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 from eternal torment.
Lord, whether I have sinned in mind or in thought, in word or in deed, forgive me.
Lord, deliver me from all ignorance and oblivion, and cowardice, and petrified insensibility.
Lord, deliver me from every temptation.
Lord, enlighten my heart, even if it darkens evil lust.
Lord, as man has sinned, You, as a generous God, have mercy on me, seeing the weakness of my soul.
Lord, send Your grace to help me, so that I may glorify Your holy name.
Lord Jesus Christ, write the name of your servant in the book of living creatures and grant me a good end.
Lord, my God, even if I have done nothing good before You, let me, by Your grace, make a good beginning.
Lord, sprinkle the dew of Your grace into my heart.
Lord of heaven and earth, remember me, Thy sinful servant, cold and unclean, in Thy Kingdom. Amen.
Lord, accept me in repentance.
Lord, don’t leave me.
Lord, don’t lead me into trouble.
Lord, give me a good thought.
Lord, give me tears and mortal memory 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, plant in me the root of good things, Thy fear in my heart.
Lord, grant me to love You with all my soul and thoughts and to do Your will in everything.
Lord, protect me from some people, and demons, and passions, and from all other inappropriate things.
Lord, weigh that you do as you will, that your will be done even in me, a sinner, for blessed are you forever. Amen.
Prayer 8, to our Lord Jesus Christ
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for the sake of Thy most honorable Mother, and Thy incorporeal Angels, Thy Prophet and Forerunner and Baptist, and God-speaking Apostles, bright and virtuous martyr, holy and God-bearing fathers, and all the saints, through the prayers, deliver me from the present demonic situation. Yes, my Lord and Creator, do not want the sinner to die, but as he turned and lived, grant me conversion too, the accursed and unworthy; take me away from the mouth of the destructive serpent, who yawns to devour me and bring me to hell alive. Here, my Lord, is my consolation, Who for the sake of the accursed one is clothed in corruptible flesh, pluck me from accursedness, and give consolation to my accursed soul. Plant in my heart to do Thy commandments, and forsake evil deeds, and receive Thy blessedness: in Thee, O Lord, have I trusted, save me.
Prayer 9, to the Most Holy Theotokos, Peter of Studium
To Thee, Most Pure Mother of God, I fall down and wretchedly pray: Weigh, O Queen, for I continually sin and anger Thy Son and my God, and many times I repent, lie before I am found by God, and I repent in trembling: will the Lord strike me, and hour by hour I do the same again; these leaders, my Lady, Lady Theotokos, I pray, have mercy, strengthen, and grant me good deeds. Believe me, my Lady Theotokos, as I hate my evil deeds, and with all my thoughts I love the law of my God; But we don’t know, Most Pure Lady, why even though I hate, I also love, but I transgress what is good.
Do not, O Most Pure One, allow my will to be done, for it is not pleasing, but let the will of Your Son and my God be done: may He save me, and enlighten me, and give me the grace of the Holy Spirit, that I may be from here ceased from filthiness, and so on lived in the commandment of Your Son, to Him belongs all glory, honor and power, with His Father who is without beginning, and His Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving One By the Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer 10, to the Most Holy Theotokos
Good Mother of the King, Most Pure and Blessed Mother of God Mary, pour out the mercy of Your Son and our God on my passionate soul and guide me through Your prayers good deeds, so that I may pass the rest of my life without blemish and through You I will find heaven, O Virgin Mother of God, the only Pure and Blessed One.
Prayer 11, to the holy Guardian Angel
To the Angel of Christ, my holy guardian and patron of my soul and body, forgive me in every way I have sinned this day, and deliver me from all the wickedness of the enemy who opposes me, and in no way By sin I anger my God; but pray for me, a sinful and unworthy servant, that you may show me worthy of 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 Mother of God
To the chosen Voivode, victorious, as having been delivered from the evil ones, let us write thanksgiving to Thy servants, O Mother of God, but as having an invincible power, free us from all troubles, let us call Ti; Rejoice, Unbridled Bride.
Glorious Ever-Virgin, Mother of Christ God, bring our prayer to Your Son and our God, may You save our souls.
I place all my trust in You, Mother of God, keep me under Your roof.
Mother of God Virgin, do not despise me, a sinner, who requires Your help and Your intercession, for my soul trusts in You, and have mercy on me.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios
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 the truly blessed Thee, the Mother of God, the Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate and the Mother of our God. We magnify Thee, the most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison, the Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption.
Glory, and now: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
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
Master, Lover of Mankind, will this coffin really be my bed, or will you still enlighten my damned soul during the day? For seven the grave lies ahead, for seven death awaits. I fear Your judgment, Lord, and endless torment, but I do not stop doing evil: I always anger Your Lord my God, and Your Most Pure Mother, and all the heavenly powers, and my holy guardian angel. We know, Lord, that I am unworthy of Your 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 great; and even if You have pure mercy, nothing is marvelous: for you are worthy of Your mercy. But on me, a sinner, surprise Thy mercy: for this show Thy love for mankind, so that my malice may not overcome Thy ineffable goodness and mercy: and as You will, arrange a thing for me.
Enlighten my eyes, O Christ God, lest I fall asleep into death, lest my enemy say: I have strengthened myself against him.
Glory: O God, protector of my soul, as I walk in the midst of many networks; deliver me from them and save me, O Blessed One, as the Lover of Mankind.
And now: Let us ceaselessly sing with our hearts and lips the Glorious Mother of God and the Most Holy Angel of all saints, confessing to this Mother of God that she truly gave birth to God incarnate, and praying unceasingly for our souls.
Mark yourself with a cross and say a prayer to the Honorable Cross: