Translation of "Like You in Heaven" prayer. Prayer “Our Father like You” in Old Church Slavonic, with emphasis
Lord's Prayer
But you, when you pray, go into your room and, having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly.
7 And when you pray, do not say too much, like the pagans, for they think that in their many words they will be heard;
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
9 Pray like this: (Matthew 6:6-9)
Our Father, who art in heaven!
Hallowed be it your name,
May your kingdom come
Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors;
And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
(Matthew 6:9-13)
"Our Father, Who art in heaven!" (Matthew 6:9)
To the speaker Father what kind of soul is needed? How much boldness does it take? What kind of conscience do you need to have, so that after knowing God and understanding that the nature of God is goodness, holiness, joy, power, glory, purity... then you dare to pronounce this word and call such a Being your Father? It is obvious that if someone has any intelligence, then, not seeing in himself the same as in God, he will not dare to utter these words to him and say:Father! For it is unnatural for someone who is good in essence to become the father of someone who is evil in deeds, for a saint to become the father of someone defiled in life, for the Father of life to become the father of someone killed by sin... Therefore, when the Lord teaches us in prayer to call God Father, he does nothing more than legitimize an exalted way of life.
When the Lord teaches to call Himself Father, it seems to me that He legitimizes the sublime and tall image life, because the Truth teaches us not to lie, not to say about ourselves what is not in us, not to call ourselves what we were not. But, calling the Imperishable, the Righteous and the Good as your Father, you must justify this relationship with life. Therefore, you see, how much preparation we need, what kind of life we need, how much and what thoroughness is needed in order to, with the elevation of our conscience, achieve such a measure of boldness and dare to say to God: “Father”... When we approach God, let us first pay attention on our life: do we have anything in ourselves worthy of Divine kinship, and then we dare to say the word “Father”.St. Gregory of Nyssa
When the Lord says in prayer:who is in heaven , then with this word he does not imprison God in heaven, but distracts the one praying from the earth and places him in the highest countries and mountain dwellings.St. John Chrysostom
"Hallowed be thy name" (Matthew 6:9)
Yes hallowed that means let him be glorified. That is, vouchsafe us to live so purely that through us everyone will glorify You, to display a blameless life before everyone, so that each of those who see it will offer praise to the Lord.St. John Chrysostom
We are speaking Hallowed be thy name not in the sense that we wish God that He may be sanctified by our prayers; but we ask Him that His name may be sanctified in us. For from whom will God, who Himself sanctifies everyone, be sanctified?Sschmch. Cyprian of Carthage
We sanctify the name of the Heavenly Father by grace when we mortify all lust... and cleanse ourselves from corrupting passions, for holiness is the complete stillness and deadness of lust in the heart.St. Maxim the Confessor
"Thy kingdom come" (Matthew 6:10)
The Kingdom that we ask from the Heavenly Father is the future Kingdom after the end of the world. We pray to Him for the speedy coming of this Kingdom, so that we can quickly enter into it... This is the desire of Christians, the confusion of the pagans, the triumph of Angels; For the sake of the Kingdom we suffer and desire it uncontrollably.Tertullian
What a wondrous sequence in the Lord’s Prayer!.. After asking for the gift of perfect knowledge of God, the Lord teaches a person adopted by God to ask for the Kingdom of God to descend into his soul. This Kingdom He commands to ask for the humble, but strong prayer faith... He who has felt the Kingdom of God within himself becomes alien to a world hostile to God... He can infallibly desire that the visible Kingdom of God should come on earth, destroy sin from the face of the earth, and establish the rule of Truth on it.St. Ignatiy Brianchaninov
"Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth." (Matthew 6:10)
Speaking: Thy will be done , we do not pray that God will do what he wants, but that we can do what God wants. For who can stop God from doing what he wants? But since the devil prevents us from following God in everything in our spirit and in our deeds, we ask and pray: may God’s will be done in us.Sschmch. Cyprian of Carthage
God first commanded to desire the future and strive for one’s fatherland; but until this happens, those living here should try to lead the kind of life that is characteristic of the celestials. For one must desire, He says, Heaven and the Celestial. But before reaching Heaven, we must make the earth Heaven, so that while living on it, we can act and speak as if we were in Heaven, and pray to the Lord for this.St. John Chrysostom
“In one place,” said the elder, “they prayed for rain, and in another - so that it would not rain. It turned out that God wanted it.” Go where they lead you, see what they show you, and keep saying: “Thy will be done.”St. Ambrose Optinsky
"Give us this day our daily bread" (Matt. 6:11)
The bread of God is the one that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. In. 6, 33
I am the seven bread of life. In. 6, 47
What a wonderful order Divine wisdom has given to prayer requests. When after the heavenly, i.e. the name of God, the Kingdom of God, the will of God gave place to petition for earthly needs... However, the wordsgive us this day our daily bread Let us understand it more in a spiritual sense. For Christ is our bread: He is our life and the bread of life, as He himself says:I am the bread of life... Asking for our daily bread, we pray for unceasing abiding in Christ through the communion of His Body.Tertullian
In the Discourse on the Mount, the Lord says that bread can have three meanings: it can mean material bread, and the sacrament of the Body of Christ... and spiritual food. Of these three meanings, He sometimes talks primarily about one, sometimes about the other, but always has all three in mind.Blzh. Augustine
“And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.” (Matthew 6:12)
Debts here mean sins - words, deeds and thoughts that are contrary to the law of God... Sins are called debts because, just as in citizenship it happens that debts oblige the debtor to repay the lender... so sins oblige us to satisfy the righteousness of God, and when we have no means to pay, they imprison us in eternal prison. We cannot pay these debts through ourselves, and for this we resort to the merits of Christ and the mercy of God... When we ask,forgive us our debts , then through this it is clear that we pray not only for ourselves, but also for each other...
