Prayer "Our Father": text in Russian with interpretation. “Our Father” - the prayer of the Lord You are in heaven

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A literal translation of the Lord's Prayer from Aramaic

Literal translation of the Lord's Prayer from Aramaic, read and feel the difference:

O Breathing Life,

Your name shines everywhere!

Make some space

To plant Your presence!

Imagine in your imagination

Your “I can” now!

Clothe Your desire in every light and form!

Sprout bread through us and

An epiphany for every moment!

Untie the knots of failure that bind us,

Just like we free the ropes,

with which we restrain the misdeeds of others!

Help us not to forget our Source.

But free us from the immaturity of not being in the Present!

Everything comes from You

Vision, Power and Song

From meeting to meeting!

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When and why did the reference to the evil one (Satan) appear in the Lord's Prayer?

In ancient Church Slavonic there is no evil: “... and do not lead us into attack, but deliver us from hostility.” Who added “onion” to the main prayer of Jesus Christ?

The Lord's Prayer, known to every Christian since childhood, is a concentrated statement of the entire Christian doctrine. At the same time, it is one of the most perfect literary works ever recorded in writing.

This is the generally accepted view of the short Lord's Prayer that Jesus taught His disciples.

How is this possible? Indeed, for a complete presentation of religious teachings in other religions, many volumes were needed. And Jesus did not even ask His disciples to write down every word she said.

It’s just that during the Sermon on the Mount He said (Matthew 6:9:13):

“Pray like this:

Our Father, who art in heaven!

And forgive us our debts,

just as we leave our debtors.

And do not lead us into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.”

But this is not the only option for translating the Lord's Prayer into Russian. In the 1892 edition of the Gospel that the author has, there is a slightly different version:

“Our Father who art in heaven!

Hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come;

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

Give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our debts;

to our debtors;

and do not lead us into temptation,

but deliver us from evil;”

In the modern, canonical edition of the Bible (with parallel passages) we find almost the same version of the translation of the Prayer:

“Our Father who art in heaven!

Hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come;

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

Give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our debts;

just as we forgive our debtors;

And do not lead us into temptation,

but deliver us from evil;”

In the Old Church Slavonic translation, the Prayer (if written in the modern alphabet) sounds closer to the first version:

“Our Father, who art in heaven!

Hallowed be Thy name! Thy kingdom come;

Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts,

as we also leave our debtor.

And don't lead us into trouble,

but deliver us from evil.”

These translations use different words to refer to the same concepts. “Forgive us” and “leave us”, “attack” and “temptation”, “who art in heaven” and “he who is in heaven” mean the same thing.

There is no distortion of the meaning and spirit of the words given by Christ to His disciples in any of these options. But comparing them, we can come to the important conclusion that the literal transmission of the Words of Jesus is not only impossible, but not necessary.

In English translations of the Gospels you can find several different versions, but all of them can be considered authentic, because in them the meaning of the Prayer and its spirit are adequately conveyed.

The Lord's Prayer became widespread immediately after the crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus. This is evident from the fact that it was found in such distant places as the city of Pompeii (that is, it was there before Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD).

At the same time, the original text of the Lord’s Prayer has not reached us in its original form.

In translations into Russian, the Lord's Prayer sounds the same in the Gospels of Matthew (6:9-13) and Luke (11:2-4). We find the same text in the KJV (King James Version) Gospels in English.

If we take the Greek source, we will be surprised to discover that the familiar words “who art in heaven,” “Thy will be done in heaven and on earth,” and “deliver us from evil” are absent from the Gospel of Luke.

There are many versions explaining the reasons for the disappearance of these words in the Gospel of Luke and their appearance in translations, and subsequently in modern Greek editions of the Gospel. We will not dwell on this, for what is important to us is not the letter, but the spirit of the great Prayer.

Jesus did not command us to pray by memorizing His words literally. He simply said, “Pray like this,” that is, “pray in this way.”

Konstantin Glinka

“Our Father” translated from Aramaic

This morning I dreamed that I was walking with someone I didn’t know through a rocky desert and looking into the sunlit sky. Suddenly I noticed that either a carved gilded casket or a book in the same binding was rapidly approaching us.

Before I had time to tell my friend that in the desert, objects easily fall from the sky and it’s good that they don’t hit my head, I realized that the object was flying straight at me. A second later he crashed to my right, where my friend should have been. I was so stunned that I woke up before I looked in the direction of my unfortunate comrade.

