Having risen from sleep, before any other action, stand reverently, considering thyself to be in the presence of the All-seeing God, and, having made the sign of the Cross, say: In the name of the Father, and of the Son,…

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere present and fillest all things, Treasury of good things and Giver of life: Come…

Glory to Thee, O God, Glory to Thee, O God, Glory to Thee, O God.   1st prayer of thanksgiving I thank Thee, O Lord my God, that Thou hast not rejected me, a sinner, but hast vouchsafed me to…

These prayers are usually said the evening before or the morning that Holy Communion is to be received. Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen. Glory to Thee, our God,…

Our Father, Which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven.Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead…

Prayer to Our Lord Jesus Christ O Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, my God, through thine ineffable love for mankind Thou wast wrapped in flesh, at the end of the ages, from the Ever-Virgin Mary. I glorify Thy saving providence…

Make the sign of the Cross and say: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee. Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere and…

Sunday All-merciful Virgin Theotokos, Mother of compassions and love for mankind, my most beloved hope and aspiration! O Mother of the most sweet and most desired Savior, Who exceedeth every love, Jesus Christ, the Lover of mankind and my God,…

My Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of Thee. Thou and Thou alone knowest my needs. Thou lovest me more than I am able to love Thee. O Father, grant unto me, Thy servant, all which I cannot ask. For a…

That Thou mightest look down with a merciful eye upon the people of the Ukrainian land, and make it unconquered by those who create havoc, we pray Thee, O kind hearted Lord, hearken and have mercy. That Thou wouldst enlighten with…

O Lord Jesus Christ, open the eyes of my heart, that I may hear Thy word and understand and do Thy will, for I am a sojourner upon the earth. Do not hide Thy commandments from me, but open mine eyes, that I may…

Saint Patrick’s Breastplate Christ with me, Christ before me,Christ behind me, Christ within me,Christ beneath me, Christ above me,Christ at my right, Christ at my left, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks…

From the times of the Apostles, Christians of all ages, when entering upon a task, began it with prayer, and the end of it they also hallowed with prayerful thanksgiving to the Lord, in Whom we live and move and…

Dismissal Hymn. Troparion. Sung in Tone 4 Do Thou, O Sovereign Lady, by Thy joy-bestowing honorable Icon “Queen of All,” saves those who with fervent desire implore Thy grace; deliver from afflictions those who run to Thee; from all dangers do…

O most holy and blessed Mother of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ! We fall down in adoration of thee before thy holy wonder-working icon, keeping the memory of the wondrous sign of thine intervention, shown unto Novgorod the Great in…

O most holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord, the Highest; thou who art the Protectress and Defense of all that have recourse unto thee! Look down from thy holy height upon us sinners, who fall down before thy holy and miraculous…

The usual Trisagion Prayers and the Symbol of the Faith are followed by the prayers of the Rule of the Mother of God, in which an opening prayer indicates the meditation for the following decade of Rejoice, O Virgin Mother…

1. I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;   2. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, Begotten of the Father before…