Prayer "Our Father": text in Russian with interpretation. Lord our heavenly father prayer

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

So Orthodox Christians begin morning and evening prayers. In this prayer we call for help Holy Trinity, one in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we ask God to bless all our labors and undertakings, both prayerful and everyday. This prayer can be read before starting any business.

Word "Amen"(Heb. amen - right) at the end of a prayer means: truly so. Many prayers end with this word, it confirms the truth of what was said.

God bless.

This prayer is also pronounced before every deed. All our actions, deeds, and labors will then be successful when we call on God for help, ask Him for help and blessings.

Lord have mercy.

We often hear these words during worship. "Lord have mercy!" (Greek "Kyrie eleyson") - the oldest prayer. To strengthen our repentant attitude, we repeat it three, twelve, and forty times. All these three numbers in the holy Bible symbolize fullness.

A deacon or priest, on behalf of all those praying in the church, pronounces a litany, asking the Lord to forgive us our sins and bestow His heavenly and earthly blessings. The chorus replies: "Lord, have mercy!" - as if on behalf of all those who pray. We also say this prayer to ourselves. This is the shortest confession, even shorter than the repentance of the publican, who said five words from the depths of a contrite heart. In it, we humbly ask God for forgiveness for all our sins and pray for help.

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

(Pronounced three times)

This prayer is called Trisagion- it repeats the word "Holy" three times. It is addressed to the Holy Trinity. We call God Holy because He is without sin; Strong because He is omnipotent, and Immortal because He is eternal.

In Constantinople in 439 there was a strong earthquake. The people were in fear. People, bypassing the city in procession, prayed to God for an end to the disaster. They repentantly, with tears, exclaimed: “Lord, have mercy!” During the prayer, one boy was lifted into the air by an invisible force. When he sank to the ground, he said that he saw a choir of Angels singing: “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us!” As soon as this chant was repeated by the believers, the earthquake stopped. This sacred angelic song has become an integral part of worship and prayer rule among Orthodox Christians.

Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.

We should not only ask God for something, but also thank Him for everything He sends us. If something good has happened to us, we should give thanks to God, at least briefly, by saying this prayer. Let us during the day notice everything that the Lord gives us, and go to sleep to thank Him.

Lord's Prayer

Our Father, Who art in heaven. May your name be hallowed. May Your kingdom come, may Your will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Our Father Who is in Heaven! May your name be hallowed. May your kingdom come; May Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us our daily bread today. And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from the evil one. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

This prayer is special. It was given to His disciples-apostles by Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, when they asked Him: "Lord, teach us to pray." That is why this prayer is called the Lord's Prayer. It is also called the prayer "Our Father" - in the first words. All Orthodox Christians, even small ones, should know it by heart. There is even a saying: “To know as “Our Father””, that is, to remember something very well.

This small prayer contains a request to God for everything that a person needs. We turn to God with the words: “Our Father!”, because He created all people, gave us life, takes care of us and Himself calls us His children: gave the power to be children of God(John 1:12). We are His children, and He is our Father. God is everywhere, but His Throne, the place of special presence, is in the inaccessible, high realms in the sky where the Angels dwell.

May your name be hallowed. First of all, the name of God, His glory must be sanctified in His children - people. This light of God should be visible in us, which is manifested in good deeds, words, in purity of heart, in the fact that we have peace and love among ourselves. The Lord Himself said this: So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in Heaven.(Mt 5:16).

May your kingdom come. It also says that the Kingdom of God must first come in the heart and soul of every Christian. We Orthodox must set an example for other people, how the Kingdom of God begins in our family, in our parish, how we love each other and treat people well and kindly. The future Kingdom of God, which has come in power, will begin on earth after the Lord Jesus Christ comes to it for the second time to judge all people with His last Judgment and establish the kingdom of peace, goodness and truth on earth.

May Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. The Lord wants only good and salvation for us. People, unfortunately, do not always live the way God wants. Angels in heaven are always in obedience to God, they know and do His will. We pray that people will understand that God wants them all to be saved and happy, and that they will obey God. But how do you know the will of God for yourself? After all, we are all different, and everyone has their own path. To live according to the will of God, you need to build your life the way God commands, that is, in your life be guided by His commandments, by what the word of God, Holy Scripture tells us. It is necessary to read it more often, to look for answers to questions in it. We need to listen to our conscience, it is the voice of God in us. It is necessary with humility and gratitude to accept everything that happens to us in life as sent from God. And in all difficult, difficult circumstances, when we do not know what to do, it is necessary to ask God to enlighten us and consult with spiritually experienced people. If possible, it is desirable for everyone to have their own spiritual father and, when necessary, ask him for advice.

Give us our daily bread today. We ask God to give us everything that is necessary for the soul and for the body for every day of our life. Bread here is primarily understood as Heavenly Bread, that is, the Holy Gifts that the Lord gives us in the Sacrament of Communion.

But we also ask for earthly food, clothing, shelter, and everything necessary for life. Therefore, Orthodox Christians read the prayer "Our Father" before meals.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. We all have something to repent of before the Heavenly Father, we have something to ask for His forgiveness. And God, in His great love, always forgives us if we repent. So we must forgive our "debtors" - people who cause us grief and resentment. If we do not forgive our offenders, then God will not forgive us our sins.

And lead us not into temptation. What are temptations? These are life trials and circumstances in which we can easily commit sins. They happen to everyone: it can be difficult to resist irritation, harsh words, ill will. We need to pray that God will help us cope with temptation and not sin.

But deliver us from the evil one. From whom do temptations, bad, sinful thoughts, desires most often come? From our enemy, the devil. He and his ministers begin to inspire us with evil thoughts, induce us to sin. They deceive us, they never tell the truth, therefore the devil and his servants are called wicked - deceitful. But there is no need to be afraid of them, God has assigned a Guardian Angel to us, who helps us in the fight against demonic temptations. God protects from the evil devil all those who turn to Him.

For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. The prayer "Our Father" ends with a glorification of God, glorification of Him as the King and Ruler of the world. We believe that God is the All-Perfect Power that can help us, protect us from all evil. In confirmation of our faith, we say: "Amen" - "truly so."

When explaining the Lord's Prayer to children, one can recall the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen "The Snow Queen" in its full version. The heroine of the fairy tale, the girl Gerda, read "Our Father", and the prayer helped her a lot. When Gerda approached the Snow Queen's palace to rescue Kai, terrible servants blocked her way. “Gerda began to read “Our Father”; it was so cold that the girl's breath immediately turned into a thick fog. This fog thickened and thickened, but little bright angels began to stand out from it, which, having stepped on the ground, grew into large formidable angels with helmets on their heads and spears and shields in their hands. Their number kept increasing, and when Gerda finished her prayer, a whole legion had already formed around her. The angels took the snow monsters into spears, and they crumbled into a thousand pieces. Gerda could now boldly go forward: the angels stroked her hands and feet, and she was no longer so cold. Finally, the girl reached the halls of the Snow Queen.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

This prayer is addressed to the third Person of the Holy Trinity - the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is everywhere, for God is a Spirit. He is the giver of life and grace-filled help to all living. It is especially important to read this prayer before the start of any good deed, so that the grace of the Holy Spirit instills in us, strengthens our strength and gives us help. It is customary to read the prayer “To the King of Heaven” before training sessions.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos

("Our Lady of the Virgin")

This prayer is based on greeting of the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary at the moment of the Annunciation when the holy Archangel brought the news of the birth from Her to the Mother of God Savior of the world(See: Lk 1:28).

The Church honors and glorifies the Theotokos above all saints, above all angels. The prayer “Virgin Mary, rejoice” is ancient, it appeared in the first centuries of Christianity.

The words blessed is the fruit of thy womb, glorifying Christ, born of the Virgin Mary, are taken from the greeting of the righteous Elizabeth, when the Most Holy Theotokos, after the annunciation, wished to visit her (Lk 1, 42).

This prayer is glorious. We magnify, glorify in it the Mother of God as the Most worthy and righteous of all people, the Virgin, Who was honored with the great honor to give birth to God Himself.

