having fulfilled all the supervision (economy) of the salvation of the human race, the Church prays for the repose of our departed fathers and brothers.
Lord Jesus Christ our God, Thy peace given by man, and the gift of the Most Holy Spirit, which is still in life and with us, is ever present as an inalienable inheritance to the faithful: this grace was most manifested by Thy disciple and apostle this day, and established these tongues with fiery lips: in the image of the whole human race the knowledge of God was received with His tongue in the hearing of the ear, enlightened by the light of the Spirit, and the charms of darkness have changed, and the sensual and fiery tongue of dispensation, and the supernatural action, having learned faith in You, and to Theologize You with the Father and the Holy Spirit, in the one Divinity, and power, and authority, we have been illuminated. You are the Father’s radiance, His beings and natures, the unchangeable and immovable outline, the source of wisdom and grace: open my sinner’s mouth, and teach me what is worthy, and for their needs to pray: You know many of my sins, many, but Your compassion will overcome these immeasurable ones.
Behold, with fear I stand before You, into the abyss of Your mercy the despair of my soul has been plunged: feed my belly with the word of ineffable wisdom, rule all creation with power, a quiet refuge for the overwhelmed, and tell me the way, I will go elsewhere. Grant the Spirit of Thy wisdom to my thoughts, grant the Spirit of reason to my madness, grant my autumn with the Spirit of Thy fear, and renew the Right Spirit in my womb, and confirm the inclination of my thoughts with the Master Spirit: that I may be guided every day by Thy Good Spirit to what is useful, that I may be deemed worthy to do Thy commandments, and to remember Thy glorious things evermore. the coming, and the torment of what we have done. And do not despise me with the corruptible temptations of this world, but desire to strengthen the treasures of future perceptions. Thou art the Master: as if anyone asks for Thy name, he freely receives from Thy ever-present God and Father. In the same way, I am a sinner at the coming of Your Holy Spirit, I pray for Your goodness, if you have asked, reward me with salvation.
To her, Lord, you are rich in every good deed, and the good giver, as you are, give abundantly to what we ask: you are compassionate and merciful, having been a sinless companion of our flesh, and to those who bow their knees to you, bow down with loving kindness, and have been the cleansing of our sins. Grant therefore, Lord, to Thy people Thy bounty: hear us from Thy holy heaven: sanctify us with the power of Thy saving right hand: cover us with the shelter of Thy wing, so that we may not despise the work of Thy hand. We sin against You alone, but we serve You alone. We cannot bow down to a foreign god; our Lord, we cannot stretch our hands below to another god. Forgive us our sins, and accept our kneeling prayers, extend a helping hand to all of us, accept the prayer of all, like a pleasant incense acceptable before Your most good Kingdom.
Ἐπισυνάπτει καὶ ταύτην
Κύριε, Κύριε, ὁ ῥυσάμενος ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ παντὸς βέλους πετομένου ἡμέρας, ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ ἀπὸ παντὸς πράγματος ἐν σκότει διαπορευομένου. Πρόσδεξαι θυσίαν ἑσπερινήν, τὰς τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν ἐπάρσεις. Καταξίωσον δὲ ἡμᾶς καὶ τὸ νυκτερινὸν στάδιον ἀμέμπτως διελθεῖν, ἀπειράστους κακῶν, καὶ λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ταραχῆς καὶ δειλίας, τῆς ἐκ τοῦ Διαβόλου ἡμῖν προσγινομένης. Χάρισαι ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν κατάνυξιν, καὶ τοῖς λογισμοῖς ἡμῶν μέριμναν, τῆς ἐν τῇ φοβερᾷ καὶ δικαίᾳ σου κρίσει ἐξετάσεως. Καθήλωσον ἐκ τοῦ φόβου σου τὰς σάρκας ἡμῶν, καὶ νέκρωσον τὰ μέλη ἡμῶν τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἵνα, καὶ ἐν τῇ καθ΄ὕπνον ἡσυχίᾳ, ἐμφαιδρυνώμεθα τῇ θεωρίᾳ τῶν κριμάτων σου. Ἀπόστησον δὲ ἀφ’ ἡμῶν πᾶσαν φαντασίαν ἀπρεπῆ, καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν βλαβεράν. Διανάστησον δὲ ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῆς προσευχῆς ἐστηριγμένους ἐν τῇ πίστει, καὶ προκόπτοντας ἐν τοῖς παραγγέλμασί σου.
He also adds this:
Lord Lord, deliver us from every arrow that flies in the days: Deliver us also from every thing that passes in darkness. Accept the evening sacrifice from our hands. Grant us the privilege to pass through the night race without blemish, untested from the evil ones: And deliver us from all confusion and fear that comes to us from the devil. Grant to our souls tenderness, and to our thoughts care, hedgehog on Your terrible and righteous trial trial. Nail our flesh with Thy fear, and kill our souls that exist on earth: And let us also be enlightened by sleepy silence, by the sight of Thy destinies. Take away from us every inappropriate dream and harmful lust. Rise us up during prayer, confirmed in the faith, and successful in Your commandments.
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