How to learn to understand prayers? Translation of the words of prayers from the prayer book for the laity from Church Slavonic, clarification of the meaning of prayers and petitions. Interpretations and quotes of the Holy Fathers. Icons.

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This is one of the most complex symbolic iconographic compositions: the Lord is likened to the sun as a source of light, and the method of Divine knowledge is likened to the eye.

The All-Seeing Eye of God The first, central circle, with four rays emanating from it, ending behind the large circle with images of the evangelists or their symbols.

The second circle represents, as it were, a person’s face, on which four eyes, a nose and lips are placed. The inscription around the circumference: “My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”

Above the second circle is the Virgin Mary with raised hands. And the third circle is intersected by many thick rays emanating from the center of the main one - the Sun of Truth - Jesus Christ, to the right and left of Whom it is written: “Plant my eyes on the faithful lands and with me.” The inscription on the circumference: “The coal of Isaiah manifests the sun from the Virgin’s womb, rising in the darkness, giving enlightenment to those who are lost in prudence.”

The fourth circle, the largest, depicts the starry sky with three seraphim and the inscriptions: “Seraphim is the word God,” or in this circle there are four angels, two of which are below with scrolls.

The entire icon is crowned by a circle, truncated at the bottom, in which the “Heaven of Heavens” is personified with three seraphim in it surrounding the Lord of Hosts, blessing with both hands; The Holy Spirit emanating from Him descends in the form of a dove onto the head of the Virgin Mary. The figure of God the Father below is partly closed and surrounded by a halo, along the edges of which there is the inscription: “God from heaven grant me His radiance.” On the entire circumference of the fourth circle there is an inscription: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, fill heaven and earth with Your glory.” The Lord, surrounded by clouds, sits on a rainbow, at his foot is a seraphim with outstretched wings; On the Lord's chest is the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove.

On the corners there are four circles of evangelists, from the third circle to the fourth; on the circles there are names and interpretations: Matthew is written as an angel, the ambassador of the Lord; Marco is written orlim, fly to heaven; Luke is written Telchim, Peace; John wrote the lion, and laid it in the tomb.

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Canon of repentance to our Lord Jesus Christ

Voice 6th

Song 1

Irmos: As Israel walked across the dry land, with footsteps across the abyss, seeing the persecutor Pharaoh drowned, we sing a victorious song to God, crying out.

Like on dry land- as if by land. Walking- walking. Let us sing a victory song to God, crying out- (The Israeli people) exclaimed: Let us sing a victorious song to God!” (This is exactly how, with quotation marks, this passage should be written when rendering it in modern writing, especially since the somewhat unusual order of words for us makes it difficult to understand).

Chorus:

Note: In the canons, the chorus as a prayer appeal is pronounced before the first and second (and third, if there is one) troparion of each song, but is not read before the troparion beginning with Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit and And now and ever, and unto ages of ages. . Amen.

Now I, a sinner and burdened, have come to you, my Master and God; I don’t dare look at heaven, only I pray, saying: give me, O Lord, mind, so that I may weep bitterly for my deeds.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.

Oh, woe to me, a sinner! I am the most damned man of all; there is no repentance in me; Give me, Lord, tears, so that I may weep bitterly for my deeds.

Glory:

Mad, wretched man, waste time in laziness; think about your life, and turn to the Lord God, and weep bitterly over your deeds.

And now:

Most Pure Mother of God, look at me, a sinner, and deliver me from the snare of the devil, and guide me on the path of repentance, so that I may weep bitterly for my deeds.

Az- I. Verb- speaking. Give it a try- give it. Pace- more. No- No.

*Some ancient manuscripts contain the inscription: “Creation of Cyrus (Mr.) Andrew of Crete.” - Note. Archpriest Sergius Pravdolyubov.

Song 3

Irmos: There is no one holy like You, O Lord my God, who lifted up the horn of Your faithful, O Good One, and established us on the rock of Your confession.

No one is holy like You- There is no one as holy as You. Ascension Horn- exalted strength (horn - strength, strength, advantage; raise the horn - glorify, strengthen strength, grant victory to the enemy). Your faithful- those who believe in You (but, undoubtedly, those who are faithful to You).

Who established us on the rock of Your confession. The word confession here also means covenant: on the rock of Thy Covenant.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.

When thrones are set at the Last Judgment, then all people’s deeds will be exposed; woe there will be a sinner, sent to torment; and then, my soul, repent from your evil deeds.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.

The righteous will rejoice, and the sinners will weep, then no one will be able to help us, but our deeds will condemn us; Likewise, before the end, repent from your evil deeds.

Glory:

Alas for me, a great sinner, having been defiled by deeds and thoughts, I have not a drop of tears from hardness of heart; now arise from the earth, my soul, and repent from your evil deeds.

And now:

Behold, O Lady, Thy Son calls and teaches us to do good, but the sinner always runs from good; but You, Merciful One, have mercy on me, so that I may repent of my evil deeds.

Always- When. Presenters- knowing. Righteous women- the righteous. Help- help. Also- Here; therefore, because of this. arise- rise, rise up (from a bent - prostrate - position).

Sedalen, voice 6th

I think about the terrible day and weep for the deeds of my evil ones: how will I answer the Immortal King, or with what boldness will I look at the Judge, the prodigal one? Compassionate Father, Only Begotten Son and Holy Soul, have mercy on me.

Glory, and now:

Theotokos: Bound now by many captives of sins and held captive by fierce passions and troubles, I resort to You, my salvation, and cry out: help me, Virgin, Mother of God.

Sedalen is a short church chant, during the performance of which worshipers are allowed to sit in the church - sit down to listen to the following reading from the Holy Scriptures or the life of a saint. After the 3rd song of the canon, a statutory reading (teachings, lives) followed in the temple, in front of which the sedalene was located.

Canon of repentance to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Tone 6, Song 1:
Irmos: As Israel walked across the dry land, with footsteps across the abyss, seeing the persecutor Pharaoh drowned, we sing a victorious song to God, crying out.

Now I, a sinner and burdened, have come to You, my Master and God; I don’t dare look at heaven, only I pray, saying: give me, O Lord, understanding, so that I may weep bitterly for my deeds.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Oh, woe to me, a sinner! I am the most damned man of all; there is no repentance in me; Give me, Lord, tears, so that I may weep bitterly for my deeds.
Glory: Foolish, wretched man, you waste time in laziness; think about your life, and turn to the Lord God, and weep bitterly about your deeds.
And now: Most Pure Mother of God, look at me, a sinner, and deliver me from the snare of the devil, and guide me on the path of repentance, so that I may weep bitterly for my deeds.

Song 3

Irmos: There is nothing holy like You, O Lord my God, who has lifted up the horn of Your faithful, O Good One, and established us on the rock of Your confession.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Whenever thrones are set at the terrible judgment, then the deeds of all people will be exposed; woe there will be a sinner, sent to torment; and then, my soul, repent from your evil deeds.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
The righteous will rejoice, and the sinners will weep, then no one will be able to help us, but our deeds will condemn us, so before the end, repent of your evil deeds.
Glory: Alas for me, a great sinner, having been defiled by deeds and thoughts, I have not a drop of tears from hardness of heart; now arise from the earth, my soul, and repent from your evil deeds.
And now: Behold, O Lord, Thy Son calls us, and teaches us good, but I am a sinner who always runs from good; but You, Merciful One, have mercy on me, so that I may repent of my evil deeds.
Sedalen, voice 6th:
I think about the terrible day and weep for the deeds of my evil ones: how will I answer the Immortal King, or with what boldness will I look at the Judge, the prodigal one? Compassionate Father, Only Begotten Son and Holy Soul, have mercy on me.
Glory to this day:
Theotokos: Bound now by many captives of sins and held by fierce passions and troubles, I resort to You, my salvation, and cry out: help me, Virgin, Mother of God.

Song 4

Irmos: Christ is my strength, God and Lord, the honest Church sings divinely, crying out from a pure meaning, celebrating in the Lord.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
The path here is wide and pleasing to create sweetness, but it will be bitter on the last day, when the soul will be separated from the body: beware of this, man, from the Kingdom for the sake of God.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Why do you offend the poor, withhold bribes from a mercenary, do not love your brother, persecute fornication and pride? Forsake this, my soul, and repent for the sake of the Kingdom of God.
Glory: Oh, foolish man, how long will you glean like a bee, collecting your wealth? Soon it will perish like dust and ashes: but seek rather the Kingdom of God.
And now: Lady Theotokos, have mercy on me, a sinner, and strengthen me in virtue, and keep me, yes brazen death do not kidnap me unprepared, and bring me, O Virgin, to the Kingdom of God.

Song 5

Irmos: With God's light, O Blessed One, illumine the souls of You in the morning with love, I pray, lead You to the Word of God, the true God, calling out from the darkness of sin.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Remember, accursed man, how you were enslaved to lies, slander, robbery, weakness, a fierce beast, for the sake of sins; My sinful soul, is this what you wanted?
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
They tremble, for I have committed guilt for all: with my eyes I behold, my ears I hear, I speak evil with my tongue, I betray everything to myself to hell; My sinful soul, is this what you wanted?
Glory: You have received the fornicator and the repentant thief, O Savior, but I am the only one burdened with sinful laziness and enslaved by evil deeds, my sinful soul, is this what you desired?
And now: Wonderful and quick helper to all people, Mother of God, help me, unworthy, for my sinful soul desires it.

Song 6

Irmos: The sea of ​​life, raised in vain by misfortunes and storms, has flowed to Your quiet refuge, crying out to You: lift up my belly from aphids, O Most Merciful One.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Having lived fornication on earth and given my soul into darkness, now I pray to Thee, Merciful Master: free me from the work of this enemy, and give me the understanding to do Thy will.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Who creates something like me? Just as a pig lies in feces, so I serve sin. But You, Lord, pluck me from this vileness and give me the heart to do Your commandments.
Glory: Arise, cursed man, to God, remembering your sins, falling to the Creator, crying and groaning; He, who is merciful, will give you the mind to know His will.
And now: Virgin Mother of God, save me from visible and invisible evil, Most Pure One, and accept my prayers, and convey them to Your Son, that He may give me the mind to do His will.
Kontakion:
My soul, why are you rich in sins, why do you do the will of the devil, why do you place your hope in this? Stop from this and turn to God with tears, calling: Merciful Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Ikos:
Think, my soul, the bitter hour of death and the terrible judgment of your Creator and God: For threatening angels will understand you, my soul, and will lead you into eternal fire: for before death, repent, crying: Lord, have mercy on me a sinner.

Song 7

Irmos: The angel made the venerable furnace a venerable youth, and the Chaldeans, the scorching command of God, admonished the tormentor to cry out: Blessed are you, O God of our fathers.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Do not trust, my soul, in corruptible wealth and in unrighteous gatherings, for you will not leave all this to anyone, but cry out: have mercy on me, O Christ God, unworthy.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Do not trust, my soul, in bodily health and fleeting beauty, for you see how the strong and the young die; but cry: have mercy on me, O Christ God, unworthy.
Glory: Remember, my soul, eternal life, the Kingdom of Heaven prepared for the saints, and the total darkness and the wrath of God for the evil, and cry: have mercy on me, O Christ God, unworthy.
And now: Come, my soul, to the Mother of God and pray to her, for she is a quick helper to those who repent, she will pray to the Son of Christ God, and will have mercy on me, the unworthy.

Song 8

Irmos: You poured out dew from the flames of the saints and burned the righteous sacrifice with water: you did everything, O Christ, only as you wished. We extol You forever.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Why shouldn’t the Imam cry when I think about death when I see my brother lying in the grave, inglorious and ugly? What do I lose and what do I hope for? Just grant me, Lord, before the end repentance (twice).
Glory: I believe that you will come to judge the living and the dead, and all will stand in their rank, old and young, rulers and princes, virgins and priestesses; where will I find myself? For this reason I cry: grant me, Lord, repentance before the end.
And now: Most Pure Mother of God, accept my unworthy prayer and save me from impudent death, and grant me repentance before the end.

Song 9

Irmos: It is impossible for man to see God; the Angels do not dare to look at the Worthless One; By You, O All-Pure One, having appeared as a man, the Word Incarnate, Who magnifies Him, with the heavenly howls we please You.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Now I come running to you, Angels, Archangels and all the heavenly powers standing at the Throne of God, pray to your Creator, that He may deliver my soul from eternal torment.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Now I cry to you, holy patriarchs, kings and prophets, apostles and saints and all the chosen ones of Christ: help me at the trial, so that my soul will be saved from the power of the enemy.
Glory: Now I lift up my hand to you, holy martyrs, hermits, virgins, righteous women and all the saints who pray to the Lord for the whole world, that He may have mercy on me at the hour of my death.
And now: Mother of God, help me, who trusts most strongly in You, beg Your Son to place me, unworthy, at His right hand, when the Judge of the living and the dead sits, amen.

Prayer to the Lord:
Master Christ God, who healed my passions with His passions and healed my ulcers with His wounds, grant me, who have sinned much to You, tears of tenderness; dissolve my body from the smell of Your Life-Giving Body, and delight my soul with Your Honest Blood from sorrow, with which the enemy gave me a drink; lift up my mind to You, which has fallen down, and lift me from the abyss of destruction: for I am not the imam of repentance, I am not the imam of tenderness, I am not the imam of comforting tears, leading children to their inheritance. Having darkened my mind in worldly passions, I cannot look to You in illness, I cannot warm myself with tears, even love for You. But, Master Lord Jesus Christ, treasure of the good, grant me complete repentance and a laborious heart to seek Thy, grant me Thy grace and renew in me the images of Thy image. Leave Thee, do not leave me; go forth to seek me, lead me to Thy pasture and number me among the sheep of Thy chosen flock, educate me with them from the grain of Thy Divine Sacraments, through the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother and all Thy saints. Amen.

Canon of prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos.

Sung in every spiritual sorrow and situation. Creation of Theostirikt the monk

Troparion to the Mother of God, tone 4:
Let us now diligently approach the Mother of God, sinners and humility, and let us fall down in repentance calling from the depths of our souls: Lady, help us, having had mercy on us, struggling, we are perishing from many sins, do not turn away your slaves, for you and the only hope of the imams (twice) .
Glory, even now: Let us never be silent, O Mother of God, in speaking Your strength to unworthiness: 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: for Your servants always save you from all evil ones.

Psalm 50:
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, 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. You alone have I sinned and done evil before You; for you may be justified in all Your words, and you will always triumph over Your judgment. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. There is joy and gladness in my hearing; The bones of the humble will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward into the world 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 righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare your praise. As if you had desired 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 broken and humble heart. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the wave offering and the burnt offering; Then they will place the bullock on Your altar.

Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos, tone 8, Song 1:
Having passed through the water like dry land, and having escaped the evil of Egypt, the Israelite cried out: We will give drink to our deliverer and our God.

Contained by many misfortunes, I resort to You, seeking salvation: O Mother of the Word and the Virgin, save me from heavy and cruel things.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Passions trouble me and many despondencies fill my soul; die, O Young Lady, with the silence of Thy Son and God, O All-Immaculate One.
Glory: Having given birth to You and God as Savior, I pray, O Virgin, to be delivered from the cruel ones: for now, running to You, I extend both my soul and my thoughts.
And now: Sick in body and soul, grant the visitation of the Divine and providence from You, the only Godmother, as a good Mother of God.

Song 3

The Supreme Creator of the heavenly circle, O Lord, and the Creator of the Church, Thou strengthen me in Thy love, the desires of the land, the true affirmation, the only Lover of Mankind.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
I entrust the intercession and protection of my life to Thee, the Virgin Mother of God: Thou feed me to Thy refuge, guilty of the good; true statement, the All-Singing One.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
I pray, Virgin, to destroy the storm of my spiritual confusion and sorrow: You, O Blessed One of God, gave birth to the ruler of the silence of Christ, the only Most Pure One.
Glory: Having given birth to the good and guilty, the benefactor, pour out wealth to everyone, for all you can, as she gave birth to the mighty one in the strength of Christ, the blessed one.
And now: To him who is tormented by fierce ailments and painful passions, O Virgin, help me: for I know You’s inexhaustible treasure, Most Immaculate, inexhaustible.
Save Thy servants from troubles, Mother of God, for we all run to You according to God, as an unbreakable wall and intercession.
Look with mercy, O all-sung Mother of God, on my fierce body, and heal the illness of my soul.
Troparion, voice 2:
Warm prayer and an insurmountable wall, source of mercy, refuge of the world, we diligently cry out to Thee: Mother of God, Lady, advance and deliver us from troubles, the only one who will soon appear.

Song 4

I heard, O Lord, Thy sacrament, I understood Thy works and glorified Thy Divinity.
The confusion of my passions, the helmsman who gave birth to the Lord, and the storm of my sins, O Bride of God, calmed the storm.
Grant me the abyss of Thy mercy, which gave birth to the Blessed One and the Savior of all who sing to Thee.
Enjoying, O Most Pure One, Your gifts, we sing in thanksgiving, Our Lady leading Thee.
Glory: On the bed of my illness and infirmity, I prostrate myself, as the Lover of Grace, help the Mother of God, the only Ever-Virgin.
And now: Hope and affirmation and salvation belong to the immovable wall of You, the All-Singing One, we get rid of every inconvenience.

Song 5

Enlighten us with Your commandments, O Lord, and with Your high arm grant us Your peace, O Lover of Mankind.
Fill, O Pure One, my heart with joy, Thy incorruptible joy that gives birth to joy, which gave birth to the guilty.
Deliver us from troubles, pure Mother of God, having given birth to eternal deliverance, and peace that prevails over all minds.
Glory: Resolve the darkness of my sins, Bride of God, with the enlightenment of Your Grace, Who gave birth to the Divine and Eternal Light.
And now: Heal, O Pure One, the infirmity of my soul, worthy of Thy visitation, and grant me health through Thy prayers.

Song 6

I will pour out a prayer to the Lord, and to Him I will proclaim my sorrows, for my soul is filled with evil, and my stomach is approaching hell, and I pray like Jonah: from aphids, O God, lift me up.
As if He saved death and aphids, He Himself gave away death, corruption and death my former nature, Virgin, pray to the Lord and Thy Son, to deliver me from the enemies of crime.
We know You as your representative and steadfast guardian, O Virgin, and I solve rumors of misfortunes and drive away taxes from demons; and I always pray to deliver me from the aphids of my passions.
Glory: Like a wall of refuge for an acquisitor, and all-perfect salvation for souls, and space in sorrow, O Young Lady, and through Thy enlightenment we ever rejoice: O Lady, save us now from passions and troubles.
And now: I now lie on my sickbed, and there is no healing for my flesh: but, having given birth to the God and Savior of the world and the Savior of ailments, I pray to You, O Good One: raise me from aphids and ailments.
Kontakion, tone 6:
The intercession of Christians is shameless, the 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 upon Ty; hasten to prayer, and strive to supplicate, ever interceding, the Mother of God, those who honor Thee.
Another kontakion, the same voice:
There are no imams of other help, no imams of other hope, except for You, Most Pure Virgin. Help us, we rely on You, and we boast in You, for we are Your servants, let us not be ashamed.
Stichera, the same voice:
Do not entrust me to human intercession, Most Holy Lady, but accept the prayer of Thy servant: for sorrow will hold me, I cannot endure demonic shooting, there is no protection for the imam, below where I will resort, the accursed one, we are always defeated, and there is no consolation for the imam, except for You, the Lady of the world, the hope and intercession of the faithful, do not despise my prayer, make it useful.

Song 7

The youths came from Judea, in Babylon, sometimes, by the faith of the Trinity, they quenched the fire of the cave, singing: God of the fathers, blessed art thou.
Just as you wanted to arrange our salvation, O Savior, you moved into the Virgin’s womb, and you showed the world a representative: our father, God, blessed are you.
The Commander of mercy, Whom you gave birth to, O pure Mother, beg him to get rid of sins and spiritual defilements by faith: our father, God, blessed are you.
Glory: The Treasure of salvation and the Source of incorruption, who gave birth to You, and the pillar of affirmation, and the door of repentance, you showed to those calling: our father, God, blessed are you.
And now: Bodily weaknesses and mental ailments, O Theotokos, with the love of those who approach Thy blood, O Virgin, vouchsafe to heal, Who gave birth to us the Savior Christ.

Song 8

Praise and exalt the Heavenly King, Whom all the angels sing, to all ages.
Do not despise those who demand help from You, O Virgin, who sing and extol You forever.
You heal the infirmity of my soul and bodily illnesses, Virgin, may I glorify You, Pure, forever.
Glory: You pour out a wealth of healings to those who faithfully sing of Thee, O Virgin, and to those who extol Thy ineffable Nativity.
And now: You drive away adversity and the onset of passions, O Virgin: therefore we sing of You forever and ever.

Song 9

We truly confess You, the Mother of God, saved by You, a pure Virgin, with your disembodied faces majestic.
Do not turn away from the current of my tears, Even though you have taken away every tear from every face, the Virgin who gave birth to Christ.
Fill my heart with joy, O Virgin, who accepts the fulfillment of joy and consumes sinful sadness.
Be a refuge and intercession for those who come running to You, O Virgin, and an unbreakable wall, a refuge and cover and joy.
Glory: Illuminate Your light with the dawns, O Virgin, driving away the darkness of ignorance, faithfully confessing Theotokos to You.
And now: In the place of the embitterment of the infirmity of the humbled one, Heal, Virgin, transforming from ill health into health.
Stichera, voice 2:
The highest of the heavens and the purest of the lordships of the sun, who delivered us from the oath, Let us honor the Lady of the world with songs.
Because of my many sins my body is weak, my soul is also weak; I come running to You, Most gracious, the hope of the unreliable, You help me.
Mistress and Mother of the Deliverer, accept the prayer of Your unworthy servants, and intercede with Him who was born of You; Oh, Lady of the world, be the Intercessor!
Let us diligently sing a song to You now, the all-sung Mother of God, joyfully: with the Forerunner and all the saints, pray to the Mother of God to be generous to us.
All the angels of the army, the Forerunner of the Lord, the twelve apostles, all the saints with the Mother of God, say a prayer that we may be saved.

Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary:
To my most blessed queen, my hope to the Mother of God, friend of the orphans and strange representatives, the sorrowful with joy, the offended 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 You, no other representative, no good comforter, except You, O God of God, for you will preserve me and cover me forever and ever. Amen.
To whom shall I cry, Lady? To whom shall I resort in my sorrow, if not to You, Queen of Heaven? Who will accept my cry and my sighing, if not You, Most Immaculate, the hope of Christians and refuge for us sinners? Who will protect you more in adversity? Hear my groaning, and incline Your ear to me, the Lady of the Mother of my God, and do not despise me, who requires Your help, and do not reject me, a sinner. Enlighten and teach me, Queen of Heaven; do not depart from me, Thy servant, O Lady, for my murmuring, but be my Mother and intercessor. I entrust myself to Your merciful protection: lead me, a sinner, to a quiet and serene life, so that I may weep for my sins. To whom shall I resort when I am guilty, if not to You, the hope and refuge of sinners, with the hope of Your ineffable mercy and Thy generosity? Oh, Lady Queen of Heaven! You are my hope and refuge, protection and intercession and help. To my most kind and speedy intercessor! Cover my sins with Your intercession, protect me from enemies visible and invisible; soften your hearts evil people, rebelling against me. O Mother of the Lord my Creator! You are the root of virginity and the unfading color of purity. Oh, Mother of God! Give me help to those who are weak with carnal passions and those who are sick at heart, for one thing is Yours and with You Your Son and our God is the imam of intercession; and through Your wonderful intercession may I be delivered from all misfortune and adversity, O most immaculate and glorious Mother of God, Mary. In the same way I say and cry out with hope: Rejoice, full of grace, rejoice, full of joy; Rejoice, most blessed one, the Lord is with you.

Canon to the Guardian Angel.

Troparion, tone 6:
Angel of God, my holy guardian, keep my life in the passion of Christ God, strengthen my mind in the true path, and wound my soul to heavenly love, so that I may be guided by you, I will receive great mercy from Christ God.
Glory, and now: Theotokos:
Holy Lady, Mother of Christ our God, who perplexedly gave birth to all the Creator, pray to His goodness always, with my guardian angel, to save my soul, obsessed with passions, and grant me remission of sins.

Canon, tone 8, Song 1:
Let us praise the Lord, who led His people through the Red Sea, for He alone was gloriously glorified.

Sing and praise the song, O Savior, worthy of Your servant, the disembodied Angel, my mentor and guardian.
Chorus: Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
I am the only one lying in foolishness and laziness now, my mentor and guardian, do not leave me, perishing.
Glory: Direct my mind with your prayer, do God’s commandments, so that I may receive remission of sins from God, and teach me to hate the evil ones, I pray to you.
And now: Pray, O Maiden, for me, Thy servant, to the Benefactor, with my guardian Angel, and instruct me to do the commandments of Thy Son and my Creator.

Song 3

You are the affirmation of those who flow to You, Lord, You are the light of the darkened, and my spirit sings of You.
I place all my thoughts and my soul on you, my guardian; Deliver me from every misfortune of the enemy.
The enemy tramples me, and embitters me, and teaches me to always do my own desires; but you, my mentor, do not leave me to perish.
Glory: Sing a song with thanksgiving and zeal to the Creator and God give me, and to you, my good guardian angel: my deliverer, rescue me from the enemies who embitter me.
And now: Heal, Most Pure One, my many ailing scabs, even in the soul, heal the enemies who always fight with me.
Sedalen, voice 2:
From the love of my soul I cry out to you, the guardian of my soul, my all-holy Angel: cover me and always protect me from evil deception, and guide me to heavenly life, admonishing and enlightening and strengthening me.
Glory, and now: Theotokos:
The Blessed Most Pure Mother of God, Who without seed gave birth to all the Master, Pray Him with my Guardian Angel to deliver me from all bewilderment, and to give tenderness and light to my soul and purification through sin, Who alone will soon intercede.

Song 4

I heard, O Lord, Thy sacrament, I understood Thy works, and glorified Thy Divinity.
Pray to God, the Lover of Mankind, my guardian, and do not forsake me, but keep my life in peace forever and grant me invincible salvation.
As the intercessor and guardian of my life, you are received from God, Angel, I pray to you, holy one, free me from all troubles.
Glory: Cleanse my depravity with your shrine, my guardian, and may I be excommunicated from the part of Shuiya by your prayers and become a partaker of glory.
And now: I am bewildered by the evils that have befallen me, O Most Pure One, but deliver me from them quickly: I am the only one who has come to You.

Song 5

We cry out to You in the morning: Lord, save us; For you are our God, don’t you know anything else?
As if I had boldness towards God, my holy guardian, I begged Him to deliver me from the evils that offend me.
Bright light, brightly enlighten my soul, my mentor and guardian, given to me by God to the Angel.
Glory: Sleeping me with the evil burden of sin, keep me vigilant, Angel of God, and raise me up for praise through your prayer.
And now: Mary, Lady of the Brideless Mother of God, the hope of the faithful, lay down the heaps of the enemy, and those who sing make you glad.

Song 6

Give me a robe of light, dress yourself in light like a robe, O most merciful Christ our God.
Free me from all misfortunes, and save me from sorrows, I pray to you, holy Angel, given to me by God, my good guardian.
Illuminate my mind, O blessed one, and enlighten me, I pray to you, holy Angel, and always instruct me to think usefully.
Glory: Tidy my heart from real rebellion, and be vigilant, strengthen me in good things, my guardian, and guide me wonderfully to the silence of animals.
And now: the Word of God dwells in You, Mother of God, and man shows You the heavenly ladder; Because of you, the Most High has come down to us to eat.
Kontakion, tone 4:
Appear to me, merciful, holy Angel of the Lord, my guardian, and do not separate from me, the foul one, but enlighten me with inviolable light and make me worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Ikos: My soul has been humbled by many temptations, you, holy representative, have vouchsafed the ineffable glory of heaven, and a singer from the face of the disembodied powers of God, have mercy on me and preserve me, and enlighten my soul with good thoughts, so that with your glory, my Angel, I may be enriched, and cast down the evil-minded. my enemies, and make me worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Song 7

The youths who came from Judea to Babylon sometimes, by the Trinity's faith, quenched the flames of the cave, singing: God of the fathers, blessed art thou.
Be merciful to me and pray to God, O Lord Angel, for I have you as an intercessor in my whole life, a mentor and guardian, given to me by God forever.
Do not leave my accursed soul on its journey, killed by a robber, holy Angel, who was betrayed by God without blame; but I will guide you on the path of repentance.
Glory: I bring all my disgraced soul away from my evil thoughts and deeds: but first, my mentor, grant me healing with good thoughts, so that I always deviate onto the right path.
And now: Fill everyone with wisdom and Divine strength, Hypostatic Wisdom of the Most High, for the sake of the Mother of God, for the sake of those who cry out with faith: Our father, God, blessed art thou.

Song 8

Praise and exalt the Heavenly King, Whom all the angels sing, to all ages.
Sent from God, strengthen the belly of my servant, your servant, most blessed Angel, and do not leave me forever.
You are a good angel, my soul's mentor and guardian, most blessed, I sing for ever.
Glory: Be my protection and take away all people on the day of testing; good and evil deeds are tempted by fire.
And now: Be my helper and silence, O Ever-Virgin Mother of God, Thy servant, and do not leave me deprived of Thy dominion.

Song 9

We truly confess You, the Mother of God, saved by You, a pure Virgin, with your disembodied faces magnifying You.
To Jesus: Lord Jesus Christ my God, have mercy on me.
Have mercy on me, my only Savior, for You are merciful and merciful, and make me a partaker of righteous faces.
Grant to me always to think and create, O Lord Angel, that is good and useful, as she is strong in weakness and blameless.
Glory: Because you have boldness towards the Heavenly King, pray to Him, along with other incorporeal ones, to have mercy on me, the accursed one.
And now: Having much boldness, O Virgin, to Him who became incarnate from You, deliver me from my bonds and grant me permission and salvation through Your prayers.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel:
Holy Angel of Christ, falling to you I pray, my holy guardian, given to me for the protection of my sinful soul and body from holy baptism, but with my laziness and my evil custom I angered your most pure lordship and drove you away from me with all the cold deeds: lies, slander , envy, condemnation, contempt, disobedience, brotherly hatred, and resentment, love of money, adultery, rage, stinginess, gluttony without satiety and drunkenness, verbosity, evil thoughts and crafty ones, proud custom and lustful indignation, driven by self-will for all carnal lust. Oh, my evil will, which even dumb animals cannot do! How can you look at me, or approach me like a stinking dog? Whose eyes, angel of Christ, look upon me, entangled in evil in vile deeds? How can I already ask for forgiveness with my bitter and evil and crafty deed, I fall into misery all day and night and at every hour? But I pray to you, falling down, my holy guardian, have mercy on me, your sinful and unworthy servant (name), be me a helper and intercessor against the evil of my opponent, with your holy prayers, and make me a partaker of the Kingdom of God with all the saints, always, and now and ever and ever. Amen.

Follow-up to Holy Communion.

Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
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 Good One, our souls.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us (three times).

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.
Lord, have mercy (three times).
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be it Your 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.
Lord, have mercy (12 times).
Come, let us worship our God the King (bow).
Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, our King God (bow).
Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God (bow).

Psalm 22:
The Lord shepherds me and will deprive me of nothing. In a green place, there they settled me, on the calm water they raised me. Convert my soul, guide me on the paths of righteousness, for Your name’s sake. Even if I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me, Your rod and Your club will comfort me. Thou hast prepared a table before me to resist those who are cold to me, Thou hast anointed my head with oil, and Thy cup makes me drunken, like a mighty one. And Thy mercy will marry me all the days of my life, and make me dwell in the house of the Lord for the length of days.

Psalm 23:
The earth is the Lord's, and its fulfillment, the universe, and all who live on it. He founded food on the seas, and prepared food on the rivers. Who will ascend the mountain of the Lord? Or who will stand in His holy place? He is innocent in his hands and pure in heart, who does not take his soul in vain, and does not swear by his sincere flattery. This one will receive blessings from the Lord, and alms from God, his Savior. This is the generation of those who seek the Lord, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Lift up your gates, O princes, and lift up the everlasting gates; and the King of Glory will come in. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord is strong and strong, the Lord is strong in battle. Lift up your gates, O princes, and lift up the everlasting gates, and the King of Glory will come in. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of Glory.

Psalm 115:
I believed, I said the same words, and I was greatly humbled. I died in my frenzy: every man is a lie. What shall I repay to the Lord for all that I have repaid? I will accept the cup of salvation, and I will call on the name of the Lord; I will offer my prayers to the Lord before all His people. The death of His saints is honorable before the Lord. O Lord, I am Your servant, I am Your servant and the son of Your handmaid; You have torn apart my bonds. I will devour a sacrifice of praise for you, and in the name of the Lord I will call. I will offer my prayers to the Lord before all His people, in the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of you, Jerusalem.
Glory, and now: Alleluia (three times with three bows).

Troparion, tone 8:
Despise my iniquities, O Lord, be born of a Virgin, and cleanse my heart, creating a temple to Your most pure Body and Blood, lower me from Your face, having great mercy without number.
Glory: In the communion of Your holy things, how dare I, unworthy? Because I dare to approach You with the worthy, the robe denounces me as if it were not the evening, and I intercede for condemnation of my many-sinful soul. Cleanse, Lord, the filth of my soul, and save me, as a Lover of Mankind.
And now: My many and many sins, Mother of God, I have come running to You, O Pure One, demanding salvation: visit my weak soul, and pray to Your Son and our God to grant me forgiveness for the evil deeds, O Blessed One.
(On Holy Pentecost:
When the glorious disciple is enlightened at the thought of the supper, then the evil Judas, sickened by the love of money, becomes darkened, and betrays the righteous Judge to the lawless judges. See, the steward of the property, who used strangulation for these sakes: flee the unsatiated soul, such a daring Teacher. O good Lord of all, glory to Thee.)

Psalm 50:
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, 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. To You alone have I sinned and done evil before You; for you may be justified in all of Your words, and you will always triumph over Your judgment. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. My hearing brings joy and joy; humble bones will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me with 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 righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare Your praise. As if you had desired 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 broken and humble heart. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; Then they will place the bullock on Your altar.

Canon, voice 2, Song 1:
Irmos: Come, people, let us sing a song to Christ God, who divided the sea, and taught the people, even as he learned from the work of Egypt, for he was glorified.

May Thy Holy Body, O most gracious Lord, be the bread of the eternal life, and the Honest Blood, and healing of manifold ailments.

The accursed one, defiled by unplaceable deeds, am unworthy, O Christ, of Your Most Pure Body and Divine Blood, to receive communion, which you have vouchsafed to me.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
O good earth, blessed Bride of God, vegetating untouched and saving the world, grant me this food to be saved.

Song 3

Irmos: Having established me on the rock of faith, you have enlarged my mouth against my enemies. For my spirit is glad, always singing: none is holy like our God, and none is righteous more than Thee, O Lord.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.
Grant me tearful drops, O Christ, that cleanse the filth of my heart: for as I have been purified by a good conscience, I come by faith and fear, O Master, to partake of Thy Divine Gifts.
Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me.
May Thy Most Pure Body and Divine Blood be with me for the remission of sins, the communion of the Holy Spirit, and into eternal life, Lover of mankind, and alienation from passions and sorrows.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
The Most Holy Bread of the Animals, from above the mercy of which came down, and gave peace to a new life, and now vouchsafe me, the unworthy, to taste this with fear, and live to be.

Song 4

Irmos: You came from the Virgin, not an intercessor, nor an Angel, but Himself, Lord, incarnate, and you saved me as a whole man. Thus I call to Thee: glory to Thy power, O Lord.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.
Thou didst desire, for our sake, to be incarnated, O Omni-merciful One, to be slain like a sheep, sin for the sake of men: I also pray to Thee, and cleanse my sins.
Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me.
Heal my ulcers, Lord, and sanctify everything: and grant, O Master, that I may partake of Your secret Divine Supper, the accursed one.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Compassion me also from Thy womb, O Lady, and keep me undefiled by Thy servant and undefiled, like the reception of clever beads, I will be sanctified.

Song 5

Irmos: Light to the Giver and Creator of ages, Lord, instruct us in the light of Your commandments; Don’t we know any other god for You?
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.
As you foretold, O Christ, that it would be done to your evil servant, and abide in me, as you promised: for behold, Your Body is Divine, and I drink Your Blood.
Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me.
Word of God and God, may the coal of Your Body be for me, who is darkened, into enlightenment, and the cleansing of my defiled soul may Your Blood.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Mary, Mother of God, fragrant village, make me a chosen vessel through Your prayers, so that I may partake of Your Son in sanctification.

Song 6

Irmos: Lying in the abyss of sin, I call upon the abyss of Thy unfathomable mercy: from aphids, O God, lift me up.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.
Sanctify my mind, soul and heart, O Savior, and my body, and grant me, without condemnation, O Lord, to approach the terrible Mysteries.
Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me.
So that I may withdraw from passions, and have the application of Your grace, the affirmation of my life, through the communion of the Saints, Christ, of Your Mysteries.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
God, God, Holy Word, sanctify me entirely, now coming to Thy Divine Mysteries, Thy Holy Mother with prayers.
Kontakion, voice 2:
Bread, O Christ, do not despise me, take Thy Body, and now Thy Divine Blood, most pure, Master, and Thy terrible Mysteries, may the accursed partake, may it not be for me in judgment, may it be for me in the eternal and immortal life.

Song 7

Irmos: The wise children did not serve the golden body, and they themselves went into the flames, and cursed their gods, and cried out in the midst of the flames, and I sprinkled the angel: the prayer of your lips has already been heard.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.
May the source of good things, communion, Christ, of Thy immortal Mysteries now be light, and life, and dispassion, and for the advancement and increase of the most Divine virtue, intercession, the only Good One, for I glorify Thee.
Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me.
May I be delivered from passions, and enemies, and need, and all sorrows, with trembling and love with reverence, Lover of mankind, approach now Your immortal and Divine Mysteries, and vouchsafe to You to sing: Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our fathers.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Who gave birth to the Savior of Christ more than the mind, O God-gracious One, I now pray to Thee, Thy pure and impure servant: who now wishes to approach the most pure Mysteries, cleanse all from the filth of the flesh and spirit.

Song 8

Irmos: Who descended into the fiery furnace of the Jewish youth, and who turned God into the dew, sing the works of the Lord, and exalt them unto all ages.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.
Heavenly, and terrible, and Thy saints, Christ, now the Mysteries, and Thy Divine and Last Supper to be a fellow-companion and vouchsafe to me the desperate one, O God, my Savior.
Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me.
Beneath Your compassion, O Good One, I call upon You with fear: abide in me, O Savior, and I, as you said, in You; Behold, daring in Thy mercy, I eat Thy Body and drink Thy Blood.
Most Holy Trinity, our God, glory to Thee.
I tremble, accepting the fire, lest I be scorched like wax and like grass; Ole terrible sacrament! Ole of God's blessing! How do I partake of the Divine Body and Blood of clay and become incorruptible?

Song 9

Irmos: The Son, God and Lord, who is without beginning, appeared to us incarnate from the Virgin, who was darkened to enlighten, who was squandered by his fellow-creatures: with this we magnify the all-sung Mother of God.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.
Christ is, taste and see: the Lord for our sake, having been for us of old, brought Himself alone, as an offering to His Father, He is ever slain, sanctifying those who partake.
Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me.
May I be sanctified with soul and body, Master, may I be enlightened, may I be saved, may Thy house be a communion of the sacred Mysteries, having You living within me with the Father and the Spirit, O Most Merciful Benefactor.
Reward me with the joy of Your salvation, and strengthen me with the Master’s Spirit.
Let me be like fire, and like light, Your Body and Blood, my most honorable Savior, scorching the sinful substance, burning the thorns of passions, and enlightening all of me, let me worship Your Divinity.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
God became incarnate from Your pure blood; In the same way, every race sings to Thee, the Lady, and the intelligent multitudes glorify, as through Thee they have clearly seen the Ruler of all, who existed among humanity.

Worthy to eat...
Trisagion. Holy Trinity...
Our Father...

Troparion of the day or holiday. If it is a week, the Sunday troparion according to the tone. If not, real troparia, tone 6:
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us; Perplexed by any answer, we offer this prayer to You, as the Lord, sinners: have mercy on us.
Glory: Lord, have mercy on us, for we trust in You; Do not be angry with us, remember our iniquities, but look upon us now as if you are gracious, and deliver us from our enemies. For Thou art our God, and we are Thy people; all works are done by Thy hand, and we call upon Thy name.
And now: Open the doors of mercy to us, blessed Mother of God, who trust in You, so that we may not perish, but may be delivered from troubles by You: for You are the salvation of the Christian race.
Lord, have mercy (40 times and bows as much as you want).

And poems:
Although eat, O man, the Body of the Lord,
Approach with fear, but don’t get burned: there is fire.
I drink the Divine Blood for communion,
First of all, reconcile those who have grieved you.
Also daring, mysterious food.
Before communion there is a terrible sacrifice,
Lady of the Life-Giving Body,
Hereby pray with trembling:

Prayer 1, Basil the Great:
Master Lord Jesus Christ, our God, the Source of life and immortality, of all creation, visible and invisible, and the Creator, of the beginningless Father, coeternal with the Son and coeternal with the beginning, for the sake of much goodness in the last days he clothed himself in flesh, and was crucified, and was buried for us, ungrateful and malicious, and by Yours With the blood of renewing our nature, corrupted by sin, Himself, Immortal King, accept my sinful repentance, and incline Your ear to me, and hear my words. For I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned in heaven and before You, and I am not worthy to look upon the height of Your glory: I have angered Your goodness, having transgressed Your commandments, and not listened to Your commands. But You, Lord, are kind, long-suffering and abundantly merciful, and did not give me up to perish with my iniquities, waiting for my conversion in every possible way. For You have declared, O Lover of Mankind, as Your prophet: for I do not want the death of a sinner by will, but He will turn and live to be him. You do not want, Master, to destroy your creation by hand, and you are less than pleased with the destruction of mankind, but you want to save everyone and come into the mind of truth. Likewise, I, even though I am unworthy of heaven and earth, and sow temporary life, having subjected myself to sin, and enslaved myself with pleasure, and desecrated Your image; but having become Thy creation and creature, I do not despair of my salvation, the accursed one, but daring to receive Thy immeasurable compassion, I come. Accept me, O Lord, who loves mankind, as a harlot, as a thief, as a publican, and as a prodigal, and take away my heavy burden of sins, take away the sin of the world, and heal the infirmities of man, call those who labor and are burdened to Yourself and give rest to those who did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. And cleanse me from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and teach me to perform holiness in Thy Passion: for by the pure knowledge of my conscience, having received part of Thy holy things, I may unite with Thy holy Body and Blood, and have You living and abiding in me, with the Father, and Your Holy Spirit. To her, Lord Jesus Christ, my God, may the communion of Thy most pure and life-giving Mysteries not be in judgment for me, nor may I be weak in soul and body, so that I am not worthy to receive communion, but grant me, even until my final breath, to accept without condemnation part of Thy holy things, in communion with the Holy Spirit, in the path of eternal life, and in a favorable answer at Thy Last Judgment: for I, too, with all Thy chosen ones, will be a partaker of Thy incorruptible blessings, which Thou hast prepared for those who love Thee, O Lord, in which Thou art glorified in eyelids. Amen.

Prayer 2, St. John Chrysostom:
Lord my God, in knowing that I am not worthy, I am content below, and you have brought the temple of my soul under the roof, where it is all empty and fallen, and there is no place in me worthy of bowing your head: but as from on high you humbled us for your sake, humble yourself and now to my humility; and as you received it in the den and in the wordless manger, reclining, take it in the wordless manger of my soul, and bring it into my defiled body. And just as you did not fail to bring in and shine a light on the sinners in the house of Simon the leper, so deign to bring into the house of my humble soul, lepers and sinners; and even though You did not reject a harlot and a sinner like me, who came and touched You, have mercy on me, a sinner, who comes and touches You; and just as you did not abhor her foul and unclean lips kissing Thee, below mine, abhor those defiled and unclean lips, below my vile and unclean lips, and my foul and unclean tongue. But may the coal of Your most holy Body, and Your honorable Blood, be for me, for the sanctification and enlightenment and health of my humble soul and body, for the relief of the burdens of many of my sins, for the protection from every devilish action, for the driving away and prohibition of my evil and evil customs, for the mortification of passions, for the supply of Thy commandments, for the application of Thy Divine grace, and the appropriation of Thy Kingdom. It is not because I come to You, O Christ our God, that I despise You, but because I dare you in Your ineffable goodness, and let me not withdraw from Your fellowship in the depths, I will be hunted down by the mental wolf. In the same way I pray to You: as the only Holy One, Master, sanctify my soul and body, mind and heart, womb and womb, and renew me all, and root Your fear in my hearts, and create Your sanctification inseparably from me; and be my helper and intercessor, feeding my belly in the world, making me worthy to stand at Your right hand with Your saints, the prayers and supplications of Your Most Pure Mother, Your immaterial servants and the Most Pure Powers, and all the saints who have pleased You from the ages. Amen.

One pure and incorruptible Lord, for the ineffable mercy of our love for mankind, we have received all the mixture, from pure and virgin blood, more than the nature, who gave birth to Thee, the Divine Spirit by invasion, and by the good will of the ever-present Father, Christ Jesus, the wisdom of God, and peace, and power; By your perception of the life-giving and saving suffering perceived, cross, nails, spear, death, mortify my soul-crushing bodily passions. By Your burial of the hellish kingdoms captive, bury my good thoughts, evil advice, and destroy the spirits of wickedness. By Thy three-day and life-giving resurrection of the fallen forefather, raise me up in the sin that crawled, offering me images of repentance. By Your glorious ascension, the carnal perception of God, and honor this on the right hand of the Father, grant me the gift of receiving the communion of Your holy Mysteries on the right hand of those who are being saved. By bringing forth the Comforter of Thy Spirit, Thy disciples have made honorable sacred vessels, friend and show me That coming. Although you would like to come again to judge the universe with righteousness, deign me to seat You on the clouds, my Judge and Creator, with all Your saints: may I endlessly glorify and sing Your praises, with Your beginningless Father, and Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer 4, St. John of Damascus:
Master Lord Jesus Christ, our God, who alone have the power to forgive man’s sins, for he is good and a lover of mankind, despising all in knowledge and not in knowledge of sins, and grant me without condemnation to partake of Your Divine, and glorious, and most pure, and life-giving Mysteries, not in heaviness, neither torment, nor to the addition of sins, but to cleansing, and sanctification, and the betrothal of the future Life and Kingdom, to the wall and help, and to the objection of those who resist, to the destruction of many of my sins. For You are the God of mercy, and generosity, and love for mankind, and we send up glory to You, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 5, St. Basil the Great:
We know, Lord, that I unworthily partake of Thy most pure Body and Thy honorable Blood, and I am guilty, and I condemn myself to pit and drink, not judging the Body and Blood of You of Christ and my God, but in Thy bounty I boldly come to You who said: You eat My flesh and drink My blood, he abides in Me, and I in him. Be merciful, O Lord, and do not expose me, a sinner, but do with me according to Your mercy; and may this saint be mine for healing, and purification, and enlightenment, and preservation, and salvation, and for the sanctification of soul and body; to drive away every dream, and evil deed, and the action of the devil, acting mentally in my lands, into boldness and love, even towards You; for the correction of life and affirmation, for the return of virtue and perfection; in fulfillment of the commandments, in communion with the Holy Spirit, in the guidance of the eternal life, in response to a favorable response at Thy Last Judgment: not into judgment or condemnation.

Prayer 6, Saint Simeon the New Theologian:
From vile lips, from a vile heart, from an unclean tongue, from a soul defiled, accept this prayer, my Christ, and do not despise my words, below images, below lack of study. Grant me to boldly say what I want, my Christ, and even more so, teach me what I should do and say. Having sinned more than the harlot, even though I knew where you were, having bought myrrh, I came boldly to anoint Your nose, my God, my Lord and Christ. Just as you did not reject the one that came from your heart, abhor me below, the Word: Give yours to my nose, and hold and kiss, and boldly anoint this with streams of tears, like a valuable ointment. Wash me with my tears, cleanse me with them, O Word. Forgive my sins and grant me forgiveness. Weigh a multitude of evils, weigh my scabs, and see my ulcers, but also weigh my faith, and see my will, and hear my sighing. There is no hidden part of you, my God, my Creator, my Savior, below a drop of tears, below a drop of a certain part. Thy eyes have seen what I have not done, and in Thy book the essence of what has not yet been done is written to You. See my humility, see my great labor, and forgive me all my sins, O God of all: so that with a pure heart, a trembling thought, and a contrite soul, I may partake of Your undefiled and most holy Mysteries, by which everyone who eats poison and drinks with a pure heart is revived and adored; For you have said, my Lord: everyone who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood, he abides in Me, and I am seven in Him. The word of all my Lord and God is true: for you partake of the divine and adoring graces, for I am not alone, but with You, my Christ, the Trisunlar Light, enlightening the world. May I not be alone besides You, the Life-Giver, my breath, my life, my joy, the salvation of the world. For this reason, I come to You, as if I saw you, with tears, and with a contrite soul, I ask you to accept the deliverance of my sins, and to partake of Your life-giving and immaculate Mysteries without condemnation, so that You may remain, as You have promised, with me, the repentant: that I may not find Your grace except, the deceiver will delight me with the flatterer, and deceiving will lead away those who idolize Your words. For this reason I fall down to You, and cry out to You warmly: just as You received the prodigal, and the harlot who came, so receive me, the prodigal and the filthy, Generously. With a contrite soul, now coming to You, we know, O Savior, as another, like I, did not sin against You, lower than the deeds I did. But we know this again, because not the greatness of sins, nor the multitude of sins exceeds my God’s great patience and extreme love for mankind; but by the grace of compassion, warmly repentant, and purifying, and brightening, and creating light, partakers, fellow-participants of Your Divinity, doing unenviably, and strange things both with the Angel and with human thought, conversing with them many times, as if with Your true friend. This is the bold thing they do to me, this is what they force me to do, O my Christ. And daring to show us Your rich kindness, rejoicing and trembling together, the grass partakes of the fire, and a strange miracle, we water it without burning, just as the bush of old burned without burning. Now with a grateful thought, with a grateful heart, with grateful hands, my soul and my body, I worship and magnify and glorify Thee, my God, for being blessed, now and forever.

Prayer 7, St. John Chrysostom:
God, weaken, forsake, forgive me my sins, those who have sinned, whether in word, whether in deed, whether in thought, will or involuntarily, by reason or unreason, forgive me all, as you are good and a lover of mankind, and through the prayers of Your Most Pure Mother, your intelligent servants and Holy powers, and all the saints from the ages who have pleased You, without condemnation, deign to accept Your holy and most pure Body and venerable Blood, for the healing of soul and body, and for the cleansing of my evil thoughts. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
His, 8th:
I am not pleased, Master Lord, that you may bring me under the roof of my soul; but since You, as a Lover of Mankind, want to live in me, I boldly approach; You command that I open the doors that You alone created, and with love for mankind, like You, you will see and enlighten my darkened thoughts. I believe that You have done this: You did not drive away the harlot who came to You with tears; You have rejected below the publican, having repented; below the thief, having come to know Your kingdom, You drove away; Thou hast left the repentant lower than the persecutor; but from repentance Thou hast brought all who have come to Thee, in the person of Thy friends Thou hast made the One, the Blessed One always, now and unto endless ages. Amen.
His, 9th:
Lord Jesus Christ my God, weaken, forsake, cleanse and forgive my sinful, and indecent, and unworthy servant, my sins, and transgressions, and my fall from grace, since I have sinned from my youth, even to this day and hour: if in my mind and in foolishness, or in words or deeds, or thoughts and thoughts, and undertakings, and all my feelings. And through the prayers of the seedless One who gave birth to Thee, the Most Pure and Ever-Virgin Mary, Thy Mother, the only unashamed hope and intercession and salvation of mine, grant me to uncondemnedly partake of Thy most pure, immortal, life-giving and terrible Mysteries, for the remission of sins and for eternal life: for sanctification and enlightenment , strength, healing, and health of soul and body, and in the consumption and complete destruction of my evil thoughts, and thoughts, and enterprises, and nightly dreams, dark and crafty spirits; For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, and the honor, and the worship, with the Father and Thy Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 10, St. John of Damascus:
I stand before the doors of Your temple, and I do not retreat from fierce thoughts; but You, Christ God, have justified the publican, and had mercy on the Canaanites, and opened the doors of paradise to the thief, open to me the womb of Your love for mankind, and accept me, coming and touching You, like a harlot who is bleeding: and having touched the hem of Your robe, make it easy for you to receive healing, Thy most pure ones restrained their noses and bore the remission of sins. But I, the accursed one, dare to perceive Your whole Body, so that I will not be scorched; but accept me as you do, and enlighten my spiritual feelings, burning away my sinful guilt, with the prayers of You who gave birth without seed, and the Heavenly powers; for blessed art thou unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer of Saint John Chrysostom:
I believe, Lord, and confess that You are truly the Christ, the Son of the living God, who came into the world to save sinners, from whom I am the first. I also believe that this is Your most pure Body, and this is Your most pure Blood. I pray to You: have mercy on me, and forgive me my sins, voluntary and involuntary, in word, in deed, in knowledge and ignorance, and grant me, without condemnation, to partake of Your most pure Sacraments, for the remission of sins and eternal life. Amen.

When you come to receive communion, mentally recite these verses of Metaphrast:
Here I begin to receive Divine Communion.
Co-creator, do not scorch me with communion:
You are fire, unworthy of scorching.
But cleanse me from all filth.

Then:
Thy secret supper this day, O Son of God, accept me as a partaker; I will not tell your enemies the secret, nor give you a kiss like Judas, but like a thief I will confess to you: remember me, O Lord, in your kingdom.

And poems:
It is in vain, O man, that you should be horrified by the worshiping Blood:
There is fire, you unworthy ones burn.
The Divine Body both adores and nourishes me:
She loves the spirit, but she feeds the mind strangely.

Then the troparia:
You have sweetened me with love, O Christ, and you have changed me with Your Divine care; but my sins fell into immaterial fire, and I am vouchsafed to be filled with pleasure in You: let me rejoice, O Blessed One, magnify Your two comings.
In the light of Thy Saints, what is there who is unworthy? Even if I dare to go into the palace, my clothes will expose me as if I am not a bridegroom, and I will be cast out from the Angels, bound and bound. Cleanse, Lord, the filth of my soul, and save me, as a Lover of Mankind.

Also prayer:
O Lord, Lover of mankind, Lord Jesus Christ my God, let this Holy One not be in judgment against me, for I am unworthy of being: but for the purification and sanctification of soul and body, and for the betrothal of the future life and kingdom. It is good for me, if I cleave to God, to place the hope of my salvation in the Lord.

And one more thing:
Your secret supper... (See above)

Anyone who wishes to receive communion must adequately prepare for this holy sacrament. This preparation (in church practice it is called fasting) lasts several days and concerns both the physical and spiritual life of a person. The body is prescribed abstinence, i.e. bodily purity (abstinence from marital relations) and food restriction (fasting). On fasting days, food of animal origin is excluded - meat, milk, eggs and, during strict fasting, fish. Bread, vegetables, fruits are consumed in moderation. The mind should not be distracted by the trifles of everyday life and have fun.
On the days of fasting, you should attend services in the temple, if circumstances permit, and do your homework more diligently. prayer rule: whoever does not usually read all morning and evening prayers, let him read everything in full; whoever does not read the canons, let him read at least one canon these days. On the eve of communion, you must be at the evening service and read at home, in addition to the usual prayers for the future, the canon of repentance, the canon to the Mother of God and the Guardian Angel. The canons are read either one after the other in full, or combined in this way: the irmos of the first song of the penitential canon is read ("As Israel traveled on dry land, in the abyss with its feet, seeing the persecutor Pharaoh drowned, we sing a victorious song to God, crying out") and the troparia, then steam the first songs of the canon to the Mother of God ("I have suffered from many misfortunes, I resort to You, seeking salvation: O Mother of the Word and the Virgin, save me from heavy and cruel ones"), omitting the irmos "The water has passed...", and steaming the canon to the Guardian Angel, also without irmos ("Let us praise the Lord, who led His people through the Red Sea, for He alone was gloriously glorified"). The following songs are read in the same way. The troparia before the canon of the Theotokos and the Guardian Angel, as well as the stichera after the canon of the Theotokos, are omitted in this case.
The canon for communion is also read and, for those who wish, an akathist to the Sweetest Jesus. After midnight they no longer eat or drink, for it is customary to begin the Sacrament of Communion on an empty stomach. In the morning, the morning prayers and the entire sequence for Holy Communion are read, except for the canon read the day before.
Before communion, confession is necessary - either in the evening or in the morning, before the liturgy.

Prayers of thanksgiving for Holy Communion.

Glory to You, God. Glory to You, God. Glory to You, God.

Prayer of thanksgiving, 1st:
I thank you, Lord, my God, for you have not rejected me as a sinner, but have made me worthy to be a partaker of your holy things. I thank You, for You have vouchsafed me, who is unworthy, to partake of Your Most Pure and Heavenly Gifts. But the Lord, the Lover of Mankind, for our sake, died and rose again, and granted us this terrible and life-giving Sacrament for the benefit and sanctification of our souls and bodies, grant this to me for the healing of soul and body, for the driving away of all that is resistant, for the enlightenment of the eyes of my heart , to the peace of my spiritual strength, to unshameful faith, to unfeigned love, to the fulfillment of wisdom, to the observance of Thy commandments, to the application of Thy Divine grace and the appropriation of Thy Kingdom; Yes, we preserve them in Your shrine, I always remember Your grace, and I live not for myself, but for You, our Master and Benefactor; and thus having gone from this life to the hope of the eternal life, I will achieve everlasting peace, where those who celebrate the unceasing voice and endless sweetness, who behold the indescribable kindness of Your face. For You are the true desire and the inexpressible joy of those who love You, Christ our God, and all creation sings to You forever. Amen.

Prayer 2, St. Basil the Great:
Master Christ God, King of the ages, and Creator of all, I thank Thee for all the good things He has given me, and for the communion of Thy most pure and life-giving Mysteries. I pray to Thee, O Kinder and Lover of Mankind: keep me under Thy roof, and in the shadow of Thy wing; and grant me with a clear conscience, even until my last breath, to worthily partake of Your holy things, for the remission of sins and eternal life. For You are the living bread, the source of holiness, the Giver of good things, and we send up glory to You, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 3, Simeon Metaphrastus:
Having given me flesh by Your will, fire and scorch the unworthy, do not scorch me, my Creator; rather, go into my mouth, into all my parts, into my womb, into my heart. The thorns of all my sins fell. Cleanse your soul, sanctify your thoughts. Confirm the compositions with the bones together. Enlighten the simple five of feelings. Fill me with Thy fear. Cover me always, keep me, and save me from every deed and word of the soul. Cleanse and wash and adorn me; Fertilize, enlighten, and enlighten me. Show me Your village of the one Spirit, and not to anyone the village of sin. Yes, like Your house, the entrance of communion, like fire, every evildoer, every passion flees from me. I offer prayer books to You, all the saints, the orders of the disembodied, Your Forerunner, the wise Apostles, and to this Your undefiled, pure Mother, graciously accept their prayers, my Christ, and make Your servant a son of light. For You are the sanctification and the only one of ours, the Good One, of souls and lordship; and like unto You, like God and the Master, we send all glory every day.

Prayer 4:
May Thy Holy Body, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, be unto me for eternal life, and Thy Honest Blood for the remission of sins: may this thanksgiving be unto me joy, health and gladness; at Thy terrible and second coming, vouchsafe me, a sinner, to the right hand of Thy glory, through the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother and all the saints.

Prayer 5, to the Most Holy Theotokos:
Most Holy Lady Theotokos, light of my darkened soul, hope, protection, refuge, consolation, joy, I thank Thee, for Thou hast vouchsafed me, unworthy, to be a partaker of the Most Pure Body and Honest Blood of Thy Son. But She who gave birth to the true Light, enlighten my intelligent eyes of the heart; You who gave birth to the Source of immortality, revive me, killed by sin; Even the merciful Mother of God, have mercy on me, and give me tenderness and contrition in my heart, and humility in my thoughts, and appeal in the captivity of my thoughts; and grant me, until my last breath, to receive consecration of the most pure Mysteries without condemnation, for the healing of soul and body. And give me tears of repentance and confession, to sing and praise Thee all the days of my life, for Thou art blessed and glorified forever. Amen.

Now do You let Your servant go, O Master, according to Your word, in peace: for my eyes have seen Your salvation, which You have prepared before the face of all people, a light for the revelation of tongues and the glory of Your people Israel.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us (three times).
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.
Lord, have mercy (three times).
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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.

Troparion of St. John Chrysostom, tone 8:
With your lips, like the lordship of fire, shining grace, enlighten the universe: do not gain the love of money and the treasures of the world, showing us the height of humility, but chastising with your words, Father John Chrysostom, pray to the Word of Christ God to save our souls.

Kontakion, tone 6:
Glory: You have received Divine grace from heaven, and through your lips you have taught us all to worship the one God in the Trinity. All-blessed John Chrysostom, Reverend, we worthily praise you: you are a mentor, as if you were manifesting the Divine.

If the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great was celebrated, read:

Troparion to Basil the Great, tone 1:
Thy message went out into the whole earth, as if it had received your word, which thou hast divinely taught, thou hast clarified the nature of beings, thou hast adorned human customs, the royal priesthood, reverend father, pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved.

Kontakion, tone 4:
Glory: You have appeared as an unshakable foundation for the church, giving to all inconspicuous dominion by man, sealing with your commands, the unappearing Reverend Basil.
And now: The intercession of Christians is not shameful, the 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 Thee: hasten to prayer, and strive to entreaty, ever interceding, the Mother of God, who honor Thee.

If the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts was celebrated, read:

Troparion to Saint Gregory the Dvoeslov to Basil the Great, tone 4:
Whom have we received divine grace from God from above, glorious Gregory, and whom we strengthen with strength, who has deigned to walk in the Gospel, from whom you have received from Christ the recompense of labors, all-blessed: pray to Him that He may save our souls.

Kontakion, voice 3:
Glory: You appeared to the Chief to be the shepherd of Christ, the monks of the succession, Father Gregory, instructing the heavenly fence, and from there you taught the flock of Christ with His commandment: now you rejoice with them, and rejoice in the heavenly roofs.
And now: The intercession of Christians is not shameful, the 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 Thee: hasten to prayer, and strive to entreaty, ever interceding, the Mother of God, who honor Thee.
Lord, have mercy (12 times). Slava: And now:
We magnify Thee, the most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison, the Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption, the real Mother of God.

Prayer of the illiterate after communion of the Holy Mysteries.

(Prot. I. Evropeytsev)

Lord Jesus Christ, my Most Sweet Redeemer, I feel that I am unworthy of Your Most Holy Body and Blood, but by Your goodness I also accepted Your Cup, like my brothers: I thank You with all my heart for Your Heavenly Mercy and grace towards me. I pray to You, Lord, that this communion may be for me the cleansing of sins and the health of the body, the correction of life and future eternal bliss.

Communion and confession bring with them the purification of a person’s soul, the forgiveness of his sins. Sincerity, truthfulness, the desire to improve make these Sacraments so simple and complex at the same time.

Simplicity lies in simple steps that most people can do. The difficulty lies in avoiding a formal approach, in realizing one’s sins, in the desire to receive forgiveness. This is difficult inner work.

Prayer and the canon before Communion are designed to set a person up for spiritual work. The ability to forgive, understand and accept your mistakes, shame for them, the desire to change - this is not an easy path, at the end of which Grace will descend on the soul. And you won’t want to lie, be angry, be angry, or envy anymore. The gradual cleansing of the soul will entail changes in life. will appear inner peace, peace, desire to understand and forgive other people.

What is canon

Canon translated from Greek means “norm, rule.” Has 2 meanings.

First. The Canon is a set of rules of the Orthodox Church.

Second. A canon is a kind of poem, a hymn that is recited in honor of a holiday or saint. It replaced the kontakion in the 8th century. Contains 9 songs.

Canons are large and small. Dedicated to prophets, saints, great martyrs. In addition, there is a canon before Communion, a canon for the sick, for the deceased.

There is a book “Correct Canons”. It was written for monks of Old Believer monasteries in 1908. It contains notes that will help you read the canons correctly at home. The tips indicate in which canon which song to read, with which chorus and how many times to alternate, when to bow.

How the canon works

The canon consists of 9 songs. The very first verse of each song is called irmos. All the following are called troparia. Before each of them, a chant corresponding to the canon is read. Depending on the gender of the reader, the endings should be changed (for example, sinner - sinner).

Each canon contains from 4 to 7 troparia. The second canto is usually absent. It is pronounced only on certain holidays. At certain moments of reading, one should bow to the ground, bow from the waist, or do throwing. The latter mean that you should cross yourself and touch right hand floor.

Depending on the day of the week, availability or absence church holiday the additions to the canon have their own notes. Thus, bows from the waist can be replaced with throwing. IN church calendar You can find the Charter on bows for every day.

Sacrament of Communion

Communion is communion with God, the most important Sacrament in the life of a Christian. This ritual can be performed once a year or more often. What is important here is not the number of Communions performed, but their sincerity.

For the laity, there are several rules before taking Communion.

• Keep the fast.
• Read prayers and canons before communion.
• Receive absolution from sins in confession.
• Abstain from carnal relations.
• Perform acts of mercy.

The entire preparatory process takes 7 days. You should know that you should fast the same amount. If your health condition does not allow you to fast for a week, then it can be limited to 3-5 days. In rare cases, fasting is allowed for a day.

The canon before Communion is read every evening. After it - prayers. On fasting days you should attend church services.

Who is not allowed to receive Communion

1. Women during menstruation.
2. Excommunicated from the Holy Mysteries.
3. Those who did not go to confession.
4. Spouses who had sexual relations on the eve of Communion.
5. Deceased, insane, unconscious.

Children under 7 years of age are allowed to receive Communion without confession or fasting. In this case, another, more simplified preparation is required. Parents' behavior is reflected in children. The child reproduces his attitude towards church, prayers, bad and good behavior in himself. Therefore, each family individually finds an individual approach to preparing for Communion.

Preparation for Communion

Before you need to go through repentance. Confessing your sins, realizing them, receiving forgiveness is the first step towards cleansing the soul. Before confession, be sure to ask for forgiveness from relatives and acquaintances. Mentally remember everyone who was offended.

Before confession, you can read the penitential canon. Prayerful preparation will prepare a person to be able to see, realize, and admit his sins and imperfections. Repentance cleanses a person from sins and defilement. A person's sincere repentance of all his unseemly deeds is necessary. And then getting rid of these sins, preventing them from entering your life, fighting them.

bring with them only temporary cleansing of the soul. The person must do all the rest of the work himself. Honesty with oneself, understanding the slightest movements of the soul, awareness of mistakes, shame for them - this is the true essence of repentance.

Sacrament of Confession

Confession is not a lengthy discussion about one’s sins. It does not lead to self-justification. This is sincere repentance of your unworthy thoughts, feelings, and actions. Therefore, before Communion, confession is mandatory. She prepares the soul with prayers, awareness of sinfulness, and the need for forgiveness.