We also turn to the Mother of God in a short prayer of supplication:

Holy Mother of God, save us.

We ask God for salvation through the prayers of the person closest to Him - His Mother. The Mother of God is our first Intercessor and Intercessor before God.

Praise to the Mother of God

("It is worthy to eat")

The Most Holy Theotokos is truly worthy of veneration, indulgence as the immaculate Mother of Christ the Savior.

We glorify Her more than all the Heavenly Forces, Cherubim and Seraphim, and magnify the Mother of God, who gave birth to God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ, without birth pains and illnesses.

Prayer "It is worthy to eat" - glorifying, laudatory . “It is worthy to eat” and “Virgin Virgin” are the most famous and important prayers to the Virgin. Most often they are sung in the temple by all the worshipers.

This prayer usually concludes some parts of the church service. At home prayer, “It is worthy to eat” is usually read at the very end. This prayer is read after study and work.

Arkhangelsk song

The prayer “It is worthy to eat” is called the Arkhangelsk song. According to the legend of Mount Athos, during the reign of Basil and Constantine the Porphyrogenic, Elder Gabriel and his novice, also called Gabriel, labored in a cell near the monastery of Karei. On Saturday evening, June 11, 980, the elder went to the monastery for an all-night vigil, and left the novice to serve in private. At night, an unknown monk knocked on the cell. The novice gave him hospitality. They began to serve together. While singing the words “Most Honorable Cherubim,” the guest said that they glorify the Mother of God in a different way. He sang “It is worthy to eat, as if truly Blessed are Thee, the Mother of God, the Ever-blessed and Immaculate and Mother of our God ...”, and then added: “The most honest Cherub ...” The icon of the Mother of God “Merciful”, before which they prayed, shone with heavenly light. The novice asked to write down this song, but there was no paper in the cell. The guest took a stone, which became soft in his hands, and inscribed this prayer with his finger. The guest called himself Gabriel and disappeared. When Elder Gabriel came, he realized that the Archangel Gabriel had come. The stone with the song inscribed by the Archangel was delivered to Constantinople.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

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

Each person is given a Guardian Angel at baptism. He protects us, saves us from all evil, and especially from the wiles of the forces of demons.

In this prayer, we turn to him and ask him to enlighten our mind to the knowledge of God, save us from all evil, direct us to salvation and help in all good deeds.

Prayer for the Living

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

Our duty is to pray not only for ourselves, but also for the people closest to us: parents, the priest with whom we confess, brothers, sisters, teachers, all those who do good to us, and for all brothers in faith - Orthodox Christians.

Prayer for the dead

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

God has no dead, He has all alive. Not only those who live on earth, people close to us need our prayerful help, but also those who have left us, all our deceased relatives and friends.

Prayer before study

Good Lord, send down to us the grace of Your Holy Spirit, bestowing and strengthening our spiritual strength, so that, attentively teaching us, we grow up to You, our Creator, to the glory, our parent for consolation, the Church and the Fatherland for the benefit.

For schoolchildren, their studies and studies are the same work as for adults their daily work. Therefore, it is necessary to start such an important and responsible business as teaching with prayer, so that the Lord would give us strength, help us assimilate the teaching taught, so that later we can use the knowledge received for the glory of God, for the benefit of the Church and our country. In order for work to bring joy to us and benefit people, we need to learn a lot, work hard.

Prayer after eating

We have already said that before eating food, the prayer "Our Father" is read. After eating, we also read a prayer, giving thanks to God for the sent meal.

God sends us food, but people prepare it, so we also do not forget to thank those who fed us.

Jesus Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.

The Jesus Prayer is addressed to our Lord Jesus Christ. In it, we ask for the most important thing: that the Savior forgive our sins and save us, have mercy on us.

This prayer is usually read in monasteries; it is included in the daily prayer rule. Monks - people who have dedicated their lives to the service of God - read it many times, sometimes almost without a break all day. Prayer is read on the rosary so as not to get lost in the count, for it is read a certain number of times. A rosary is usually a string tied with knots or beads. People living outside the monastery, in the world, can also read the Jesus Prayer and pray with the rosary, but for this you need to take a blessing from the priest. It is very good to do the Jesus prayer during work, calling on God for help, on the road and in general at any convenient time.

Prayer has great power. In the Lives of the Saints, Patericons, Fathers and other spiritual books there are many examples of the miraculous effect of prayer.

The Power of Prayer

Abba Dula, a disciple of the elder Vissarion, says: “Abba Vissarion had to cross the Chrysoro River. Having made a prayer, he went along the river, as if on dry land, and came to the other side. In amazement, I bowed to him and asked: what did your feet feel when you walked on the water? The elder answered: my heels felt water, but the rest was dry. Thus, more than once he crossed the great river Nile ”(Otechnik).

The text of the prayer "Our Father" in Russian:

Our Father who art in heaven!
May your name be hallowed;
Let your kingdom come;
may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
Give us our daily bread for this day;
And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

The text of the prayer "Our Father" in Church Slavonic (with accents):

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

Interpretation of the prayer "Our Father":

Our Father, Who art in Heaven! See how He immediately encouraged the listener and at the very beginning remembered all the blessings of God! Indeed, he who calls God father, and by this name alone confesses both the forgiveness of sins, and the release from punishment, and justification, and sanctification, and redemption, and sonification, and inheritance, and brotherhood with the Only Begotten, and the gift of the spirit, since he who has not received all these blessings cannot name God Father. Thus, Christ inspires His listeners in two ways: both by the dignity of those who are called, and by the greatness of the benefits they received.

When he speaks Heaven, then with this word it does not contain God in heaven, but distracts the one who prays from the earth and sets him up in lofty countries and in high dwellings.

Further, with these words He teaches us to pray for all brothers. He does not say: "My Father, who art in Heaven", but - Our Father, and thus commands to offer up prayers for the whole human race and never have in mind your own benefits, but always strive for the benefits of your neighbor. And in this way it destroys enmity, and overthrows pride, and destroys envy, and introduces love - the mother of all good things; destroys the inequality of human affairs and shows complete equality between the king and the poor, since we all have an equal share in the highest and most necessary affairs. Indeed, what is the harm from low kinship, when we are all united by heavenly kinship and no one has anything more than the other: neither the rich is more than the poor, nor the master is more than a slave, nor the head of the subordinate, nor the king is more than a warrior, nor the philosopher is more than a barbarian, nor the wise more ignorant? God, who deigned to call Himself Father equally to all, through this granted to all one nobility.

So, having mentioned this nobility, the highest gift, the unity of honor and love between the brethren, distracting the listeners from the earth and placing them in heaven - let's see what, finally, Jesus commands to pray. Of course, the title of God the Father also contains a sufficient teaching about every virtue: whoever called God the Father, and the Father in common, must necessarily live in such a way that he does not become unworthy of this nobility and shows zeal equal to the gift. However, the Savior was not satisfied with this name, but added other sayings.

May your name be hallowed He says. Do not ask for anything before the glory of the Heavenly Father, but consider everything below His praise, this is a prayer worthy of one who calls God the Father! Yes, shine means to be famous. God has his own glory, full of all majesty and never changing. But the Savior commands the one who prays to ask that God be glorified by our life. He said this before: So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in Heaven. (Matthew 5:16). And the Seraphim, praising God, cry out like this: Holy, Holy, Holy! (Isaiah 6:3). So, yes shine means to be famous. Vouchsafe us, - as if the Savior teaches us to pray like this, - to live so pure that through us all glorify You. To show unreproachable life before everyone, so that each of those who see it praises the Lord - this is a sign of perfect wisdom.

Let Your Kingdom Come. And these words are appropriate for a good son, who does not attach himself to visible things and does not regard present blessings as something great, but strives for the Father and desires future blessings. Such prayer comes from a good conscience and a soul free from everything earthly.

This is what the apostle Paul wished every day, which is why he said: and we ourselves, having the firstfruits of the Spirit, and we groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of the redemption of our body (Rom. 8:23). Whoever has such love can neither become proud in the midst of the blessings of this life, nor despair in the midst of sorrows, but, as one who lives in heaven, is free from both extremes.

May Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Do you see a great connection? He first commanded to wish for the future and strive for his fatherland, but until this happens, those living here should try to lead such a life as is characteristic of the celestials. One must desire, He says, heaven and heavenly things. However, even before reaching heaven, He commanded us to make the earth heaven and, living on it, behave in everything as if we were in heaven, and pray to the Lord about this. Indeed, the fact that we live on earth does not hinder us in the least from achieving the perfection of the higher Forces. But you can, even living here, do everything as if we were living in heaven.

So, the meaning of the words of the Savior is this: as in heaven everything happens without hindrance and it does not happen that the angels obey in one thing, and do not obey in another, but obey and submit in everything (because it is said: mighty in strength, who do His word - Ps. 102, 20) - so do us, people, not do Your will in half, but do everything as You please.

You see? – Christ taught us to humble ourselves when He showed that virtue depends not only on our jealousy, but also on the grace of heaven, and at the same time commanded each of us during prayer to take care of the universe. He did not say, “Thy will be done in me” or “in us,” but throughout the whole earth—that is, that all error should be destroyed and truth planted, that all malice be driven out and virtue return, and so that nothing heaven did not differ from earth. If this is the case, He says, then the lower will not differ in any way from the higher, although they are different in nature; then the earth will show us other angels.

Give us our daily bread today. What is daily bread? Everyday. Since Christ said: Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth, but He talked with people clothed with flesh, who are subject to the necessary laws of nature and cannot have angelic dispassion, although He commands us to fulfill the commandments in the same way as the Angels fulfill them, however, he condescends to the weakness of nature and, as it were, says: “I I demand from you an equal angelic severity of life, however, without demanding dispassion, since your nature does not allow this, which has the necessary need for food.

Look, however, as in the bodily there is a lot of spirituality! The Savior commanded us to pray not for wealth, not for pleasures, not for valuable clothes, not for anything else like that - but only for bread, and, moreover, for everyday bread, so that we do not worry about tomorrow, which is why he added: daily bread i.e. everyday. Even with this word he was not satisfied, but he added another after that: give us today so that we do not overwhelm ourselves with concern for the coming day. Indeed, if you don't know if you will see tomorrow, then why bother worrying about it? This the Savior commanded, and then later in his sermon: Don't care , - is talking, - about tomorrow (Matthew 6:34). He wants us to always be girded and inspired by faith and not yield more to nature than the necessary need requires of us.

Further, since it happens to sin even after the font of rebirth (that is, the Sacrament of Baptism. - Comp.), then the Savior, wanting in this case to show His great philanthropy, commands us to approach the philanthropic God with a prayer for the remission of our sins and say this: And leave us our debts, as we leave our debtors.

Do you see the abyss of God's mercy? After taking away so many evils and after the inexpressibly great gift of justification, He again vouchsafes forgiveness to those who sin.<…>

With a reminder of sins, He inspires us with humility; by the command to let others go, he destroys rancor in us, and by the promise of forgiveness to us for this, he affirms good hopes in us and teaches us to reflect on the indescribable love of God.

It is especially noteworthy that in each of the above petitions He mentioned all the virtues, and this last petition also includes rancor. And the fact that the name of God is sanctified through us is an undeniable proof of a perfect life; and that His will be done shows the same thing; and that we call God the Father is the sign of a blameless life. In all this already lies what should leave wrath on those who offend us; However, the Savior was not satisfied with this, but, wanting to show what care He has for the eradication of rancor among us, he specifically speaks about this and after prayer he recalls not some other commandment, but the commandment of forgiveness, saying: For if you forgive people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you (Matthew 6:14).

Thus, this absolution initially depends on us, and the judgment that is pronounced against us lies in our power. So that none of the foolish, being condemned for a great or small crime, has the right to complain about the court, the Savior makes you, the most guilty, a judge over himself and, as it were, says: what judgment will you pronounce about yourself, the same judgment and I I will speak about you; if you forgive your brother, then you will receive the same benefit from me - although this last is actually much more important than the first. You forgive another because you yourself have a need for forgiveness, and God forgives, having no need for anything himself; you forgive a colleague, and God forgives a servant; you are guilty of countless sins, and God is sinless

On the other hand, the Lord shows His philanthropy by the fact that even if He could forgive You all your sins without your work, He wants to do good to You in this, in everything to provide you with occasions and incentives for meekness and philanthropy - he drives out atrocities from you, extinguishes the anger in you and in every possible way wants to unite you with your members. What will you say about that? Is it that you unjustly endured some evil from your neighbor? If so, then surely your neighbor has sinned against you; but if you have suffered in justice, this does not constitute sin in him. But you, too, approach God with the intention of receiving forgiveness for similar and even much greater sins. Moreover, even before forgiveness, how little did you receive, when you had already learned to keep the human soul in yourself and were instructed in meekness? Moreover, a great reward awaits you in the age to come, because then you will not be required to account for any of your sins. What punishment, then, shall we be worthy of, if, even after receiving such rights, we leave our salvation unnoticed? Will the Lord listen to our petitions when we do not feel sorry for ourselves where everything is in our power?

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Here the Savior clearly shows our insignificance and casts down pride, teaching us not to give up heroic deeds and arbitrarily rush to them; thus for us the victory will be more brilliant, and for the devil the defeat is more sensitive. As soon as we are involved in the struggle, we must stand courageously; and if there is no challenge to her, then they should calmly wait for the time of exploits in order to show themselves both unconceited and courageous. Here, Christ calls the devil the evil one, commanding us to wage irreconcilable warfare against him and showing that he is not such by nature. Evil does not depend on nature, but on freedom. And that the devil is predominantly called evil, this is because of the extraordinary amount of evil that is in him, and because he, not being offended by anything from us, wages an irreconcilable battle against us. Therefore, the Savior did not say: "deliver us from the evil ones," but - from the evil one- and thus teaches us never to be angry with our neighbors for the insults that we sometimes endure from them, but to turn all our enmity against the devil as the originator of all evils. By reminding us of the enemy, having made us more cautious and stopped all our carelessness, He inspires us further, presenting to us that King under whose authority we are fighting, and showing that He is more powerful than all: Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen , says the Savior. So, if it is His Kingdom, then no one should be afraid, since no one resists Him and no one shares power with Him.

When the Savior says: Yours is the Kingdom, then it shows that even that enemy of ours is subordinate to God, although, apparently, he also resists by the permission of God. And he is from among the slaves, although condemned and outcast, and therefore does not dare to attack any of the slaves, without first having received power from above. And what am I saying: not one of the slaves? He did not even dare to attack the pigs until the Savior himself commanded; nor on flocks of sheep and oxen, until he received power from above.

And strength, Christ says. Therefore, although you were very weak, you must still be bold, having such a King, who can easily do all glorious works through you, And glory forever, Amen,

Saint John Chrysostom

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Our Father, the First Deeder of all Good Desires and Good Deeds of the All-Holy Trinity!

Thou art in heaven, Even with Thy Radiance shine in the celestials, with Thy Son and Thy Holy Spirit, richly sharing them with Thy Trisvetlago Radiance! Adopt us by communion with us of Thy Triple Grace! So that by this communion Thy Name be sanctified in us, and we may perpetually shine with the Revelations of Thy Son, telling us Thy perfections and the words of Thy justifications! May Your Kingdom come to us by the reign of the Grace of Your Holy Spirit! So that Thy Will be in us, in a hedgehog and for us to want and deeds about Goodwill: want, like the Angels of Heaven, only that, if You are good-willed to want, and by will doing ™, only if You choose to will, and love You with all the strength of the spirit, our souls and bodies: with all our hearts, with all our souls, with all our thoughts, with all our strength!

