, and have mercy on me.

Prayer of St. Joannicius

My hope is the Father, my refuge is the Son, my protection is the Holy Spirit: Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.

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

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.

* From Easter to Ascension, instead of this prayer, the troparion is read:

“Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and bestowing life on those in the tombs.” (Thrice) From the Ascension to the Trinity, we begin prayers with “Holy God ...”, omitting all the previous ones. This remark also applies to prayers for the coming sleep.

Throughout Bright Week, instead of this rule, the hours of Holy Pascha are read.

** From Easter to Ascension, instead of this prayer, the refrain and irmos of the 9th song of the Easter canon are read:

“An angel crying out more graciously: Pure Virgin, rejoice! And pack the river: rejoice! Your Son is risen three days from the tomb and raised up the dead; folks, have fun! Shine, shine, new Jerusalem, the glory of the Lord is upon you. Rejoice now and rejoice, Sione. You, Pure One, show off, Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.

These remarks also apply to prayers for the coming sleep.

Compiled using materials from the book:

How to learn to pray at home. Moscow, "The Ark", 2004. Trifonov Pechenga Monastery

Complete collection and description: morning and evening prayer for every day for the spiritual life of a believer.

Every person sometimes has in his soul an experience and suffering for loved ones or for himself. In difficult life moments, prayer to the Lord is simply necessary, because everyone who asks for help always receives it. But not all prayers are understandable, some seem long and some difficult to read. If it is difficult for you to read Church prayers, you can pray in your own words, that is, as your heart and soul suggest. You can also choose the simplest Orthodox prayers. Orthodox morning and evening prayer is short, will allow you to cleanse yourself spiritually and always feel easy and good.

What is a prayer and how to read it correctly

Every believer should not only delve into the words of the prayer, but also meditate on them, and also do it correctly. The usual appeal to the Lord for help and gratitude is a prayer. God hears everyone, he sees everything we do and loves us. You need to pray only when there is no evil and resentment in the heart. If someone has greatly upset and offended you, first pray for his health and wish him well.

The correct reading of a prayer depends primarily on whether the believer does it. Reading time depends on closeness to the Lord. The clergy assure that the soul, which during the earthly life was not close to God, will be doomed to hellish torments. Believers will receive eternal bliss. We must turn to the Lord both in joy and in sorrow, not only in moments when we are in great need of something. If a person sincerely and wholeheartedly asks God for help, then the Almighty will surely hear and help him.

What are the prayers

God gives each person what he needs: health, well-being, abilities, sorrows. For this we must thank him, and reading prayers is the only way to express gratitude.

If a person has some kind of misfortune and misfortune, then you need to ask for help in order to solve the problem as soon as possible. For this, prayers of supplication should be read.

Prayers of repentance are read at the moments when a person wants to, they rest before the Lord for their sins.

When to Read the Morning and Evening Prayer

The exact time for reading prayers is clearly spelled out in the prayer book. Morning prayer should be read immediately after waking up, before the start of the day. Evening prayers are read at the end of the working day, and only after the person has done all the work. In the event that you are not going to sleep at night due to leaving for work, then you do not need to ask for a blessing for future sleep. The only thing you can read other prayers or the gospel.

Waking up in the morning, before any other deed, reverently cross yourself, mentally imagining the Almighty right in front of you, say: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen. Further, bringing thoughts and feelings to full agreement, rejecting earthly worries, finding inner peace, read the following: God, be merciful to me a sinner. (Gospel of Luke, ch. 28, verse 15) Having spoken such a short, but very weighty appeal to the publican, bow as if the Lord were before you.

Lord: 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.

Prayer Rule

Prayer rule- daily morning and evening prayers performed by Christians. 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 big and difficult task, "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 basic prayer rules:

1) The complete prayer rule, which is printed in the "Orthodox Prayer Book";

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 indulgences 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, “Our Father”, “Virgin Mother of God”, “Rising from sleep”, “God have mercy on me”, “Symbol of faith”, “God, cleanse”, “To You, Master”, “Holy Angela”, “Most Holy 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”;

3) A short prayer rule of St. Seraphim of Sarov: three times "Our Father", three times "Virgin Mother of God" and once "Symbol of Faith" - for those exceptional days and circumstances when a person is extremely tired or very limited in time.

It is undesirable to completely omit the prayer rule. Even if the prayer rule is read without due attention, the words of the prayers, penetrating into the soul, have their cleansing effect.

The main prayers should be known by heart (with regular reading, they are gradually remembered by a person even with a very poor memory), so that they penetrate deeper into the heart and so that they can be repeated in any circumstances. It is advisable to study the text of the translation of prayers from Church Slavonic into Russian (see "Explanatory Prayer Book") in order to understand the meaning of each word and not pronounce a single word meaninglessly or without accurate understanding. It is very important that the person approaching prayer banish resentment, irritation, and bitterness from the heart. Without efforts aimed at serving people, at fighting sin, at establishing control over the body and the spiritual sphere, prayer cannot become the inner core of life.

In the conditions of modern life, given the workload and accelerated pace, it is not easy for the laity to set aside a certain time for prayer. Haste is the enemy of morning prayer, and fatigue is the enemy of evening prayer..

Morning prayers are best read before the start of any business (and before breakfast). In extreme cases, they are pronounced on the way from home. Late in the evening it is often difficult to concentrate due to fatigue, so it can be recommended to read the evening prayer rule in free minutes before dinner or even earlier.

During prayer, it is recommended to retire, light a lamp or a candle and stand in front of the icon. Depending on the nature of intra-family relationships, one can recommend reading the prayer rule together, with the whole family, or for each family member separately. Common Prayer recommended before eating food, on solemn days, before a festive meal and on other similar occasions. Family prayer is a kind of church, public prayer (the family is a kind of “home church”) and therefore does not replace individual prayer, but only complements it.

Before the beginning of prayer, one should make the sign of the cross and make several bows, half-length or earthly, and try to tune in to an inner conversation with God. The difficulty of prayer is often a sign of its true effectiveness.

Prayer for other people (see commemoration book) is an integral part of prayer. Standing before God does not alienate a person from his neighbors, but binds him to them with even closer ties. We should not be limited only to prayer for those close and dear to us. Praying for those who have caused us grief brings peace to the soul, affects these people and makes our prayer sacrificial.

It is good to end the prayer with thanksgiving to God for the gift of fellowship and contrition for one's inattention. Getting down to business, you must first think about what you have to say, do, see during the day and ask God for blessings and strength to follow His will. In the midst of a busy day, you need to say a short prayer (see The Jesus Prayer), which will help you find the Lord in everyday affairs.

Is it possible to shorten the prayer rule?

This question worries many modern people. However, it seems that it is impossible to give an unambiguous answer to it, “yes” or “no”, regardless of the circumstances.

On the one hand, the rule exists in order to comply with it. The importance of the prayer rule lies in the fact that it orients the Christian in the right direction.

The rules of prayer included in the composition contribute to the formation of the proper relationship of the pilgrim with God, the saints and, in general, with neighbors, protecting him from the actions of evil forces and inner passions.

Many, if they did not have this saving rule, perhaps they would not even know how exactly, about what exactly and with what regularity one should pray to God and His saints.

On the other hand, there are various situations in life when a believer, either due to physical or spiritual weakness, or due to other reasons (for example, in the case of especially responsible shifts and duties, guards, active hostilities), regularly read the entire prayer rule is either extremely difficult, or almost impossible.

In such a case, it should be remembered that the prayer rule, although it is a rule that implies the appropriateness of its implementation, however, does not imply an absolute, unconditional need for its observance.

Sometimes it is better to read fewer prayers, but sincerely and with zeal (from the heart), than all (constituting a complete rule), but “formally” (carelessly, pattering, jumping over lines, etc.).

There are, by the way, abbreviated versions of the prayer rule.

But still, in case of doubts about this, it makes sense to seek a specific recommendation from an experienced, spiritually wise pastor, confessor.

Morning and evening rules are only necessary spiritual hygiene. We are commanded to pray without ceasing (see the Jesus Prayer). 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 to God, it is necessary that it be in proportion to his spiritual strength, correspond to his spiritual age and state of mind. 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.

St. Theophan the Recluse briefly systematizes advice on reading the prayer rule:

“a) never read in a hurry, but read as if in a singsong voice ... In ancient times, everything recited prayers taken from the psalms... But nowhere do I see the word "read", but everywhere "sing"...

b) delve into every word and not only reproduce the thought of what you read in your mind, but also arouse a corresponding feeling ...

c) in order to cut off the urge for hasty reading, put - not read this and that, but stand on the reading prayer for a quarter of an hour, half an hour, an hour ... how long you usually stand ... and then do not worry ... how many prayers you read - but how the time has come, if not hunting to stand further, stop reading ...

d) having put this down, however, do not look at the clock, but stand like that in order to stand endlessly: the thought will not run ahead ...

e) in order to promote the movement of prayerful feelings in your free time, reread and rethink all the prayers that are included in your rule - and re-feel them, so that when you begin to read them on the rule, you know in advance what feeling should be aroused in the heart ...

f) never read prayers without interruption, but always interrupt them with your own prayer, with bows, whether in the middle of prayers you have to do this or at the end. As soon as something falls into your heart, immediately stop reading and bow down. This last rule is the most necessary and most necessary for cultivating the spirit of prayer ... If some other feeling takes a lot, you will be with him and bow, and leave the reading ... so until the very end of the allotted time.

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Morning prayers for every day

Each new day brings new difficulties, ups and downs. Without God's protection, disappointment, despondency, and troubles overtake us faster. Praying in the morning is very important in order to enlist the support of the Almighty at the very beginning of the day.

This prayer is not just universal, but mandatory for any believing Christian. It is read not only before meals or in difficult moments of life, but also in the morning. After opening your eyes and waking up from a dream, take one minute to read this prayer to pay tribute to heaven, because they have awakened you and given you another day of life. The text of the prayer is familiar to everyone and everyone:

Prayers for material well-being

Much has been said about prayers that have the power to make our lives better. But it is also important to go to meet God ourselves. After all, only with inner readiness and awareness of the true path comes the help of Heaven.

