{"id":4697,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/morning-prayer-basil\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:23","slug":"morning-prayer-basil","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/prayers\/morning-prayer-basil\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Prayer of Saint Basil the Great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We bless <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span>, O God most high and Lord of mercy, who always <span class=\"pr-t\">doest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">do<\/span> great and unsearchable things for us, glorious and wonderful, without number. <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">grantest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">grant<\/span> us sleep for the rest of our weakness, and relief from the labors of our much-toiling flesh.<\/p>\n<p>We thank <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> that <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">hast<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">have<\/span> not destroyed us with our iniquities, but in <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> usual love for mankind <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">hast<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">have<\/span> raised us, lying in despair, to glorify <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> power. We implore <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> boundless goodness: enlighten the eyes of our understanding, raise our minds from the heavy sleep of laziness, open our mouths and fill them with <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> praise, that we may unceasingly sing and confess <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span>, the God glorified in all and by all, the eternal Father, with <span class=\"pr-t\">Thine<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> only-begotten Son, 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 morning prayer of praise in which we offer God the first moments of the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4697","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4697"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}