Involve us and the Bread that Descended from Heaven - the Body and Blood of Your Son, sitting at Your right hand in heaven, let us be nourished, let us be strengthened, let us be enriched by the Spirit of Your Grace, and may Your Son Jesus graciously dwell in us, with You and with Your Holy Spirit ! Grant the same and the same to us in this life!

And leave us our evil deeds, in the image of the evil desire of the devil we created, and for the sake of them and Your sweet and bright fellowship we have lost and the sons of the devil we will be created - as we leave our debtor!

And do not lead us into temptation: do not be silent to tell us Thy Truth, lest the darkness of the devil cover us, and lest the enemy deceive us with his lies!

But deliver us from the evil one! Deliver our hearts from the passions that live in us! Cleanse our will from the inclination to sin! Correct our wicked will, which prefers the wicked advice of the devil to Thy Truth! Cleanse our hearts from evil lusts, as if you were a sinner!

It is as if Your Good Child and Your Son and Your Holy Spirit covers the heavens, and the Communion of Your Trisvelago Radiance, the sons of man, “sons of God” and “gods”, arranges by Grace! For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever, amen.

Our Heavenly Father, Son of God, Prayer

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

Our Father who art in heaven!

hallowed be thy name;

let your kingdom come;

may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

give us our daily bread this day;

and forgive us our debts,

just as we forgive our debtors;

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one. Amen.

Rejoice, Mary, full of grace!

The Lord is with you;

blessed are you among women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory to the Holy Trinity

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

Apostolic Creed

I believe in God, the Almighty Father, the Creator of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died and was buried; descended into hell;

on the third day rose from the dead;

ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty:

and from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Universal Church.

Communion of saints, forgiveness of sins,

resurrection of the body, eternal life. Amen.

Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, Almighty Father,

Creator of heaven and earth, the visible and the invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,

Son of God, the Only Begotten,

from the Father, born before all ages,

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father,

through whom all things were created.

For the sake of us, people, and for the sake of our salvation descended from heaven

and incarnate of the Holy Spirit and Mary the Virgin

and become a Man;

crucified for us under Pontius Pilate,

suffering and buried

resurrected on the third day according to the Scriptures,

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

coming again with glory to judge the living and the dead,

and His kingdom will have no end.

And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord of Life,

proceeding from the Father and the Son,

Who, together with the Father and the Son, deserves worship and glory,

who spoke through the prophets.

And into one Holy Ecumenical and Apostolic Church.

I confess one baptism for the remission of sins.

I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the age to come. Amen.

An angel of the Lord announced to Mary,

and she conceived by the Holy Ghost.

Behold, I am the servant of the Lord;

let it be to me according to your word.

Rejoice, Mary, full of grace.

And the Word became flesh

and dwelt with us.

Rejoice, Mary, full of grace.

Pray for us, Holy Mother of God!

May we be worthy of Christ's promises.

so that we, knowing through the angelic greeting the incarnation of Christ, your Son,

Through his suffering and death on the cross, they reached the glory of the resurrection.

Amen.

(It is read instead of the prayer “Angel of the Lord” in the period from Great Saturday to the feast of the Holy Trinity)

Queen of Heaven, rejoice! hallelujah

For the one whom you have been deemed worthy to carry in your womb, hallelujah

Risen from the dead according to His prediction, hallelujah

Pray to God for us hallelujah

Rejoice and be glad, Virgin Mary, hallelujah

For the Lord is truly risen, hallelujah

resurrection of your Son, Christ Jesus our Lord,

Grant us, we ask You, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary who gave birth to Him

attain the joys of eternal life.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Rising from sleep, I resort to You, Lord God, my Savior. Thank you for bringing me to see the brilliance of this day. Bless me and help me at all times and in all my work. Illuminate the darkness of my soul with the light of Your grace and teach me to do Your will all the days of my life. Amen.

Thank You, Lord, for sending me peace tonight. How many sick and suffering people spent it without sleep, and You allowed me to rest peacefully at this time. I thank You, Lord, and I pray You: help me with my work today to earn Your love.

A new day is beginning, and I want to do all my work according to Your holy will. Lord God, help me to spend this whole day in Your presence, like a child playing in front of his father. I pray to You, Lord, that all my deeds today, all joys and sorrows, serve for Your glory.

Bless my family (my parents, my children), bless my benefactors, bless my country, and also me, who often goes astray, but strives to be faithful to You.

Our Father. Rejoice Mary. Glory. I believe.

We run under your protection,

Do not despise our prayers in our sorrows,

but always deliver us from all dangers,

Glorious and blessed Virgin!

Our mistress, Our Protector, Our Protector!

Reconcile us with your Son.

Entrust us to your Son.

Give us to your son.

Holy Angel of God, guardian and protector of my soul! Be with me today, guide me on the path of the commandments of God and remove from me all the temptations of evil. I entrust the whole world to Your paternal providence, O God, and humbly ask You: send Your grace on the Holy Church, on her supreme pastor - the Pope of Rome, on our bishop, on our dear fatherland, on my family (parents, children, relatives), and on my benefactors, on the sick, traveling, suffering and misfortune, and on everyone who needs Your help. Have pity especially on those who do not know You and do not obey Your will. Make us all, O God, your faithful children.

And the souls of the departed, by Your mercy, rest in peace. Amen.

God, be merciful to me a sinner.

Hymn to the Holy Spirit

Oh, come to us, Holy Spirit, and send a heavenly ray of unsunsetting light!

Oh come, Father of orphans, oh come, Giver of blessings, oh come, light of the heart!

True comforter, Bright Guest of humble souls, and tender joy!

A quiet rest from work, a fresh breeze on a hot day, consolation in weeping!

O blessed Light of heaven, illumine the hearts of Your faithful devotees!

Nothing will happen without Your command, there is no protection for us from evil.

Cleanse the unclean, irrigate the withered, heal the downtrodden!

Soften the cruel, warm the cold, guide the erring!

Give to all who revere firm hope, sevenfold holiness.

Give a wonderful reward, give a fearless outcome, give eternal bliss!

Send Your Spirit, and they will be created.

And the face of the earth will be renewed.

God, who teaches the faithful by the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit,

give us, through the same Spirit, the knowledge of the truth and eternal consolation in it.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

PRAYERS DURING THE DAY

Prayer before meals

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

Bless, O Lord, us and Thy gifts,

which, according to Your bounty, we will eat.

Through Christ our Lord.

God bless us and these gifts

(bless those who raised them, brought them and cooked them)

and teach us to share bread and joy with others.

Through Christ our Lord.

Prayer after meals

For all your blessings

and for the gifts that we ate,

thank you, almighty God,

living and reigning forever and ever.

Prayer before starting any good deed

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

Bless, Lord, the work I begin

and help me complete it safely

with the help of your grace.

I dedicate all my labors and efforts to you,

so that they serve for the good and salvation of my neighbors.

Through Christ our Lord.

Lord, this day is already ending, and before the night's rest, I want to ascend with my soul to You.

I started this day in Your name. In Your name I want to complete it. I thank You for all the blessings You have bestowed on my soul and my body today.

But was I really grateful today? Did I have a good day? Perhaps today, as more than once before, I should regret and repent of many sins. (See how you spent the day here.)

Alas, Lord, I again proved to be a weak and unfaithful son of Yours. My ingratitude hurts You. Forgive me. Help me start living differently

I beg you, Heavenly Father, do not deprive me of your help this night. Grant me a quiet rest, so that tomorrow with new strength I can diligently fulfill Your will.

Our Father. Rejoice Mary. Glory. I believe. Angel of the Lord.

Give eternal rest to the dead, O Lord,

and let eternal light shine on them.

May they rest in peace. Amen.

O Mary, conceived without original sin,

pray to God for us who come running to you!

Prayer at bedtime

Protect me, Lord

by the power of your life-giving cross

and keep me this night from all evil.

Into Your hands, Lord Jesus Christ.

My God, I betray my spirit.

You bless me and have mercy

and grant me eternal life. Amen.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.

Jesus, Mary, Saint Joseph, I entrust my heart, my soul and my body to you. Amen.

