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"Vouchsafe, Lord"

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Most of the chants heard as part of Orthodox worship arose thanks to authors of Greek origin. Which is not surprising. Christian songwriters of Byzantium studied the best works of ancient playwrights. When composing church hymns, they used the proven principles of ancient poetry. However, it was not only the Greeks who contributed to the development of worship. There was also a place for Syrian church poets. Among the works they composed there is, for example, a chant named after the first words - “Vouchsafe, Lord.” Priest Anthony Borisov talks about the meaning of this prayer.

The prayer “Grant, O Lord,” originated in Syria around the sixth century. In Constantinople it was adopted later - around the 12th century. Nowadays, “Grant, O Lord,” is performed daily as part of the evening service. The first part of the prayer sounds like this: “Grant, Lord, that this evening we may be preserved without sin. Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is thy name forever. Amen . This part of the prayer says that the Lord will allow us to spend the evening of the passing day without sin. The second part of “Lord Vouchsafe” looks like this: “O Lord, be Thy mercy upon us, as we trust in Thee . It can be translated into Russian as follows: “May Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, because we trust in You.” In other words, this part of the prayer contains a request that God's mercy always be with us. Here is the third part of “Lord Vouchsafe” - “Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me by Thy justification. Blessed art thou, O Lord, enlighten me with thy justification. Blessed art thou, O Holy One, enlighten me with Thy justifications . In this part of the prayer, the Persons of the Holy Trinity are listed under special names - God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. God the Father is called here Lord, God the Son is called Master, and the Holy Spirit is called Holy. This part of the prayer contains a request to God to justify us from the sins that we committed during the day. The fourth part goes like this: “Lord, Thy mercy endures forever: do not despise the work of Thy hand. Praise is due to You, singing is due to You, glory is due to You, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen . This part says that God’s mercy will always be with people and that the Lord will not leave “the creation of His works”, that is, us, without care. The prayer “Lord grant” ends with a special glorification of God.

The prayer “Grant, O Lord” is well known not only in the Orthodox Church. As part of the evening service, it is sung in the churches of the Coptic and Ethiopian churches, which are not in communion with Orthodoxy, but also have an ancient history. Now let’s listen to the prayer “Grant, O Lord,” performed by the joint choir of the Holy Dormition Kiev Pechersk Lavra and the Kyiv Theological Academy.

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I. AT THE ALL-NIGHT VIgil

AT VESPERS: Grant, O Lord, that this evening we may be preserved without sin. Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is thy name forever, amen. May Thy mercy be upon us, O Lord, as we trust in Thee. Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me by thy justification. Blessed art thou, O Lord, enlighten me with thy justification. Blessed are You, Holy One, enlighten me with Your justifications. Lord, Your mercy endures forever: do not despise the works of Your Hand. Praise is due to You, singing is due to You, glory is due to You, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos Virgin Mary, Rejoice, O Blessed Mary, the Lord is with Thee; Blessed are You among women and blessed is the Fruit of Your womb, for You have given birth to the Savior of our souls. Psalm 33 I will bless the Lord at all times, / I will make His praise in my mouth. My soul will glory in the Lord,/ let the meek hear and rejoice. Magnify the Lord with me, / and let us exalt His name together. Seek the Lord and hear me, / and deliver me from all my sorrows. Come to Him and be enlightened,/ and your faces will not be ashamed. This beggar cried out, and the Lord heard and,/ and saved him from all his sorrows. The Angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear Him,/ and will deliver them. Taste and see that the Lord is good;/ blessed is the man who trusts in Nan. Fear the Lord, all His holy ones, for there is no hardship for those who fear Him. We are poor and hungry with riches; but those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good. Come, children, listen to me, / I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Who is a man, even if he loves his life, / loves the days and sees good things? Keep your tongue from evil, / and keep your lips from speaking flattery. Turn away from evil, and do good, / seek peace, and marry, and. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are upon their prayer. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, / to consume their memory from the earth. The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard them, and delivered them from all their sorrows. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and will save the humble in spirit. Many are the sorrows of the righteous, / and the Lord will deliver me from all of them. The Lord protects all their bones, / not one of them will be broken. The death of sinners is cruel, and those who hate the righteous will sin. The Lord will deliver the souls of His servant, and all who trust in Him will not sin. AT MORNING:

Sunday hymn after the Gospel Having seen the Resurrection of Christ,/ let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus,/ the only Sinless One./ We worship Thy Cross, O Christ,/ and we sing and glorify Thy holy Resurrection:/ For Thou art our God,/ Do we know no other than Thee,/ name We call yours./ Come, all you faithful,/ let us worship the holy Resurrection of Christ;/ behold, through the Cross joy has come to the whole world./ Always blessing the Lord,/ we sing of His Resurrection;/ having endured the crucifixion,/ destroy death by death. Song of the Most Holy Theotokos My soul magnifies the Lord,/ and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. As if you look upon the humility of Your Servant, / behold, from now on all your kindred will please Me. For the Mighty One has done greatness to Me,/ and holy is His name, and His mercy throughout all generations of those who fear Him. Create power with Your arm, / squander the proud thoughts of their hearts. Destroy the mighty from their thrones,/ and lift up the humble; Fill those who hunger with good things, / and those who are rich, let go of their vanities. Israel will receive His servant, / remember his mercies, / as he said to our fathers, Abraham and his seed, even unto the ages. For each verse there is a refrain: Most honorable Cherub/ and Most Glorious without comparison Seraphim,/ who gave birth to God the Word without corruption,/ the real Mother of God, we magnify You. AFTER THE 1ST HOUR: To the chosen Voivode, victorious,/ as having been delivered from the evil ones,/ let us write thanks to Thy servant, the Mother of God;/ but as having an invincible power,/ free us from all troubles, let us call Thee:/ Rejoice, Unmarried Bride. AT THE END OF THE ALL-NIGHT VIgil in some churches they sing: We take refuge under Your mercy, O Virgin Mother of God: do not despise our prayers in sorrows, but deliver us from troubles, O One Pure and Blessed One. My most blessed queen, my hope to the Mother of God, friend of the orphans and strange intercessors, those who grieve with joy, those who are offended by the patroness! See my misfortune, see my sorrow, help me as I am weak, feed me as I am strange. Weigh my offense, resolve it as you will: for I have no other help, except for You, no other intercessor, no good comforter, except You, O Mother of God, for you will preserve me and cover me forever and ever. Amen. P. AT THE DIVINE LITURGY Symbol of Faith I believe in One God the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only begotten, who was born of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, true God from true God, born, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, to Whom all things were. For our sake, man and our salvation came down from heaven and became incarnate from the Spirit of Light and the Virgin Mary, and became human. She was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried. And he rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures. And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father. And again the one who is coming with glory will judge the living and the dead, His Kingdom will have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-Giving One, who proceeds from the Father, who is worshiped and glorified with the Father and the Son, who spoke the prophets. Into the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the remission of sins. I hope for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the next century. Amen. The Lord's Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. During the communion of believers of the Holy Mysteries of Christ, it is sung: Receive the Body of Christ, taste the immortal source. III. CHANTS SINGED AT PRAYERS Prayer to the Holy Spirit, Heavenly King,/ Comforter, Soul of Truth,/ Who is everywhere/ and fulfills everything,/ Treasure of good things/ and Giver of life,/ come and dwell in us,/ and cleanse us from all filth,/ and save, O Lord, our souls. Grateful to the Savior, voice 4 Give thanks to Thy unworthy servants, O Lord,/ for Thy great blessings upon us that have been,/ we glorify Thee, bless, thank You, sing and magnify Thy compassion,/ and slavishly cry out to Thee in love // to the Benefactor, our Savior, glory to You. Troparion, tone 4 We are now diligent to the Mother of God, / sinners and humility, and let us fall, / calling in repentance from the depths of the soul: / Lady, help, having mercy on us, / struggling, we are perishing from many sins, / do not turn away your servant’s vainness, // You and the One Hope Imams. Let us never be silent, O Mother of God,/ to speak of Your strength, unworthy:/ If You had not stood before us, praying,/ Who would have delivered us from so many troubles,/ Who would have kept us free until now?/ We will not retreat, O Lady, from You:/ Your servants always save you from all kinds of evil ones. Kontakion, tone 6 The intercession of Christians is not shameful, / intercession to the Creator is immutable, / do not despise the voices of sinful prayers, / but advance, as the Good One, to the aid of us, / who faithfully call You; / hasten to prayer, and strive to entreaty, / interceding ever , Mother of God, who honor Thee. There are no other imams of help, / no other imams of hope, / except You, Most Pure Virgin. / Help us, / we hope in You, / and we boast in You, / For we are Your servants, / Let us not be ashamed.

Chapter I: about “Sunday and Feast Vespers with Matins”

§ 45. Before the onset of evening, when our loud and at the same time sweet-sounding herald - the ringing of bells - will call us to evening prayer and we will diligently gather in the temple of the Lord, vested as a deacon, where he is, with a lighted candle in his hands, as a symbol of light not evening - Divine, after the priest has surrounded the altar with him59, standing in front of the dissolved royal doors, and in the fair assumption that the believers, while waiting for the service, to strengthen their strength, can sit, or not stand as they should during prayer, invites everyone to the “beginning of Great Vespers” as follows:

Rise up

(become reverently before our Lord! and You, Almighty60
Lord,
(Yourself)
bless
(allow, and having allowed, orderly it is worthwhile for us to begin our prayers, our songs of praise to You)!

And the priest, censing in the altar before the throne, in response to the deacon’s exclamation, and where there is no deacon, and himself, without the deacon’s exclamation, directly begins the “all-night vigil” with an exclamation in honor and glory of the Trinitarian indivisible Divinity:

Glory to the holy, consubstantial, life-giving, and indivisible Trinity - always, now and ever

(in the immediate future), and
forever and ever
(in subsequent continuous centuries)61!

On the choir, this initial priestly praise of the Triune God is confirmed with the famous word: Amen!

and while the priest, alone or with a deacon, censes the iconostasis and the entire temple, they begin in a quiet and continue to sing in a constantly rising voice the verses of invitation to prayer and glorification of the Lord62:

Come, let us worship the King - our God!

II Come, let us bow and fall to Christ –

King, our God!

II Come, let us bow and fall to Christ Himself –

To the King and our God!

Come, let us worship and fall down before Him!

And immediately after these verses, in an amplified and elevated voice, they sing63 in the 8th tone, selected verses

103rd, so vividly depicting the wonders of creation and the so-called
initial64
psalm, with various
refrains65
after the verses, as if in response to them:

Verse: Bless

(a good, laudatory, almost grateful word),
my soul, the Lord
(for His countless good deeds to me and to everyone):

Chorus: (precisely) blessed art thou, Lord

(for all these good deeds - blessed, both from me and from all the creatures created by You and those who worship You)!

Verse: Lord, my God,

(You)
have magnified greatly
(in the creation of countless and indescribable worlds):

Chorus: (for which we sing to You again:) blessed art thou, O Lord!

Verse: (You, my Creator, through the manifestation of Your wondrous omnipotence in creation,) in confession

(- in the greatness confessed by the whole universe)
and
(in the inscrutable)
splendor
(as if)
you have clothed yourself:
Chorus: (why more and more) blessed art thou, Lord!

Verse: (of all the miracles of Your creative omnipotence on earth, what is especially wondrous is that You covered the earth with an abyss of water, as if with some kind of clothing, and because of this there is such a wonderful phenomenon on it:) on the mountains they will become

(stand)
water:
Chorus: (

Namely,
marvelous are Your works, O Lord!
Verse: (even in natural phenomena that are apparently more ordinary, and therefore, as it were, less amazing, such as in the fact that) among the mountains

(between the mountains)

waters
will pass
(flow) (and in this):

Chorus: Wonderful are Your works, O Lord!

Small doxology: 66 (therefore) glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit!

Chorus: (really) glory to You, Lord,

(To you -)
who created everything!
End of the small doxology: (and this glory must be sung) both now and ever, and forever and ever, Amen.

Chorus: (so) glory

(Glory)
To you, Lord, who created everything!
The general conclusion of the psalm, as well as, for the most part, other similar prayers and prayer readings: alleluia67, alleluia, alleluia

(- praise God! praise God! praise God! – and we praise Him with such a verbal song:)
glory to Thee, O God!

Other prayers to the Lord God

May the Lord grant that we may be preserved without sin this evening. Blessed are you, Lord God, our father, and praised and glorified is your name forever. Amen.

Lord, Thy mercy be upon us, as we trust in Thee. Blessed are you, Lord, teach me by your righteousness. Blessed are You, Master, give me understanding through Your justification. Blessed are you, Holy One, enlighten me with Your justifications.

Lord, Thy Mercy forever, do not despise Thy hand: Praise is due to You, Singing is due to You, Glory is due to You, Father, and Son, and Holy To the Spirit now, and forever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer on the opposite of the Holy Blessed

Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich IV the Terrible

Lord our God, who created Heaven and earth and all that is the essence of Your creation. You know, O Lover of Man, that you have opposed Your Cross, they strive for nothing else but to destroy the souls of Your orphan servants and to desecrate Your Holy Name, which I cannot. t know and desecrate Your Holy Church (the human soul is the Temple of God); take revenge on them, Master! According to Your Prophet: not to us, Lord, not to us, but to Your Name give Glory. Lord, guide us on the Path of Salvation and grant us victory for Your Holy Name. Amen.

Psalm 50, repentant

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your Great Mercy and according to the multitude of Your Generosity, cleanse my iniquity. Above all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my iniquity, and I will take away my sin before me. I have sinned and done evil before You alone; for you may be justified in Your Words, and you will always defeat the judge of Ty. Behold, in iniquity I was conceived, and in sin my mother gave birth to me. Behold, you have loved the Truth; unknown and secret Thy Wisdom has been revealed to me. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; Wash me, and I will be safe from snow. There is joy and merriment in my hearing; the bones of the humble will rejoice. Turn Your Face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create a pure heart in me, O God, and renew the Spirit of Rights in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your Face and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Give me the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your Way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; my tongue will rejoice in Your Truth. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare Your Praise. As if you had wanted sacrifices, you would have given them; You do not favor burnt offerings. The sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God will not despise a contrite and humble heart. Bless Zion, Lord, with Your Favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then be pleased with the Sacrifice of Truth, the offering and the burnt offering; then put Your calf on the altar.

Psalm 102, a song of praise to God*

Bless, my soul, the Lord, and all that is within me, His Holy Name; bless the Lord, my soul, and do not forget all His rewards; cleansing all your iniquity, healing all your ailments, delivering from the corruption of your life, crowning you with Mercy and Generosity, fulfilling in good things your desire; your youth is renewed like an eagle. The Lord create mercy and destiny for all those who are offended. Moses told His Ways, to the sons of Israel His desires. The Lord is generous and merciful, long-suffering and abundantly merciful. He does not become completely angry, but he remains at enmity forever; It was not because of our iniquity that He created for us to eat, but because of our sins He gave us food to eat. As the height of the heavens from the earth, the Lord established His Mercy on those who fear Him; The east is far removed from the west, and our iniquity has been removed from us. Just as a father gives generously to his sons, the Lord gives generously to those who fear Him. For He who knows our creation, I will remember, as the finger of Esma. A man is like grass, his day, like a tree blossom, will bloom; for the spirit has passed through him, and is not, and no one knows his place. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him; and His Truth is upon the sons of the sons, who keep His Covenant, and remember His Commandments, to create (i.e., those who do them). The Lord has prepared His Throne in Heaven, and His Kingdom possesses all. Bless the Lord, all His angels, mighty in strength, who do His Word, to hear the voice of His Word. Bless the Lord, all His Powers, His servants, who do His Will. Bless the Lord, all His works, in every place of His Dominion: bless the Lord, my soul.

* “Even in the darkest moments of your life, do not forget to thank God FOR EVERYTHING! He is waiting for this and will send you new blessings. A grateful heart needs nothing." Holy Righteous Pskovozersky Elder Nikolai (Guryanov).

Psalm 26, in order to win

spiritual warfare and war

Lord, my Enlightenment and my Savior, whom shall I fear? Lord, Protector of my life, from whom shall I fear? Sometimes those who are angry come close to me, even if they destroy my flesh, those who insult me and attack me, you become weak and fall. Even if a regiment turns against me, my heart will not fear; If He rises up to fight against me, I will trust in Him. If I have asked one thing from the Lord, then I will require it; Let me live in the House of the Lord all the days of my life, behold the Beauty of the Lord and visit His Holy Temple. For He hid me in His Village in the day of my ashes, He covered me in the secret of His Village, He lifted me up on the Rock. And now, behold, you have lifted up my head against my enemies; life and devouring in the Village His sacrifice of praise and exclamation; I sing and make praise to the Lord. Hear, O Lord, my voice, when I have cried, have mercy on me and hear me. My heart says to you: I will seek the Lord, I will seek your face, O Lord, I will seek your face. Do not turn Your Face away from me, and do not turn away from Your servant in Anger; Be my helper, do not reject me and do not forsake me, O God, my savior. For my father and mother forsaken me, but the Lord received me. Establish me, O Lord, in Your Path, and guide me on the Right Path for my enemy’s sake. Do not betray me into the souls of those who are cold; for standing up as a witness to unrighteousness, and lying untruthfully to yourself. I believe in seeing the Good Lord on the earth of the living. Be patient (trust) in the Lord, be of good courage, and let your heart be strong, and be patient with the Lord.

2nd PART of Vespers

At the liturgy St. Jacob in all its lists, starting with the most ancient Messinian list of the 10th century, continuing with the Rossan list of the 11th century. and Sinai XII century. (No. 1040) and ending with lists of the 14th century. (Paris. National Bible Nos. 2509 and 476), there is a litany close to our special one, placed just before the Gospel after the Apostle and Alleluia (after the Gospel immediately there is a litany close to our petitionary one). In all these RKPs, with the exception of Sinai, this litany is almost the same. It has its most complete form in the ancient Messinian RCP. X century, according to which we present with options except for the Sinai RCP. from the rest (5th RKP. has only the initial words of petitions).

“At Alleluia the priest rises. The deacon says the litany (έκτενήν; other rkp. instead of all this: “And the deacon”, “Deacon”, “Deacon before the Gospel”). Let us all say, Lord have mercy. Lord Almighty God our father, we pray (other RKP: † Ti), hear. For the peace of the whole world and the unity of all the Holy Churches we pray, hear (other RKP: “let us pray”, δεηθώμεν, without “hear” and so on until the 17th petition). Oh St. Our Father N (other RKP: For the salvation and intercession of our Holy Father N the Patriarch), we pray to all the clergy and Christ-loving people. We pray for our most pious and Christ-loving king, the entire chamber and army and their victory (no in Rossan. and Paris. 1st). Oh St. We pray to Christ our God in our city and reigning, in every city and country (not there). We pray that we may be delivered from all sorrow, anger (ibid.: † misfortune, κυνδύνου) and need, captivity (and) bitter death (ibid.: † and our iniquities) (Ross: let us pray, Paris: hear our prayers). And (no in 2 Paris.) about the people ahead and those who expect from You, Lord

(course not in other RKP.) rich and great mercy, pray, have mercy and have mercy.
(Paris. 1: † Instead of this God, have mercy on us, save Thy God, Thy people and bless the property (other rkp.: † Thy), visit Thy world with mercy and bounties, raise up the horn of Christians and send down upon us Thy rich mercies
(instead of italics, other. RKP.: by the power of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross), the intercession of the All-Holy (Rossan.: All-Pure) blessed Lady of our Mother of God
and Ever-Virgin Mary
(instead of italics of the other RKP.: Thy Forerunners and Apostles) and all Thy saints; we pray to Thee, O Most-merciful Lord, hear us sinners praying (other rkp.: † to you) and have mercy. People: Have mercy on the Lord 3 (no to Paris. 2)"2263.

The litany, therefore, is a repetition of the great litany (as in the liturgy of the Apostolic Constitutions, the liturgy, close to our great one and placed before the consecration of the Gifts, is repeated after them), but with the addition of intensely prayerful and sorrowful repentant petitions at the beginning and end . Such additions were to grow in further monuments, in later liturgies; such an element in this litany actually increases, but is concentrated mainly at the beginning of it. Even more than the Great Litany, the Sublime Litany has one common story in all liturgies, coinciding to the point of literalness, as we will see, in the liturgies of St. James, Basil the Great, John Chrysostom in the same manuscripts and endlessly varying in the same liturgy of different eras. Therefore, the next (if not previous) formula after the above in the order of development can be recognized as given in one ancient edition of the liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

«Deacon:

Ring everything with all your heart and with all your thoughts.
Proclamation of the priest:
Lord Almighty, Father God, rich in mercy and good in generosity, not desiring the death of a sinner, but waiting for conversion and repentance, so that he may turn and live.
Deacon:
About the holy temple... and then the petitions of the great litany until “To be delivered...”.
Secret prayer:
“Lord our God, diligent” (today’s prayer).
Deacon:
Let us pray that the Lord may be merciful, gracious and gracious.
People:
Lord have mercy (and then all petitions end with “Let us pray to the Lord” and “Lord have mercy”). May the Lord God hear the voice of the prayer of us sinners. About all those who have labored before (προκοπιασάντων) and sanctified (άφιερωσάντων) us. About the people ahead and those who expect rich mercies from You.”2264.

Further editions of the litany from the priest's initial prayer make several deaconal petitions, and also shorten and modify borrowings from the great litany. Yes, Euhol. Sinaisk. bib. No. 1040 XII century. gives such a litany, the same for the liturgy of St. Jacob and Chrysostom:

“We pray to everything diligently (εκτενώς) with all our soul and... Lord Almighty in Heaven, God our father... Rich in mercy and good in generosity, let us pray. Do not want us sinners to die, but grant us life and repentance as we turn to You. For deliverance for us... God have mercy on us... For our most pious and God-protected kings, power... We also pray for our Archbishop N, health, salvation and forgiveness of his sins. We also pray for the servant of God N the priest, the honorable presbytery, the diaconate in Christ and all the sacred ranks, health, salvation... Also for the servant of God N and all his people, health... Also for all our relatives and brothers according to the flesh and those who commanded us unworthy to pray for them and those who love us and those who hate us, Orthodox Christians, health... And for the people ahead and all our brothers, for those who are in wandering and weakness and captivity and possessed by an unclean spirit and floating in the sea and all Orthodox Christians, health... We also pray for the forgiveness of sins and blessed memory and repose of all departed Christians, Orthodox Christians here and everywhere. The priest exclaims: For he is merciful..."2265.

