Prayers for different occasions

Prayer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 I have sinned in heaven and before You, Lord God Almighty, and I am no longer worthy to be called Your son (Luke 15:18-19), and I am not worthy to look up and see the heights of heaven because of the multitude of my iniquities (2 Chronicles 36: prayer of Manasseh; 7) and to call Your glorious name through my sinful lips. For I have made myself unworthy of heaven and earth, having upset You, the good Lord. I beg, I beg You, Lord, do not cast me away from Your presence and do not depart from me, lest I perish. For if Thy mercy had not covered me, I would have perished and would now be like dust in the face of the wind, as if I had never appeared in this life. Since I left Your path, I have not had a good day, because a day spent in sins, although it seems good, is in fact the bitterest of the bitterest days. And from now on I hope in Your mercy that You will give me the strength to take care of my salvation. And now I fall down, praying, help me, who have strayed from the path of truth. Pour on me the multitude of Your bounty, as on the prodigal son, because I have dishonored my life by squandering the wealth of Your grace. Have mercy on me, O God, and do not be angry with me for my bad life. Have mercy (Ps. 89:13) on me, as on the harlot, and the publican, and the thief. While they were on earth, they were despised by everyone, but You, Lord, accepted them and made them inhabitants of the paradise of sweets. Therefore, accept repentance from me, Your indecent servant, because I too am despised by everyone. But You, Lord, did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Glory to you forever and ever! Amen. Prayer 2, or confession to God “Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed” (Jer. 17:14). One, wise and merciful Physician, I beg Your goodness, heal the ulcers of my soul and enlighten the eyes of my mind, so that I may understand Your constant dispensation for me! And since my heart and my mind have become foolish (mad), then may Thy grace, this true salt, correct them. What will I tell you, Forerunner, who searches hearts and wombs? You alone know that, like the waterless land, my soul thirsts for You, and my heart longs for You. And Your grace has always satisfied the one who loves You. Therefore, as You have always listened to me, so now do not despise my prayer. For my mind, like a captive, seeks You, the only true Savior. Therefore, send Your grace to come to my aid soon, and it will satisfy my hunger, quench my thirst. For I lust after you insatiably, Lord. And who can be satisfied with You if he truly loves You and thirsts for the light of Your truth? Fulfill my requests, O Giver of Light, and grant me, through my prayer, pour out into my heart a single drop of Thy grace: may the flame of Thy love kindle in my heart, like fire in a forest, and may it consume (devour) evil thoughts like thorns and thistles. Give me richly and without measure, like God to man, grant me like the King of kings, multiply like a good father. If I, as a wicked person, have rejected and continue to reject Your gifts, You, as the one who filled the waterpots with Your blessing, quench my thirst with Your grace and, as the One who fed five thousand, feed me, the hungry one, with Your grace, O Lord. Grant, O Lover of Mankind, the request of Thy servant who beseeches Thee. For behold, the air brightens, and the birds change their voices from the glory of Thy great Wisdom. So the whole earth puts on a robe of various colors, woven without human hands, rejoices and celebrates a double holiday - a holiday for the sake of its firstborn son Adam, because he was called to life, and a holiday for the sake of its Master. So the sea is filled with Your grace and enriches those who sail on it. Your grace has granted me the boldness to speak before You, and the desire that I have within myself compels me to go to You. The serpent, the instrument of the murderer from time immemorial, coming at this time, opens his mouth; How much more will Your servant, who desires You, open his mouth to the glory and praise of Your grace. You, who have accepted and praised the two mites of this widow, accept the prayer of Thy servant, multiply my prayer, and grant what I ask, may I become a church of Thy grace, may she dwell in me, and may she herself teach me how to please her, herself, striking my harp, may she leap up songs of tenderness, filled with joy, may she herself, as it were, bind my mind a bridle, so that I do not sin before You by going astray, and not be cut out from this light. Hear, O Lord, hear my prayer, and grant that I, who was wandering and unclean, having become pure, I, the fool, having become wise, I, the useless, having become useful in the flock of Your chosen ascetics and all the saints who have pleased You, may be called into Your Kingdom. Those who rejoice in paradise themselves intercede for me and cry out to You, the only Lover of Mankind. And You listen to their prayer and save me through their intercession. And through them I will give You glory because You heard their prayers, and were gracious to me, and did not despise my prayer. You, Lord, said through your prophet: “enlarge your mouth, and I will do it” (Ps. 80: 11). So, behold, both the heart and the mouth of Your servant are open; Fill them with Your grace, so that you may continually bless me with You, Christ our God our Savior. Sprinkle my heart, O good Lover of Mankind, with the dew of Your grace. For, just