It says: as we also leave our debtor . With this word we learn so that we ourselves can forgive the sins of our neighbors... God forgives us our sins out of mercy; and we, imitating Him, out of mercy must forgive the sins of our brethren.St. Tikhon Zadonsky
"And do not lead us into temptation" (Matthew 6:13)
Temptations, according to Scripture, are of two kinds: some come through what is pleasant, and others through what is sorrowful and painful; some are voluntary and others are involuntary. From them sin is born, and we are commanded to pray not to enter into them, according to the commandment of the Lord, who taught us to say in prayer:and do not lead us into temptation... And others are the executioners of sin, punishing a sin-loving disposition by inflicting involuntary grave sorrows, which if anyone endures... will find the words of the great Jacob applicable to himself:Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance (James 1:2-3) . The evil one maliciously spies on both such temptations, and during the first he manages, through allure and excitement of carnal pleasures, to tempt the soul to lag behind the God-loving mood, and during the second he attempts to deceive the soul, suppressed by the weight of sorrows and troubles, to accept thoughts of murmuring and bringing injustice against the Creator.St. Maxim the Confessor
This raises an important question! If we pray so as not to be tempted, how can we prove the virtue of our firmness, which is required by Holy Scripture?..Blessed is the man who endures temptation (James 1:12) . So, the words of the prayer - do not lead us into temptation - do not mean that do not allow us to ever be tempted, but do not allow us to be defeated in temptation. Job was tempted, but was not led into temptation, for he did not say anything unreasonable about God (Job 1:22) and did not defile his lips with blasphemy, to which the tempter wanted to lead him. Abraham was tempted, Joseph was tempted, but neither one nor the other of them was led into temptation, for neither fulfilled the will of the tempter.St. John Cassian the Roman
It is not God Himself who leads into temptation, but He allows to be led into it by the one whom He deprives of His help according to His deepest intentions, because he deserves it.Blzh. Augustine
"But deliver us from evil" (Matthew 6:13)
After all, at the end of the prayer there is a conclusion that briefly expresses all our prayers and petitions. At the end we say:but deliver us from evil , meaning by this all sorts of troubles that the enemy is plotting against us in this world and against which we will have faithful and strong defense if we have God as a deliverer from them, if, at our request and prayer, He gives us His help. Then, after the words - deliver us from the evil one - we ask for the complete protection of God against the evil one, and having received such protection, we are already safe and protected from all the snares of the devil and the world. Indeed, why should one who has God as a Protector in this world be afraid of the world?Sschmch. Cyprian of Carthage
With this we pray to the Heavenly Father to protect us from it, from which we ourselves (on our own) cannot protect ourselves... With this word our Savior stirs us up to prayer and through prayer teaches us to get rid of it.St. Tikhon Zadonsky
"For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever." (Matthew 6:13)
A reminder of the enemy in wordsdeliver us from evil Having made us cautious and stopped all our carelessness, He further inspires us, presenting to us the King under whose authority we fight, and showing that He is more powerful than all.As Yours is , says the Savior,Kingdom and power and glory . So, if His is the Kingdom, then we should not be afraid, since no one resists Him and no one shares power with Him. For when the Savior said:Yours is the Kingdom , then shows that this enemy of ours is subordinate to God, although he still resists by God’s permission... In a word:and glory it is shown that this King not only frees you from the evils that threaten you, but can also make you glorious... for just as His power is great, so His glory is inexpressible, and all this is boundless and infinite.St. John Chrysostom
Brief prayer rule Venerable Seraphim of Sarov
The Monk Seraphim of Sarov taught everyone the following prayer rule: “Having risen from sleep, every Christian, standing before the holy icons, let him read the Lord’s PrayerOur Father three times*, in honor Holy Trinity, Thenhymn to the Mother of God :
Rejoice, Virgin Mary, Blessed Mary, The Lord is with You; Blessed are You among women, and Blessed is the fruit of Your womb, for You have given birth to the Savior of our souls.(three times)
Symbol of faith:
I believe in one God the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, who was born of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, true God from true God, born, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, to Whom all things were.
For our sake, man and our salvation came down from heaven and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became human.
She was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried.
And he rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures.
And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father.
And again the coming one will be judged with glory by the living and the dead, His Kingdom will have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the life-giving, who proceeds from the Father, who is with the Father and the Son, worshiped and glorified, who spoke the prophets.
Into one Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
I confess one baptism for the remission of sins.
I drink the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the next century. Amen. (one time)
- Having completed this rule, let him go about his business to which he has been assigned or called. While working at home or on the road somewhere, let him read quietly:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner (or sinner) ,
and if others surround him, then, while doing business, let him speak only with his mind
Lord have mercy
and continues until lunch.
- Just before lunch, let him do the above morning rule. After lunch, while doing his job, he reads quietly:
Most Holy Theotokos, save me, a sinner (or a sinner), or
Lord Jesus Christ, through the Mother of God, have mercy on me, a sinner (or sinner) ,
and let this continue until sleep. When going to bed, let every Christian read the above morning rule again; after that, let him fall asleep, protecting himself with the sign of the cross.”
“By adhering to this rule,” says Father Seraphim, “one can achieve a measure of Christian perfection, for the above three prayers are the foundation of Christianity: the first, as a prayer given by the Lord Himself, is a model of all prayers; the second was brought from heaven by the Archangel in greeting to the Virgin Mary, Mother of the Lord; The symbol briefly contains saving dogmas Christian faith" For those who, due to various circumstances, cannot follow even this small rule, Venerable Seraphim He advised reading it in every position: during classes, while walking, and even in bed, presenting the basis for this as the words of Holy Scripture: Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Almost everyone knows this prayer. Why is it so popular and what is its strength? How can you make sure that this prayer brings changes to your life and does not remain just memorized lines? The power of prayer is not in repeating it like a magic mantra, but in the faith you put into these words.
What is the essence of this prayer?
Our Father who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and glory forever. Amen.
Matthew 6:9-13
These lines describe everything that a person needs every day at different levels.
- “Our Father who art in heaven” - we must never forget that God is the Creator of Everything, and He exists now, in this moment. This is a Living Person whose help you really need.
- “Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come” - we must desire that God should become more known through our lives, so that His works would attract everyone more people to him. We must also daily affirm His laws and His rule in our lives and where we are (work, study, environment, etc.).
- “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” - God gave the legal right to man to rule on earth, and without our request He will not interfere in our affairs. But when we ask for His plan to happen, we allow God's wisdom to constantly cover our destiny to walk the right path.
- “Give us this day our daily bread” - we ask God to meet our daily needs, but not only physical, but also mental/spiritual. The Word of God is called in the Bible bread for our spirit, so you need to read it as often as you eat :)
- “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors” - our attitude towards people directly depends on God’s attitude towards us. Therefore, you need to always be lenient and forgiving.
- “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” - we ask God for protection every day. Who is the evil one? This is the devil, a spiritual personality whose goal is the complete destruction and death of man. God's protection protects us from his evil deeds.
- “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen” - God is eternal and He is worthy of our reverence and respect. If we admire strongmen of the world this, how much more should we bow to God? After all, absolutely everything is in His hands!
How to make the Lord's Prayer heard?
But you, when you pray, go into your room and, having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly.
Matthew 6:6
This prayer should be secret, one on one with God. Out loud or mentally - it doesn’t matter. The main thing is that you live with all your heart the words with which you address the Lord.
For if you forgive people their sins, then your Heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive people their sins, then your Father will not forgive you your sins. Matthew 6:14-15
You cannot ask God for something for yourself if you have not forgiven someone. It turns out that you are asking for mercy and kindness where you yourself refuse to give it. Appeals to God with a contaminated heart remain unanswered.
Pray every day, communicate with God, love people, and your life will be rich, fulfilling and happy!
“When you pray, go into your room and shut your door,
pray to your Father who is in secret...” (Matthew 6:6).
Prayer has always been a sacrament of turning to God, the Lord’s Prayer: read full text which you can read below, this is a kind of conversation that every person reading it has with the Lord. It is considered one of the simplest, most effective and mandatory for every Orthodox Christian to study. Few people know that any prayer, like any other real deed, requires a good mental attitude, and not just pure thoughts and good thoughts.