Apparently, at the same stage of development, i.e., separation from the great litany, stands the special litany at the liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in Sinai. Euhol. 1153 No. 979:

“Let us all sing... Lord Almighty... Do not want death... Rich in mercy... Have mercy on us... More about our most pious and God-protected kings and subjugate under the nose... More about the state and peace of Christians, the deliverance of the captives, the healing of the weak, and the repose in the faith of the departed... More about the servant of God N, health... More about the servant of God N, repose... More about those bearing fruit...2266 More to hear the voice of the Lord God..."2267.

There are even fewer elements from the great litany and more closeness to the current special litany in the most ancient of Greek. Euchologians giving litanies (and not just the prayers of the priest), in Euchologia Imp. Publ. bib. No. 226 (from the collection of Bishop Porfiry Uspensky, taken from the Sinai library) 9th-10th centuries. There are only the first words of petitions.

"1. With your prayers, Lord, have mercy on everyone. 2. With all my soul and all my thoughts. 3. Lord Almighty. (4?) The unwilling death of the sinner. 4. About St. this temple and with... 5. About our father and bishop. 6. About the most pious and God-protected. 7. About helping and subduing everyone under their nose. 8. About getting rid of and conquering. 9. About upcoming people. 10. About all those who demand in (χρηζόντων εις). 11. God have great mercy on us.” Further, an unclear remark: “and immediately litany 1. Also merciful and merciful and favorable (εΰδεκτον) and the rest of the litanies.”

Free from the elements of the great litany and apparently going further along the path of abbreviations, the special litany of glory. Service manual of the RKP. Moscow Synod. bib. No. 604 (343) XII century. and Sofiysk. at St. Petersburg Spirit. Ak. No. 520 XIV century:

"1. Let's say it all with all our hearts. 2. Lord Almighty. 3. He who is rich in mercy is Good. 4. Reluctant death is a sin. 5. About upcoming ones. 6. God have mercy on us. 7. More about the faithful2268. 8. And we also pray for the bishop (only the second one). 9. And still (hedgehog) hear”2269.

Since the 15th century in the Missals of both Greek and Slavic, approximately the current composition of the special litany and the current order of petitions on it are established, at least for the first 4 petitions; the remaining petitions also all appear from this time, but with great fluctuations in their number, order and sometimes in the text. So, in 1 petition there is no. Greek RKP. instead of “with all thought” they have “with all thought”; no. Greek and glory they omit “ours”, no. add “all” at the end. In the 2nd petition “Lord Almighty” there is something. after “hear” they add “us”. In the 3rd petition there is no. Greek and glory after “Thy mercy” or after “pray” † “Lord.” In the 4th petition for the king, the most ancient ones have: “About our most pious (ancient glory: “pious”) and God-protected kings (ancient glory: “princes”)” without names; Greek sometimes instead of “God-protected” - “Christ-loving”; no. Greek next to one petition for the kings they also have others in the form: “for the most pious and Christ-loving (instead of: “God-protected”) kings,” and the objects of the petition are no longer indicated: “for power, victory,” but only the names (sometimes also of the queen); This petition must have been for the so-called. “little kings”: heir or Caesars. In later glory. RKP. and the first printed Moscow. ed. there are three petitions for the king, separated by a petition for the patriarch (after the first petition for the king); in the last of them the queen is also mentioned. In glory the titles of the Sovereign were subject to the same change as in the Great Litany. Instead of “helping” the ancient. lane more precisely: “direct”. The petition for an archbishop (now for the Holy Synod) is not available everywhere; in the most ancient: “we still pray for our archbishop”, or: “bishop”, no. slav.: “patriarch”, sometimes with the addition: “and remembers whomever he wants” (Greek); no. slav.: † “name of health and salvation”; “and about all the brethren in Christ” only in the later. RKP. and print. ed. In the late glory RKP. and the first printed Moscow. ed. instead of the archbishop - about the patriarch, and this petition is after the petition for the king and before the reigning house. Request for military service only at a later date. print. To the petition for the patriarch there is no. RKP. they add or replace it with a petition for clergy in the following forms: “We also pray for the entire Orthodox bishopric”; or: “We also pray for our Orthodox bishops, honorable presbytery, deaconry in Christ, all clergy and people, health and salvation,” sometimes with the addition: “and remembers the living in order”; or: “We also pray for our brothers, priests...”. Instead of a petition for an archbishop and clergy or after him, no one. RKP. have a petition for the abbot in the form: “We also pray for our father N and all about Christ of our brotherhood,” or: “We also pray for the servant of God our father abbot (or: “priestly monk”) N and all our brethren for Christ, about health and salvation"; sometimes: “our brethren and all those who serve and have served in St. this monastery." After asking for the clergy, no one. Greek RKP. have a petition for the departed in the form: “We also pray for the blessed dormition (κοιμήσεως) and the repose of the soul of the servant of God N,” sometimes with the addition: “he speaks for the dead.” Further in the current litany, the petition for ktitors (“creators and benefactors”) and all the deceased has been since the 14th-15th centuries. and first in such brief editions: “We still pray for the creators” or “ktitoreh” (the end is unknown), or: “... for the ever-glorious (αοιδίμων) and blessed creators,” “for the blessed and ever-glorious...”, or: “We also pray for blessed dormition and repose of the ever-memorable and blessed creators of St. this monastery”, etc., as now, sometimes with the remark: “and he remembers the same ones who have fallen asleep.” Then in Greek. RKP. usually follows the petition: “We also pray for God’s servant (or: “Your”, or simply: “slave”) N health” (not completed), or: “For mercy, health and salvation, forgiveness of sins of the servant of God,” or: “We also pray for mercy, peace, life (or: “life, peace”), health, salvation († visitation, forgiveness) and forgiveness of sins of the servant of God N” (obviously, a private person who asked for commemoration). In glory same RKP. instead of this, sometimes there is a petition or even two for the king in the form: “We also pray to the mercy of God for help and for haste and for strengthening and for relief and for granting the hedgehog victory and victory over the enemies of the faithful and Christ-loving king and Grand Duke N, for the well-being of the army , about peace and silence and about the dispensation and forgiveness of sins of all Orthodox Christianity by the heart of all.” This is the second petition for the king already in the litany (available here, however, in a few later rkp., for example Soph. bib. No. 899 of the 17th century and printed Moscow editions of the 17th century), obviously stands here in connection with the petition for an entire people whose prosperity is associated with royal government. Moreover: the same RKP. and the publications after this petition have another petition for the Tsar and Tsarina, but not about governance, but about their personal well-being (perhaps as patron descendants). Then both Greek and Slav. RKP. have an independent petition “for († all) employees and those who served in St. of this monastery († about health and salvation)” (rkp. XV-XVI centuries), the original form of which, apparently, was: “about our fathers and brothers who work and serve” (not finished) (rkp. XIV- XV century), sometimes with the addition: “and about the people ahead and those who expect great and rich mercy from You.” Sometimes instead of it: “for all the brethren... (and for all Christians?).” In the ancient (XV century) RKP. instead of this petition, and in several later ones (XV-XVI centuries) together with it, after it, there is the current last petition, which in its original form must have contained a petition only for those bearing fruit (see above, p. 572); Euhol. Imp. Publ. bib. No. 109 XII-XIII centuries. reads it in an unfinished, however, form: “and about those bearing fruit”; others “about all the upcoming ones”; it receives its current form in the RKP. XV-XVI centuries after the following increments, indicated by brackets: (“We still pray” or “and”) for those who bear fruit (and do good) in the Holy. (and all-honorable) temple of this, (watching, working and singing and) for the people ahead, waiting for You (or “from the Lord”) rich (or: “great”, later both) mercy (late Slavic RKP. : “about health and salvation”). After this petition in no. RKP. XIV-XVI centuries there was also the last petition, “(we still pray) (for all the brethren and) for (all) (pious and) Orthodox Christians” (late glory: “for health and salvation”)2270. The litany at the liturgy of Basil the Great and John Chrysostom sometimes differs in composition, preserving traces of greater antiquity in the former2271.

