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

Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.

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

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

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

Lord have mercy. (Three times)

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

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

Tropari

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

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

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

Lord have mercy. (12 times)

Prayer 1, Saint Macarius the Great, to God the Father

Eternal God and the King of every creature, having vouchsafed me to sing even at this hour, forgive me the sins that I have done in this day by deed, word and thought, and cleanse, Lord, my humble soul from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. And give me, Lord, in this night's sleep to pass away in peace, but having risen from my humble bed, I will please your most holy name, all the days of my stomach, and I will stop the enemies of the flesh and fleshless who fight me. And deliver me, O Lord, from vain thoughts that defile me, and from evil lusts. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer 2, Saint Antiochus, to our Lord Jesus Christ

Almighty, Word of the Father, perfect Himself, Jesus Christ, for the sake of Thy mercy, never leave me, Thy servant, but always rest in me. Jesus, good Shepherd of Your sheep, do not betray me to sedition of the serpent, and do not leave me the desire of Satan, for there is a seed of aphids in me. You are, O Lord, worshiped God, Holy King, Jesus Christ, while sleeping, save me with a flickering light, by Your Holy Spirit, Who sanctified Your disciples. Give, Lord, to me, Your unworthy servant, Your salvation on my bed: enlighten my mind with the light of the mind of Your holy Gospel, soul with the love of Your Cross, heart with the purity of Your word, my body with Your impassive passion, save my thought with Your humility, and raise up me in time like Your praise. As if you were glorified with Your Father without beginning and with the Most Holy Spirit forever. Amen.

Prayer 3, to the Holy Spirit

Lord, the King of Heaven, the Comforter, the Soul of truth, have mercy and have mercy on me, Your sinful servant, and let me go unworthy, and forgive all, the fir tree has sinned today like a man, moreover, not like a man, but also more woeful than cattle, my free sins and involuntary, led and unknown: even from youth and science are evil, and even from impudence and despondency.

If I swear by Your name, or blaspheme in my thoughts; or whom I reproach; or I slandered whom with my anger, or grieved, or about what I became angry; or lied, or was worthless, or came to me poor, and despised him; or my brother grieved, or married, or whom I condemned; or you become proud, or you become proud, or you become angry; or standing by me in prayer, my mind moving about the wickedness of this world, or the corruption of thoughts; or overeat, or drunk, or laughing madly; or a crafty thought, or seeing a strange kindness, and by that wounded by the heart; or unlike the verbs, or the sin of my brother laughed, but my essence is countless sins; or about prayer, not radih, or otherwise that crafty deeds, I don’t remember, that’s all and more than these deeds.

Have mercy on me, my Creator, my Lord, a sad and unworthy servant of Yours, and leave me, and let go, and forgive me, as a Good and Humanitarian, but I will lie down in peace, sleep and rest, prodigal, sinful and accursed az, and I will worship and sing And I will glorify Your honorable name, with the Father and His Only Begotten Son, now and forever and forever. Amen.

Prayer 4, Saint Macarius the Great

Forgive my sins, O only Sinless One, even though I have sinned on this day, in knowledge and ignorance, in word and deed, and thought, and all my feelings. You yourself, covering, save me from every opposing situation with your divine power, and indescribable philanthropy, and strength. Cleanse, O God, cleanse the multitude of my sins. Delight, Lord, deliver me from the snares of the evil one, and save my passionate soul, and fall on me with the light of Your face, when You come in glory, and now sleep uncondemned, create sleep, and without dreaming, and undisturbed, keep the thought of Your servant, and all Satan's work reject me, and enlighten with me the reasonable eyes of the heart, so that I will not fall asleep in death. And send me an angel of peace, a guardian and mentor of my soul and body, may he deliver me from my enemies; so that, having risen from my bed, I will bring you prayers of thanksgiving.

Hey, Lord, hear me, a sinful and wretched servant of Yours, with pleasure and conscience; grant me that I have risen to learn your words, and demonic despondency is far from me driven away to be created by your angels; May I bless Your holy name, and glorify and glorify the Most Pure Theotokos Mary, You have given us sinners intercession, and accept this one who prays for us; we know, as if imitating Your philanthropy, and praying does not stop. Toya intercession, and the sign of the Holy Cross, and for the sake of all Your saints, keep my poor soul, Jesus Christ our God, for Thou art Holy, and glorified forever. Amen.

Prayer 5th

Lord our God, if I have sinned in these days in word, deed and thought, forgive me as Good and Lover of mankind. Peaceful sleep and serene grant me. Send your guardian angel, covering and keeping me from all evil, as if you are the guardian of our souls and our bodies, and we send glory to you, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer 6th

Lord our God, in Worthless faith, and His name more than any name we call, give us, departing to sleep, weaken the soul and body, and keep us from every dream, except for dark sweetness; set the striving of passions, quench the kindling of the uprising of the body. Give us a chaste life of deeds and words; Yes, a virtuous residence is receptive, the promised ones will not fall away from Your good ones, for blessed are You forever. Amen.

Prayer 7, Saint John Chrysostom

(24 prayers, according to the number of hours of the day and night)

Lord, do not deprive me of Your heavenly blessings.

Lord, deliver me eternal torment.

Lord, whether in mind or thought, in word or deed, I have sinned, forgive me.

Lord, deliver me from all ignorance and oblivion, and cowardice, and petrified insensitivity.

Lord, deliver me from every temptation.

Lord, enlighten my heart, darken the evil lust.

Lord, if a man has sinned, You, like God, are generous, have mercy on me, seeing the weakness of my soul.

Lord, send Your grace into help me let me glorify your holy name.

Lord Jesus Christ, write me Thy servant in the book of animals and grant me a good end.

Lord, my God, if I have done nothing good before You, but grant me, by Your grace, to lay a good beginning.

Lord, sprinkle in my heart the dew of Thy grace.

Lord of heaven and earth, remember me Thy sinful servant, cold and unclean, in Thy Kingdom. Amen.

Lord, receive me in repentance.

Lord, don't leave me.

Lord, do not lead me into misfortune.

Lord, give me a good thought.

Lord, give me tears and the memory of death, and tenderness.

Lord, give me the thought of confessing my sins.

Lord, give me humility, chastity and obedience.

Lord, give me patience, generosity and meekness.

Lord, instill in me the root of the good, your fear in my heart.

Lord, grant me to love Thee with all my soul and thoughts, and to do Thy will in everything.

Lord, cover me from certain people, and demons, and passions, and from all other unsimilar things.

Lord, weigh, as you do, as you will, may your will be done in me a sinner, as if you are blessed forever. Amen.

Prayer 8, to our Lord Jesus Christ

Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, for the sake of Your most honest Mother, and Your bodiless Angels, the Prophet and Forerunner and Your Baptist, the apostles of God, the bright and victorious martyrs, the reverend and God-bearing father, and all the saints with prayers, deliver me from the present demonic condition. Hey, my Lord and Creator, do not want the death of a sinner, but as if to turn and live to be him, give me the conversion of the accursed and unworthy; deliver me from the mouth of the destructive serpent that gapes, devour me and bring me down to hell alive. Hey, my Lord, my consolation, Even for the sake of the accursed in corruptible flesh, throw me out of wretchedness, and give consolation to my wretched soul. Plant in my heart to do Thy commandments, and leave evil deeds, and receive Thy blessedness: in Thee, O Lord, trust, save me.

Prayer 9, to the Most Holy Theotokos, Peter the Studio

To Thee, the Most Pure Mother of God, as a cursed one, I pray: weigh, Queen, as if I sin without ceasing and anger Your Son and my God, and many times I repent, I find lies before God, and I repent trembling: will the Lord really strike me, and by the hour I will create ; lead this, my mistress, the Lady Theotokos, I pray, have mercy, yes strengthen, and do good work and grant me. Vesi bo, my Lady Mother of God, as if by no means an imam in hatred of my evil deeds, and with all my thought I love the law of my God; but we do not know, the Most Pure Lady, from where I hate it, I love it, but I transgress the good. Do not allow, Most Pure, my will to be done, it is not pleasing, but may the will of Your Son and my God be done: may it save me, and enlighten me, and give me the grace of the Holy Spirit, so that from now on I would stop foul deeds, and the rest would live in command Your Son, to Him befits all glory, honor and power, with His Beginningless Father, and His Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer 10, to the Most Holy Theotokos

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

Prayer 11, to the holy guardian angel

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

Kontakion to the Theotokos

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

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

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

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

Prayer of St. Joannicius

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

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

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

Lord have mercy. (Three times)

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

Prayer of Saint John of Damascus

Lover of mankind, will this coffin be for me, or will you enlighten my wretched soul in the daytime? Seven coffin is before me, seven death is coming. I am afraid of Your judgment, Lord, and endless torment, but I do not stop doing evil: I will always anger the Lord my God, and Your Most Pure Mother, and all the heavenly powers, and my holy guardian angel. We know, O Lord, that I am not worthy of Thy love for mankind, but I am worthy of all condemnation and torment. But, Lord, either I want it or I don't want it, save me. If you save the righteous, you are nothing great; and if you have mercy on the pure, it is nothing marvelous: for the essence of Thy mercy is worthy. But on me, a sinner, surprise Thy mercy: in this, show Thy philanthropy, so that my malice will not overcome Thy inexpressible goodness and mercy: and if you wish, arrange a thing for me.

