{"id":4713,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/before-communion-symeon\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:26","slug":"before-communion-symeon","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ro\/prayers\/before-communion-symeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Before Communion of Saint Symeon the New Theologian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Behold, I approach for Divine Communion. O Creator, let me not be burned by communing, 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> fire that consumes the unworthy. Purify me from every stain.<\/p>\n<p>From lips defiled, from a heart abhorrent, from an unclean tongue and a soul polluted, receive my prayer, O my Christ. Do not reject my words, nor my ways, nor my shamelessness, but grant me to say boldly what I desire, O my Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Teach me what I ought to do and say. <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">hast<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">have<\/span> forgiven the harlot her sins and those of others; <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">hast<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">have<\/span> accepted the thief who came to <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> in repentance. Let me also, wretched as I am, receive the forgiveness of my many sins, 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 only Lover of mankind, and to <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> we send up glory, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer of wonder and repentance as we draw near to the fire of the Mysteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4713","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4713"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}