{"id":4703,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/evening-prayer-macarius\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:24","slug":"evening-prayer-macarius","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/prayers\/evening-prayer-macarius\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Prayer of Saint Macarius the Great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O eternal God and King of all creation, who <span class=\"pr-t\">hast<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">have<\/span> vouchsafed me to reach this hour: forgive me the sins that I have committed this day in deed, word and thought. Cleanse, O Lord, my humble soul from every defilement of flesh and spirit. Grant me, O Lord, to pass the sleep of this night in peace, that rising from my humble bed, I may please <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> most holy name all the days of my life, and trample down the enemies, bodily and bodiless, that war against me.<\/p>\n<p>Deliver me, O Lord, from vain thoughts that defile me, and from evil desires. For <span class=\"pr-t\">Thine<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Yours<\/span> is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first prayer of the evening rule, asking forgiveness for the sins of the day and a peaceful night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4703","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4703"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}