{"id":4705,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/evening-prayer-chrysostom\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:25","slug":"evening-prayer-chrysostom","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/prayers\/evening-prayer-chrysostom\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-Four Prayers of Saint John Chrysostom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. O Lord, deprive me not of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> heavenly good things.<br \/>2. O Lord, deliver me from eternal torment.<br \/>3. O Lord, if I have sinned in mind or thought, in word or deed, forgive me.<br \/>4. O Lord, deliver me from all ignorance and forgetfulness, from faintheartedness and stony insensibility.<br \/>5. O Lord, deliver me from every temptation.<br \/>6. O Lord, enlighten my heart, darkened by evil desires.<br \/>7. O Lord, as a man I have sinned; as God full of compassion, have mercy on me, seeing the weakness of my soul.<br \/>8. O Lord, send <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> grace to my help, that I may glorify <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> holy name.<br \/>9. O Lord Jesus Christ, write me, <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> servant, in the book of life, and grant me a good end.<br \/>10. O Lord my God, though I have done nothing good before <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span>, grant me by <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> grace to make a good beginning.<br \/>11. O Lord, sprinkle into my heart the dew of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> grace.<br \/>12. O Lord of heaven and earth, remember me, <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> sinful servant, cold and impure, in <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> kingdom. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>1. O Lord, receive me in repentance.<br \/>2. O Lord, do not forsake me.<br \/>3. O Lord, lead me not into temptation.<br \/>4. O Lord, grant me good thoughts.<br \/>5. O Lord, grant me tears, and remembrance of death, and compunction.<br \/>6. O Lord, grant me the thought of confessing my sins.<br \/>7. O Lord, grant me humility, chastity and obedience.<br \/>8. O Lord, grant me patience, generosity and meekness.<br \/>9. O Lord, implant in me the root of all good, <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> fear in my heart.<br \/>10. O Lord, make me worthy to love <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> with all my soul and mind, and in all things to do <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> will.<br \/>11. O Lord, protect me from evil men, from demons and passions, and from every other harmful thing.<br \/>12. O Lord, <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">knowest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">know<\/span> that <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">doest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">do<\/span> as <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">wilt<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">will<\/span>: let <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> will be done in me, a sinner, for blessed <span class=\"pr-t\">art<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">are<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> unto the ages. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-four short petitions, one for each hour of the day and night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4705","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4705"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}