- Start praying with a light heart, which means forgive everyone the offenses they have caused you. Then your requests will be heard by the Lord;
- Before reading the prayer, say to yourself: “I am a sinner!”;
- Begin your conversation with the Lord humbly, deliberately, and with specific intention;
- Remember that everything that exists in this world is one God;
- Ask permission from the one to whom you are addressing in prayer, so that you can bring him praise or sincere thanksgiving;
- The requests of prayer will be satisfied if you can get rid of resentment, hostility, hatred of the world and sincerely feel the blessings of the Kingdom of Heaven;
- During prayer or at a service, do not stand distracted or dreamy, try not to allow extraneous thoughts;
- Praying with a satiated belly or spirit will not bring the desired effect, be light;
- Be prepared in advance: any prayer is not a request, but a glorification of the Lord;
- Get ready for repentance in a conversation with the Almighty.
Advice. A “smart” prayer is always good when you can say it out loud, without searching for the right words, hesitating or hesitating. You need to pray in such a way that the necessary words themselves “flow” from the soul and not painfully squeezing it out of yourself; this applies not only to the Lord’s Prayer, but also to all others.
Despite its apparent simplicity, this is quite difficult to do. After all, first, for this you need to live the prayer in your soul, in your heart, and only then express it in words. When this process causes you difficulties, you can turn to God mentally, this is not forbidden. Situations are different, in different circumstances a person is free to do as he pleases.
Text of the Lord's Prayer
Below you will find a modern reading of the Lord's Prayer in several versions. Someone chooses Old Church Slavonic, someone chooses modern Russian. This is truly everyone's right. The main thing is that words with sincerity addressed to God will always find Right way, will calm the body and soul of a baby who speaks words with timidity, as well as a young man, a mature husband or woman.
Our Father in Church Slavonic
Our Father, Who is in heaven!
Hallowed be Thy name,
May your kingdom come
Thy will be done
As in heaven on earth.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our debts,
Just as we leave our debtors;
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from evil
Our Father in Russian
Option "Matthew"
Our Father who art in heaven!
Hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come;
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Option "From Luke"
Our Father who art in heaven!
Hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
Give us our daily bread;
And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every debtor to us;
Otherwise lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
(Luke 11:2-4)
Interpretation of the Lord's Prayer
Everyone has heard the text of the Our Father prayer and many know it from early childhood. There is no family in Russia where the grandmother or grandfather, or perhaps the parents themselves, did not whisper words addressed to God before bedtime at the baby’s crib or did not teach when it is necessary to say it. Growing up, we did not forget it, but for some reason we said it out loud less and less. But, probably, in vain! Our Father is a kind of standard or even an example of the correct spiritual dispensation - one of the most important prayers of the Church, which is rightly called the “Lord’s Prayer.”
Few people know that the small text of the Lord’s Prayer contains the grandiose meaning of life’s priorities and all the rules of prayer.
Three parts of prayer
This unique text has three semantic parts: Invocation, Petition, Doxology, And Seven petitions Let's try to figure this out in more detail together.
1st Summoning
Do you remember what they called their father in Rus'? Father! And this means that when we pronounce this word, we completely trust our father’s will, believe in justice, accept everything that he considers necessary. We have neither a shadow of doubt nor persistence. We show that we are ready to be his children on earth or in heaven. Thus, moving away from worldly everyday worries to heaven, where we see His presence.
1st Petition
No one teaches that we must glorify the Lord with words. His name is already sacred. But true believers, before other people, need to spread His glory with their deeds, thoughts, and actions.
2nd Petition
It is, in fact, a continuation of the first. But we add a request for the coming of the Kingdom of God, which will deliver man from sin, temptation, and death.
3rd Petition
“Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth”
We know that on the road to the Kingdom of God many temptations await us. So we ask the Lord to strengthen our strength in faith, in submission to His will.
The glorification of God’s Name actually ends with three petitions.
Three parts and seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer
4th Petition
This, as well as the next three parts, will contain the requests of those praying. Everything is here: about the soul, spirit, body, daily life. We ask, we pray, we speak without hesitation. We ask you to live every day as normal as most people do. Requests for food, housing, clothing... However, these requests should not occupy the main place in the conversation with God. Limiting yourself to the simple, or rather to the carnal, it is better to pray for spiritual bread.
5th Petition
The allegory of this petition is simple: we pray for our own pardon, because by entering into prayer we have already forgiven others. It is better not to harbor anger against others first, and then ask the Lord for forgiveness for yourself.