as the sown land cannot by itself nourish its growths, without visiting Your goodness, so my heart is not able to utter what is pleasing to You by Your grace, if You do not bear the fruit of righteousness. Behold, summer nourishes the fruits of the earth, and the trees are crowned with various flowers. And may the dew of Your grace water my mind and decorate it with the flowers of humility, contrition, love and patience. And what should I say? Behold, my prayer is weak, but my iniquities are great and strong. Sins oppress me, and my infirmities trouble me; You are rich and good, merciful and generous. You, who opened the eyes of the blind, open the eyes of my mind, so that I may continually contemplate Your beauty. Thou who hast opened the mouth of him that weareth the yoke, open my mouth to Thy praise and to the glory of Thy grace. You, who set a limit to the sea by the word of Your command, set a limit to my heart by Your grace, so that it does not turn aside “to the right hand or to the left” (Deut. 5:32) from Your beauty. You, who gave water in the desert to a rebellious and quarrelsome people, give me contrition and tears for my eyes to cry day and night throughout my life with humility, with love and with a pure heart. Let “my prayer come near before Thee, O Lord” (Ps. 119:169), and grant me the holy seed, that I may bring to Thee full hilts of contrition. Glory to the Giver of what to bring to Him! Hear, O Lord, the prayer of Thy servant, through the intercession of all Thy saints, thou art blessed above all forever! Amen. Righteous and praiseworthy God, Eternal God, hear the sinner at this hour! Listen to me, O God, listen in Your strength, without remembering, in this prayer of mine, the constant and incessant disobedience of my insignificance. “Listen to me, Lord, listen to me today with fire” in prayer, as once Your prophet did (1 Kings 18:36). To her, God of holy powers, to her, Creator of the bodiless, to her, Who has spoken: “Ask” and... “receive” (Mark 11:24), do not abhor me, unclean, defiled my lips and covered with sins. Listen to me, Who has given the promise to listen to those who call You in truth, and direct the feet of Your servants and ours on the path of peace. Be merciful to gentle slaves who are on the wrong side. O You, who said: “Be ye... targets like doves” (Matt. 10:16), “I have cried out to You with all my heart,” O God, God, “hear me” (Ps. 119:145), “the hope of all the ends of the earth” and those who wander “far off” (Ps. 64:6). Rebuke all unclean spirits, so that they may flee from the presence of Your servants. “Take the weapon and the shield, and rise up to help” them. “Draw out the sword and imprison them against those who persecute them.” "Rtsy", rtsy, Lord, Lord, their "souls": "I am your salvation" (Ps. 34:2-3). Let the spirit of fear, the spirit of despondency, the spirit of pride and all malice depart from their thoughts; let all kindling caused by the action of the devil be extinguished in them; may their body, soul and spirit be enlightened by the light of Thy knowledge, so that having come into the unity of faith and knowledge of the holy worshiped Trinity, they may become perfect men according to the measure of their age, in the age of ages with the Angels and with all who have pleased God from time immemorial, glorify the all-honorable and protective name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Sovereign Lord, God of heaven and earth, King of ages, deign to open for me the door of repentance, because with an aching soul I beg You. Look according to Your great compassion, and accept my prayer, and do not reject my request, but forgive me, guilty of many sins. Incline Your ear to my prayer and forgive me all the bad things I have done, like a man overcome by his own will. For I seek rest, but I do not find it, because my conscience is defiled, and there is no peace in me, because of the multitude of my iniquities. Hear, Lord, the heart that cries out to You with sickness. Do not pay attention to my bad deeds, but look at the illness of my soul, hasten to heal me, cruelly ulcerated, let me soon come to my senses by the grace of Your love for mankind, deliver me from my worst deeds, and do not reward me what I have done deserves, so that I do not perish completely and lose all zeal and thought about my correction. So, I fall before Your compassions, have mercy on me, by condemning my deeds, cast into the dust. Call, O Lord, to me, a captive, who is held and bound, as it were, with chains by my deeds, for You alone know how to loose the bound and heal invisible ulcers, known to You alone, who knows the secret. For no matter how much I endure evil, I find that for all these calamities You are called the physician of the sorrowful, the door of those who mourn without, the deliverer of those led into captivity, always holding back Your hand and not sending Your wrath prepared for sinners, but, out of Your great love for mankind, You give us time to come to our senses, for You are quick in mercy and slow in punishment. So, deign to stretch out your hand to me and raise me from the mire of my iniquities, You, who do not rejoice in human destruction and do not turn Your face away from those who look to You with tears. Hear, O Lord, the voice of Thy servant crying to You, show Thy face to me, darkened, enlighten me with the coming of Thy Holy Spirit, grant zeal to me, defiled, and my labor. Lord, turn me into joy, tear off my sackcloth, and gird me with joy, and may the door of Your Kingdom be opened to me, so that, having