Prayer of consecration of oneself and all mankind to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

O merciful Jesus; Redeemer of the human race, look mercifully upon us, who fall to Your throne with deep humility. We are Yours and we want to be Yours. Desiring, however, to unite even more closely with You, each of us today voluntarily consecrates himself to Your Most Sacred Heart.

Many have never known You, many have denied You, despising Your commandments. Have pity on both, O good Jesus, and draw them all to Your Sacred Heart.

Be King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who never forsake You, but also of the prodigal sons who have departed from You. Bring them soon to the Father's house, so that they do not perish from spiritual poverty and hunger. Be the King also of those who have been led astray by false rumors or who have been led into schism by disagreement. Bring them back to the haven of truth and to unity in faith, so that soon there will be one flock and one Shepherd. Also everyone. Bring you to the family of believers who do not yet know you.

Grant, O Lord, to Your Church the full flourishing and freedom, grant to all peoples peaceful prosperity, so that from all ends of the universe it sounds unanimously:

Glory to the Divine Heart, through which salvation is given to us, glory and honor to Him forever and ever! Amen.

Act of Dedication to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

O Most Holy Trinity: God the Father, who gave Mary the honor of being the most worthy among His daughters; God the Son, who honored Her grace to be His Mother; God the Holy Spirit, who chose Her as His Bride - in unity with the Most Holy Mother of God of Fatima, Who predicted the conversion of Russia, we believe in You, we worship You, we trust in You and we love You.

O Mary, invoking Your patronage, we dedicate and entrust ourselves, our families and our Motherland to Your Immaculate Heart. Be our Mother, Intercessor and an example of serving God. Inspire us to the feat of faithful service to You, Your Son and His Church in this historical and fateful time of the approaching Great Jubilee of 2000 and lead us into the third millennium worthy of the high title of Christians. You, who maternally understand the difficulties and hopes of our life, especially in the struggle between good and evil, hear our call for help and shelter us in the arms of Your Motherly love, worried about our mortal and eternal fate.

O Most Pure Theotokos, present before the throne of the All-Merciful and Almighty God our gratitude for the abundance of graces that He bestows on Russia, our repentance for the sins of the people and our sacrifice, ask for blessings for the future, for achieving peace, harmony and mutual understanding. By your intercession, may He bless the efforts to unite Christians in the name of the covenant of the Lord: “May I be all one”; may he look mercifully upon his Church, granting her full freedom and the grace of many and holy vocations to the priesthood and monasticism; may he bless the state power in its concern for the well-being of the people, their spiritual development and the observance of justice; Yes, he cares about our families, so that they are strong in God and indestructible; may he endow children and youth with spiritual, intellectual and physical development and keep them from sinful temptation; let the erring ones show the way of conversion; let unbelievers be brought to the knowledge of the truth; sinners - to repentance; may he have mercy on the sick and the poor, the afflicted and the burdened - on all who are in need.

O Most Holy Theotokos, Patroness of the Russian land, we run under Your protection. Accept our dedication to You. Be with us on the paths of faith, hope and love. Through your intercession, may the conversion of hearts come and may good prevail. Pray for us, so that by doing the will of the Almighty we will always be like Your example, serving him and our neighbor. We ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz

Prayer of St. Bernard

Remember, O all-merciful Virgin Mary,

that from time immemorial no one has heard of

so that anyone who comes to you,

asking for Your help, seeking Your intercession,

was abandoned by you.

Filled with such hope, I come to You,

Virgin and Mother of the Most High,

with humility and contrition for their sins.

Do not despise my words, O Mother of the Eternal Word,

and favorably heed my request. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Lord, King of Heaven,

Spirit of truth and soul of my soul,

I adore You and pray to You:

guide me, strengthen me,

be my guide and teacher,

teach me what I should do.

Tell me, O Lord, all your commandments,

I promise to fulfill them and lovingly accept everything,

what will be sent to me by you.

I ask you only one thing:

teach me to always do Your will. Amen.

Prayer of St. Ignatius

Receive, Lord, all my freedom.

Take my memory, mind and will.

Everything I have or have

everything is given to me by you,

and therefore I commit everything to Your full disposal.

Only Thy love and Thy grace grant me,

and I will be filled with riches,

and I will never ask for anything else. Amen.

Prayers to overcome evil

(The following are prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos and to St. Michael the Archangel, which the Church uses to overcome evil)

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos

Majestic Queen of Heaven, Highest Lady of the Angels! You received from God the power and mission to strike the serpent-Satan on the head (Genesis 3:15). Therefore, we humbly ask You, send Your heavenly legions to help us, so that under Your guidance and Your strength they pursue the forces of hell, fight with them everywhere, repulse their daring attacks and plunge them into the abyss.

Who is like the Lord our God? You, holy angels and archangels, protect and protect us!

Kind, gentle Mother, You are forever our love and our hope! Mother of God, send us holy angels to protect us and drive away the evil enemy from us.

Holy Mother, come to the aid of the poor, turn Your eyes on the faint-hearted, console the saddened, plead for the people, plead for the priests, intercede for people who have dedicated themselves to serving God! May all who revere You feel Your help!

Prayer to the Holy Archangel Michael

Holy Archangel Michael, leader of the heavenly legions, protect us in the battle against evil and the persecution of the devil. Be our protector! May the Lord strike him, for this we ask and implore. And you, leader of the heavenly legions, cast down Satan and other evil spirits that roam the world and corrupt souls, cast them down to hell by the power of God. Amen.

Another prayer to St. Michael the Archangel

Mighty Archangel Michael, glorious leader of the heavenly host, be with us in the difficult battle that we have to wage against the princes and forces, the rulers of this dark world, against evil spirits!

Come help people! God made them immortal. He created them in His own image and likeness and wrested them from the power of the devil at a high price. Together with the army of holy angels, today give a new battle, as you already did in your time against Lucifer, the leader of the rebels and their helpers, the rebellious angels. They couldn't resist You. There was no more room in heaven for them. The unfaithful angel was turned into an angel of darkness and cast down with his assistants into the abyss.

Today he again roams the earth to seduce us. This enemy, a murderer from the first days, has risen again. He assumes the form of an angel of light in order to take over the world, uproot the Name of God and His Anointed Jesus Christ, steal souls created for eternal bliss, kill them and plunge them into perdition forever. The evil serpent pours out on the blinded and defeated humanity, like a dirty stream, the poison of its malice, the spirit of lies, godlessness and blasphemy, the spirit of impurity and all shameful sins. Cunning adversaries do great harm to the Church, the Bride of the Spotless Lamb. “Therefore, rise, holy Archangel Michael, invincible Leader, come to the aid of the people of God against the attacks of evil spirits and give us victory!” Amen.

Prayer for the healing of the sick

Almighty eternal God, eternal salvation of believers! Hear our prayers for the sick and show them Thy mercy and help, so that, having regained health, with a grateful heart they rejoice in Thee, the Source of life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer during an illness or ordeal

O Jesus, you were willing to accept suffering and injury for our salvation. In my suffering, I sometimes lose courage and do not even dare to say to the Heavenly Father: “Thy will be done.” But, relying on Your mercy and Your help, I turn to You. And although at times I lose heart, nevertheless I am ready to accept all those sorrows that, by the will of Providence, have fallen to my lot. I pray to You, Lord, that my sufferings would not be meaningless, but would bring spiritual benefit to me and through me to other people - to those who do not yet know

You, and those who work and suffer for You.

Lord, bless everyone who helps me and does good. Bless all who also suffer. Help them and me to get rid of troubles and sorrows, and while the current misfortune lasts, have comfort and joy in You, the Giver of Life. Amen.

Prayer for a sick child

God, source of all life and strength! Stretch out your hand to (name), which (th) at the beginning of life, a disease befell him, so that he (she) having gained health and strength, reached (-la) perfect years and all the days of his life he served with faith (-a) You, doing good deeds.