6th Petition
Sin accompanies us throughout our lives. Someone learns to put a barrier in their way. Some people don't always succeed. In this petition, we ask the Lord for strength not to commit them, and only then we pray for the forgiveness of those committed. And if the main culprit of all temptations is the devil, we ask you to deliver from him.
7th Petition
“But deliver us from the evil one” - Man is weak, without the help of the Lord it is difficult to emerge victorious from the battle with the evil one. In this request for prayer, Christ gives us his instruction.
Doxology
Amen = always means firm confidence that what is asked will come true without a doubt. And the triumph of the power of the Lord God will again be revealed to the world.
A short prayer, a few sentences! But look how deep the message is: not blurred, not satiated. Only the most valuable, most important, important.
Addition: text of prayer in different languages
Prayer Our Father in Ukrainian
Our Father, You art in heaven,
May Thy name be hallowed,
May Your Kingdom come,
Let Your will be done,
As in heaven, so on earth.
Give us our daily bread, today;
and forgive us and our guilt,
As we forgive our guilt;
and don’t lead us into confusion,
Let us be free from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
Prayer Our Father in Belarusian language
Oycha is ours, Yaki are on the sky,
Say hello to your name,
Welcome to Your Kingdom,
Let it be Your will, as it is in heaven, so on earth.
Our bread nadzenny give us syonnya;
And grant us our daugs, as we also give our daugs;
And don’t get us stuck in the space,
Ale zbau us hell zloga.
For Yours is the Kingdom
And power and glory forever.
Prayer Our Father in Armenian
Air mer vor erkines es,
surb egitsi anun ko.
Ekestse arkayutyun ko
egitsi kamk ko
vorpes erkines ev erkri.
Zeats mer anapazor
tour mez aisor
Ev tokh mez zpartis mer
vorpes ev mek tokhumk
merotz partapanats.
Ev mi tanir zmez and portsutyun.
Ail prkea mez i chare.
Zee koe arcayutune
Yev Zorutyun Yev Park
avityanes
Prayer Our Father in Kazakh language
Cocktegi Ekemiz!
Senin kieli esimin kasterlene bersin,
Patshalygyn osynda ornasyn!
Senin erkin, oryndalganday,
Ger betinde de orndala bersin,
Kundelikti nanomazdy birgin de bere mountains.
Bizge kune jasagandardy keshirgenimizdey,
Saint de kunelarymyzdy keshire gory,
Azyruymyzga zhol bermei,
Zhamandyktan saktai mountains,
Patshalyk, kudiret pen ulyk
Mangi-baki Senini
Prayer Our Father in Aramaic
Avvun dbischmaya nitkaddah shimmukh
Tete Malchutukh
New sovyanukh eichana dbischmaya ab para
Ha la lyahma dsunkanan yumana
Vushchyukh lan hobein eychana dap akhnan shuklan hayavin
Ula talan lnisyuna, ella pasan min bischa.
Mudtul dilukh hai Malchuta
Ukheyla Utishchbay
Lalam almin. Amine.
The Lord's Prayer in Greek
Pater imon o en tis uranis
Ayassito to onoma su
Elfato and Vasily Su
Yenisito to felima su os en urano ke epi thousand yis
Ton arton imon ton epiusion dos imin simaron
Ke afes imin ta ofelimata imon os ke imis afieman thousand filetes imon
Ke mi isenegis imas is pirazmon, alla rice imas apo tu poniru.
Oti su estin
And Vasily
Ke and dynamis
Ke and doxa
Is tus eonas
Prayer Our Father in English
Published: 2016-09-28, Modified: 2018-11-01,Our Father, which art in heaven,
Hallowed be your name;
Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive them who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
Comments from site visitors
While reading the Our Father, great calm and grace always descends on me. I read it every morning and at night. If suddenly you can’t pray, everything falls out of your hands all day, everything goes wrong. Either I react sharply at such moments, but I walk around nervously. And once you say the prayer, the day is going great, everything is going like clockwork. And this is not a one-time thing, it happens all the time.
The Lord's Prayer is the most important prayer available; it is in it that we turn to God, tell him our thoughts and feelings. During prayer, I always think about purity and faith. In general, it is necessary to believe in order to fully understand the prayer. Many do not understand the very meaning of prayer due to a lack of faith.
Nice and useful article! It's nice to read that at least something normal is being broadcast somewhere. The Lord’s Prayer is the foundation of the foundations, all others are built on it, and until you realize it, you shouldn’t even think about any help from the saints. And only after faith settles in your soul, and you accept the words of prayer with all your soul, can you hope to be heard.
My grandmother taught me this prayer as a child, and as stated above in the commentary, this prayer is truly the basis of the foundations of our entire Orthodox faith! I am very grateful to my grandmother for instilling in me a love of reading and faith. Thanks to her, I have known this prayer by heart since I was six years old and always turn to it. Although now my grandmother is no longer here, the memory of her is always bright and warm in my heart!
It just makes my heart happy when I scroll through your site. My grandson helped me find prayers and, of course, the Lord’s Prayer is what I start my day with and how I end my day. And peace immediately sets in on the soul. Thank you for your bright and useful work!
Thank you for the detailed and intelligible analysis. I didn’t know that literally every line of this prayer contained such a deep meaning. Thank you
Our Father is probably everyone’s favorite and most important prayer. Orthodox Christian. I remember learning it with older sister as a child, I was probably six years old then. It was in the village, a terrible thunderstorm began, and grandmother told us to read the Our Father. Since I didn’t know a single prayer yet, my sister taught me. Since then I always read it, no matter what happens. Helps you calm down, put your thoughts in order, and find peace of mind.
Thank you very much! Very useful and necessary article with professional explanations.
in our troubled times, it’s hard on the soul..and Faith and Prayers help a lot...rulers change..and GOD always helps us sinners..
May my Lord forgive me for my thoughts, for I trust and believe in him alone. Explain to me how the Father can allow temptation, while in the prayer there is a particle “but” and a mention of the evil one. In my reading, I pronounce this phrase differently: “... Deliver me from temptations and put me on the path of truth. For yours is the Kingdom, power and will for all ages. Amen!
“...And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”...
Everyone should know this prayer by heart. And we need to pray not only when we feel bad, when there is a dark streak in life. Every day we must turn to our Lord and ask, ask for forgiveness. About forgiving ourselves, our friends and our enemies. And your soul becomes calm and warm.
This prayer truly has the strongest energy potential in the universe)) has been tested more than once own experience
I am a believing Christian, I constantly read prayers before bed and in the morning, I believe in their power. When I say it, everything inside immediately becomes calm and balanced, I believe and always ask God for help and protection of my family and loved ones. Thank you for the light and necessary information Online.
Our Father is the basis, the foundation of all Orthodox believers. My grandmother always told me when she was alive that the power of prayer is not in the text, but in the meaning. The meaning of “Our Father” is deep, my grandmother told me about petitions, I read it in more detail here, I usually just read the prayer in the morning, now I’ll start petitions too.
I noticed that when you feel bad, sad in your soul, the best medicine is prayer. Once you read “Our Father,” you feel lighter and calmer. I always pray before going to bed, then I fall asleep easier and rarely have nightmares. And before the start of a new season, I like to read a prayer so that the next three months will be favorable for me and my loved ones.
Even though I was baptized, I didn’t know the prayer by heart. And I didn’t know the meaning of each phrase, but it’s described in such detail here. The whole essence of the prayer, each phrase is described in detail, understandable even to children in accessible Russian language. I am very surprised by so many options for one prayer. Now we are sitting with the children and figuring out why we read it before bed.
Very miracle prayer. Helps in many matters. So I was faced with the choice of either giving birth or being left without a husband. I read a prayer and dreamed that my daughter was beautiful and her hands were reaching out to me, so I decided to let her grow now for the joy of everyone. The smart girl goes to Sunday school. I recommend it to everyone. When you don’t know what to do, read the prayer and everything will be decided on its own.
I didn’t know that the prayer may not reach our Lord if there is no preparation. Now I will try to prepare before reading the prayer, otherwise, as always, when you start reading, something will interfere, then someone will say the word and someone will come. I will wear earplugs and read alone in a closed room so that no one will interfere.
The most important and frequently used prayer. This is the “Our Father”, it’s not for nothing that it is mentioned so often in church and all believers know it by heart, and everyone in the church recites it in unison, but don’t forget “The power of faith” is also very important prayer, or song, everyone calls it differently. God bless you.
Here I have a prayer book at home, there are prayers written there; only my grandfather can read them. In Old Russian or Church, the prayer Our Father is long and from the bow. Grandfather claims that it is the most correct, and the old one, which is why we all read from Luke. But only in a new form in a more understandable language.
This is the most important and main prayer for all Christians. There was a dark streak in my life 2 years ago, many close people passed away, problems arose at work, and there were continuous disagreements with my husband. I no longer knew what to hope for and who to rely on. In those years, I was not a strong believer, but due to difficulties in life, I converted and began to read prayer regularly. Today I am convinced that it was she who gave me some strength and energy, and everything began to improve.
The wife constantly reads prayer and last month She also taught me, although I am a believer, I somehow never read prayer on a regular basis before. I honestly admit: the last month has been mentally light and airy for me. I became calmer and stopped getting annoyed with my wife and son over little things. Inner state is very important to me. Thank you for the article and I am certainly grateful to my wife, I think such changes have occurred in me because of prayer.
Most of us come to prayer through trouble and grief. In it we see the last ray of light, last hope. And the Our Father is the most important prayer for us; we must turn to the Lord every day, talk to him. Then your soul becomes warm, cozy and calm.
I’ve never prayed before, and I don’t even know prayers. But in Lately I feel that Life is going downhill, I have no goal in life, no aspiration. That’s how I came across this article and thank you for this knowledge, thank you for your comments. I will definitely learn the Lord’s Prayer and try to pray more often. Just from these thoughts it becomes easier
My son got married a year ago. But the relationship with his wife is not going well. She is about to leave him. The son loves his wife very much. How can I help him so that his feelings for his wife cool down? Can the Lord's Prayer help or should other prayers be read? We are believers, but we don’t know any prayers. Please tell me.
You can’t do this: try all the methods and only if nothing helps, then turn to prayer. Their power will not manifest itself in one reading. You need to pray regularly, believe, even if you are not a strong believer (but at least in moderation; if you were an atheist, don’t touch prayers at all), you need to at least read and turn to God periodically.
So in clear language Everything is laid out, even a monkey, if he wanted, could figure it out, it seems to me. I was baptized as a child and a believer. But to be honest, I don’t know the prayer by heart. Unfortunately, I haven’t read the Bible either. Grandma always scolds me for this, but I think the main thing is faith from within and reverence for God, I believe.
You know, if you do a little something new every day, then eventually, in small steps, you will learn some new skill. It’s the same with prayer: you can’t solve everything in 1-2 readings and turning to God. You need to “work” every day, especially since it gives moral peace to the soul, relaxation, the brain is a little unloaded and the soul is cleansed. Doing it every day is only for the good of yourself, plus it’s good for the future.
I personally perceive prayer as an investment, a capital that brings great returns over time. The Lord himself knows when you need help, and at that moment he will definitely help you and send his mercy. If you really need something, then you should pray a couple of times, and you should definitely thank for the fulfillment of desires or divine help! Take care of your life
I, a very religious person from birth, was very pleased to read this article. And what was even more pleasant was that I knew almost everything, I knew almost everything by heart. People, don't lose faith! appreciate what you have today, be grateful for it and do not hesitate to ask God for help, he is definitely in difficult situations will be able to help you.
For a person of the Orthodox faith, the prayer “Our Father” is one of the most important.
It is easy to find in all canon books and prayer books. By saying this prayer, the believer directly turns to God without the participation of heavenly angels and saints.
It was as if God told him how to talk to him.
The full text in Russian looks like this:
Our Father who art in heaven!
Hallowed be Thy name.
May Your Kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
The text is unique because it combines repentance, petition, thanksgiving to God and intercession before the Almighty.
Important Rules
In order to correctly ask or thank the Father for something, you must adhere to several rules for reading the prayer:
- There is no need to treat the reading of prayer as an obligatory and routine task, performed mechanically. Everything in this petition must be sincere and from a pure heart;
- it has a strengthening effect on the spirit, protects against the manifestation of satanic forces, and also delivers from sinful impulses;
- if a slip occurs during prayer, you need to say: “Lord, have mercy,” cross yourself, and only then continue your reading;
- This prayer is mandatory to read in the morning and evening, as well as before meals and before starting any business.
Prayer Our Father with accents
Our Father, who art in heaven!
Hallowed be Thy name,
May Your Kingdom come,
Thy will be done
as in heaven and on earth.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our debts,
just as we also leave our debtors;
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
What do the words of the Lord's Prayer mean?
Jesus Christ gave a direct prayer-address to the Almighty to his disciples when they began to ask him to teach him how to pray correctly and be heard.
Then the Savior gave us the opportunity to speak with God, to repent of our sins, to ask for protection from everything, for bread, and, moreover, to have the opportunity to praise the Creator.
If you parse the words and translate them into the Russian language that is familiar to everyone, then everything will look like this:
- Father - Father;
- Izhe - which;
- Whoever art in heaven is heavenly or who lives in heaven;
- yes - let it;
- holy - glorified;
- yako - how;
- in heaven - in heaven;
- essential - necessary for life;
- give - give;
- today - for the present day, today;
- leave - forgive;
- debts are sins;
- to our debtors - those people who have sin against us;
- temptation - the danger of falling into sin, temptation;
- Evil - everything cunning and evil, that is, the devil. The devil is called a crafty, evil spirit.
Saying: “Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come,” we ask for strength and wisdom to live correctly.