Along with such relatively extensive editions after the Gospel litany through a number of Greek. manuscripts undergo a homogeneous short edition, reducing the litany first to 5 petitions, and then to 4. So in one day. RKP.2272 XI-XII centuries: “Let us all sing... Lord Almighty... God have mercy on us... We also pray for the forgiveness of the sins of the hieromonk and all the brethren in Christ... We also pray for all those who serve and have served in St. this monastery..." Sometimes petitions for the tsar and archbishop were added here, and the last petition was replaced: “for the coming people and those awaiting rich mercies”2273. Such a short version apparently became dominant in Greek. RKP. and accepted for the first printing. Greek ed. XVI century even to an even smaller extent: the petition for the abbot (hieromonk) was replaced by the petition for kings in the current edition, and the last “about servants” was omitted2274. With the advent of Turkish rule among the Greeks, the petition for kings began to be excluded from the special litany, as well as from the great one, and was replaced by: “We also pray for pious and Orthodox Christians.” In the current Old Believer

In the service book (printed unchanged since the publication of 1601 under Patriarch Job), the special litany has the following composition:

“Rtsem all... (without “our”). Lord Almighty... (without “hear and have mercy”). Have mercy on us... (“pray Lord”). We also pray for the blessed and God-protected Tsar Grand Duke named... (“stay” and further everything in the genitive case; instead of “help” - “direct everything”). (Here is the prayer of diligent supplication.) We also pray for our patriarch by name, for health and salvation. We also pray to the Lord our God to have mercy on our blessed and Christ-loving Tsar and Grand Duke Namerek, and his faithful and Christ-loving Queen, Grand Duchess Namerek; Lord, multiply the years of their lives and send them noble children as the inheritance of their family and deliver them from all sorrow, anger and need, and from all mental and physical illnesses, and forgive them every sin, voluntary and involuntary, with all your heart. We also pray to the mercy of God for help and for a visit and for strengthening and for relief and for making a hedgehog against enemies, the victory and victory of the blessed and Christ-loving king and the great prince of the name, for the well-being of the army, for peace and silence and for order, and for the remission of sins of all Orthodox Christianity, all of us. (If there is a monastery, these words We also pray for our father, abbot named after him, and for all our brethren in Christ, for health and salvation. We also pray for all the servants... for health... (If there is one besides the monastery, we will also add this. We also pray for those who are coming and expect great mercy from You, for health and salvation. We also pray for those who give alms, for health, for salvation. We also pray for all the brethren and for all Christians, for health and salvation."2275

The difference with the liturgical liturgy of the Vespers Litany among the Old Believers is only in the 2nd petition for the Tsar, where there are no words about childbearing; on Presanctification liturgy after the 2nd petition for the king, the same petition “for our sovereign and Christ-loving prince, the name of the prince and the noble princess, led. the princess has a name,” and there are no petitions for the abbot and for the upcoming ones2276. In the current Athens

The Euchology has the following difference with our litany: instead of the Synod, a petition for an archbishop without the brethren;
followed by a petition “for our brothers”, where † “holy deacons and monks”; the petition for ktitors does not mention kings and patriarchs; there is a petition “For mercy, life.” In Constantinople
everything is the same, only the petition “For mercy...” is earlier than the ktitors; and in the petition “For mercy...” instead of the brethren: “all pious and Orthodox Christians living and found in this city, epitropes and enorites of St. sowing churches with their wives and children and the servants of God NN” (the latter is also in the petition for patrons for the repose)2277.