entered into it, I will glorify Your all-holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen. Prayer 5, to the Holy Spirit Lord, Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of truth, heed my prayer and forgive me, Thy unworthy servant, if I have sinned in anything on this day, as a man, or better yet, as not worthy of the name of man, forgive my voluntary and involuntary sins, in which I sinned with knowledge and ignorance, by passion, by inattention, by my great laziness and negligence, or by swearing in Thy holy name, or swore by it falsely, or blasphemed him in his mind, or slandered someone, or slandered, or grieved, or swore an oath against someone, or angered someone, or lied, or a friend came to me and despised him, or saddened and upset my brother, or, when I stood at prayer and psalmody, my crafty mind wandered over everyday objects and evil deeds, indulged in excessive pleasures, or made obscene jokes, or laughed recklessly, or was vain, or pleased the belly, or was proud, or looked at vain beauty and was carried away by it, or talked idlely about what he should not, or turned his attention to the shortcomings of my brother, and ignored his countless shortcomings and sins, or neglected his prayer, or other evil things. I did, forgive all this and everything else that I did and don’t remember. Have mercy on me, Lord, and forgive me, Thy indecent servant, as the Good One and the Lover of Mankind, so that I, the prodigal, may sleep and rest in peace, glorifying You with the Father and the Son, now and always, and unto the ages. I magnify You, O Lord, that You looked upon my humility and did not deliver me into the hands of enemies and saved my soul from need. And now, Master, may Thy hand cover me, may Thy mercy come upon me, because my soul is confused and greatly grieves, so that, when it departs from this poor body, the wicked hand of the enemy does not meet it and hold it in darkness for the sins I have committed in this life out of ignorance and knowledge. Be merciful to me, Lord of all; May my soul not see the darkened gaze of evil demons, but may Your pure and bright Angels receive it. Give glory to Your holy name, and by Your power lead me to Your Divine throne. And when I am judged, may the hand of the prince of this world not seize me and lead me, a sinner, into the depths of hell. But You appear to me and be my savior and intercessor. Have mercy, Lord, my soul, defiled by the passions of this life. And if, as a man, due to the weakness of nature, I have sinned in word, or deed, or thought, You, who have the power to forgive sins, forgive and release me, so that I may find coolness, and I will appear before You without uncleanness or defilement, and blameless, untarnished, may Your hand accept me, O Lord, for blessed are You forever. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, God my Savior, ineffable Delight, saving Name, grant to me, Thy unworthy servant, contrition and enlightenment of the heart, so that, having an enlightened heart, with sweetness shed tears for me in pure prayer, and with a few of my tears You will blot out the handwriting of my sins, and for the sake of a little crying You will extinguish the fire that has kindled in me. For, if you allow me, O Lord, to cry here, then you will free me there from the unquenchable fire. And although I know, I know, long-suffering, humane-loving Lord, that every day and hour I immensely grieve and anger You, the kindness of Your long-suffering will overcome my anger and bitterness. For if a mother, not respected by her own child, is overcome by her compassion and cannot despise it, then how much more will Thy grace and goodness, kind-hearted and long-suffering Lord, moved by Thy immeasurable bounties, overcome my malice and have mercy on me? She, the gracious Lord, God of mercy and generosity, save me from the evil thoughts of the nasty and terrible enemy, who every hour surrounds and oppresses my soul with evil and nasty thoughts. Thy ineffable power, O Christ, which forbade the waves of the sea, let him rebuke him, let him be rendered inactive, and let him be driven far away from me, Thy servant. For every day he renews his intrigues against me and hastens to take over my weakened mind and remove me from You and from Your Divine commandments. But, Master, most merciful Lord, send quickly, and from me, Thy indecent servant, drive away this great serpent with all his evil and vile thoughts, so that I may purely sing and glorify You with Your Beginning Father and Your All-Holy, Good and Life-giving Spirit, unceasingly, now and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. The sinless Lamb of God, who, by His free will, endured the cross in the flesh, was slain for the salvation of us sinners, and incorruptibly tasted death in the flesh in order to save our fallen nature, imprisoned in the depths of the earth, seen as a dead man and pouring out life into Your world, and putting death to death, and like a tabernacle, destroying the prison of hell, a cloud pouring out the rain of incorruptibility, priceless Bead from Divine lightning, life-giving Grapple, exuding the universal sweetness of salvation, true and uneven Light, the Word, Wisdom and Power of God and the Father, the radiance of His glory, incomprehensible Jesus and unfathomable Christ, the only merciful and humane-loving one, pour out Your great goodness on me, a sinner, and, having accepted my petitions, blot out the multitude countless iniquities and sins, and fulfill all my requests. Do not judge