Read the prayer book in the morning. Prayer Rule

All morning prayers Orthodox Church You can find it in this article. The editors of Orthodoxy and Peace have collected for you the texts of prayers and explanations for them.

All morning prayers

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

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

Publican's Prayer

(Gospel of Luke, chapter 18, verse 13)
God, be merciful to me, a sinner. (Bow)

Initial prayer

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

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Good One, our souls.(2)

Trisagion

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Read three times, with the sign of the cross and bow from the waist.) Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake. Lord have mercy. (Thrice). Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. (3)

Lord's Prayer

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

Troparia Trinity

Having risen from sleep, we fall down to Thee, the Good One, and cry out to Thee, the Mightier, the angelic song: Holy, Holy, Holy art thou, O God, have mercy on us through the Mother of God. Glory: From bed and sleep You raised me up, O Lord, enlighten my mind and heart, and open my lips, to sing to You, Holy Trinity: Holy, Holy, Holy are you, O God, have mercy on us through the Mother of God.
And now: Suddenly the Judge will come, and every deed will be exposed, but we call with fear (4) at midnight: Holy, Holy, Holy art thou, O God, have mercy on us through the Mother of God. Lord have mercy. (12 times)

Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity

Having risen from sleep, I thank Thee, Holy Trinity, for for the sake of Thy goodness and long-suffering, Thou hast not been angry with me, lazy and sinful, nor hast Thou destroyed me with my iniquities; but you usually loved mankind and in the despair of the one who lay down, you raised me up to practice and glorify Your power. And now enlighten my mental eyes, open my lips to learn Thy words, and to understand Thy commandments, and to do Thy will, and to sing to Thee in heartfelt confession, and to sing Thy all-holy name, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages. centuries. Amen.
Come, let us worship our King God. (Bow)
Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God. (Bow)
Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (Bow)

Psalm 50

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Above all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and I will take away my sin before me. I have sinned against You alone and have done evil before You, so that You may be justified in Your words and triumph over the judgment of You. Behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. My hearing brings joy and joy; humble bones will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, 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 with the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; My tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare Your praise. As if you had desired sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. The sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God will not despise a broken and humble heart. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; Then they will place the bullock 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, born, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, to Whom all things were. For our sake, man and our salvation came down from heaven and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became human. She was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried. And he rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures. And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father. And again the coming one will be judged with glory by 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 hope for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the next century. Amen.

First prayer of Saint Macarius the Great

God, cleanse me, a sinner, for I have done nothing good before You; but deliver me from the evil one, and may Thy will be done in me, may I open my unworthy lips without condemnation and praise Thy holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages Amen.

Second prayer, of the same saint

Rising from sleep, I bring the midnight hymn to Ti, Savior, and falling down crying to Ti: do not let me fall asleep in a sinful death, but be gracious to me, crucified by will, and hasten me lying in laziness, and save me in standing and in prayer, and in sleep Rise up nightly for me a sinless day, O Christ God, and save me.

Prayer three, of the same saint

To You, Lord, Lover of Mankind, having risen from sleep, I come running, and I strive for Your works with Your mercy, and I pray to You: help me at all times, in every thing, and deliver me from all worldly evil things and the devil’s haste, and save me, and bring us into Your eternal Kingdom. For You are my Creator and the Provider and Giver of every good thing, and all my hope is in You, and I send up glory to You, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer four, of the same saint

Lord, Who through Your many goodness and Your great bounty has given me, Your servant, the passing time of this night without misfortune to pass away from all evil that is contrary to me; You Yourself, Master, the Creator of all things, grant me with Your true light and an enlightened heart to do Your will, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Fifth prayer, Saint Basil the Great

Lord Almighty, God of hosts and all flesh, living in the highest and looking down on the humble, testing the hearts and wombs and innermost parts of men, the fore-foreseen One, the Beginningless and Ever-Everlasting Light, with Him there is no change or overshadowing; Himself, Immortal King, accept our prayers, even now, boldly for the multitude of Your bounties, from the bad lips we create towards You, and forgive us our sins, whether in deed, word, and thought, knowledge, or ignorance, we have sinned; and cleanse us from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. And grant us with a cheerful heart and a sober thought to pass through the whole night of this present life, awaiting the coming of the bright and revealed day of Your Only Begotten Son, the Lord and God and our Savior Jesus Christ, in which the Judge of all will come with glory, to whom he will give to each according to his deeds; May we not fall and become lazy, but be watchful and raised up for the work that is to come, and prepare for the joy and Divine palace of His glory, where those who celebrate the unceasing voice and the ineffable sweetness of those who behold Your face, the ineffable kindness. For You are the true Light, you enlighten and sanctify all things, and all creation sings to You forever and ever. Amen.

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Prayer six, of the same saint

We bless you, O highest God and Lord of mercy, who always does great and unexplored, glorious and terrible things to us, countless in number, giving us sleep for the repose of our weakness, and the weakening of the labors of the arduous flesh. We thank Thee, for Thou didst not destroy us with our iniquities, but Thou didst usually love mankind, and in desperation, Thou didst raise us up to glorify Thy power. In the same way, we pray for Your immeasurable goodness, enlighten our thoughts, our eyes, and raise our minds from the heavy sleep of laziness: open our lips, and fulfill Your praise, so that we can unwaveringly sing and confess to You, in all, and from all, to the glorified God, To the Beginningless Father, with Your Only Begotten Son, and Your All-Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Seventh prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos

I sing Thy grace, O Lady, I pray to Thee, my mind is filled with grace. Go right and teach me the path of Christ’s commandments. Strengthen your children to songs, driving away despondency and sleep. Bound by the captivity of the Falls, allow me through Your prayers, Bride of God. Preserve me in the night and in the day, delivering me to those who fight against the enemy. She who gave birth to God, the life-giver, was killed by my passions and revived. Who gave birth to the non-evening Light, enlighten my blind soul. O wondrous Lady of the Palace, create for me the house of the Divine Spirit. You who gave birth to a doctor, heal my soul of many years of passion. Worried by the storm of life, guide me towards the path of repentance. Deliver me from eternal fire, and from evil worms, and from tartar. Do not show me joy as a demon, who is guilty of many sins. Create me again, having promised to be insensible, Immaculate, without sin. Show me the strangeness of all kinds of torment, and implore the Lord to all. Heavenly grant me joy with all the saints. Most Holy Virgin, hear the voice of Your indecent servant. Give me a stream of tears, Most Pure One, cleansing the filth of my soul. I bring lamentations from my heart to You continually, be zealous, Lady. Accept my prayer service and bring it to the blessed God. Transcending Angel, create me above the fusion of the world. Light-bearing heavenly Seine, direct spiritual grace in me. I lift up my hand and my lips to praise, defiled by filth, O All-Immaculate One. Deliver me from the dirty tricks that are strangling me, diligently begging Christ; To Him is due honor and worship, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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

Prayer of the Optina Elders Explanation of morning prayers Prayer rule of St. Seraphim of Sarov

Prayer eight, to our Lord Jesus Christ

My most merciful and all-merciful God, Lord Jesus Christ, for the sake of love you came down and became incarnate for many reasons, so that you would save everyone. And again, Savior, save me by grace, I pray to You; Even if you save me from works, there is no grace and no gift, but more than debt. Hey, abundant in generosity and ineffable in mercy! Believe in Me, you say, O my Christ, you will live and will not see death forever. Even if faith in You saves the desperate, behold, I believe, save me, for You are my God and Creator. Let faith instead of works be imputed to me, O my God, for you will not find works to justify me. But may my faith prevail instead of all, may it answer, may it justify me, may it show me to be a partaker of Your eternal glory. Let Satan not kidnap me, and boast to the Word that he has torn me from Your hand and fence; But either I want, save me, or I don’t want, Christ my Savior, I will soon foresee, I will soon perish: For you are my God from my mother’s womb. Grant me, O Lord, now to love Thee, as sometimes I have loved that same sin; and again work for You without laziness, just as you worked before the flattering Satan. Most of all, I will serve You, my Lord and God Jesus Christ, all the days of my life, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Ninth prayer to the Guardian Angel

Holy Angel, standing before my accursed soul and my passionate life, do not leave me, a sinner, nor depart from me for my intemperance. Do not give room to the evil demon to possess me through the violence of this mortal body; strengthen my poor and thin hand and guide me on the path of salvation. To her, holy Angel of God, guardian and patron of my accursed soul and body, forgive me everything, I have offended you so greatly all the days of my life, and if I sinned this past night, cover me on this day, and save me from every opposite temptation May I not anger God in any sin, and pray for me to the Lord, that He may strengthen me in His passion, and show me worthy as a servant of His goodness. Amen.

Prayer tenth, to the Most Holy Theotokos

My Most Holy Lady Theotokos, with Your saints and all-powerful prayers, take away from me, Your humble and cursed servant, despondency, oblivion, unreason, negligence, and all the nasty, evil and blasphemous thoughts from my cursed heart and from my darkened mind; and extinguish the flame of my passions, for I am poor and damned. And deliver me from many and cruel memories and enterprises, and free me from all evil actions. For Thou art blessed from all generations, and glorified is Thy most honorable name forever and ever. Amen.

Prayerful 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 a prayer book for my soul.

Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos

Virgin Mary, Rejoice, O Blessed Mary, the Lord is with You; Blessed are You among women and blessed is the fruit of Your womb, for You have given birth to the Savior of our souls.

Troparion to the Cross and prayer for the fatherland

Save, O Lord, Thy people, and bless Thy inheritance, granting victories to Orthodox Christians against resistance, and preserving Thy life through Thy Cross.

Prayer for the living

(Name), my parents (names), relatives (names), bosses, mentors, benefactors (their names) and all Orthodox Christians.

Prayer for the departed

Rest, O Lord, 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, read this memorial instead of short prayers for the living and the dead:

About the living

Remember, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, Thy mercy and generosity from all eternity, for whose sake Thou didst become man, and Thou didst deign to endure crucifixion and death, for the sake of the salvation of those who believe in Thee; and rose from the dead, you ascended into heaven and sit at the right hand of God the Father, and look upon the humble prayers of those who call upon You with all their hearts: incline Your ear, and hear the humble prayer of me, Your indecent servant, in the stench of the spiritual fragrance, brought to You for all Your people . And in the first place, remember Your Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, which You have provided with Your venerable Blood, and establish, and strengthen, and expand, multiply, pacify, and preserve the insurmountable gates of hell forever; Calm the tearing of the Churches, quench the pagan vacillations, and quickly destroy and eradicate the heresies of rebellion, and convert them into nothingness by the power of Your Holy Spirit. (Bow)

Save, Lord, and have mercy on our God-protected country, its authorities and army, protect their power with peace, and subdue every enemy and adversary under the nose of the Orthodox, and speak peaceful and good words in their hearts about Your Holy Church, 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 our Great Lord and Father, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, Your Eminence metropolitans, archbishops and Orthodox bishops, priests and deacons, and the entire church clergy, who You have appointed to shepherd Your verbal flock, and through their prayers have mercy and save me, a sinner. (Bow)

Save, 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 family, and friends, and grant them Your peaceful and most peaceful goodness. (Bow) Save, O Lord, and have mercy, according to the multitude of Your bounties, all the sacred monks, monks and nuns, and all those living in virginity and reverence and fasting in monasteries, in deserts, in caves, mountains, pillars, gates, rock crevices, and sea islands, and in every place of Thy dominion those who live faithfully, and piously serve Thee, and pray to Thee: ease their burden, and comfort their sorrow, and grant them strength and strength to strive for Thee, and through their prayers grant me remission of sins. (Bow)

Save, O Lord, and have mercy on the old and the young, the poor and the orphans and the widows, and those who are in sickness and sorrow, troubles and sorrows, conditions and captivity, prisons and imprisonments, and even more so in persecution, for You for the sake of the Orthodox faith, from the tongue of the godless, from the apostate and from the heretics, Thy present servants, and remember, visit, strengthen, comfort, and soon by Thy power I will weaken, grant them freedom and deliver. (Bow)

Save, O Lord, and have mercy on those who do good to us, who are merciful and nourishing to us, who gave us alms, and who commanded us to the unworthy to pray for them, and who give us rest, and do Thy mercy to them, granting them all, even petitions for salvation, and the perception of eternal blessings . (Bow)

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

Save, Lord, and have mercy on them who I tempted with my madness, and turned away from the path of salvation, and led me to evil and inappropriate deeds; By Your Divine Providence, return again to the path of salvation. (Bow)

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

Those who have departed from the Orthodox faith and are blinded by destructive heresies, enlighten with the light of Your knowledge and bring Your Holy Apostles to the Catholic Church. (Bow)

Every new day brings new difficulties, downs and ups. Without God's protection, we are more quickly overtaken by disappointment, despondency and troubles. It is very important to pray in the morning in order to enlist the support of the Almighty at the very beginning of the day.

Our Father

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

Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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 towards God yourself. After all, only with inner readiness and awareness of the true path does Heaven’s help come.

If you are facing money problems, you too can turn to Heaven for help. It is only important to do it correctly, not with greed in your soul, but by asking God for what is necessary. Find out about prayers for relief from poverty on the website of the Orthodox monastery.

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

First, read the text of the prayer itself:

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.

Then you can repeat three times: "Lord have mercy", and end the morning prayer with the words “Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen».

The Holy Trinity is the three incarnations of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each of these components is our assistant in earthly affairs. Taken together, the Trinity is God, therefore, by reading this prayer, you ask our Creator to grant his mercy and forgive you all your sins - those that were committed intentionally, and those that you have not yet been able to cope with.

Publican's Prayer

"God, be merciful to me, a sinner", - this is the simplest of all protective prayers. It is good to read 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 better the more difficult and longer it is. This is absolutely not true, because the most important thing is your spiritual attitude and your faith, and not your memorization abilities.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

“Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything, Treasure of good things 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 understand, 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. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen."

First part before "...have mercy on us" It is better to read it three times - as it is read in church according to the rules. It's very light prayer text, and it is this that most believers read in the morning and before bed.

Remember that attitude is important. Do not say prayers while in bad mood or if your thoughts are busy with something else. You need full 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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Each of us comes differently to the true path, to the wisdom of God. But having found his way, bowing before the Lord, every Orthodox Christian must praise his deeds, completely surrendering to our Father both soul and body.

At the beginning of our development as a believer, we can all benefit from short morning prayers. For many years the Gospel said: "Watch always, pray without ceasing". This rule is common to everyone, even beginners. Start your day by getting used to reading short morning prayers if you simply don’t have enough time for more.

The text of these prayer requests in Russian can be found first in the “Prayer Book”, then, with constant reading, they remain forever in our hearts and can be recited as a memory.

Daily shortened morning prayers should be said with the same zeal and sincerity as the rest, because the Lord God hears us and sees us in all situations. You can contact him both in the temple and in your home.

For Beginning Believers

For those who are not yet entirely confident in their own abilities, a short rule of morning prayers will help.

Go to the icons, if you have them in your house, cross yourself and bow, and then you can start reading prayers.

Texts of short morning prayers

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

Initial 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.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Good One, our souls.

Trisagion

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

Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.

Lord have mercy(Thrice)

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven!

Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth.

Give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our debts,

just as we also leave our debtors;

and do not lead us into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos

Rejoice, Virgin Mary,

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 the Savior of our souls.

Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity

Having risen from sleep, I thank Thee, Holy Trinity, for for the sake of Thy goodness and long-suffering, Thou hast not been angry with me, lazy and sinful, nor hast Thou destroyed me with my iniquities; but you usually loved mankind and in the despair of the one who lay down, you raised me up to practice and glorify Your power. And now enlighten my mental eyes, open my lips to learn Thy words, and to understand Thy commandments, and to do Thy will, and to sing to Thee in heartfelt confession, and to sing Thy all-holy name, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages. centuries. Amen.

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

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God.(Bow)

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

Psalm 50

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Above all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and I will take away my sin before me. I have sinned against You alone and have done evil before You, so that You may be justified in Your words and triumph over the judgment of You. Behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. My hearing brings joy and joy; humble bones will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, 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 with the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; My tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare Your praise. As if you had desired sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. The sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God will not despise a broken and humble heart. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; Then they will place the bullock 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 only begotten Son of God,

Who was born of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, true God from true God, born, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, to Whom all things were.

For our sake, man and our salvation came down from heaven and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became human. She was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried. And he rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures.

And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father.

And again the coming one will be judged with glory by 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 hope for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the next century. Amen.

First prayer of Saint Macarius the Great

God, cleanse me, a sinner,

for I have done no more good things before You;

but deliver me from the evil one,

and may Your will be done in me,

Yes, I will open my unworthy lips without condemnation

and I will praise Your holy name,

Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now

and ever and ever, Amen.

Prayer of the same saint

To You, Lord, Lover of Mankind, having risen from sleep, I come running,

and I strive for Your works with Your mercy, and I pray to You:

help me at all times, in every thing,

and deliver me from all worldly evil things and the devil’s haste,

and save me and bring me into Your eternal Kingdom.

For You are my Creator and the Provider and Giver of every good thing, and all my hope is in You,

and I send glory to You, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Holy Angel, standing before my accursed soul and my passionate life, do not leave me, a sinner, nor depart from me for my intemperance. Do not give room to the evil demon to possess me through the violence of this mortal body;

strengthen my poor and thin hand and guide me on the path of salvation. To her, holy Angel of God, guardian and patron of my damned soul and body,

Forgive me all, I have offended you so much all the days of my life,

and if we have sinned this night,

cover me this day,

and keep me from every nasty temptation,

Yes, in no sin will I anger God,

and pray to the Lord for me,

may He strengthen me in His passion,

and she is worthy to show me the servant of His goodness. Amen.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

My Most Holy Lady Theotokos,

With Your saints and all-powerful prayers, take away from me, Your humble and accursed servant,

despondency, oblivion, foolishness, negligence, and all the nasty, evil and blasphemous thoughts from my damned heart and from my darkened mind;

and extinguish the flame of my passions, for I am poor and damned.

And deliver me from many and fierce memories and enterprises,

and free me from all evil actions.

For you are blessed from all generations,

and glorified is Your most honorable name forever and ever. Amen.

Prayerful invocation of the saint whose name you bear

Pray to God for me, holy servant of God (name),

because I diligently run to you,

a quick helper and prayer book for my soul.

Troparion, ch. 2
The path and truth, O Christ, of Thy Angel's companion Thy servant, like Tobias, sometimes ate, preserving and unharmed, to Thy glory, from all evil in all well-being, through the prayers of the Mother of God, the only Lover of Mankind.

Kontakion, ch. 2
You traveled to the Moon and Cleopas in Emmaus, Savior, and now descend upon Your servants who want to travel, delivering them from every evil situation; You, as a Lover of Mankind, can do everything you want.

Prayer to someone who wants to set off on a journey
O God, our God, the true and living way, traveling with Your servant Joseph, travel, O Master, and Thy servant (name), and deliver from every storm and slander, and establish peace, and establish good things; do every righteous providence according to Your commandments, and was filled with worldly and heavenly blessings, so that she would be pleased to return. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and the Son and
The Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer before setting sail
Master Lord Jesus Christ, our God, who sailed with His Holy disciples and Apostles, calmed the stormy wind and calmed the waves on the sea with His command! You, Lord, accompany us on the voyage, calm every stormy wind and be a Helper and Intercessor, for You are a good God and loving people and we bring praise to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer before departure on air travel
Lord Jesus Christ our God, command the elements and contain the whole handful, whose deeps tremble and whose stars are present. All creation serves You, all listen to You, all obey You.
You can do everything: for this reason, you are all merciful, most gracious Lord. So even now, Master, accepting the warm prayers of these Thy servants (names), bless their path and the air procession, forbidding storms and contrary winds and keeping the air flown safe and unharmed. Granting them a saving and gentle journey through the air, and a good intention for those who have committed them, they will happily return in health and in peace. You are the Savior and Deliverer and the giver of all good things, heavenly and earthly, and we send glory to You with Your beginningless Father and Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer during rainlessness (drought)
creation of Callistus, Patriarch of Constantinople)
Master, Lord our God, who listened to Elijah the Tishbite for the sake of zeal for You, and during the rain that was sent to the earth, to withhold your command, and also through His prayer He gave fruitful rain to it: You, Lord of all, from Your very compassion we diminish, freely give rain to Your inheritance, and the sinner having despised us, Thy rains fell upon the demanding and begging places: make glad the face of the earth, the poor for the sake of Thy people, and infants and livestock, and all others who are beseeching you to give them food for their good time. For You are our God, the God of mercy and grace, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages
centuries. Amen.

During dry conditions (continuous rains)
Master, Lord our God, who was of old the zealot Elijah, Thy prophet, listened to the prayer, and was willing to hold back the rain for a while: and now, the creative and merciful Lord, look upon us, your humble and unworthy servants, humble prayers, and as generously despise our sins, and having been begged by Your love for mankind, give a bucket to Your heritage, and enlighten the sun on the mercies that require and ask from You: make glad the face of the earth of the poor for the sake of Your people, the baby and the cattle and all other animals, which You satisfy with Your favor, and give them food for their good. Hey, Lord our God, do not in vain reject our prayer, nor disgrace us with our despair, but spare us by Thy mercy, and visit us with Thy bounties, for our days will disappear in vain, and our belly will become impoverished in illness. For the sake of our iniquities, do not destroy us by the image of Your indignation and wrath; but deal with us according to Your quietness, and according to the abundance of Your mercy. Behold, with a contrite soul and a humble spirit we fall before You, and as slaves of indecency, and even more worthy of greater punishment, we cry out to You in repentance with tenderness: we have sinned and are lawless and transgressed in everything, and have transgressed Your commandments, and for this reason everything that You have brought upon us , inflict truth and judgment: but not to the end of corruption, but give us over to famine and destruction, let a storm of water drown us below: but in anger remember mercy, and for the sake of the tuna of Thy generosity, have mercy, and Thy creation and the work of Thy hands, for they are good, have mercy , and quickly deliver from all evil. For it is Thine to have mercy and to save us, our God, and to Thee we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for the cessation (to calm down) of thunder and lightning
Again from You, Lord, Lover of Mankind, teaching, again the prayers of unworthy servants, who know that no matter how great (there were) the multitude of sins, but (the same number) exceeds them, Your unforgettable mercy! That is why we pray to You: turn away Your mighty evil from us, so that You will not be angry with us forever, but by Your mercy you will revive us with Your bounties. Lord our God, who sends thunder and stops lightning and does everything for the preservation of Your creations! Look down according to Your love for mankind and deliver us from all sorrow, anger and need and real intimidation, for You, O Lord, warmed us from heaven and multiplied the lightning and frightened us. Dear Lord! We resort to You, stop Your attacks and send Your rich mercies upon us and have mercy on Your servants, as a good and philanthropic one, may not the fire of Your anger burn us and may not the power of Your lightning and thunder destroy us, but according to Your characteristic mercy, calm down Your attacks and create silence in the air and cut through the surrounding darkness with the sun's rays and make the clouds calm. For You are a merciful, generous and loving God, and to You we offer praise to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for the cessation of strong winds, sea storms and rough waters
Sovereign Lord our God! By your hypostatic and eternal Word and your life-giving and equal Spirit, you created everything that exists out of nothing: you laid sand as the border of the sea, you put mountains and valleys in order, you measured the inch of the sky, you contained the dust of the earth in measure, you gave measure to everything visible, invisible and sensible, and order, boundaries and connections and arrangement. You, with Your wave, ineffably determine the change of times, the rotation of the sun and the mixing of the elements, all leading to the spiritual and unshakable. Thyself, O all-merciful King, applying Thy usual and characteristic love for mankind and kindness to us, visit the works of Thy hands and do not remove Thy mercies and Thy bounties from us, and, having Himself created us ineffably in Thy image, do not destroy Thy covenant. You gave Your only begotten Son for our salvation and sent down the Spirit according to the ineffable unity of Your Divine Being; forgive, we pray to You, the multitude of sins according to the surpassing multitude of Your bounties. You washed away the sin of our race with the Cross and Blood of Your Son, return to its normal state and see Your creation, which has reached the point of unnatural humiliation, as a result of the unnatural recklessness and ugliness of our lawless and evil life.
Show us the usual silence of this great sea and calm the current storm and disturbance of the air; commanded the winds to blow promptly and calmly; calm the turbulence of the sea and the unnatural movement of the winds, - may the stormy wind cease and everything that is agitated may come to silence, so that the sailors (sailors) will again see Your deeds and miracles. Calm the sea, O Master who loves mankind, according to Your unparalleled love for mankind. At Your command, Your Only Begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ deigned to be a man and accompany His Holy disciples and Apostles on the voyage, calming the stormy wind and sea waves. You, Lord, and now calm down every opposing wind, calm the excitement, stop the storm, and again the necessary and useful winds and times have come, the Ruler and Helper of Your servants everywhere, guiding them to the haven of salvation, for they know only Your name and know nothing else They always resort to You, another God, and to Your help, through the prayers and supplications of the Most Blessed Mother of God, the God-like Angels and all the Saints, and by the good will and mercy of Your Only Begotten Son, with Whom You are blessed and with the Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and forever centuries. Amen.

Prayer for successful well digging
Lord our God, Almighty and All-Powerful, do everything and implement exactly as you want: Who found a passage in the impassable, with ineffable and incomprehensible wisdom: Who from the dry stone gave the waters of the mother-in-law to the streams, and satisfied Thy thirsty people: Himself and now, the Lord of all, Hear the prayer of us, Thy unworthy servants, and grant us water in this place that is sweet and tasty, sufficient for consumption, but harmless for acceptance: for in this too we glorify Thy most holy and magnificent name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer before planting trees
Lord our God, who in the beginning created the heavens and the earth, and who adorned the heavens with great luminaries to illuminate the earth and greatness, and who bestowed on the earth a beautification of grains and grass and various seeds sown (each) according to its kind, and plantings of flowering trees, and blessed them! Even now, O Lord, look from Thy holy dwelling upon the garden of this domain and on the trees planted in it, and bless them with Thy blessing and preserve them completely intact from all enchantment, trickery, malice of evil people and all evil, and let it grow safely in a timely manner. fruit; drive away from it by the power of Your blessing every beast, reptile, worms, flies, aphids, locusts, drought, burning and untimely winds that bring harm. For You alone are the God of mercy and bounty, and to You we offer praise to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for the consecration of seeds at the beginning of sowing
Lord our God, from Thy most pure and rich hand, the alms of seeds presented before Thy eyes, O Lord, and to this we entrust ourselves to Thee, we pray: lest we imprison this with laughter in the soulless depths of the earth, lest we look at the command of Thy Majesty, commanding the birth and vegetation of the earth , and the date of seeds for the sower and bread for food. And now we pray to Thee, our God, hear us praying to Thee, and open to us Thy great, and good, and heavenly treasure, and pour out Thy blessing, let us be exceedingly satisfied with Thy false promise, and drive away from us all that consumes our earthly fruit, and every punishment righteously brought upon us is a sin for our sake: and Thy rich mercies were sent down upon all Thy people, by the grace and love of Thy only begotten Son, with Him art Thou blessed, and with Thy most holy and good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. . Amen.

Prayer while walking around a sown field
Almighty and eternal God, who created the world out of nothing, (by His power) holding it in space and commanded to cultivate the earth for the existence of the human race! We diligently resort to Your mercy: bless with Your merciful eye all the healthy seeds sown and planted in these fields and vegetable gardens (vineyards); grant calmness to the air and make the seeds fruitful, freeing them from being overgrown with thorns and tops (wild grasses) and let them come in full force at the appointed time, so that we, Your servants, having been satisfied with Your ripe fruits, can bring You worthy glorification always, now and ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to preserve crops from worms and birds
To You, Master, we pray: hear our prayers, and by Your mercy we will be delivered, glory for the sake of Your name, now justly for our sins destroyed and suffering real disaster from birds, worms, mice, moles and other animals, from all of them - and far driven from this place by Your power, let them not harm anyone, but leave these fields and waters and gardens in complete peace, so that everything growing and born in them serves Your glory and helps our needs, for all the Angels glorify You and we glorify You. We bring glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer before planting a swarm of bees in a new hive
Almighty and eternal God, containing all creation in His right hand, possessing heaven and earth and everything that is in them, and generously giving to created things everything useful to them! We earnestly pray to You, O All-Merciful One: just as You once deigned to give the Israelites a land rich in honey and milk, and to feed John the Baptist in the desert with wild honey, so now with Your merciful eye bless this bee farm and its hives as food for life, multiply the bees in it and, preserving them with Your mercy, grant us an abundance of honey, so that this beekeeper will not be deprived of Your bee creations, but will always be filled with honeycombs, and by Your great mercy and irresistible power may not be overcome by many adversities and shaken by sinful conspiracies, but protected by Your surrounded by all-powerful strength and army (of angels), he will remain safe from all evil of magic and always unharmed in Your power, Christ. For it is Your nature to have mercy and save us, O Christ our God, and to You we offer praise with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.

Prayer for the multiplication of bees
God, You provide help to human labors through dumb animals and, out of Your ineffable mercy, You taught us to use the fruits and deeds of the bees themselves for our needs, we humbly pray to You, the Almighty: bless these bees and multiply them for the benefit of people, preserving them and feeding them, and each one, He who trusts with hope in Thy greatness and Thy innumerable mercies and labors in the protection of these (creatures) animals, will be worthy to receive the abundant fruits of his labors and will be filled with heavenly blessings through Christ Jesus our Lord, to Whom belongs honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer after cutting new honey from the hive
Immeasurable in mercy and ineffable in generosity, Lord Jesus, wondrous in His glorious deeds and the only one who works miracles! You once blessed Israel through the Holy Spirit and filled it with honey from a stone - You yourself now look down on this creation from above and bless with Your heavenly blessing and sanctify this honeycomb and the honey from them and grant it all-surpassing true grace, so that everyone who eats from it He will receive complete health, and by eating this food he will be satisfied and filled with every good thing. For You alone bestow all blessings, and we bring praise to You with eternal Father and to the Most Holy One, blessings and life to all things, giving by Thy spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Troparion, chapter 4
Speedy in intercession alone, Christ, show speedy visitation from above to Thy suffering servant (name), and deliver from ailments and bitter illnesses, and raise up thee to sing and glorify unceasingly, with the prayers of the Mother of God, the only Lover of Mankind.

Kontakion, chapter 2
On the bed of sickness, wounded by the wound of death, as you sometimes raised up, Savior, Peter’s mother-in-law and paralyzed on the bed of the wearable, now and now, Merciful One, visit and heal the suffering: for you alone are the one who has borne the ailments and illnesses of our family and who is all able, as Much merciful.

Prayer
Master Almighty, Holy King, punish and do not kill, strengthen those who fall and raise up those who have been cast down, correct people’s physical afflictions, we pray to You, our God, visit Your weak servant (name) with Your mercy, forgive him every sin, voluntary and involuntary. Hey, Lord, send down Your healing power from heaven, touch the body, extinguish the fire, tame passion and all lurking infirmities, be the physician of Your servant (name), raise him from the sick bed and from the bed of bitterness, whole and all-perfect, grant him to Your Church, pleasing and doing Your will: For it is Yours to have mercy and to save us, our God, and to You we ascribe glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for the healing of the sick
O most merciful God, Father, Lord and Holy Soul, worshiped and glorified in the indivisible Trinity, look kindly upon Thy servant (name of the rivers), who is overcome by illness; forgive him all his sins; give him healing from his illness; restore his health and bodily strength; Give him a long and prosperous life, Your peaceful and worldly blessings, so that together with us he brings grateful prayers to You, my all-generous God and Creator. Most Holy Theotokos, through Your omnipotent intercession, help me to beg Your Son, my God, for the healing of God’s servant (name). All Saints and Angels of the Lord, pray to God for His sick servant (name). Amen.

Prayer in illness
Lord God, Master of my life, in Your goodness You said: I do not want the sinner to die, but for him to turn and live. I know that this disease from which I suffer is Your punishment for my sins and iniquities; I know that for my deeds I have deserved the heaviest punishment, but, O Love of Mankind, deal with me not according to my malice, but according to Your boundless mercy. Do not wish my death, but give me strength so that I patiently endure the disease as a well-deserved test, and after healing from it I turn with all my heart, with all my soul and with all my feelings to You, the Lord God, my Creator, and live to fulfill Your holy commandments, for the peace of my family and for my well-being. Amen.

Prayer of the sick woman
Lord, you see my illness, You know how sinful and weak I am: help me to endure and thank Your Goodness. Lord, make this illness a cleansing of many of my sins.
Master Lord, I am in Your hands, have mercy on me according to Your will and, if it is useful for me, heal me quickly. I accept what is worthy according to my deeds; remember me, Lord, in Your kingdom! Thank God for everything!

Prayer for Healing
Master Almighty, Physician of our souls and bodies, humble and exalt, punish and yet again heal! Visit Thy servant (name) who is weak with Thy mercy, stretch out Thy arm, full of healing and medicine, and heal him, raise him from his bed and infirmity. Rebuke the spirit of infirmity, leave from it every ulcer, every disease, every fire and tremors, and if there is any sin or lawlessness in it, weaken it, leave it, forgive Your love for mankind. To her, Lord, have mercy on Thy creation in Christ Jesus our Lord, with whom art thou blessed, and with Thy most holy and good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer during a general illness
Lord our God! Hear from the height of Your holy Throne us sinners and unworthy Thy servants, who have angered Thy goodness with our sins and removed Thy mercy, and do not demand from Thy servants, but turn away Thy terrible anger, which has justly befallen us, stop the destructive punishment, remove Thy terrible sword, invisibly and strike us untimely, and spare Thy unfortunate and weak servants and do not condemn our souls to death, who in repentance come running with a weary heart and with tears to You, the merciful God, who listens to (our) prayers and gives change. For to You (alone) belongs mercy and salvation, our God, and to You we offer praise, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer during severe pestilence (death) of livestock
Lord our God, strong and mighty God, who has the power of life and death, who saves people and livestock and quickly grants what they ask to everyone who comes to You with faith and graciously fulfills their requests! To You we, Your unworthy servants, falling humbly, with faith in a contrite heart, we ask and tenderly pray: look mercifully on this cattle, possessed by a grave infirmity and a destructive disease, and quickly heal with the power of Your blessing, extinguishing the flame burning inside its (cattle) and relieving illness; change the winds that are harmfully blowing and destroying him into favorable ones, and grant him life and health for the sake of Your unfortunate and faithful people, who cry to You through us: through the prayers of our Most Pure Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, by the power of the Honest and Life-giving Cross, by the protection of the heavenly forces of the ethereal, honest and the glorious prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, the holy glorious and all-praised Apostles, the holy victorious martyrs, the holy unmercenary doctors: Cosmas and Damian, Cyrus and John, Panteleimon, and all Your saints, for You are the source of life and its giver and You save people and we give glory to the cattle and to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

1. St. martyr. Boniface
Oh, long-suffering and all-praised martyr Boniface! We now resort to your intercession. Do not reject our prayers, but graciously hear us. Heal our brothers and sisters, who are obsessed with the serious illness of drunkenness, and for this reason they are falling away from their mother, the Church of Christ, and eternal salvation. Oh, holy martyr of Christ, touch their hearts with the grace given by God, quickly raise them from the falls of sin and bring them to saving abstinence. Pray to the Lord God. It is for his sake that you suffered, so that having forgiven us our sins, may you not turn away your mercy from your people, but may you strengthen us in sobriety and chastity, may you help those who are sober with your right hand, may you keep your saving vow to the end, and may you day and night him awake and give a good answer about him at the terrible judgment.
Accept, servant of God, the prayers of mothers who shed tears for their children; honest wives for weeping husbands; children of the orphaned and wretched abandoned by drunkards; all of us who fall to your icon, may this cry come through your prayers to the Throne of the Most High. cover and keep us from evil deception and all the snares of the enemy.
In the terrible hour of our exodus, help us to pass through the airy ordeals without stumbling, with your prayers deliver us from eternal condemnation, and may God’s mercy cover us forever and ever. Amen.

2. St. Boniface the Merciful
O all-holy Boniface, merciful servant of the Merciful Master!
Hear those who come running to you, obsessed with the addiction to drinking wine, and, just as in your earthly life you never refused to help those who asked you, so now deliver these unfortunates (names). Once upon a time, God-wise father, hail destroyed your vineyard, but you, having given thanks to God, ordered the few remaining grapes to be put in a winepress and to call the poor. Then, taking new wine,
You poured it drop by drop into all the vessels that were in the bishopric, and God, fulfilling the prayer of the merciful, performed a glorious miracle: the wine in the winepress multiplied and the poor filled their vessels.
O Saint of God! Just as through your prayer wine increased for the needs of the church and for the benefit of the poor and wretched, so you, blessed one, now reduce it where it causes harm, deliver those who indulge in the shameful passion of wine drinking (names) from their addiction to it, heal them from a serious illness, free them from demonic temptation, strengthen them, the weak, give them, the weak, strength and strength to successfully endure this temptation, return them to a healthy, sober life, direct them to the path of work, put in them the desire for sobriety and spiritual vigor. Help them, Pleasant of God. Pleasant of God Boniface, when the thirst for wine begins to burn their larynx, destroy their destructive desire, refresh their lips with heavenly coolness, enlighten their eyes, place their feet on the rock of faith and hope, so that, leaving their spiritual addiction that leads to by themselves excommunication from the Heavenly Kingdom, they were confirmed in piety, merited a shameless peaceful death, and in the eternal light of the infinite Kingdom of Glory, they worthily glorified our Lord Jesus Christ with His Beginningless Father and with the Most Holy and Life-Giving Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

3. Rev. Moses Murin
ABOUT, great power repentance! O immeasurable depth of God's mercy! You, Reverend Moses, were formerly a robber, but then you were horrified by your sins, grieved over them and in repentance came to the monastery and there, in great lamentation over your iniquities and in difficult deeds, you spent your days until your death and was awarded Christ’s Grace of forgiveness and the gift of miracles. Oh, reverend one, you have achieved wonderful virtues from grave sins, help the slaves (names) praying to you, who are drawn to destruction by indulging in the immeasurable consumption of wine, harmful to the soul and body. Bow your merciful gaze on them, do not reject them or despise them, but listen to them as they come running to you.
Pray, holy Moses, the Lord Christ, that He, the Merciful, will not reject them, and may the devil not rejoice at their destruction, but may the Lord have mercy on these powerless and unfortunate (names), who were possessed by the destructive passion of drunkenness, for we are all God’s creations and redeemed by the Most Pure One By the blood of His Son. Hear, Reverend Moses, their prayer, drive away the devil from them, grant them the strength to overcome passion, help them, stretch out your hand, lead them to the path of good, free them from the slavery of passions - and deliver them from drinking wine, so that they, renewed, in sobriety and a bright mind, they loved abstinence and piety and eternally glorified the All-Good God, who always saves his creatures. Amen.

4. Prayer of John of Kronstadt
Lord, look mercifully on Your servants (names), seduced by the flattery of the womb and the joy of God. Grant them to know the sweetness of abstinence in fasting and the fruits of the Spirit that flow from it. Amen.

Troparion to the icon of the Mother of God "The Inexhaustible Chalice, chapter 4
Today we are the harbinger of faithfulness / to the Divine and wonderful image of the Most Holy Mother of God, / watering the faithful’s hearts / with the heavenly Inexhaustible Cup of Her mercy, / and showing miracles to the faithful. / Even as we see and hear / we celebrate spiritually and cry warmly: / O most merciful Lady, / heal our ailments and passions, / praying to Thy Son Christ our God / to save our souls.

Troparion, chapter 2
Manasseh from bonds and bitter imprisonment, free prayers for the sake of freedom, O all-generous God, and Your servant, who is now praying to us, from bonds and imprisonment freedom, and from every evil situation, deliver him, for He is the only Lover of mankind.

Kontakion, chapter 5
For as the source of mercy and the abyss of goodness, O Christ our God, do not despise those who call upon You by faith in sorrows and troubles, but as generously have mercy and quickly free us from bonds, so that we may sing to You: Alleluia.

Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, our God, freeing Thy holy Apostle Peter from bonds and prison without any harm, accept, we humbly pray to Thee, this merciful prayer for the forgiveness of the sins of Thy servant (name), imprisoned, and through the prayers of him, as a Lover of mankind, By Your omnipotent Hand, deliver me from every evil situation and lead me to freedom.

Troparion, chapter 4
By the union of love, Thy apostles bound Thy apostles, O Christ, and us, Thy faithful servants, thus firmly bound to Thyself, to do Thy commandments and to love each other unfeignedly, through the prayers of the Mother of God, the One Lover of Mankind.

Kontakion, chapter 5
Our hearts have kindled toward You with a flame of love, O Christ God, so that with that kindling, in our hearts, in our minds and in our souls, and with all our strength, we may love You, and sincerely, as ourselves, and keeping Your commandments, we glorify You, the Giver of all good things.

Prayer for reconciliation between warring parties
We thank you, Lord, Lover of Mankind, King of the ages and giver of good things, who destroyed the mediastinum of enmity and gave peace to the human race, who has now given peace to your servants, root in them your fear and establish love for each other: quench all discord, take away all discord and temptations. For You are our peace and we send up glory to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

About those who hate and offend us
Troparion, chapter 4
For those who sang to Thee, O loving-hearted Lord, and commanded Thy servant to pray for all of us, forgive those who hate and offend us, and instruct us in brotherly and virtuous living of all evil and wickedness, we humbly offer a prayer to Thee; Yes, in unanimity we glorify Thee, the One Lover of Mankind.

Kontakion, chapter 5
Like Your first martyr Stephen, he beseeches You, O Lord, for those who kill him, and we pray deeply, forgive those who hate everyone and offend us, so that not only one of us will perish for the sake of them, but all will be saved by Your grace, O All-Bountiful God.

Troparion, chapter 4
Before long, let us not even be enslaved by the enemy who blasphemes Thee and who abhors us, Christ our God, destroy those who fight us with Thy Cross, so that they may understand how they can orthodox faith through the prayers of the Mother of God, the One Lover of Mankind.

Kontakion, chapter 8
Chosen Governor and Lord, hell to the conqueror, as if you were delivered from eternal death, I will write praise to You, Thy creature and servant: but as you have unspeakable mercy, free us from all troubles, calling: Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me.

Psalm 90
Living in the help of the Most High, he will settle in the shelter of the Heavenly God. Says the Lord: Thou art my intercessor, and my refuge, my God, and I trust in Him. As if he will deliver you from the snare of the trap, and from the speech of rebellion. His cloak will cover you, and you will hope under His wing: His truth will surround you with weapons. Do not be afraid from the fear of the night, from the arrow that flies during the day, from the thing that comes in the darkness, from the treasure and the demon of the midday. Thousands will fall from your country, and darkness will be at your right hand, but it will not come close to you. Look before your eyes, and you will see the reward of sinners. For You, O Lord, are my hope, You have made the Most High your refuge. Evil will not come to you, and the wound will not approach your body: as His Angel commanded you, keep you in all your paths: They will take you in their arms, but not when you dash your foot on a stone: Step on the asp and the basilisk, and cross the lion and the serpent.
Because I am a catch, I will deliver you, and I will cover you, because you have known My name. He will call to me and I will hear him: I am with him in sorrow, I will exorcise him, and I will glorify him: I will fill him with long days, and I will show him My salvation.

Prayer from the seal of the Antichrist
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, save me from the deception of the coming godless and evil-cunning Antichrist. Deliver me from all his wiles. And hide me from his treacherous snares in the hidden desert of Your salvation and do not let me, Lord, fear the fear of the devil more than the Fear of God and retreat from You. But give me the best, Lord, strengthen me, help me to suffer and die for Your Holy Name and the Orthodox Faith, but not to renounce You and not to accept the seal of the damned Antichrist and not to bow to him. Grant me, Lord, day and night crying and tears for my sin, and have mercy on me, Lord, at the hour of Your Last Judgment. Amen.

Prayer of Elder Nektarios of Optina
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, who comes to judge the living and the dead, have mercy on us sinners, forgive the sins of our entire lives, and through your destinies hide us from the face of the Antichrist in the hidden desert of Your salvation.

Heavenly King, Trisagion according to Our Father.
God have mercy (12)
Glory even now
Trisagion according to Our Father.
Come let us worship...
Psalm 50... (see among morning prayers)

Psalm 3
Lord, why have I multiplied the cold; many rise up against me, many say to my soul: there is no salvation for him in his God. But you, Lord, are my protector, my glory, and lift up my head. I cried out to the Lord with my voice and heard me from my holy mountain. I fell asleep and fell asleep, and arose, as if the Lord would intercede for me. I will not be afraid of the people around who attack me. Arise, Lord, save me, my God: for you have struck down those who are at enmity with me in vain, you have crushed the teeth of sinners.
Salvation is the Lord's, and Your blessing is upon Your people.

Prayer for deliverance from unclean thoughts
Sovereign Lord my God, the lot is in His hands, intercede for me by Thy mercy and do not leave me to perish with my lawless ones, those who lust after the flesh follow the spirit below the will. I am Your creation, do not despise the work of Your hand. Do not turn away generously, but do not humiliate me, Lord, for I am weak, for I have come running to You, my Patron God. Heal my soul for those who have sinned against You. Save me, for the sake of Your mercy, for I have been committed to You from my youth; let those who seek to reject me from You with unclean deeds and unhelpful memories be put to shame. Drive away from me all filth, excess of malice, for You are the One Holy, the One Strong, the One Immortal, having unrivaled power in all, and You give everyone strength against the devil and his armies. For all glory, honor and worship is due to You, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for the war of fornication
Lord God of righteousness, my strength and help and refuge in the evil day. You save in times of sorrow, save me (name), as the water came down to my soul, the coal miner in the dark of the depths, and not from the face of the enemy of violence, as if he drove my soul, trampled my belly into the ground, fighting offences all night long. Deign, O Lord, to deliver me from the hand of the lawless and the offending, so that I may not sin against You, for fear of death attacks me, and darkness covers me. Until I cry, Lord, and do not hear, those who are offended will cry out to You and will not save. Look down from heaven, O Lord, and see from Thy Holy House and Thy glory, where there are many Thy bounties, according to Thy mercy, as Thou hast endured for our sake; judge those who offend me and do not wake me up, like a man who sleeps and like a man unable to save, for You are a Merciful and Lover of Mankind and we send glory to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for evil thoughts
Have mercy on me, Lord, and do not let me perish! Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak! Shame, Lord, the demon that fights me. My hope, fall over my head on the day of demonic warfare! Conquer the enemy that fights me, O Lord, and subdue the thoughts that overwhelm me with Your silence, the Word of God!

Prayer by Rev. Joanna
Lord, You are the Judge of the earth, You do not love untruth, hear my unworthy prayer and send Your power and send Your help where enemies, visible and invisible, will meet me, and so that pillars will stand in the place where Your power will meet them. Amen.

Prayer to the Mother of God
Undefiled, Unblessed, Imperishable, Most Pure, Unbridled Bride of God, Mother of God Mary, Lady of Peace and My Hope! Look upon me, a sinner, at this hour, and from Your pure blood You unknowingly gave birth to the Lord Jesus Christ, graciously make me motherly through Your prayers; That which was ripeningly condemned and wounded in the heart with the weapon of sadness, wound my soul with Divine love!
The mountaineer who mourned him in chains and abuse, grant me tears of contrition; With His free conduct to death, my soul was seriously ill, free me from illness, so that I may glorify you, worthy of your glory forever. Amen.
It is worthy to eat... Glory and Now... Lord have mercy (three times),
Lord Jesus Christ...

Prayer against desecration of St. Basil the Great
Most merciful, incorruptible, undefiled, sinless Lord, cleanse me, Thy indecent servant, from all filthiness of the flesh and soul, and from my inattention and despondency the uncleanness that has come to me, along with all my iniquities, and show me undefiled, Master, for the goodness of Thy Christ , and sanctify me by the invasion of Your Most Holy Spirit; for, having awakened from the darkness of the unclean ghosts of the devil and all kinds of filth, I may be deemed worthy with a clear conscience to open my unclean and unclean lips and sing Thy all-holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

All holy Heavenly ethereal Powers, grant me your power to crush all evil and passions under my feet.
1. Holy Ethereal Seraphim, deign me to have a flaming heart towards God.
2. Holy Ethereal Cherubim, deign me to have wisdom for the glory of God.
3. Holy Ethereal Thrones, deign me to distinguish truth from untruth.
4. Holy Ethereal Dominions, deign me to dominate the passions, so that the spirit enslaves the flesh.
5. Holy Ethereal Forces, grant me the courage to fulfill the will of God.
6. Holy Ethereal Powers, grant me the power of victory over evil.
7. Removal of the Ethereal Principles, deign me to serve the Lord God in the purity of my heart and the works of my hands.
8. Holy Ethereal Archangels, deign me to fulfill the will of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9. Holy Ethereal Angels, deign me to guide the weak in enlightening them in the truth.

Preparatory prayer for the last hour
Visit my humble soul, O Lord, who has spent all her life in sins: in the same image as a harlot, accept me too and save me. Swimming through the abyss of this life, I think about the abyss of my evils and, having no nourisher in my thoughts, I proclaim to Peter, Ti voice, save me, Christ, save me, O God, as a lover of mankind.
Glory: We will soon join the bride of Christ, so that we will all hear the blessed voice of Christ our God: come, you who love heavenly glory, who were once the wise virgins, having understood our candles by faith.
And now: Soul, repent before your departure, there is unwashed judgment for sinners, and an unbearable cry to the Lord in tenderness of heart: You have sinned in knowledge and ignorance, generous, through the prayers of the Mother of God, spare and save me.

Children's prayer for deceased parents
Lord Jesus Christ our God! You are the keeper of the orphans, the refuge of the grieving and the comforter of the weeping. I, an orphan, come running to You, groaning and crying, and I pray to You: hear my prayer and do not turn Your face away from the sighs of my heart and from the tears of my eyes. I pray to You, merciful Lord, satisfy my grief over separation from my parents (their names) who gave birth to and raised me; accept their souls, as having gone to You with true faith in You and firm hope in Your love for mankind and mercy, into Your heavenly kingdom. I bow before Your holy will, which was taken away from me, and I ask You not to take away Your mercy and mercy from them. We know, Lord, that You, the Judge of this world, punish the sins and wickedness of fathers in children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, even to the third and fourth generation, but also have mercy on fathers for the prayers and virtues of their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. With contrition and tenderness of heart, I pray to You, merciful Vessel, do not punish eternal punishment Your departed servants, unforgettable for me, my parents (their names), but forgive them all their sins, voluntary and involuntary, in word and deed, knowledge and ignorance, committed by them in their lives here on earth, and according to Your mercy and love for mankind, prayers for the sake of the Most Pure One Mother of God and all the saints, have mercy on them and save them from eternal torment. You, merciful Father of fathers and children! grant me, all the days of my life, until my last breath, not to cease to remember my departed parents in my prayers, and to beg Thee, the righteous Judge, to order them in a place of light, in a cool place and in a place of peace, with all the saints , from here all illness, sorrow and sighing have escaped. Merciful Lord! accept this day for Your servants (names), my warm prayer and give them Your reward for the labors and cares of my upbringing in faith and Christian piety, as those who taught me first of all to lead You, my Lord, in reverence to pray to You, in You alone I trust in troubles, sorrows and illnesses and keep Your commandments; for their concern for my spiritual success, for the prayers they brought for me before You and for all the gifts they asked me from You, reward them with Your mercy, Your heavenly blessings and joys in Your eternal Kingdom. For You are the God of mercies and generosity and love for mankind, You are the peace and joy of Your faithful servants, and we send glory to You with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer of parents for deceased children
Lord Jesus Christ, our God, Master of life and death, Comforter of the afflicted! With a contrite and tender heart, I run to You and pray to You: remember, Lord, in Your Kingdom your departed servant, my child (name), and create for him an eternal memory. You, Lord of life and death, gave me this child, but by your good and wise will you deigned to take it away from me. Blessed be Thy name, O Lord. I pray to Thee, the Vessel of heaven and earth, with Thy endless love for us sinners, forgive my deceased child all his sins, voluntary and involuntary, in word, in deed, in knowledge and ignorance. Forgive, O Merciful One, our parental sins, so that they may not remain on our children: we know that we have sinned many times before You, many of whom we have not observed, and have not done, as You commanded us. If our deceased child, ours or his own, for the sake of guilt, lived in this life, working for the world and his flesh, and not more than You, the Lord and his God: if you loved the delights of this world, and not more than Your word and Your commandments, if you surrendered with the pleasures of life, and not more than with contrition for one’s sins, and in intemperance having given up vigil, fasting and prayer to oblivion, I earnestly pray to Thee, forgive, most good Father, all such sins of my child, forgive and weaken, even if you have done other evil things in life family Christ Jesus! You raised the daughter of Jairus through the faith and prayer of her father, You healed the daughter of the Canaanite wife through faith and the request of her mother: hear my prayer, and do not despise the prayer for my child. Forgive, Lord, forgive all his sins and, having forgiven and cleansed his soul, take away eternal torment and all Thy saints, who have pleased You from all eternity, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no sighing, but endless life: like there is no man, whoever lives and does not sin, You are the only one except sin: so that when you judge the world, my child will hear Your most beloved voice: Come, blessed of My Father, and inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For You are the Father of mercies and generosity, You are our life and resurrection, and to You we send glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer of the Lost Spouse
Christ Jesus, Lord and Almighty! In contrition and tenderness of my heart, I pray to You: rest, O Lord, the soul of Your departed servant (name) in Your heavenly kingdom. Lord Almighty!
You blessed the marital union of husband and wife, when you said: it is not good for man to be alone, let us create for him a helper according to him. You have sanctified this union in the image of the spiritual union of Christ with the Church. By faith, O Lord, I confess that You have blessed me to unite me in this holy union with one of Your handmaids. Your good and wise will deigned to take away from me this servant of Yours, whom You gave to me as a helper and companion of my life. I bow before Thy will, and I pray to Thy with all my heart, accept this prayer for Thy servant (name), and forgive her if she has sinned in word, deed, thought, knowledge and ignorance; If you love earthly things more than heavenly things, if you care about the clothing and adornment of your body more than about the enlightenment of the clothing of your soul, or if you are careless about your children; if you upset anyone by word or deed; If there is a grudge in your heart against your neighbor or condemn someone or anything else you have done from such evil people. Forgive her all this, for she is good and philanthropic; for there is no man who will live and not sin.
Do not enter into judgment with Thy servant, as Thy creation, do not condemn her to eternal torment for her sin, but have mercy and mercy according to Thy great mercy. I pray and ask You, Lord, to grant me strength throughout the days of my life to not cease to pray for Your departed servant, and even until the end of my life to ask her from You, the Judge of the whole world, for forgiveness of her sins. Yes, as if You, God, placed a crown of stone on her head, crowning her here on earth; Thus crown me with Your eternal glory in Your heavenly kingdom, with all the Saints who rejoice there, so that together with them He may forever sing Your all-holy name with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Widow's prayer for her husband
Christ Jesus, Lord and Almighty! You are the comfort of the crying, the orphans and the widows. You said: call on Me in the day of your sorrow, and I will destroy you. In the days of my sorrow, I run to You and pray to You: do not turn Your face away from me and hear my prayer brought to You with tears. You, Lord, Master of all, have deigned to unite me with one of Your servants, so that we may be one body and one spirit; You gave me this servant as a companion and protector. It was your good and wise will to take away this servant of yours from me and leave me alone. I bow before Your will and I resort to You in the days of my sorrow: quench my sorrow about separation from Your servant, my friend. Even if you took him away from me, do not take your mercy away from me. Just as you once accepted two mites from widows, so accept this prayer of mine. Remember, Lord, the soul of Your departed servant (name), forgive him all his sins, voluntary and involuntary, whether in word, or in deed, or in knowledge and ignorance, do not destroy him through his iniquity and do not consign him to eternal torment, but according to Your great mercy and according to the multitude of Thy compassions, weaken and forgive all his sins and commit them with Thy saints, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no sighing, but endless life. I pray and ask You, Lord, grant that all the days of my life I will not cease to pray for Your departed servant, and even before my departure, ask You, the Judge of all Mipa, for the forgiveness of all his sins and his residence in the heavenly abodes, which You have prepared for those who love Cha. For even if you sin, do not depart from You, and undoubtedly the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are Orthodox even until your last breath of confession; impute to him the same faith, even in You, instead of works: for there is no man who will live and not sin, You are the only one besides sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever. I believe, Lord, and confess that You have heard my prayer and have not turned Your face away from me. Seeing a widow weeping green, you were merciful, and you brought her son to the grave, carrying her to the grave, and you raised her up: so, having compassion, calm down my sorrow. How did You open to Your servant Theophilus, who went to You, the doors of Your mercy and forgave him for his sins through the prayers of Your Holy Church, heeding the prayers and alms of his wife: by strength and I pray to You, accept my prayer for Your servant (name) and lead him into eternal life. For You are our hope, You are God, to have mercy and to save, and to You we ascribe glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for someone who died suddenly (suddenly)
Lord Jesus Christ, Lord of life and death, Thou hast declared in Thy holy Gospel: watch, for thou knowest not when the Son of Man shall come, at that hour do not think, the Son of Man shall come. But we are earthly and sinful, having given ourselves over to the sorrows and pleasures of life, we consign the hour of our death to oblivion, and thus we call to You, the Court of heaven and earth, suddenly, at an hour, in the same place, neither in anticipation nor in imagination. Thus, Your deceased servant, our brother (name), was suddenly called to You. Unsearchable and incomprehensible are the ways of Your wondrous glance at us, O Lord the Savior! I humbly bow my head before these Thy paths, Lord Master, and I pray to Thee with my zealous faith, look down from the height of Thy holy dwelling and cover me with Thy Grace, that my prayer may be corrected before Thee, like a fragrant censer. Most merciful Lord, hear my prayer for Thy servant, according to Thy inscrutable destinies, he was suddenly condemned by death from us; have mercy and have mercy on his trembling soul, called to Thy impartial judgment at an hour he had not expected, May he not reprove him with Thy wrath, nor punish him with Thy wrath; but have mercy and have mercy on her, for the sake of Your merits on the cross and prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother and all Your saints, forgive her all sins, voluntary and involuntary, in word, in deed, in knowledge and ignorance.
Even if Thy servant (name) was caught up, but rather in this life, faith in Thee and confession of Thee, the God and Savior of the world, Christ, and having trust in Thee: this faith and this hope instead of works of imputation. Merciful Lord! You do not want the death of a sinner, but you mercifully accept from him and for him everything that is done towards conversion and salvation, and you yourself arrange his path so that he may live. I pray to You, deign to remember in this way all the works of mercy and all the prayers done here on earth for Your departed servant, deign to accept my prayer for him together with the prayers of the clergy of Your Holy Church, and forgive his soul all the sins, pacify his troubled heart, spare him from eternal torment and rest him in a brighter place. For it is Yours to have mercy and save us, Christ our Savior, and to You alone befits ineffable goodness and eternal glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for everyone who has died
Remember, O Lord our God, in the faith and hope of the eternal life, your departed servant, our brother (name), as he is good and a lover of mankind, forgiving sins and consuming iniquities, weaken, forgive and forgive all his sins, voluntary and involuntary, deliver him from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna and grant him the communion and pleasure of Your eternal good things, prepared for those who love You. Even if you sin, do not depart from You, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, God, You are glorified in the Trinity, faith and one in the Trinity and the Trinity in one, Orthodox, even until your last breath confession.
In the same way, be merciful to him and awaken faith in You, instead of deeds and with Your Saints, as you are generous, give rest. There is no man who will live and not sin; but You are the only one apart from all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever; and You are the only God of mercies and generosity and love for mankind; and to You we ascribe glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for children who died unbaptized
Remember, O Lord who loves mankind, my child (name) who died unbaptized.
Baptize him Yourself, Lord, in the sea of ​​Your bounties and do not deprive him of Your Divine light.
For the faith and tears of his parents and for the sake of Thy mercy, save him with Thy ineffable grace. Amen.

A mother's prayer for the lost souls in her womb
Remember, O Lord who loves mankind, our servants, Your babies, who died accidentally from glorious mothers from accidental actions or from a difficult birth or from some carelessness, or were deliberately ruined and therefore did not receive holy baptism. Baptize them, O Lord, in the sea of ​​Thy bounty and save with Thy ineffable Grace, and forgive me, a sinner (name), who committed the murder of a baby in my womb and do not deprive Thy mercy. Amen.
God, be merciful to me, a sinner (bow to the ground).
Lord, have mercy on my children who died in my womb, for my faith and tears, for the sake of Your mercy.
Lord, do not deprive them of Your Divine light. (Pray all my life)

Saint Nicholas
1. O all-merciful Father Nicholas, shepherd and teacher of all who flow by faith to your intercession, and who call upon you with warm prayer, quickly trudge, and deliver the flock of Christ from the wolves that destroy it: and protect every Christian country: and save with your holy prayers from worldly rebellion , cowardice, invasions of foreigners and internecine warfare, from famine, flood, fire, sword and vain death. and just as you had mercy on those in prison, and delivered them from the floggings of the sword, so have mercy on me, in mind, word and deed, in the darkness of sins, and deliver me from the wrath of God and eternal punishment: for through your intercession and help, with your mercy and By grace, Christ God will give me a quiet and sinless life to live in this world, and will deliver me from my standing, and will make me worthy to be on the right hand with all the saints. Amen.

2. O all-holy Nicholas, exceedingly pleasing to the Lord, our warm intercessor, and everywhere in sorrow a quick helper! Help me, sinful and sad, in this present life; beg the Lord God to grant me forgiveness of all my sins, which I have sinned greatly from my youth, throughout my entire life, in deed, word, thought and all my feelings; and in the exodus of my soul, help me, the accursed; pray to the Lord God, Creator of all creation, deliver me from airy ordeals and eternal torment: may I always glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Rev. Sergius of Radonezh
O sacred head, reverence and God-bearing Father Sergei, by your prayer, and by faith and love for God, and by the purity of your heart, you have established your soul on earth in the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, and angelic communion and Blessed Virgin Mary worthy of visitation, and the gift of miraculous grace, but after your departure from the earthly, you came closer to God and partook of the heavenly powers, but did not retreat from us in the spirit of your love, and honorable to your relics, like a vessel of grace full and overflowing, left to us! Having great boldness towards the All-Merciful Master, pray to save His servants, His grace existing in you, believing and flowing to you with love. Ask us from our great-gifted God every gift that is useful to everyone and everyone: the observance of the blameless faith, the establishment of our cities, peace, deliverance from famine and destruction, preservation from the invasion of foreigners, consolation for the afflicted, healing for the sick, restoration for the fallen, those who go astray on the path of truth and return of salvation, strengthening for those who strive, advancement and blessing for those who do good in good deeds, upbringing of infants, instruction for the young, admonition for the ignorant, intercession for orphans and widows, departing from this temporary life for the eternal, good preparation and guidance, blessed repose for those departed, and all of us are helped by your prayers grant that on the day of the Last Judgment these parts will be delivered, and the gums of the country will share in everyday life and the blessed voice of the Lord Christ to hear: “Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Amen.

Rev. Seraphim of Sarov
O wonderful Father Seraphim, great Sarov wonderworker, quick and obedient helper to all who come running to you! During the days of your earthly life, no one left you weary and inconsolable, but everyone was blessed with the vision of your face and the benevolent voice of your words. Moreover, the gift of healing, the gift of insight, the gift of healing for weak souls has appeared abundantly in you. When God called you from earthly labors to heavenly tranquility, none of your love ceased from us, and it is impossible to count your miracles, multiplying like the stars of heaven; Behold, throughout all the ends of the earth I found myself appearing to the people of God and granting them healing. In the same way, we cry out to you: O most quiet and meek servant of God, daring prayer book to Him, reject no one who calls you! Offer up your powerful prayer for us to the Lord of hosts, may He grant us all that is useful in this life and all that is useful for spiritual salvation, may He protect us from the falls of sin and true repentance
may he teach us how to lead us into the eternal without stumbling Heavenly Kingdom, where you are now in unfathomable glory, and there you sing with all the saints the Life-Giving Trinity forever and ever. Amen.

St. mcc. Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sofia
We glorify, magnify and bless you, holy martyrs Vera, Nadezhda and Lyuba, together with the wise mother Sophia, who we worship as the image of God’s wise care. Pray, holy Faith, to the Creator of the visible and invisible, that he may give us strong, unblemished and indestructible faith. Intercede, holy Hope, before the Lord Jesus for us sinners, so that our good hope will not be driven away from us, and will deliver us from all sorrow and need. Confession, holy Lyuba, to the Spirit of truth, the Comforter, our misfortunes and sorrows, may He from above bestow heavenly sweetness on our souls. Help us in our troubles, holy martyr, and, together with your wise mother Sophia, pray to the Lord God that He may preserve His Holy Church under His protection. Likewise, for all of us, we earnestly pray for your warm intercession before God, so that together with you and with all the saints we will exalt and glorify the most holy and great name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, God, the eternal Lord and good
Creator, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

St. martyrs and confessors Gury, Sam and Aviv
About the glorification of the martyr Guria, Samon and Aviv! To you, as a quick helper and a warm prayer book, we, weak and unworthy, come running, fervently pleading: do not despise us, who have fallen into much iniquity and are sinning all the days and hours; guide the lost on the right path, heal the suffering and mourning; keep us in a blameless and chaste life; and as in ancient times, so also today, remain the protectors of marriages, in love and like-mindedness this affirms and delivers from all evil and calamitous situations. Protect all Orthodox Christians for the great power of the confessor from misfortunes, evil people and the machinations of demons, protect me from unexpected death, beseeching the All-Good Lord, that great and rich mercy may be added to us, His humble servant. We are not worthy to call on the magnificent name of our Creator with unclean lips, unless you, holy martyrs, will intercede for us, for this reason we resort to you and ask for your primacy before the Lord. Also deliver us from famine, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, internecine
battles, deadly plagues and every depressing situation. To her, passion-bearers of Christ, through your prayers arrange for us all that is good and useful, so that those who have passed on a pious life for a time and have achieved a shameless death may be honored by your warm intercession with all the saints at the right hand of the Just God, the Judge of the world, and Him incessantly glorifying Him with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer of St. Vmch. and heals. Panteliimon
O great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful slave, having heard my groaning and cry, have mercy on the heavenly, supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the illness that oppresses me. Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit. Do not disdain my sinful ulcers, show them with the oil of your mercy and heal me; May I, healthy in soul and body, be able to spend the rest of my days, by the grace of God, in repentance and pleasing to God and be worthy of receiving a good end to my life. Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through his intercession he may grant health to my body and salvation to my soul. Amen.

Prayer to the holy martyr Antipas (for dental disease)
To the Hierarch of God, Hieromartyr of Christ, Most Blessed Antipo, and to the Saint, glory to the Hierarch, you are the luminary of the Church and the affirmation of faith before those who oppose God, you boldly confessed Christ, and you were offered like a fragrant incense, and like a gentle lamb and a righteous martyr, the ox of the coppers was kindled to the saint, and prayers Grateful in him to God and the Father, you sent forth like the sun to shine: and with your torment you completely crushed the tormentor Belial: for this sake, Christ glorified you on earth, illuminating the entire universe with this grace, giving healing to those suffering from inconsolable dental disease, who constantly call on you with faith.
And now hear me, a sinner and unworthy servant of yours (name), at this hour calling you with faith, and also to bring prayerful singing as an intercessor and prayer book to God, I offer this with tenderness: Hieromartyr Antipo, Bishop of God, hear me, a sinner
Thy servant (name) at this hour, at this time I offer you a prayer, and pray for me, a sinner, to the Lord God for the forgiveness of my sins and unbearable dental disease, deliver me with your prayers, holy, (and 3 prostrations to the ground)
Holy Hieromartyr Antipo, pray to God for me, a sinner.

Holy All-Blessed Mother Xenia of Petersburg
Troparion, chapter 7
Having loved the poverty of Christ, / now enjoying the immortal table, / having exposed the madness of the world with imaginary madness, / through the humility of the cross you have received the power of God. / For this reason, having acquired the gift of miraculous help, / Blessed Xenia, / pray to Christ God / to deliver us from all evil through repentance.

Kontakion, chapter 3
Today the city of St. Peter rejoices brightly, / as many mourners find consolation, / trusting in Your prayers, / All-blessed Xenia, / for You are the praise and affirmation of this city.

Prayer
O Holy, all-blessed Mother Ksenia! You who lived under the shelter of the Most High, led and strengthened by the Mother of God, endured hunger and thirst, cold and heat, reproach and persecution, received the gift of clairvoyance and miracles from God, and rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Now the Holy Church, like a fragrant flower, glorifies Thee. Standing at the place of Your burial, before the image of Your Saint, as the Living Ty, who is with us, we pray to You: accept our petitions and bring them to the Throne of the Merciful Heavenly Father, as you have boldness towards Him, ask for eternal salvation for those who flow to You, for good deeds and Our undertakings are a generous blessing, deliverance from all troubles and sorrows. Present Your holy Prayers before our All-Merciful Savior for us, unworthy and sinners. Help, Holy Blessed Mother Xenia, illuminate the babies with the light of Holy Baptism and seal the gift of the Holy Spirit, educate the boys and girls in faith, honesty, fear of God and grant them success in learning; heal the sick and ailing, send down love and harmony to families, honor monastics to fight a good fight and protect them from reproach, strengthen pastors in the strength of the Holy Spirit, preserve our people and country in peace and tranquility, pray for those deprived of Communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ in the dying hour. You are our hope and hope, quick hearing and deliverance.
We send thanks to You and with You we glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Rev. Euphrosyne of Polotskaya
Troparion, chapter 4
Imitating the twelve-year-old Christ, who taught the word of God in the sanctuary, you followed, Euphrosyne: you left the temporal glory and the earthly betrothed, and despising all the worldly things, you disgraced the most beautiful Christ of all: having taken up the cross, you walked the path of the angelic life, and taught many to Him , in the fragrance of the world, you ascended into the heavenly palace: where you prayed, whom you loved, for those who reverently honor your memory.

Kontakion, chapter 8
Chosen by God from her very birth and called to serve Him, in the rank of angels of the Lord she served holyly, and lived reverently, and now with the heavenly powers praising the Lord, for us sinners, interceding before the Lord, with joy and love we cry: Rejoice, Euphrosyne, the all-honorable bride of Christ.

Prayer of Euphrosyne of Polotsk
Oh, reverend and ever-memorable, mother of all Euphrosyne, angel in the flesh, God’s chosen vessel of the Holy Spirit, praise and adornment to the Church of Christ, glory and affirmation to the monastics, help, protection and protector to the fatherland, your monastery and the whole country! You are like a tree planted by the flowing waters, adorned with the fruits of your virtues and the grace-filled gifts of the Holy Spirit, a teacher in deed and word, chosen, immaculate and good: hear us who pray to you and call on your name: for you have confidence in the Lord. Ask us for success in a more virtuous life: protect our hearts with faith, hope and love and the fear of God. Give us help in our labors and sorrows: just as in your life you had concern for your monastery and those who live monastically, so now you strive for us, and make good luck
to all of us: protect your abode with peace and protect it from enemies, visible and invisible, so that it prospers and prospers in virtues. Change us from all need and hardship, from severe illnesses and from unexpected death, and bring us to true repentance when leaving this life: ask the Lord for us to have a peaceful, painless, non-shameful death, to partake of the Holy Mysteries: and bring us through the ordeals of the air, May the tormentors of the threat not kidnap us because of our sin, but may, through your intercession and help, we be able to safely pass through the airy torture, and receive mercy, and appear uncondemned at the Terrible Throne, and at the Terrible Judgment be honored at the right hand of the Righteous Judge, and inherit a portion of the righteous. To her, lady, all-honorable mother, Venerable Euphrosyne, help us with your prayers: protect and intercede from all the snares of the enemy, so that we may be worthy to pass this time of life without stumbling and receive salvation through your prayers from Christ the Lord, whom we will be worthy to sing and praise, with the Beginning Fire and with the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer of St. Martyr Tryphon
Oh, holy martyr of Christ Tryphon, quick helper to all who come running to you, and to those who pray before your holy image, quick to obey the intercessor!
Hear now and at every hour the prayers of us who honor your holy memory, and intercede for us before the Lord in every place. For you, saint of Christ, holy martyr and wonderworker Tryphon, who shone forth in great miracles, before your departure from this corruptible life, you prayed for us to the Lord and asked Him for this gift: if anyone is in any need, trouble, sorrow or If mental or physical illness begins to be invoked by your holy name, he will be delivered from every pretext of evil. And just as you were once the daughter of the Tsar, in the city of Rome I was tormented by the devil, you healed her, her and us from his cruel intrigues all the days of our life, especially on the day of our last breath, intercede for us. Then you will be our helper, and a quick drive away of evil spirits, and a leader to the Kingdom of Heaven, where you now stand as saints at the throne of God. Pray to the Lord, that we may also be worthy to be partakers of everlasting joy and joy, and that together with you we may be worthy to glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Comforter of the Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer of St. Martyr John the Warrior
Oh, great martyr of Christ John, champion of the faithful, chaser of enemies and intercessor of the offended! Hear us, in troubles and sorrows, praying to you, grace has been given to you from God to comfort the sad, to help the weak, to deliver the innocent from vain death, and to pray for all those who suffer evil. Be therefore a strong champion for us against all our visible and invisible enemies, for with your help and struggles all those who show us evil will be put to shame. Pray to our Lord, that we sinners and unworthy servants will be worthy to receive from Him the ineffable good that is prepared for those who love Him, in the Trinity of the Holy Ones, glorified by God, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
Holy new martyrdoms and confessors of the Russian Church, hear our fervent prayer! I know, as I have not heard from you, when I was still a youth, listening to the ancient passion-bearers, I thought in my heart how kind and praiseworthy it is to imitate such, from whom neither torment nor death separated them from the love of God.
It is good for you, for you have followed the natural faith and patience of those whom you have heard about and loved. And since at any time it is possible that an unexpected test may come upon us, ask from the Lord for the gift of courage that is only useful in the life of mankind.
All the ends of our fatherland or sanctified by your suffering, as a common prayer book for all of us, pray to God, deliver our fatherland from the yoke of the most terrible more than any other, and may we and our entire family be forgiven the sin that burdens the Russian people: the murder of the Anointed Tsar of God , the saints and shepherds with their flock, and the suffering of confessors, and the desecration of our shrines.
May she abolish the schisms in our Church, may they all be one and may the Lord bring forth His workers into the harvest, may the Church not become destitute of good shepherds who can enlighten such a great multitude of people with the light of the true faith, those who have been taught the faith, or who have been converted by the faith. We are not worthy of God’s mercy, but rather suffer for your sake, may Christ our God be merciful and have mercy on all of us who call on you for help.
Let us always offer Him, our Savior, together with the Slain and the Holy Spirit, contrition for sins and thanksgiving for everything, glorifying Him forever and ever. Amen

Song of praise to St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
We praise God to you, we confess the Lord to you. The whole earth magnifies the Eternal Father to you; To You all the Angels, to You the heavens and all the Powers, to You the Cherubim and Seraphim cry out unceasing voices: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts, the heavens and earth are full of the majesty of Your glory. To you, the glorious Apostolic face, to you, the prophetic number of praise praises you to the bright martyr's army.
Throughout the entire universe, the Holy Church confesses to You, the Father of the incomprehensible majesty, Your lost and Only Begotten Son and the Holy Comforter of the Spirit. Thou, O King of Glory, Christ, Thou art the Ever-Captured Son of the Father. You, having received man for the deliverance, did not abhor the Virgin’s womb. You, having overcome the sting of death, have opened the Kingdom of Heaven to those who worship. You are seated at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father, you are confident to come as a judge. We therefore ask You: help Your servants, whom You redeemed with Your Honest Blood. Make it worthy to reign with Your saints in Your eternal glory. Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance, I will correct and exalt them forever, we will bless You all the days and praise Your name forever and ever. Grant, Lord, that on this day we may be preserved without sin. Lord have mercy on us, have mercy on us; May Thy mercy be upon us, Lord, as we trust in Thee. In Thee, Lord, let us put our trust, let us not be ashamed forever. Amen.

Prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ
Master Lord Jesus Christ, my God, who was indescribable for the sake of your love for mankind at the end of the ages, who was clothed in flesh by the Ever-Virgin Mary.
I glorify Your saving providence for me, Your servant, Master; I will praise Thee, for whose sake the Holy Spirit has come into the world; I worship Your Most Pure Mother according to the flesh, who served such a terrible secret; I praise Your angelic face, as the singers and servants of Your Majesty; I honor John the Baptist, who baptized You.
God! I also honor the prophets who proclaimed You; I glorify Your Holy Apostles; I triumph and glorify your martyrs and priests; I bow to Your venerable ones and cherish all the righteous! Such and such a many and ineffable face of the Divine in prayer to the right Thy, the all-generous God, Thy servant, and for this sake I ask a petition for my sins, grant me all of Thy for the sake of the Saints, more abundantly than Thy Holy bounties, for Thou art blessed forever. Amen.

Song of praise to the Most Holy Theotokos
We praise You, Mother of God, You, Ever-Virgin Mary and Mother of God, we confess, You, chosen by the Eternal Father, the whole earth magnifies; All Angels and Archangels humbly serve You; To You all the Powers and the highest Powers of heaven, and all Dominions obey; All the Thrones stand before You, the Cherubim and Seraphim rejoice before You, all the angelic faces cry out to You with an unceasing voice: Most Holy Theotokos Mary, Mother of the Ever-Virgin! the heavens and earth are full of the majesty of the glory of Your womb; To you the glorious apostolic face of your Creator and Savior Mother is praised; Many martyrs call you the Mother of God; To you the glorious face of the confessors of the Holy Trinity is named a temple; To you virgins, full of their virginity, preach the image; All holy souls call you the glorious Queen of heaven; Throughout the entire universe, the Holy Church of all faithful Christians confesses to you the Mother of God and honors the true King of Heaven, the God-chosen Maiden; You are the Lady of the Angels and glory to all the saints; You are heaven's open door; You are the ladder of the kingdom of heaven; You are the beautiful palace of the King of glory; You are the incorruptible ark of grace; You are an abyss of generosity; You are a refuge for sinners; You are the blessed Mother of the Savior Christ; You, for the sake of liberating a captive man, you received God into your womb from the Holy Spirit and you contained the Inconceivable One; You trampled upon the enemy of hell and opened the doors of the kingdom of heaven to the faithful; You stand at the right hand of God; You beg Him for us, Ever-Virgin Mary, Who will judge the living and the dead; Therefore we wish You to always be our Intercessor to Your beloved Son and God, Who redeemed us with His honest blood, so that we may receive the promise of eternal glory. Save Thy people, O Lady, and bless Thy inheritance, for let us be partakers of the blessed inheritance of Thy Son, and save us, and take us even unto the ages, every day. Oh, Most Generous! We wish to praise and bless You with our hearts and lips. Grant, Most Merciful Mother, that we may continue to be preserved without sin. Have mercy on us, Intercessor, have mercy on us, may Your mercy be with us, as we trust in You, keep us, Most Merciful, forever and ever. Praise is due to You, glory is due to You, singing is due to You now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to the Mother of God Quick to Hear
Most blessed Lady, Ever-Virgin Mother of God, who gave birth to God of the Word more than any word for our salvation, and received His grace more abundantly than all others, a sea of ​​divine gifts and miracles, an ever-flowing river, pouring out goodness to all who come running to You with faith! To Your miraculous image, we pray to You, the all-generous Mother of the Humane-loving Lord: surprise us with Your abundant mercy, and our petitions, brought to You, the Quick-to-Receive, will speed up the fulfillment of everything that works for the benefit of consolation and salvation.
Visit, O Blessing Thy servants, Thy grace, grant to those who are ill, healing and perfect health, to those overwhelmed by silence, to those captive, freedom and different images comfort the suffering; deliver, O all-merciful Lady, every city and country from famine, plague, cowardice, flood, fire, sword and other temporary and eternal punishments, by Your maternal boldness turning away the wrath of God; and spiritual relaxation, overwhelm by passions and falls, free Thy servant, for so that without stumbling in all piety we have lived in this world, and in the future of eternal blessings we will be worthy of the grace and love for mankind of Thy Son and God, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, with His beginningless Father and the Most Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Troparion city Z Mammalian
Without the Seed from God, I command the Virgin of the Father, the Son of God from the Father exists without a mother, for our sake, from You, without a father, you gave birth to flesh, and you drank the Child with milk. By the same token, do not cease to pray for our souls to be saved from troubles.

Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) in his “Teaching on the Prayer Rule” wrote: “Rule! What an accurate name, borrowed from the very effect produced on a person by prayers called the rule! The prayer rule guides the soul correctly and holy, teaches it to worship God in Spirit and Truth (John 4:23), while the soul, left to itself, could not follow the correct path of prayer. Due to her damage and darkening by sin, she would constantly be seduced to the sides, often into the abyss, now into absent-mindedness, now into daydreaming, now into various empty and deceptive ghosts of high prayerful states, created by her vanity and voluptuousness.

Prayer rules keep the person praying in a saving disposition, humility and repentance, teaching him constant self-condemnation, feeding him with tenderness, strengthening him with hope in the All-Good and All-Merciful God, delighting him with the peace of Christ, love for God and for his neighbors.”

From these words of the saint it is clear that it is very saving to read the morning and evening prayer rules. It spiritually takes a person out of the confusion of night dreams or daytime worries and puts him before God. And the human soul enters into communication with its Creator. The grace of the Holy Spirit descends on a person, brings him into the necessary repentant mood, gives him inner world and harmony, drives away demons from him (“This race is driven out only by prayer and fasting” (Matthew 17:21), sends down God’s blessing and strength to live. Moreover, the prayers were written by holy people: Saints Basil the Great and St. John Chrysostom, Rev. Macarius the Great and others. That is, the structure of the rules itself is very useful for human soul.

Therefore, of course, reading the morning and evening prayer rule every day, so to speak, - minimum required for an Orthodox Christian. Moreover, it does not take much time. For someone who has gotten into the habit of reading, it takes about twenty minutes in the morning and the same in the evening.

If you don't have time to read morning rule all at once, then break it into several parts. “Little Cap” from the beginning to “Lord have mercy” (12 times), inclusive, can, for example, be read at home; The following prayers are during pauses in work or during your daily activities. This, of course, needs to be confessed, but it’s better than not reading it at all. We are all human, and it is clear that we are very sinful and busy. You also regulate the end of your morning prayers yourself. This concerns the commemoration. You can read the extended commemoration or the shortened one. At your discretion, depending on the time available.

A fairly common mistake of new Orthodox Christians is reading the evening prayer rule immediately before going to bed. You sway, stagger, mutter words of prayer, and you yourself think about how to lie down in bed under a warm blanket and fall asleep. So it turns out - not prayer, but torment. Mandatory hard labor before bed.

In fact, the evening prayer rule is read somewhat differently. Hegumen Nikon (Vorobiev) wrote that after evening prayers You can leave time to talk and drink tea.

That is, in fact, you can read the evening prayer rule from the beginning to the prayer of St. John of Damascus “O Lord, Lover of Mankind...” If you, dear brothers and sisters, have noticed, then before this prayer there is a prayer of dismissal: “Lord Jesus Christ, the Son God... have mercy on us. Amen". It really is a vacation. You can read the evening prayers up to and including it long before bedtime: at six, seven, eight o’clock in the evening. Then go about your daily evening routine. You can still eat and drink tea, as Father Nikon said, and communicate with loved ones.

And starting with the prayer “Lord, Lover of Mankind...” and until the end, the rule is read immediately before going to bed. During the prayer “May God rise again,” you need to cross yourself and you can cross your bed and house to the four cardinal directions (starting from Orthodox tradition from the east), protecting yourself, your loved ones and your home with the sign of the cross from all evil.

After reading the second half of the evening prayers, nothing is eaten or drunk. In the prayer “In Thy hands, O Lord...” you ask God for a blessing for a good sleep and surrender your soul to Him. After this you should go to bed.

I would also like to draw your attention, dear brothers and sisters, to the rule of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Many understand it as reading three times a day (morning, lunch, evening) certain prayers “Our Father” (three times), “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice...” (three times) and the Creed (once). But it is not so. In addition to reading the rule three times, the Monk Seraphim said that in the first half of the day a person should read the Jesus Prayer almost all the time, or, if people are surrounded, in his mind “Lord, have mercy,” and after lunch, instead of the Jesus Prayer, “Most Holy Theotokos, save me, a sinner."

That is, Saint Seraphim offers a person spiritual exercise in continuous prayer, and not just a relief from the evening and morning prayer rules. You can, of course, read the prayer according to the rule of St. Seraphim of Sarov, but only then you need to follow all the instructions of the great elder.

Therefore, I repeat once again, the morning and evening prayer rule is the necessary minimum for an Orthodox Christian.

I would also like to draw your attention, dear brothers and sisters, to a fairly common mistake that we often make.

Saint Ignatius warns us about it in the above-mentioned work: “When performing the rule and bows, one must not rush; It is necessary to perform both the rules and bows with as much leisure and attention as possible. It is better to say fewer prayers and bow down less, but with attention, than a lot and without attention.

Choose for yourself a rule that corresponds to your strengths. What the Lord said about the Sabbath, that it is for man, and not man for it (Mark 2:27), can and should be applied to all pious deeds, as well as to the prayer rule. A prayer rule is for a person, and not a person for a rule: it should contribute to a person’s achievement of spiritual success, and not serve as an inconvenient burden (onerous duty), crushing bodily strength and confusing the soul. Moreover, it should not serve as a reason for proud and harmful conceit, for harmful condemnation of loved ones and humiliation of others.”

The Monk Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain wrote in his book “Invisible Warfare”: “...There are many clergy who deprive themselves of the saving fruit of the world from their spiritual works by procrastinating on them, believing that they will suffer damage if they do not complete them, in false confidence , of course, that this is what spiritual perfection consists of. Following their will in this way, they work hard and torment themselves, but do not receive true peace and inner peace, in which God truly finds and rests.”

That is, we need to count our strength in prayer. You should sit down and think about the time that everyone has. If you, for example, are a freight forwarder in a trading company and are on the road from morning to night, or you are married, work and still need to devote time to your husband, children, and organize family life, then perhaps the morning and evening prayer rule is enough for you and reading two chapters of "The Apostle", a chapter of the Gospel per day. Because if you also take upon yourself to read various akathists, several kathismas, then you will have no time left to live. And if you are a pensioner or work somewhere as a security guard or at another job, with free time, then why not read akathists and kathismas.

Explore yourself, your time, your capabilities, your strengths. Balance your prayer rule with your life so that it is not a burden, but a joy. Because it is better to read fewer prayers, but with heartfelt attention, than to read a lot, but thoughtlessly, mechanically. Prayer has power when you listen and read it with your whole being. Then a life-giving spring of communication with God will flow into our hearts.