Enlighten my eyes, O Christ God, lest I fall asleep into death, lest my enemy say: Be strong against him.

Glory: Be the intercessor of my soul, O God, as I walk in the midst of many nets; Deliver me from them and save me, Blessed One, like a Lover of mankind.

And now: glorious Mother of God, and the holy Angel of the Most Holy, silently sing with heart and mouth, confessing this Mother of God, as if she truly gave birth to God incarnate to us, and praying unceasingly for our souls.

Mark yourself with the cross and say a prayer to the Holy Cross:

Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from His presence. As the smoke disappears, let them disappear; like wax melts from the face of fire, so let the demons perish from the face loving God and signing the sign of the cross, and saying with joy: Rejoice, Most Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, drive away the demons by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, crucified on you, who descended into hell and corrected the power of the devil, and gave us His Honest Cross to drive away any adversary. O Most Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Lady Virgin Mother of God and with all the saints forever. Amen.

Or briefly:

Protect me, Lord, by the power of Your Honorable and Life-Giving Cross, and save me from all evil.

Prayer

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

Prayer

Forgive those who hate and offend us, Lord, Lover of mankind. Bless those who do good. Grant to our brethren and relatives even for the salvation of petitions and eternal life. In the infirmities of the being, visit and grant healing. Izhe govern the sea. Travel travel. Grant forgiveness to those who serve and pardon us of sins. Those who have commanded us unworthy to pray for them, have mercy according to Your great mercy. Remember, Lord, before our departed father and brothers, and give them rest, where the light of Thy face dwells. Remember, Lord, our captive brothers and deliver me from every situation. Remember, Lord, those who bear fruit and do good in Your holy churches, and grant them even salvation, petitions and eternal life. Remember, Lord, also us, the humble and sinful and unworthy servants of Thy, and enlighten our minds with the light of Thy mind, and guide us on the path of Thy commandments, with the prayers of our Most Pure Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, and all Thy saints: blessed be Thou forever and ever . Amen.

Confession of sins daily

I confess to you the Lord my God and Creator, in the Holy Trinity, the One, glorified and worshiped, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, all my sins, even when I have done all the days of my stomach, and for every hour, and now, and in the past days and night, by deed, by word, by thought, overeating, drunkenness, secret eating, idle talk, despondency, laziness, contradiction, disobedience, slander, condemnation, neglect, self-love, acquisitiveness, theft, ill-spokenness, foul profit, mischief, jealousy, envy, anger, remembrance , hatred, covetousness and all my feelings: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch and my other sins, both spiritual and bodily, in the image of you my God and the Creator of anger, and my neighbor unrighteousness: regretting these, I blame myself to you my God I imagine, and I have the will to repent: to the point, Lord my God, help me, with tears I humbly pray to Thee: forgive me, who has passed my sins by Thy mercy, and resolve from all these, even I have spoken before Thee, as Good and Lover of mankind.

When you go to sleep, say:

In Your hands, Lord Jesus Christ, my God, I commit my spirit: You bless me, You have mercy on me and grant me eternal life. Amen.

Christians end each day with the obligatory evening prayer. Daily morning and evening prayer appeals called prayer rule. It can be short, but sincere and no less powerful. A short evening prayer for the coming dream is not in vain called the prayer rule. Such a rule helps to build daily work on your soul into your schedule. This work is carried out constantly, and not only when a person suddenly remembered the need for prayer.

Under what circumstances should the Short Evening Rule be read?

Evening prayers cannot be postponed until the next day. In this case, there is a danger of destroying the spiritual mood with temptations, passions and laziness. Sometimes there are circumstances due to which a person cannot read a complete prayer with awareness, passing every word through himself. In such cases, abbreviated evening prayers will help.

Short evening prayers before going to bed are suitable:

those who have power external circumstances there was neither strength nor time left for full prayer, and for those who understand that reading a prayer hastily and superficially does not make sense;
those who work on a rotational basis and who are on duty in the evening or at night;
for beginning Christians (an abbreviated version in Russian is allowed)
Orthodox parishioners, whose evening prayer is chosen individually with their confessor and reflects the experiences that are happening in the heart of the believer.

How to read evening prayers?

The difficulty of evening prayer may lie in fatigue or inexperience. Here, either short rule for evening prayers, or transferring prayer to more early time. It is possible not only to read the evening prayer before going to bed, but also before dinner. Knowing the basic prayers helps not only to reduce the time for reading them, but also to feel the words of the prayer.

retire, stand, if possible, in front of the icon, light a candle or lamp;
cleanse the soul of anger, irritation and resentment of the past day, tune in to a conversation with God;
overshadow oneself with the sign of the cross;
read one or more prayers.

The evening prayer ritual allows the Orthodox to think about their own deeds, feelings and thoughts of the passing day. They allow you to set the soul on the true path, to accept the events that have occurred with repentance and humility, and through an open heart to God, to accept with love the actions of others.

Texts of short evening prayers

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

Prayer initiatory

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, through the prayers 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, Spirit of truth, Who exists everywhere and fills the whole world, Source of blessings and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, Good, our souls.

Trisagion

(Bow)

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

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

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse our sins. Lord, forgive our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Your name's sake.

Lord have mercy.(Three times)

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

Lord's Prayer ("Our Father")

Our Father who art in Heaven! May your name be hallowed; let your kingdom come; May Your will be done both in heaven and on earth. 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.

Tropari

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us! Finding no justification for ourselves, we sinners offer this prayer to You, as to the Lord: “Have mercy on us!”

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. God! Have mercy on us, we trust in You. Do not be greatly angry with us and do not remember our iniquities: but turn Your gaze on us even now, because You are merciful. And deliver us from our enemies: for You are our God and we are Your people, all are the works of Your hands and we call on Your name.

And now and always and forever and ever. Amen. Open for us, blessed Mother of God, the doors to the mercy of God, so that we, who trust in You, would not perish, but would be delivered through You from troubles: after all, You are the salvation of the Christian race.

Lord have mercy.(12 times)

Prayer 1, Saint Macarius the Great to God the Father

Eternal God and the King of all created things, who has made me live up to this hour, forgive me the sins that I committed on this day in deed, word and thought; and cleanse, O Lord, my humble soul from all impurity of the flesh and spirit. And give me, Lord, this night to spend in peace, so that, having risen from sleep, all the days of my life I do what is pleasing to Your most holy name and defeat the enemies that attack me - carnal and incorporeal. And deliver me, Lord, from the vain thoughts and vicious desires that defile me. For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, now and always, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer 2, Saint Antiochus to our Lord Jesus Christ

Almighty, Word of the Father, Jesus Christ! Being Himself perfect, according to Your great mercy, never leave me, Your servant, but always abide in me. Jesus, good Shepherd of Your sheep, do not give me over to the action of the serpent and do not leave me to the will of Satan, for there is in me the seed of destruction. You, Lord God, whom everyone worships, the Holy King, Jesus Christ, save me during my sleep with unfading Light, Your Holy Spirit, with which You sanctified Your disciples. Grant, Lord, to me, Your unworthy servant, Your salvation on my bed: enlighten my mind with the light of comprehending Your holy Gospel, my soul with love for Your Cross, my heart with the purity of Your word, my body with Your suffering, alien to passion, my thought Keep your humility. And lift me up at the proper time to glorify You. For you are in the highest degree glorified together with Your Father without beginning and the Most Holy Spirit forever. Amen.

