The power of prayer at 3am. Night prayer

“In the time of the Antichrist, when he speaks to the people, and any Christian prays correctly at that hour, he, feeling the prayer, will tremble, because Christians have great power” (Venerable Paisius the Holy Mountain “On the Signs of the Times” /18/, p. .29).

Blessed /O. Nikolay Guryanov/ prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, with prayers Royal Martyrs have mercy on us sinners and save the Russian land” (Flower Garden of Elder Nikolai (Guryanov) /33/).

“But the priest prayed with tears. ...And when he talked about Russia, tears flowed naturally, it was impossible to hold them back, and the priest shook with sobs. ... He considered himself a great sinner and a part of our great sinful Russia and said that without tears and kneeling prayer, both we and Russia would perish.” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 6).

“I taught all the time:

You need to pray, you need to pray. You have no prayer. Everyone prays very badly... You need to pray so that Satan does not come. If it comes, everyone is lost, and prayer drives everything away” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 254).

“And then /when it’s no longer possible to go to church/... pray in your cells, but never give up prayer. Only with God, only with prayer! (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, pp. 328-329).

“Father taught:

Pray more, read short prayers: they both heal and save. During persecution, read the akathist to the Holy Archangel Michael, the Mother of God, the Sweetest Jesus, Venerable Sergius Radonezh, Seraphim of Sarov, St. Equal to the Apostles Princess Olga or Prince Vladimir, the enlighteners of Rus'. They baptized Rus', ask them to wash away your sins, as in the Jordan. Fear God most of all, do not fear the wicked” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, pp. 482-483).

“Father instructed us:

Pray for your parents. From generation to generation sins go on, from generation to generation sins fall on children, children leave them to their children, and so on. It is especially difficult for those who committed infanticide (in the womb). The Lord knows all our sins, our thoughts, even when they have not yet been born” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 484).

“Father often advised the sick to go around the temple three times with prayer, because the temple is an image of (Heavenly) Jerusalem” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 484).

R.B. Valentina: “At one time I had a strong enemy attack from a neighbor. Again I went to my father’s grave: “Father, help me!”

That same night I have a dream. The priest emerges from the bushes that he planted in the monastery with his own hands, wearing a monastic robe, his face glowing like a saint’s. He went into the temple, put the Psalter on the table next to the candle box and said:

Read Psalm 26 forty times a day until you fall behind.

I read it, and everything passed” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 500).

“But the Lord does not forgive sins when people bypass their spiritual father and go somewhere.” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 418).

“Father said that in the last times it will be very difficult to be saved, because the way of life we live is very sinful. You, he says, ask God to in mysterious ways had mercy on you and saved you. Repeat the following words more often: “Lord! In the image of fate, have mercy on me!” and repeat Psalm 50 more often: “Create a pure heart in me, O God” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 386).

"Said /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ so that we do not accept anything, no documents, no numbers. Because of the adoption of these documents, he said, prayer will greatly weaken” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 330).

“In general, the Lord did not give a pension for work. Those who work in retirement will answer everything to God. The Lord gave a pension only for the church. (i.e. the temple) so that people would pray” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 366).

“Father Christopher said that cancer can be defeated only through prayer, only with God. He explained that this was a satanic obsession. Doctors cannot defeat cancer, but with God you can defeat it... For cancer, the priest blessed to drink dodder, just so that everything is done with prayer” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, pp. 314-315).

/Talking about the future of Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tula, etc. Schema-Archimandrite Christopher said:/“It all depends on how you pray. The Lord is merciful and can have mercy. All in God's hands. Everything depends on repentance” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 211).

"And then /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ lamented:

What an evil time this will be! ...It is important that there is prayer.

Why did he tell me:

Cover the slabs quickly. It doesn't matter how it is. It is important that there is prayer. Prayer is underway. We need prayer and repentance” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 213).

Schema-Archimandrite Isaiah (Korovai): “They honor with their lips, but in their minds they talk with the devil. We don’t pray” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.520).

Schema-Archimandrite Isaiah (Korovai): “Wage a titanic struggle with thoughts. Prayer is not accepted with thoughts. “You are praying in vain; such prayer will do you no good.” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p. 522).

Schema-Archimandrite Isaiah (Korovai): “When Peter I went to Holland, he was asked to remove one letter “and”, which completely distorts “Alleluia” - then this is no longer praise to God. For this they gave him a Masonic order and promised to reveal the secret of shipbuilding” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.521).

“The elders of the times of St. Seraphim (Romantsev) Glinsky said: “When we reach the time when they will sing and write instead of “Alleluia” - “Alleluia”, then it will be impossible to pray from those books. This is one of the signs that the time of the Antichrist is approaching.” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.152).

“- Temples will be decorated... you know how! ...And this won’t be necessary either. All that will be needed is prayer, only prayer!” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 75).

"Father /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ He said that, unfortunately, everything will be the other way around, they will make things beautiful, but there will be no prayer...

And lately,” he warned, “there will be luxurious hotels and toilets for you... This is all satanic seduction, we don’t need this... We don’t need this luxury, we need prayer, we need salvation” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher / 20 /, p. 328).

"Father /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ Even earlier he said that the Chernobyl accident is the fulfillment of the eighth chapter of the Apocalypse. And in general, Father always commanded us to read the Apocalypse every day, at least one chapter at a time:

Blessed,” he said, “are those who read the Apocalypse” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 293).

“While still in the Kursk Root Hermitage, Father /Schiarchimandrite Isaiah/ He said not to care passionately about splendor, but rather to decorate the inner person (to take care of the soul), because soon they will put stamps not only on documents, but also on the body” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.35) .

“And also father /Schiarchimandrite Isaiah/ said: “St. Tikhon, the Wonderworker of Zadonsk, in order to unite Rus' spiritually, organized monasteries everywhere for reading unceasing prayer. Out of my weakness and unworthiness, I try to follow his path. It is these monasteries and unceasing prayer to the Holy Trinity, Jesus Christ and the Mother of God that will save Holy Rus'.” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.55).

“Struggle with thoughts. In the notes of Rev. Ambrose of Optina wrote that recently, for driving away one thought, the Lord will forgive instead of 7 - 100 sins! (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.519).

Father recognized the reading of the Holy Scriptures, Psalms and prayers only in Church Slavonic. “This is a language that is especially effective for turning to the Lord on our territory. It was consecrated by Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal to the Apostles. Other countries have their own language, they have their own saints, but we must pray in our own language, given to us by God.” He forbade those who did not know how to read the Psalter correctly, with all the stress and intonation, to do so out loud, especially in church. “You,” he said, “throw these perverted words, like stones, at the Lord...” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.319).

He didn't approve /schema-archimandrite Isaiah (Korovai)/ innovations with cassettes or disks on which akathists or prayers are recorded. “The soul,” said the elder, “doesn’t have time, it doesn’t get into the rhythm for such prayer. The most important thing is not to pray haphazardly. The Lord accepts prayer from the soul, from the heart, and not from an electric toy” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p. 320).

“At that time there were many prohibitions regarding unceasing prayer, but Father /Schiarchimandrite Isaiah/ He himself prayed unceasingly and taught everyone this - after all, according to the predictions of the Holy Fathers, in the last times the one who will pray unceasingly will endure.” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.68).

Schema-Archimandrite Isaiah (Korovai): “Fr. Anatoly asks to increase the sisters in prayer, to oppose the robbers and to appease the Creator of Heaven and Earth, so that the Creator of Heaven and Earth will pour out mercy on the suffering Holy Rus'. For this we need not men, but simple white handkerchiefs, contrite hearts that love Holy Rus'. There are such warriors among the common people, but only they need to be trained in prayer and there will be victory. The Lord will hear the tearful cry of our people” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.492).

"It is he /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ said to everyone who came:

Pray and humble yourself." (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 147).

“In order not to accept the seal of the Antichrist, read the prayer from the seal of the Antichrist daily” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p. 83).

“In recent years, my father /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ there was an apocalyptic feeling. He said that “he was near, at the door,” and read a prayer from the Antichrist and commanded everyone to read it” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 482).

“Father distributed /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ We should also read a prayer from the Antichrist” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 420).

"In memory of himself he /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ commanded to read a prayer from the Antichrist every morning: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, deliver us from the Antichrist, the enemy of violence and sorcery. Amen"

This prayer, the priest said, contains everything, no matter where you are, you should read it. (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 66).

Happy is the one who dies. Because they are like that scary times they will come like this... - and ordered to read this little prayer” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 432).

“Ask God for the gift of the Holy Spirit. If He is not there, then an unclean spirit will move in. The soul is never empty” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p.83).

“When you learn to drive a car and subsequently, when you leave the house, get behind the wheel, get out of the car, be sure to read the prayer that I tell you. Write it down now and memorize it: “Lord, grant me the seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit on all my ways and roads. Amen". This prayer should be with you all your life.” (Schemonun Nila /23/, Biography, p.95-96).

Schema-Archimandrite Christopher: “It’s urgent that Archangel Michael and the “road” icon of the Savior be in the car, Mother of God and St. Nicholas." (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 150).

“In times of sorrows and dangers, visible and invisible, prayer is especially needed: being an expression of the rejection of arrogance, an expression of hope in God, it attracts God’s help to us” (St. Ignatius Brianchaninov (+ 1867) in the book: A. Krasnov / 2/, p. 270).

“The main thing is not to become discouraged, to hope in the Lord, in His mercy. He's not evil like us. He will definitely hear and have mercy. And the main thing is to stretch out your hand to Him for help through prayer.” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 98).

I’m not telling you this as an obligation, it’s advice.” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 100).

“Once upon a time in Zimovenka, father /Schiarchimandrite Isaiah/ gives us typewritten sheets of paper:

Here is a pass for you all to the Kingdom of Heaven.

We look dumbfounded: what kind of pass is this? And it says: “ Holy Trinity, Our God, Glory to You! Most Holy Theotokos, save us!”

Pray only mental prayer, he continued. “So that it comes from your heart...” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.88).

“It is not man for the rule, but the rule for man. If you don’t follow the rules, make up for it with humility, but don’t try to chase numbers.” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 100).

“In every sorrow, misfortune or joy, sing the Akathist to the Sweetest Jesus, the Savior of the world. He will protect your soul and instill in it the joy and hope of salvation. If you knew how much the Lord loves everyone, you would never despair or sin.” “Look every day in the mirror of God’s Commandments... If you have sinned, repent and believe that the Holy Spirit has one thought - to pluck us from damnation and save us... Especially honor your parents, for the respect of your parents the Lord will prolong your earthly life to the Eternal." (Flower garden of Elder Nicholas (Guryanov) /33/)

“Pray, a mother’s prayer can reach from the bottom of the sea, and praying for him /for my son/, pray for yourself, so that the Lord will forgive you for what you have sinned out of ignorance. And you should know that heavenly bliss is not given to anyone without suffering. Resort to prayers before the icon of the Mother of God “Seeking the Lost”, read the akathist to Her and his Guardian Angel, Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 278).

“When asked how to pray for children, the priest said that maternal prayer is very powerful: it saves from the bottom of the sea and a person will not burn in fire” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 310).

“The priest wanted the mother herself to make spiritual efforts. He always said: “A mother’s prayer will bring her child from the bottom of the sea” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 229).

“Father Christopher advised to resort to the Psalms of the holy prophet David - the 26th, 90th, 101st and 36th when dealing with the machinations of man and the enemy. If you regularly read these Psalms three times daily with humility, surrendering yourself to the all-good Providence of God, then the Lord will bring out your righteousness like light and your destiny like noon, just obey the Lord and beg Him (Ps. 36:6). Father loved the popular saying:

God help me, and the man himself, don’t lie down. And do not be afraid of temptations; where there is temptation, there is salvation. And thank the Lord: Lord, I thank You for everything, with Your mercy You do not forget to visit us sinners” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 278).

« From midnight to three o'clock the holy sky is open. A very valuable prayer during these hours. After midnight, it is good to make three great bows with prayer to the Savior, the Mother of God and the Guardian Angel. Schema-nun Antonia blessed her spiritual children to teach the prayers in memory: “Our Father,” “Rejoice, Virgin Mary,” “Creed,” the 50th and 90th psalms. I advised you to read the short prayer rule St. Seraphim of Sarov, and the prayer: “Lord, enlighten my mind, calm my heart, help me in life, deliver me from the evil one”...

If children are sick, you need to read Psalm 91 and the Lord's Prayer seven times. If there is something serious, you need to read it twelve times... If a misfortune happens to a person, you need to read the 90th Psalm... If you are restless or sickly children, then over those sleeping you need to read the prayer “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice” forty times and three Sundays in a row to give the children Holy Communion... When there are unclean thoughts, despondency, melancholy, read the prayer “Virgin Mother of God, Rejoice” many times. The Lord will certainly give peace to the soul for the sake of the prayers of the Mother of God...” (schema-nun Antonia. Advice and instructions /32/).

“- The old woman advised reading the 17th kathisma every day, saying: “At the ordeals of the 17th, the kathisma will already be in defense for you.” The schema-nun believed that Easter candles provide special grace, in particular she said: “When you visit a sick person, read a prayer for the sick person or an akathist and be sure to light the Easter (red) candle.”

The Word of God is food for soul and body. The duties of a Christian are: I will not go to bed unless I read one chapter of the Gospel; two chapters of the Epistles, beginning with the Acts of the Apostles and ending with the Revelation of St. John the Theologian; several psalms from the Psalter. And so gradually the entire New Testament and the Psalter, which is what is needed... We need to make three bookmarks and read in a row, and when we have read everything, start again, and so on all our lives.”

Mother advised many of those who came to her: “So that in every house there should be icons of the Mother of God “The Unbreakable Wall” and Kaluga!” There should be a holy corner in the house: for holy icons, holy water, prosphora, but it is not good to place icons on sideboards or walls. Can there be a temple without an altar or a house without a roof? - Likewise, a family should not live without a holy corner. During prayer or holidays The lamp must be lit, and the candle must be lit well. God’s grace falls on the houses where this is done.”

- “Be light, give all your sins to God. Give all illnesses, all sorrows, all worries to God. And be light, free yourself. God knows about you. Each person is given the opportunity to play his role in life: he plays and goes into eternal life. What's there to be upset about? We are not here forever, we are guests here. And we’ll go home in due time, we’ll all go home. The Lord will not leave anyone on earth; He will take everyone to Himself. The soul does not die. The body is a costume, it is a temple of the soul.” (schema-nun Anthony. Advice and instructions /32/).

Priest Andrei (Uglov): “Many ascetics, for example, the righteous Father Nikolai (Rogozin) and the blessed old woman Pelagia the blind Ryazan ascetic, advised to read the 26th Psalm more often for protection from dark power: “The Lord is my enlightenment and my Savior, whom will I fear? Lord, Protector of my belly, of whom shall I fear?...” Blessed Porlyushka said whoever reads this psalm at least three times a day will ride among the sorcerers like on a tank. Blessed Porlyushka also advised that if a person is possessed by an unclean spirit or has practiced witchcraft, that is, demons are raping this person, then it is very useful to take a blessing from a good priest and read the 26th Psalm 40 times a day for 40 days. Of course, this is a great feat, but many people receive healing through this... This psalm, according to Blessed Porlyushka, has enormous power. This is the most powerful psalm in the entire Psalter” (Russian Angel. Youth Vyacheslav. Film 2, part 2 /24/, 2:19:00).

After people have finally decided and stand firm, not accepting anything, the Lord will allow the last action - war. And if a person crosses himself: “Lord, save, have mercy!”, The Lord will even then save everyone who can be saved before the beast reigns. (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 4), Archimandrite Tavrion, 4:26).

O. Tavrion called to pray for Russia: Cry, when praying indicate: “with your relatives.” And relatives are all of Rus'. (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 4), Archimandrite Tavrion, 5:03).

Prayer for Rus', for Orthodoxy: “Save, Lord, Holy, Orthodox Rus'. Protect her from enemies visible and invisible.” (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 4), Archimandrite Tavrion, 4:42).

R.B. Vera about her dream: “And I hear an invisible Voice whispering to me: “Go and tell everyone: let them pray to the Sovereign Mother of God.” I come to my father /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ and I say:

Father, I had such a dream... - and told him.

So after that he told many, many people to read the akathist to the Mother of God “Sovereign” and pray for the salvation of Russia” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 227).

“Back in the 80s, one of his /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ The child had a vision: the Mother of God ordered to pray to Her “Sovereign” icon, and the priest distributed an akathist to this icon to everyone and told them to pray for Russia.” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 62).

There will be no elders, because... no one listens to them. Pray directly to God, and the Lord will hear you, the Lord himself will save you” (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 5), Hegumen Gury, 2:25).

“Protect yourself with the cross, prayer, holy water, frequent communion... Let the lamps always burn in front of the icons” (Blessed Matrona” /11/, p. 53).

At home, have a Holy corner where nothing else should be. (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 1), Archpriest Nikolai Ragozin, 0:36).

Icon of the Mother of God "The Bread Wrangler" will be the most important icon now. Because there will be such hunger, and this icon should hang above everyone’s table. There will be such a time that you will pray to the Mother of God in front of this icon and you will be full; according to your faith, you will always have a piece of bread on the table. (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 5), Hegumen Gury, 2:57).

"She's also /schema nun Nila/ advised that there should be an icon in the kitchen in the house Holy Mother of God“Different of bread”, and above front door There was an icon of the Mother of God “The Burning Bush.” (Schemonun Nila /23/, Biography, p.136).

“There will be a big uprising. People will run away from the floors (from the cities - author), and they will not be able to sit in the rooms. You can’t sit in the rooms, there won’t be anything, not even bread (12/28/90). And if you pray to the Savior, the Mother of God and Elijah the Prophet, they will not let you die of hunger, they will save those who believed in God and sincerely prayed (06/27/88).” (Schemonun Macaria from the book “Given by God” /30/, p.187).

Schema-nun Sergia (who was led by the Mother of God herself and had a special gift of begging for the dead) said that we always pray at night for the country, for our people, that we read the Psalter, fast on Wednesday and Friday, all four fasts of the year. (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 4), Archimandrite Tavrion, 4:33).

“Mother Nila spoke about the need to constantly pray everywhere - at work, on vacation, and in transport:

Work is in the hands, and prayer is in the lips. Prayer first of all, daughters! ...

She spoke about the meaning of prayer like this:

The world is held together by prayer. If prayer stops for even one hour, the world will cease to exist. And night prayer is especially needed; it pleases God more than others.

The greatest and most difficult feat is to pray for people. You need to endure, pray, work, no matter what, no matter how much you scold or revile. There is reproach on the left, from the evil one, and sometimes on the right, from loved ones. Both are difficult, but useful and even necessary. Everything that is sent must be done before the eye of God, with the memory of the Mother of God, with a focus on Him. It is not external labor that is needed, but most of all, purification of the heart. Do not allow yourself any deceit, be open with people. And don’t think anything about yourself.” (Schemonun Nila /23/, Biography, pp. 187-188).

"She herself /schema nun Nila/ constantly read the ninetieth psalm and said that this the best remedy about enemy attacks. Mother’s obligatory prayer rule included: morning and evening prayers; three canons; Gospel reading; Psalter - at least one kathisma, sometimes more; every day the cell attendants read the seventeenth kathisma - mother loved it very much.

Mother religiously performed the Pentecostal ritual. She said:

The rosary is a telephone to the Lord, a direct connection.

Mother prayed mainly at night.” (Schemonun Nila /23/, Biography, p.47-48).

“But now it’s too late to build new churches. How to fill those that exist with believers and prayer. It's time for prayer. Hang up a paper icon and pray, through it the Lord gives grace.” (Schemonun Nila /23/, Biography, p.78).

“Mother loved more than all the saints /schema nun Nila/ Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. She said that the holy apostle loves Russia and will come to us at the time of the Antichrist. Mother gave the following prayer to one of her spiritual children:

“Lord, may Your will be done in me, a sinner, on all paths of life; help me to remain faithful to You to the end. Most Holy Theotokos, save me, a sinner. Holy Apostle John the Theologian, be my mentor, be my representative and prayer book before the Lord and His Most Pure Mother. Amen". (Schemonun Nila /23/, Biography, pp. 194-195).

On Saturday from 16-00 bows are not made and on the eve of the Twelfth Holidays. (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 1), Archpriest Nikolai Ragozin, 0:36).

“Father Gury said that we must always thank God for everything and often order thanksgiving prayers to Him so that the enemy does not push his horns into our lives. He said that everything should be done with the words “for the glory of God.” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p.16).

Order prayer services, order for the saints, ask for the prayers of the saints, without the prayers of the saints you cannot be saved. ...And I save myself through prayers. (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 5), Hegumen Gury, 0:39).

"Father /Gury/ He said that you can’t do anything important without a blessing. For example, going to court, to the doctor, to the hospital, to an exam, to an important meeting or when there is an audit. It is imperative to order a thanksgiving prayer service to the Savior and list the names of those going to some cause, and only those people who participate in this matter, and the Lord will arrange everything” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p.74).

As often as possible, order thanksgiving prayers for the blessing of water to the Savior, both in sorrow and in joy. In the note, write down the name of the person who will participate in this (to court, to the dentist, for an exam, in case of illness, etc.) and your name. On the day of the prayer service, you seem to be in the circle of holy angels, and this day will be completely like from God. The enemy, he can no longer interfere with you on this day. This day will be according to the will of God, according to God's providence. If possible, try to order such prayer services every day. (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 5), Hegumen Gury, 0:54).

We need to pray more for the departed. They are waiting for our prayers. There is such a day, it only happens once a year - on Archangel Michael. He lowers his white wing into hell, and night prayer earthly (with bows to the earth) the Lord forgives the sins of deceased relatives (someone rises up a step, someone is completely freed from hell). Invisibly, souls are released from hell along this wing. If there is a suicide, then such a prayer can ease the suffering of the deceased. (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 5), Hegumen Gury, 0:57).

Father Gury himself prayed for Russia and asked his spiritual children to pray for Russia. You drive past a village, pray that they will see the light and repent. And they didn’t accept anything. This is the time for repentance. Nothing worldly. Only repentance can save now. And without taking anything. (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 5), Hegumen Gury, 1:55).

Father Gury said: “You need to pray especially at night, you can ask the Lord for everything at night, because a person takes time away from his sleep. And many more saints talk about this. ...At night in Heaven happens Divine Liturgy"(Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, pp. 16-17).

“Once, at 12 o’clock at night, the priest heard a ringing: So the alarm sounded, so the alarm sounded in Heaven!” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p.57).

“The priest was also alarmed by such an innovation as the transition to daylight saving time. The fact is that Father Gury taught that prayer is most powerful from 12 o’clock at night, and this transition was precisely intended, he said, to confuse and hinder the believers” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p. 46).

“Pray at night from 24:00 to 3:00. Prayer is forty times stronger at night than during the day.”(Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p. 77).

Prayer from the rite of repentance /O. Nikolai Guryanov/: “Lord, I don’t know if my relatives sinned against the king, and if so, forgive them, Merciful Lord!” (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 3), father Nikolai Guryanov, 1:07).

Hegumen Gury to the spiritual daughter: Be sure to pray in Good Friday from 12 to 15 o'clock, when the Lord was crucified for us sinners, pray. If in church, then pray on your knees, if at home, then at the cross. List your unconfessed and confessed sins, repent of your sins before God, read the Jesus Prayer and ask for a petition (if there is some problem: someone is in prison, or in court, etc.). The Lord will definitely open and help at this time. Don't forget this Friday every year. (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 5), Hegumen Gury, 0:52).

“There is no prayer stronger than the akathist,” the words of Father Abbot /Houri/. He blessed spiritual children to read various akathists..., but in particular two akathists - to the Holy Spirit and to the seven youths of Ephesus. He also advised his children to read prayers to Archangel Michael for deliverance from the devil and gave the texts of three prayers. “Without these prayers,” he instructed, “don’t leave the house.” He gave his blessing to read prayers to the holy archangels for every day of the week, and prayers of five, and the well-known prayer of detention” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, pp. 37-38).

Father Gury to his spiritual daughters: “after every prayer (any prayer) be it to the Lord, the Mother of God, Archangel Michael or any saint, or any prayers, for example, at the end of morning, afternoon, evening, etc., add a petition:

“Deliver us from magnetic cards, electronic IDs (passports), and from the damned seal of the Antichrist! And save us. Amen". (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 5), Hegumen Gury, 2:05).

"Blessed /Father Gury/ pray more on your knees, said: “Russia will perish without kneeling prayer” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, pp. 73-74).

“You must enter the house with a blessing: “Lord, bless me, R.B (name), to enter your house, being baptized, and the demon will remain outside the door.” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p.74).

“- Thank God for everything: for every sore - a prayer of thanks. Then it will heal quickly; ...

In prayer you must cry out so that God will hear; How infant screams when he is hungry so that his mother can hear even in the next apartment;

Go into seclusion (with blessing) for 1-10 days to beg for something (the main thing is forgiveness of sins). Food: 1 prosphora and 1 glass of water per day. Don't say a single word to anyone. Pray more for forgiveness and get some rest. Gradually increase the shutter duration to 10 days; ...

Before you say, take, do anything: “Lord, bless!” Don’t rush to answer, especially if you promise something. Father Gury did not promise right away, but said: “If nothing interferes, then maybe I will come.” And if we don’t keep our promises, we sin again. It’s even worse when we don’t notice our sins” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, pp. 77-78).

"Father /Gury/ warned not to accept or sign anything without blessing. If there is no father, then pray: three times “Our Father” and freeze - the first thought from God"(Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p.78).

Rev. Lavrentiy of Chernigov: “Pray more, go to church while you have the opportunity, especially for the Liturgy, at which the Bloodless Sacrifice is offered for the sins of the whole world. Confess more often and partake of the Body and Blood of Christ, and the Lord will strengthen you” (Venerable Lavrenty of Chernigov /4/, p.99).

Elder Samuel's prayer before accepting a poisoned man /authorities/ coffee: “Okay, I’ll drink it for the glory of God.” - the elder answered, crossed the coffee and said: “Our Lord and God Jesus Christ, Your boundless Power and Your great glory, turn evil into good” (Elder Samuel (2) /10/, p. 141).

“The time will come when the faithful children of the Church will hide in caves, and only the prayers of the Mother of God will have the power to save people from persecution and unrest” (It will be especially important to read the Archangel’s greeting “Rejoice to the Virgin Mary...” - this is the spiritual “groove” that the Antichrist will not jump over, that is, will not deceive the soul covered by the prayers of the Mother of God. - Comp.) (Venerable Ambrose of Optina (+ 1891) in the book: A. Krasnov /2/, p. 267).

“Pray to the Most Holy Theotokos often! Not necessarily according to the prayer book or in front of the icon. Pray anytime and anywhere. Ask her in your own words in all your troubles and sorrows. Childishly call her mommy. Love her more than anyone in the world. She is our closest intercessor and intercessor before the Lord.

It’s good if you know the troparia of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the Sign by heart and sing them every day. If you always try to stand before the Most Holy Theotokos in this way, then her protection will always always be over you.” (Sche-abbot Alexy (Shumilin) /21/, p.42).

Pray, read the Gospel, the Psalter, and pray to the Lord not to depart from the Orthodox faith. (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 2), Schearchim. Christopher, 2:14).

"Father /Gury/ taught that when a priest walks around the temple with a censer, one must bend low with folded palms, right over left, with the words: “Send me, Lord, the Holy Spirit! Forgive me, a sinner! (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p.73).

“A candle is the power of God, and a man put it in the church with his pain or joy, and it should burn out in one place where he put it, and not play with candles, as our grandmothers now like to do with candlesticks” (Radiant Father ( about Abbot Guria) /8/, p.74).

“For a good harvest, Father Gury tried to order three prayer services:

1) Icon of the Mother of God “Spreader of the Loaves”,

2) cschmch. Harlampy,

3) martyr Tryphon.

Add oil from the lamp in front of the icon of the martyr to the water from this prayer service. Tryphon and sprinkle the garden and vegetables in the cellar with it (from spoilage and rodents). At the end of the prayer service, Father Gury read an incantatory prayer against rodents. Tryphon. And God, through his prayers, gave such harvests that all the children marveled: potatoes, cabbage, peas, carrots, onions, legumes... I, for example, have never seen such a potato harvest as Father Guria’s in Ust-Pechenga. The potato was the size of a man’s head” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p. 76).

“In the rainlessness o. Gury served a prayer service to the prophet Elijah in the garden. At the second prayer service the first drops appeared, and after the third prayer service God gave abundant rain. Although there was no rain in the area” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p. 77).

“In the summer there was no rain for a long time, everything was dry, the vegetable gardens were dying. Then mother /schema nun Nila/ blessed me to go into the forest to pray: they took candles, an akathist to the holy prophet Elijah. For an hour and a half in the forest they prayed, sang, and read an akathist. When we returned home, mother said:

Elijah the prophet, only the two of us prayed to you. Look, what a big mine - and no one wanted to join us. Give us some rain, prophet Elijah!

About fifteen minutes passed and a small cloud appeared right above my mother’s house. And how it rained!” (Schemonun Nila /23/, Biography, p.133).

"To this miraculous icon /Queen of Heaven “Recovery of the Lost”/ people come to her with any pain, with any illness, turn to her, and she helps. If there is no rain, there is a drought, they take her out to the meadow, place her in the middle of our village and pray, serve a prayer service, and before they have time to get home, it starts raining” (Blessed Matrona” /11/, p. 67).

Pray unceasingly, repent unceasingly, cry, pray for the whole people, not only for your relatives, but for the whole Church, for the whole country. For if one prays somewhere, like a flame, like a candle in dark night illuminates the room, so from one who will cry out, moan, if he cannot cry with his eyes, let him cry, groan with his soul, and this will be strong before God. (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 4), Archimandrite Tavrion, 4:28).

“Father Christopher blessed and blessed, and then he said:

By all housing issues- to the martyr Tryphon” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 377).

“Who is praying now? No, he doesn’t read prayers, but purely prays. If there were at least a few such prayer books, the end times for the world would not have come. Alas, we read the rules, read the morning and evening prayers, but we do not pray at all. And our Lord Jesus Christ showed us an example of prayer - until we sweat blood. Who remembers this? You cannot run away from Golgotha, you just need to pray like Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. The apostles slept, and He prayed. Therefore, he passed Golgotha, and opened the path to salvation for us mortals. Father, there is only one way possible - through Golgotha! There is and cannot be anything else, only Golgotha. Everyone has their own, their own. Some are saved by the misfortunes of children, others by their own illnesses or everyday troubles, but the path to the Kingdom of Heaven is only through Golgotha. … It’s better when your whole life is one ascent to Calvary. The ascetics strove for this, squeezing their desires, thoughts and aspirations. They climbed it all their lives, but to Calvary. For without it, eternal life is inconceivable. Therefore, the saints were very upset if the trials receded. There is simply no other way. Work and be patient, be patient and pray” (Fr. Anthony in the book: A. Krasnov /2/, p. 308).

She spoke /St. Blessed Pelagia of Ryazan/, that you cannot pray for those who burn the bodies of their relatives, and for those who were burned themselves! It will be bad for the whole family! Burning bodies is not even a sin, but service to Satan itself... (/17/ St. Blessed Pelagia of Ryazan).

From a conversation with an Orthodox priest, Father V. (spring 2013 /37/):

- Father, the elders said that night prayer is 40 times stronger than daytime prayer. Do you think that for an ordinary layman to protect himself from this entire Antichrist system, he needs to pray at night after twelve o’clock at night?

On Mount Athos they do not sleep all night, but pray for the salvation of both soul and body.

- And they don’t sleep until what hour in the morning?

Until 7 am. And I didn't sleep with them.

- What do they do after 7 am?

Then at 7 am I fall asleep for an hour and a half. They rest and obey, everyone is at work: they read the Psalter, they build, they chop, they clean, they clean

- What, for example, is more important: at night, let’s say, you pray as much as you can until the morning, and then you don’t have time for the Liturgy in the morning...

Fatigue, yes.

- So what is more important?

Well, in short, pray, not until 7, but until 5. Two hours and a half, slept for three - and that’s fine.

Still try to do both...

Yes, you have to try, work out for yourself how it will be convenient. We need to regulate: that night - more, that night - less. Need to get enough sleep. You can pray while lying down and fall asleep /37/.

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All about religion and faith - “prayer at 3 am Orthodoxy” with detailed description and photographs.

“You don’t need to pray late. Before 12 o'clock at night, the prayer must be completed, and the person praying must go to bed. We don't know all the secrets invisible world. Not everything is open to us, and not everything is known. We also do not know why it is precisely in these late hours, after 12, that the dark forces especially feel their power and attack the soul with particular fury. But people of spiritual life noticed this. In a world where there is such rampant demonism, the night hours are the favorite hours of those indulging in passions. People become obsessed during these hours. They lose their image and likeness. The line between reality and fantasy disappears. The devil is gathering his harvest at these hours.

“Night prayer has its own special difficulties. Double thoughts have the greatest impact on night prayer.

Having achieved the third prayer rule, a person approached the state of unity. But check with your nightly prayer that it is not apparent.

At night, demons tend to take advantage of duality to argue in the depths of human soul. We must beware of entering into empty internal debates. We must drive them away. Leave questions unanswered. And do not be tempted by good intentions to shame the enemy in these internal disputes.

The night prayer rule should be short - no more than three hundred prayers. So that evil forces do not take advantage of the weakening of internal attention, which is so possible when all spiritual states are elevated at night.

The peculiarity of night prayer lies in the nature of temptations. At night they are more spiritual. What tempts demons most during night prayer is the height of their prayer states. They inspire proud thoughts. About the extraordinary spiritual gifts of the person praying. They delight in unfavorable counterfeit revelations. Take the form of an angel of light. Drive away all this from yourself in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. All this is the nightly languor of our soul, freed from the power of passions.

When the dark forces that poison it with subtle temptations retreat from the soul, the beneficial significance of night prayer will be felt. That is why demons influence the soul so strongly at night that during night prayer the soul becomes more open and accessible. But it becomes more open to both evil and good. When the evil recedes, the good will bear fruit a hundredfold.

At night the soul is quieter than during the day. And the quieter you are in your soul, the more you hear the Lord. At night, prayer moves more easily from external words into the heart and becomes spiritual prayer. At night prayer, when the soul cries out without words with one heartfelt sigh, the spirit of prayer strengthens and grows. Night prayer rule we will achieve something that daily prayer cannot provide: the illusory quality and lightness of our spiritual shell.

If the nightly rule is started at a good time, it will greatly advance the worshiper on the path of prayer, bringing him closer to the longed-for heartfelt prayer.”

from the book of the prot. Valentin Sventsitsky "Monastery in the world."

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About Salvation

Blessed /O. Nikolay Guryanov/ prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, through the prayers of the Royal Martyrs, have mercy on us sinners and save the Russian land” (Flower Garden of Elder Nicholas (Guryanov) /33/).

- You need to pray, you need to pray. You have no prayer. Everyone prays very badly... You need to pray so that Satan does not come. If it comes, everyone is lost, and prayer drives everything away” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 254).

– Pray more, read short prayers: they both heal and save. During persecution, read the akathist to the Holy Archangel Michael, the Mother of God, the Sweetest Jesus, St. Sergius of Radonezh, Seraphim of Sarov, St. Equal to the Apostles Princess Olga or Prince Vladimir, the enlighteners of Rus'. They baptized Rus', ask them to wash away your sins, as in the Jordan. Fear God most of all, do not fear the wicked” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, pp. 482-483).

“Father instructed us:

– Pray for your parents. From generation to generation sins go on, from generation to generation sins fall on children, children leave them to their children, and so on. It is especially difficult for those who committed infanticide (in the womb). The Lord knows all our sins, our thoughts, even when they have not yet been born” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 484).

“Father often advised the sick to go around the temple three times with prayer, because the temple is an image of (Heavenly) Jerusalem” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 484).

R.B. Valentina: “At one time I had a strong enemy attack from a neighbor. Again I went to my father’s grave: “Father, help me!”

– Read Psalm 26 forty times a day until you fall behind.

I read it, and everything passed” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 500).

“But the Lord does not forgive sins when people bypass their spiritual father and go somewhere.” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 418).

“Father said that in the last times it will be very difficult to be saved, because the way of life we live is very sinful. You, he says, ask God to have mercy on you and save you in mysterious ways. Repeat the following words more often: “Lord! In the image of fate, have mercy on me!” and repeat Psalm 50 more often: “Create a pure heart in me, O God” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 386).

/Talking about the future of Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tula, etc. Schema-Archimandrite Christopher said:/“It all depends on how you pray. The Lord is merciful and can have mercy. Everything is in God's hands. Everything depends on repentance” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 211).

"And then /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ lamented:

- What an evil time it will be! ...It is important that there is prayer.

Why did he tell me:

- Cover the slabs quickly. It doesn't matter how it is. It is important that there is prayer. Prayer is underway. We need prayer and repentance” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 213).

Schema-Archimandrite Isaiah (Korovai): “They honor with their lips, but in their minds they talk with the devil. We don’t pray” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.520).

“- Temples will be decorated... you know how! ...And this won’t be necessary either. All that will be needed is prayer, only prayer!” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 75).

"Father /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ He said that, unfortunately, everything will be the other way around, they will make things beautiful, but there will be no prayer...

“And lately,” he warned, “there will be luxurious hotels and toilets for you... This is all satanic seduction, we don’t need this... We don’t need this luxury, we need prayer, we need salvation” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher / 20/, p. 328).

“Blessed,” he said, “are those who read the Apocalypse” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 293).

"It is he /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ said to everyone who came:

“Pray and humble yourself.” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 147).

“In order not to accept the seal of the Antichrist, read the prayer from the seal of the Antichrist daily” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p. 83).

“Father distributed /schema-archimandrite Christopher/ We should also read a prayer from the Antichrist” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 420).

“This prayer,” said the priest, “contains everything; wherever you are, it should be read.” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 66).

- Happy is the one who dies. Because such terrible times will come, such... - and he ordered to read this little prayer” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 432).

“Ask God for the gift of the Holy Spirit. If He is not there, then an unclean spirit will move in. The soul is never empty” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p.83).

Schema-Archimandrite Christopher: “It is urgent that Archangel Michael and the “road” icon be in the car: the Savior, the Mother of God and St. Nicholas." (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 150).

“I’m not telling you this as an obligation, it’s advice.” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 100).

“Once upon a time in Zimovenka, father /Schiarchimandrite Isaiah/ gives us typewritten sheets of paper:

- Here's a pass for you all to the Kingdom of Heaven.

We look dumbfounded: what kind of pass is this? And there it is written: “Most Holy Trinity, our God, Glory to Thee! Most Holy Theotokos, save us!”

“Pray only mental prayer,” he continued. “So that it comes from your heart...” (Schiarchimandrite Isaiah (Korovai) /27/, p.88).

“In every sorrow, misfortune or joy, sing the Akathist to the Sweetest Jesus, the Savior of the world. He will protect your soul and instill in it the joy and hope of salvation. If you knew how much the Lord loves everyone, you would never despair or sin.” “Look every day in the mirror of God’s Commandments. If you have sinned, repent and believe that the Holy Spirit has only one thought - to pluck us from damnation and save us. Honor your parents especially; for honoring your parents, the Lord will extend your earthly life into Eternal Life.” (Flower garden of Elder Nicholas (Guryanov) /33/)

- God help me, and the man himself, don’t lie down. And do not be afraid of temptations; where there is temptation, there is salvation. And thank the Lord: Lord, I thank You for everything, with Your mercy You do not forget to visit us sinners” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 278).

« From midnight to three o'clock the holy sky is open. A very valuable prayer during these hours. After midnight, it is good to make three great bows with prayer to the Savior, the Mother of God and the Guardian Angel. Schema-nun Antonia blessed her spiritual children to teach the prayers in memory: “Our Father,” “Rejoice, Virgin Mary,” “Creed,” the 50th and 90th psalms. I advised you to read the short prayer rule of St. Seraphim of Sarov, and the prayer: “Lord, enlighten my mind, calm my heart, help me in life, deliver me from the evil one.”

– If children are sick, you need to read the 90th Psalm and the “Our Father” seven times. If something is serious, you need to read it twelve times. If misfortune happens to a person, you need to read Psalm 90. If the children are restless or sick, then over the sleeping ones one must read the prayer “Rejoice to the Virgin Mary” forty times and give the children Holy Communion to the Holy Mysteries on three Sundays in a row. When there are unclean thoughts, despondency, melancholy, read the prayer “Virgin Mother of God, Rejoice” many times. The Lord will certainly give peace to the soul for the sake of the prayers of the Mother of God. "(schema-nun Anthony. Advice and instructions /32/).

– The Word of God is food for soul and body. The duties of a Christian are: I will not go to bed unless I read one chapter of the Gospel; two chapters of the Epistles, beginning with the Acts of the Apostles and ending with the Revelation of St. John the Theologian; several psalms from the Psalter. And so the entire New Testament and Psalter will be gradually read, which is what is needed. We need to make three bookmarks and read in a row, and when we’ve read everything, start again, and so on for the rest of our lives.”

“Mother advised many of those who came to her: “So that in every house there should be icons of the Mother of God “The Unbreakable Wall” and Kaluga!” There should be a holy corner in the house: for holy icons, holy water, prosphora, but it is not good to place icons on sideboards or walls. Can there be a temple without an altar or a house without a roof? – Likewise, a family should not live without a holy corner. During prayer or on holidays, the lamp should be lit, and the candle should be lit well. God’s grace falls on the houses where this is done.”

– “Be light, give all your sins to God. Give all illnesses, all sorrows, all worries to God. And be light, free yourself. God knows about you. Each person is given the opportunity to play his role in life: he plays and goes into eternal life. What's there to be upset about? We are not here forever, we are guests here. And we’ll go home in due time, we’ll all go home. The Lord will not leave anyone on earth; He will take everyone to Himself. The soul does not die. The body is a costume, it is a temple of the soul.” (schema-nun Anthony. Advice and instructions /32/).

Priest Andrei (Uglov): “Many ascetics, for example, the righteous Father Nikolai (Rogozin) and the blessed old woman Pelagia the blind Ryazan ascetic, advised to read the 26th Psalm more often for protection from dark power: “The Lord is my enlightenment and my Savior, whom will I fear? The Lord is the Protector of my life, whom I will fear. “Blessed Porlyushka said whoever reads this psalm at least three times a day will ride among the sorcerers like on a tank. Blessed Porlyushka also advised that if a person is possessed by an unclean spirit or has practiced witchcraft, that is, demons are raping this person, then it is very useful to take a blessing from a good priest and read the 26th Psalm 40 times a day for 40 days. Of course, this is a great feat, but many people receive healing through this... This psalm, according to Blessed Porlyushka, has enormous power. This is the most powerful psalm in the entire Psalter” (Russian Angel. Youth Vyacheslav. Film 2, part 2 /24/, 2:19:00).

O. Tavrion called to pray for Russia: Cry, when praying indicate: “with your relatives.” And relatives are all of Rus'. (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 4), Archimandrite Tavrion, 5:03).

Prayer for Rus', for Orthodoxy: “Save, Lord, Holy, Orthodox Rus'. Protect her from enemies visible and invisible.” (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 4), Archimandrite Tavrion, 4:42).

“Father, I had such a dream...” and told him.

So after that he told many, many people to read the akathist to the Mother of God “Sovereign” and pray for the salvation of Russia” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 227).

“Protect yourself with the cross, prayer, holy water, frequent communion... Let the lamps always burn in front of the icons” (Blessed Matrona” /11/, p. 53).

At home, have a Holy corner where nothing else should be. (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 1), Archpriest Nikolai Ragozin, 0:36).

"She's also /schema nun Nila/ advised that in the house in the kitchen there must be an icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Spreader of the Loaves”, and above the front door there should be an icon of the Mother of God “The Burning Bush.” (Schemonun Nila /23/, Biography, p.136).

“Mother Nila spoke about the need to constantly pray everywhere - at work, on vacation, and in transport:

Work is in the hands, and prayer is in the lips. Prayer first of all, daughters! ...

She spoke about the meaning of prayer like this:

The world is held together by prayer. If prayer stops for even one hour, the world will cease to exist. And night prayer is especially needed; it pleases God more than others.

"She herself /schema nun Nila/ I constantly read the ninetieth psalm and said that this is the best remedy for enemy attacks. Mother’s mandatory prayer rule included: morning and evening prayers; three canons; Gospel reading; Psalter - at least one kathisma, sometimes more; every day the cell attendants read the seventeenth kathisma - mother loved it very much.

Mother religiously performed the Pentecostal ritual. She said:

– The rosary is a telephone to the Lord, a direct connection.

Mother prayed mainly at night.” (Schemonun Nila /23/, Biography, p.47-48).

On Saturday from 16-00 bows are not made and on the eve of the Twelfth Holidays. (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 1), Archpriest Nikolai Ragozin, 0:36).

We need to pray more for the departed. They are waiting for our prayers. There is such a day, it only happens once a year - on Archangel Michael. He lowers his white wing into hell, and through the nightly prayer of the earthly (with bows to the ground), the Lord forgives the sins of deceased relatives (someone goes up a step, someone is completely freed from hell). Invisibly, souls are released from hell along this wing. If there is a suicide, then such a prayer can ease the suffering of the deceased. (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 5), Hegumen Gury, 0:57).

Father Gury said: “You need to pray especially at night, you can ask the Lord for everything at night, because a person takes time away from his sleep. And many more saints talk about this. ... At night, the Divine Liturgy takes place in Heaven” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, pp. 16-17).

“Once, at 12 o’clock at night, the priest heard a ringing: So the alarm sounded, so the alarm sounded in Heaven!” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p.57).

“Pray at night from 24:00 to 3:00. Prayer is forty times stronger at night than during the day.”(Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, p. 77).

Hegumen Gury to the spiritual daughter: Be sure to pray on Good Friday from 12 to 15 o’clock, when the Lord was crucified for us sinners, pray. If in church, then pray on your knees, if at home, then at the cross. List your unconfessed and confessed sins, repent of your sins before God, read the Jesus Prayer and ask for a petition (if there is some problem: someone is in prison, or in court, etc.). The Lord will definitely open and help at this time. Don't forget this Friday every year. (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 5), Hegumen Gury, 0:52).

“Deliver us from magnetic cards, electronic IDs (passports), and from the damned seal of the Antichrist! And save us. Amen". (/12/ “Salt of the Earth” (Film 5), Hegumen Gury, 2:05).

"Blessed /Father Gury/ pray more on your knees, said: “Russia will perish without kneeling prayer” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, pp. 73-74).

“Thank God for everything: for every illness - a prayer of thanks. Then it will heal quickly; ...

– In prayer you must cry out so that God will hear; how a baby screams when he is hungry so that his mother can hear even in the next apartment;

– Go into seclusion (with blessing) for 1-10 days to beg for something (the main thing is forgiveness of sins). Food: 1 prosphora and 1 glass of water per day. Don't say a single word to anyone. Pray more for forgiveness and get some rest. Gradually increase the shutter duration to 10 days; ...

- Before you say, take, do anything: “Lord, bless!” Don’t rush to answer, especially if you promise something. Father Gury did not promise right away, but said: “If nothing interferes, then maybe I will come.” And if we don’t keep our promises, we sin again. It’s even worse when we don’t notice our sins” (Radiant Father (about Abbot Guria) /8/, pp. 77-78).

Elder Samuel's prayer before accepting a poisoned man /authorities/ coffee: “Okay, I’ll drink it for the glory of God.” – the elder answered, crossed the coffee and said: “Our Lord and God Jesus Christ, Your boundless Power and Your great glory, turn evil into good” (Elder Samuel (2) /10/, p. 141).

Pray, read the Gospel, the Psalter, and pray to the Lord not to depart from the Orthodox faith. (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 2), Schearchim. Christopher, 2:14).

“For a good harvest, Father Gury tried to order three prayer services:

1) Icon of the Mother of God “Spreader of the Loaves”,

– Elijah the prophet, only the two of us prayed to you. Look, what a big mine - and no one wanted to join us. Give us some rain, prophet Elijah!

About fifteen minutes passed and a small cloud appeared right above my mother’s house. And how it rained!” (Schemonun Nila /23/, Biography, p.133).

Pray unceasingly, repent unceasingly, cry, pray for the whole people, not only for your relatives, but for the whole Church, for the whole country. For if one prays somewhere, like a flame, like a candle illuminates a room on a dark night, then one who will cry out, groan, if he cannot cry with his eyes, let him cry, groan with his soul, and this will be strong before God. (/12/ “The Salt of the Earth” (Film 4), Archimandrite Tavrion, 4:28).

“Father Christopher blessed and blessed, and then he said:

– For all housing issues – to the martyr Tryphon” (Book: Schema-Archimandrite Christopher /20/, p. 377).

“Who is praying now? No, he doesn’t read prayers, but purely prays. If there were at least a few such prayer books, the end times for the world would not have come. Alas, we read the rules, read the morning and evening prayers, but we do not pray at all. And our Lord Jesus Christ showed us an example of prayer - until we sweat blood. Who remembers this? You cannot run away from Golgotha, you just need to pray like Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. The apostles slept, and He prayed. Therefore, he passed Golgotha, and opened the path to salvation for us mortals. Father, there is only one way possible - through Golgotha! There is and cannot be anything else, only Golgotha. Everyone has their own, their own. Some are saved by the misfortunes of children, others by their own illnesses or everyday troubles, but the path to the Kingdom of Heaven is only through Golgotha. ... It’s better when your whole life is one ascent to Calvary. The ascetics strove for this, squeezing their desires, thoughts and aspirations. They climbed it all their lives, but to Calvary. For without it, eternal life is inconceivable. Therefore, the saints were very upset if the trials receded. There is simply no other way. Work and be patient, be patient and pray” (Fr. Anthony in the book: A. Krasnov /2/, p. 308).

From a conversation with an Orthodox priest, Father V. (spring 2013 /37/):

– Father, the elders said that night prayer is 40 times stronger than daytime prayer. Do you think that for an ordinary layman to protect himself from this entire Antichrist system, he needs to pray at night after twelve o’clock at night?

– On Mount Athos they don’t sleep all night, but pray for the salvation of both soul and body.

– And they don’t sleep until what hour in the morning?

- Until 7 am. And I didn't sleep with them.

– What do they do after 7 am?

– Then at 7 am I go to sleep for an hour and a half. They rest and obey, everyone is at work: they read the Psalter, they build, they chop, they clean, they clean

– What, for example, is more important: at night, let’s say, you pray as much as you can until the morning, and then you don’t have time for the Liturgy in the morning...

- Well, in short, pray, not until 7, but until 5. Two hours and a half, slept for three - and it’s fine.

– Still try to do both...

– Yes, you have to try, work out for yourself how it will be convenient. We need to regulate: that night - more, that night - less. Need to get enough sleep. You can pray while lying down and fall asleep /37/.

Why does mental fatigue happen? Can a soul be empty?

Why can't it? If there is no prayer, it will be empty and tired. The Holy Fathers act as follows. The man is tired, he has no strength to pray, he says to himself: “Or maybe your fatigue is from demons,” he gets up and prays. And the person gains strength. This is how the Lord arranged it. In order for the soul not to be empty and to have strength, one must accustom oneself to the Jesus Prayer - “Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner (or a sinner).”

How to spend a day in God's way?

In the morning, when we are still resting, there are already standing near our bed - an Angel on the right side, and a demon on the left. They are waiting for whom we will begin to serve on this day. And this is how you should start your day. When you wake up, immediately protect yourself sign of the cross and jump out of bed so that laziness remains under the blanket, and we find ourselves in the holy corner. Then make three bows to the ground and turn to the Lord with these words: “Lord, I thank You for last night, bless me for the coming day, bless me and bless this day, and help me spend it in prayer, in good deeds, and save me from all enemies visible and invisible." And immediately we begin to read the Jesus Prayer. Having washed and dressed, we will stand in the holy corner, gather our thoughts, concentrate so that nothing distracts us, and begin our morning prayers. Having finished them, let's read a chapter from the Gospel. And then let’s figure out what kind of good deed we can do for our neighbor today... It’s time to go to work. Here, too, you need to pray: before going out the door, say these words of St. John Chrysostom: “I deny you, Satan, your pride and service to you, and I unite with you, Christ, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.” Sign yourself with the sign of the cross, and when leaving the house, quietly cross the road. On the way to work, or while doing any business, we must read the Jesus Prayer and “Rejoice to the Virgin Mary...” If we are doing housework, before preparing food, we will sprinkle all the food with holy water, and light the stove with a candle, which Let's light it from the lamp. Then food will not harm us, but will benefit us, strengthening not only our physical but also our mental strength, especially if we cook while constantly reciting the Jesus Prayer.

After morning or evening prayers there is not always a feeling of grace. Sometimes sleepiness interferes with prayer. How to avoid this?

Demons do not like prayer; as soon as a person begins to pray, drowsiness and absent-mindedness attack. We must try to delve into the words of the prayer, and then you will feel it. But the Lord does not always console the soul. The most valuable prayer is when a person does not want to pray, but he forces himself... A small child cannot yet stand or walk. But his parents take him, put him on his feet, support him, and he feels help and stands strong. And when the parents let him go, he immediately falls and cries. So we, when the Lord - our Heavenly Father - supports us with His grace, we can do everything, we are ready to move mountains and we pray well and easily. But as soon as grace leaves us, we immediately fall - we don’t really know how to walk spiritually. And here we must humble ourselves and say: “Lord, without You I am nothing.” And when a person understands this, God’s mercy will help him. And we often rely only on ourselves: I am strong, I can stand, I can walk... So, the Lord takes away grace, that’s why we fall, suffer and suffer - from our pride, we rely a lot on ourselves.

How to become attentive in prayer?

In order for the prayer to pass through our attention, there is no need to rattle or proofread; he drummed and calmed down, putting the Prayer Book aside. At first they delve into every word; slowly, calmly, evenly, you need to prepare yourself for prayer. We begin to gradually enter into it, you can read it quickly, but still every word will enter your soul. We need to pray so that it doesn’t pass by. Otherwise we will fill the air with sound, but the heart will remain empty.

The Jesus Prayer is not working for me. What do you recommend?

If prayer does not work, it means sins are interfering. As we repent, we must try to read this prayer as often as possible: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner! (or a sinner)” And while reading, strike at last word. In order to constantly read this prayer, you need to lead a special spiritual life, and most importantly, gain humility. You must consider yourself worse than everyone else, worse than any creature, endure reproaches, insults, not grumble and not blame anyone. Then the prayer will go. You need to start praying in the morning. How is it at the mill? The one who fell asleep in the morning will continue to pray all day. As soon as we woke up, immediately: “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! Lord, I thank You for last night, bless me for today. Mother of God, I thank You for last night, bless me for today. Lord, strengthen me faith, send me the grace of the Holy Spirit! Give me a Christian death, unashamed and a good answer on the day of the Last Judgment, my Guardian Angel, thank you for the past night, bless me for today, save me from all enemies visible and invisible, Lord Jesus Christ. Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!” Just read and read right away. We dress with prayer, we wash. We read the morning prayers, again the Jesus Prayer 500 times. This is a charge for the whole day. It gives a person energy, strength, and expels darkness and emptiness from the soul. A person will no longer walk around and be indignant about something, make noise, or get irritated. When a person constantly reads the Jesus Prayer, the Lord will reward him for his efforts, this prayer begins to happen in the mind. A person concentrates all his attention in the words of prayer. But you can only pray with a feeling of repentance. As soon as the thought comes: “I am a saint,” know that this is a disastrous path, this thought is from the devil.

The confessor said “to begin with, read at least 500 Jesus prayers.” It’s like in a mill - if you fall asleep in the morning, it grinds all day long. But if the confessor said “only 500 prayers,” then there is no need to read more than 500. Why? Because everything is given according to the strength, according to the spiritual level of each person. Otherwise, you can easily fall into delusion, and then you won’t be able to approach such a “saint.” In the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, one elder had a novice. This elder lived in the monastery for 50 years, and the novice had just come from the world. And he decided to struggle. Without the blessing of the elder, both the early liturgy and the later one were held, he set a large rule for himself and read everything, and was constantly in prayer. After 2 years he achieved great “perfection”. “Angels” began to appear to him (they only covered their horns and tails). He was seduced by this, came to the elder and said: “You lived here for 50 years and did not learn to pray, but in two years I have reached heights - Angels are already appearing to me. I am all in grace.. People like you have no place on earth , I will strangle you." Well, the elder managed to knock on the neighboring cell; another monk came, this “saint” was tied up. And the next morning they sent me to the cowshed, and allowed me to attend liturgy only once a month: and they forbade me to pray (until he humbled himself)... In Rus', we are very fond of prayer books and ascetics, but true ascetics will never expose themselves. Holiness is measured not by prayers, not by deeds, but by humility and obedience. Only he has achieved something who considers himself the most sinful of all, worse than any cattle.

How to learn to pray purely, undistractedly?

We must start in the morning. The Holy Fathers advise that it is good to pray before we eat. But as soon as the food is tasted, it immediately becomes difficult to pray. If a person prays absent-mindedly, it means he prays little and infrequently. The one who constantly remains in prayer has living, undistracted prayer.

Prayer loves a pure life, without sins burdening the soul. For example, we have a telephone in our apartment. The kids were naughty and cut the wire with scissors. No matter how much we dial numbers, we won’t get through to anyone. It is necessary to reconnect the wires, restore the interrupted connection. In the same way, if we want to turn to God and be heard, we must establish our connection with Him - repent of sins, clear our conscience. Unrepentant sins are like a blank wall; through them prayer does not reach God.

I shared with a woman close to me, saying that you gave me the Mother of God rule. But I don't do it. I also don’t always follow the cell rule. What should I do?

When you are given a separate rule, don't tell anyone about it. Demons will hear and will definitely steal your exploits. I know hundreds of people who had prayer, read the Jesus Prayer from morning to evening, akathists, canons - the whole soul was blissful. As soon as they shared it with someone and boasted about the prayer, everything disappeared. And they have neither prayers nor bows.

I often get distracted while praying or doing something. What to do - continue to pray or pay attention to the person who has come?

Well, since God’s commandment to love our neighbor comes first, that means we must put everything aside and pay attention to the guest. One holy elder was praying in his cell and saw through the window that his brother was coming to him. So the elder, so as not to show that he was a man of prayer, went to bed and lay there. He read a prayer near the door: “Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us.” And the old man stood up from the bed and said: “Amen.” His brother came to see him, he received him with love, treated him to tea - that is, he showed love for him. And this is the most important thing!

This often happens in our lives: we are reading evening prayers, and suddenly there is a call (on the phone or on the door). What should we do? Of course, we must immediately answer the call by leaving prayer. We clarified everything with the person and again continue the prayer from where we left off. True, we also have visitors who come not to talk about God, not about the salvation of the soul, but to talk idle talk and condemn someone. And we should already know such friends; when they come to us, invite them to read together an akathist, or a Gospel, or a holy book prepared in advance for such an occasion. Tell them: “My joy, let’s pray and read the akathist.” If they come to you with a sincere feeling of friendship, they will read. And if not, they will find a thousand reasons, immediately remember urgent matters and run away. If you agree to chat with them, then both the “unfed husband at home” and the “uncleaned apartment” are not a hindrance to your friend... Once in Siberia I saw an interesting scene. One comes from the water pump, there are two buckets on the rocker, the second comes from the store, with full bags in her hands. They met and started talking among themselves... And I watched them. Their conversation went something like this: “Well, how is your daughter-in-law? And your son?” And the gossip begins. Those poor women! One shifts the yoke from shoulder to shoulder, while the other holds the bag with her arms pulling. And all you had to do was exchange a few words... Moreover, it’s dirty - you can’t put the bags down... And they stand there not for two, but for ten, and twenty, and thirty minutes. And they don’t think about the burden, the most important thing is that they learned the news, satiated the soul, and amused the evil spirit. And if they call you to church, they say: “It’s hard for us to stand, our legs hurt, our back hurts.” And standing with buckets and bags doesn’t hurt! The main thing is that the tongue doesn’t hurt! I don’t want to pray, but I have the strength to chat, and I have a good tongue: “We’ll get through everyone, we’ll find out about everything.”

The best thing is to wake up, wash your face and start the day with morning prayers. After this, you need to read the Jesus Prayer with attention. This is a huge charge for our soul. And with such “recharging” we will have this prayer in our thoughts throughout the day. Many people say that when they begin to pray, they become absent-minded. You can believe it, because if you read a little in the morning and a little in the evening, nothing will happen in your heart. We will always pray - and repentance will live in our hearts. After the morning prayers - the “Jesus” prayer as a continuation, and after the day - the evening prayers as a continuation of the daytime prayers. And so we will constantly remain in prayer and will not be distracted. Don’t think that it is very difficult, very difficult to pray. We need to make an effort, overcome ourselves, ask the Lord, the Mother of God, and grace will act in us. We will be given the desire to pray at all times.

And when prayer enters the soul, the heart, then these people try to move away from everyone, to hide in secluded places. They can even crawl into the cellar just to be with the Lord in prayer. The soul melts in Divine Love.

In order to achieve such a state of mind, you need to work a lot on yourself, on your “I”.

When should you pray in your own words, and when according to the Prayer Book?

When you want to pray, at this time pray to the Lord; “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matt. 12:34).

Prayer to a person’s soul is especially useful when there is a need for it. Let's say a mother's daughter or son is lost. Or they took their son to prison. You won’t be able to pray from the Prayer Book here. A believing mother will immediately kneel down and speak to the Lord out of the abundance of her heart. There is a prayer from the heart. So you can pray to God anywhere; Wherever we are, God hears our prayers. He knows the secrets of our heart. Even we ourselves do not know what is in our hearts. And God is the Creator, He knows everything. So you can pray in transport, in any place, in any society. So Christ says: “When you pray, go into your room (that is, inside yourself) and, having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly” (Matt. 6.6). When we do good, when we give alms, then we must do it so that no one knows about it. Christ says: “When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your almsgiving may be in secret” (Matthew 6:3-4). That is, not literally, as grandmothers understand - they serve only with their right hand. And if a person doesn’t have right hand? What if both hands are missing? Good can be done without hands. The main thing is that no one sees this. Good must be done in secret ways. All boastful, proud, self-loving people do a good deed for show in order to receive praise and earthly glory from it. They will tell her: “How good, how kind! She helps everyone, gives to everyone.”

I often wake up at night, always at the same time. Does this mean anything?

If we wake up at night, then there is an opportunity to pray. We prayed and go back to sleep. But, if this happens often, you need to take a blessing from your confessor.

Once I was talking to one person. He says:

Father Ambrose, tell me, have you ever seen demons with your own eyes?

Demons are spirits; they cannot be seen with ordinary eyes. But they can materialize, taking the form of an old man, a young man, a girl, an animal, they can take on any image. A non-church person cannot understand this. Even believers fall for his tricks. Do you want to see? Well, I have a woman I know in Sergiev Posad, her confessor gave her a rule - to read the Psalter a day before. It is necessary to constantly burn candles, without rushing to read - it will take 8 hours. In addition to this, the rule requires reading the canons, akathists, the Jesus Prayer, and eating only lean food once a day. When she began to pray (and this had to be done for 40 days) with the blessing of her confessor, he warned her: “If you pray, if there are any temptations, then do not pay attention, continue to pray.” She accepted it. On the 20th day of strict fasting and almost incessant prayer (she had to sleep sitting for 3-4 hours), she heard the locked door open and heavy footsteps were heard - the floor was literally cracking. This is the 3rd floor. Someone came up behind her and began breathing near her ear; breathes so deeply! At this time, she was overcome with cold and trembling from head to toe. I wanted to turn around, but I remembered the warning and thought: “If I turn around, I won’t survive.” So I prayed to the end.

Then I looked - everything was in place: the door was locked, everything was fine. Then, on the 30th day, a new temptation. I was reading the Psalter and heard how, from the back of the windows, cats began to meow, scratch themselves, and climb into the window. They scratch - and that's it! And she survived it. Someone from the street threw a stone - the glass was shattered, the stone and fragments were lying on the floor. You can't turn around! The cold came through the window, but I finished reading everything to the end. And when she finished reading, she looked - the window was intact, there was no stone. These are demonic forces attacking a person.

When the Monk Silouan of Athos prayed, he slept for two hours while sitting. His spiritual eyes were opened and he began to see evil spirits. I saw them with my own eyes. They have horns, ugly faces, hooves on their legs, tails...

The man I spoke with is very obese - more than 100 kg, loves to eat deliciously - he eats meat and everything. I say: “Here, you start fasting and praying, then you will see everything, hear everything, feel everything.”

How to thank the Lord correctly - in your own words or is there some special prayer?

You need to thank the Lord with your whole life. It's in the prayer book thanksgiving prayer, but it is very valuable to pray in your own words. The Monk Benjamin lived in one monastery. The Lord allowed him to suffer from dropsy. He became enormous in size; he could only clasp his little finger with two hands. They made a huge chair for him. When the brethren came to him, he showed his joy in every possible way, saying: “Dear brethren, rejoice with me. The Lord has had mercy on me, the Lord has forgiven me.” The Lord gave him such an illness, but he did not grumble, did not despair, rejoiced at the forgiveness of sins and the salvation of his soul, and thanked the Lord. No matter how many years we live, the main thing is to remain faithful to God in everything. For five years I carried out difficult obedience in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra - I confessed day and night. I had no strength left, I couldn’t stand for even 10 minutes - my legs couldn’t hold me up. And then the Lord gave polyarthritis - I lay for 6 months with acute pain in the joints. As soon as the inflammation passed, I began to walk around the room with a stick. Then he began to go out into the street: 100 meters, 200, 500... Each time more and more... And then, in the evenings, when there were few people, he began to walk 5 kilometers; I left my wand. In the spring, the Lord gave - and he stopped limping. Until this day the Lord protects. He knows who needs what. Therefore, thank the Lord for everything.

You need to pray everywhere and always: at home, at work, and in transport. If your legs are strong, it is better to pray standing, and if you have sick legs, then, as the elders say, it is better to think about God during prayer than about your sick legs.

Is it possible to cry during prayer?

Can. Tears of repentance are not tears of evil and resentment; they wash our soul from sins. The more we cry, the better. It is very valuable to cry during prayer. When we pray - read prayers - and at this time we linger on some words in our minds (they penetrated our soul), there is no need to skip them, speed up the prayer; return to these words and read until your soul dissolves in feeling and begins to cry. The soul is praying at this time. When the soul is in prayer, and even with tears, the Guardian Angel is next to it; he prays next to us. Any sincere believer knows from practice that the Lord hears his prayer. We turn the words of prayer to God, and He, by grace, returns them to our hearts, and the believer’s heart feels that the Lord accepts his prayer.

When I read prayers, I often get distracted. Should I stop praying?

No. Read the prayer anyway. It is very useful to go out into the street and walk and recite the Jesus Prayer. It can be read in any position: standing, sitting, lying down... Prayer is a conversation with God. Now, we can tell our neighbor everything - both sorrow and joy. But the Lord is closer than any neighbor. He knows all our thoughts, the secrets of our hearts. He hears all our prayers, but sometimes he hesitates to fulfill them, which means that what we ask is not for the benefit of our soul (or for the benefit of our neighbor). Any prayer must end with the words: “Lord, Thy will be done. Not as I want, but as You want.”

What is the daily prayer rule for an Orthodox layperson?

There is a rule and it is mandatory for everyone. These are morning and evening prayers, one chapter from the Gospel, two chapters from the epistles, one kathisma, three canons, an akathist, 500 Jesus prayers, 50 bows (and with blessing, more is possible).

I once asked one person:

Do I need to have lunch and dinner every day?

It’s necessary,” he replies, “but besides this, I can grab something else and drink some tea.”

What about praying? If our body requires food, isn’t it even more important for our soul? We feed the body so that the soul is kept in the body and is cleansed, sanctified, freed from sin, so that the Holy Spirit dwells in us. It is necessary for her to unite with God here already. And the body is the clothing of the soul, which ages, dies and crumbles into the dust of the earth. And we pay special attention to this temporary, perishable thing. We really care about him! And we feed, and water, and paint, and dress in fashionable rags, and give peace - we pay a lot of attention. And sometimes there is no care left for our soul. Have you read your morning prayers?

This means you can’t have breakfast (that is, lunch; Christians never have breakfast). And if you’re not going to read in the evening, then you can’t have dinner. And you can't drink tea.

I'll die of hunger!

So your soul dies of hunger! Now, when a person makes this rule the norm of his life, then he has peace, quiet and quiet in his soul. The Lord sends grace, and the Mother of God and the Angel of the Lord pray. In addition to this, Christians also pray to the saints, read other akathists, the soul is nourished, contented and glad, peaceful, the person is saved. But you don’t have to read like some people do, proofreading. They read it, rattled it off - through the air, but didn’t hit the soul. Touch this one a little and it bursts into flames! But he considers himself a great man of prayer - he “prays” very well. The Apostle Paul says: “It is better to speak five words with my understanding, in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.” (1 Cor. 14:19) It is better for five words to penetrate into the soul than ten thousand words to miss the soul.

You can read akathists at least every day. I knew one woman (her name was Pelagia), she read 15 akathists every day. The Lord gave her special grace. Some Orthodox Christians have collected many akathists - 200 or 500. They usually read a certain akathist every holiday celebrated by the Church. For example, tomorrow is the feast of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. People who have an akathist for this holiday will read it.

Akathists are good to read from a fresh memory, i.e. in the morning, when the mind is not burdened with everyday affairs. In general, it is very good to pray from morning until lunch, while the body is not burdened with food. Then there is an opportunity to feel every word from the akathists and canons.

All prayers and akathists are best read aloud. Why? Because words enter the soul through the ear and are better remembered. I constantly hear: “We can’t learn prayers...” But you don’t need to learn them - you just have to read them constantly, every day - morning and evening, and they are remembered by themselves. If “Our Father” is not remembered, then we need to attach a piece of paper with this prayer where our dining table is.

Many refer to poor memory due to old age, but when you start asking them, asking various everyday questions, everyone remembers. They remember who was born when, in what year, everyone remembers their birthdays. They know how much everything is now in the store and on the market - but prices are constantly changing! They know how much bread, salt and butter cost. Everyone remembers it perfectly. You ask: “What street do you live on?” - everyone will say. Very good memory. But they just can’t remember the prayers. And this is because the flesh comes first for us. And we care so much about the flesh, we all remember what it needs. But we don’t care about the soul, which is why we have a bad memory for everything good. We are masters at bad things...

The Holy Fathers say that those who daily read the canons to the Savior, the Mother of God, the Guardian Angel, and the saints are especially protected by the Lord from all demonic misfortunes and evil people.

If you come to any boss for a reception, you will see a sign on his door “Reception hours from... to...” You can turn to God at any time. Night prayer is especially valuable. When a person prays at night, then, as the holy fathers say, this prayer is, as it were, paid for in gold. But in order to pray at night, you need to take a blessing from the priest, because there is a danger: a person may become proud that he prays at night and fall into delusion, or he will be especially attacked by demons. Through blessing the Lord will protect this person.

Sitting or standing? If your legs can’t hold you up, you can kneel down and read. If your knees are tired, you can read while sitting. It is better to think about God while sitting than to think about your feet while standing. And one more thing: prayer without bowing is a premature fetus. Fans are a must do.

Now many are talking about the benefits of the revival of paganism in Russia. Maybe, really, paganism is not so bad?

IN Ancient Rome Gladiator fights were held in circuses. One hundred thousand people flocked to the spectacle, filling the pews through the many entrances within ten minutes. And everyone was thirsty for blood! We were hungry for a show! Two gladiators fought. In the struggle, one of them could fall, and then the second would put his foot on his chest, raise his sword over the fallen one and watch what sign the patricians would give him. If the fingers are raised up, it means you can let the opponent live; if down, it means you should have taken his life. Most often they demanded death. And the people rejoiced when they saw the blood spilled. Such was the pagan fun.

In our Russia, about forty years ago, one acrobat walked on a wire high under the circus dome. She stumbled and fell. There was a net stretched below. It didn't crash, but something else is important. All the spectators stood up as one and buzzed: “Is she alive? Faster than the doctor!” What does this mean? That they did not want death, but were worried about the gymnast. The spirit of love was alive in the minds of people.

The younger generation is being raised differently now. On the TV screen there are action films with murders, blood, pornography, horror, space wars, aliens are demonic forces... People from an early age get used to scenes of violence. What remains for the child? Having seen enough of these pictures, he gets a weapon and shoots his classmates, who, in turn, mocked him. There are so many such cases in America! God forbid something like this starts happening here.

It has happened before that contract killings were committed in Moscow. And now the scale of crime and mortality at the hands of killers has risen sharply. Three to four people are killed a day. And the Lord said: “Thou shalt not kill!” (Ex. 20:13); “... those who do this will not inherit the kingdom of God” (Gal. 5:21) - they will all go into the fire of Gehenna.

I often have to go to prisons and confess to prisoners. I also confess to death row prisoners. They repent of murders: some were ordered, while others killed in Afghanistan and Chechnya. They killed two hundred and seventy, three hundred people. They did the math themselves. These are terrible sins! War is one thing, and another is to order to deprive a person of a life that you did not give him.

When you confess about ten murderers and leave prison, then just wait: the demons will definitely arrange intrigues, there will be some kind of trouble.

Every priest knows how evil spirits take revenge for helping people free themselves from sins. One mother came to St. Seraphim of Sarov:

Father, pray: my son died without repentance. Out of modesty, he initially refused, humbled himself, and then gave in to the request and began to pray. And the woman saw that, praying, he rose above the floor. The elder said:

Mother, your son is saved. Go, pray yourself, thank God.

She left. And before his death, the Monk Seraphim showed his cell attendant the body from which the demons had torn out a piece:

This is how demons take revenge for every soul!

It is not so easy to pray for the salvation of people.

Orthodox Russia accepted the Spirit of Christ, but the pagan West wants to finish it off for this, thirsts for blood.

The Orthodox faith is the most impartial for a person. It obliges us to live a strict life on earth. And Catholics promise the soul purgatory after death, where one can repent and be saved...

In the Orthodox Church there is no such concept of “purgatory”. According to the teachings of the Orthodox Church, if a person lived righteously and passed into the other world, then he is awarded eternal joy; such a person can receive reward for his good deeds while living on earth, in the form of peace, joy, and peace of mind.

If a person lived uncleanly, did not repent and passed on to the other world, then he falls into the clutches of demons. Before death, such people are usually sad, despairing, graceless, joyless. After death, their souls, languishing in torment, await the prayers of their relatives and the prayers of the Church. When there is intense prayer for the departed, the Lord frees their souls from hellish torment.

Church prayer also helps the righteous, those who have not yet received the fullness of grace during earthly life. The fullness of grace and joy are possible only after this soul is assigned to Paradise at the Last Judgment. It is impossible to feel their fullness on earth. Only selected saints merged here with the Lord in such a way that they were caught up by the Spirit into the Kingdom of God.

Orthodoxy is often called a “religion of fear”: “there will be a second coming, everyone will be punished, eternal torment..." But Protestants talk about something else. So will there be punishment for unrepentant sinners or will the love of the Lord cover everything?

Atheists have long deceived us when they talk about the emergence of religion. They said that people could not explain this or that natural phenomenon and began to deify it and enter into religious contact with it. It used to be that thunder would roar, people would hide underground, in the basement, sit there, afraid. They think that they pagan god got angry and will now punish or a tornado will fly, or solar eclipse will begin...

This is pagan fear. The Christian God is Love. And we should fear God not because He will punish us, we should be afraid of offending Him with our sins. And if we have retreated from God and brought disaster upon ourselves, we do not hide underground from the wrath of God, we do not wait for the wrath of God to pass by. On the contrary, we go to confession, turn to God with a prayer of repentance, ask God for mercy, and pray. Christians do not hide from God; on the contrary, they themselves strive to Him for permission from sins. And God gives the repentant a Helping Hand and covers him with His grace.

And the Church warns that there will be a Second Coming, a Last Judgment, not in order to intimidate. If you are walking along the road, there is a hole ahead and they tell you: “Be careful, don’t fall, don’t trip,” are you being intimidated? They warn you and help you avoid danger. So the Church says: “Don’t sin, don’t do evil to your neighbor, all this will turn against you.”

There is no need to make God out to be a villain because He does not accept sinners into Paradise. Unrepentant souls will not be able to live in Paradise; they will not be able to bear the light and purity that is there, just as sick eyes cannot bear the bright light.

Everything depends on ourselves, on our behavior and prayers.

The Lord can change everything through prayer. One woman came to us from Krasnodar. Her son was imprisoned. An investigation was underway. She came to one judge, who told her: “Your son is eight years old.” He had some great temptation. She came to me, crying, sobbing: “Father, pray, what should I do? The judge asks for five thousand dollars, but I don’t have that kind of money.” I say: “You know, mother, if you pray, the Lord will not leave you! What is his name?” She said his name, we prayed. And in the morning she comes:

Father, I'm going there now. The question is being decided, either they will imprison you or they will release you.

The Lord put it on his heart to tell her this:

If you pray, God will arrange everything.

I prayed all night. After lunch she came back and said:

The son was released. He was acquitted. They sorted it out and let me go. Everything is fine.

This mother had so much joy, so much faith that the Lord heard her. But the son was not to blame, he was simply framed in business.

The son is completely out of control, doesn’t speak, doesn’t listen. He's seventeen. How can I pray for him?

You need to read the prayer “O Mother of God, Virgin, Rejoice” 150 times. Venerable Seraphim Sarovsky said that the one who walks along the groove of the Mother of God in Diveevo and reads “Rejoice to the Virgin Mary” one hundred and fifty times is under the special protection of the Mother of God. The Holy Fathers constantly spoke about the veneration of the Mother of God, about prayer appeal to Her for help. The prayer of the Mother of God has great power. Through the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos, the grace of God will descend on both mother and child. Righteous John Kronstadtsky says: “If all the angels, saints, all people living on earth gather together and pray, the prayer of the Mother of God surpasses all their prayers in power.

I remember one family. This was while we were serving in the parish. One mother, Natalia, had two girls - Lisa and Katya. Liza was thirteen or fourteen years old, she was capricious and headstrong. And although she went to church with her mother, she remained very restless. I was amazed at my mother's patience. Every morning he gets up and says to his daughter:

Lisa, let's pray!

That's it, mom, I'm saying my prayers!

Read quickly, read slowly!

Mom didn’t stop her and patiently fulfilled all her requests. At this time, it was useless to beat and stab my daughter. The mother endured. Time passed, my daughter grew up and became calmer. Joint prayer did her good.

There is no need to be afraid of temptations. The Lord will protect this family. Prayer has never harmed anyone. It only brings benefit to our soul. Boasting harms us: “I read the Psalter for the deceased.” We boast, and this is a sin.

It is customary to read the Psalter at the head of the deceased. Reading the Psalter is very useful for the soul of that person who constantly went to church and passed into the next world with repentance. The Holy Fathers say: when we read the Psalter over the deceased, say, for forty days, then sins fly from the deceased soul like autumn leaves from a tree.

How to pray for the living or the dead, is it possible to imagine a person while doing this?

The mind must be clear. When we pray, we should not imagine God, the Mother of God, or the holy saint: neither Their faces, nor their position. The mind must be free of images. Moreover, when we pray for a person, we just need to remember that such a person exists. And if you imagine images, you can damage your mind. The Holy Fathers forbid this.

I am twenty four years old. As a child, I laughed at my grandfather who talked to himself. Now that he died, I began to talk to myself. Inner voice He tells me that if I pray for him, this vice will gradually leave me. Should I pray for him?

Everyone needs to know: if we condemn a person for some vice, we will certainly fall into it ourselves. That is why the Lord said: “Judge not, and you will not be judged. With whatever judgment you judge, you will be condemned.”

You definitely need to pray for your grandfather. Serve at mass, memorial notes at a memorial service, remember in your home prayers morning and evening. This will be of great benefit to his soul and to us.

Is it necessary to cover your head with a scarf during home prayer?

“Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is as if she were shaven,” says the Apostle Paul (1 Cor. 11:5). Orthodox Christian women, not only in church, but also at home, cover their heads with a scarf: “A wife should have on her head a sign of the power of the Angels over her” (1 Cor. 11:10).

Civil authorities are organizing additional bus routes to cemeteries for Easter. Is it correct? It seems to me that on this day the main thing is to be in church and remember the dead there.

For the deceased there is a special day of remembrance - “Radonitsa”. It occurs on Tuesday in the second week after Easter. On this day, all Orthodox Christians go to congratulate their departed on the universal holiday of Easter, the Resurrection of Christ. And on Easter day itself, believers must pray in church.

Routes organized by city authorities for those people who do not go to church. Let them at least go there, at least in this way they will remember death and the finitude of earthly existence.

Is it possible to watch live broadcasts of services from churches and pray? Often you don’t have enough health and strength to be present in the temple, but you want to touch the Divine with your soul...

The Lord vouchsafed me to visit a holy place, at the Holy Sepulcher. We had a video camera with us and we filmed Holy place. Then they showed what they had filmed to one priest. He saw the footage of the Holy Sepulcher and said: “Stop this frame.” He bowed to the ground and said: “I have never been to the Holy Sepulcher.” And he directly kissed the image of the Holy Sepulcher.

Of course, you can’t worship images on TV; we have icons. The case I told is an exception to the rule. The priest did this in simplicity of heart, out of a feeling of reverence for the depicted shrine.

On holidays, all Orthodox Christians should strive to be in church. And if you don’t have health or strength to move, watch the broadcast, be with the Lord with your soul. Let our souls participate with the Lord in His holiday.

Is it possible to wear the "Live Aid" belt?

One person came to me. I ask him:

What prayers do you know?

Of course, I even carry “Live Help” with me.

He took out the documents, and there he had the 90th Psalm “Alive in the Help of the Vyshnyago” rewritten. The man says: “My mother wrote it to me, gave it to me, and now I always carry it with me. Is it possible?” - “Of course, it’s good that you carry this prayer, but if you don’t read it, what’s the point? It’s the same as when you’re hungry and carry bread and food with you, but don’t eat. You’re getting weaker, you could die. In the same way, “The Living help" were written not so that you could carry them in your pocket or on your belt, but so that you could take them out every day, read them, and pray to the Lord. If you don’t pray, you can die... That’s when you, hungry, got some bread , ate, strengthened your strength and you can calmly work by the sweat of your brow. So by praying, you will give food for the soul and receive protection for the body.

Beloved brothers and sisters!

Orthodoxy, unlike other religious denominations, especially relies on private or personal prayer. Thus, each Christian does not himself create the life of his neighbors, his own destiny and the fate of his earthly Fatherland, but completely entrusts to God, the Most Holy Trinity, the Most Holy Theotokos, our Prayer Book and Intercessor and the great host of saints, the lives of those who have pleased God.
Therefore, we Orthodox Christians, in order, first of all, to live in peace with ourselves and bring peace to those around us, and thus bring peace and prosperity to the long-suffering and sinful land of Russia, should unite in common prayer, and act as it is said in the Holy Scripture: “Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will accomplish it.” Each person sees in his own way the path of humanity to a perfect society and, with the help of like-minded people, tries to rebuild it in his own way. This restructuring, as a rule, is never painless. It is always associated with blood, mass death of people, enormous destruction, refugees left without shelter and food, orphans, widows and disabled people. But the Holy Scripture says: “You cannot have a single hair white or black.” And it is also said: “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Therefore, every Orthodox Christian must always understand that he himself is not able to overcome the difficulties and trials that so often befall an individual, a family, a nation, or a state. But he can independently overcome, survive, and most importantly, understand not with worldly, but with spiritual vision, the significance of what is happening, and influence, calling on God for help and protection. To do this, you need to constantly talk with Him.
Prayer is a conversation with God. The Holy Psalmist David, who pleased God with his prayers, in one of the psalms teaches us to pray: “Seven times a day I will glorify You for the judgments of Your righteousness.” (Ps. 119:164) The Apostle Paul in his epistles teaches us: “Praying with all prayer and supplication at all times in the Spirit...” And by faith we comprehend that: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you; For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” Therefore, a prayer request to everyone who has this prayer book, without being lazy, at a certain hour, in every place, open the right hour, read the psalm and prayer of this hour. Thus, you will join the huge number at this hour of those praying for you, for your immortal soul, for the souls of your family and friends, for the fate of our earthly Fatherland - Russia, for your and the common good. May God send peace to our souls. May the Lord protect us all!

PRE-PRAYERS

PRAYERS AT 6 AM

In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen
God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
God, cleanse my sins and have mercy on me.
Having created me, Lord, have mercy on me.
Without number of sins, Lord, forgive me.
My Lady, Most Holy Theotokos, save me, a sinner.
My holy Guardian Angel, save me from all evil.
All saints, pray to God for me.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
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 Blessed One, our souls.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us

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, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.
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Lord, do not reprove me with Your wrath; do not punish me with Your wrath. Have mercy on me, Lord, for my bones are shaken, and my soul is greatly troubled: and Thou, Lord, how long will it be; Turn, Lord, deliver my soul, save me for the sake of Thy mercy. For in death there is no one who will remember You, but in hell who will confess to You; I am weary with my sighing, I will wash my bed every night, I will wet my bed with my tears. My eye is swept away with rage, I have sworn all my evils. Depart from me, all you who practice iniquity, because the Lord has heard my cry: The Lord has heard my prayer, the Lord has accepted my prayer. May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed, may they return and be greatly ashamed soon.

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen

Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity.

To the Most Holy Trinity, Consubstantial Power, all good wines! What shall we repay Thee for all that thou hast repaid to us sinners and unworthy, before we were born into this world, for all that thou hast repaid to everyone from us all the days, and that which thou hast prepared to eat for all of us in the world to come; It is fitting, then, for the amount of good deeds and generosity, not just in words, but more than in deeds, to thank You for keeping and fulfilling Your commandments: but we, by our passion and custom, have cast down countless sins and iniquities from our youth. For this reason, as unclean and defiled, not exactly before the Trisvetloe your face appear without shame, but below Your Most Holy Name, speak worthy to us, if only You yourself had deigned to announce to us for our joy, that the pure and righteous, loving and repentant sinners are merciful and accept with joy. Look then, O Divine Trinity, from the height of Your Holy glory upon us, many sinners, and accept our good will instead of good deeds, and give us the spirit of true repentance, so that, having hated all sin, in purity and truth until the end of our days we will chew the Holy Will Glorifying Your pure thoughts and good deeds, Most Holy and Magnificent your name forever and ever. Amen.

PRAYERS AT 9 AM

Our Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name: let him come Your kingdom: Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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 sinned, and I have done evil before You: so that you may be justified in Your words, and overcome, it is impossible for You to judge. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. You have loved the truth; you have shown me your unselfish and secret wisdom. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Give joy and gladness to my hearing; 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 the 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: the heart is contrite and humble, but God will not despise. Bless, O Lord, Thy favor with Zion, and may the walls of Jerusalem be reconciled. Then you will be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, the wave offering and the burnt offering: then they will lay the bullocks on Your altar.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I know, my Lord, that my iniquities exceed my head, but the multitude of Your bounties is immeasurable, the mercy of Your kindly goodness is ineffable, and there is no sin that conquers Your love for mankind. Surprise, O wonderful King, kindly Lord, and upon me, a sinner, Your mercy, show Your goodness the power, and show the strength of Your gracious mercy and accept me, a sinner turning to You. Accept me as You accepted the prodigal, the thief, the harlot; accept me, who sins immeasurably in word and deed, with placeless lust and thoughtless thoughts, and do not convict me with Thy righteous judgment and do not punish me with Thy righteous anger. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am not only weak, but also Your creation. You established Your fear on me, and I did evil before You. I trust in You, my God! If there is hope of salvation for me, if Your love for mankind exceeds without number the multitude of my iniquities, be my Savior and, according to Your generosity and Your mercies, weaken me, leave me everything in which I have sinned before You, for my soul is filled with many evils, and there is no hope of salvation for me. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy and do not reward me according to my deeds, and do not judge me according to my deeds, but convert me, intercede, deliver my soul from the evils and cruel perceptions that grow with it; save me, for the sake of Your mercy, so that where sin has multiplied, Your grace will abound, and I would praise and glorify You always, all the days of my life, for You are the God of the repentant and the Savior of those who sin.

PRAYERS AT 12 PM

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, as we forgive our debts: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, Amen.

Alive in the help of the Most High, in the shelter of the heavenly God. The Lord says: You are my protector and my refuge, my God, and I trust in Him. For He will deliver you from the snare of the trap, and from rebellious words: His blanket will overshadow you, and you will trust under His wing: His truth will surround you with weapons. Do not be afraid from the fear of the night, from the arrow flying during the day, from the thing that passes in darkness, from the cloak and demon of the midday. Thousands will fall from your country, and darkness will be at your right hand, but it will not come close to you: Behold your eyes, and see the reward of sinners. For you, O Lord, are my hope: you have made the Most High your refuge. Evil will not come to you, and no wound will come near your body. As His Angel commanded you to preserve you in all your ways. They will lift you up in their arms, but not when you dash your foot on a stone: you step on the asp and the basilisk, and trample the lion and the serpent. For I have trusted in Me, and I will deliver, and I will cover, and because Pozna name My. He will call to Me, and I will hear him: I am with Him in sorrow, I will wear him out: I will fill him with long days, and I will show him My salvation.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Most Holy Lady Theotokos, the only one most pure in soul and body, the only one who surpasses all purity, chastity and virginity, the only one who has completely become the abode of the complete grace of the all-holy Spirit, the most immaterial power here has incomparably surpassed the purity and holiness of the soul and body, look upon me, vile, unclean, soul and the body that has been denigrated by the filth of the passions of my life, cleanse my passionate mind, make immaculate and order my wandering and blind thoughts, put my feelings in order and guide them, free me from the evil and vile habit of unclean prejudices and passions that torment me, stop all sin acting in me, grant to my darkened and damned mind sobriety and prudence to correct my inclinations and falls, so that, freed from sinful darkness, I will be honored with boldness to glorify and sing songs to You, the only Mother of the true Light - Christ, our God; because you, alone with Him and in Him, are blessed and glorified by every invisible and visible creation, now, and always, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

PRAYERS AT 3 PM

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, as we forgive our debts: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Do not be jealous of those who are crafty; do not be jealous of those who create iniquity. Like the grass, they will soon dry up, and like the potion of grain, they will soon disappear. Trust in the Lord, and do goodness, and populate the earth, and enjoy its wealth. Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will grant you the petitions of your heart. Open your way to the Lord, and trust in Him, and He will do it. And he will bring out your righteousness like light, and your destiny like noon. Obey the Lord and beg Him. Do not be jealous of the one who ripens on his way, the person who commits a crime: Stop being angry and leave your rage; do not be jealous and deceitful. Those who are evil will be consumed; but those who endure the Lord will inherit the earth. And yet a little, and there will be no sinner: and you will seek his place, and you will not find it. The meek ones will inherit the earth and enjoy the abundance of the world. The sinner despises the righteous and gnashes his teeth. The Lord will laugh at him and despise him, for his day will come. The sinner has drawn the sword, strained her bow, cast down the wretched and the poor, and slain the upright in heart. Let their sword enter into their hearts, and let their bows be broken. A little is better for the righteous than much for the riches of sinners. For the sinners' muscles will be broken, but the Lord confirms the righteous. The Lord knows the way of the blameless, and their inheritance will endure forever. They will not be ashamed in times of cruelty, and in days of famine they will be satisfied: for sinners will perish. Defeat the Lord, and become glorified by them and ascend, disappearing like smoke. The sinner borrows and does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives. For those who bless him will inherit the earth, but those who curse him will be consumed. From the Lord, man’s feet are straightened, and his ways are greatly admired. Whenever the pedet is not broken, for the Lord strengthens his hand. The youngest was, for he grew old, and did not see the righteous man left, below his seed asking for bread. All day long he has mercy, and the righteous gives in return, and his seed will dwell forever and ever as a blessing. For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake His venerables; they will be preserved forever: but the wicked will be emasculated, and the seed of the wicked will be consumed. The righteous will inherit the earth, and will dwell in it for ever and ever. The lips of the righteous will learn wisdom and their tongue will speak judgment. The law of his God is in his heart, his feet will not falter. The sinner looks at the righteous and seeks to put him to death: the Lord will not leave him in his hand, he will condemn him lower when he judges him. Be patient with the Lord, and preserve His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the earth; you will never be consumed by sinful hearts. Let their sword enter into their hearts, and let their bows be broken. A little is better for the righteous than much for the riches of sinners. For the sinners' muscles will be broken, but the Lord confirms the righteous. The Lord knows the way of the blameless, and their inheritance will endure forever. They will not be ashamed in times of cruelty, and in days of famine they will be satisfied: for sinners will perish. Defeat the Lord, and become glorified by them and ascend, disappearing like smoke. The sinner borrows and does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives. For those who bless him will inherit the earth, but those who curse him will be consumed. From the Lord, man’s feet are straightened, and his ways are greatly admired. Whenever the pedet is not broken, for the Lord strengthens his hand. The youngest was, for he grew old, and did not see the righteous man left, below his seed asking for bread. All day long he has mercy, and the righteous gives in return, and his seed will dwell forever and ever as a blessing. For the Lord loves justice, and will not forsake His saints; they will be preserved forever: but the wicked will be married, and the seed of the wicked will be consumed. The righteous will inherit the earth, and will dwell in it for ever and ever. The lips of the righteous will learn wisdom and their tongue will speak judgment. The law of his God is in his heart, his feet will not falter. The sinner looks at the righteous and seeks to put him to death: the Lord will not leave him in his hand, he will condemn him lower when he judges him. Be patient with the Lord, and preserve His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the earth: you will never be consumed by a sinner, you will see. I saw the wicked exalting himself, and standing tall like the cedars of Lebanon: And he passed by, and behold, he was not found, and he sought him, and his place was not found. Maintain kindness, and see the manure, as there is a remains for a man of peace. The wicked will be consumed together, and the remnants of the wicked will be consumed. The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord, and the Lord is their protector and their deliverer, and he will take them away from sinners, and will save them, because they have trusted in him.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer to Saint George the Victorious.

Oh, all-validated Holy Great Martyr and Wonderworker George. Look upon us with your quick help and beg God, the Lover of Mankind, not to judge us sinners according to our iniquities, but to deal with us according to His great mercy. Do not despise our prayer, but ask us from Christ our God for a quiet and God-pleasing life, mental and physical health, fertility of the land and abundance in everything, and may we not turn into evil the blessings given to us by you from the all-merciful God, but for the glory of the Holy One in His name and in glorification of your strong intercession, may He give peace and blessing to God-protected Russia and the Orthodox people. Yes, His Angel protects us Saints with a militia from the wiles of the evil one and difficult ordeals, so that we may appear uncondemned before the throne of the Lord of Glory. Hear us, passion-bearer of Christ George, and pray for us unceasingly to the Trinitarian Lord of all God. Through His grace and love for mankind, and through your help and intercession, we will find mercy with the Angels and Archangels and with all the saints at the right hand of the Just Judge, and then we will forever glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen

PRAYERS AT 6 PM

The Lord shepherds me and deprives me of nothing. In the green place, there they settled me: on the calm water they raised me. Convert my soul, guide me on the path of righteousness for Your name. 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: Thou hast anointed my head with oil, and Thy cup makes me drunken as if it were mighty. 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.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen

Prayer to the Holy Great Martyr Barbara.

Most wise and all-red saint, Great Martyr of Christ Barbara! Blessed are you, for God’s most worldly wisdom has not revealed the flesh and blood to you, but God the Heavenly Father Himself, like you, for the sake of faith, abandoned, expelled and killed by an unfaithful father, has received into His beloved daughter: for the corruption of earthly property, the inheritance is the gift of incorruptibility to the flesh; the labors of martyrdom by the repose of the Heavenly Kingdom changed; glorify your temporary life, cut short by His death for His sake, with the honor that your soul has been removed from the faces of the heavenly spirits, but your body, placed on earth in their angelic temple, is preserved by the angel of the commandment intact, honorably and many-wonderfully. Blessed art thou, O Christ the Son of God, a virgin despised by the Heavenly Bridegroom, desiring to have the kindness of thy zealot, all through suffering, wounds, pleasure, cutting, and the very heads of the beheading, as thou didst strive to adorn with the most precious utensils: yes, as a wife is faithful to her head to her husband, Be united to Christ in spirit and body inseparably, saying: found. But my soul loved Him, held Him, and did not forsake Him. Blessed are you, for the Holy Spirit has rested upon you, having been taught by the spiritual to reason spiritually, you have rejected all the spirits of wickedness in idols, as if they were destructive, and having come to know the only God of the Spirit, as a true worshiper, you deigned to worship in spirit and truth, preaching: I honor the Trinity, one Godhead. This Holy Trinity, Who glorified this Holy Trinity in life and death with your confession and suffering, prayed for me, my intercessor, as I am always threefold, faith, love and hope, and here I honor the Holy Trinity as a virtue. I am the lamp of faith, but the oil is empty of good deeds: you, wise virgin, thy suffering flesh, filled with blood and shed with wounds, like the one who has the lamp, give from your oil, so that by decorating my spiritual candle, I, your unworthy servant (name), will be honored. ) for you to enter into the palace of heaven. I am a sojourner on earth and a stranger, like all my fathers: eternal blessings to the heiress and a blessed meal in the Kingdom of Heaven, a partaker, as in the journey of life, a meal of divine treats, here and at the departure from the world, vouchsafe me the desired guidance: and always at the end of sleep I will begin to put death to sleep, then touching my exhausted flesh, like sometimes the angel of Elijah, saying: Arise, eat and drink, as if by the grace of the divine Body and Blood of the Mysteries I am strengthened, I will walk in the fortress of that food the long path of death, even to the mountain of heaven: and there, Through the three windows of the bathhouse you first saw the Trinity of God by faith, Him together with you face to face. May I be worthy to see and glorify Him forever and ever. Amen.

PRAYERS AT 9 PM

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, as we forgive our debtors: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Lord, you have been our refuge forever and ever: Before even the mountains were not and the earth and the universe were created, and from eternity to eternity you are. Do not turn a person into humility, and say: turn to the sons of humanity. Like a thousand years are before Your eyes, O Lord, like yesterday, like the past, and like the watch of the night. The humiliations of their summer will be: the morning, like grass, will pass by, the morning will flourish and pass away: in the evening it will fall away, become hard and dry up. For I have been consumed by Your wrath, and have been troubled by Your wrath. Thou hast laid down our iniquities before Thee: our age is for the illumination of Thy face. As if all our days have become impoverished, and with Thy wrath have disappeared: Our years have become like a spider. The days of our years are seventy years in them, but if we are able, they are eighty years, multiplying their labor and illness: for meekness has come upon us, and we will be punished. Who knows the power of Your wrath; and out of Thy fear I will consume Thy wrath; Thy right hand tell me this, and my heart is bound in wisdom. Turn, O Lord, until; and beseech Thy servants. In the morning we were filled with Thy mercy, O Lord, and we rejoiced and rejoiced: All our days we rejoiced, for the days in the Lord He humbled us, for the years in the Lord we saw the evil. And look upon Thy servants and Thy works, and instruct their sons. And may the Lord our God be upon us, restore the work of our hands to us, and correct the work of our hands.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen

Prayer to the holy martyrs Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov and their mother Sophia

We glorify, magnify and bless you holy martyrs, Vera, Nadezhda and Lyuba, together with the matter Sophia, who we worship as the image of God’s wise care. Pray, holy Faith, to the Creator of the visible and invisible, that he may give us strong, unbreakable and indestructible faith. Intercede, Holy Hope, before the Lord Jesus for us sinners, so that good hope may not be taken away from us, and may He deliver us from all sorrow and need. Confession, holy Lyuba, to the Spirit of truth, the Comforter, our misfortunes and sorrows, may He from above bestow heavenly sweetness on our souls. Help us in our troubles, holy martyrs, and together with your mother Sophia, pray to the Lord God that He may preserve His Holy Church under His protection. Likewise, for all of us, we earnestly pray for your warm intercession before God, so that together with you and with all the saints we extol the Most Holy and Great Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit of God, the eternal Lord and good Creator, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

PRAYER AT 12 O'CLOCK

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, as we forgive our debtors: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Psalm 142

Lord, hear my prayer, inspire my supplication in Thy truth, hear me in Thy righteousness: And do not enter into judgment with Thy servant, for every living person will not be justified before You, for the enemy has driven away my soul: he has humbled my life in the ground: he has planted I am in the dark, like dead centuries. And my spirit is depressed within me, my heart is troubled within me. I have remembered the days of old, I have learned in all Your works, I have learned Your hand in all creation. My hands have lifted up to Thee: my soul is like a waterless land unto Thee. Hear me soon, Lord, my spirit has disappeared: do not turn Your face away from me, and I will be like those who go down into the pit. I heard Thy mercy on me in the morning, because I trusted in You: tell me, Lord, the way, I will go, because I have taken my soul to You. Deliver me from the enemies of my Lords, I have fled to You. Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. Your good Spirit will guide me to the right land. For Thy name's sake, Lord, live me by Thy righteousness: remove my soul from sorrow: And by Thy mercy consume my enemies, and destroy all my cold souls: for I am Thy servant.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Glory to Thee God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen

Prayer to the Most Holy Rev. Ephraim Sirina.

O saint of Christ, our Father Ephraim! Bring our prayer to the merciful and omnipotent God and ask us (names), from His goodness all that is for the benefit of our souls and bodies: right faith, undoubted hope, unfeigned love, meekness and kindness, courage in temptations, patience in suffering, in piety prosperity, may we not turn the gifts of the All-Good God into evil. Do not forget, miracle-working saint, this holy temple (house) and our parish: preserve and protect them with your prayers from all evil. To her, Holy One of God, grant us a good end and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, so that we may glorify the wondrous God in His saints, to Him belongs all glory, honor and power, forever and ever. Amen.

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