Glorify the name of the Almighty with your deeds: “Glory forever.” We urge you to honor the earthly kingdom here on earth and thereby feel the grace of the heavenly Kingdom, where there is the kingdom and power and glory of the Lord himself. “Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come.”
We ask “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us our daily bread for this day,” meaning everything that a person needs for life, however, first of all, we ask for the Honest Blood and the Most Pure Body in the sacrament of Holy Communion , without which it is impossible to receive forgiveness in eternal life.
There is also a request for forgiveness of debts (sins), just as each of the believers forgives those who have sinned against them, offended or insulted them. A request to be taken away from any temptations and influence of evil forces.
This last petition still includes protection from all the evil that can await a person not only on the path to eternal life, but also from what is in real world and meets every day. “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
The Lord's Prayer in the Memoirs of the Prophets
The Apostle Paul writes: “Pray without ceasing. Be constant in prayer, watching and giving thanks. Pray at all times in the spirit.” This emphasizes the importance of the Lord’s Prayer for every person.
All followers of the Lord Jesus Christ talk about it in their books.
The Lord's Prayer from Matthew:
Our Father who art in heaven!
Hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come;
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Luke's Lord's Prayer
Our Father who art in heaven!
Hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
Give us our daily bread;
And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every debtor to us;
And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Following the instructions of John the Theologian, a person must constantly be in dialogue with God and perceive the world and living beings living in it also through it.
This behavior is the life of the immortal soul and the knowledge of this nobility every moment. In this way, the Father’s great love for mankind is glorified now and always.
He speaks more than once about the grace-filled power that the petition of the Lord’s Prayer gives:
“Pray to God when you feel inclined to pray; pray when you are not in the mood for prayer; pray to God until you feel inclined to pray.”
Like John, so Christ himself called upon believers to “Obey all,” meaning God. Only he knows what will be right for everyone living on Earth.
The Word of God contains everything to make a person happy and lead him to eternal life, because Heavenly Father loves all people and longs to hear their prayers.
We pray every day
You should not think that this is the only way to pray. This idea is not entirely correct. Followers of Christ called people to “walk in God.”
Christ said that a person’s conversion must be sincere and pure, then the Father will hear everything. Our hearts speak of both great and small needs, however, “it will be easier for a good son who is not attached to earthly things to find spiritual things.”
It is not so important whether a person turns to the Father in the temple or in his home. What matters is that human soul immortal and she glorifies the Father and the Son.
Daily communication with God will not be complete without words to His Son: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner,” because every good thing is available through the sacrifice of Jesus.
This could be an example of a short version of the Lord's Prayer. Even just listening to the Lord’s Prayer in Russian will benefit a believer.
It makes no difference whether the text of the prayer is in Russian or Church Slavonic. The main thing is that a person never forgets the Lord’s Prayer “Our Father,” because neither before nor later will there be greater glory than the Almighty has.
Prayers in Christianity are divided into thanksgiving, prayers of petition, festive and universal. There are also prayers that every self-respecting Christian should know. One such prayer text is the “Our Father.”
The meaning of the Lord's Prayer
Jesus Christ passed this prayer on to the apostles so that they, in turn, would pass it on to the world. This is a petition for seven blessings - spiritual shrines, which are ideals for any believer. With the words of this prayer we express respect for God, love for Him, as well as faith in the future.
This prayer is suitable for any life situations. It is universal - it is read at every church liturgy. It is customary to offer it in honor of thanksgiving to God for the happiness sent, to ask for healing, for the salvation of the soul, in the morning and evening, before going to bed. Read “Our Father” with all your heart; it should not be like ordinary reading. As church leaders say, it is better not to say this prayer at all than to read it simply because it is necessary.
Text of the Lord's Prayer:
Our Father who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and ever, throughout the age of centuries. Amen.
"Hallowed be Thy name"- this is how we show respect for God, for his uniqueness and unchanging greatness.
"Thy Kingdom come"- this is how we ask that the Lord deign to rule us and not turn away from us.
"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven"- this is how a believer asks God to take an invariable part in everything that happens to us.
"Give us this day our daily bread"- give us the body and blood of Christ for this life.
“Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors,”- our willingness to forgive insults from our enemies, which will return to us in God's forgiveness of sins.
"Lead us not into temptation"- a request that God does not betray us, does not leave us to be torn to pieces by sins.
"Deliver us from evil"- this is how it is customary to ask God to help us resist temptations and the human desire for sin.
This prayer works wonders; she is able to save us in the most difficult moments of our lives. That is why most people read the Lord’s Prayer when danger approaches or in hopeless situations. Pray to God for salvation and happiness, but not earthly, but heavenly. Keep the faith and don't forget to push the buttons and
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