{"id":4707,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/evening-prayer-john-damascus\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:25","slug":"evening-prayer-john-damascus","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/hi\/prayers\/evening-prayer-john-damascus\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer of Saint John of Damascus Before Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O Master who <span class=\"pr-t\">lovest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">love<\/span> mankind, is this bed to be my coffin, or <span class=\"pr-t\">wilt<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">will<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> enlighten my wretched soul with another day? Behold, the coffin lies before me; behold, death confronts me. I fear <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> judgment, O Lord, and the endless torment; yet I do not cease to do evil.<\/p>\n<p>I continually anger <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span>, O Lord my God, and <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> most pure Mother, and all the heavenly powers, and my holy guardian angel. I know, O Lord, that I am unworthy of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> love for mankind, and worthy of all condemnation and torment. Yet, O Lord, whether I will it or not, save me. To save a righteous man is no great thing, and to have mercy on the pure is nothing wonderful, for they are worthy of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> mercy. Show forth the wonder of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> mercy on me, a sinner. In this, reveal <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> love for mankind, that my wickedness may not overcome <span class=\"pr-t\">Thine<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> ineffable goodness and mercy. Order my life 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>. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prayer said while looking at our bed, a reminder of the hour of death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4707","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4707"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}