The great vespers of Pentecost
In third prayer added:
Great and
most high God, You alone are immortal, abiding in unapproachable light. In
wisdom You created the world; You separated the light from the darkness, and
set the sun, the greater light, to rule the day, and the lesser light, the
moon, and the stars, to rule the night. You have judged us, though sinners, at
this present hour to come into Your presence, giving thanks and offering You
our evening praise. Loving Lord, let our prayer rise as incense before
You, and accept it as a fragrant offering. Make this evening and the coming
night peaceful for us. Gird us with the armor of light. Deliver us from the
terror of the night and from everything that lurks about in the darkness. And
let our sleep, which You have given us for rest, given our weakness, be free of
all demonic images. Yes, Master of all, source of all blessings, so that, even
as we slumber in our beds, we may speak Your Name in the night, and so,
enlightened by the contemplation of Your statutes, we may rise, our souls
rejoicing, to glorify Your goodness, offering prayers and supplications to Your
compassion, for our own sins and for those of all Your people, asking that, at
the intercession of the holy Theotokos, You will show them mercy.
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