If you are facing financial problems, you too can turn to Heaven for help. It is only important to do it right, not with greed in the soul, but by asking God for what is necessary. Learn about prayers for deliverance from poverty on the website of an Orthodox monastery.

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

To begin with, the text of the prayer itself is read:

Then you can repeat three times: “Lord, have mercy,” and complete the morning prayer with the words “Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen".

The Holy Trinity is the three incarnations of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each of these components is our assistants in earthly affairs. In the aggregate, the Trinity is God, therefore, by reading this prayer, you are asking our Creator to give his mercy and forgive you all your sins - those that were committed intentionally, and those that you have not yet managed to cope with.

Publican's Prayer

“God, be merciful to me, a sinner,” is the simplest of all protective prayers. It is good to read it not only in the morning, but also before any undertaking, before leaving the house and before a difficult task.

Do not underestimate these words and think that prayer is the better, the more difficult and longer. This is absolutely not true, because the most important thing is your spiritual attitude and your faith, and not your ability to remember.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

“King of Heaven, 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 One, our souls.”

This is a simple prayer - quite rare, difficult to perceive, but very effective and ancient. It can be read before meals and in the morning.

Another simple prayer known to almost every Christian:

“Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. »

Remember that attitude matters. Do not say prayers when in a bad mood or if your thoughts are busy with something else. You need total concentration, because you are communicating with God. Even simple prayer words for help will be heard if they are spoken from a pure heart. Good luck and don't forget to press the buttons and

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Prayer is our conversation with God. In it we can talk with Him about our affairs, share joy and experiences, we can thank Him, ask and apologize.

Prayer can be personal - when we pray ourselves or collective - when we gather together with others in the temple or in the family circle.

During the day we do a lot of things, there are many different troubles. Sometimes we forget to do something. However, prayer should never be forgotten.

Prayer is our most important activity. It is very important to pray morning prayers and evening prayers.

daily prayers

Daily prayers are those prayers that the Church teaches to pray every day, i.e. morning, evening or during the day.

In the morning, waking up from sleep, thank God for good night and ask for blessings for the whole day. We say daily and morning prayers.

In the evening, when we go to bed, we give thanks for the day and pray for a good night's rest. We say daily and evening prayers.

Cross sign

We always begin and end each prayer with the sign of the cross. Making the sign of the cross

we reveal our faith, therefore we must be baptized very carefully. To make the sign of the cross, we put together three fingers (thumb, index and middle) of the right hand (this symbolizes the Holy Trinity), and bend the ring finger and little finger to the palm (this means that Jesus Christ is both God and man). Therefore, raising the right hand to the forehead, we say: “In the name of the Father”, then, putting this hand on the chest, “and the Son”, then on the right shoulder “and the Holy Spirit”, and putting it on the left shoulder, we finish - “ Amen".

We start the prayer like this:

Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

The text of the prayer to the Holy Spirit.

Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of truth, Who is everywhere and fills everything, Treasury of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, Good, our souls.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us (3).

doxology

Prayer of the Holy Trinity

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 (3).

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

Lord's Prayer

Our Father, Thou art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, both in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we also 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.

Lord have mercy (12).

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

Come, let us worship our King - God.

Come, let us worship Christ, our King - God.

Come, let us bow down and fall before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy mercies

The text of the prayer 50 psalm

cleanse my iniquity.

First of all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my iniquity, and my sin is before me.

I have sinned against you alone and done evil to you, then you are right in your words and you will overcome when you judge.

This is because in iniquity I was conceived, and in sin my mother bore me.

This is why he loved the truth, it is unknown and the secret wisdom of his revealed to me.

Boil me with hyssop and I will be clean; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.

Let me hear joy and gladness, the broken bones will rejoice.

Hide Your face from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.

Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Give me back the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Spirit of the Master.

I will show the way to the wicked, Your wicked will turn to You.

Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will glorify Your righteousness.

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will proclaim your praise.

Therefore, if You wanted a sacrifice, I would give it, and burnt offerings are not dear to You.

Sacrifice to God - the spirit is broken, the heart of the contrite and humble God will not despise. Benefit, O Lord, with Thy favor Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built.

Then be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and burnt offerings, then they will offer calves on Your altar.

Symbol of faith

I believe in one God the Father, the Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, of everything visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only Begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, uncreated, being with the Father, through whom everything happened.

For us for the sake of man and for our sake of salvation, he descended from heaven and was incarnated from the Holy Spirit and Mary the Virgin, and came into being a man.

He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried, and rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures. And he ascended into heaven and sat at the right hand of the Father. And suddenly he will come with glory to judge the living and the dead, and there will be no end to the Kingdom.

And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord of life-creating, from the Father, he proceeds, with the Father and the Son equally worshiped and glorified, he spoke through 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.

penitential prayer

Weaken, forgive, forgive, Lord, our sins, voluntary and involuntary, both in word and in deed, conscious and unconscious, in the mind and in the plan, that day and night - forgive us all, as Good and Humanitarian.

Prayers to the Mother of God

It is truly worthy to magnify the blessed Theotokos, the Blessed and Immaculate Mother of our God. The most honest Cherubim and the most glorious Seraphim, the corruption of God the Word gave birth, the Mother of God, We magnify Thee.

We resort to Your mercy, Virgin Mary, do not despise our prayers in sorrows, but deliver us from troubles, the only pure and blessed one.

Honest Ever-Virgin Mother of God, accept our prayers and convey them to Your Son and our God, so that we save our souls for Your sake.

Prayer of angels

All heavenly powers, holy angels and archangels, pray to God for us sinners.

Prayer of all saints

Glorious and all-praiseful apostles, prophets, martyrs and all saints, pray to God for us sinners.

Magnification of the Holy Trinity

Our hope is the Father, our refuge is the Son, and our protector is the Holy Spirit. Holy Trinity, our God, glory to Thee.

Mitarev prayer

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

God, cleanse my sins and have mercy on me.

I have sinned (sinned) without number, Lord, forgive me.

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen (3).

morning prayer

Sweet child. When you wake up from sleep in the morning, first of all make the sign of St. Cross and in your soul smile to Jesus, thank Him for the night you lived and ask for blessings for the whole day.

I thank You, God, for a good night and I surrender myself under Your care for the whole day. I offer you my education, my games, all the joys and failures that I can now meet. I always want to do this, so that, my God, be pleased with me.

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen (3).

Virgin Mother of God, rejoice, blessed Mary, the Lord is with you. Blessed are You among women and blessed is the fruit of Your womb, for You gave birth to Christ the Savior, the Redeemer of our souls.

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

Morning prayer text.

my guardian angel,

You all stay with me

Early in the evening, day and night,

Help me.

Prayer "My Angel"

My holy angel

My heavenly friend

Lead me to God

Always watch me

Save everything from evil

I want a holiday to live

The text of the prayer to the Angel.

My Guardian Angel, my good thoughts, let me be focused on the mysteries of Jesus and never move away from Him for a moment. Amen.

Prayer for your guardian

Prayer to Saint Nicholas

My beloved guardians

On the day of baptism I was given

I ask you whole heart,

Take me under the tutelage of the little one.

Teach me how to live.

And take me to the sky

Evening prayers

Evening prayer text

Every day, dear child, end with a prayer. In the evening prayer, thank the Heavenly Father for the caresses received, put yourself under His care, take a short exam of conscience, apologize for the sins committed during the day and resolve to get better. Lie down to sleep, kneel down and think that you have God, so say to Him:

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen (3).

Our Father ... Virgin Mother of God ... I believe ...

O God, I sincerely apologize to You for all the unkind thoughts, words and deeds with which I offended you so much and caused trouble to my relatives, teachers and neighbors.

Lie down on the bed, sprinkle yourself with holy water and say:

Lord, protect me with the power of the Holy Life-Giving Cross tonight from all evil. Amen.

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It is quite difficult for an ignorant person who is just opening the way to the Lord to immediately understand the numerous rules of the Orthodox religion. Two things serve as a very simple short road to the Lord - faith in the Almighty and prayers addressed to him and the saints.

But with what sacred texts to start the day? The answer lies on the surface - from the morning appeals. Accordingly, in the evening - the day ends.

The key morning texts are: the Trisagion, God have mercy on me, Our Father, the Symbol of Faith and, we strongly recommend Appeals to the Guardian Angel, Jesus Christ, the Mother of God. They ask for a blessing, patronage for the whole day. In addition, a large number of morning texts are presented in the prayer book.

morning prayers

Below is a detailed list of brief description actions during a religious ceremony, as well as a note to some of the sacred formulas.

Brief

Waking up in the morning, before any other deed, reverently cross yourself, mentally imagining the Almighty right in front of you, say:

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

God, have mercy on me a sinner. (Gospel of Luke, ch. 28, verse 15)

Having spoken such a short, but very weighty appeal to the publican, bow as if the Lord were before you.

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.

Cross with a bow. This should be done when working with any sacred text.

Text next: To the Holy Spirit

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

Note: From Easter to Ascension, instead of this prayer, a troparion is read: "Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and bestowing life on those in the tombs." (Thrice) From Ascension to Trinity, we begin prayers with "Holy God ...", omitting all the previous ones.
This remark also applies to prayers for the coming sleep.

There is a note here. Pay attention to them - this is important.

Trisagion:

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

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

Bow to the waist - this is important.

Next text: 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 the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen
Note: When “Glory”, “And now” is written, it must be read in full: “Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit”, “Now and ever and forever and ever. Amen"

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.

Trinity Troparion:

Rising from sleep, we fall down to Thee, Blessed, and cry out to the angelic song of Thee, Stronger: Holy, Holy, Holy Thou, God, have mercy on us the Mother of God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Thou hast raised me up from bed and sleep, O Lord, enlighten my mind and heart, and open my lips, in hedgehog to sing Thee, Holy Trinity: Holy, Holy, Holy, O God, have mercy on us with the Theotokos.
And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Suddenly the Judge will come, and every day the deeds will be exposed, but with fear we call at midnight: Holy, Holy, Holy art thou, God, have mercy on us through the Theotokos.
Lord have mercy. (12 times)

Long

Holy Trinity:

Having risen from sleep, I thank Thee, Holy Trinity, for many, for the sake of Thy goodness and long-suffering, have not been angry with me, lazy and sinful, below have destroyed me with my iniquities; but you usually loved humanity and in the hopelessness of the lying one raised me up, in a hedgehog to matine and glorify Your power. And now enlighten my mental eyes, open my mouth to learn Thy words, and understand Thy commandments, and do Thy will, and sing Thee in confession of the heart, and sing of Thy all-holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever centuries. Amen.
Come, let us worship our King God. (Bow)
Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, our King God. (Bow)
Come, let us worship and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (Bow).