Prayer 3, Rev. Ephraim the Syrian to the Holy Spirit

Lord, King of Heaven, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, have mercy and have mercy on me, Your sinful servant, and release me, unworthy, and forgive all the sins that I have sinned against You today as a man and, moreover, not as a man, but even worse livestock. Forgive my voluntary and involuntary sins, known and unknown: made out of immaturity and evil habit, irascibility and carelessness. If I swore by Your name, or blasphemed Him in my mind; or whom he reproached; or slandered someone in my anger, or saddened, or about what I got angry; either he lied, or he slept untimely, or a beggar came to me, and I rejected him; or my brother grieved, or provoked quarrels, or whom he condemned; or exalted, or proud, or angry; or when he stood at prayer, his mind strove for crafty worldly thoughts, or had insidious thoughts; or ate too much, or got drunk, or laughed madly; or thought evil; or, seeing the imaginary beauty, bowed his heart to what is outside of You; or said something obscene; or laughed at my brother's sin, while my sins are without number; or did not care about prayer, or did something evil that I did not remember: I did all this and even more than this. Have mercy on me, my Creator and Master, your careless and unworthy servant, and leave me, and forgive my sins, and forgive me, for You are Good and Humanitarian. So that I lie down in the world, fall asleep and calm down, prodigal, sinful and unhappy, and so that I bow down and sing and glorify Your most honored name, with the Father, and His Only Begotten Son, now, and always, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer 4th

Lord our God, everything in which I have sinned this day in word, deed and thought You, as the Merciful and Humanitarian, forgive me. Grant me a peaceful and restful sleep. Send me Your Guardian Angel, who would cover and protect me from all evil. For You are the guardian of our souls and bodies, and we give glory to You, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and always and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer 5, St. John Chrysostom (24 prayers, according to the number of hours of the day and night)

Lord, do not deprive me of Your heavenly blessings.

Lord, deliver me from eternal torment.

Lord, whether I have sinned in mind or thought, in word or deed, forgive me.

Lord, deliver me from all ignorance, oblivion, cowardice, and petrified insensitivity.

Lord, deliver me from every temptation.

Lord, enlighten my heart, which is darkened by the evildesires.

Lord, as a man I have sinned, but You, as a generous God, have mercy on me, seeing the weakness of my soul.

Lord, send Your grace to help me, may I glorify Your holy name.

Lord Jesus Christ, write me, Your servant, in the Book of Life and grant me a good end.

Lord, my God, although I have done nothing good before You, grant me, by Your grace, to initiate good deeds.

Lord, sprinkle in my heart the dew of Your grace.

Lord of Heaven and earth, remember me, Thy sinful servant, filthy and unclean, in Thy Kingdom. Amen.

Lord, accept me in repentance.

Lord, don't leave me.

Lord, protect me from all harm.

Lord, give me a good thought.

Lord, give me tears, and the memory of death, and contrition of the heart for sins.

Lord, give me the thought to confess my sins.

Lord, give me humility, chastity and obedience.

Lord, give me patience, generosity and meekness.

Lord, plant in me the root of goodness - the fear of You in my heart.

Lord, make me worthy to love You with all my soul and mind and to do Your will in everything.

Lord protect me from evil people, and demons, and passions, and from every unseemly deed.

Lord, You know what You are doing and what You desire - may Your will be done and over me, a sinner, for You are blessed forever. Amen.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos

Merciful King, merciful Mother, most pure and blessed Mother of God Mary! Pour out the mercy of Your Son, and our God, on my passionate soul, and direct me with Your prayers to good deeds, so that I can live the rest of my life without sin and with Your help, Virgin Mary, the only pure and blessed, enter paradise.

Prayer to the Holy Guardian Angel

Angel of Christ, my holy guardian and patron of my soul and body! Forgive me everything in which I have sinned today, and deliver me from every insidious plan of the enemy coming against me, so that I do not anger my God with any sin. But pray for me, a sinful and unworthy slave, to present me worthy of goodness and mercy. Holy Trinity and Mother of my Lord Jesus Christ and all the saints. Amen.

Kontakion to the Theotokos

To you, the supreme Commander, having got rid of troubles, we, Your unworthy servants, Mother of God, sing a song of victory and thanksgiving. You, as having invincible power, free us from all troubles, so that we cry out to You: rejoice, Bride, not involved in marriage!

Glorious Ever-Virgin, Mother of Christ God, bring our prayer to Your Son and our God, may He save our souls through Your prayers.

I place all my hope in You, Mother of God, keep me under Your protection.

Enlighten my eyes, O Christ God, so that I do not fall asleep in the sleep of death, so that my enemy does not say: I defeated him.

Be the Protector of my soul, O God, for I walk among many nets. Deliver me from them and save me, O God, for You are the Lover of mankind.

Prayer of St. Joannicius

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

End of prayers

It is truly worthy to glorify You as the Mother of God, always blessed and immaculate, and the Mother of our God. We magnify You as the true Mother of God, who painlessly gave birth to God the Word, worthy of greater honor than the Cherubim, and incomparably more glorious than the Seraphim.

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

Lord have mercy.(Three times)

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

Prayers said in private, separate from the evening rule

Prayer 1st

Weaken, let go, forgive, God, our sins, voluntary and involuntary, committed in word and deed, consciously and unconsciously, day and night, in mind and in thought - forgive us everything, as Merciful and Humanitarian. Forgive those who hate and offend us, Lord Lover of mankind! Do good to those who do good. To our brothers and relatives, graciously fulfill their petitions in what leads to salvation, and grant eternal life. Visit the weak and give them healing. Help those at sea. Accompany travelers. Help Orthodox Christians in the struggle. Grant remission of sins to those who serve us and pity us. Those who instructed us, the unworthy, to pray for them, have mercy on Your great mercy. Remember, Lord, before our departed fathers and brothers, and give them rest where the light of Your Face shines. Remember, Lord, our brothers who are in captivity, and deliver them from every misfortune.

Remember, Lord, those who bear the fruits of their labors and adorn Your holy churches. Give them, according to their requests, that which leads to salvation, and eternal life. Remember, Lord, also us, Thy humble, sinful and unworthy servants, and enlighten our minds so that we may know Thee, and guide us on the path of following Thy commandments, through the prayers of our most pure Lady, the Ever-Virgin Mary, and all Thy saints, for Thou art blessed forever and ever. Amen.

Confession of sins everyday, pronounced in private in private.

I confess to You, the Lord my God and Creator, in the Holy Trinity, the One, glorified and worshiped, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, all my sins that I have committed all the days of my life, and at every hour, and at the present time, by deed, by word, by thought, by sight, by hearing, by smell, by taste, by touch, and by all my senses, spiritual and bodily, with which I have angered You my God and Creator, and offended my neighbor. Sinned:(further listing of individual sins) . Pitying them, I stand guilty before You and want to repent. Only, Lord my God, help me, with tears I humbly pray to You. Forgive me the sins I have committed by Your mercy and free me from them, for You are Good and Lover of mankind.

Prayer to the Holy Cross

Lying in bed, mark yourself with a cross and say a prayer to the Holy Cross:

Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered, and let all who hate Him flee from His Face. As smoke disappears, so let them disappear. As wax melts from fire, so let the demons perish at the sight of those who love God, and overshadow themselves with the sign of the cross and say with joy: “Rejoice, much-honored and life-giving Cross of the Lord, driving away demons by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ crucified on you, who descended into hell and who destroyed the power of the devil and gave us you, His honored Cross, to drive away every enemy. O most revered and life-giving Cross of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Lady, the Virgin Mary, and with all the saints forever. Amen.

Prayers should be resorted to not only at the moment of grief or misfortune, but daily, thanking the Almighty for every day lived. Find out what prayer you need to read before going to bed so that your life improves and your state of mind returns to normal.

Prayer for the coming dream

Every person desires something and keeps secret dreams in his heart. You can ask the Lord for support and protection before going to bed. Most importantly, remember that you cannot use the sacred text only to achieve the goal; you need to pronounce his words with all your heart, and only a truly believing person will achieve the desired in this way. After reading a prayer once, you are unlikely to change anything. Appeal to God should occur regularly, and when praying, first of all, they thank for the day they lived:

Before reading these words, you can express a secret request in simple language, or tell the Lord a spiritual secret. If you are gnawed by a misdeed you have committed, or bad and evil thoughts often visit you, tell God about it before you fall asleep, and you will feel that you feel better.

Also, the text “Our Father” can be a prayer for the coming dream - the main christian prayer, which is used in all cases of life. This is the first prayer that Jesus Christ taught his disciples.

Even when life adds up the best way we must not forget about religion, because any of your victories are initially predetermined in Heaven. Turn to God regularly before going to bed, and the next day will turn out as well as possible. We wish you good luck and don't forget to press the buttons and

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Evening prayers (for the coming dream)

Prayers for the dream to come

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

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

Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.

Heavenly King…*

Trisagion according to Our Father.*

*For an explanation of opening prayers, see " "

Tropari

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

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

Open the doors of mercy to us, Blessed Mother of God, who hope in Thee, let us not perish, but let us be delivered from troubles by Thee: Thou art the salvation of the Christian race.

Bewildered of any answer - not finding any excuse for themselves (bewildered - not knowing what to do, being unskillful; the word answer here is a translation of the Greek word "protection", "justification" - cf. Russian: "call to account").

We hoped for You - because we relied on You (so in the Greek text of the prayer; hope - the form of the 1st person plural of the past tense - aorist - the verb to trust; the Church Slavonic version means: we hoped for You). Green is strong. Below - and not. Yako is merciful - because You are merciful. We are us. All things are done by Your hand - all of us are the creations of Your hands (the dash would shine this expression: after the Greek original in the Slavic translation, a linking verb is omitted, in full form it would sound: all things are done by Your hand; Your hand is the form of giving birth to the case of duals . numbers).

By you - in the meaning: through you.

These troparia are the creation of St. John of Damascus.

Lord have mercy. (12 times)

Prayer 1, Saint Macarius the Great, to God the Father

Eternal God and the King of every creature, having made me sing even at this hour, forgive me the sins that I have done in this day by deed, word and thought; and cleanse, Lord, my humble soul from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. And give me, Lord, to pass in peace in this night of sleep, and having risen from my humble bed, I will please your most holy name all the days of my stomach, and I will stop the carnal and incorporeal enemies that fight me. Deliver me, O Lord, from vain thoughts that defile me, and from evil lusts. For Yours is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Even at this hour to reach - to live up to this hour (to reach - to reach). Even I created - which I created (made). Humble - here: miserable, worthless (protect yourself from the terrible danger of false humility and proud recognition of yourself as humble!). In the night of this dream, pass - oversleep this night, "pass the field" of this night's sleep. From my humble bed (in some prayer books: from my humble bed) - from my miserable, meager bed (humble often means: "low, base" even just in a physical sense). Popper - I will overcome, I will trample. The lusts of the evil ones are evil desires.

And deliver me, O Lord, from vain thoughts that defile me, and from evil lusts. With these words of the prayer, in a peculiar way, other words from the teaching Reverend Macarius about prayer: “The true basis of prayer is this: to be attentive to thoughts and pray in great silence and peace. to fulfill, but to collect whirling thoughts from everywhere together, distinguishing natural thoughts from evil ones.The soul under sin is likened to a large forest on a mountain or a reed on a river, or some more often of thorns and trees, therefore, those who intend to pass through this place should stretch their hands forward and with pushing the branches before one with effort and with difficulty. So the soul is surrounded by a whole forest of thoughts inspired by a resisting force, which is why great diligence and attentiveness of the mind are needed in order for a person to distinguish alien thoughts inspired by a resisting force.

Prayer 2, Saint Antiochus to our Lord Jesus Christ

Almighty, Word of the Father, Jesus Christ Himself is perfect, for the sake of Thy mercy, never leave me, Thy servant, but always rest in me. Jesus, good Shepherd of Your sheep, do not betray me to sedition of the serpent, and do not leave me the desire of Satan, for there is a seed of aphids in me. You are, O Lord, worshiped God, Holy King, Jesus Christ, while sleeping, save me with a flickering light, by Your Holy Spirit, Who sanctified Your disciples. Give, Lord, to me, Your unworthy servant, Your salvation on my bed; enlighten my mind with the light of the mind of Thy holy Gospel, soul with the love of Thy Cross, heart with the purity of Thy word, my body with Thy passionless passion; Save my thought with Your humility, and raise me up in time like Your praise. As if you were glorified with Your Father without beginning and with the Most Holy Spirit forever. Amen.

He himself is perfect - being Himself perfect (soy - participle from the verb being: appearing, existing). Sedition - excitement, confusion, rebellion. To the desire of Satan - to the will of Satan (to the will of Satan). The seed of aphids is the seed of death. Flickering - unfading. Give - give. The light of reason - here: the light of understanding. Your passionless passion - Your suffering, alien to passion. The time is like - the right time.

Prayer 3, to the Holy Spirit

Lord, the King of Heaven, the Comforter, the Soul of Truth, have mercy and have mercy on me, Your sinful servant, and let me go unworthy, and forgive all, the fir tree has sinned today like a man, moreover, not like a man, but more woeful than cattle, my free sins and involuntary , known and unknown; even from youth and from science they are evil, and even from impudence and despondency. If I swear by Your name, or blaspheme in my thoughts; or whom I reproach; or I slandered whom with my anger, or grieved, or about what I became angry; or lied, or was worthless, or came to me poor, and despised him; or my brother grieved, or married, or whom I condemned; or you become proud, or you become proud, or you become angry; or standing by me in prayer, my mind moving about the wickedness of this world, or the corruption of thoughts; or overeat, or drunk, or laughing madly; or I thought evil, or saw the kindness of someone else, and that my heart was wounded, or dissimilar verbs, or I laughed at the sin of my brother, but my essence is countless sins; or about prayer, not radih, or otherwise that crafty deeds, I don’t remember, that’s all and more than these deeds. Have mercy on me, my Creator, Thy despondent and unworthy servant, and leave me, and let go, and forgive me, for I am Good and Lover of mankind; yes, I will lie down in peace, sleep and rest, prodigal, sinful and accursed az; and I will worship, and I will sing, and I will glorify Your honorable name, with the Father and His Only Begotten Son, now and forever, and forever. Amen.

The whole tree, I have sinned - everything in which I have sinned before You (all, the tree - everything, how much; I have sinned - I have sinned). Today is today. More than that - and more. Grief - worse, worse. Even - which. From youth - from youth, from young years(and not "because of youth"). From science evil - from evil learning. From arrogance - from shamelessness, insolence. More - if. I swore - I swore. Pokhulih e - blasphemed him (further in the prayer follows a series of verbs in the form of the 1st person of the past tense - aorist; reproach - I reproached; slander - I slandered; grieved - I grieved, etc.). Bad - not on time. Svadih - excited quarrels, quarreled someone. I stand in prayer - when I stood in prayer. Moved about the wickedness of this world - rushed to the worldly (to the lies of this world). Sly - evil, bad. Seeing someone else's kindness - seeing someone else's beauty (or good properties in general: kindness means both external beauty and, in general, perfection). Toyu wounded by the heart - she was wounded in the heart. Unsimilar verbs - spoke inappropriate, obscene. My sins are innumerable, while my sins are innumerable. That is all and more than these deeds - because I did all this and more.

At the beginning of the prayer and at the end of it, despondency is mentioned among the causes of numerous sins: ... Forgive me, all of you, I have sinned ... from despondency ... Have mercy on me, my Master, my Creator, your sad and unworthy servant ... Despondency is one of the eight main passions, and the fight against this passion is inevitable for every Christian.

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"To the one who has begun to pray, this evil spirit reminds him of the right things and uses every subterfuge to only divert us from the conversation with the Lord by some plausible pretext.

Venerable John Larch

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“The soul, wounded by the arrow of this ruinous passion, really falls asleep for any striving for virtue and observation of one’s spiritual feelings ... he does not think of anything else, as about food and a womb, until, having met somewhere a commonwealth in any man or woman, numb in the same coldness, he gets involved in their affairs and needs ... The main opposition to him will be: do not give in, sit down to work ".

Rev. John Cassian the Roman

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"In every business, determine a measure for yourself and do not leave it before you finish; also pray wisely and strenuously - and the spirit of despondency flees from you."

Venerable Nil of Sinai

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This prayer of repentance contains whole list the sins we commit daily; In order for this daily repentance to be sincere, one should delve into the essence of the sins confessed here, into their connection and difference. Some of them deserve special mention.

... If I swear by Your name ... Here are the words of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself: You also heard what was said of the ancients: do not transgress your oath, but fulfill your oaths before the Lord. But I say to you: do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor the earth, for it is His footstool; nor Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King; do not swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black. But let your word be: yes, yes; no no; but what is more than this is from the evil one (Matt. 5:33-37). Undoubtedly, the words of the evening confession of sins speak not only of an immediate oath, but also of any violation of the 3rd commandment of the Law of God - about worship and commemoration of the name of God in vain (note that the violation of the same commandment includes catechism and inattention in prayer - like pronouncing name of God with violation of reverence and deceitfulness).

... Or blasphemy in my thinking ... These words confess blasphemous thoughts - disgusting, dirty thoughts and ideas that arise primarily during prayer and during worship.

“Whoever is troubled by the spirit of blasphemy and who wants to get rid of him, let him know without a doubt that it is not his soul that is guilty of such thoughts, but an unclean demon ... Therefore, we, despising him and imputing his thoughts for nothing, will say to him: Get away from Me , satan: I will worship the Lord my God and serve him alone (cf. Matt. 4:10); let your words turn against your head!"

"Whoever has triumphed over this passion has renounced pride." "Let us stop judging and condemning our neighbor, and we will not be afraid of blasphemous thoughts: for the cause and root of the second is the first." The prayer-confession also draws our attention to these sins, internally connected with blasphemy, against our neighbor:

... Or whom I reproach; or slander someone with my anger, or grieved ... Here we are talking about a direct reproach (reproaches), about a passionate unjust condemnation (slander someone with my anger); finally, even "just" and not expressed directly anger in one way or another upsets our neighbors (sorrowful). Prayer of repentance turns us to the root of these sins against our neighbor: ... or about what you are angry ... Anger is one of the eight main passions.