The morning started unusually: on the Internet I came across the “Our Father” in the language of Jesus. The Aramaic translation shocked me so much that I was late for work checking to see if it was a fake. I found that about 15 years ago theologians began to use the expression “primacy of Aramaic.”

That is, as far as I understand, the Greek source was previously the dominant authority in theological disputes, but incongruities were noticed in it that could arise when translating from the original language. In other words, the Greek version is not primary.

An Aramaic version of the Gospel (“Peshitta”, in the Edessa dialect of Aramaic) exists, but it is a translation from Greek.

True, as it turned out, not complete. And not only in the sense of the absence of some parts: there are passages in it that have been preserved in an older form, since they were already written down in Aramaic.

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And if translated literally:

Abwoon d"bwashmaya

Nethqadash shmakh

Teytey malkuthakh

Nehwey tzevyanach aykanna d"bwashmaya aph b"arha.

Hawvlah lachma d"sunqanan yaomana

Washboqlan khuabayn aykana daph khan shbwoqan l"khayyabayn.

Wela tahlan l"nesyuna ela patzan min bisha.

Ameyn.

Abwoon d "bwashmaya (Official translation: Our Father!)

Literal: Abwoon translates as Divine Parent (fruitful emanation of light). d"bwashmaya - sky; root shm - light, flame, divine word arising in space, ending aya - says that this radiance occurs everywhere, at any point in space

Nethqadash shmakh (Official translation: Hallowed be Thy name)

Literal: Nethqadash translates as purification or item for sweeping away litter (to clear a place for something). Shmakh - spreading (Shm - fire) and letting go of inner bustle, finding silence. The literal translation is clearing the space for the Name.

Teytey malkuthakh (Official translation: Thy kingdom come)

Literal: Tey is translated as come, but the double repetition means mutual desire (sometimes the marriage bed). Malkuthakh is traditionally translated as kingdom, symbolically - the fruitful hand, the gardens of the earth; wisdom, purification of the ideal, making it personal for oneself; come home; yin (creative) hypostasis of fire.

Nehwey tzevyanach aykanna d"bwashmaya aph b"arha. (Official translation: Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven)

Literal: Tzevyanach is translated as will, but not strength, but the desire of the heart. One of the translations is naturalness, origin, the gift of life. Aykanna means permanence, embodiment in life. Aph - personal orientation. Arha - earth, b" - means living; b"arha - a combination of form and energy, spiritualized matter.

Hawvlah lachma d "sunqanan yaomana (Official translation: Give us this day our daily bread)

Literal: Hawvlah translates as giving (gifts of the soul and gifts of material). lachma - bread, necessary, essential for maintaining life, understanding of life (chma - growing passion, increase, increase). D "sunqanan - needs, what I can own, how much I could carry; yaomana - necessary to maintain the spirit, vitality.

Washboqlan khuabayn aykana daph khan shbwoqan l"khayyabayn.

(Official translation: And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors)

Literal: Khuabayn is translated as debts, internal accumulated energies that destroy us; in some texts instead of khuabayn there is wakhtahayn, which is translated as failed hopes. Aykana - letting go (passive voluntary action).

Wela tahlan l "nesyuna (Official translation: And do not lead us into temptation)

Literal: Wela tahlan translates as “do not let us enter”; l "nesyuna - illusion, anxiety, hesitation, gross matter; symbolic translation - wandering mind.

ela patzan min bisha.(Official translation: but deliver us from evil)

Literal: Ela - immaturity; symbolic translation - inappropriate actions. Patzan - untie, give freedom; min bisha - from evil

Metol dilakhie malkutha wahayla wateshbukhta l "ahlam almin. (Official translation: For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.)

Literal: Metol dilakhie is translated as the idea of owning something that bears fruit (plowed land); malkutha - kingdom, kingdom, symbolic translation - “I can”; wahayla - the concept of vitality, energy, tuning in unison, supporting life; wateshbukhta - glory, harmony, Divine power, symbolic translation - generating fire; l"ahlam almin - from century to century.

Ameyn. (Official translation: Amen.)

Ameyn - manifestation of will, affirmation, swearing of an oath. Infuses strength and spirit into everything created

The Lord's Prayer in Aramaic. The Native Language of Jesus Christ as spoken and translated by Neil Douglas-Klotz - Music by Ashana.