Psalm 50:

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Wash me most of all from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and my sin 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 conquered when you judge Thee. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and in sins give birth to me, my mother. Behold, thou hast loved the truth; the unknown and secret wisdom of Thy revealed to me. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Give joy and joy to my hearing; 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. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me the joy of Your salvation and confirm me with the dominating Spirit. I will teach the wicked in Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation; my tongue rejoices 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 broken; a contrite and humble heart God will not despise. Please, O Lord, with Your favor Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, an offering and a burnt offering; then they will offer bullocks on your altar.

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, Whom all was. 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 resurrected 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 future 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.

God, cleanse me a sinner, for I have done no good before Thee; but deliver me from the evil one, and let Thy will be in me, but without condemnation I will open my unworthy mouth and praise Your holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever Amen.

Rising from sleep, I offer the midnight song to Thee, Savior, and falling down crying out to Thee: do not let me fall asleep in a sinful death, but have mercy on me, crucified by will, and speeding me up lying in laziness, and save me in anticipation and prayer, and after a dream in the night, shine upon me a sinless day, Christ God, and save me.

To Thee, O Lord, Lover of mankind, I have risen from sleep, and I strive for Thy works by Thy mercy, and I pray to Thee: help me at all times, in all things, and deliver me from every evil worldly thing and the devil's haste, and save me, and enter into your eternal kingdom. You are my Creator and all good, the Provider and Giver, all my hope is in You, and I send glory to You, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Lord, with Thy many goodness and Thy great bounties Thou hast given me, Thy servant, the past time of this night without adversity to pass from all evil; You Yourself, Master, of all Creators, vouchsafe me with Your true light and enlightened heart to do Your will, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

After reading prayers to St. Basil:

Lord Almighty, God of powers and all flesh, living in the highest and looking down on the humble, test the hearts and wombs and the secrets of people in the foreknowledge, Beginningless and Eternal Light, with Him there is no change, or change overshadowing; Himself, the Immortal King, accept our prayers, even at the present time, boldly on the multitude of Your bounties, from bad mouths to You, and leave us our sins, even in deed, and in word, and thought, knowledge, or ignorance, we have sinned; and cleanse us from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. And grant us with an invigorating heart and a sober thought the whole night of our present life, awaiting the coming of the bright and revealed day of Your Only Begotten Son, the Lord and God and Savior of our Jesus Christ, in which the Judge of all will come with glory, give to anyone according to his deeds; yes, not fallen and lazy, but awake and exalted in the work of the future, prepare, in joy and the Divine chamber of His glory, we will live, where the unceasing voice is celebrating, and the indescribable sweetness of those who see Your face is inexpressible kindness. Thou art the true Light, enlightening and sanctifying everything, and all creation sings to You forever and ever. Amen.

Let us bless you, the highest God and Lord of mercy, who is always working with us, great and unexplored, glorious and terrible, there is no number of them, who gave us sleep for the repose of our infirmities, and the weakening of the labors of the much-difficult flesh. We thank Thee, for thou hast not destroyed us with our iniquities, but thou hast philanthropy usually, and in the hopelessness of lying we have erected thou, in hedgehog to glorify Thy power. The same we pray to Your immeasurable goodness, enlighten our thoughts, eyes, and lift our minds from the heavy sleep of laziness: open our mouths, and fulfill Your praise, as if we could unswervingly sing and confess to You, in all, and from all to the glorious God, The Beginningless Father, with Your Only Begotten Son, and Your All-Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

No. 7 Holy Mother of God

I sing of Your grace, Lady, I pray to You, bless my mind. Teach me the right to walk, by the way of Christ's commandments. Strengthen your vigilance to the song, chasing away despondency. Bound by the captives of the falls, resolve your prayers, O God-bride. Preserve me in the night and in the days, delivering me those who fight the enemy. Having given birth to the life-giver of God, revive me with passions. Even the Light of the non-evening gave birth, enlighten my blinded soul. O marvelous Lady of the Chamber, create the house of the Divine Spirit for me. Having given birth to a doctor, heal the souls of my many years of passion. Agitated by the storm of life, direct me to the path of repentance. Deliver me the eternal fire, and the evil worm, and tartar. Yes, do not show me joy as a demon, who is guilty of many sins. New create me, obsolete insensible, Immaculate, in sin. Show me a strange torment of all kinds, and implore all the Lord. Heavenly me improve joy, with all the saints, vouchsafe. Blessed Virgin, hear the voice of Your indecent servant. Give me a stream of tears, Most Pure, cleansing my soul of filth. I bring groans from the heart to Thee unceasingly, be zealous, Lady. Accept my prayer service, and bring it to the merciful God. Exceeding the Angel, create the worldly me above the confluence. Light-bearing heavenly Seine, direct spiritual grace in me. I raise my hands and mouth to praise, defiled by filth, All-blameless. Deliver me soulful dirty tricks, diligently imploring Christ; To him honor and worship befits, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

No. 8 Jesus Christ our Lord

Many-merciful and all-merciful, my God, Lord Jesus Christ, many for the sake of love descended and became incarnate, as if you would save everyone. And again, Savior, save me by grace, I pray Thee; if you save me from deeds, there is no grace, and a gift, but more duty. Hey, many in generosity and inexpressible in mercy! Believe in me, said thou, about my Christ, he will live and will not see death forever. If faith, even in Thee, saves the desperate, I believe, save me, for my God is You and the Creator. Faith instead of deeds may be imputed to me, my God, do not find deeds that justify me. But let that faith of mine prevail in place of all, let that one answer, that one justify me, that one show me a partaker of Your eternal glory.
May Satan not steal me away, and boast, O Word, tear me away from Your hand and fence; but either I want to, save me, or I don’t want to, Christ my Savior, anticipate soon, soon perished: Thou art my God from my mother’s womb. Vouchsafe me, Lord, now love Thee, as if I sometimes loved that same sin; and packs to work for you without laziness, as if you had worked before flattering satan. Most of all, I will work for You, the Lord and my God Jesus Christ, all the days of my life, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

No. 9 Guardian Angel

Holy Angel, stand before my accursed soul and my passionate life, do not leave me a sinner, depart from me below for my intemperance. Give no place to the crafty demon to possess me, the violence of this mortal body; strengthen my poor and thin hand and guide me on the path of salvation. To her, the holy Angel of God, the guardian and patron of my accursed soul and body, forgive me all, insult you with great insults all the days of my stomach, and if I have sinned this past night, cover me this present day, and save me from every temptation of the opposite Yes, in no sin will I anger God, and pray for me to the Lord, may he confirm me in His fear, and show me worthy of His servant of goodness. Amen.

No. 10 Mother of God

My Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos, with Thy holy and all-powerful supplications, expel from me, Thy humble and cursed servant, despondency, oblivion, foolishness, negligence, and all filthy, crafty and blasphemous thoughts from my wretched heart and from my darkened mind; and extinguish the flame of my passions, for I am poor and cursed. And deliver me from many and fierce memories and enterprises, and from all the actions of evil free me. As if you are blessed from all generations, and Your honorable name is glorified forever and ever. Amen.

Pray to God for me, holy servant of God (name), as I diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for my soul.

After that, a song of praise is raised to the Mother of God

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 the Savior gave birth to our souls.

For the Fatherland, Troparion to the Cross

Save, O Lord, Thy people, and bless Thy heritage, granting victory to the Orthodox Christian against the opposition, and Thy preservation by Thy Cross.

Interchangeable

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

About the Departed

Give rest, Lord, to the souls of the departed Thy 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.

If instead of two short prayers “for the living” and “for the dead” given above, two long memorial sacred texts are read:

Funeral: For health

Remember, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, Thy mercy and bounty from the ages of existence, for their sake, and became human, and crucifixion and death, for the sake of the right of those who believe in You, deign to endure; and you rose from the dead, you ascended into heaven and sit at the right hand of God the Father, and look down on the humble prayers of those who call on you with all your heart: incline your ear, and hear the humble prayer of me, your indecent servant, in the stench of spiritual fragrance, offering you for all your people .
And in the first place, remember Your Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, which you have provided with Your honest Blood, and confirm, and strengthen, and expand, multiply, die, and keep the gates of hell forever and ever; Calm down the tearing of the Churches, extinguish the pagan vacillations, and soon destroy and eradicate the heresies of rebellion, and turn into nothingness by the power of Your Holy Spirit. (Bow)
Save, Lord, and have mercy on our God-preserved country, its authorities and its army, protect their power with peace, and subdue every enemy and adversary under the nose of the Orthodox, and speak peace and good in their hearts about Your Church of the Holy, and about all Your people: let us live a quiet and silent life in orthodoxy, and in all piety and purity. (Bow)
Save, Lord, and have mercy on the Great Lord and Father of our Most Holy Patriarch Kirill, His Grace metropolitans, archbishops and bishops of the Orthodox, the priests and deacons, and all the church’s reckoning, even set you to shepherd Your verbal flock, and with their prayers have mercy and save me a sinner. (Bow)
Save, Lord, and have mercy on my spiritual father (his name), and forgive my sins with his holy prayers. (Bow)
Save, Lord, and have mercy on my parents (their names), brothers and sisters, and my relatives according to the flesh, and all the neighbors of my family, and friends, and grant them Your peace and peace of good. (Bow)
Save, Lord, and have mercy, according to the multitude of Thy bounties, all the holy monks, monks and nuns, and all in virginity and reverence and fasting living in monasteries, in deserts, in caves, mountains, pillars, gates, stone clefts, sea islands, and in every place of Thy dominion, faithfully living, and piously serving Thee, and praying to Thee: ease their burden, and comfort their sorrow, and give them strength and strength to the feat of Thee, and by their prayers grant me forgiveness of sins. (Bow)
Save, Lord, and have mercy on the old and the young, the poor and orphans and widows, and those who are in sickness and sorrow, troubles and sorrows, circumstances and captivity, dungeons and imprisonment, rather in persecution, for the sake of Thee and the Orthodox faith, from the tongue of the godless, from the apostate and from the heretics, who are your servants, and remember, visit, strengthen, comfort, and soon by your strength I will weaken, give them freedom and deliver. (Bow)
Save, Lord, and have mercy on those who do good to us, who have mercy and nourish us, who gave us alms, and who commanded us unworthy to pray for them, and who give us rest, and do Thy mercy with them, granting them everything, even for the salvation of petition, and eternal blessings perception . (Bow)
Save, Lord, and have mercy on those who are sent to the service, traveling, our fathers and brothers, and all Orthodox Christians. (Bow)
Save, Lord, and have mercy on them with my madness of temptations, and turn away from the path of salvation, lead me to evil and unlike deeds; By Your Divine Providence return the packs to the path of salvation. (Bow)
Save, Lord, and have mercy on those who hate and offend me, and those who do misfortune to me, and do not leave them to perish for my sake, a sinner. (Bow)
Apostates from the Orthodox faith and blinded by fatal heresies, enlighten with the light of Your knowledge and honor Your Holy Apostles of the Cathedral Church. (Bow).