God, You send Your angels to help people. May this child, by Your mercy, be protected from all evil by the Guardian Angel. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for recovery

Lord my God, Master of life and death! What words can I thank You for giving me healing from the disease! Your saving right hand has raised me up, relieving me of pain, suffering and fear of death. I praise and magnify, Lord, Your life-giving and miraculous power. I thank You for Your immeasurable mercy, which You showed to me beyond my merits. I beg you: teach me to appreciate the life you have given and to care for the integrity of my soul no less than for the health of the body; teach me to avoid sin and always keep Your commandments so that I may attain eternal joy in Your Kingdom. Amen.

Prayer for prisoners

God Almighty and merciful, You alone know the innermost secrets of hearts; You know who is righteous; You forgive sinners. Hear our prayers for the prisoners, and for the sake of their patience and hope, ease their suffering so that they can return unharmed to freedom for a righteous and virtuous life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for those in distress and misfortune

God, our refuge in trouble, giving strength when we are weary, and comfort when we mourn. have mercy on us (or: your people) and let's get (gain) according to Your mercy, peace and deliverance from hardships. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for the Church

Lord, our God, always keep Your Church, protecting her from all difficulties on the way of her earthly journey. Observe it in the world, and let it be in this world a living sign of Your presence. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, bless the Holy Father, our Pope. ; help him in his ministry as a pastor of the Universal Church; be to him a light, a strength, and a consolation, that his example may urge us to do Thy commandments. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for a Bishop

God, out of unspeakable mercy and love You care for Your people and govern them. Give the spirit of wisdom to our bishop. whom you have appointed as our shepherd, so that the Christians entrusted to him may prosper in good works. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for Christian Unity

Eternal Father, in Your infinite mercy You sent Your Only Begotten Son, Who became a Man, to die on the Cross for the salvation of the human race. He, our Lord Jesus Christ, commanded us to pray to the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into His harvest (Luke 10:2).

And so, we, Your unworthy servants, swear by You: for the sake of the same infinite Your mercy, for the sake of the mystery of redemption and the precious Blood shed by Jesus, Your Divine Son, for the salvation of the whole world, for the sake of His immeasurable merits and the merits of His Church, and especially for the sake of the merits of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven - forever kindle in the hearts of all Your people the fire of Your divine love, so that they would take care of their eternal salvation and the eternal salvation of their neighbors with all their hearts, and that there would soon be one flock and one Shepherd on earth (Jn 10.16), yes Your divine mercy will be glorified in the highest forever.

Trusting in Your grace, for which we ask, we appeal to all the hosts of heaven, so that they may also glorify You, saying: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Children's prayer for parents

God bless my parents; keep them healthy and help them in all good deeds all the days of their lives, filling their hearts with peace and joy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Parents' prayer for children

Lord bless my children; keep them healthy; keep them from all evil and grant them firmness in every temptation; help them understand their calling and choose the right path in life (or: help them fulfill their calling more fruitfully); help them to grow in love and knowledge of goodness. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

God, You have revealed to us that the peacemakers will be called Your sons. We pray to you: grant a lasting and unfalse peace, so that those who live in harmony become established in the pursuit of good, and those who are at war forget evil. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for the Fatherland

God, by Your marvelous counsel You have ordained the universe. Graciously accept the prayers that we offer to You for our fatherland, so that the wisdom of the rulers and the honesty of the citizens will establish harmony, justice, peace and constant prosperity in it. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer before the journey

Lord, accompany me on this journey, protect me in all circumstances from all temptations and evil. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayers for the dead

Give them eternal rest, O Lord,

and let eternal light shine upon them.

- Christ, have mercy. Lord have mercy.

- Deliver, Lord, him (her, them) soul (souls).

- May it rest (rest) in the world. Amen.

“Lord, hear my prayer.

And let my cry come to you.

And with your spirit.

God, with whom eternal mercy and forgiveness!

We humbly pray to you for the soul of your servant (Your servants) N,

whom (which) (now) called you out of this world,

May you not betray her into the power of the enemy and forget her forever,

according to Thy holy angels

accept her and bring her to heavenly abode,

so that whoever believes in you and trusts in you,

she did not suffer the torments of hell,

but received eternal bliss.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hail, Queen, Mother of Mercy,

life, joy and our hope, be glorified!

We call upon you in exile, child of Eve.

We sigh to Thee, groaning and weeping in this valley of tears.

O our Intercessor!

Direct Your mercy towards us,

and Jesus, blessed fruit of thy womb,

show us after this exile.

Oh meekness, oh mercy, oh joy, Virgin Mary!

A detailed description from several sources: "prayer our heavenly father who is in heaven" - in our non-commercial weekly religious magazine.

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

Father - Father (address - a form of the vocative case). Thou art in heaven - existing (living) in Heaven, that is, Heavenly ( ilk- which the). Yesi- the form of the verb being in the 2nd person of unity. Numbers of the present tense: in modern language we speak you are, and in Church Slavonic - you are. The literal translation of the beginning of the prayer: O our Father, He Who is in Heaven! Any literal translation is not entirely accurate; the words: Father, Dry in Heaven, Heavenly Father - more closely convey the meaning of the first words of the Lord's Prayer. Let it shine - let it be holy and glorified. Like in heaven and on earth - both in heaven and on earth (like - how). urgent necessary for existence, for life. Give - give. Today- today. Like- how. From the evil one- from evil (words crafty, deceit- derived from the words "bow": something indirect, curved, crooked, like a bow. There is also the Russian word "falsehood").

This prayer is called the Lord's Prayer, because our Lord Jesus Christ Himself gave it to His disciples and all people:

It happened that when He was praying in one place, and stopped, one of His disciples said to Him: Lord! Teach us to pray!

When you pray, say: Our Father who art in heaven! May your name be hallowed; let your kingdom come; give us our daily bread for every day; and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every debtor of ours; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (Luke 11:1-4).

Our Father who art in heaven! May your name be hallowed; let your kingdom come; May Thy will be done both on earth and in heaven; give us our daily bread this day; and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen (Matthew 6:9-13).

By reading the Lord's Prayer daily, let us learn what the Lord requires of us: it indicates both our needs and our main duties.

Our Father… In these words, we still do not ask for anything, we only cry out, turn to God and call him father.

“Saying this, we confess God, the Ruler of the universe, as our Father - and by him we confess that they are removed from the state of slavery and appropriated to God as His adopted children”

(Philokalia, vol. 2)

...Who art thou in Heaven... With these words, we express our readiness to turn away in every possible way from attachment to earthly life as a wanderer and far separating us from our Father and, on the contrary, with the greatest desire to strive for that area in which our Father dwells ...

“Having reached such a high degree of the sons of God, we must burn with such filial love for God, so that we no longer seek our own benefits, but with all our desire to desire the glory of Him, our Father, saying to Him: hallowed be thy name,- by which we testify that all our desire and all joy is the glory of our Father, - may the glorious name of our Father be glorified, reverently honored and bowed down.

Rev. John Cassian the Roman

Let Your Kingdom Come- that Kingdom, "by which Christ reigns in the saints, when, after taking power over us from the Devil and banishing our passions from the hearts, God begins to reign in us through the fragrance of virtues - or that which at a predetermined time is promised to all perfect, all children of God, when Christ says to them: Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (Matthew 25:34)."

Rev. John Cassian the Roman

The words "Thy will be done" turn us to the prayer of the Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane: Father! Oh, that You would deign to carry this cup past Me! however, not my will, but yours be done (Luke 22:42).

Give us our daily bread today. We ask for the gift of bread, necessary for food, and, moreover, not in large quantities, but only for this day ... So, let's learn to ask for the most necessary things for our life, but we won't ask for everything leading to abundance and luxury, because we don't know, log whether it to us. Let us learn to ask for bread and everything necessary only for this day, so that we do not become lazy in prayer and obedience to God. We will be alive the next day - again we will ask for the same, and so on all the days of our earthly life.

However, we must not forget the words of Christ that Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4). It is even more important to remember other words of the Savior : I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; but the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world (John 6:51). Thus, Christ has in mind not only something material, necessary for a person for earthly life, but also something eternal, necessary for life in the Kingdom of God: Himself, offered in Communion.

Some holy fathers interpreted the Greek expression as "supernatural bread" and referred it only (or mainly) to the spiritual side of life; however, the Lord's Prayer encompasses both earthly and heavenly meanings.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. The Lord Himself concluded this prayer with an explanation: For if you forgive people their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive people their trespasses, then your Father will not forgive you your trespasses. (Matthew 6:14-15).

“The merciful Lord promises us the forgiveness of our sins, if we ourselves show an example of forgiveness to our brethren: leave to us, as we leave. It is obvious that in this prayer with boldness only he who has forgiven his debtors can boldly ask for forgiveness. Whoever, with all his heart, does not let go of his brother who sins against him, he will ask this prayer for himself, not pardon, but condemnation: for if this prayer is heard, then, in accordance with his example, something else should follow, but inexorable anger and indispensable punishment. ? Judgment without mercy to the unmerciful (James 2:13)."

Rev. John Cassian the Roman

Here sins are called debts, because, by faith and obedience to God, we must fulfill His commandments, do good, move away from evil; is that how we do it? By not doing the good that we should do, we become debtors to God.

This expression of the Lord's Prayer is best explained by Christ's parable of the man who owed the king ten thousand talents (Matthew 18:23-35).

And lead us not into temptation. Remembering the words of the apostle: Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he is tested he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him. (James 1, 12), we must understand these words of prayer not as follows: “do not allow us to ever be tempted,” but as follows: “do not allow us to be overcome in temptation.”

In temptation no one say: God is tempting me; because God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone, but everyone is tempted, carried away and deceived by his own lust; lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin, and the sin committed gives birth to death (James 1:13-15).

But deliver us from the evil one - that is, do not let us be tempted by the devil beyond our strength, but with give temptation and relief so that we can endure (1 Cor. 10:13).

Rev. John Cassian the Roman

The Greek text of the prayer, like Church Slavonic and Russian, allows us to understand the expression from the evil one and personally ( sly- the father of lies - the devil), and impersonally ( crafty- all unrighteous, evil; evil). Patristic interpretations offer both understandings. Since evil comes from the devil, then, of course, in the petition for deliverance from evil lies the petition for deliverance from its culprit.

Our Father who is in heaven. what does it mean?

God wants to draw us to Himself by this, so that we believe that He is our true Father, and we are His true children, and that we boldly and with full hope turn to Him with prayer, as beloved children turn to their beloved father.

Although the name of God is holy in itself, we ask in this prayer that it be holy with us too. When the word of God is taught in integrity and purity and we live holy life in accordance with this word, as children of God, in what way may our beloved help us Heavenly Father! Whoever teaches and lives in disagreement with the word of God dishonors the name of God with us, from which may the Heavenly Father save us!

Although the kingdom of God comes by itself and without our prayer, but we ask in this prayer that it come to us too. When the Heavenly Father gives us His Holy Spirit, so that we, by His grace, believe His holy word and live pleasingly here temporarily and there forever.

Although the good and merciful will of God is fulfilled even without our prayer, we ask in this prayer that it be fulfilled with us too.

When God resists and hinders every evil counsel and intention that does not allow us to hallow the name of God or come to His kingdom, such as: the will of the devil, the world and our flesh: but strengthens us and confirms to the end in His word and faith. This is His merciful and good will.

God gives daily bread even without our prayer to all evil people, but we ask in this prayer that He will lead us to the consciousness that this is His gift, and we would accept our daily bread with thanksgiving.

What is called daily bread?

Everything that is necessary for the body and life, like spouses, pious children, pious servants, God-fearing and conscientious authorities, good government, favorable weather, peace, health, good manners, honor, good friends, faithful neighbors, and the like.

We ask in this prayer that the Heavenly Father would not look at our sins and reject our prayers because of them, since we are unworthy and do not deserve what we ask, but would deign to grant us everything by His mercy, since we every day we sin a lot and deserve only punishment. And we also want to forgive from the bottom of our hearts and willingly do good to those who are guilty of us.

True, God does not tempt anyone: but we ask Him in this prayer to deign to preserve and protect us, so that the devil, the world and our flesh do not deceive and draw us into unbelief, despair and other shameful deeds and vices, and let us finally triumph and hold the victory if we are subjected to these temptations.

In this prayer, we ask the Heavenly Father to deliver us from all evil, bodily and spiritual, and from any damage to property and honor, and, finally, when our last hour comes, to grant us a blessed end and from this vale of weeping to take us by His goodness to Yourself to heaven.

You need to be sure that such petitions are pleasing to the Heavenly Father and will be heard by Him, because He Himself commanded us to pray like this and promised to hear us.

AMEN. AMEN - MEANS: YES, YES, VERY, IT WILL BE.

For a spiritual person, a Christian, does not learn like that.

The Lord does not condemn or punish anyone, we do it ourselves.

If you want to get rid of all anger at the world, or your husband, or your neighbor, etc.

I LOVE EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING WITH MY SOUL, MIND, HEART AND BODY! AND RESPECT.

WITH GOD MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS!

What did you give the world man

On the ground pours with renewed vigor.

After all, God will ask each of us

At the appointed hour: "WHAT HAVE YOU GIVED TO THE WORLD".

You directed to creation,

Or did you do evil around,

Multiplying the Land of Suffering?

Is the path righteous or roundabout?

Who ruled here with your soul,

You yourself, or were you caught by the crafty?

Always, everywhere is behind you,

The judge only looks at the good,

What path are we following.

We accidentally go astray,

Not fully realizing

Your mistakes and sorrows.

The path of darkness and destruction

Will not find peace in the soul,

Only fear knows he is mortal.

He will exclaim, he will raise his moan to God,

He will also be heard by the father.

Addressed only to man

Let's realize everything

We are the heart of God's guardianship.

What's inside, so is outside.

If you consider yourself a worthless person, then those around you will treat you accordingly, they will wipe their feet on you.

We must learn to love the Lord in ourselves.

If you are a hard and callous person at heart, then do not be surprised that life is unfair to you.

REALIZE THAT YOU ARE CHILDREN OF THE LIVING GOD, HEIRS OF ALL HIS BENEFITS.

Always say to yourself: WHAT YOU ARE GOOD, WHAT YOU ARE GOOD AND WHAT YOU LOVE THE LORD IN YOURSELF.

LEARN FAST TO GIVE THE SUBCONSCIOUS NEW FOOD:

YOU ARE THE CHILDREN OF ETERNITY WHO KNOW NO DEFEAT.

YOUR LIFE IS DIVINE ORDER,

THE SOUL IS FILLED WITH DIVINE PEACE,

INFINITE WISDOM GUIDES YOU AND SHOWS YOU THE RIGHT WAY,

HIS LIGHT SHINES OVER YOUR HEAD!

If you tell yourself that you are not lucky and all sorts of other negative emotions, then become like that. CHANGE YOURSELF AND TELL YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE HAPPY, SMART, FREE AND STRONG, and direct this power to yourself, to your inner enemies. And you know who these internal enemies are, I can list some of them - this is anger, envy,

hatred, resentment, criticism, etc. Feel the Divine inspiration and illumination in yourself, as well as the infinite joy that God was, God is, and God will be forever and ever.

That you are strong and that you are not alone, that you are truly the children of the Living God, that you inherit the riches of the Lord.

And you came into this world to achieve success and win. And you must know that the Almighty will never leave you. You are talented and endowed. You are the only and not repeatable.

LET THESE WORDS LIVE IN YOUR HEART AND MAKE YOUR INNER WORLD BETTER AND RICHER.

He sends illumination and blessings.

The wisdom of the Almighty has blessed my mind.

Thoughts of goodness and happiness pass from the consciousness to the subconscious, and then become reality.

Therefore, you need to ask the Lord to give wisdom and understanding, so that the Lord teaches you to understand the BIBLE with your HEART.

And those who try to understand the BIBLE WITH THE MIND, NOTHING GOOD FROM THIS DOES NOT GO.

Our Father - The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, Thou art in heaven x!

May thy name be holy,

may the kingdom receive thy kingdom,

let your will be done

I am in heaven and on earth.

Give us our daily bread today;

and leave us until our lies,

I am the skin and we leave our debtors;

and lead us not into temptation,

but save us from onions

Our Father who art in heaven!

May your name be hallowed;

Let your kingdom come;

may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

Give us our daily bread for this day;

And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors;

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. ( Matthew 6:9-13)

Our Father who art in heaven!

May your name be hallowed;

let your kingdom come;

may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

give us our daily bread for every day;

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every debtor of ours;

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.

quies in caelis,

sanctificetur nomen tuum.

Adveniat regnum tuum.

Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie.

Et dimitte nobis debita nostra,

sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.

Et ne nos inducas in tentationem,

sed libera nos a little.

In English (Catholic liturgical version)

Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be your name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Why did God Himself give a special prayer?

“Only God Himself can allow people to call God the Father. He gave this right to people, making them sons of God. And despite the fact that they departed from Him and were in extreme malice against Him, He granted the forgetting of insults and the communion of grace.

The Lord's Prayer is given in the Gospels in two versions, a longer one in the Gospel of Matthew and a shorter one in the Gospel of Luke. The circumstances under which Christ pronounces the text of the prayer are also different. In the Gospel of Matthew, the Our Father is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Evangelist Luke writes that the apostles turned to the Savior: “Lord! Teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples” (Luke 11:1).

Holy Fathers on the prayer "Our Father"

What do the words of the prayer "Our Father" mean?

Why can you pray differently?

The Lord's Prayer does not exclude the use of other prayers. The Lord did not want that, besides the prayer given by Him, no one should dare to introduce others, or express their desires otherwise, as He expressed, but only wanted it to serve as a model that would be similar to it in spirit and content. “Since the Lord,” Tertullian notes about this, “after teaching the rule of prayer, he specifically commanded: “Seek and you will find” (Luke 11, 9), and there is a lot about which each according to his circumstances, having prefaced this law with a certain prayer, as a foundation, has a need to pray, then it is permissible to add others to the petitions of this prayer, according to the current needs of life. ".

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Lord's Prayer "Our Father"

One of the main prayers of an Orthodox person is the Lord's Prayer. It is contained in all prayer books and canons. Its text is unique: it contains thanksgiving to Christ, intercession before Him, petition and repentance.

It is with this prayer that we turn to the Almighty directly without the participation of saints and heavenly angels.

Reading rules

1. The Lord's Prayer is included in the number of obligatory prayers of the morning and evening rule, and its reading is also recommended before meals, before starting any business.
2. It protects from demonic attacks, strengthens the spirit, and delivers from sinful thoughts.
3. If during the prayer there was a reservation, you need to impose the Sign of the Cross on yourself, say "Lord, have mercy" and start reading again.
4. You should not treat the reading of a prayer as a routine work, say it mechanically. The request and praise by the Creator must be expressed sincerely.

Important! The text in Russian is in no way inferior to the Church Slavonic version of the prayer. The Lord appreciates the spiritual impulse and mood of the prayer book.

Orthodox prayer "Our Father"

The main idea of ​​the Lord's Prayer - from Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov)

The Lord's Prayer Our Father is an integral prayer and unity, because life in the Church requires a person to fully concentrate his thoughts and feelings, spiritual aspiration. God is Freedom, Simplicity and Unity.

God is everything for a person and he absolutely must give everything to Him. Rejection from the Creator is detrimental to faith. Christ could not teach people to pray otherwise. God is the only good, he is “existing”, everything is to Him and from Him.

God is the One Giver: Thy Kingdom, Thy Will, leave, give, deliver... Here everything distracts a person from earthly life, from attachment to earthly things, from worries and attracts to the One from whom everything is. And petitions point only to the assertion that little space is given to earthly things. And this is right, because renunciation of worldly things is a measure of love for God, the reverse side of Orthodox Christianity. God Himself descended from heaven to call us from earth to heaven.

Important! When reading a prayer, a person should be seized by a mood of hope. The entire text is imbued with hope in the Creator. Only there is only one condition - "just as we forgive our debtors."

Our Father is a prayer for peace, comfort and joy. We, sinful people with our problems, are not forgotten by the Heavenly Father. Therefore, you need to offer prayers to Heaven constantly, on the road or in bed, at home or at work, in sorrow or in joy. The Lord will surely hear us!

Text of the Lord's Prayer

In Church Slavonic:

Our Father, Who art thou in heaven x!
May thy name be holy,
yes prii det tsa your rage,
let your will be done
I am ko in heaven and on earth .
Our bread is nasú give us today;
and ost vie us until our lie,
I am skin and we leave I eat the debtor m ours;
and don't enteŕ us into temptation
but the hut keep us from the bow vago

In Russian:

Our Father who art in heaven!
May your name be hallowed;
Let your kingdom come;
Give us our daily bread for this day;
And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)

Our Father who art in heaven!
May your name be hallowed;
let your kingdom come;
may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
give us our daily bread for every day;
and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every debtor of ours;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
(Luke 11:2-4)

Greek:

Πάτερ ἡ μ ῶ ν, ὁ ἐ ν το ῖ ς ο ὐ ρανο ῖ ς.
ἁ γιασθήτω τ ὸ ὄ νομά σου,
ἐ λθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου,
γενηθήτω τ ὸ θέλημά σου, ὡ ς ἐ ν ο ὐ ραν ῷ κα ὶ ἐ π ὶ γής.
Τ ὸ ν ἄ ρτον ἡ μ ῶ ν τ ὸ ν ἐ πιούσιον δ ὸ ς ἡ μ ῖ ν σήμερον.
Κα ὶ ἄ φες ἡ μ ῖ ν τ ὰ ὀ φειλήματα ἡ μ ῶ ν,
ὡ ς κα ὶ ἡ με ῖ ς ἀ φίεμεν το ῖ ς ὀ φειλέταις ἡ μ ῶ ν.
Κα ὶ μ ὴ ε ἰ σενέγκ ῃ ς ἡ μ ᾶ ς ε ἰ ς πειρασμόν,
ἀ λλ ὰ ρυσαι ἡ μ ᾶ ς ἀ π ὸ του πονηρου.

By- Latin:

pater noster,
quies in caelis,
sanctificetur nomen tuum.
Adveniat regnum tuum.
Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie.
Et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem,
sed libera nos a little.

In English (Catholic liturgical version)

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

Why did God Himself give a special prayer?

“Only God Himself can allow people to call God the Father. He gave this right to people, making them sons of God. And despite the fact that they departed from Him and were in extreme malice against Him, He granted the forgetting of insults and the communion of grace.

(St. Cyril of Jerusalem)

How Christ taught the apostles to pray

The Lord's Prayer is given in the Gospels in two versions, a longer one in the Gospel of Matthew and a shorter one in the Gospel of Luke. The circumstances under which Christ pronounces the text of the prayer are also different. In the Gospel of Matthew, "Our Father" is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Evangelist Luke writes that the apostles turned to the Savior: “Lord! Teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples” (Luke 11:1).

"Our Father" in the home prayer rule

The Lord's Prayer is part of the daily prayer rule and is read both during the Morning Prayers and the Prayers for the Future. The full text of the prayers is given in the Prayer Books, Canons and other collections of prayers.

For those who are especially busy and cannot devote much time to prayer, St. Seraphim of Sarov gave a special rule. "Our Father" is also included. In the morning, afternoon and evening, you need to read “Our Father” three times, “Virgin Mary” three times and “I believe” once. For those who, for various reasons, cannot fulfill even this small rule, St. Seraphim advised to read it in every position: both during classes, and walking, and even in bed, presenting the basis for that the words of Scripture: "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

There is a custom to read the “Our Father” before meals along with other prayers (for example, “The eyes of all trust in You, Lord, and You give them food in good time, You open Your generous hand and fulfill every animal goodwill”).