Orthodox faith

Immediately after the prokemna, if there are no paremias (as at an ordinary Sunday vigil, when there is no other celebration, or after paremias, when there are any), the deacon goes to the pulpit and pronounces the so-called “Deep Litany”; in the liturgical books it is called “diligent prayer” . This litany does not have the same beginning in all places of worship where it is pronounced. At Great Vespers in the vigil, it has a full beginning, consisting of two preliminary appeals:

1. We say everything with all our hearts and with all our thoughts; and 2. Lord Almighty, God of our fathers, we pray, hear and have mercy. To these two appeals the face sings: “Lord, have mercy” once. Starting from the very first petition of the litany, with which sometimes this litany begins without the two above-mentioned appeals: Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray, hear and have mercy; For each petition, of which there are usually only six, the choir sings “Lord, have mercy” three times, which is why the litany is called “subtle”, that is, “zealous”, “diligent” prayer. The special litany always ends with the same exclamation of the priest: for God is merciful and a lover of mankind...

After the special litany at the all-night vigil, the prayer is read: Grant, O Lord, that in this evening we may be preserved without sin... It is, as it were, a continuation of the praise to the Triune God sent up in the evening song “Quiet Light” and ends with the praise of the Most Holy Trinity: Praise befits you, You singing is due, glory is due to You, Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, Amen.

The prayer “Grant, O Lord,” is followed by the so-called “petitionary litany,” beginning with the words: let us fulfill our evening prayer to the Lord. After this appeal comes the petition: Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, with your grace. To the first appeal and to this petition the face sings “Lord, have mercy” once, and then six petitions follow, for each of which the face sings “Give, Lord!” in accordance with the final words of each petition, “We ask the Lord!” why this litany itself is called “petitionary.” The petitions of this litany are devoted exclusively to spiritual benefits, and each contains a prayer for the granting of peace, this highest spiritual benefit. It ends, like the great and small litanies, with the surrender of oneself to the will of God, to which the face sings: to you, Lord. The priest concludes the litany with the exclamation: For God is good and a lover of mankind...

Immediately after this exclamation, the priest, continuing to remain in front of the throne, turns his face to the people and teaches: Peace to all, blessing the people with his hand. The priest thus greets those praying with the very good that they have just so earnestly asked for. He teaches this gift, according to the commandment of the Lord Himself, who left us His peace. In the time of the Savior, “Peace” was a common greeting, and it was His favorite (see John 14:27), and He commanded that peace be greeted to all who seek peace (Matt. 10:12-13). St. speaks about this. Chrysostom: “Do I give peace? Christ speaks through us) (Conversation 3 of Colossians).

The deacon then proclaims: Let us bow our heads to the Lord, and the priest, while the face sings protractedly: To you, Lord, reads a secret prayer, so called “the prayer of bowing the head.” The final exclamation of this prayer: May the power of your kingdom be blessed and glorified... The priest says out loud.

Archbishop Averky Taushev. Liturgics.

From the prayer book of Metropolitan Manuel (Lemeshevsky)

Prayer for the granting of prayer

Most merciful Lord! Grant us the Divine gift of holy prayer, pouring out from the depths of our hearts; gather our scattered mind, so that it always strives for You, its Creator and Savior; crush the kindled arrows of the evil one, tearing us away from You, extinguish the flame of thoughts, which devours us stronger than fire during prayer; overshadow us with the grace of Your Most Holy Spirit, so that until the end of our sinful life we love You alone with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our thought, and with all our strength, and at the hour of separation of our soul from this mortal body, O Sweetest Jesus, receive our spirit in Your hands and remember us when you come into Your Kingdom. Amen.

Prayer to Our Lady for my family

Most Blessed Lady, take my family under Your protection, instill in the hearts of my husband (my wife) and our children peace, love and unquestioning everything good, do not allow anyone from my family to be separated and difficult parting, to incurable illnesses and premature and sudden death . And save our house and all of us living in it from fiery ignition, thieves’ attacks, every evil situation, and insurance, and the devil’s obsession, and we, collectively and separately, openly and secretly, will glorify Your Holy Name always, now, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer against enemy power

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Pure Mother, Saints Basil the Great and Cyprian of Carthage, who received from You the power to cast out unclean spirits, to incinerate the enemy’s intrigues, conspiracies, damage and slander of criminal people, binding their unfortunate victims with these words and plunging them into the abyss of despair and sorrow, have mercy on me (name), the suffering one(s), and instill in my soul a grace-filled silence, oblivion of all evil thoughts, and soften the hearts around me, may peace and love abide in our souls, may we truly be glorified Thy name is holy, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for the granting of the Jesus Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Your Name is worshiped by Angels and men. The forces of hell tremble at Your Name. Your Name is the faithful’s weapon to drive away the adversary. Your Name burns away sins and passions. Your Name gives strength in deeds, gathers together the scattered mind and, in fulfillment of Your commandments, enriches with virtues. Your Name works miracles and unites us with You, gives us peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, and in the future life - the Kingdom of Heaven. For this reason, I, Thy unworthy servant, pray to You: drive away spiritual ignorance from us, enlighten us with the knowledge of Divine truth and teach us to pray unceasingly, in humility and attentively, with a feeling of contrition, with our lips, mind and heart, according to the vow of monasticism. this: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” You have declared, O Lord, with Your most pure lips: “Whatever you ask in My name, I will do it.” Behold, through the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother and our venerable fathers, in Thy Name I ask the prayers of Thy Most Holy Almighty Name. Hear me, who promised to hear all those who call on You in truth. It is Yours to have mercy, and to save, and to grant prayer to those who pray for Your glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Prayer before the icon “Good Silence”