I was so inspired to combine both song and prayer into one. I don't own the copyright. Thanks to Ashana and Neil Douglas-Klotz. Lyrics below:

Abwoon d"bwashmaya (The Lord"s Prayer in the original Aramaic)

"In researching translations of the original Aramaic, I found discovered a teaching by Dr. Rocco Errico (www.noohra.com), an Aramaic scholar, who explains that the word "abwoon" is actually a term of endearment used by both men and women, and that rather than the word "father" a more accurate translation would be "beloved." - Ashana

The following translation/poetic rendering of the Lord's Prayer is by Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz, and is one of my favorites.

Abwoon d"bwashmaya
Nethqadash shmakh
Teytey malkuthakh
Nehwey sebyanach aykanna d"bwashmaya aph b"arha.
Habwlan lachma d"sunqanan yaomana.
Washboqlan khaubayn (wakhtahayn) aykana daph khnan shbwoqan l"khayyabayn.
Wela tahlan l"nesyuna
Ela patzan min bisha.
Metol dilakhie malkutha wahayla wateshbukhta l"ahlam almin.
Ameyn.

O Birther! Father-Mother of the Cosmos/ you create all that moves in light.
Focus your light within us--make it useful: as the rays of a beacon show the way.
Create your reign of unity now--through our fiery hearts and willing hands.
Your one desire then acts with ours, as in all light, so in all forms.
Grant what we need each day in bread and insight: subsistence for the call of growing life.
Loose the cords of mistakes binding us, as we release the strands we hold of others" guilt.
Don't let us enter forgetfulness
But free us from unripeness
From you is born all ruling will, the power and the life to do, the song that beautifies all, from age to age it renews.
Truly--power to these statements--may they be the source from which all my actions grow.
Sealed in trust & faith. Amen.

Transliteration and original translation of The Aramaic Lord's Prayer by Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz from the Peshitta (Syriac-Aramaic) version of Matthew 6:9-13 & Luke 11:2-4 reprinted from Prayers of the Cosmos: Meditations on the Aramaic Words of Jesus (Harper Collins, 1990), 1990, used with permission.

Our Father,

When the skies roar and the oceans roar, they call to You: Our Lord of hosts, Lord of the hosts of heaven!

When the stars fall and fire bursts out of the earth, they say to You: Our Creator!

When in the spring the flowers open their buds and the larks collect dry blades of grass to build a nest for their chicks, they sing to you: Our lord!

And when I raise my eyes to Your throne, I whisper to You: Our Father!

There was a time, a long and terrible time, when people called You Lord of Hosts, or Creator, or Master! Yes, then man felt that he was only a creature among creatures. But now, thanks to Your Only Begotten and Greatest Son, we have learned Your real name. Therefore, I, together with Jesus Christ, decide to call You: Father!

If I call you: Vladyko, I fall on my face in fear before You, like a slave in a crowd of slaves.

If I call you: Creator, I am moving away from You, as the night is separated from the day, or as a leaf is torn from its tree.

If I look at You and tell You: Mister, then I am like a stone among stones or a camel among camels.

But if I open my mouth and whisper: Father, love will take the place of fear, the earth will seem to become closer to heaven, and I will go for a walk with You, as with a friend, in the garden of this light and will share Your glory, Your strength, Your suffering.

Our Father! You are the Father for us all, and I would humiliate both You and myself if I called You: My Father!

Our Father! You care not only about me, one single blade of grass, but about everyone and everything in the world. Your goal is Your Kingdom, not one person. Selfishness in me calls You: My Father, but love calls: Our Father!

In the name of all people, my brothers, I pray: Our Father!

In the name of all the creatures that surround me and with whom You have woven my life, I pray to You: Our Father!

I pray to You, Father of the Universe, for only one thing I pray to You: may the dawn of the day come soon when all people, living and dead, together with angels and stars, animals and stones, will call You by Your true name: Our Father!

Who is in heaven!

We raise our eyes to heaven every time we cry to You, and lower our eyes to the ground when we remember our sins. We are always below, at the very bottom because of our weakness and our sins. You are always on top, as befits Your greatness and Your holiness.

You are in heaven when we are not worthy to receive You. But You joyfully descend to us, into our earthly abodes, when we greedily strive for You and open the doors to You.

Although You condescend to us, You still remain in heaven. You live in heaven, you walk in heaven, and together with heaven you descend into our valleys.