me, the incorrigible one, do not reject me, the lazy and impatient one, and at Your Second Coming, when you judge the whole world, do not tell me, the pathetic one: “What have you suffered for my sake?” And I don’t have much patience, you damned one. On that terrible and terrible day, You, Lord, will say to us sinners: “You people know well what I endured for your sake. I, God, became incarnate for your sake; I, invisible, for your sake visibly dwelt on earth, for your sake I hungered, thirsted, toiled, for your sake I was persecuted, stoned; I, the sinless one, was strangled and spat on for your sake; I, impassive, for your sake suffered a shameful death, for your sake I was pierced in the ribs with a spear, I was given alcohol mixed with bile to drink, and under such suffering, nailed to the cross, I was not angry, scolded, I did not curse. I, the Master, was above all accusations, and I endured all this for your sake, in order to make you heavenly and holy. He gave you the Kingdom of Heaven, called you all brothers, brought you as a gift to the Father, and sent down the Holy Spirit. What have you endured for My sake, O people? What can I say to this, accursed, evil, sinful, nasty? The martyrs will then point out their wounds, their markings (traces of swords), their cutting off of members, and their patience to the end. The ascetics will point to their asceticism, to long fasting, to vigils, to non-covetousness, to their tears and patience to the end, but I, lazy, sinful, guilty, what will I point to besides the shameful fruits of gluttony, lust, sleepiness, avarice, impatience, vanity, negligence? If you demand from me, Lord, an account of the time that, through my negligence, was given to me for repentance, then what excuse will I give? And if I am interrogated even for an idle word, for evil thoughts and reasoning, then what fear, what confusion will then overcome me, poor man, and what torment will follow? Have mercy, Lord! Have mercy, Compassionate One! Have mercy, Lover of Humanity! Have mercy, O One, Good One, and do not recognize me as unworthy of Your bounties! “Let not Thy wrath reprove me” (Ps. 6:1), “remember not” my “iniquities, the first” (Ps. 78:8) and the last. “For you, Lord, there is righteousness,” but for me it is “a disgrace to my face” (Dan.9:8). Remember, O Lord, that Thy mercies from everlasting to generation and generation are upon all Thy people. Remember that for all of us You have become the refuge and salvation of those who trust in You. Have mercy and have mercy on me, according to Your sole goodness. Strengthen my soul, corrupted by the laziness of my negligence, O You, who raises up the downtrodden and heals the contrite! For behold, my iniquities are great and strong, the multitude of sins is countless and innumerable, my prayer is weak, my hardness of heart has dried up my eyes, my bodily needs force me to seek excuses for my sins, and destruction tempts me to leave the path. You, Vladyka, know the negligence of my wretchedness, you know how many crafty prejudices are fighting against me, you see the many-insidious anger of the enemy against me. Intercede for me according to Your great mercy and save me with grace and generosity, through the prayers of our All-Pure Lady Theotokos and all Your saints, because You are good and loving of mankind, Lord our God. And to You we send glory, thanksgiving and worship, together with Your Eternal God the Father and Your All-Holy, Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. O philanthropic Jesus Christ, my God, firmly trusting in Your mercies, I beg You, do not put me on Your side with the goats who have upset You, and do not tell me: “I say amen” to you, “I do not know” you (Matthew 25:12), but, in Your goodness, give me unceasing tears, give me contrition and humility my heart and cleanse it with Thy fear in the communion of Thy Life-giving and Most Pure Mysteries, so that it may become a church of Thy grace. For, although I am a great sinner and unworthy, yet I continually knock on Your door; Although I am careless and lazy and careless about my salvation, I nevertheless follow Your path. Save me for the sake of Your mercy, because You are good, O Lord, in all Your compassions “in all Your works” (Ps. 144:9), and to You be glory forever! Amen. Be my helper, Lord of all, Christ, protect my spiritual weakness, so that I can get rid of this vile and sinful corruption, become free from the bonds of sin, so that malice does not torment me, and may I, as a captive, not be possessed by the power of sin by a hostile demon, but may the Kingdom of the Divine and worshiped Thy Spirit come upon me, so that the nasty passions that are now removed from me prevail and reign in me. For You are the God of mercy, and love for mankind, and generosity, and we send glory to You with Your Beginning Father and Your All-Holy, Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Have mercy, Lord, on those who hate me and envy me, and also slander me and slander me; and none of them, either in this age or in the future, will tolerate anything bad for the sake of me, the unclean, but sanctify them with Thy mercy and cover them with Thy goodness, O All-Merciful One! Lord and Master of my life, do not give me the spirit of idleness, vain inquisitiveness, covetousness and idle talk, but give me, Your servant, the spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love. Yes, Lord, King, let me see my sins and not condemn my brother, because blessed are You forever and ever! Amen. You might be interested in: