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on the days of special remembrance of the dead

Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.

Remember, O Lord, our God, in the faith and hope of the life of Thy eternally departed servant, our brother (name), and as the Good and Lover of mankind, forgiving sins and consuming iniquities, weaken, forsake and forgive all his voluntary and involuntary sins, deliver him from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna and grant him the communion and enjoyment of Thy eternal good things prepared for those who love Thee: even if Thou sin, yet do not depart from Thee, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Thy God in the Trinity of the glorified faith, and the One in the Trinity and Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even until his last breath of confession. Be merciful to the same, and faith, even in You instead of deeds, and with Your saints, as you are Generous, give rest: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and You are the One God of mercies and generosity, and love for mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Remember, O Lord, our God, in the faith and hope of the life of Thy eternally departed servant, our brother (name), and as the Good and Lover of mankind, forgiving sins and consuming iniquities, weaken, forsake and forgive all his voluntary and involuntary sins, deliver him from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna and grant him the communion and enjoyment of Thy eternal good things prepared for those who love Thee: even if Thou sin, yet do not depart from Thee, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Thy God in the Trinity of the glorified faith, and the One in the Trinity and Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even until his last breath of confession. Be merciful to the same, and faith, even in You instead of deeds, and with Your saints, as you are Generous, give rest: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and You are the One God of mercies and generosity, and love for mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Trisagion, according to Our Father.

Traditional healer Victoria

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17 – I Kathisma

Do I have to read 17 kathisma 40 days for a deceased relative?

The first 40 days are especially difficult for the deceased. He really needs help, support, protection from demons. This will be a great help to the deceased! And for the reader it is a kind of spiritual alms. All kathismas read the Psalter for the departed. It is believed that this greatly facilitates the fate of the deceased. But it is the 17th kathisma that brings special consolation.

Blessed Augustine said that all psalms are like stars, and the 17th kathisma (Psalm 118) is the sun. He was so amazed by the depth of this psalm that for a long time he could not begin to interpret it. Some even make it a mandatory prayer rule to read this kathisma every day.

Reading this kathisma is useful for the reader himself. After all, the purpose of our life is to keep the commandments, to avoid sin. In 17 Kathisma there are a lot of such invocations. Having read this kathisma at least once, it is difficult not to be touched. Be sure to read this kathisma for the deceased if you know how to read the Psalter. This is almsgiving with a very generous hand. You will feel great comfort. There will be obstacles and lack of time, but try to find time for such a good deed. You won't be disappointed. Remembrance of the dead is also important for the salvation of our souls.

- Save me, God! I’ve been reading as best I can for 4 days now, and peace and quiet have truly reigned in my soul.

– The Psalter drives away evil spirits. St. Barsanuphius of Optina said that every Orthodox Christian needs to read at least the Glory a day. I want to say that St. Alexander, the head of the monastery of the Never-Sleeping, introduced the Rite of the Never-Sleeping Psalter in the monasteries. It is very well written about him in the Cheti-Minea. Some spiritual giants read the entire Psalter a day on an ongoing basis. Like, for example, Simeon the Divnogorets, Parthenius of Kiev, and others. Ephraim the Syrian speaks of the psalms, so that they are constantly on our lips. This is such a sweetness - sweeter than honey and honeycombs. The law of the Lord is good to us more than thousands of gold and silver. I have loved Your commandments more than gold and topaz (Psalm 119, 127). Indeed, you read it and cannot be moved. This is wonderful! Not everything is clear when reading. But Ambrose Optinsky says that understanding comes with time. Open my eyes, and I will understand the wonders of Your law (Psalm 119:18). Let us really hope that our spiritual eyes will be opened.

“It’s not the mind that understands, but the spirit.” I also don’t understand a lot, but that doesn’t bother me.

- Yes, a person feels it. Realizes what a great help this is. But believe me, if the prayer is understood by the mind, the hidden meanings are understood, it is much better for the person praying, the prayer is much more powerful. I want to say that the psalms speak about the power of the cross and the Jesus Prayer, but not explicitly, but in subtext. Ambrose Optinsky also spoke about this. If you read normally, this is not visible. Elder Jerome of Sanaksar said that the Psalter is bottomless in its meaning. And I'll say one more thing. Then it’s good to memorize some psalms and read them on the road, meditating. This is what Anthony the Great advised. Theophan the Recluse also spoke about this. In addition, sometimes there are simply obscure words, such as: skimen, basilisk, asp, dove, erodivo, gananie, etc. Ideally, figure it all out. Look at the parallel Russian translation, work with the dictionary. In addition, there is a very good interpretation of the Psalter. That’s what it’s called: “The Psalter in Patristic Exposition.” There's a little bit about almost every line.

(Read daily for 40 days after death)

Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Good One, our souls.

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us; Perplexed by any answer, we offer this prayer to You as the Master of sin: have mercy on us.

Thy hands create me and create me; give me understanding and I will learn your commandment. Those who fear You will see me and rejoice, because they trust in Your words. I understood, Lord, that Thy destiny is true, and Thou hast truly humbled me. Be Thy mercy, may Thy servant comfort me according to Thy word. May Thy bounties come to me, and I will live, for Thy law is my teaching. Let pride be ashamed, for I have committed unrighteousness against me; but I will mock Your commandments.

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

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. (Thrice)

I am Yours, save me: for I seek Your justification. Waiting for a sinner to destroy me, I understood Your testimony. I have seen the end of every death; Your commandment is wide. Since I have loved Your law, O Lord, I have my teaching all day long. Thou hast made me wiser than my enemy through Thy commandment, even as I am forever. More than all those who taught me, I understood that Your testimonies are my teaching. Moreover, the elder understood that I have sought Your commandments. I have forbidden my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Thy words. I have not deviated from Your judgments, as You have laid down laws for me. How sweet is Your word to my throat: more than honey to my mouth. I understood from Your commandments: for this reason I hated every way of unrighteousness. The lamp of my feet is Your law, I am the light of my paths. I swore and set them to preserve the fate of Your righteousness. Humble yourself to the core, Lord, live me according to Your word. Grant me the freedom of my lips, O Lord, and teach me Your destinies. I will take my soul into Your hand, and I will not forget Your law. The sinners have laid a net for me, and from Your commandments they will not go astray. I have inherited Your testimonies forever, for the joy of my heart is the essence. Incline my heart, create Your justifications forever for reward. I have hated the lawbreakers, but I have loved Your law. You are my Helper and My Protector, I trust in Your words. Turn away from me, you wicked ones, and I will test the commandments of my God. Intercede for me according to Your word, and I will live, and do not disgrace me because of my hope. Help me, and I will be saved, and I will learn from Your justifications. Thou hast brought to naught all those who depart from Thy justifications, for their thoughts are unrighteous. You who transgress against all the sinners of the earth, for this reason I have loved Your testimony. Nail my flesh with Thy fear: for I am afraid of Thy judgments. Having done justice and justice, do not betray me to those who offend me. Consider Thy servant for good, so that pride does not slander me. My eyes disappear for Thy salvation and for the word of Thy righteousness: deal with Thy servant according to Thy mercy, and teach me by Thy justification. I am Thy servant: give me understanding, and I will hear Thy testimony. It is time for the Lord to do: I have destroyed Your law. For this reason I have loved Your commandments more than gold and topaz. For this reason, I was guided by all Your commandments, and I hated every path of unrighteousness. Wonderful is Thy testimony: for this reason I am tested, my soul. The manifestation of Your words enlightens and instructs little ones. My mouth was opened, and my spirit was drawn, as I commanded Thy desires.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Three times)

Those who have sinned against You, O Savior, like the prodigal son: accept me, Father, who repents, and have mercy on me, O God.

Sovereign Lord Almighty and Creator of all, the Father of generosity and mercy, God, who created man from the earth, and showed him in Your image and likeness, so that Your magnificent name may be glorified on earth, and it was uprooted by the transgression of Your commandments, and again created for the better him in Thy Christ and raised to Heaven: I thank Thee, for Thou hast increased Thy greatness upon me, and Thou hast not betrayed me to the end as my enemy, to tear me out to those who seek me into the abyss of hell, and left me below to perish through my iniquities. Now, O most merciful and loving Lord, do not want the death of a sinner, but expect and accept conversion: Who have corrected the downtrodden, who have healed the contrite, turn me to repentance, and correct the overthrown, and heal the contrite: remember Thy mercies, and even Thy incomprehensible ones from all eternity goodness and my immeasurable forget the iniquities that I have committed in deed, word, and thought: resolve the blindness of my heart, and give me tears of tenderness to cleanse the filth of my thoughts. Hear, O Lord, listen, O Lover of mankind, cleanse, O Compassionate One, and free my accursed soul from the torment of the reigning passions within me. And let no one contain me from sin: let the demon fighter be able to attack me, let him lead me lower to his desire, but by Thy sovereign hand, his dominion, snatching me away, Thou reign in me, Good and Humane-loving Lord, and of all Thy being and life I do the rest according to Your good will. And grant me with the indescribable goodness of my heart, cleansing of my heart, guarding my lips, rightness of actions, humble wisdom, peace of thoughts, silence of my spiritual strength, spiritual joy, true love, long-suffering, kindness, meekness, unfeigned faith, self-control, and fill me with all good fruits. Your Holy Spirit. And do not bring me to the end of my days, delight my uncorrected and unprepared soul below: but complete me with Your perfection, and thus bring me to the present life, as if I had unchecked the beginnings and powers of darkness, I will see by Your grace and I, unapproachable to Your glory, unspeakable kindness, with all Your saints, in whom may Thy most honorable and magnificent name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, be sanctified and glorified, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. But deliver us from evil.

Prayer of the Optina elders for the granting of the Jesus Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God! Angels and men worship Your name, The forces of hell tremble in Your name, Your name is a sure weapon to drive away the adversary, Your name burns sins and passions, Your name gives strength in exploits, gathers together the scattered mind and, in fulfilling Your commandments, enriches with virtues, Your the name works miracles and unites us with You, gives peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, and in the future life - the Kingdom of Heaven. For this reason, I, Your unworthy servant, pray to You: remove spiritual ignorance from us, enlighten us with the knowledge of Divine truth, and teach us, without confusion, in humility, attentively, with a feeling of repentant contrition, with our lips, mind and heart, to continually say this prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ.” “O Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” You have declared, O Lord, with Your most pure lips: “Whatever you ask in My name, I will do.” Behold, through the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother, St. Joasaph of Belgrade, St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Seraphim of Sarov and all our venerable fathers, I ask for the gift of the Jesus Prayer, the prayer of Thy Most Holy and Almighty Name. Hear me, who promise to hear all those who call upon Thee in truth. It is Yours to be merciful and to save, and to grant what is asked to the one who prays for Your glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

(If the prayer was read inattentively, read it again.)

Prayer against the Antichrist (compiled by the Optina elder, schema-monk Anatoly Potapov)

Deliver me, Lord, from the seduction of the godless and evil-cunning Antichrist who is coming, and hide me from his snares in the hidden desert of Your salvation. Grant me, Lord, the strength and courage to firmly confess Your holy name, so that I will not retreat from the fear of the devil, and may not renounce You, my Savior and Redeemer, from Your Holy Church. But grant me, Lord, day and night to cry and cry for my sins, and have mercy on me, Lord, at the hour of Your Last Judgment. Amen.

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.

The Cross of Christ for the whole world, sanctified by the grace and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, is given to us as a weapon against all our enemies, visible and invisible, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Prayers to the honest life-giving Cross

Even though we are protected by the Cross, we resist the enemy, not being afraid of that deceit and entrapment: for the proud one was abolished and was trampled on the Tree, by the power of the crucified Christ.

Sanctify Your Cross, O Lord: for this is why there are healings for those who are weak from sins: for this reason let us fall to You, have mercy on us.

God! Weapon against the devil You have given us Your Cross: for it trembles and shakes, impatient to look at its power, as it raises the dead and abolishes death: for this reason we worship Your burial and resurrection!

Prayer “May God rise again”

May God rise again, and may His enemies be scattered, and may those who hate Him flee from His presence. As smoke disappears, let them disappear; just as wax melts in the face of fire, so let demons perish from the face of those who love God and signify themselves with the sign of the cross, and who say in joy: Rejoice, Most Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, drive away the demons by force on you of our Lord Jesus Christ, who descended into hell and straightened the power the devil and gave us Your Honest Cross to drive away every adversary. O Most Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Virgin Mary and with all the saints forever. Amen.

When a person is under a spell (To the end, in songs about Osmom)

Psalm to David, 6

Lord, do not reprove me with Your wrath; do not punish me with Your wrath. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak; heal me, Lord, for my bones are crushed. And my soul was greatly troubled: and You, Lord, how long? Turn, O Lord, deliver my soul: save me for the sake of Thy mercy. For in death I will not remember You; 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 was troubled with rage, I vowed all my evils. Depart from me, all you who practice iniquity, for the Lord has heard my prayer, and the Lord has accepted my prayer. May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed, may they return and be ashamed very soon

Psalm 50

Have mercy on me, 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 bear away my sin before me. To You alone have I sinned and done evil before You; For if you are justified in all of Your words, you will always defeat You. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; I shall be washed and whiter than snow. My hearing brings joy and joy; humble bones will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me with the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; My tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare your praise. As if you wanted sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. Sacrifice to God crushes the spirit; God will not despise a broken and humble heart. Bless, O Lord, Zion with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; Then they will lay the bullocks on Your altar.

Living in the help of the Most High, he will settle in the shelter of the Heavenly God. Says the Lord: Thou art 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 the word of rebellion, His splash will cover you, and under His wing you hope: His truth will surround you with weapons. Do not be afraid from the fear of the night, from the arrow that flies during the day, from the thing that passes in the darkness, from the cloak, and from the demon of the midday. Thousands will fall from your country, and darkness will fall at your right hand, but it will not come close to you, otherwise you will look at your eyes, and you will 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 wound will not approach your body, as His Angel commanded you to keep you in all your ways. They will lift you up in their arms, but not when you dash your foot on a stone, step on an asp and a basilisk, and cross a lion and a serpent. For I have trusted in Me, and I will deliver, and I will cover, and because I have known My name. He will call to Me, and I will hear him: I am with him in sorrow, I will destroy him, and I will glorify him, I will fill him with long days, and I will show him My salvation.

Prayer to the Hieromartyr Cyprian

Oh, holy servant of God, Hieromartyr Cyprian, quick helper and prayer book for all those who come running to you. Receive our unworthy praise from us, and ask the Lord God for strength in our infirmities, healing in illnesses, consolation in sorrows, and all that is useful in our life Offer up your powerful prayer to the Lord, may he protect us from our sinful falls, may he teach us true repentance, may he deliver us from the captivity of the devil and all the actions of unclean spirits, and deliver us from those who offend us. Be our strong champion against all enemies, visible and invisible. In temptations, grant us patience and at the hour of our death, show us intercession from the torturers in our aerial ordeals. May we, led by you, reach the Mountain of Jerusalem and be worthy in the Heavenly Kingdom with all the saints to glorify and sing the Most Holy Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer for protection from evil spirits

The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, protect me with your holy angels and prayers of the all -hearted lord of our Virgin and the Ever -Development of Mary, the strength of the honest and life -giving cross, the holy architect of the God of Michael and the other heavenly forces of the Blessed, the Holy Prophet and the Baptist of the Baptist of the Lord John, Holy Apostol. One hundred John the Theologian, Hieromartyr Cyprian and Martyr Justina, St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia, the Wonderworker, St. Leo, Bishop of Catania, St. Joasaph of Belgorod, St. Mitrophan of Voronezh, St. Sergius, Abbot of Radonezh, St. Seraphim of Sarov, the Wonderworker, Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia , holy and righteous Godfather Joachim and Anna and all your saints, help me, your unworthy servant (name of the person praying) *, deliver me from all the slander of the enemy, from all evil, witchcraft, magic, sorcery and from evil people, so that they may not be able to cause me some harm. Lord, with the light of Your radiance, save me for the morning, for the day, for the evening, for the coming sleep, and by the power of Your Grace, turn away and remove all evil wickedness, acting at the instigation of the devil, if any evil is conceived or done, return it back to the underworld. For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.*/you can name the whole family, baptismal names/

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17th Kathisma (memorial), read on days of special remembrance of the dead (read daily for 40 days after death)
The meaning of the 17th Kathisma
During the entire forty days after the death of a person, his family and friends must read the Psalter. How many kathismas per day depends on the time and energy of the readers, but reading must certainly be daily. When the entire Psalter has been read, it is read first. Just don’t forget that after each “Glory...” you need to read a prayer request for the remembrance of the deceased (from “Following the departure of the soul from the body”).
Prayer request for the deceased
Remember, O Lord, our God, in the faith and hope of the life of Thy eternally departed servant, our brother (name), and as the Good and Lover of mankind, forgiving sins and consuming iniquities, weaken, forsake and forgive all his voluntary and involuntary sins, deliver him from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna and grant him the communion and enjoyment of Thy eternal good things prepared for those who love Thee: even if Thou sin, yet do not depart from Thee, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Thy God in the Trinity of the glorified faith, and the One in the Trinity and Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even until his last breath of confession. Be merciful to the same, and faith, even in You instead of deeds, and with Your saints, as you are Generous, give rest: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and You are the One God of mercies and generosity, and love for mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
According to the 17th Kathisma:
Trisagion, according to Our Father...
And troparia, tone 2
Those who have sinned against You, O Savior, like the prodigal son: accept me, Father, who repents, and have mercy on me, O God.
Glory: I call to You, Christ the Savior, with the publican’s voice: cleanse me as she did, and have mercy on me, O God.
And now: Mother of God, do not despise me, demanding Your intercession: for my soul trusts in You, and have mercy on me.
Lord, have mercy (40 times).

Options for praying according to the Psalter for the repose
Sometimes for a one-time, but strong, that is, tangible for the deceased, mention, there is a tradition (and for good reason) to read from the entire book one kathisma, which, as was realized through rich church experience, is most suitable for expressing the feelings and moods of the deceased himself.
Such a kathisma, unique and most extraordinary, beautiful not only in its content, but also in artistic expression and language, this is the 17th kathisma. It is one of not only the most beautiful, but also one of the longest in the entire text of the book. The one who reads this chapter gets the opportunity to truly, albeit relatively briefly, remember the dear deceased, to work for him (to bring God not only a word, but also an action, work), and the person praying himself receives great benefit from this for his soul.

The Psalter consists of 20 sections - kathisma, each of which is divided into three “Glories”. Before reading the first kathisma, the pre-initial prayers are said before starting the reading of the Psalter. At the end of the reading of the Psalter, prayers are said after reading several kathismas or the entire Psalter. The reading of each kathisma begins with a prayer:
Prayers before reading the Psalter
Verbs with tenderness: Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, 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 Good One, our souls.
Trisagion


Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity

Lord have mercy. (three times)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Lord's Prayer

Tropari
Have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us, bewildered by any answer, we offer this prayer to You as the Master of sin: have mercy on us.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: The honor of Thy prophet, O Lord, is a triumph, Heaven shows the Church, the Angels rejoice with men. By your prayers, O Christ God, guide our belly in peace, so that we may sing to You: Alleluia.
And now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen: My many and many sins, Mother of God, have come to You, O Pure One, demanding salvation: visit my weak soul and pray to Your Son and our God to grant me forgiveness for the evil deeds, O Blessed One.
Lord have mercy, 40 times. And bow down, so powerfully.
The same prayer to the Holy Life-Giving Trinity: All-holy Trinity, God and Creator of the whole world, hasten and direct my heart, begin with reason and finish the good works of these God-inspired books, even the Holy Spirit will vomit the lips of David, which I now want to say, I, unworthy, meaning my own ignorance, falling down, I pray to Thee, and ask You for help: Lord, guide my mind and confirm my heart, not about the words of the lips of this cold, but about the mind of those who say, rejoice, and prepare to do good deeds, even as I learn, and I say: yes Enlightened by good deeds, at the judgment of the right hand of Your land I will be a partaker with all Your chosen ones. And now, Vladyka, bless, and, sighing from my heart, I will sing with my tongue, saying to my face: Come, let us worship our King God. Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God. Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God.
Just wait a little, until all your feelings calm down. Then make the beginning not quickly, without laziness, with tenderness and a contrite heart. Rtsy quietly and intelligently, with attention, and not struggling, as the verb is understood with the mind.
Come, let us worship our King God.
Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God.
Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God.
When reading the kathisma for each “Glory” the following is said:
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, glory to Thee, O God! (three times)

Remember, O Lord our God, in the faith and hope of the eternal life, Thy servant [or: Thy handmaid], our brother [or: our sister] [name], who reposed (before the 40th day from the day of death - “newly reposed”), and who is Good and Lover of Mankind , forgive sins and consume untruths, weaken, forsake and forgive all his [or: her] sins, voluntary and involuntary, deliver him [or: yu] eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna, and grant him [or: her] communion and eternal pleasure Your good things, prepared for those who love You: even if you sin, do not depart from You, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, God glorify You in the Trinity, faith, and the Unity in the Trinity and the Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even to its last sighs of confession.
In the same way, be merciful to him [or: to that] and have faith in You instead of deeds, and with Your saints as You give generous rest: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and You are the One God of mercies and generosity, and love for mankind, and to You we send glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Then the reading of the psalms of kathisma continues.
At the end of the kathisma it reads:
Trisagion
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Read three times, with the sign of the cross and bow from the waist.)
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
Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.
Lord have mercy. (three times)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Troparia deceased
From the spirits of the righteous who have passed away, give rest to the soul of Your servant, O Savior, preserving it in the blessed life that belongs to You, O Lover of Mankind.
In Thy chamber, O Lord: where all Thy saints rest, give rest also to the soul of Thy servant, for Thou art the only Lover of mankind.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
You are God, Who descended into hell and loosed the bonds of the bound, May You Himself and the soul of Your servant give rest.
And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
One Pure and Immaculate Virgin, who gave birth to God without a seed, pray for the salvation of his soul.
Then the prayer prescribed at the end of kathisma is read:
According to the 1st kathisma
Master Almighty, Incomprehensible, the beginning of light and the supreme power, like the Hypostatic Word of the Father and the One-Powered Emitter of Your Spirit: merciful for the sake of mercy and ineffable goodness, not despising human nature, the darkness of sin contained, but the Divine lights of Your sacred teachings, the law and prophets shining to the world, follow and let us, O God, grant us, in a vigilant and sober heart, to pass through the whole night of this present life, awaiting the coming of Thy Son and God. ours, the judge of all, let us not recline and sleep, but be awake and lifted up in the doing of Thy commandments, and let us find ourselves in His joy, where those who celebrate the unceasing voice and the ineffable sweetness of those who behold Your face, the unspeakable kindness. For You are a Good and Lover of Mankind, and we send glory to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, amen.
According to the 2nd kathisma
Master Almighty, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Only Begotten Son, grant unto me an undefiled body, a pure heart, a vigorous mind, an unlost mind, the influx of the Holy Spirit, to the acquisition and contentment of the truth in Thy Christ: with Him is due to Thee glory, honor and worship, with the Holy Spirit now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen.
According to the 3rd kathisma
Lord Almighty, Word of the Eternal Father, Self-perfect God Jesus Christ, for the sake of Thy unconditional mercy, do not part from Thy servants, but rest ever in them, do not forsake me, Thy servant, O All-Holy King, but give me, unworthy, the joy of Thy salvation and enlighten my mind with the light of the knowledge of Your Gospel, bind my soul to the love of Your Cross, adorn my body with Your dispassion, calm my thoughts and keep my nose from creeping, and do not destroy me with my iniquities, Good Lord, but tempt me, O God, and enlighten my heart mine, test me and guide me in my paths, and see if the path of iniquity is in me, and turn me away from it, and guide me on the eternal path. For You are the Way, and the Truth, and the Life, and we send up glory to You with Your Beginning Father and the Most Holy, and Good, and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen.
According to the 4th kathisma
To You, Lord, the only Good and Unmemorable Evil One, I confess my sins, I fall down crying to You, unworthy: I have sinned, Lord, I have sinned and am not worthy to look up to the heights of heaven from the multitude of my untruths. But, my Lord, Lord, grant me tears of compunction, the only Blessed and Merciful One, for with them I beg You to be cleansed before the end from all sin: for it is a terrible and menacing place for the Imam to pass through, our bodies being separated, and a multitude of dark and inhuman demons will bury me, and no one can help or deliver. Thus I bow down to Your goodness, do not betray those who offend me, below let my enemies boast about me, Good Lord, below let them say: you came into our hands, and you are betrayed to us. Neither, Lord, do not forget Your bounties and do not repay me for my iniquity, and do not turn Your face away from me: but You, Lord, punish me, both with mercy and bounty. Let my enemy not rejoice over me, but extinguish his reproaches against me and abolish all his actions, and give me a reproachful path to You, Good Lord: even though I have sinned, I have not resorted to another doctor, and I have not stretched my hand to a foreign god. , do not reject my prayer, but hear me with Your goodness and strengthen my heart with Your fear, and may Your grace be upon me, Lord, like fire that burns up unclean thoughts in me. For you are, Lord, light, more than any light; joy, more than any joy; peace, more than any peace; true life and salvation that endures forever and ever, Amen.
According to the 5th Kathisma
Righteous and Praiseworthy God, Great and Mighty God, Eternal God, hear the prayer of a sinful man at this hour: hear me, who promised to hear those who call on You in truth, and do not hate me, having unclean lips and containing sins, the hope of all the ends of the earth and those who wander. far away. Take the weapon and the shield and rise up to help me: pour out the sword and make a stand against those who persecute me. Ban the unclean spirit from the face of my madness, and let the spirit of hatred and resentment, the spirit of envy and flattery, the spirit of fear and despondency, the spirit of pride and all other malice be separated from my thoughts; and may all kindling and movement of my flesh, caused by the devil’s action, be extinguished, and may my soul and body and spirit be enlightened by the light of Your Divine knowledge: may I, through the multitude of Your bounty, achieve the union of faith, in a perfect husband, according to the measure of my age, and glorify with the Angels and by all Your saints, Your most honorable and magnificent name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, Amen.
According to the 6th Kathisma
We thank Thee, Lord our God, for all Thy good deeds, even from the first age to the present in us, the unworthy, the former, those known and unknown, those manifested and unmanifested, those who were in deed, and in a word: having loved us as He loved the Only Begotten You are willing to give your Son to us. Make us worthy of Your love. Grant with Your word wisdom and with Your fear inhale strength from Your power, and whatever we want or don’t want to sin, forgive, and not impute, and preserve our holy soul, and present it to Your Throne, having a clear conscience, and the end is worthy of Your love for mankind. And remember, O Lord, all who call upon Thy name in truth: remember all who desire good or evil against us: for all are men, and every man is in vain. We also pray to You, Lord: grant us Your great mercy.
According to the 7th Kathisma
Lord, my God, as you are Good and Lover of Mankind, you have done many mercies with me, even more than you expected, and what will I repay to your goodness, my Lord, Lord? I thank Your much-sung name, I thank Your inscrutable kindness towards me, I thank Your unconditional long-suffering. And from now on, intercede, and help me, and cover me, Master, from everyone who has no one to sin before You: for You weigh my favored nature, You weigh my madness, You weigh what I have done, even in knowledge and not in knowledge, even voluntary and involuntary, even in the night and in the days, and in the mind, and thoughts, for God is good and a lover of mankind, cleanse me with the dew of Thy mercy, Most Good Lord, and save us for the sake of Thy holy name, in the image of destinies. For You are Light and Truth and Life, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen.
According to the 8th Kathisma
Lord, Generous and Merciful, Long-suffering and Many-merciful, inspire prayer and listen to the voice of my prayer: create a sign for good with me, guide me on Your path, to walk in Your truth, make my heart glad, in fear of Your Holy Name, who art Thou before great. , and work miracles. You are the One God, and there is no one like You in God, O Lord, Mighty in mercy, and Good in strength, to help and comfort, and to save all who trust in Your name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever forever and ever, amen.
According to the 9th Kathisma
Master Lord, our God, who is the only ailment of my soul that is accursed and knows how to sow healing, heal you as if you were weighed, for the sake of the multitude of your mercy and your generosity, since there is no plaster to apply to it from my deeds, lower than oil, lower than duty, but you who have come call not the righteous, but sinners to repentance, have mercy, be generous, forgive me, tear up the handwriting of many of my and cold deeds and guide me on Thy right path, so that, walking in Thy truth, I will be able to avoid the arrows of the evil one and I will appear uncondemned before Thy terrible throne , glorifying and singing Your Most Holy Name forever, amen.
According to the 10th Kathisma
Lord our God, Rich in mercy and Incomprehensible in generosity, One by nature Sinless, and for our sakes except for sin, having been a Man, hear this painful prayer of mine at this hour, for I am poor and wretched because of good deeds, and my heart is troubled within me. For you weigh, the Most High King, Lord of heaven and earth, for all my youth I lived in sins and followed the lusts of my flesh, all the laughter was a demon, all the devil followed, I will take out in the time of pleasures wallow, darkened by thoughts from infancy, even Until now, I never wanted to do Your holy will, but I was captivated by the passions that plagued me, I was filled with laughter and reproach by the demon, not even thinking in my mind like the unbearable anger of a hedgehog at the sinners of Your rebuke, and the lying fiery Gehenna. As if from here I fell into despair, and as though I had no feeling of conversion, I was empty and naked from Your friendship. What kind of sin have you not committed? What deed has the demon not done? What cold and prodigal deed have you not accomplished with advantage and diligence? The mind has been desecrated by the memories of the flesh, the body has been desecrated by the confusion, the spirit has been desecrated by the combination of defilements, I have loved all the pleasures of my damned flesh to serve and work with sin. And who else will not weep for me, the accursed one? Who will not weep for me, condemned? I am the only one, O Lord, who has provoked Your wrath, I am the only one who has kindled Your anger against me, I am the only one who has created evil before You, having surpassed and conquered all sinners from the ages, who have sinned incomparably and unforgivenly. But since you are the Most Merciful, the Compassionate One, the Lover of Mankind, and waiting for human conversion, I bring myself before Thy terrible and unbearable judgment, and as if I touched Your most pure feet, I cry to Thee from the depths of my soul: cleanse, Lord, forgive, Benefactor, have mercy on my infirmity , bow to my bewilderment, listen to my prayer and do not silence my tears, accept me who repents, and convert the erring one, who turns around and prays, forgive me. You have not ordained repentance for the righteous, you have not ordained forgiveness for those who do not sin, but you have ordained repentance for me, a sinner, for the same things I did in Your indignation, naked and naked before You, O Lord of the Heart, confess my sins: for I cannot look up and see the height Heavenly, from the severity of my sins we dance. Enlighten the eyes of my heart and give me tenderness for repentance, and contrition of heart for correction, so that with good hope and true assurance I will go to the world there, praising and blessing I will take out Your all-holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and forever and ever, amen.
According to the 11th Kathisma
Shine in our hearts, O Lord who loves mankind, of Your imperishable knowledge of God, and open our mental eyes, in the understanding of Your gospel sermons, put fear in us and in Your blessed commandments, so that all carnal lusts may be overcome, we will pass through spiritual life, all that is for Your good pleasure. both wise and active. For You are the enlightenment of our souls and bodies, O Christ God, and we send up glory to You, with Your Originless Father and Your All-Holy, Good, and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, Amen.
According to the 12th Kathisma
Lord my God, One Good and Humane, One Merciful and Meek, One True and Righteous, One Generous and Merciful our God: may Thy power come upon me, Thy sinful and indecent servant, and may He strengthen my temple with the Gospel of Thy Divine teaching, Master and O Lover of Mankind, O Lover of Bliss, O Lover of Compassion, enlighten my wombs and all souls with Thy will. Cleanse me from all malice and sin: keep me undefiled and blameless from every inspiration and action of the devil, and grant me, according to Your goodness, Your understanding, Your wisdom, and in Your desires to live, To fear Your fear, to do what is pleasing to You until my last sighs, because by Your inscrutable mercy You have preserved my body and soul, and my mind and thoughts, and have not been tempted by any opposing network of the temple. My Lord, Lord, cover me with Your compassion, and do not forsake me, a sinner, and an unclean, and an unworthy servant of Yours: for You are my Protector, Lord, and I sing about You, and we send up glory to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy One. To the Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, Amen.
According to the 13th Kathisma
Holy Lord, Who liveth in the highest, and with Thy all-seeing eye look down upon all creation. We bow our necks to You, soul and body, and we pray to You, Holy of Holies: stretch out Your invisible hand from Your holy dwelling, and bless us all: and if we have sinned against You, willingly or unwillingly, for God is Good and Lover of Mankind, forgive us, and grant us peace and blessings. Yours. For it is Thine to have mercy and to save, our God, and to Thee we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, amen.
According to the 14th Kathisma
We thank Thee, O Lord God of our salvation, for Thou hast done everything for the good deeds of our life, for Thou hast given us rest in the past night time, and raised us up from our beds, and placed us in the worship of Thy honorable and glorious name. We also pray to You, Lord: give us grace and strength, so that we may be worthy of You to sing wisely and pray unceasingly: and I will look to You, the Savior and Benefactor of our souls, with fear and trembling, our salvation working. Hear now and have mercy, O Compassionate One, on us: crush under our feet the invisible warriors and enemies: accept according to the strength of our thanksgiving: give us grace and strength to open our mouths, and teach us by Your justification. As if we would not pray as we should, except You, Lord, guide us with Your Holy Spirit. If you have sinned even before the present hour, in word, or deed, or thought, willfully or involuntarily, relax, forgive, forgive. If you see iniquity, Lord, Lord, who will stand? For You have purification, You have deliverance. You are the only Holy One, the Mighty Helper, and the Protector of our life, and we bless You forever, amen.
According to the 15th Kathisma
Master Lord Jesus Christ, You are my Helper, I am in Your hands, help me, do not leave me to sin against You, for I am lost, do not leave me to follow the will of my flesh, do not despise me, Lord, for I am weak. You weigh what is useful to me, do not leave me to perish in my sins, do not forsake me, Lord, do not depart from me, as I have come running to You, teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. Heal my soul, as those who have sinned by You, save me for the sake of Your mercy, as before You we are all who suffer, and I have no other refuge but You, Lord. Let all those who rise up against me and seek my soul be ashamed to consume it, for You are the only Mighty One, O Lord, in all, and Yours is the glory forever and ever, Amen.
According to the 16th Kathisma
Holy Lord, Living in the Highest, and with Your all-seeing eye look upon all creation, We bow to You, soul and body, and we pray to You, Holy of Holies: stretch out Your invisible hand from Your holy dwelling, and bless us all, and forgive us every sin, voluntary and involuntary, in word or deed. Grant us, Lord, tenderness, grant spiritual tears from the soul, for the cleansing of many of our sins, grant Your great mercy to Your world and to us, Your unworthy servants. For blessed and glorified is Your name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, Amen.
According to the 17th Kathisma
Master, Lord Almighty and Creator of all, the Father of generosity and mercy, God, who created man from the earth, and showed him in Your image and likeness, so that Your magnificent name may be glorified on earth, and it was uprooted by the transgression of Your commandments, and again created for the best him in Thy Christ, and raised up to Heaven: I thank Thee, for Thou hast increased Thy greatness upon me, and Thou hast not betrayed me to the end as my enemy, to cast me out into the abyss of hell by those who seek me, and left me below to perish through my iniquities. Now, O most merciful and most merciful Lord, do not want the death of a sinner, but wait for conversion, and accept: correct the downtrodden, heal the contrite, turn me to repentance, and correct the overthrown, and heal the contrite: remember Thy mercies, and even Thy since the ages incomprehensible goodness and my immeasurable forget the iniquities that I have committed in deed, word, and thought: resolve the blindness of my heart, and give me tears of tenderness to cleanse the filth of my thoughts. Hear, O Lord, attend, O Lover of mankind, cleanse, O Compassionate One, and free my accursed soul from the torment of the reigning passions within me. And let no one keep me from sin, let the demon fighter be able to attack me, let him lead me to his desire, but by Thy mighty hand, having snatched me away from His dominion, Thou reign in me, O Good and Humane-loving Lord, and of all Thy being, and May I live otherwise according to Your good will. And grant me with the indescribable goodness of my heart, purification of the heart, guarding of the mouth, rightness of actions, humble wisdom, peace of thoughts, silence of my spiritual strength, spiritual joy, true love, long-suffering, kindness, meekness, unfeigned faith, self-control, and fill me with all good fruits, by the gift of Your Holy Spirit. And do not bring me to the end of my days, delight my uncorrected and unprepared soul below, but complete me with Your perfection, and thus bring me to the present life, as if I had passed through the beginnings and powers of darkness without restraint, by Your grace I will see and I, unapproachable to Your glory, unspeakable kindness, with all Your saints, in them be sanctified, and glorified is Your all-honorable and magnificent name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, amen.
According to the 18th Kathisma
Lord, do not reprove me with Your wrath; do not punish me with Your wrath. Владыко Господи Иисусе Христе, Сыне Бога Живаго, помилуй мя, грешнаго, нищаго, обнаженнаго, лениваго, нерадиваго, прекословнаго, окаяннаго, блудника, прелюбодея, малакия, мужеложника, сквернаго, блуднаго, неблагодарнаго, немилостиваго, жестокаго, пияницу, сожженнаго совестию, безличнаго , daring, unrequited, unworthy of Your love for mankind, and worthy of all torment, and Gehenna, and torment. And not for the sake of my many sins, do you inflict torment on the Redeemer; but have mercy on me, for I am weak, both in soul, and in flesh, and in mind, and in thought, and through your destinies save me, Thy unworthy servant, through the prayers of our Most Pure Lady Theotokos, and all the saints who have pleased You from the ages: for blessed art Thou in forever and ever, amen.
According to the 19th Kathisma
Master Christ God, Who healed my passions with Your Passion and healed my ulcers with Your ulcers, grant to me, who have sinned much against You, tears of tenderness, dissolve my body from the smell of Your life-giving Body, and delight my soul with Your Honest Blood from sorrow, with which I was given a drink by the enemy. . Raise my mind to You, which has been drawn down below, and lift me from the abyss of destruction, as I am not the imam of repentance, not the imam of tenderness, not the imam of comforting tears, leading children to their inheritance. My mind has been darkened by worldly passions, I cannot look to You in illness, I cannot warm myself with tears, even love for You, but, Master Lord Jesus Christ, Treasure of the Good, grant me complete repentance, and a heart laboring to seek Yours, grant me grace Yours, and renew in me the eyes of Your image. Forsaken Thee, do not forsake me, go out to seek me, lead me to Thy pasture, and number me among the sheep of Thy chosen flock, educate me with them from the grain of Thy Divine mysteries, through the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother and all Thy saints, amen.
According to the 20th Kathisma
Lord Jesus Christ my God, have mercy on me, a sinner, and forgive me, Thy unworthy servant, for those who have sinned throughout my whole life, and even to this day, and even if I have sinned like a man, my voluntary and involuntary sins, in deed and word, I think with my mind and thoughts, with admiration and inattention, and much of my laziness and negligence. If I have sworn by Your name, or have sworn falsely, or have blasphemed my thoughts, or have reproached anyone, or slandered, or been saddened, or in wicked anger, or stolen, or committed fornication, or lied, or secretly poisoned, or a friend approached me and despised him, or my brother who was insulted and bitter, or who stood by me in prayer and psalmody, my wicked mind went around the crafty one, or I enjoyed myself more than foolishly, or I laughed madly, or I spoke blasphemously, or I was vain, or proud, or I saw vain kindness and was deceived by it. , or ridiculous mocked me. If I was negligent in my prayers, or did not keep the commandments of my spiritual father, or idle talk, or did other evil things, I remember all these deeds, which I remember below. Have mercy, O Lord, and forgive me everything, so that I may sleep and rest in peace, singing, blessing, and glorifying Thee, with Thy Beginning Father and with Thy Most Holy, Good, and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Do I have to read 17 kathisma 40 days for a deceased relative?
Answer:
The first 40 days are especially difficult for the deceased. He really needs help, support, protection from demons. This will be a great help to the deceased! And for the reader it is a kind of spiritual alms. All kathismas read the Psalter for the departed. It is believed that this greatly facilitates the fate of the deceased. But it is the 17th kathisma that brings special consolation.
Blessed Augustine said that all psalms are like stars, and the 17th kathisma (Psalm 118) is the sun. He was so amazed by the depth of this psalm that for a long time he could not begin to interpret it. Some even make it a mandatory prayer rule to read this kathisma every day.

Elder Schema-nun Antonia advised reading the 17th kathisma daily and added that this would provide protection during the ordeals.
Reading this kathisma is useful for the reader himself. After all, the purpose of our life is to keep the commandments, to avoid sin. In 17 Kathisma there are a lot of such invocations. Having read this kathisma at least once, it is difficult not to be touched. Be sure to read this kathisma for the deceased if you know how to read the Psalter. This is almsgiving with a very generous hand. You will feel great comfort. There will be obstacles and lack of time, but try to find time for such a good deed. You won't be disappointed. Remembrance of the dead is also important for the salvation of our souls.
- Save me, God! I’ve been reading as best I can for 4 days now, and peace and quiet have truly reigned in my soul.
- The Psalter drives away evil spirits. St. Barsanuphius of Optina said that every Orthodox Christian needs to read at least the Glory a day. I want to say that St. Alexander, the head of the monastery of the Never-Sleeping, introduced the Rite of the Never-Sleeping Psalter in the monasteries. It is very well written about him in the Cheti-Minea. Some spiritual giants read the entire Psalter a day on an ongoing basis. Like, for example, Simeon the Divnogorets, Parthenius of Kiev, and others. Ephraim the Syrian speaks of the psalms, so that they are constantly on our lips. This is such a sweetness - sweeter than honey and honeycombs. The law of the Lord is good to us more than thousands of gold and silver. I have loved Your commandments more than gold and topaz (Psalm 119, 127). Indeed, you read it and cannot be moved. This is wonderful! Not everything is clear when reading. But Ambrose Optinsky says that understanding comes with time. Open my eyes, and I will understand the wonders of Your law (Psalm 119:18). Let us really hope that our spiritual eyes will be opened.
- It is not the mind that understands, but the spirit. I also don’t understand a lot, but that doesn’t bother me.
- Yes, a person feels it. Realizes what a great help this is. But believe me, if the prayer is understood by the mind, the hidden meanings are understood, it is much better for the person praying, the prayer is much more powerful. I want to say that the psalms speak about the power of the cross and the Jesus Prayer, but not explicitly, but in subtext. Ambrose Optinsky also spoke about this. If you read normally, this is not visible. Elder Jerome of Sanaksar said that the Psalter is bottomless in its meaning. And I'll say one more thing. Then it’s good to memorize some psalms and read them on the road, meditating. This is what Anthony the Great advised. Theophan the Recluse also spoke about this. In addition, sometimes there are simply obscure words, such as: skimen, basilisk, asp, dove, erodivo, gananie, etc. Ideally, figure it all out. Look at the parallel Russian translation, work with the dictionary. In addition, there is a very good interpretation of the Psalter. That’s what it’s called: “The Psalter in Patristic Exposition.” There's a little bit about almost every line.
(Read daily for 40 days after death)

Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Good One, our souls.




Lord have mercy. (Thrice)

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,


Troparion:
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us; Perplexed by any answer, we offer this prayer to You as the Master of sin: have mercy on us.


The honor of Thy prophet, O Lord, is a triumph, the heavens of the Church are shown, with men the angels rejoice: through his prayers, O Christ God, direct our belly in peace, that we may sing Thee: Alleluia.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

My many and many sins, Mother of God, I have come running to You, O Pure One, demanding salvation: visit my weak soul, and pray to Your Son and our God to grant me forgiveness for the cruel deeds, O Blessed One.

Lord have mercy. (Forty times)

And bows according to strength.

Come, let us worship our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (Bow)

And psalms:

Psalm 118

Blessed be the blameless one in the way that walks in the law of the Lord. Blessed are those who experience His witness, they will seek Him with all their hearts, for they who do no iniquity walk in His ways. Thou hast commanded that Thy commandments should be kept strictly. So that my ways may be corrected, preserve Your justifications. Then I will not be ashamed to always look upon all Your commandments. Let us confess to You in the righteousness of our hearts, and let us always learn the destinies of Your righteousness. I will keep Your excuses: do not leave me to the bitter end. How will the youngest one correct his path? Always keep Your words. With all my heart I seek You, do not turn me away from Your commandments. I hide Your words in my heart, lest I sin against You. Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me by thy justification. My mouth proclaimed all the destinies of Your mouth. On the path of Thy testimonies we have enjoyed ourselves, as in all riches. I will mock Your commandments, and understand Your ways. I will learn from Your justifications; I will not forget Your words. Reward Your servant: live me, and I will keep Your words. Open my eyes, and I will understand the wonders of Your law. I am a stranger on earth: do not hide Your commandments from me. My soul love to desire Your destiny at all times. Thou hast rebuked the proud: curses are those who turn away from Thy commandments. Take away from me diarrhea and humiliation, as I have sought Your testimonies. For the princes are gray and slander me, and Thy servant mocks Thy justifications. For Thy testimonies are my teaching, and Thy counsels my justifications. Cling to the earth, my soul, live according to Your word. Thou hast declared my ways, and Thou hast heard me: teach me by Thy justification. Let me understand the path of Your justifications, and I will mock at Your wonders. My soul has fallen asleep from despondency, strengthen me in Your words. Leave the path of unrighteousness from me, and have mercy on me with Your law. I have chosen the path of truth, and I have not forgotten Your destiny. I cleave to Thy testimony, O Lord, do not disgrace me. The path of Your commandments flowed when You enlarged my heart. Lay down for me, O Lord, the way of Your justifications, and I will seek and take away. Give me understanding, and I will try Your law, and I will keep it with all my heart. Guide me on the path of Your commandments, as I have desired. Incline my heart to Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; live me in Your way. Make Thy servant Thy word to fear. Take away my reproach, the hedgehog, for Thy fate is good. Behold, I have desired Your commandment, live me in Your righteousness. And let Thy mercy, O Lord, come upon me, Thy salvation according to Thy word, and I will answer those who reproach me with the word, because I have trusted in Thy words. And do not take away from my lips the words that are truly true, for I trusted in Your fate. And I will keep Your law forever and ever. And we walked in breadth, seeking Thy commandments, and speaking of Thy testimonies before the kings, and were not ashamed. And I learned in Thy commandments, which I have loved dearly: and I lifted up my hands to Thy commandments, which I have loved, and mocked at Thy justifications. Remember Thy words to Thy servant, whose hope Thou hast given me. So console me in my humility, for Your word lives on me. Pride has transgressed the law to the extreme, but we have not deviated from Your law. I have remembered Your destiny from eternity, O Lord, and have been comforted. I have received sorrow from sinners who forsake Thy law. Peta beat me to Your justifications at the place of my coming. I will remember Your name in the night, O Lord, and keep Your law. This will come to me, as I seek justification for Your demands. Thou art my part, O Lord: I have decided to preserve Thy law. I prayed to Your face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to Your word. I have thought about Your ways, and returned my nose to Your witness. Let us prepare ourselves and not be embarrassed to keep Your commandments. The sinner has already committed himself to me, and has not forgotten Your law. At midnight I rose to confess to You about the destinies of Your righteousness. I am a partaker of all those who fear You and keep Your commandments. Fill the earth with Thy mercy, O Lord; teach me with Thy justification. Thou hast done kindness to Thy servant, O Lord, according to Thy word. Teach me kindness and punishment and reason, as in Thy commandments of faith. Before we even humble ourselves, I have sinned, for this reason I have preserved Your word. Thou art good, O Lord, and by Thy goodness teach me by Thy justification. The iniquity of the proud has multiplied against me, but with all my heart I will test Your commandments. Their hearts are as soft as milk, but they have learned Your law. It is good for me, for Thou hast humbled me, that I may learn by Thy justification. The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.


Lord have mercy. (Thrice)


Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Thy hands create me and create me; give me understanding and I will learn your commandment. Those who fear You will see me and rejoice, because they trust in Your words. I understood, Lord, that Thy destiny is true, and Thou hast truly humbled me. Be Thy mercy, may Thy servant comfort me according to Thy word. May Thy bounties come to me, and I will live, for Thy law is my teaching. Let pride be ashamed, for I have committed unrighteousness against me; but I will mock Your commandments.

May those who fear You and those who see Your testimonies convert me. May my heart be blameless in Your justifications, so that I will not be ashamed. My soul disappears for Your salvation, I trust in Your words. My eyes have disappeared into Your word, saying: When will You comfort me? Once upon a time, like fur on the throne, I have not forgotten Your justifications. How long is the day of Your servant? When will you bring judgment on me from those who persecute me? The lawbreakers have told me mockery, but not like Thy law, O Lord. All Your commandments are true; Having persecuted me unrighteously, help me. I have not yet died on earth, and I have not forsaken Your commandments. Live for me according to Your mercy, and I will preserve the information of Your mouth. For ever, O Lord, Your word remains in Heaven. Thy truth forever and ever. You founded the earth and it remains. The day endures by Thy commandment: for all kinds of work are done by Thee. As if it were not for Your law, my teaching, then I would have perished in my humility. I will never forget Your justifications, for You have revived me in them.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. (Thrice)

Lord have mercy. (Thrice)

Remember, O Lord, our God, in the faith and hope of the life of Thy eternally departed servant, our brother (name), and as the Good and Lover of mankind, forgiving sins and consuming iniquities, weaken, forsake and forgive all his voluntary and involuntary sins, deliver him from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna and grant him the communion and enjoyment of Your eternal good things, prepared for those who love You: even if you sin, do not depart from You, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Your God in the Trinity of the glorified faith, and the Unity in the Trinity and Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even until his last breath of confession. Be merciful to the same, and faith, even in You instead of deeds, and with Your saints, as you are Generous, give rest: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and You are the One God of mercies and generosity, and love for mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
I am Yours, save me: for I seek Your justification. Waiting for a sinner to destroy me, I understood Your testimony. I have seen the end of every death; Your commandment is wide. Since I have loved Your law, O Lord, I have my teaching all day long. Thou hast made me wiser than my enemy through Thy commandment, even as I am forever. More than all those who taught me, I understood that Your testimonies are my teaching. Moreover, the elder understood that I have sought Your commandments. I have forbidden my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Thy words. I have not deviated from Your judgments, as You have laid down laws for me. How sweet is Your word to my throat: more than honey to my mouth. I understood from Your commandments: for this reason I hated every way of unrighteousness. The lamp of my feet is Your law, I am the light of my paths. I swore and set them to preserve the fate of Your righteousness. Humble yourself to the core, Lord, live me according to Your word. Grant me the freedom of my lips, O Lord, and teach me Your destinies. I will take my soul into Your hand, and I will not forget Your law. The sinners have laid a net for me, and from Your commandments they will not go astray. I have inherited Your testimonies forever, for the joy of my heart is the essence. Incline my heart, create Your justifications forever for reward. I have hated the lawbreakers, but I have loved Your law. You are my Helper and My Protector, I trust in Your words. Turn away from me, you wicked ones, and I will test the commandments of my God. Intercede for me according to Your word, and I will live, and do not disgrace me because of my hope. Help me, and I will be saved, and I will learn from Your justifications. Thou hast brought to naught all those who depart from Thy justifications, for their thoughts are unrighteous. You who transgress against all the sinners of the earth, for this reason I have loved Your testimony. Nail my flesh with Thy fear: for I am afraid of Thy judgments. Having done justice and justice, do not betray me to those who offend me. Consider Thy servant for good, so that pride does not slander me. My eyes disappear for Thy salvation and for the word of Thy righteousness: deal with Thy servant according to Thy mercy, and teach me by Thy justification. I am Thy servant: give me understanding, and I will hear Thy testimony. It is time for the Lord to do: I have destroyed Your law. For this reason I have loved Your commandments more than gold and topaz. For this reason, I was guided by all Your commandments, and I hated every path of unrighteousness. Wonderful is Thy testimony: for this reason I am tested, my soul. The manifestation of Your words enlightens and instructs little ones. My mouth was opened, and my spirit was drawn, as I commanded Thy desires.

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

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. (Thrice)

Lord have mercy. (Thrice)

Remember, O Lord, our God, in the faith and hope of the life of Thy eternally departed servant, our brother (name), and as the Good and Lover of mankind, forgiving sins and consuming iniquities, weaken, forsake and forgive all his voluntary and involuntary sins, deliver him from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna and grant him the communion and enjoyment of Your eternal good things, prepared for those who love You: even if you sin, do not depart from You, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Your God in the Trinity of the glorified faith, and the Unity in the Trinity and Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even until his last breath of confession. Be merciful to the same, and faith, even in You instead of deeds, and with Your saints, as you are Generous, give rest: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and You are the One God of mercies and generosity, and love for mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Look upon me and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of those who love Your name. Direct my steps according to Thy word, and let not all iniquity possess me. Deliver me from human slander, and I will keep Your commandments. Make Thy face shine upon Thy servant, and teach me Thy justification. My eyes have known the source of the waters: Thou hast not kept Thy law. Thou art righteous, O Lord, and Thy rulers judge. Thou hast commanded the truth of Thy testimony, and the truth greatly. Thy jealousy has consumed me; for I have forgotten Thy words. Thy word is kindled with great heat, and Thy servant is loved. I am the youngest and humbled: I have not forgotten Thy justifications. Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your law is truth. Sorrows and needs have found me: Your commandments are my teaching. The truth of Your testimony endures forever: give me understanding, and I will live. I cried with all my heart, hear me, O Lord, I will seek Your justification. I called upon You, save me, and I will preserve Your testimonies. I preceded you in hopelessness and cried out, trusting in Your words. Prepare my eyes for the morning, to learn from Your words. Hear my voice, O Lord, according to Thy mercy: live for me according to Thy destiny. He who persecutes me with iniquity has drawn near; but I have departed from Your law. Thou art near, O Lord, and all Thy ways are the truth. From the beginning I knew from Your testimonies that I founded the age. See my humility and forgive me, for I have not forgotten Your law. Judge my judgment, and deliver me: live me by Thy word. Salvation is far from the sinner, for they have not sought Your justifications. Thy bounty is many, O Lord, live me according to Thy destiny. There are many who drive me out and afflict me: I have not turned away from Your testimonies. I have seen those who do not understand and have ceased to say: for I have not kept Your words. See that I have loved Your commandments: Lord, live for me according to Your mercy. The beginning of Thy words is truth, and the whole destiny of Thy righteousness endures forever. The princes have driven me to hell: and because of Thy words my heart feared. I will rejoice in Your words, for I have gained much gain. I have hated and detested injustice: but I have loved Your law. During the seventh day we praise Thee about the destinies of Thy righteousness. There is peace for many who love Your law, and there is no temptation for them. I have longed for Your salvation, O Lord, and I have loved Your commandments. Preserve Your testimonies, my soul, and I will love you dearly. I will keep Your commandments and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You, O Lord. Let my prayer draw near before You, O Lord: give me understanding according to Your word. May my petition come before You, O Lord; deliver me according to Your word. My lips will burst forth with song, when Thou teachest me Thy justification. My tongue proclaims Your words, for all Your commandments are true. May Thy hand be to save me, as I have willed Thy commandments. I have desired Your salvation, O Lord, and Your law is my teaching. My soul will live and praise Thee: and Thy destinies will help me. I have gone astray, like a lost sheep: seek Thy servant, for I have not forgotten Thy commandments.

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

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, thank you God. (Thrice)

Lord have mercy. (Thrice)

According to the 17th Kathisma
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Three times)

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

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.

Lord have mercy. (Thrice)

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

Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

And troparia, tone 2
Those who have sinned against You, O Savior, like the prodigal son: accept me, Father, who repents, and have mercy on me, O God.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

I call to You, Christ the Savior, with the publican’s voice: cleanse me as she did, and have mercy on me, O God.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Mother of God, do not despise me, demanding Your intercession: for my soul trusts in You, and have mercy on me.

Lord have mercy. (40 times)

Prayer
Sovereign Lord Almighty and Creator of all, the Father of generosity and mercy, God, who created man from the earth, and showed him in Your image and likeness, so that Your magnificent name may be glorified on earth, and it was uprooted by the transgression of Your commandments, and again created for the better him in Thy Christ and raised to Heaven: I thank Thee, for Thou hast increased Thy greatness upon me, and Thou hast not betrayed me to the end as my enemy, to tear me out to those who seek me into the abyss of hell, and left me below to perish through my iniquities. Now, O most merciful and loving Lord, do not want the death of a sinner, but expect and accept conversion: Who have corrected the downtrodden, who have healed the contrite, turn me to repentance, and correct the overthrown, and heal the contrite: remember Thy mercies, and even Thy incomprehensible ones from all eternity goodness and my immeasurable forget the iniquities that I have committed in deed, word, and thought: resolve the blindness of my heart, and give me tears of tenderness to cleanse the filth of my thoughts. Hear, O Lord, listen, O Lover of mankind, cleanse, O Compassionate One, and free my accursed soul from the torment of the reigning passions within me. And let no one contain me from sin: let the demon fighter be able to attack me, let him lead me lower to his desire, but by Thy sovereign hand, his dominion, snatching me away, Thou reign in me, Good and Humane-loving Lord, and of all Thy being and life I do the rest according to Your good will. And grant me with the indescribable goodness of my heart, cleansing of my heart, guarding my lips, rightness of actions, humble wisdom, peace of thoughts, silence of my spiritual strength, spiritual joy, true love, long-suffering, kindness, meekness, unfeigned faith, self-control, and fill me with all good fruits. Your Holy Spirit. And do not bring me to the end of my days, delight my uncorrected and unprepared soul below: but complete me with Your perfection, and thus bring me to the present life, as if I had unchecked the beginnings and powers of darkness, I will see by Your grace and I, unapproachable to Your glory, unspeakable kindness, with all Your saints, in whom may Thy most honorable and magnificent name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, be sanctified and glorified, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. But deliver us from evil.
Prayer of the Optina elders for the granting of the Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God! Angels and men worship Your name, The forces of hell tremble in Your name, Your name is a sure weapon to drive away the adversary, Your name burns sins and passions, Your name gives strength in exploits, gathers together the scattered mind and, in fulfilling Your commandments, enriches with virtues, Your the name works miracles and unites us with You, gives peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, and in the future life - the Kingdom of Heaven. For this reason, I, Your unworthy servant, pray to You: remove spiritual ignorance from us, enlighten us with the knowledge of Divine truth, and teach us, without confusion, in humility, attentively, with a feeling of repentant contrition, with our lips, mind and heart, to continually say this prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ.” “O Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” You have declared, O Lord, with Your most pure lips: “Whatever you ask in My name, I will do.” Behold, through the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother, St. Joasaph of Belgrade, St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Seraphim of Sarov and all our venerable fathers, I ask for the gift of the Jesus Prayer, the prayer of Thy Most Holy and Almighty Name. Hear me, who promise to hear all those who call upon Thee in truth. It is Yours to be merciful and to save, and to grant what is asked to the one who prays for Your glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(If the prayer was read inattentively, read it again.)
Prayer against the Antichrist (compiled by the Optina elder, schema-monk Anatoly Potapov)
Deliver me, Lord, from the seduction of the godless and evil-cunning Antichrist who is coming, and hide me from his snares in the hidden desert of Your salvation. Grant me, Lord, the strength and courage to firmly confess Your holy name, so that I will not retreat from the fear of the devil, and may not renounce You, my Savior and Redeemer, from Your Holy Church. But grant me, Lord, day and night to cry and cry for my sins, and have mercy on me, Lord, at the hour of Your Last Judgment. Amen.
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.
The Cross of Christ for the whole world, sanctified by the grace and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, is given to us as a weapon against all our enemies, visible and invisible, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Prayers to the honest life-giving Cross
Even though we are protected by the Cross, we resist the enemy, not being afraid of that deceit and entrapment: for the proud one was abolished and was trampled on the Tree, by the power of the crucified Christ.
Sanctify Your Cross, O Lord: for this is why there are healings for those who are weak from sins: for this reason let us fall to You, have mercy on us.
God! Weapon against the devil You have given us Your Cross: for it trembles and shakes, impatient to look at its power, as it raises the dead and abolishes death: for this reason we worship Your burial and resurrection!
Prayer “May God rise again”
May God rise again, and may His enemies be scattered, and may those who hate Him flee from His presence. As smoke disappears, let them disappear; just as wax melts in the face of fire, so let demons perish from the face of those who love God and signify themselves with the sign of the cross, and who say in joy: Rejoice, Most Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, drive away the demons by force on you of our Lord Jesus Christ, who descended into hell and straightened the power the devil and gave us Your Honest Cross to drive away every adversary. O Most Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Virgin Mary and with all the saints forever. Amen.
Psalter
When a person is under a spell (To the end, in songs about Osmom)
Psalm to David, 6
Lord, do not reprove me with Your wrath; do not punish me with Your wrath. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak; heal me, Lord, for my bones are crushed. And my soul was greatly troubled: and You, Lord, how long? Turn, O Lord, deliver my soul: save me for the sake of Thy mercy. For in death I will not remember You; 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 was troubled with rage, I vowed all my evils. Depart from me, all you who practice iniquity, for the Lord has heard my prayer, and the Lord has accepted my prayer. May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed, may they return and be ashamed very soon

Psalm 50
Have mercy on me, 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 bear away my sin before me. To You alone have I sinned and done evil before You; For if you are justified in all of Your words, you will always defeat You. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; I shall be washed and whiter than snow. My hearing brings joy and joy; humble bones will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me with the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; My tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare your praise. As if you wanted sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. Sacrifice to God crushes the spirit; God will not despise a broken and humble heart. Bless, O Lord, Zion with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; Then they will lay the bullocks on Your altar.
Psalm 90
Living in the help of the Most High, he will settle in the shelter of the Heavenly God. Says the Lord: Thou art 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 the word of rebellion, His splash will cover you, and under His wing you hope: His truth will surround you with weapons. Do not be afraid from the fear of the night, from the arrow that flies during the day, from the thing that passes in the darkness, from the cloak, and from the demon of the midday. Thousands will fall from your country, and darkness will fall at your right hand, but it will not come close to you, otherwise you will look at your eyes, and you will 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 wound will not approach your body, as His Angel commanded you to keep you in all your ways. They will lift you up in their arms, but not when you dash your foot on a stone, step on an asp and a basilisk, and cross a lion and a serpent. For I have trusted in Me, and I will deliver, and I will cover, and because I have known My name. He will call to Me, and I will hear him: I am with him in sorrow, I will destroy him, and I will glorify him, I will fill him with long days, and I will show him My salvation.
Prayer to the Hieromartyr Cyprian
Oh, holy servant of God, Hieromartyr Cyprian, quick helper and prayer book for all those who come running to you. Receive our unworthy praise from us, and ask the Lord God for strength in our infirmities, healing in illnesses, consolation in sorrows, and all that is useful in our life Offer up your powerful prayer to the Lord, may he protect us from our sinful falls, may he teach us true repentance, may he deliver us from the captivity of the devil and all the actions of unclean spirits, and deliver us from those who offend us. Be our strong champion against all enemies, visible and invisible. In temptations, grant us patience and at the hour of our death, show us intercession from the torturers in our aerial ordeals. May we, led by you, reach the Mountain of Jerusalem and be worthy in the Heavenly Kingdom with all the saints to glorify and sing the Most Holy Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for protection from evil spirits
The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, protect me with your holy angels and prayers of the all -hearted lord of our Virgin and the Ever -Development of Mary, the strength of the honest and life -giving cross, the holy architect of the God of Michael and the other heavenly forces of the Blessed, the Holy Prophet and the Baptist of the Baptist of the Lord John, Holy Apostol. One hundred John the Theologian, Hieromartyr Cyprian and Martyr Justina, St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia, the Wonderworker, St. Leo, Bishop of Catania, St. Joasaph of Belgorod, St. Mitrophan of Voronezh, St. Sergius, Abbot of Radonezh, St. Seraphim of Sarov, the Wonderworker, Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia , holy and righteous Godfather Joachim and Anna and all your saints, help me, your unworthy servant (name of the person praying) *, deliver me from all the slander of the enemy, from all evil, witchcraft, magic, sorcery and from evil people, so that they may not be able to cause me some harm. Lord, with the light of Your radiance, save me for the morning, for the day, for the evening, for the coming sleep, and by the power of Your Grace, turn away and remove all evil wickedness, acting at the instigation of the devil, if any evil is conceived or done, return it back to the underworld. For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.*/you can name the whole family, baptismal names/

Traditional spiritual healer VICTORIA.

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For 26 years people have been coming to me, each with their own problems. After the sessions they receive: healing of the most complex diseases, meet their other half, get married, husband, wife returns to the family, find a job, business gets better, childless people have children, fear and fear, especially in children, goes away, they stop drinking, smoking is removed from the negative energy (evil eye damage), housing, offices, cars are cleansed.
.My method is a sincere prayer to God, the Most Holy Theotokos, and to all the saints, for those who turn to me for help. I don’t do magic, fortune telling, or divination.

Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.

To the Heavenly King... Trisagion. Holy Trinity... Our Father...

Troparion: Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us; Perplexed by any answer, we offer this prayer to You as the Master of sin: have mercy on us.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. The honor of Thy prophet, O Lord, is a triumph, the heavens of the Church are shown, with men the angels rejoice: through his prayers, O Christ God, direct our belly in peace, that we may sing Thee: Alleluia.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen. My many and many sins, Mother of God, I have come running to You, O Pure One, demanding salvation: visit my weak soul, and pray to Your Son and our God to grant me forgiveness for the cruel deeds, O Blessed One.

Lord have mercy. (Forty times)

And bows according to strength.

Come, let us bow... (Three times)

And psalms:

Psalm 118

Blessed be the blameless one in the way that walks in the law of the Lord. Blessed are those who experience His witness, they will seek Him with all their hearts, for they who do no iniquity walk in His ways. Thou hast commanded that Thy commandments should be kept strictly. So that my ways may be corrected, preserve Your justifications. Then I will not be ashamed to always look upon all Your commandments. Let us confess to You in the righteousness of our hearts, and let us always learn the destinies of Your righteousness. I will keep Your excuses: do not leave me to the bitter end. How will the youngest one correct his path? Always keep Your words. With all my heart I seek You, do not turn me away from Your commandments. I hide Your words in my heart, lest I sin against You. Blessed are you. Lord, teach me by Your justification. My mouth proclaimed all the destinies of Your mouth. On the path of Thy testimonies we have enjoyed ourselves, as in all riches. I will mock Your commandments, and understand Your ways. I will learn from Your justifications; I will not forget Your words. Reward Your servant: live me, and I will keep Your words. Open my eyes, and I will understand the wonders of Your law. I am a stranger on earth: do not hide Your commandments from me. My soul love to desire Your destiny at all times. Thou hast rebuked the proud: curses are those who turn away from Thy commandments. Take away from me diarrhea and humiliation, as I have sought Your testimonies. For the princes are gray and slander me, and Thy servant mocks Thy justifications. For Thy testimonies are my teaching, and Thy counsels my justifications. Cling to the earth, my soul, live according to Your word. Thou hast declared my ways, and Thou hast heard me: teach me by Thy justification. Let me understand the path of Your justifications, and I will mock at Your wonders. My soul has fallen asleep from despondency, strengthen me in Your words. Leave the path of unrighteousness from me, and have mercy on me with Your law. I have chosen the path of truth, and I have not forgotten Your destiny. I cleave to Thy testimony, O Lord, do not disgrace me. The path of Your commandments flowed when You enlarged my heart. Lay down for me, O Lord, the way of Your justifications, and I will seek and take away. Give me understanding, and I will try Your law, and I will keep it with all my heart. Guide me on the path of Your commandments, as I have desired. Incline my heart to Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; live me in Your way. Make Thy servant Thy word to fear. Take away my reproach, the hedgehog, for Thy fate is good. Behold, I have desired Your commandment, live me in Your righteousness. And let Thy mercy, O Lord, come upon me, Thy salvation according to Thy word, and I will answer those who reproach me with the word, because I have trusted in Thy words. And do not take away from my lips the words that are truly true, for I trusted in Your fate. And I will keep Your law forever and ever. And we walked in breadth, seeking Thy commandments, and speaking of Thy testimonies before the kings, and were not ashamed. And I learned in Thy commandments, which I have loved dearly: and I lifted up my hands to Thy commandments, which I have loved, and mocked at Thy justifications. Remember Thy words to Thy servant, whose hope Thou hast given me. So console me in my humility, for Your word lives on me. Pride has transgressed the law to the extreme, but we have not deviated from Your law. I have remembered Your destiny from eternity, O Lord, and have been comforted. I have received sorrow from sinners who forsake Thy law. Peta beat me to Your justifications at the place of my coming. I will remember Your name in the night, O Lord, and keep Your law. This will come to me, as I seek justification for Your demands. Thou art my part, O Lord: I have decided to preserve Thy law. I prayed to Your face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to Your word. I have thought about Your ways, and returned my nose to Your witness. Let us prepare ourselves and not be embarrassed to keep Your commandments. The sinner has already committed himself to me, and has not forgotten Your law. At midnight I rose to confess to You about the destinies of Your righteousness. I am a partaker of all those who fear You and keep Your commandments. Fill the earth with Thy mercy, O Lord; teach me with Thy justification. Thou hast done kindness to Thy servant, O Lord, according to Thy word. Teach me kindness and punishment and reason, as in Thy commandments of faith. Before we even humble ourselves, I have sinned, for this reason I have preserved Your word. Thou art good, O Lord, and by Thy goodness teach me by Thy justification. The iniquity of the proud has multiplied against me, but with all my heart I will test Your commandments. Their hearts are as soft as milk, but they have learned Your law. It is good for me, for Thou hast humbled me, that I may learn by Thy justification. The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

Kathisma is divided into 3 “Glories”, on each “Glory” read:

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

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, O God (Three times).

Lord, have mercy (Thrice).

Prayer request for the deceased. (See at the end of kathisma)

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

Thy hands create me and create me; give me understanding and I will learn your commandment. Those who fear You will see me and rejoice, because they trust in Your words. I understood, Lord, that Thy destiny is true, and Thou hast truly humbled me. Be Thy mercy, may Thy servant comfort me according to Thy word. May Thy bounties come to me, and I will live, for Thy law is my teaching. Let pride be ashamed, for I have committed unrighteousness against me; but I will mock Your commandments.

May those who fear You and those who see Your testimonies convert me. May my heart be blameless in Your justifications, so that I will not be ashamed. My soul disappears for Your salvation, I trust in Your words. My eyes have disappeared into Your word, saying: When will You comfort me? Once upon a time, like fur on the throne, I have not forgotten Your justifications. How long is the day of Your servant? When will you bring judgment on me from those who persecute me? The lawbreakers have told me mockery, but not like Thy law, O Lord. All Your commandments are true; Having persecuted me unrighteously, help me. I have not yet died on earth, and I have not forsaken Your commandments. Live for me according to Your mercy, and I will preserve the information of Your mouth. For ever, O Lord, Your word remains in Heaven. Thy truth forever and ever. You founded the earth and it remains. The day endures by Thy commandment: for all kinds of work are done by Thee. As if it were not for Your law, my teaching, then I would have perished in my humility. I will never forget Your justifications, for You have revived me in them.

I am Yours, save me: for I seek Your justification. Waiting for a sinner to destroy me, I understood Your testimony. I have seen the end of every death; Your commandment is wide. Since I have loved Your law, O Lord, I have my teaching all day long. Thou hast made me wiser than my enemy through Thy commandment, even as I am forever. More than all those who taught me, I understood that Your testimonies are my teaching. Moreover, the elder understood that I have sought Your commandments. I have forbidden my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Thy words. I have not deviated from Your judgments, as You have laid down laws for me. How sweet is Your word to my throat: more than honey to my mouth. I understood from Your commandments: for this reason I hated every way of unrighteousness. The lamp of my feet is Your law, I am the light of my paths. I swore and set them to preserve the fate of Your righteousness. Humble yourself to the core, Lord, live me according to Your word. Grant me the freedom of my lips, O Lord, and teach me Your destinies. I will take my soul into Your hand, and I will not forget Your law. The sinners have laid a net for me, and from Your commandments they will not go astray. I have inherited Your testimonies forever, for the joy of my heart is the essence. Incline my heart, create Your justifications forever for reward. I have hated the lawbreakers, but I have loved Your law. You are my Helper and My Protector, I trust in Your words. Turn away from me, you wicked ones, and I will test the commandments of my God. Intercede for me according to Your word, and I will live, and do not disgrace me because of my hope. Help me, and I will be saved, and I will learn from Your justifications. Thou hast brought to naught all those who depart from Thy justifications, for their thoughts are unrighteous. You who transgress against all the sinners of the earth, for this reason I have loved Your testimony. Nail my flesh with Thy fear: for I am afraid of Thy judgments. Having done justice and justice, do not betray me to those who offend me. Consider Thy servant for good, so that pride does not slander me. My eyes disappear for Thy salvation and for the word of Thy righteousness: deal with Thy servant according to Thy mercy, and teach me by Thy justification. I am Thy servant: give me understanding, and I will hear Thy testimony. It is time for the Lord to do: I have destroyed Your law. For this reason I have loved Your commandments more than gold and topaz. For this reason, I was guided by all Your commandments, and I hated every path of unrighteousness. Wonderful is Thy testimony: for this reason I am tested, my soul. The manifestation of Your words enlightens and instructs little ones. My mouth was opened, and my spirit was drawn, as I commanded Thy desires.

Look upon me and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of those who love Your name. Direct my steps according to Thy word, and let not all iniquity possess me. Deliver me from human slander, and I will keep Your commandments. Make Thy face shine upon Thy servant, and teach me Thy justification. My eyes have known the source of the waters: Thou hast not kept Thy law. Thou art righteous, O Lord, and Thy rulers judge. Thou hast commanded the truth of Thy testimony, and the truth greatly. Thy jealousy has consumed me; for I have forgotten Thy words. Thy word is kindled with great heat, and Thy servant is loved. I am the youngest and humbled: I have not forgotten Thy justifications. Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your law is truth. Sorrows and needs have found me: Your commandments are my teaching. The truth of Your testimony endures forever: give me understanding, and I will live. I cried with all my heart, hear me, O Lord, I will seek Your justification. I called upon You, save me, and I will preserve Your testimonies. I preceded you in hopelessness and cried out, trusting in Your words. Prepare my eyes for the morning, to learn from Your words. Hear my voice, O Lord, according to Thy mercy: live for me according to Thy destiny. He who persecutes me with iniquity has drawn near; but I have departed from Your law. Thou art near, O Lord, and all Thy ways are the truth. From the beginning I knew from Your testimonies that I founded the age. See my humility and forgive me, for I have not forgotten Your law. Judge my judgment, and deliver me: live me by Thy word. Salvation is far from the sinner, for they have not sought Your justifications. Thy bounty is many, O Lord, live me according to Thy destiny. There are many who drive me out and afflict me: I have not turned away from Your testimonies. I have seen those who do not understand and have ceased to say: for I have not kept Your words. See that I have loved Your commandments: Lord, live for me according to Your mercy. The beginning of Thy words is truth, and the whole destiny of Thy righteousness endures forever. The princes have driven me to hell: and because of Thy words my heart feared. I will rejoice in Your words, for I have gained much gain. I have hated and detested injustice: but I have loved Your law. During the seventh day we praise Thee about the destinies of Thy righteousness. There is peace for many who love Your law, and there is no temptation for them. I have longed for Your salvation, O Lord, and I have loved Your commandments. Preserve Your testimonies, my soul, and I will love you dearly. I will keep Your commandments and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You, O Lord. Let my prayer draw near before You, O Lord: give me understanding according to Your word. May my petition come before You, O Lord; deliver me according to Your word. My lips will burst forth with song, when Thou teachest me Thy justification. My tongue proclaims Your words, for all Your commandments are true. May Thy hand be to save me, as I have willed Thy commandments. I have desired Your salvation, O Lord, and Your law is my teaching. My soul will live and praise Thee: and Thy destinies will help me. I have gone astray, like a lost sheep: seek Thy servant, for I have not forgotten Thy commandments.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, thank you God. (Thrice)
Lord have mercy (Thrice)

Prayer request for the deceased

Remember, O Lord, our God, in the faith and hope of the life of Thy eternally departed servant, our brother (name), and as the Good and Lover of mankind, forgiving sins and consuming iniquities, weaken, forsake and forgive all his voluntary and involuntary sins, deliver him from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna and grant him the communion and enjoyment of Thy eternal good things prepared for those who love Thee: even if Thou sin, yet do not depart from Thee, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Thy God in the Trinity of the glorified faith, and the One in the Trinity and Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even until his last breath of confession. Be merciful to the same, and faith, even in You instead of deeds, and with Your saints, as you are Generous, give rest: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and You are the One God of mercies and generosity, and love for mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

According to the 17th Kathisma

Trisagion, according to Our Father...

And troparia, tone 2

Those who have sinned against You, O Savior, like the prodigal son: accept me, Father, who repents, and have mercy on me, O God.

Glory: I call to You, Christ the Savior, with the publican’s voice: cleanse me as she did, and have mercy on me, O God.

And now: Mother of God, do not despise me, demanding Your intercession: for my soul trusts in You, and have mercy on me.

Lord have mercy. (40 times)

Prayer for the dead

Sovereign Lord Almighty and Creator of all, the Father of generosity and mercy, God, who created man from the earth, and showed him in Your image and likeness, so that Your magnificent name may be glorified on earth, and it was uprooted by the transgression of Your commandments, and again created for the better him in Thy Christ and raised to Heaven: I thank Thee, for Thou hast increased Thy greatness upon me, and Thou hast not betrayed me to the end as my enemy, to tear me out to those who seek me into the abyss of hell, and left me below to perish through my iniquities. Now, O most merciful and loving Lord, do not want the death of a sinner, but expect and accept conversion: Who have corrected the downtrodden, who have healed the contrite, turn me to repentance, and correct the overthrown, and heal the contrite: remember Thy mercies, and even Thy incomprehensible ones from all eternity goodness and my immeasurable forget the iniquities that I have committed in deed, word, and thought: resolve the blindness of my heart, and give me tears of tenderness to cleanse the filth of my thoughts. Hear, O Lord, listen, O Lover of mankind, cleanse, O Compassionate One, and free my accursed soul from the torment of the reigning passions within me. And let no one contain me from sin: let the demon fighter be able to attack me, let him lead me lower to his desire, but by Thy sovereign hand, his dominion, snatching me away, Thou reign in me, Good and Humane-loving Lord, and of all Thy being and life I do the rest according to Your good will. And grant me with the indescribable goodness of my heart, cleansing of my heart, guarding my lips, rightness of actions, humble wisdom, peace of thoughts, silence of my spiritual strength, spiritual joy, true love, long-suffering, kindness, meekness, unfeigned faith, self-control, and fill me with all good fruits. Your Holy Spirit. And do not bring me to the end of my days, delight my uncorrected and unprepared soul below: but complete me with Your perfection, and thus bring me to the present life, as if I had unchecked the beginnings and powers of darkness, I will see by Your grace and I, unapproachable to Your glory, unspeakable kindness, with all Your saints, in whom may Thy most honorable and magnificent name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, be sanctified and glorified, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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QUESTION:
I read several psalms today. It’s happening slowly, because at the same time I’m reading St. John Chrysostom’s Discourses on the Psalms. What do you say regarding kathisma 17 (Psalm 118)? I have a book of St. Theophan the Recluse "Guide to Spiritual Life", compiled according to the interpretation of Psalm 118. A very interesting read, "is a guide to the Christian life." Which Psalm is closest to your spirit?

ANSWER:
Gospel and Psalter - 2 main books. It’s not for nothing that many people knew them by heart. It is imperative to read the Psalter every day as well. And do not neglect the psalms. Abba Ammun: “Do not neglect the psalms, because they drive away evil spirits from the soul and infuse the Holy Spirit into it.”
It is advisable to read Psalm 118 every day. Not everyone can follow this rule, but the benefits will exceed all expectations.

The main thing for us is to try to fulfill the commandments. And in this psalm there are a lot of such petitions. Since “words”, “justifications” and other words can be generalized, synonyms for the word “commandments”.
Kathisma 17 (Psalm 118) teaches us to keep the commandments.

Is it so important:
Blessed are those who keep His commandments, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and enter into the city through the gates (Rev. 22:14).
If we try to keep the commandments, we thereby show our love for God. Is it so important! If you love Me, keep My commandments (John 14:15).

If it’s hard to read every day, then you need to at least every Saturday, I think. This is a day of special remembrance. It’s not only good to read the interpretation, but it’s necessary. This opens our eyes. I love all the psalms. But St. Augustine made the following comparison: Speaking about Kathisma 17 (Psalm 118), St. Augustine testifies that for a long time he could not take up the interpretation of this psalm, being struck by its depth. He said that other psalms contain moral lessons; but those are like stars scattered across the sky; and this one is like the sun, shedding abundant light at noon.

Elder schemanun Antonia She advised reading the 17th kathisma every day, saying: “At the ordeals of the 17th, the kathisma will already be in defense for you.”

Forgive me, Sasha, for interfering. N Oh, if it is as you say, then you sin from right to left, but read the 17th kathisma and you will be saved by this? They are saved, for that matter, not by reading, but by what you have done well. When we find ourselves “there”, we will be judged by our deeds and not by the kathisma we read...

Tatyana, thank you for your comment. I will answer.
1. I'm not saying sin left/right. This is absurd. In the same 17th kathisma.
Psalm 118:
21 You punished the proud. Cursed are those who turn away from Your commandments!
101 I have departed from every path of sin, that I may preserve Your words
163 I have hated and despised unrighteousness, but I have loved Your law.

2. Naturally, reading this kathisma does not guarantee salvation. What matters is the heart of a person and, as a result, deeds. However, there are prayer books for peace and their main task is prayer, and we often cannot see their inner life, their fiery night vigils and prayers are not visible. And often the impression deceives us.

3. Good deeds are not enough. The main thing is prayer. If there is prayer, there will be true good deeds. These are 2 wings, you understand. Prayer attracts the grace of the Holy Spirit, and only the Holy Spirit can guide one to Absolute Good.

4. Good deeds and prayer will help during ordeals and at the Last Judgment. Every prayer you make, even the smallest one, is a gold coin in your spiritual bank. And reading the Psalter, reading kathismas are bars of pure gold. This is a prayer for the whole world as well. It is not for nothing that in monasteries there is a rite of the Undying Psalter. This is your spiritual alms, and a very strong one.

5. Why exactly kathisma? Because prayer on the Psalter is especially powerful. Many saints spoke about this. Ambrose of Optina said: “Prayer is always stronger with psalm words than with our own.”

The Psalter is usually little understood by the common man. To read the Psalter and enjoy its height, you need to loosen the soil, you need work and constant spiritual work on yourself. The soul must be at least a little purified in order to begin to realize the whole bottomless depth of the Psalter.

Writes to Rev. Barsanuphius of Optina:
“Father Anatoly deeply understood the psalms and, listening to them, felt spiritual delight. “Kathismas are music,” he said, “when the reading of them begins during the all-night vigil, I cannot stop listening. Every word is imbued with a deep meaning, and I am always sorry, when the reader closes the book: he would just listen, listen endlessly. “But I get so bored with kathismas,” I objected to him, “I always strive to leave the church and return when they have already finished.” “That’s understandable,” answered Father , - and I used to do the same thing. My friend and I went to church at the Academy, although the service there is not the same as in Optina, but still quite long, they read a lot. So, it used to be, we sat at kathismas, and I felt a push in side. I already understand the conventional sign and we begin to walk along the corridors; we walk, we walk, until they finally say: “Go quickly, now they will sing “Praise the name of the Lord”,” well, then we rush to church. Otherwise, sometimes you will leave the church , and you’ll find yourself at home, drinking tea. But I soon realized that you couldn’t live like that. Father Macarius knew how to play the psalter.
And Father Fr. Ambrose played it. This music of the soul is acquired by the Jesus Prayer."

Those. The Divinely inspired Psalter, the Holy Spirit himself, through the psalms, teaches us to pray. And if we ourselves are trying to acquire grace, to become the abode of the Holy Spirit, then this will be interesting to us. Like attracts like. And if we are not interested in this, then we need to think about ourselves, we need to realize that we have not yet taken the first steps, although we often think highly of ourselves. You should never think highly, but there are things that simply need to be understood. Therefore, it is necessary to cleanse your heart with prayer. And when saints do good deeds, when they read books, when they write, when they speak, they do not let go of prayer. Their prayer goes on unceasingly, accompanying all their thoughts and deeds. Because this is prayer not with the lips, but with the heart, mind-heart. And without prayer, they would live in complete darkness, like most of the living. It is important to understand the will of God, to distinguish between good and evil. And this is often not easy, since there are nets everywhere and we, not having perfect spiritual vision, do not see everything, but what lies on the very surface we constantly make mistakes. And if prayer does not happen at least sometimes, then you need to make an effort to pray more regularly.

As for the petitions in the 17th kathisma, that’s good. After all, the Lord himself says that we need to ask if we want to receive something, naturally good. And if we think that we don’t need to ask, then we are in spiritual self-delusion. You have to ask constantly. The saints did this and it was often difficult for them to live. And if we don’t do this, then we can imagine in what darkness we are wandering. We urgently need to get out of this darkness and light the lamp of our prayer, which will illuminate the paths of our lives in order to walk in the law of the Lord:
Direct my steps according to Thy word, and let not all iniquity possess me (Ps. 119:133).