{"id":4722,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/prayer-of-parents\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:27","slug":"prayer-of-parents","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/prayers\/prayer-of-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer of Parents for Their Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O Lord Jesus Christ, who <span class=\"pr-t\">didst<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">did<\/span> take the little children in <span class=\"pr-t\">Thine<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> arms and bless them: bless my children, N. and N., whom <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">hast<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">have<\/span> given me. Keep them under the shelter of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> holy protection, guard them from every evil and from every harmful influence, and plant in their hearts <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> holy fear and the love of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> commandments.<\/p>\n<p>Grant them wisdom and understanding, health of soul and body, and success in every good work. Teach me to raise them in <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> faith by my words and by my example, and forgive me where I have failed them. Let them live for <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> glory, and bring us all together into <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> kingdom. For <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">art<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">are<\/span> the Lover of mankind, and to <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> we send up glory, with <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> Father and <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer of fathers and mothers for the children God has entrusted to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4722","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4722","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\/4722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4722"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}