Put, O Lord, guardianship over my mouth, - this is how the psalmist King David appeals to You, and I also cry to You fruitlessly: place on my lips the prohibition of good silence and give me the wordless practice of Your Jesus Prayer. Pour into my soul the wholesome oil of joy for this good silence, at least for a short time, for I know that talking too much drives away grace and destroys the warmth of the soul. Just as You, Lord, hung in silence on Golgotha, and in the midst of the dying silence announced Your will to Your Mother and Your beloved disciple John, likewise I, standing in tearful silence before the face of “Good Silence,” ask You: cover mine verbosity, and lead me to the haven of good silence, binding my lips to this godly work, and lead me into the desert of my heart, where the silence of the mind dwells. Teach me, who reverently profess this good silence, to resort to You through the faces of Your Most Pure Mother and the Holy Apostle, the Son of Thunder and good silence, John the Theologian, who are in good silence. For their prayers and the intercession of the silent Hesychius and other known and unknown times and places of the silent and silent in oblivion, have mercy on me, a sinner. Amen.

Prayers to the Lord God (father)

A mother's sigh for her children to the Lord God

God!
To the Creator of all creatures, adding mercy to mercy, You have made me worthy to be the mother of a family;

Your goodness has given me children, and I dare to say: they are Your children!

Because you:

- gave them existence, - revived them with an immortal soul, - revived them through baptism for a life in accordance with Your will, - adopted them and accepted them into the bosom of His Church, Lord!

Keep them in a state of grace until the end of their lives;

grant them to be partakers of the sacraments of Your covenant;

sanctify by Thy truth;

may Thy holy name be sanctified in them and through them!

Grant me your gracious help in educating them for the glory of Your name and the benefit of your neighbor!

Give me methods, patience and strength for this purpose!

Teach me to plant in their hearts the root of true wisdom - Thy fear!

Illuminate them with the light of Your Wisdom that governs the universe!

May they love You with all their souls and thoughts;

may they cleave to You with all their hearts and throughout their entire life may they tremble at Your words!

Grant me the understanding to convince them that true life consists in keeping your commandments;

that work, strengthened by piety, brings serene contentment in this life and ineffable bliss in eternity.

Open to them the understanding of Your Law!

May they act until the end of their days in the feeling of Your omnipresence!

Plant in their hearts horror and disgust from all lawlessness;

let them be blameless in your ways;

May they always remember that You, All-Good God, are a champion of Your law and righteousness!

Keep them in chastity and reverence for Your name!

Let them not discredit Your Church by their behavior, but let them live according to its instructions!

Inspire them with a desire for useful teaching and make them capable of every good deed!

May they acquire a true understanding of those objects whose information is necessary in their condition;

may they be enlightened with knowledge beneficial to humanity.

God!

Manage me to impress with indelible marks on the minds and hearts of my children the fear of partnerships with those who do not know Thy fear: to instill in them every possible distance from any alliance with the lawless.

Let them not listen to rotten conversations;

Let them not listen to frivolous people;

May they not be led astray from Your path by bad examples;

May they not be tempted by the fact that sometimes the path of the wicked is successful in this world!

Heavenly Father! Grant me the grace to take every possible care to tempt my children with my actions: but, constantly bearing in mind their behavior, to distract them from errors, correct their mistakes, curb their stubbornness and obstinacy, refrain from striving for vanity and frivolity;

Let them not be carried away by foolish thoughts, let them not follow their hearts, let them not become proud in their thoughts, let them not forget You and Your law.

May iniquity not destroy their mind and health, may sins not weaken their mental and physical strength.

Righteous Judge, punishing children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generation: turn away such punishment from my children, do not punish them for my sins;

but sprinkle them with the dew of Your grace, that they may prosper in virtue and holiness, that they may increase in Your favor and in the love of pious people.

Father of generosity and all mercy!

According to my parental feeling, I would wish for my children every abundance of earthly blessings, I would wish them blessings from the dew of heaven and from the fatness of the earth, but may Thy holy will be with them!

Arrange their fate according to Your good pleasure, do not deprive them of their daily bread in life, send down to them everything they need in time to acquire a blessed eternity, be merciful to them when they sin before You, do not impute to them the sins of their youth and ignorance, bring their hearts to contrition, when they resist the guidance of Your goodness;

Punish them and have mercy, directing them to the path pleasing to You, but do not reject them from Your presence!

Accept their prayers with favor, grant them success in every good deed;

do not turn Your face away from them in the days of their tribulation, lest temptations befall them beyond their strength.

Overshadow them with Your mercy, may Your Angel walk with them and save them from all misfortune and evil path.

All-merciful God!

Make me a mother who rejoices over her children, so that they will be my joy in the days of my life and my support in my old age.

Honor me, with trust in Your mercy, to appear with them at Your Last Judgment and with unworthy boldness to say: Here I am and my children whom You gave me, Lord!

Yes, together with them glorifying Your ineffable goodness and eternal love, I extol Your Most Holy Name, Father, Son and Holy Soul, forever and ever.

Amen.