The canon before communion should also be read before confession. This is not a mechanical voicing of the text, but a purposeful preparation of the soul. That confession did not become a formal ritual, but brought purification and forgiveness.

You should not hide your sins in front of a clergyman. Only the truth should be heard in confession. Then repentance and shame will lead to full awareness and desire to fight one’s sins and eradicate them.

Prayerful preparation for confession will help to reconcile with loved ones and acquaintances. It will eradicate callousness and narcissism. A person will want to change, become kinder.

The path to God can be long. One confession, one Communion will not make an indifferent person immediately attentive and positive. Most likely, you will have to go through these Sacraments many times before you come to understand the essence of Orthodox rituals.

Canons before communion

Communion is a personal matter of a person, his relationship with the Lord. Therefore, whether or not to read home prayers and canons is something everyone decides for themselves. First of all, the soul must be cleansed from sinful thoughts. You should not allow yourself to display anger or aggression. Learn calmness, patience, understanding.

During prayerful preparation for Communion, you can read three canons. They reflect the whole essence of the ritual. This is the preparation of the body and soul to receive the Holy Mysteries. Therefore, one should cleanse the body by fasting. Soul - with prayers.

1. Penitential canon before communion with our Lord Jesus Christ.
2. Prayer canon for the Most Holy Theotokos.
3. Canon to the Guardian Angel before Communion.

The practice of reading the canons before Communion is not mandatory. Therefore, you should consult with your confessor.

After the three canons have been read before communion, the Follow-up to Holy Communion should be read. All this is read on the eve of the ceremony, after attending the evening service. Prayers for Holy Communion can be postponed until the morning. Read them immediately before the ritual.

Prayer rule before Communion

The number of prayers, canons, akathists has no clear restrictions. IN different cities, churches, monasteries have their own rules. Therefore, you should turn to your confessor for guidance. It is obligatory to read the penitential canon and the Follow-up to Communion.

Not a violent solution. Each person individually decides what to read at home and how many times to go to church services. However, a Christian should have a daily prayer rule. It can be changed in accordance with health, state of affairs, and internal mood.

Before communion, you should get rid of temptation and read the canons and prayers every day. This should become a tradition, but not become a formal pattern. Personal prayer preparation remains on the conscience of the person. You shouldn’t overwork yourself with countless repetitions of canons. They bring enlightenment to the soul when read sincerely and consciously. Monotonous repetition leads to a scholastic understanding of church rules.

The ability to delve into the essence of the Sacraments will allow you to consciously relate to your transformation. If a person understands what he needs to change in himself, what to work on, then repentance and Communion will not become an empty phrase and a standard ritual for him.

To seek benefit for the soul and body - this is what the prayer rule serves. The canons are easy to remember by heart. Therefore, they can be read on the way to the temple, standing in traffic jams. The main thing is that they come from the heart.

At what time should the canons be read?

There are no exact laws when canons and prayers should be read. At home, a person himself determines what time should be devoted to prayers and what time to worldly affairs.

The canon before communion, its text creates a certain state of mind. Makes a person more focused and collected. The canon concentrates on the internal, spiritual work. The spoken words fill the heart with rejoicing and the mind with sorrow for all human imperfections.

It is best to read the canons and subsequent prayers before going to bed. This will allow you to tune your mind and soul to communicate with God. When all worldly affairs are completed, you should devote some time to summing up the results of the day. For some - ask for God's forgiveness, for others - thank you.

The canon of repentance before communion will allow you to comprehend your thoughts, feelings, and actions for the whole day. Only by concentrating on the desire to purify oneself and partake of the Holy Mysteries is it possible to receive the Supreme Grace.

Combined canons before communion

The canons are allowed to be read one each evening. Such prayer preparation should be included in the ritual of every Christian. On the eve of Communion, before midnight, it is recommended to voice the necessary three canons. They can be read one after another. Or you can combine them.

3 canons are connected before communion in this way:

• Irmos 1 song of the penitential canon;
• troparia of the penitential canon;
• troparia of 1 song of the canon to the Mother of God, without irmos;
• troparia of the canon to the Guardian Angel, without irmos.

You can read all subsequent songs, but in this case you should omit the troparia before the canons of the Theotokos and the Guardian Angel and the stichera after the canon of the Theotokos. In the Orthodox prayer book you can find more detailed information on how it is possible to combine the canons.

How to read the canons

During fasting, it is necessary to recite the morning and canons. They create a calming mood. After reading the holy texts they are pacified negative emotions. A person tunes in to communicate with God.

The correct canons before communion are read according to a certain pattern. It can be found in the Charter on reading the correct canons. Daily humility and saying prayers prepares a Christian to receive the Sacrament, when the Lord enters the human body in the form of wine and bread. It is necessary to prepare for the arrival of such an expensive guest. Body and soul must be cleansed from sinful thoughts and earthly excesses.

The canons read before communion are not a formal instruction. Therefore, they should be read in a certain state of mind. Without anger and irritation, without extraneous thoughts and conversations. Only concentration, solitude and understanding of the text of prayers and canons will allow you to competently prepare for Communion.

Behavior before Communion

Before Communion, one should pacify greed, envy, and give up excesses and bad habits. Forget evil thoughts, greed, anger, rage. Try to forgive those who offended. Don't remember or keep it to yourself negative manifestations. Ask for forgiveness from friends and relatives. Feel humility within yourself, readiness to repent.

Stay in solitude more often. Focus on prayers and communication with the Lord. Communion heals the souls of people. The hot-tempered and irritable become kind and calm. The obstinate and indifferent become flexible and attentive. Rude - polite. Lazy people are hardworking. People stop being offended and swearing. Apathy and depression disappear. The soul is filled with kindness and joy.

After communion, be sure to thank the Lord, the Mother of God, and the Guardian Angel. Ask to preserve the gift of Communion. This is done so that the peace of the soul does not leave. After leaving the church, do not talk to anyone, go straight home. Before going to bed, say again Try not to quarrel with anyone, don’t swear, keep silent, don’t watch TV.

Meaning of canon

Canons before Confession and Communion - This is a request to the Lord and the Mother of God to grant health and the opportunity to confess, to give me strength to go to Communion and cleanse my soul, to have a Guardian Angel guard all the way to church and prevent temptations.

It happens that a person forgets about confession and Communion. Or he will get tired and refuse to participate in the Sacraments. The canon before communion will help to tune the mind, soul and heart to communion with the Lord. It will give you strength and health to go to confession, cleanse yourself of sins, and fight them. In no case should you justify yourself, give concessions or blame other people for your problems. Experience and shame for your actions must be sincere.

The health of the soul will give strength and physical body person. Anger and anger will pass. You won't want to swear and quarrel anymore. A good mood will appear and a desire to share it with people. There are known facts when, after confession and Communion, people got rid of fatal diseases and gave up their bad habits. Peace and tranquility appear in the soul after an honest and sincere appeal to God.

Canon of Repentance to Our Lord Jesus Christ

Song 1

Irmos: Israel trampled the abyss of the sea as if it were dry land, saw the persecutor Pharaoh being drowned and exclaimed: “We sing a victorious song to God.”

Chorus

Now I have come, sinful and burdened, to You, my Master and God; I don’t dare look at heaven, I just pray, saying: “Give me, Lord, understanding, so that I weep bitterly for my deeds.”

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Oh, woe to me, a sinner! I am more unhappy than all people, there is no repentance in me; Give me, Lord, tears, so that I cry bitterly for my deeds.

Glory: Mad, damned man, you waste time in laziness; think about your life, and turn to the Lord God, and weep bitterly over your deeds.

And now: Most Pure Mother of God, look at me, a sinner, and deliver me from the snare of the devil, and guide me on the path of repentance, so that I may weep bitterly for my deeds.

Song 3

Irmos: There is no saint like You, Lord my God, Who has exalted the dignity of Your faithful, O Good One, and established us on the rock of Your confession.

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

When the thrones are set at the Last Judgment, then the affairs of all people will be revealed; woe there will be for the sinner, sent away to torment! And knowing this, my soul, repent of your evil deeds!

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

The righteous will rejoice, and sinners will mourn: then no one will be able to help us, but our deeds will condemn us. Therefore, before the end, repent of your evil deeds!

Glory: Woe to me, the great sinner! I, having been defiled by deeds and thoughts, do not have a drop of tears from hardness of heart! Now arise from the earth, my soul, and repent of your evil deeds!

And now: Behold, O Lady, Your Son cries and teaches us good things; I, a sinner, always run from good! But You, Merciful One, have mercy on me so that I repent of my evil deeds!

Sedalen, voice 6

I think about the terrible day and mourn my evil deeds. How will I answer the Immortal King? Or how dare I, the prodigal, look at the Judge? Merciful Father, Only Begotten Son and Holy Spirit, have mercy on me!

Glory, And now, Theotokos:

Now, bound by many bonds of sins and oppressed by fierce suffering and troubles, I resort to You, my salvation, and cry out: “Help me, Virgin, Mother of God!”

Song 4

Irmos: “Christ is my strength, God and Lord,” the Holy Church reverently sings, proclaiming, triumphant in the Lord from pure reason.

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

The path here is wide and it is easy to do pleasant things, but it will be bitter on the last day, when the soul and body will be separated! Save yourself from this, man, for the sake of the Kingdom of God!

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Why do you offend the poor, steal the worker’s wages, don’t love your brother, strive for fornication and pride? Leave it alone All this, my soul, and repent for the sake of the Kingdom of God!

Glory: O crazy man! How long will you bog down like a bee collecting your wealth? After all, it will soon perish like dust and ashes; but first seek the Kingdom of God.

And now: Madam Mother of God! Have mercy on me, a sinner, and strengthen me in virtue, and preserve me so that sudden death does not snatch me away, unprepared, and bring me, Virgin, to the Kingdom of God!

Song 5

Irmos: With Your Divine light, O Good One, illumine the souls of those who strive for You with love from dawn, I pray, so that they may know You, the Word of God, the true God, from the darkness of sins to yourself calling.

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Remember, unfortunate man, how much lies, slander, robbery, weaknesses, as if fierce beasts, you are enslaved by sins his! My sinful soul, is this what you wanted?

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Members tremble body mine, for I am everyone them He was guilty: looking with his eyes, listening with his ears, speaking evil with his tongue, he gave himself over to hell! My sinful soul, is this what you wanted?

Glory: Prodigal son and you accepted the repentant thief to yourself, Savior; But only I am alone So burdened with sinful laziness and enslaved to evil deeds! My sinful soul, is this what you wanted?

And now: Wonderful and quick helper to all people, Mother of God! Help me, unworthy, for my sinful soul longed for it!

Song 6

Irmos: Seeing the sea of ​​life rising with waves of temptation, I, having resorted to Your quiet pier, cry out to You: “Restore my life from destruction, O Most Merciful!”

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

I lived my earthly life fornication and betrayed my soul into darkness; Now I pray to You, merciful Master: free me from this slavery to the enemy and give me the understanding to do Your will!

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Who does something like me? For just as a pig lies in the mud, so I serve sin. But You, Lord, pluck me from that vileness and give me a heart to fulfill Your commandments!

Glory: Rise up to God, unfortunate man, remembering your sins, falling to the Creator, shedding tears and groaning! He, being merciful, will give you the mind to know His will!

