{"id":4716,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/prayer-before-reading-scripture\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:26","slug":"prayer-before-reading-scripture","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ru\/prayers\/prayer-before-reading-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Before Reading the Holy Scriptures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shine within our hearts, O Master who <span class=\"pr-t\">lovest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">love<\/span> mankind, the pure light of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> divine knowledge, and open the eyes of our mind to understand the message of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> Gospel. Implant in us also the fear of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> blessed commandments, that, trampling down all carnal desires, we may pursue a spiritual way of life, thinking and doing all that is pleasing to <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span>. 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 illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and to <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> we send up glory, together with <span class=\"pr-t\">Thine<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> unoriginate Father and <span class=\"pr-t\">Thine<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prayer read by the priest before the Gospel, which we may say before any reading of Scripture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4716","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4716"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}