Funeral: For the dead

Remember, Lord, from the life of this departed orthodox kings and queens, noble princes and princesses, the most holy patriarchs, His Grace metropolitans, archbishops and bishops of the Orthodox, in the priesthood and in the parish of the church, and in the monastic rank you served, and in your eternal villages with the holy s rest. (Bow.)
Remember, Lord, the souls of your departed servants, my parents (their names), and all relatives in the flesh; and forgive them all their sins, voluntary and involuntary, granting them the Kingdom and the communion of Your eternal good and Your endless and blissful life pleasure. (Bow)
Remember, Lord, and all in the hope of the resurrection and eternal life of the reposed, fathers and our brothers and sisters, and lying here and everywhere, Orthodox Christians, and with Your saints, where the light of Your face dwells, indwell, and have mercy on us, as Good and Humanitarian. Amen. (Bow)
Grant, Lord, the forgiveness of sins to all those who have departed in the faith and hope of the resurrection, our fathers, brothers and sisters, and create for them an eternal memory. (Three times)

Final

It is worthy to eat as 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 God the Word, who gave birth to the real Mother of God, we magnify Thee.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Lord have mercy. (Three times)
Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
Note: From Easter to Ascension, instead of this prayer, the refrain and irmos of the 9th song of the Easter canon are read:
“An angel crying out more graciously: Pure Virgin, rejoice! And pack the river: rejoice! Your Son is risen three days from the tomb and raised up the dead; folks, have fun!
Shine, shine, new Jerusalem, the glory of the Lord is upon you. Rejoice now and rejoice, Sione. You, Pure One, show off, Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.

Evening prayers

Read before bed. A person thanks the Lord for a good day, humbly asks for a blessing for the coming dream, repents for the expected or accidental sins committed by him throughout the day.

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

It is with such an appeal that it is necessary to begin a prayer service, consisting of reading several prayers on occasion: in ours - before going to bed.

Jesus Christ

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

Heavenly king

Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of Truth, Who is everywhere and fills everything, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Blessed, our souls.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (thrice).
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Holy Trinity

Most 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 (three times).
Glory ... and now ...
Note:

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 also 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 forever. Amen.)

Trinity Troparion

Rising from sleep, we fall down to Thee, Blessed, and cry out to the Angelic song of Thee, Stronger: holy, holy, holy art thou, God, have mercy on us the Mother of God.
Glory: Thou hast raised me up from bed and sleep, O Lord: enlighten my mind and heart, and open my mouth, in hedgehog to sing Thee, Holy Trinity: holy, holy, holy Thou, God, have mercy on us with the Theotokos.
And now: Suddenly, the Judge will come, and every day the deeds will be exposed, but we call with fear at midnight: holy, holy, holy art thou, God, have mercy on us the Mother of God.
Lord have mercy (12 times).

To the Holy Trinity

Rising from sleep, I thank Thee, Holy Trinity, for many, for the sake of Thy goodness and long-suffering, were not angry with me, lazy and sinful, below you destroyed me with my iniquities: but you usually loved humanity, and in the hopelessness of the lying one raised me up, in a hedgehog matin and glorify your power. And now enlighten my mental eyes, open my mouth to learn Thy words and understand Thy commandments, and do Thy will, and sing Thee in confession of the heart, and sing of Thy holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever . Amen.

worship jesus christ

Come, let us worship our King God.
Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ our King God.
Come, let us worship and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God.

(Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy bounties, cleanse my iniquity. Most of all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my iniquity, and my sin is before me. I have sinned alone and done evil before Thee: that thou shalt be justified in Thy words and overcome when thou judgest. I shall be cleansed with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Give joy and gladness to my ears: and the bones of meekness shall rejoice. Turn thy face away from my sins, and cleanse all my iniquity. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit. in my womb. Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Give me back the joy of Thy salvation, and strengthen me by your sovereign Spirit. 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, God will not despise. Please, O Lord, with Your favor Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; then they will offer calves on Your altar.)

Jesus Christ Lord

(To Thee, O Lord, Lover of mankind, I have risen from sleep, and I strive for Thy works by Thy mercy, and let me pray to Thee: help me at all times, in all things, and deliver me from every evil worldly thing and the devil's haste, and save me and lead me into Your eternal kingdom. You are my Creator and Provider and Giver of every good thing, all my hope is in You, and I am sending glory to You now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.)
Who at all times and for every hour, worshiped and glorified in heaven and on earth, Christ God, long-suffering, many-merciful, many-merciful, Whomever love the righteous and have mercy on sinners, Whomever calls to salvation, promises for the sake of future blessings: Himself, Lord, accept and ours in the hour of this prayer and correct our belly to Thy commandments, sanctify our souls, cleanse our bodies, correct our thoughts, cleanse our thoughts: and deliver us from all sorrow, evils and diseases: protect us with Your saints Angles, but keep and instruct them with an army let us achieve in the union of faith and in the mind unapproachable Thy glory: for blessed art thou unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Mother of God

My Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos, with Thy holy and all-powerful supplications, expel from me, Thy humble and accursed servant, despondency, oblivion, foolishness, negligence, and all filthy, crafty and blasphemous thoughts from my wretched heart and from my darkened mind: and extinguish the flame of passions mine, as if I am poor and cursed, and deliver me from many and fierce memories and enterprises, and from all the actions of evil, free me: as blessed are you from all generations, and Your honorable name is glorified forever and ever. Amen.

Saint Joseph (Betrothed of the Virgin Mary)

Chosen as the guardian of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, the nurse and feeder of the God-Man, righteous Joseph, glorifying your service to the inexpressible mystery of the incarnation of God the Word, let us praise you. Now you are standing before the throne of Christ our God, and having great boldness towards Him, pray for us who cry out to you: Rejoice, righteous Joseph, quick helper and prayer book for our souls. (Kontakion 1 from Akathist).

Guardian Angel

Angel of God, my holy guardian, given to me by God from heaven! I diligently pray to you, enlighten me today and save me from all evil, guide me to a good deed and direct me to the path of salvation. Amen.

The patron saint, whose name a person is named

Pray to God for me, holy servant of God (name), as I diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for my soul.

Heavenly spirits - angels, archangels

All heavenly Powers, Holy Angels and Archangels, pray to God for us sinners.

About everyday sins

I confess to You, the Lord my God and Creator, Holy Trinity To the only glorified and worshiped Father and Son and the Holy Spirit, all my sins, even if I have done all the days of my stomach, and for every hour, and at the present time, deed, word, thought, sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch and all my feelings, spiritual together and bodily, in the image of you my God and the Creator of anger, and my neighbor untrue. Pitying about these, I present myself to you, my God, and I have the will to repent, then you, Lord my God, help me, with tears I humbly pray to you; Forgive me, who has passed my sins by Thy mercy, and resolve from all these, as Good and Lover of mankind.)

Repentance

Weaken, leave, forgive, God, our sins, free and involuntary, even in word and in deed, even in knowledge and not in knowledge, even in days and nights, even in mind and in thought: forgive us all, as good and philanthropist.

About the Living and the Dead

Whoever hates and offends us, Lord, forgive us and philanthropist. Bless those who do good. To all our brethren and relatives, and to those who are secluded, grant all the same to the salvation of petitions and eternal life. In the illnesses of the being, visit and heal, in the dungeons of the being of freedom, wake up the ruler floating on the sea, hastening to travel. Lord, remember our captive brethren, fellow believers of the Orthodox faith, and deliver them from every evil situation. Have mercy, Lord, and forgive those who have commanded us, the unworthy, to pray for them. Have mercy, O Lord, on those who serve us and have mercy on us, and grant them everything for the salvation of petitions and eternal life. Remember, Lord, the fathers and our brothers who have fallen asleep before, and all who died in the pious faith; and I have instilled where the light of your face dwells. Lord, remember our thinness and wickedness, and enlighten our minds with the light of the mind of Your holy Gospel, and guide us on the path of Your commandments; with the prayers of your most pure Mother and all your saints. Amen.

Final

(Victory to the chosen Voivode, as if we had got rid of the evil ones, we will thankfully describe Ty Thy servants, the Mother of God: but as if having an invincible power, free us from all troubles, let us call Ty: rejoice, Bride of the Bride.)
Glorious Ever-Virgin Mother of Christ God, bring our prayer to Your Son and our God, may our souls be saved by You.
I put all my hope in You, Mother of God, keep me under Your shelter.
Enlighten my eyes, O Christ God, lest I fall asleep into death, lest my enemy say: Be strong against him.
Be the intercessor of my soul, O God, as I walk in the midst of many snares: deliver me from them and save me, Blessed, like a philanthropist.
My hope is the Father, my refuge is the Son, my protection is the Holy Spirit: Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
(It is worthy to eat as truly blessed Theotokos, blessed and immaculate and the Mother of our God. The most honorable Cherubim and the most glorious seraphim without comparison, without the corruption of God the Word, who gave birth to the Mother of God, we magnify Thee.)
(Glory... and now...)
(Lord, have mercy (thrice).)
(Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Holy Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.)