"Nothing hinders the coming of the Holy Spirit in us so much as anger."

Saint John Listvichnik

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"It is not useful to be angry, either without a reason or for a good reason; for this is justly forbidden by the Lord (see: Matt. 5:22)."

Venerable Nil of Sinai

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Anger is permissible only at demons and at oneself: "Be angry with sin, that is, with yourself and the devil, so as not to sin against God."

Venerable Hesychius of Jerusalem

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... Or saddened my brother ... It would seem that this sin has just been discussed; but above it was a question of sadness caused by manifestations of anger, and my brother can be saddened by inattention, and unreason, and simply my general sinfulness.

... Or svdih ... Swaditi - quarrel, stir up discord.

... Or whom I condemn ... Let us recall the words of the apostle: Whoever reviles his brother or judges his brother, the law reviles him and the law judges him; and if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one Lawgiver and Judge, able to save and destroy; and who are you to judge others? (James 4:11-12).

... Or you become angry, or you become proud, or you become angry ... But it has already been said above: or about what you became angry; is this a repeat? Perhaps the prefix times - indicates a different quality, a different level of confessed passion: a fairly strong grip with anger (angry can also refer to a fleeting feeling).

... Or seeing someone else's kindness, and wounded by that heart ... Wounded by the heart - that is, he was wounded in the very heart, received a painful heart wound (ulcer). The ambiguity of the word kindness allows us to attribute this phrase both to the temptation of someone's external beauty (voluptuous thoughts, burning and painful), and to envy, always painful; apply these words to your own mental ulcer.

... Or did you laugh at the sin of my brother, but my essence is countless sins ... Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not feel the beam in your eye? Or how will you say to your brother: “Give me, I will take the speck out of your eye,” but, behold, there is a log in your eye? Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see how to take the speck out of your brother's eye (Matthew 7:3-5).

The creator of this prayer is St. Ephraim the Syrian...

Prayer 4, Saint Macarius the Great

What will I bring to Thee, or what will I repay Thee, the most gifted Immortal King, the generous and philanthropic Lord, as if lazy to me for Your pleasure, and doing nothing good, did You bring to the end of this past day, the conversion and salvation of my soul building? Be merciful to the sinner and naked of every good deed, raise up my fallen soul, defiled in immeasurable sins, and take away from me all the evil thought of this visible life. Forgive my sins, the only Sinless One, even though I have sinned on this day, in knowledge and ignorance, in word and deed, and thought, and all my feelings. You yourself, covering, save me from every opposing situation with your divine power, and indescribable philanthropy, and strength. Cleanse, O God, cleanse the multitude of my sins. Delight, Lord, deliver me from the snares of the evil one, and save my passionate soul, and fall on me with the light of Your face, when You come in glory, and now sleep uncondemned, create sleep, and without dreaming, and undisturbed, keep the thought of Your servant, and all Satan's work reject me, and enlighten with me the reasonable eyes of the heart, so that I will not fall asleep in death. And send me an angel of peace, a guardian and mentor of my soul and body, may he deliver me from my enemies; Yes, having risen from my bed, I will bring Thee prayers of thanksgiving. Hey, Lord, hear me, a sinful and wretched servant of Yours, with pleasure and conscience; grant me that I have risen to learn your words, and demonic despondency is far from me driven away to be created by your angels; May I bless Your holy name, and glorify and glorify the Most Pure Theotokos Mary, You have given us sinners intercession, and accept this one who prays for us; we know, as if imitating Your philanthropy, and praying does not stop. Toya intercession, and the sign of the Holy Cross, and for the sake of all Your saints, keep my poor soul, Jesus Christ our God, for Thou art Holy, and glorified forever. Amen.

Greatly gifted - bestowing great gifts, generous. Like me being lazy to please You - like me, lazy to serve You. And he who did nothing good - and did nothing good. You brought me to the end - You brought me to the end. Past - past. Building - here: arranging. Bare of every good deed - devoid of any good deeds (the image of grace, as well as good deeds, as clothes that dress a person, is repeated in the New Testament and is very frequent in liturgical poetry and ascetic literature. Compare the words of God Almighty in the Apocalypse: Behold, I go like a thief: blessed is he who watches and keeps his clothes, so that he does not go naked and that they do not see his shame - Rev. 16:15).

Even I have sinned - with which I have sinned against You (even - who, having sinned - I have sinned: the form of the 1st person singular of the past tense - aorist). From every cooperative situation - from every onslaught of evil. Lukavago - here: Devil. Passionate - full of passions, subject to passions. When - when. Detail - business, activity. Drive away - drive away. She - yes, indeed. Desire and conscience - In the meaning. : in the expression of my will and in my conscience (desire - arbitrariness, free will - and conscience in this expression belongs to the one who prays, comes from him). I will rise - to me when I rise. Learn from your word - learn from your law (the same expression in morning prayer to the Holy Trinity). Yuzhe gave thou - which thou hast given. We bo - for I know. Yako - what. Imitates - strengthens, appeals to (literally: pushes). Toya - Her.

Favor, Lord, deliver me from the snares of the evil one ... and get rid of all Satan's children from me. We will supplement these words of the prayer of St. Macarius the Great with words from his teaching: " Visible world, from kings to the poor, all in turmoil, in struggle, and none of them knows the reason for this ... The one who brought sin, as some reasonable power and essence of Satan, sowed all evil: he secretly acts on the inner person and on the mind and fights against him thoughts; but people do not know that they are doing this, prompted by some alien force; on the contrary, they think that this is natural and that they do this according to their own reasoning. But in their very minds, those who have the peace of Christ and the illumination of Christ know from where all this is raised up.

Prayer 5th

Lord our God, if I have sinned in these days in word, deed and thought, forgive me as Good and Lover of mankind. Peaceful sleep and serene grant me. Send your guardian angel, covering and keeping me from all evil; as you are the guardian of our souls and our bodies, and we send glory to you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

If I have sinned - in what I have sinned. Yako - how. Mi - me. Like you are - because you are.

Prayer 6th

Lord our God, in Worthless faith, and His name more than any name we call, give us, departing to sleep, weaken the soul and body, and keep us from every dream, except for dark sweetness; set the striving of passions, quench the kindling of the revolt of the body. Give us a chaste life of deeds and words; Yes, a virtuous residence is receptive, the promised ones will not fall away from Your good ones, for blessed are You forever. Amen.

More - more. Weaken - relief. Dark sweets except for - unaffected by impure lust (sweetness - sensual pleasure, lust; except - outside). Stop it - stop it. Receiving - accepting, receiving back (note that the word itself indicates a return to an undefiled way of life!). Promised - promised. Good - good.

This evening prayer is all directed towards chastity, towards the confrontation between lust and dark sweetness. Such expressions as: the desire of passions and inciting the uprising of the body should not be translated into modern Russian: in Church Slavonic they are more understandable, because they indicate a whole worldview imprinted in them. Modern Christians live in a world literally engulfed in prodigal madness, so even for a married layman striving to live with God, the struggle to live a chaste life of deeds and words is in its own way no less stressful than for a monk. Prayer is an indispensable weapon in this struggle.

Prayer 7, St. John Chrysostom (24 prayers, according to the number of hours of the day and night)

Lord, do not deprive me of Your heavenly blessings. Lord, deliver me eternal torment. Lord, whether in mind or thought, in word or deed, I have sinned, forgive me. Lord, deliver me from all ignorance and oblivion, and cowardice, and petrified insensitivity. Lord, deliver me from every temptation. Lord, enlighten my heart, darken the evil lust. Lord, if a man has sinned, you, like God, have mercy on me, seeing the weakness of my soul. Lord, send Thy grace to help me, may I glorify Thy holy name. Lord Jesus Christ, write me Thy servant in the book of animals, and grant me a good end. Lord my God, even if I have done nothing good before You, but give me, by Your grace, to lay a good beginning. Lord, sprinkle in my heart the dew of Thy grace. Lord of heaven and earth, remember me Thy sinful servant, cold and unclean, in Thy Kingdom. Amen.

Sinned - I have sinned (past tense - aorist). Hedgehog darken - which darkened (gloom - also an aorist, but a form of the 3rd person). In the book of animals - in the book of life. Even though I have done nothing good - although I have not done anything good. Studnago - vile (literally: shameful; stud - shame).

Lord, receive me in repentance. Lord, don't leave me. Lord, do not lead me into misfortune. Lord, give me a good thought. Lord, give me tears, and the memory of death, and tenderness. Lord, give me the thought of confessing my sins. Lord, give me humility, chastity and obedience. Lord, give me patience, generosity and meekness. Lord, instill in me the root of the good, your fear in my heart. Lord, make me worthy to love Thee with all my soul and thoughts, and do Thy will in everything. Lord, cover me from certain people, and demons, and passions, and from all other unsimilar things. Lord, weigh, as you do, as you will, may your will be done in me a sinner, as if you are blessed forever. Amen.

The root of the good is the root (that is, the basis) of all that is good, of every good. Vesey - You know (You know). Like you do, like you will, that you do what you want.

The great teacher of prayer, Saint Theophan the Recluse, gave great value these prayers and recommended them to many of his spiritual children as the basis of the prayer rule, as a school of unceasing divine thought. Here are some excerpts from his letters:

"How to read the prayers of St. Chrysostom (24 in the evening prayers for sleep)? Read them before prayer so that attention gathers together ... But at any time mentally repeat. This The best way to accustom oneself to the remembrance of God, and this remembrance is the basis of spiritual life. Lay bows from the waist, and sometimes earthly ones. "-" You can use the prayers of St. Chrysostom instead of your home rule in the morning. Memorize them and think over each one... In them all spiritual life is commemorated... How many times to commemorate each one - determine this so that you stand in prayer as much as you usually stand idle on the rule. You can attach your prayers to them - choose from the psalms: which rhyme is to your heart, write that one down ... Using these prayers with attention on the rule, you will soon get used to standing at prayer unabashedly. Insert the Jesus Prayer into their midst. For example, having said ten times: "Lord, do not deprive me of Your heavenly blessings," apply: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner." - "The purpose of short prayers is to promote the collection of thoughts and sobriety. Strength is not in words, but in a feeling for God. It will soon form among those who work on prayer. This is smart prayer. The mind, standing in the heart, sees God and intelligently confesses to Him by invoking Him… Feeling for God is unceasing prayer without words.”

Prayer 8, to our Lord Jesus Christ

Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, for the sake of Your Most Honorable Mother, and Your bodiless Angels, the Prophet and Forerunner and Your Baptist, the apostles of God, the bright and victorious martyrs, the reverend and God-bearing father, and all the saints with prayers, deliver me from the present demonic condition. Hey, my Lord and Creator, do not want the death of a sinner, but as if to turn and live to be him, give me the conversion of the accursed and unworthy; deliver me from the mouth of the destructive serpent that gapes, devour me and bring me down to hell alive. Hey, my Lord, my consolation, even for the sake of the accursed in corruptible flesh, throw me out of wretchedness, and give consolation to my wretched soul. Plant in my heart to do Thy commandments, and leave evil deeds, and receive Thy blessedness: in Thee, O Lord, trust, save me.

The real state of demons - the current environment of demons, a demonic siege. Do not want - do not want. But it is as if I would turn and live being to him - but that he would turn and be alive. Yawning devour me - who opened his mouth to devour me (gave - open his mouth). Even... clothed - clothed.

... Do not want the death of a sinner, but as if to turn and live to be him ... In prayer, the words of the Lord from the Book of the prophet Ezekiel are cited: I do not want the death of a sinner, but if the wicked turn from his path and live his being (Ezek. 33:11). Here is this verse in the Russian translation of the Bible: Tell them: I live, says the Lord God: I do not want the death of the sinner, but that the sinner turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways; Why should you die, O house of Israel?

Prayer 9, to the Most Holy Theotokos, Peter the Studio

To Thee, the Most Pure Mother of God, as a cursed crouching, I pray: weigh, Queen, as if I sin without ceasing and anger Your Son and my God, and many times I repent, I find lies before God, and I repent trembling: surely the Lord will strike me, and by the hour again I create: lead this, my Lady, the Lady Theotokos, I pray, have mercy, yes, strengthen, and give good work to me. Vesi bo, my Lady Mother of God, as if by no means an imam in hatred of my evil deeds, and with all my thought I love the law of my God; but we do not know, the Most Pure Lady, from where I hate, she loves, but I transgress the good. Do not allow, Most Pure, my will to be done, it is not pleasing, but may the will of Your Son and my God be done: may it save me, and enlighten me, and give me the grace of the Holy Spirit, so that from now on I would stop foul deeds, and the rest would live in command Your Son, to Him befits all glory, honor and power, with His Beginningless Father, and His Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Vesey - You know. And many times I repent, I find lies before God - and although I repent many times, I turn out to be unfaithful to God (I deceive God). I do the same thing again - I do the same thing again. This leader - knowing this. Do good work and give it to me - do good work and give it to me. It's like an imam in hatred - which I absolutely hate. My evil - my evil. We don’t know - I don’t know. From where I hate, I love - for some reason, what I hate is the very thing I love (literally: from where [those things] that I hate, I love them). Good - good. Yes, from now on, I would stop bad deeds - so that from now on I would stop evil deeds. Other - in the future. Would have lived - would have lived.

This prayer is Holy Mother of God- the cry of a man who knows how little his will to good can resist sin. And repentance, quite sincere, and love with all thought for the law of God, and hatred for evil deeds by themselves are not capable of saving a person from slavery to sin. The words of the apostle Paul are close to the words of this prayer: ... I am carnal, sold under sin. For I do not understand what I am doing: because I do not do what I want, but what I hate, I do. But if I do what I do not want, then ... it is no longer I who do it, but sin living in me. For I know that no good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; because the desire for good is in me, but to do it, I do not find it. The good that I want, I do not do, but the evil that I do not want, I do. But if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin that dwells in me. And so I find the law that when I want to do good, evil belongs to me. For by inner man I find pleasure in the law of God; but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members (Rom. 7:14-23). It is possible to overcome and overcome the law of sin only by God's help, by the power of God's grace, which we call upon in our prayers.

Prayer 10, to the Most Holy Theotokos

Good Tsar, good Mother, Most Pure and Blessed Mother of God Mary, pour out the mercy of Your Son and our God on my passionate soul, and with Your prayers guide me to good deeds; Yes, the rest of my life I will pass away without a blemish, and by You I will find paradise, Virgin Mother of God, the only Pure and Blessed.

Passionate - 1) subject to passions; 2) unhappy, suffering; both meanings are combined here. My belly is my life. By You - here: By Your help, through You. I will find - I will get.

Prayer 11, to the Holy Guardian Angel

Angel of Christ, my holy guardian and protector of my soul and body, forgive me all, the fir-tree of those who have sinned this day, and deliver me from all the wickedness of the enemy, so that I will not anger my God in any sin; but pray for me a sinful and unworthy slave, as if I were worthy, show the goodness and mercy of the All-Holy Trinity, and the Mother of my Lord Jesus Christ, and all the saints. Amen.

All, the fir-tree of sin - everything in which I have sinned (fir-tree - how much). Current - current. From all cunning - from all lies, all tricks. Opposite mi - opposing, opposing me. No sin - no sin. If you show me worthy, you will show me worthy.

Kontakion to the Most Holy Theotokos

The chosen Voivode is victorious, as if having got rid of the evil ones, gratefully we will describe Ty to Your servant, the Theotokos, but as if having an invincible power, free us from all troubles, let us call Ty: rejoice, Bride of the Bride.

Chosen Governor - invincible Governor (chosen - invincible in battles - battles). Victorious - victorious (singing, that is, a victorious song). Like getting rid of the evil - because they got rid (literally: as they got rid) of evil (from troubles). Thanksgiving - thanksgiving (thankful song). Let's describe Ty - we sing (literally: we write) to You. Like having power - (You), as having power. Not bride - not married (literal translation of the Greek word).

The Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos, beginning with this kontakion, was written in the 7th century in Constantinople. This is the first (and most beautiful) of the akathists, which has become a model for all subsequent ones. All 12 ikosos of the akathist end with multiple "rehashings" of the Archangel greeting Virgin- "Rejoice!", the final of which is - Rejoice, Unbrided Bride! We magnify the heavenly purity of the Unsophisticated Virgin, who indescribably gave birth to Christ our God, and in Her purity, the "Most Honorable Cherub" Bride, the Bride, appears before us as the greatest warrior with the forces of evil - the Chosen Governor, who has an invincible power.

Rejoice, Unbrided Bride! If we turn to the Greek language in which the akathist is written, we will see that all these three words, literally translated into Church Slavonic and included in our religious consciousness, should have been perceived by the Greeks somewhat differently than we perceive them.

Rejoice - the greeting of the Archangel Gabriel, brought to us by the Gospel - both before the Nativity of Christ and after it was a common greeting in Greek - the same as our "hello". In the appearance of the Angel, in his wondrous and mysterious words, the inner meaning of the greeting, forgotten in everyday life, of course, was renewed and shone with all its might; akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos (and every later inspired akathist), all permeated with this "rejoice!" and sparkling with the joy of magnificence, also resurrects the meaning of the Greek word, dormant in everyday language. But in Russian (and Old Russian) they greeted each other not with the word "rejoice", but with the word "hello" (in which we usually forget the wishes of health). "Rejoice" remains for us a word always more intense, special - a conscious word about joy, a unique greeting for the Most Pure Virgin Mary and the saints of God.

Bride Not bride - a direct, literal translation of two Greek words. Church Slavonic bride corresponds to the Greek word "nymph", which means not only a girl-bride, but also a newlywed wife and a young woman. New Testament(And Greek translation Bible) gave this word great mystical depth: the Bride of the Lamb in the Revelation of John the Theologian (Rev. 19:7; 21, 22, 17) is not only destined for Him, but also stands with Him in a mysterious marriage; this is an image of both the Mother of God and the Church (in her we recognize the bride of the Song of Songs and other books of Scripture). And the Greek word, translated by the Slavic word not bride, is a negative form from the first word, meaning "not married"; this word was quite common for Greek. For Greek, but not for Slavic! After all, in Slavic the bride is precisely the unknown, unknown (that is, exactly what the Greek unbrided corresponds to) a girl who has not entered into marriage, although she was destined for him; the word itself carries the meaning of purity. Inside the Slavic language, the word not bride is difficult to explain. It introduces a new shade of meaning into the expression of the akathist: Pure Bride, but - Not Bride, not ordinary, not comparable to any other bride.

Other Slavic epithets of the Mother of God, corresponding to the word Nebride, are Unskilful, Unskillful.

The chosen Governor is victorious ... Almost all of us are accustomed to perceiving these words by ear as a single whole, therefore we do not feel the structure of the phrase (quite simple): (to whom?) To the chosen Governor (we) will describe (what?) a victorious thanksgiving, that is, a victorious thanksgiving song, (why?) like getting rid of the evil ones - since they got rid of troubles.

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

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

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

By Thee - here: through Thee, by Thy intercession. Under the roof - under the cover.

Prayers "Glorious Ever-Virgin ..." and "All my hope ..." - the creations of St. John of Damascus.

Prayer of St. Joannicius

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

The creator of this prayer, St. Ioanniky the Great, repeated it after each verse of the psalms he read on the rule, thus constantly elevating the mind to the Holy Trinity.

End of prayers

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

Glory, and now:

Lord have mercy. (Three times)

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

We see that after those prayers that are final in the "Morning Prayers" section and are marked with the words "End of Prayers", in the "Prayers for the Future Sleep" section (in most prayer books), some more prayers follow that are more directly related to going to bed (The prayer of St. John of Damascus is supposed to be read, pointing to the bed, while reading the prayer "Let God rise again" are overshadowed by the sign of the cross and the bed, and the four cardinal points). One consequence of this is that we can more flexibly adapt general rule to their own conditions of life, to their internal state. So, for some people (or in some circumstances of life) it turns out to be more convenient to read the first part of the prayers for sleep in the coming evening, early enough - perhaps before the complete completion of all affairs - and immediately before going to bed, already near your bed, read the remaining prayers. The joint reading of prayers for a dream to come - for example, in a family - can be completed precisely on "It is worthy to eat ..." and a common blessing, and prayers, starting with the prayer of St. John of Damascus, can be read to everyone ... at your bed.

This practice existed in ancient Rus'. Under Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, it was customary to add a few more prayers, literally going to bed and to your bed (the composition of these prayers did not coincide with ours). /Supplement by Archpriest Sergius Pravdolyubov.

Prayer of St. John of Damascus (read it pointing to your bed)

Vladyka, Lover of mankind, will this coffin be for me, or will you still enlighten my accursed soul in the daytime? Seven coffin is before me, seven death is coming. I am afraid of Your judgment, Lord, and endless torment, but I do not stop doing evil; I always anger the Lord my God, and Your Most Pure Mother, and all the heavenly Powers, and my holy guardian angel. We know, O Lord, that I am not worthy of Thy love for mankind, but I am worthy of all condemnation and torment. But, Lord, either I want it or I don't want it, save me. If you save the righteous, nothing is great; and if you have mercy on the pure, it is nothing marvelous: for the essence of Thy mercy is worthy. But on me, a sinner, surprise Your mercy; about this, show Thy philanthropy, so that my malice will not overcome Thy inexpressible goodness and mercy; and as if you were good, arrange a thing about me.

Se - here. Mi - me. Wem bad - so, I know. Yako - here: what. If you save the righteous, because if you save the righteous. Nothing great - there is nothing great in this (great - great). And if you have mercy on a pure one, it is nothing marvelous - and if you have mercy on a pure one, there is nothing surprising in this. Worthy of the essence - because they are worthy. About this - here: in this, this. Inexpressible - inexpressible.

Enlighten my eyes, O Christ God, lest I fall asleep into death, lest my enemy say: Be strong against him.

Be the intercessor of my soul, O God, as I walk in the midst of many nets; Deliver me from them and save me, Blessed One, like a Lover of mankind.

The Most Glorious Mother of God, and the Most Holy Angel of the Holy Angels, we silently sing with heart and mouth, confessing this Mother of God, as if she truly gave birth to God incarnate to us, and praying unceasingly for our souls.

Strengthened - I strengthened (past tense - aorist). This, of course, is about the invisible enemy - the devil.

Those who confess this Mother of God - confessing (openly proclaiming) that She is the Mother of God.

Enlighten my eyes, O Christ God, lest I fall asleep into death, lest my enemy say: Be strong against him. These are the words from the psalm: Look, hear me, O Lord my God, enlighten my eyes, but not when I fall asleep into death, but not when my enemy says: be strong against him (Ps. 12:4-5).

Mark yourself with the cross and speak prayer to the Holy Cross

Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from His presence. As the smoke disappears, let them disappear; as wax melts from the face of fire, so let the demons perish from the face of those who love God, and are marked by the sign of the cross, and say in joy: Rejoice, Most Pure and Life-giving Cross of the Lord, drive away the demons by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, crucified on you, descended into hell, and who corrected the power of the devil, and gave us His Honorable Cross to you to drive away every adversary. O Most Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Lady Virgin Mother of God, and with all the saints forever. Amen.

Spread - dissipate. Vrazi - enemies. Yako - how. From the person - in the meaning: before. Verbs - speakers. Chasing - chasing. The crucified - the crucified. Honest - worthy of honors, glorious. The adversary is the enemy.

Let God arise, and let His enemies be squandered... The beginning of the prayer is taken from the psalm: Let God rise, and let His enemies be squandered, and let those who hate Him flee from His presence. As the smoke disappears, let them disappear; as wax hides from the face of fire, so may sinners (sinners) perish from the presence of God (Ps. 67:1-2). The same verses of the psalm are sung at the Paschal service, interspersed with the Pascha troparion. The words about the Lord Jesus Christ, who descended into hell and trampled down the strength of the devil, also remind us of the troparion (trampling death by death) and other Easter hymns. The power of the Cross of the Lord is inseparable from the Resurrection of Christ; the death and Resurrection of Christ make the Cross a "sign of victory", which is why this prayer, uttered with faith and with love for the Holy Cross, is so powerful to drive away the forces of evil from us.

Or a brief prayer for the Cross

Protect me, Lord, by the power of Your Honorable and Life-Giving Cross, and save me from all evil.

Prayer

I have done all the days of my belly- which I have created throughout my life.
secret eating- intemperance from food during fasting, eating secretly from others.
Neglect- carelessness (in the matter of salvation).
untruthfulness- a lie.
nasty business- criminal profit (profit).
by mischief- bribery, greed (mshel - self-interest).
Jealousy- jealousy, suspicion (incredulity).
memory malice- vindictiveness.
covetousness- greed, greed. In our tradition, enshrined in the catechism, it has become established that this word refers to any unrighteous robbed of one's neighbors: bribes, extortion, etc.
Feelings- feelings.
sins- sins.
Soul together and bodily- both spiritual and physical.
image to you- which you.
anger- angry.
One of the truths- I slandered; caused all evil, unrighteousness.
Winn to myself I present to you my God- I, guilty of all this, stand before You, my God.
I have the will to repent- I want to bring repentance.
tochia- only.
Past sins- my former (past) sins.
From all these, even the verbs- from all this that I said.

The need for daily repentance for sins committed throughout life is explained by the words of St. Anthony the Great: “Say that you are sinners, and mourn everything that you have done in a state of negligence. For this, the favor of the Lord will be with you and will act in you: for He is good and forgives the sins of all who turn to Him, whoever they may be, so that He will not remember them anymore.However, He wants those who have mercy themselves to remember the forgiveness of their sins, hitherto committed, so that, forgetting about that, to prevent what in his behavior in such a way, because of which they will be forced to give an account of those sins that have already been forgiven him ... ".
Preserving and constantly renewing repentance for the sins of our life, not forgetting about them, we should not at the same time “turn them in our mind”, re-experience, cling to them with memory. This is one of the manifestations of the art of "invisible warfare", the middle "royal" path, which a Christian should follow.
This prayer helps to consider daytime sins and maintains the memory of those committed earlier - all the days of life. Let us recall that sins sincerely confessed in the Sacrament of Penance are completely forgiven by the Lord, but this does not mean that we should forget about them. Sins remain in memory for humility and contrition about the deed.
Both at confession in the Sacrament of Repentance, and at daily confession to God, one must confess one's sins separately, consciously. Therefore, let us dwell on the sins mentioned in the prayer and indicate what deeds, deeds, words and thoughts can be meant by them. In doing so, we are guided by the Orthodox catechism and the instructions of the ascetics of the Orthodox Church.
drunkenness, drunkenness, secret eating- sins associated with the passion of gluttony, which is one of the eight major passions. secret eating- eating food in secret (out of greed, shame or unwillingness to share, in case of breaking the fast, when eating unlawful food, etc.). The sins of gluttony also include polyphagy And guttural rage- a passion for enjoying taste sensations, that is, gourmandism, so planted in our days. drug use And smoking also belong to the field of drunkenness; if you have suffered or are suffering from these sinful addictions, include them in the list of sins.
idle talk. Let us recall the terrible word of the Lord Himself: I tell you that for every idle word that people say, they will give an answer on the day of judgment: for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.(Matthew 12:36-37).
And here is the patristic recipe for how to behave if the situation and conversations in the company are conducive to idle talk: "If you do not have a special need to stay, then leave; and when there is a need to stay, then turn your mind to prayer, not condemning idle talkers, but recognizing your weakness ". ( Reverend John the Prophet)
The Monk Ephraim the Syrian expands the concept of idle talk: “And what is an idle word? A promise of faith not fulfilled in deeds. A person believes and confesses Christ, but remains idle, does not do what Christ commanded. when a person confesses and does not correct himself, when he says that he repents and sins again.
Despondency. This sin is often directly related to idle talk:
"Despondency is often one of the branches, one of the first offspring of verbosity ... Despondency is a relaxation of the soul, exhaustion of the mind ... a slanderer of God, as if He is merciless and inhumane; in psalmody it is weak, in prayer it is weak ... in obedience it is hypocritical" . ( Saint John of the Ladder)
Laziness, as we see, is closely connected with the passion of despondency. The Orthodox catechism names "laziness in relation to the teaching of piety, prayer and public worship" among the sins against the 1st commandment of the Law of God.
Rebuttal. "Bind your tongue, furiously striving for contradiction, and seventy times seven times a day fight with this tormentor," the holy fathers teach in the words of John of the Ladder. “Whoever stubbornly wishes to insist on his opinion in a conversation, even if it is fair, let him know that he is possessed by a diabolical illness; and if he does this in a conversation with his equals, then perhaps the denunciation of his elders will heal him; if but treats the big ones and the wisest in this way, then this disease from people is incurable.
Disobedience. “The one who disobeys the word without a doubt does not obey the deed either, for whoever is unfaithful in word is adamant in deed,” St. John of the Ladder connects disobedience with contradiction. Everything in the Church is built on obedience; we must obey everyone and everyone whom the Lord has placed over us. Complete obedience in matters of spiritual life is essential to spiritual father, in general to pastors and spiritual teachers. But complete and unquestioning obedience (in everything that does not contradict faith and the Law of God) should be rendered by the wife to her husband, the children who have not yet created their own family - to their parents. Obey your superiors.
slander- a direct violation of the 9th commandment of the Law of God ( Do not bear false witness against your neighbor- Ref. 20.16). Any slander, any gossip and gossip, any unfair censure is slander. Almost certainly leads to slander condemnation of a neighbor, directly forbidden by the Lord: Judge not lest ye be judged(Matthew 7:1).
neglect- negligent fulfillment of the duties assigned to us by God, or even neglect of them. Neglect at work, neglect of one's household and family duties, neglect of prayer...
pride Abba Dorotheos calls the root of all passions, and St. Ephraim the Syrian - the mother of all evil.
"Self-love is a passionate and reckless love of the body. Love and continence are opposite to it. It is obvious that one who has self-love has all the passions." ( Saint Maximus the Confessor)
Acquisition. Covetousness...is idolatry, - says the apostle Paul (Col. 3, 5). Acquisitiveness is the passion of greed, which is one of the eight main passions, in action: any hoarding, addiction to various objects, stinginess and, conversely, wastefulness.
Theft. This concept includes not only any theft, but also any use of what is "bad": for example, "read out" a book in the library or with friends. A particularly severe type of theft is sacrilege - "appropriation of what is dedicated to God and what belongs to the Church" (see "Orthodox Catechism"), that is, not only the direct theft of sacred objects, but also: to take, without asking for the priest's blessing, donated on the eve or brought to the temple by benefactors for distribution, etc.
untruthfulness- any lie word. Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who speak the truth are pleasing to Him(Prov. 12:22).
We must remember that there is no "innocent" lie, any lie is not from God. “A lie, in which there is no intention to harm one’s neighbor, is impermissible, because it does not agree with love and respect for one’s neighbor and is not worthy of a person, and especially a Christian, created for truth and love,” says St. Philaret in his Orthodox Catechism.
bad business- making a profit, profit in a bad, unrighteous way. The concept can include any body kit, measurement, deceit, but also any earnings that bring evil to people - for example, based on the satisfaction or incitement of sinful passions. The falsification of any documents and the use of forged documents (for example, travel tickets), the purchase of stolen goods on the cheap are also bad business. This also includes parasitism, "when they receive a salary for a position or pay for a business, but they do not fulfill their positions and deeds and, thus, they steal both the salary or pay, and the benefit that labor could bring to society or to the one for whom they should have worked. "(see "Orthodox Catechism").
mischief- covetousness, greed mshela- gain. This includes all types of extortion and bribery. And, since this sin is included in the prayer of repentance for all Orthodox Christians, you should carefully consider your life and discover its manifestations in it.
Jealousy- jealousy of all kinds.
Envy."Whoever envies his neighbor, he rebels against God - the giver of gifts." ( Saint John Chrysostom)
"... Envy and rivalry are a terrible poison: slander, hatred and murder are born from them." ( Venerable Ephraim the Syrian)
Anger- one of the eight major passions.
“Whatever the cause, the movement of anger kindles, it blinds the eyes of the heart and, putting a cover on the sharpness of mental vision, does not allow the Sun of truth to be seen. metal makes no difference in glare." ( Rev. John Cassian the Roman)
memory malice"there is the last limit of anger, the keeping in memory of sins against our neighbor, the aversion of the image of justification (God has determined: "forgive and it will be forgiven" - cf.: Lk. 6, 37), the destruction of all former virtues, a soul-destroying poison, a worm gnawing the heart, shame to pray (how do you say: "leave it, like we do..."?), a nail driven into the soul, unceasing sin, vigilant lawlessness, hourly evil. ( Saint John of the Ladder)
“If you bear a grudge against someone, pray for him; and, by prayer separating sorrow from the memory of the evil that he caused you, you will stop the movement of passion; becoming friendly and philanthropic, you will completely drive out passion from the soul.” ( Saint Maximus the Confessor)
Hatred. He who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.(1 John 2:11). Whoever hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him(1 John 3:15). Whoever says, "I love God," but hates his brother, is a liar: for it is not loving brother his own whom he sees, how can he love God whom he does not see?(1 John 4:20).
covetousness- "when, under the guise of a certain right, but in reality with a violation of justice and philanthropy, they turn to their own advantage someone else's property or someone else's labor, or even the very misfortunes of their neighbors, for example, when lenders burden debtors with growth (loan interest), when owners exhaust those who depend from them by excessive taxes or work, if during the famine they sell bread at too high a price" (see "Orthodox Catechism"). In a broad sense, the word covetousness means in general covetousness, greed (passion for avarice); in this sense the word is used in the New Testament (Rom. 1:29; 2 Cor. 9:5; Eph. 4:19 and 5:3; Col. 3:5).
Serious sins committed during life, from among those that are not directly named in this prayer, should be included in it, and not “summed up” under one of the points (for example, blasphemy, grumbling against God, or attempting suicide, or killing the unborn children - abortion, etc.). In particular, this list does not contain sins related to the passion of fornication (and among them such as adultery and any extramarital cohabitation, and all violations of purity and chastity), and to the passion of pride, which is rightfully considered the most terrible of passions.