And now: Virgin Mary! Save me from visible and invisible evil, most pure one, and accept my petitions and pass them on to Thy Son, that He may give me the mind to do His will!

Kontakion

My soul! Why are you rich in sins? Why do you do the will of the devil? What are you hoping for? Stop doing this act and turn to God, crying out: “Merciful Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner!”

Ikos: Think, my soul, about the bitter hour of death and about the Last Judgment of your Creator and God. After all Then Terrible angels will take you, soul, and lead you into the eternal fire. So repent before death, crying out: “Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner!”

Song 7

Irmos: An angel made the furnace dew-bearing for the pious youths, and God’s command, scorching the Chaldeans, convinced the tormentor to cry out: “Blessed are You, God of our fathers!”

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Do not rely, my soul, on corruptible wealth and unrighteous acquisitions; You don’t know to whom you will leave all this, but cry out: “Have mercy on me, Christ God, unworthy!”

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Do not rely, my soul, on bodily health and quickly passing beauty; After all, you see how the strong and young die, but cry out: “Have mercy on me, Christ God, unworthy!”

Glory: Remember, my soul, oh eternal life And about the Kingdom of Heaven prepared for the saints, and about outer darkness and the wrath of God for the evil ones, and cry out: “Have mercy on me, O Christ God, unworthy!”

And now: Come, my soul, to the Mother of God and pray to Her, for She, the speedy Helper of the repentant, will pray to the Son, Christ God, and He will have mercy on me, unworthy.

Song 8

Irmos: You poured out dew from the flame for the pious, and burned the sacrifice of the righteous with water: for You do everything, O Christ, by Your will alone. We exalt you throughout all ages.

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

How can I not cry when I think about death! For I saw my brother lying in the tomb, inglorious and ugly. What am I waiting for and what am I hoping for? Just give me, Lord, repentance before the end! ( Twice)

Glory: I believe that You will come to judge the living and the dead, and everyone will stand according to their rank: old and young, rulers and princes, virgins and priests. But where will I end up? Therefore I cry: “Give me, Lord, before the end, repentance!”

And now: Most Pure Mother of God! Accept my unworthy prayer, and save me from sudden death and grant me repentance before the end!

Song 9

Irmos: It is impossible for people to see God, at whom the regiments of Angels do not dare to look; but through You, All-Pure One, the Word incarnate became visible to mortals. Glorifying Him, we together with the heavenly armies we praise You.

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Now I come running to you, Angels, Archangels and all the heavenly powers standing at the throne of God: pray to your Creator, may He deliver my soul from eternal torment!

Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Now I cry before you, holy forefathers, kings and prophets, apostles and saints, and all the chosen ones of Christ: help me at the Judgment, may He save Lord my soul from the power of the enemy!

Glory: Now I lift up my hands to you, holy martyrs, hermits, virgins, righteous people and all the saints who pray to the Lord for the whole world, that He may have mercy on me at the hour of my death!

And now: Mother of God, help me, who rely greatly on You, beg His Son, that He will place me, unworthy, at His right when He sits to judge the living and the dead! Amen.

Prayer

Lord Christ God, who healed my passions with His sufferings and healed my ulcers with His wounds! Grant me, who have sinned much before You, tears of tenderness. Grant to my body to receive the fragrance of Your life-giving Body, and give to my soul the sweetness of Your precious Blood instead of the bitterness that the enemy fed me. Raise my mind, which has fallen to the ground, to You, and lift me out of the perilous abyss. For there is no repentance in me, there is no tenderness in me, there is no comforting tear in me that leads children to their inheritance. My mind has become darkened by worldly passions, in illness I cannot look at You, I cannot warm myself with tears of love for You! But, Lord Jesus Christ, Treasury of good things! Grant me complete repentance and a heart laboring with love in search of You, grant me Your grace and renew in me the features of Your image. I left You - don't leave me. Come out to look for me, bring me to Your pasture and introduce me to the sheep of Your chosen flock, raise me with them from the bread of Your Divine Sacraments, through the prayers of Your Most Pure Mother and all Your saints. Amen.

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Song 1.

Irmos: As Israel walked on dry land through the abyss of the sea with its feet, seeing the pursued Pharaoh drowning, “Let us sing a victorious song to God,” he exclaimed.

Now I, sinful and burdened, approach You, my Master and God; I don’t dare look at the sky, I just pray: Lord give me the mind, it’s bitter to mourn my deeds.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Oh, woe to me, a sinner! I am more damned than all people, but there is no repentance in me. Lord give me tears, it is bitter to mourn my deeds.

Mad, accursed man, wasting time in laziness, think about your life and turn to the Lord God, and weep bitterly about your deeds.

Most Pure Mother of God, look at me, a sinner, and deliver me from the snare of the devil, and guide me on the path of repentance, and I will weep bitterly for my deeds.

Irmos: There is no one so holy as You, Lord my God, Who has raised up the power of those who believe in You, O Merciful One, and established us on the rock of Your Testament.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

When the thrones are set up at the Last Judgment, then the deeds of all people will be exposed, woe will be there for the sinners who are sent away to torment: knowing this, my soul will repent of its evil deeds.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

The righteous will rejoice, and the sinners will mourn, then no one will be able to help us, but our deeds will condemn us, so before the end, repent of your evil deeds.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: Woe to me, a great sinner, defiled by deeds and thoughts, not having a drop of tears from hardness of heart; today rise from the earth, my soul, and repent from your evil deeds.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen: Behold, the Lady, Your Son, calls and instructs you to do good; I, a sinner, always avoid good, but You, Merciful One, have mercy on me, so that I may repent of my evil deeds.

Irmos: Christ is my strength, God and Lord! – The Holy Church sings loudly with reverence, from pure heart celebrating the Lord.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

The path here is wide and convenient for the surrender of voluptuousness, but it will be bitter on the last day, when the soul will be separated from the body: keep from this, man, for the sake of the Kingdom of God.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Why do you offend the disadvantaged, do not give wages to the worker, do you not love your brother, do you strive for glory and fornication? Leave this, my soul, and repent for the sake of the Kingdom of God.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: O foolish man, how long will you bog down like a bee collecting your wealth? For it will soon perish like dust and ashes; rather seek the Kingdom of God.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen: Madam Mother of God, have mercy on me, a sinner, and strengthen and protect me in virtue, so that unexpected death does not snatch me away unprepared; bring me, Virgin, to the Kingdom of God.

Irmos: With Your divine light, O Merciful One, from early morning illuminate the souls turning to You with love; I pray to You, arouse a bright desire to know You, the Word of God, the true God, calling to Himself from the darkness of sin.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Remember, damned man, how you were enslaved to lies, slander, robbery, infirmities, and the fierce beasts of sins; my sinful soul, is this what you wanted?

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

My members are trembling, I have committed sin on all of them: I have seen indecent things with my eyes, I have listened to indecent things with my ears, I have spoken indecent things with my tongue, I have given myself over to hell; my sinful soul, is this what you wanted?

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: You accepted the repentance of the harlot and the thief, O Savior, but I alone am burdened with sinful laziness and enslaved to evil deeds: my sinful soul, is this what you wanted?

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen: Wonderful and quick helper to all people, Mother of God, help me, unworthy, my sinful soul wants it.

Irmos: Seeing the sea of ​​life, agitated by a storm of temptations, having taken refuge in Your quiet refuge, I cry to You: save my life from destruction, O Most Merciful One!

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Having lived my life on earth fornication, and betrayed my soul into darkness, now I pray to You, Merciful Master: free me from these acts of the enemy and give me the understanding to do Your will.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Who does the same thing as me? Just as a pig lies in sewage, so I serve sin. But You, Lord, tear me out of this stench and give me the heart to do Your commandments.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: Rise up, damned man, to God, remembering your sins, and with groaning and weeping, throw yourself down before the Creator; He, the Merciful, will give you the mind to know His will.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen: Virgin Mary, protect me from visible and invisible evil, Most Pure One, and accept my prayers and convey them to Your Son, that He may give me the mind to do His will.

My soul, why are you rich in sins, why are you doing the will of the devil, what are you pinning your hopes on? Move away from this and turn to God with tears, crying: merciful Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Think, my soul, about the bitter hour of death and the terrible judgment of your Creator and God: Terrible angels will take you, your soul and lead you into the eternal fire. Before you die, repent, crying: Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Irmos: The Angel created a furnace sprinkling with dew for the holy youths, but it scorched the Chaldeans by God's command; This convinced the tormentor-king to exclaim: “Blessed are You, God of our fathers!”

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Do not rely, my soul, on perishable wealth and unrighteously accumulated wealth; You don’t know to whom you will leave all this, but cry out: have mercy on me, O Christ God, unworthy.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Do not rely, my soul, on physical health and quickly passing beauty, you see how the strong and young die, but cry out: have mercy on me, O Christ God, unworthy.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: Remember, my soul, about eternal life, the Kingdom of Heaven, prepared for the saints and the outer darkness and the evil wrath of God, and cry out: have mercy on me, O Christ God, unworthy.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen: Fall down my soul to the Mother of God and pray to Her, Who is a quick helper to the repentant; May the Son of Christ God pray and have mercy on me, unworthy.

Irmos: From the flame he poured dew on the saints, and burned the righteous sacrifice with water; You do everything, Christ, by desire alone. We exalt you forever.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Why don’t I have tears when I think about death, seeing my inglorious and ugly brother lying in the coffin? What do I expect and what do I hope for? Just give me, Lord, repentance before death.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: I believe that you will come to judge the living and the dead, and everyone will stand in their rank, old and young, rulers and princes, virgins and priests; where will I end up? For this reason I cry: grant me, Lord, repentance before death.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen: Most Pure Mother of God, accept my unworthy prayer and save me from sudden death, and grant me repentance before the end.

Irmos: It is impossible for people to see God; the regiments of angels do not dare to look at Him; Through You, O All-Pure One, the Word in the Flesh appeared to people. Magnifying Him, we glorify You with the heavenly armies.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Now I am running to you Angels, Archangels and all the heavenly powers standing at the Throne of God, pray to your Creator, that He may deliver my soul from eternal torment.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

Now I cry before you, holy patriarchs, kings and prophets, apostles and saints, and all the chosen ones of Christ: help me at the trial, may Christ save my soul from the power of the enemy.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: Now I raise my hands to you, holy martyrs, hermits, virgins, righteous people and all the saints who pray to the Lord for the whole world to have mercy on me at the hour of my death.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen: Mother of God, help me, who rely greatly on You, beg Your Son to place me, unworthy, at His right hand when He sits down to judge the living and the dead. Amen.

Prayer.

Master Christ God, who healed my passions with His sufferings and healed my ulcers with His ulcers, grant me, who have sinned much to You, tears of repentance; combine with my body the fragrance of Your Life-Giving Body, and delight my soul with Your Honest Blood, despite the bitterness with which my adversary fed me. Raise my mind to You, drooping to the ground, and lift me from the abyss of destruction; for I do not have repentance, I do not have compunction, I do not have comforting tears that lead my sons to their inheritance. My mind has become darkened by worldly passions; I cannot warm myself with tears of love for You. But, Master Lord Jesus Christ, treasury of mercy and kindness, grant me complete repentance and a diligent heart in searching for You. Grant me Your grace and renew in me the reflection of Your image. I left You, You do not leave me, go and find me, lead me to Your pasture and number me among the sheep of Your chosen flock, nourish me with them from the grain of Your Divine Sacraments, with the prayers of Your Most Pure Mother and all Your saints. Amen.