Before bedtime

Let God arise, and let those who hate Him be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from His presence. Like smoke disappears, let them disappear: like wax melts from the face of fire, so let the demons perish from the face of those who love God and are marked by the sign of the cross and say in joy: Rejoice, most honorable and life-giving cross of the Lord, drive away the demons by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, crucified on you, who descended into hell and corrected the power of the devil and gave us to you, His honest cross to trample on any adversary. O most honorable and life-giving cross of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Lady Virgin Mother of God and with all the saints forever. Amen.
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Protect me, Lord, with the power of Your honest and life-giving Cross, and save me from all evil.

Into Your hands, Lord Jesus Christ, my God, I commit my spirit. Bless me, have mercy on me and grant me eternal life. Amen.

We have tried to simplify the task as much as possible for a person interested in this topic by dividing the above material, building it in a logical sequence, without violating the sequence of sacred formulas. We hope this helps to some extent.

When studying the article and the prayers, psalms, etc. offered to it, please pay close attention to the notes on each text: how to read, how many times, how to bow, what prayers can be replaced with what.

Of course, not every person has time, unable to immediately gain patience, humility for such lengthy daily rituals. Nevertheless, gradually, step by step, discovering divine revelations for himself, the layman accepts other, albeit strict, rules of the church. With the blessing and with the assistance of the spiritual father, canonical formulas are chosen together with the priest. In the meantime, due to the complexity of mastering Christian science, at first a beginner can read the main sacred texts, slowly adding the rest to them.

right time

In a special booklet called a prayer book, there are clear instructions for working with certain sacred texts: only getting out of bed in the morning, in the evening shortly before going to bed, that is, after all the worldly worries of a long day. In no case after reading do not watch TV, do not listen to the radio or something else, but immediately go to bed.

However, there are times when, for some reason, a person does not have the opportunity to sleep: a work shift with a flexible schedule, for example. Then it makes no sense to ask for a blessing, because you still won’t lie down to rest. Better instead of the usual rule to work with the Gospel or something else at your discretion.

Why you need to read

This is not easy painstaking daily work, requiring maximum concentration, on words that are lifted up to God. Not just a time-consuming activity. And also the discovery in your soul of the inner Light of Truth. Sometimes, pronouncing a complex formula of sacred words, you do not always understand what lies behind this or that phrase.

But suddenly, at some point, with the blessing of the Lord comes the understanding of something special, directed straight into the soul. And then a feeling that cannot be expressed in words - reverence, joy fills every corner of the soul with its light. Therefore, those who wish to acquire it must work diligently and selflessly.

Religious Christian literature

Having worked with the established rules, feeling the need to broaden your personal spiritual horizons, by all means carry out your plan, having previously consulted with the confessor on the subject of reading religious literature. Thank God, there are quite a lot of them and there are plenty to choose from.

Most often read:

Holy Scripture;
Bible: Old and New Testament;
Lives of the Saints;
trebnik;
the law of God;
Book of hours;
Akathists.

The list can be continued for a long time. Reading religious works is not only useful, but makes you think about many things. Rethink your perspective on a lot of things. Sweep away the garbage, join the divine light, finally learn to love - God, people, yourself - simply and with all your heart.

True, this is not an everyday reading, and sometimes a difficult task, since what is written requires reflection, penetration into the very essence of the material being read, but not only. The difficulty lies in the fact that many books are written in the Old Slavonic language, which for a modern reader who is not used to this, is quite a serious obstacle.

Therefore, you should not immediately take on fundamental things, but rather consult with the priest, ask for his blessing, ask him to explain misunderstood places.

How to write and pronounce

Accepted abbreviations in prayer books or other books about worship are often used to save space.

Of course, this method is convenient for church people (readers, singers, etc.), who are well versed in the system of notes and footnotes. But what should a novice adherent of faith do? How not to get lost, even if you haven’t figured out the basics yet? The following brief dictionary of abbreviations will come to the rescue below, giving the key to understanding and correctly reading the most common religious formulations.

1.
“Glory, and now: (or: “Glory: And now:”) - Glory to the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
"Glory:" - Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
"and now:" - And now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Attention! In the Psalter, each of the kathismas - the twenty parts into which the Psalter is divided for reading - is divided into three parts, after each of which is usually written: "Glory:" (these parts are therefore called "Glories"). In this (and only this) case, the designation "Glory:" replaces the following prayers:
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, O God. (Three times)
Lord have mercy. (Three times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
2.
"Alleluia" (Three times) - Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, God. (Three times)
3.
“The Trisagion according to Our Father” or “The Trisagion. Holy Trinity ... Our Father ... "- prayers are read sequentially:
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Three times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
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. (Three times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Our Father, Thou 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.
4. Score of 4 voters: 4

“King of Heaven, 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"

(always pronounced three times, with the sign of the cross and a bow from the waist.)

Prayer "Our Father"

“Our Father who art in heaven!
hallowed be thy name;
let your kingdom come;
may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
give us our daily bread this day;
and forgive us our debts, as we also 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 forever. Amen."

Prayer "Virgin Virgin"

“Our Lady Mary, full of the grace of God, rejoice! The Lord is with you; Blessed are You among women and blessed is the fruit born of Thee, because You have given birth to the Savior of our souls.

Prayer to the Holy Trinity "Rising from sleep"

Having risen from sleep, I thank Thee, Holy Trinity, for many, for the sake of Thy goodness and long-suffering, have not been angry with me, lazy and sinful, below have destroyed me with my iniquities; but you usually loved humanity and in the hopelessness of the lying one raised me up, in a hedgehog to matine and glorify Your power. And now enlighten my mental eyes, open my mouth to learn Thy words, and understand Thy commandments, and do Thy will, and sing Thee in confession of the heart, and sing of Thy all-holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever centuries. Amen.

Psalm 50 "God have mercy on me"

“Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy mercies, blot out my iniquities.
Wash me many times from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin,
for I acknowledge my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.
You, You alone, I have sinned and done evil in Your sight, so that You are righteous in Your judgment and pure in Your judgment.
Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother bore me in sin.
Behold, You have loved the truth in the heart, and within me have shown me [Your] wisdom.
Sprinkle me with hyssop and I will be clean; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness, and the bones broken by Thee will rejoice.
Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and confirm me with the domineering Spirit.
I will teach the transgressors Your ways, and the wicked will turn to You.
Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will praise Your righteousness.
God! open my mouth, and my mouth will proclaim your praise:
for you do not desire sacrifice, I would give it; You are not pleased with the burnt offering.
Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; a contrite and humble heart You will not despise, O God.
Benefit, [Lord,] according to Your good pleasure Zion; raise the walls of Jerusalem:
then sacrifices of righteousness, offerings and burnt offerings will be pleasing to you; then they will offer calves on your altar.”

Prayer "Symbol of Faith"

“I believe in one God the Father, the Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, of everything visible and invisible.
And in the one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only Begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages: Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not created, one being with the Father, by Him all things were created.
For the sake of us people and for the sake of our salvation, he descended from heaven, and took flesh from the Holy Spirit and Mary the Virgin, and became a man.
Crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffering, and buried.
And risen on the third day according to the Scriptures.
And ascended into heaven, and sitting on the right side of the Father.
And coming again in glory to judge the living and the dead, His Kingdom will have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who is worshiped and glorified with the Father and the Son, who spoke through the prophets.
Into one holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
Waiting for the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the next century. Amen (truly so)."

Prayer "God cleanse"

“God, cleanse me a sinner, for I have done no good before Thee, but deliver me from the evil one, and Thy will be done in me; May I open my unworthy mouth without condemnation and praise Your holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen."

Prayer "To You, Lord"

“To Thee, O Lord, Lover of mankind, I have risen from sleep, and I strive for Thy works by Thy mercy, and I pray to Thee: help me at all times, in all things, and deliver me from every evil worldly thing and the devil’s haste, and save me, and lead me into your eternal kingdom. You are my Creator and all good, the Provider and Giver, all my hope is in You, and I send glory to You, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen."

Prayer to the Guardian Angel "Holy Angel"

“Holy Angel, stand more wretched than my soul and more passionate than my life, do not leave me a sinner, depart from me below for my intemperance. Give no place to the crafty demon to possess me, the violence of this mortal body; strengthen my poor and thin hand and guide me on the path of salvation. To her, the holy Angel of God, the guardian and patron of my accursed soul and body, forgive me all, insult you with great insults all the days of my stomach, and if I have sinned this past night, cover me this present day, and save me from every temptation of the opposite Yes, in no sin will I anger God, and pray for me to the Lord, may he confirm me in His fear, and show me worthy of His servant of goodness. Amen."

Prayer "Most Holy Lady"

“My Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos, with Thy holy and all-powerful supplications, expel from me, Thy humble and cursed servant, despondency, oblivion, foolishness, negligence, and all filthy, crafty and blasphemous thoughts from my wretched heart and from my darkened mind; and extinguish the flame of my passions, for I am poor and cursed. And deliver me from many and fierce memories and enterprises, and from all the actions of evil free me. As if you are blessed from all generations, and Your honorable name is glorified forever and ever. Amen."

Prayer invocation of the saint whose name you bear

Pray to God for me, holy servant of God (God's servant) (name), as I diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book (an emergency helper and prayer book) for my soul.

Prayer for the Living

“Save, Lord, and have mercy on Your servants: my spiritual father (name), my parents (name), relatives (name), bosses, mentors, benefactors (name) and all Orthodox Christians.”

Prayer for the dead

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

Morning prayers are the initial part of the obligatory daily regular prayer rule for a parishioner and cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as some local churches historically associated with the Russian.

The morning prayer rule can be complete or short. The first is designed for monks and spiritually experienced lay people, since requires a special prayerful mood and knowledge of all prayers by heart: it is printed in the Orthodox Prayer Book. The second is for people who are just starting to read morning prayers or those who, due to some circumstances, cannot read the full prayer rule.

There are two versions of the short morning prayer rule.

The first option includes prayers: “King of Heaven”, Trisagion, “Our Father”, “Song of the Most Holy Theotokos”, “Rising from sleep”, “God have mercy on me”, “Symbol of faith”, “God, cleanse”, “To You, Master”, “Holy Angel”, “Most Holy Lady”, invocation of the saint whose name you bear, prayer for the living and the dead.

In the second version, compiled by Seraphim of Sarov, most of the prayers mentioned above are omitted. During the day, only “Our Father” is read three times, “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice” three times, and the “Symbol of Faith” once, with the illumination of oneself with the sign of the cross before reading. This option, called the seraphic rule, is provided only for those exceptional days when a person is extremely tired or very limited in time.

It is undesirable to completely omit the morning prayer rule, because in this case it will be impossible for a person to build his spiritual life and let God into it. Even if the words of prayers are pronounced without due attention, their cleansing effect on the soul is still difficult to overestimate.

Read Morning Prayers (Complete Morning Prayer Rule)

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 thoughts leave everything earthly, and then make the following prayers, without haste and with attention of the heart:

Initial prayers

Publican's Prayer

God, have mercy on me a sinner. (Bow)

Predestinatory prayer

Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen. Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit (also known as the King of Heaven)

The King of Heaven, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, who dwells everywhere and fills everything, the Treasury of blessings and life Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save our souls, Good One.

Instead of this prayer, from Pascha to Ascension, it is read three times: “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling death upon death, and bestowing life on those in the tombs”; from Ascension to the day of Holy Pentecost (Trinity), this prayer is not read at all, the Trisagion is read immediately.

Trisagion

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

It is read 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.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and always, and forever and ever. Amen.

Lord's Prayer

Our Father who is in heaven! May your name be hallowed; let your kingdom come; may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Troparion Ternary

Rising from sleep, we fall down to Thee, Blessed, and cry out to the angelic song of Thee, Stronger: Holy, Holy, Holy Thou, God, have mercy on us the Mother of God.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Thou hast raised me up from bed and sleep, O Lord, enlighten my mind and heart, and open my lips, in hedgehog to sing Thee, Holy Trinity: Holy, Holy, Holy, O God, have mercy on us with the Theotokos.

And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Suddenly the Judge will come, and every day the deeds will be exposed, but with fear we call at midnight: Holy, Holy, Holy art thou, God, have mercy on us through the Theotokos.

Lord have mercy. (12 times)

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Come, let us worship our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us worship and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (Bow)

If you read the morning prayers along with the Midnight Office, then after the prayer to the Most Holy Trinity, read prayers from 1 to 4, then the entire sequence of the Midnight Office, which includes prayers 5 and 6; after the final prayer of the second part of the Midnight Office “Remember, Lord:” read prayers from 7 to 10 and further: “Glorious Ever-Virgin:” and the end of the Midnight Office.

Psalm 50

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Wash me most of all from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and my sin 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 conquered when you judge Thee. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and in sins give birth to me, my mother. Behold, thou hast loved the truth; the unknown and secret wisdom of Thy revealed to me. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Give joy and joy to my hearing; 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. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me the joy of Your salvation and confirm me with the dominating Spirit. I will teach the wicked in Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation; my tongue rejoices 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 broken; a contrite and humble heart God will not despise. Please, O Lord, with Your favor Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, an offering and a burnt offering; then they will offer bullocks on your altar.

Symbol of faith

I believe in one God the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible.

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 resurrected 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 future 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.

First Prayer of Saint Macarius the Great

Prayer two, of the same saint

Rising from sleep, I offer the midnight song to Thee, Savior, and falling down crying out to Thee: do not let me fall asleep in a sinful death, but have mercy on me, crucified by will, and speeding me up lying in laziness, and save me in anticipation and prayer, and after a dream in the night, shine upon me a sinless day, Christ God, and save me.

Prayer three, of the same saint

Prayer four, of the same saint

Lord, with Thy many goodness and Thy great bounties Thou hast given me, Thy servant, the past time of this night without adversity to pass from all evil; You Yourself, Master, of all Creators, vouchsafe me with Your true light and enlightened heart to do Your will, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

The Fifth Prayer of Saint Basil the Great

Lord Almighty, God of powers and all flesh, living in the highest and looking down on the humble, test the hearts and wombs and the secrets of people in the foreknowledge, Beginningless and Eternal Light, with Him there is no change, or change overshadowing; Himself, the Immortal King, accept our prayers, even at the present time, boldly on the multitude of Your bounties, from bad mouths to You, and leave us our sins, even in deed, and in word, and thought, knowledge, or ignorance, we have sinned; and cleanse us from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. And grant us with an invigorating heart and a sober thought the whole night of our present life, awaiting the coming of the bright and revealed day of Your Only Begotten Son, the Lord and God and Savior of our Jesus Christ, in which the Judge of all will come with glory, give to anyone according to his deeds; yes, not fallen and lazy, but awake and exalted in the work of the future, prepare, in joy and the Divine chamber of His glory, we will live, where the unceasing voice is celebrating, and the indescribable sweetness of those who see Your face is inexpressible kindness. Thou art the true Light, enlightening and sanctifying everything, and all creation sings to You forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer six, of the same saint

Let us bless you, the highest God and Lord of mercy, who is always working with us, great and unexplored, glorious and terrible, there is no number of them, who gave us sleep for the repose of our infirmities, and the weakening of the labors of the much-difficult flesh. We thank Thee, for thou hast not destroyed us with our iniquities, but thou hast philanthropy usually, and in the hopelessness of lying we have erected thou, in hedgehog to glorify Thy power. The same we pray to Your immeasurable goodness, enlighten our thoughts, eyes, and lift our minds from the heavy sleep of laziness: open our mouths, and fulfill Your praise, as if we could unswervingly sing and confess to You, in all, and from all to the glorious God, The Beginningless Father, with Your Only Begotten Son, and Your All-Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Seventh Prayer, Midnight Song to the Most Holy Theotokos

I sing of Your grace, Lady, I pray to You, bless my mind. Teach me the right to walk, by the way of Christ's commandments. Strengthen your vigilance to the song, chasing away despondency. Bound by the captives of the falls, resolve your prayers, O God-bride. Preserve me in the night and in the days, delivering me those who fight the enemy. Having given birth to the life-giver of God, revive me with passions. Even the Light of the non-evening gave birth, enlighten my blinded soul. O marvelous Lady of the Chamber, create the house of the Divine Spirit for me. Having given birth to a doctor, heal the souls of my many years of passion. Agitated by the storm of life, direct me to the path of repentance. Deliver me the eternal fire, and the evil worm, and tartar. Yes, do not show me joy as a demon, who is guilty of many sins. New create me, obsolete insensible, Immaculate, in sin. Show me a strange torment of all kinds, and implore all the Lord. Heavenly me improve joy, with all the saints, vouchsafe. Blessed Virgin, hear the voice of Your indecent servant. Give me a stream of tears, Most Pure, cleansing my soul of filth. I bring groans from the heart to Thee unceasingly, be zealous, Lady. Accept my prayer service, and bring it to the merciful God. Exceeding the Angel, create the worldly me above the confluence. Light-bearing heavenly Seine, direct spiritual grace in me. I raise my hands and mouth to praise, defiled by filth, All-blameless. Deliver me soulful dirty tricks, diligently imploring Christ; To him honor and worship befits, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer Eight, to our Lord Jesus Christ

Many-merciful and all-merciful, my God, Lord Jesus Christ, many for the sake of love descended and became incarnate, as if you would save everyone. And again, Savior, save me by grace, I pray Thee; if you save me from deeds, there is no grace, and a gift, but more duty. Hey, many in generosity and inexpressible in mercy! Believe in me, said thou, about my Christ, he will live and will not see death forever. If faith, even in Thee, saves the desperate, I believe, save me, for my God is You and the Creator. Faith instead of deeds may be imputed to me, my God, do not find deeds that justify me. But let that faith of mine prevail in place of all, let that one answer, that one justify me, that one show me a partaker of Your eternal glory. May Satan not steal me away, and boast, O Word, tear me away from Your hand and fence; but either I want to, save me, or I don’t want to, Christ my Savior, anticipate soon, soon perished: Thou art my God from my mother’s womb. Vouchsafe me, Lord, now love Thee, as if I sometimes loved that same sin; and packs to work for you without laziness, as if you had worked before flattering satan. Most of all, I will work for You, the Lord and my God Jesus Christ, all the days of my life, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Ninth prayer, to the guardian angel

Tenth Prayer, to the Most Holy Theotokos

Prayer invocation of the saint whose name you bear

Pray to God for me, holy servant of God (or: holy saint of God, holy apostle, martyr, saint) (name), as if I diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book (or: ambulance and prayer book) about my soul.

Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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 the Savior gave birth to our souls.

Troparion to the Cross and Prayer for the Fatherland

Save, O Lord, Thy people, and bless Thy heritage, granting victory to the Orthodox Christian against the opposition, and Thy preservation by Thy Cross.

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

If you can, instead of short prayers for the living and the dead, read this memorial: About living

Remember, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, Thy mercy and bounty from the ages of existence, for their sake, and became human, and crucifixion and death, for the sake of the right of those who believe in You, deign to endure; and you rose from the dead, you ascended into heaven and sit at the right hand of God the Father, and look down on the humble prayers of those who call on you with all your heart: incline your ear, and hear the humble prayer of me, your indecent servant, in the stench of spiritual fragrance, offering you for all your people . And in the first place, remember Your Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, which you have provided with Your honest Blood, and confirm, and strengthen, and expand, multiply, die, and keep the gates of hell forever and ever; Calm down the tearing of the Churches, extinguish the pagan vacillations, and soon destroy and eradicate the heresies of rebellion, and turn into nothingness by the power of Your Holy Spirit. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on our God-preserved country, its authorities and its army, protect their power with peace, and subdue every enemy and adversary under the nose of the Orthodox, and speak peace and good in their hearts about Your Church of the Holy, and about all Your people: let us live a quiet and silent life in orthodoxy, and in all piety and purity. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on the Great Lord and Father of our Most Holy Patriarch Kirill, His Grace metropolitans, archbishops and bishops of the Orthodox, the priests and deacons, and all the church’s reckoning, even set you to shepherd Your verbal flock, and with their prayers have mercy and save me a sinner. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on my spiritual father (his name), and forgive my sins with his holy prayers. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on my parents (their names), brothers and sisters, and my relatives according to the flesh, and all the neighbors of my family, and friends, and grant them Your peace and peace of good. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy, according to the multitude of Thy bounties, all the holy monks, monks and nuns, and all in virginity and reverence and fasting living in monasteries, in deserts, in caves, mountains, pillars, gates, stone clefts, sea islands, and in every place of Thy dominion, faithfully living, and piously serving Thee, and praying to Thee: ease their burden, and comfort their sorrow, and give them strength and strength to the feat of Thee, and by their prayers grant me forgiveness of sins. (Bow))

Save, Lord, and have mercy on the old and the young, the poor and orphans and widows, and those who are in sickness and sorrow, troubles and sorrows, circumstances and captivity, dungeons and imprisonment, rather in persecution, for the sake of Thee and the Orthodox faith, from the tongue of the godless, from the apostate and from the heretics, who are your servants, and remember, visit, strengthen, comfort, and soon by your strength I will weaken, give them freedom and deliver. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on those who do good to us, who have mercy and nourish us, who gave us alms, and who commanded us unworthy to pray for them, and who give us rest, and do Thy mercy with them, granting them everything, even for the salvation of petition, and eternal blessings perception . (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on those who are sent to the service, traveling, our fathers and brothers, and all Orthodox Christians. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on them with my madness of temptations, and turn away from the path of salvation, lead me to evil and unlike deeds; By Your Divine Providence return the packs to the path of salvation. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on those who hate and offend me, and those who do misfortune to me, and do not leave them to perish for my sake, a sinner. (Bow)

Apostates from the Orthodox faith and blinded by fatal heresies, enlighten with the light of Your knowledge and honor Your Holy Apostles of the Cathedral Church. (Bow)

About the departed

Remember, Lord, from the life of this departed orthodox kings and queens, noble princes and princesses, the most holy patriarchs, His Grace metropolitans, archbishops and bishops of the Orthodox, in the priesthood and in the parish of the church, and in the monastic rank you served, and in your eternal villages with the holy s rest. (Bow)

Remember, Lord, the souls of your departed servants, my parents (their names) and all relatives according to the flesh; and forgive them all their sins, voluntary and involuntary, granting them the Kingdom and the communion of Your eternal good and Your endless and blissful life pleasure. (Bow)

Remember, Lord, and all in the hope of the resurrection and eternal life of the reposed, fathers and our brothers and sisters, and lying here and everywhere, Orthodox Christians, and with Your saints, where the light of Your face dwells, indwell, and have mercy on us, as Good and Humanitarian. Amen. (Bow)

Grant, Lord, the forgiveness of sins to all those who have departed in the faith and hope of the resurrection, our fathers, brothers and sisters, and create for them an eternal memory. (Three times)

Final prayers

From Pascha to Ascension, instead of this prayer, the refrain and irmos of the 9th song of the Paschal canon are read: “The angel crying out of Grace: Pure Virgin, rejoice! And pack the river: rejoice! Your Son is risen three days from the tomb and raised up the dead; folks, have fun! Shine, shine, new Jerusalem, the glory of the Lord is upon you. Rejoice now and rejoice, Sione. You, Pure One, show off, Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Lord have mercy. (Three times)

Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.

Lesser Known Morning Prayers

These prayers cannot replace the morning prayer rule, therefore, they are read only when a person needs additional spiritual support. There are only two of them: the Holy Trinity and God Almighty. The text of the prayers is as follows:

To you, my God and Creator, in the Holy Trinity, the glorious Father and Son and the Holy Spirit, I worship and entrust my soul and body, and pray: You bless me, You have mercy on me, and deliver me from all worldly, diabolical and bodily evil. And let this day pass in peace without sin, to Your glory, and to the salvation of my soul. Amen.

Glory to Thee, O King, God the Almighty, Who by Thy divine and humane providence, thou hast vouchsafed me, a sinner and unworthy, to rise from sleep and receive the entrance of Thy holy house: accept, Lord, and the voice of my prayer, as if Thy holy and intelligent forces, and Delight with a pure heart, and with a humble spirit bring You praise from my filthy lips, as if I would be a wise virgins’ partner, with the bright candle of my soul, and I glorify Thee in the Father and the Spirit of the glorious God the Word. Amen.

In addition to the electronic version of the morning prayer rule, it is always useful to have a paper version with you. The battery on the phone is dead, the tablet crashed, Wi-Fi is malfunctioning - all this is not a reason not to read daily morning prayers. With a simple paper book, this will not happen.

Why read morning prayers?

The importance of morning prayers in the life of any believer cannot be overestimated.

Such prayers set in the right spiritual mood. They teach humility. They serve to protect a righteous person from demons. With morning prayers, believers thank the Lord for the past night and ask Him for help during the new day. With their daily reading begins the construction of God's temple in the human soul.

Many holy fathers spoke and wrote about the importance of reading morning prayers. For example, here is what St. Theophan the Recluse wrote about this: “The Lord arranges everything; it is necessary to accept from Him a blessing for deeds, the necessary admonition and the necessary reinforcement. And hurry early, while nothing prevents you, alone, ascend to the Lord with your mind and heart, and confess your needs, your intentions to Him and ask for His help. Having tuned in with prayer and contemplation from the first minutes of the day, you will then spend the whole day in reverence and fear of God, with collected thoughts. And this is how their significance was assessed by the Monk John of the Ladder: “There is a demon among evil spirits, called the preliminary, which immediately upon awakening appears to tempt us and defiles our first thoughts. Dedicate the beginning of your day to the Lord, for to whom you give them first, they will be. One most skillful worker said to me this noteworthy word: “At the beginning of the morning,” he said, “I will foresee all the course of my day.”

I would like to sum up all of the above with the words of St. John of Kronstadt: “Daily morning and evening prayers are necessary as a counteraction and antidote to our daily sins, as their eradication through a living consciousness of their madness. Church services everyday, Sunday, festive, Lenten, headed by the liturgy, are also an antidote and medicine for the souls of sinners.

Listen to morning prayers

Despite the fact that morning prayers are considered mandatory for daily reading, in some cases it becomes impossible to read them: for example, by people on the road or by young mothers who are spinning with children. In such force majeure circumstances, it is allowed to replace personal morning prayer with listening to the recording.

You can not only listen to the recording of the morning prayer rule online, but also download it to your phone or player so that it is always at hand. The recording is available for download at the link below.

The basis of the first edition of the Kiev-Pechersk collection was three akathists, to which prayers for the coming sleep, morning prayers and "The Science of the Rule" were added. Based on the traditions of the cell rules of the Vilna monastery, the editors of the collection create their own version of prayer sequences; in particular, two midnight prayers are excluded from the number of morning prayers: to the Lord and to the Mother of God. In this form, the rank of the morning prayer rule was printed in almost all collections published by the Kiev-Pechersk Monastery, except for the publication “Semi-ustav” of 1643: in it, the prayer to the Mother of God “I sing of Your grace to the Lady” was again included in the morning prayers, but the short “Lord God Almighty, receive from Your heavenly Powers.

In contrast to the Kiev tradition of the cell rule, in the Moscow tradition until the end of the 17th century, instead of morning prayers and prayers for the coming sleep, the rite of “wake up from sleep” and sleeping prayers were used. Only in the 1679 edition of the Kanonnik were they replaced by the Kyiv collections of prayers from the "Poluustav" of 1643.

From 1701, morning prayers and prayers for the future sleep began to be printed as supplements. In this position and composition, the collection of prayers is fixed right up to the publication of the Psalter with the follow-up of 1914, the last in the Moscow Synodal Printing House, becoming an integral part of the tradition of private prayer life.

Morning Prayer Traditions

The morning prayer rule is considered mandatory reading by all Orthodox. It is recommended to read it by heart. However, for those who are just starting to learn it, it can be very difficult to remember the entire rule in its entirety. In this case, confessors advise to start reading with several prayers and gradually - once every 7-10 days - add one prayer to the rule. Such a technique allows not only to memorize morning prayers without significant effort, but also to develop the skill of reading them correctly: thoughtfully and without haste.

You can read morning prayers both without blessing and with it. The latter is more preferable, because in this case, the confessor will not only correctly assess the condition of the person asking, but will also give grace along with the blessing, which will help in a good deed and protect from temptations.

When reading morning prayers, it is worth completely abstracting from everyday worries by focusing on the spoken words. It is advisable to retire, light a lamp or a candle, and stand in front of the icon.

After, before proceeding with everyday affairs, it is recommended to stand a little, think about the words spoken. And most importantly, try to maintain for the rest of the day the state of mind and soul that was achieved during prayer.

Having risen 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 of the Son, and of 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 (Gospel of Luke, chapter 18, verse 13)

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

Trisagion

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

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, 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. (Three times). Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Lord's Prayer

Troparion Ternary

Having risen from sleep, we fall down to Thee, Blessed, and cry out to the angelic song of Thee, Stronger: Holy, Holy, Holy Thou, God, have mercy on us the Mother of God.

Glory: Thou hast raised me up from bed and sleep, O Lord, enlighten my mind and heart, and open my lips, in hedgehog to sing Thee, Holy Trinity: Holy, Holy, Holy, O God, have mercy on us with the Theotokos.

And now: Suddenly the Judge will come, and every day the deeds will be exposed, but with fear we call at midnight: Holy, Holy, Holy art thou, God, have mercy on us through the Theotokos.

Lord have mercy. (12 times)

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Come, let us worship our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us worship and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (Bow)

Psalm 50

I have sinned against you alone and done evil before you, as if you were justified in your words, and conquered when you judge Thee. Behold, in iniquities I was conceived, and in sins my mother gave birth to me. Behold, thou hast loved the truth; the unknown and secret wisdom of Thy revealed to me. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Give joy and joy to my hearing; 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. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me the joy of Your salvation and confirm me with the dominating Spirit.

I will teach the wicked in Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation; my tongue rejoices 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 broken; a contrite and humble heart God will not despise. Please, O Lord, with Your favor Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, an offering and a burnt offering; then they will offer bullocks on your altar.

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, Whom all was. 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 resurrected 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 future 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.

First Prayer of Saint Macarius the Great

Prayer two, of the same saint

Prayer three, of the same saint

Prayer four, of the same saint

The Fifth Prayer of Saint Basil the Great

And grant us with an invigorating heart and a sober thought the whole night of our present life, awaiting the coming of the bright and revealed day of Your Only Begotten Son, the Lord and God and Savior of our Jesus Christ, in which the Judge of all will come with glory, give to anyone according to his deeds; yes, not fallen and lazy, but awake and exalted in the work of the future, prepare, in joy and the Divine chamber of His glory, we will live, where the unceasing voice is celebrating, and the indescribable sweetness of those who see Your face is inexpressible kindness. Thou art the true Light, enlightening and sanctifying everything, and all creation sings to You forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer six, of the same saint

Let us bless you, the highest God and Lord of mercy, who always works with us great and unexplored, glorious and terrible, there are no number of them, who gave us sleep for the repose of our infirmities, and the weakening of the labors of the laborious flesh. We thank Thee, for thou hast not destroyed us with our iniquities, but thou hast philanthropy usually, and in the hopelessness of lying we have erected thou, in hedgehog to glorify Thy power.

The same we pray to Your immeasurable goodness, enlighten our thoughts, eyes, and lift our minds from the heavy sleep of laziness: open our mouths, and fulfill Your praise, as if we could unswervingly sing and confess to You, in all, and from all to the glorious God, The Beginningless Father, with Your Only Begotten Son, and Your All-Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Seventh Prayer, to the Most Holy Theotokos

O marvelous Lady of the Chamber, create the house of the Divine Spirit for me. Having given birth to a doctor, heal the souls of my many years of passion. Agitated by the storm of life, direct me to the path of repentance. Deliver me the eternal fire, and the evil worm, and tartar. Yes, do not show me joy as a demon, who is guilty of many sins. New create me, obsolete insensible, Immaculate, in sin. Show me a strange torment of all kinds, and implore all the Lord.

Heavenly me improve joy, with all the saints, vouchsafe. Blessed Virgin, hear the voice of Your indecent servant. Give me a stream of tears, Most Pure, cleansing my soul of filth. I bring groans from the heart to Thee unceasingly, be zealous, Lady. Accept my prayer service, and bring it to the merciful God.

Exceeding the Angel, create the worldly me above the confluence. Light-bearing heavenly Seine, direct spiritual grace in me. I raise my hands and mouth to praise, defiled by filth, All-blameless. Deliver me soulful dirty tricks, diligently imploring Christ; To him honor and worship befits, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer Eight, to our Lord Jesus Christ

Hey, many in generosity and inexpressible in mercy! Believe in me, said thou, about my Christ, he will live and will not see death forever. If faith, even in Thee, saves the desperate, I believe, save me, for my God is You and the Creator. Faith instead of deeds may be imputed to me, my God, do not find deeds that justify me. But let that faith of mine prevail in place of all, let that one answer, that one justify me, that one show me a partaker of Your eternal glory.

May Satan not steal me away, and boast, O Word, tear me away from Your hand and fence; but either I want to, save me, or I don’t want to, Christ my Savior, anticipate soon, soon perished: Thou art my God from my mother’s womb. Vouchsafe me, Lord, now love Thee, as if I sometimes loved that same sin; and packs to work for you without laziness, as if you had worked before flattering satan. Most of all, I will work for You, the Lord and my God Jesus Christ, all the days of my life, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Ninth prayer, to the guardian angel

To her, the holy Angel of God, the guardian and patron of my accursed soul and body, forgive me all, insult you with great insults all the days of my stomach, and if I have sinned this past night, cover me this present day, and save me from every temptation of the opposite Yes, in no sin will I anger God, and pray for me to the Lord, may he confirm me in His fear, and show me worthy of His servant of goodness. Amen.

Tenth Prayer, to the Most Holy Theotokos

Prayer invocation of the saint whose name you bear

Pray to God for me, holy servant of God (name), as I diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for my soul.

Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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 the Savior gave birth to our souls.

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, 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

If you can, instead of short prayers for the living and the dead, read this memorial:

About living

Save, Lord, and have mercy on my spiritual father (his name), and forgive my sins with his holy prayers. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on those who are sent to the service, traveling, our fathers and brothers, and all Orthodox Christians. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on them with my madness of temptations, and turn away from the path of salvation, lead me to evil and unlike deeds; By Your Divine Providence, return packs to the path of salvation . (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on those who hate and offend me, and those who do misfortune to me, and do not leave them to perish for my sake, a sinner. (Bow)

Apostates from the Orthodox faith and blinded by fatal heresies, enlighten with the light of Your knowledge and honor Your Holy Apostles of the Cathedral Church. (Bow)

About the departed

Remember, Lord, the souls of your departed servants, my parents (their names), and all relatives in the flesh; and forgive them all their sins, voluntary and involuntary, granting them the Kingdom and the communion of Your eternal good and Your endless and blissful life pleasure. (Bow)

Grant, Lord, the forgiveness of sins to all those who have departed in the faith and hope of the resurrection, our fathers, brothers and sisters, and create for them an eternal memory. (Three times)

End of prayers

Glory, and now: Lord, have mercy. (Three times)

Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.

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Italicized (explanations and names of prayers) is not read during prayer. From Easter to Ascension, instead of this prayer, a troparion is read: “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and bestowing life on those in the tombs.” (Three times)

From the Ascension to the Trinity, we begin prayers with "Holy God ...", omitting all the previous ones. This remark also applies to prayers for the coming sleep.

When it is written “Glory”, “And now”, it is necessary to read in full: “Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit”, “Now and ever and forever and ever. Amen "There is no sound e in the Church Slavonic language, and therefore it is necessary to read "we call", and not "call", "your", and not "your", "mine", not "mine", etc. From Pascha to Ascension, instead of this prayer, the refrain and irmos of the 9th song of the Paschal canon are read: “The angel crying out of Grace: Pure Virgin, rejoice! And pack the river: rejoice! Your Son is risen three days from the tomb and raised up the dead; folks, have fun! Shine, shine, new Jerusalem, the glory of the Lord is upon you. Rejoice now and rejoice, Sione. You, Pure One, show off, Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity. This remark also applies to evening prayers.

Prayer of the Optina Elders at the beginning of the day

Lord, give me peace of mind to meet everything that the coming day brings me.

Let me completely surrender to the will of Your Holy One.

In 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 Your 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 its events.

Guide my will and teach me to pray, believe, hope, endure, forgive and love. Amen.

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 of the Son, and of 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

(Gospel of Luke, chapter 18, verse 13)

God, have mercy on 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

From Easter to Ascension, instead of this prayer, the troparion is read: “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and bestowing life on those in the tombs.” (Three times) From the Ascension to the Trinity, we begin prayers with "Holy God ...", omitting all the previous ones.

Trisagion

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
(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. (Three times)

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

Lord's Prayer

Troparion Ternary

Rising from sleep, we fall down to Thee, Blessed, and cry out to the angelic song of Thee, Stronger: Holy, Holy, Holy Thou, God, have mercy on us the Mother of God.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Thou hast raised me up from bed and sleep, O Lord, enlighten my mind and heart, and open my lips, in hedgehog to sing Thee, Holy Trinity: Holy, Holy, Holy, O God, have mercy on us with the Theotokos.

And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Suddenly the Judge will come, and every day the deeds will be exposed, but with fear we call at midnight: Holy, Holy, Holy art thou, God, have mercy on us through the Theotokos.

Lord have mercy. (12 times)

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Come, let us worship our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us worship and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (Bow)

Psalm 50

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Wash me most of all from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and my sin 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 conquered when you judge Thee. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and in sins give birth to me, my mother. Behold, thou hast loved the truth; the unknown and secret wisdom of Thy revealed to me. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Give joy and joy to my hearing; 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. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me the joy of Your salvation and confirm me with the dominating Spirit. I will teach the wicked in Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation; my tongue rejoices 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 broken; a contrite and humble heart God will not despise. Please, O Lord, with Your favor Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, an offering and a burnt offering; then they will offer bullocks on your altar.

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, Whom all was.
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 resurrected 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 future 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.

Prayer 1st, Saint Macarius the Great

Prayer 2, Saint Macarius the Great

Prayer 3rd, Saint Macarius the Great

Prayer 4th, Saint Macarius the Great

Prayer 5, Saint Basil the Great

Prayer 6 Saint Basil the Great

Prayer 7, to the Most Holy Theotokos

Prayer 8, to our Lord Jesus Christ

Prayer 9, to the Guardian Angel

Prayer 10, to the Most Holy Theotokos

Prayer invocation of the saint whose name you bear

Pray to God for me, holy servant of God (Name), as if I diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for my soul.

Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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 the Savior gave birth to our souls.

Troparion to the Cross and Prayer for the Fatherland

Save, O Lord, Thy people, and bless Thy heritage, granting victory to the Orthodox Christian against the opposition, and Thy preservation by Thy Cross.

Prayer for the Living

(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.

If you can, instead of short prayers for the living and the dead, read this memorial:

About living

Save, O Lord, and have mercy on my spiritual father (his name) and with his holy prayers forgive my sins. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on my parents (their names), brothers and sisters, and my relatives according to the flesh, and all the neighbors of my kind, and friends, and grant them Your peace and peace of good. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on those who are sent to the service, traveling, our fathers and brothers, and all Orthodox Christians. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on those who hate and offend me, and those who do misfortune to me, and do not leave them to perish for my sake, a sinner. (Bow)

Apostates from the Orthodox faith and blinded by fatal heresies, enlighten with the light of Your knowledge and honor Your Holy Apostles of the Cathedral Church. (Bow)

About the departed

End of prayers

From Pascha to Ascension, instead of this prayer, the refrain and irmos of the 9th ode of the Paschal canon are read:

An angel crying out of grace: Pure Virgin, rejoice! And pack the river: rejoice! Your Son is risen three days from the tomb and raised up the dead; people, rejoice! Shine, shine, new Jerusalem, the glory of the Lord is exalted upon you. Rejoice now and rejoice, Sione. You, Pure One, show off, Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity .

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Lord have mercy. (Three times)

Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.

Notes:

- Printed in italics (explanations and names of prayers) are not read during prayer.

- When it is written “Glory”, “And now”, it is necessary to read in full: “Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit”, “And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen"

- There is no sound ё in the Church Slavonic language, and therefore it is necessary to read “we call”, and not “we call”, “your”, and not “your”, “mine”, and not “mine”, etc.

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