Heaven is far, too far from the person who rejects You in spirit and heart, or who laughs when Your name is mentioned. However, heaven is close, very close to a person who has opened the gates of his soul and is waiting for You, our dearest Guest, to come.

If we compare the most righteous person with You, then You rise above him like the heavens above the valley of the earth, like eternal life above the kingdom of death.

We are made of corruptible, perishable material - how could we stand on the same peak with You, Immortal Youth and Strength!

Our Father Who is always above us, bow down to us and lift us up to Himself. What are we if not tongues created from the dust of Your glory! The dust would be forever mute and would not be able to pronounce Your name without us, Lord. How could the dust know You if not through us? How could You work miracles if not through us?

Oh Our Father!

Hallowed be Thy name;

You do not become holier from our praises, however, by glorifying You, we make ourselves holier. Your name is wonderful! People bicker about names - whose name is better? It is good that Your name is sometimes remembered in these disputes, for at that very moment the speaking tongues become silent in indecision because all the great human names, woven into a beautiful wreath, cannot compare with Your name, Holy God, Most Holy!

When people want to glorify Your name, they ask nature to help them. They take stone and wood and build temples. People decorate altars with pearls and flowers and light fire with plants, their sisters; and they take incense from the cedars, their brothers; and give strength to their voices by the ringing of bells; and call the animals to glorify Your name. Nature is pure as Your stars and innocent as Your angels, Lord! Have mercy on us for the sake of pure and innocent nature, which sings Your holy name with us, Holy God, Most Holy!

How can we glorify Your name?

Maybe innocent joy? - then have mercy on us for the sake of our innocent children.

Maybe suffering? - then look at our graves.

Or self-sacrifice? - then remember the torment of the Mother, Lord!

Your name is stronger than steel and brighter than light. Good is the man who places his hope in You and becomes wiser through Your name.

Fools say: “We are armed with steel, so who can fight us back?” And You destroy kingdoms with tiny insects!

Your name is terrible, Lord! It illuminates and burns like a huge cloud of fire. There is nothing holy or terrible in the world that is not associated with Your name. Oh, Holy God, give me as friends those who have Your name engraved in their hearts, and as enemies those who do not even want to know about You. For such friends will remain my friends until death, and such enemies will fall to their knees before me and submit as soon as their swords are broken.

Holy and terrible is Your name, Holy God, Most Holy! May we remember Your name in every moment of our life, both in moments of joy and in moments of weakness, and let us remember it in our hour of death, our Heavenly Father, Holy God!

Thy kingdom come;

May Your Kingdom come, O Great King!

We are sick of kings who only imagined themselves to be greater than other people, and who now lie in their graves next to beggars and slaves.

We are sick of the kings who yesterday declared their power over countries and peoples, and today are crying from toothache!

They are disgusting, like clouds that bring ashes instead of rain.

“Look, here is a wise man. Give him the crown! - the crowd shouts. The crown doesn't care whose head it's on. But You, Lord, know the value of the wisdom of the wise and the power of mortals. Do I need to repeat to You what You know? Need I say that the wisest among us ruled over us madly?

“Look, here is a strong man. Give him the crown! - the crowd shouts again; This is a different time, another generation. The crown silently moves from head to head, but You, Omnipotent, you know the price of the spiritual strength of the exalted and the power of the strong. You know about the weakness of the strong and those in power.

We finally understood, after suffering, that there is no other king but You. Our soul passionately desires Your Kingdom and Your Power. Wandering everywhere, haven’t we, living descendants, received enough insults and wounds on the graves of small kings and the ruins of kingdoms? Now we pray to You for help.

Let it appear on the horizon Your Kingdom! Your Kingdom of Wisdom, Fatherland and Strength! Let this land, which has been a battlefield for thousands of years, become a home where You are the master and we are the guests. Come, King, an empty throne awaits You! With You will come harmony, and with harmony comes beauty. All other kingdoms are disgusting to us, so we are waiting now You, Great King, You and Your Kingdom!

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

Heaven and earth are Your fields, Father. In one field You sow stars and angels, in another you sow thorns and people. The stars move according to Your will. The angels play the stars like a harp, according to Your will. However, a man meets a man and asks: “What is God's will?»

How long does man not want to know Your will? How long will he humble himself before the thorns under his feet? You created man to be equal to the angels and stars, but look - even thorns surpass him.

But you see, Father, a person, if he wants, can glorify Your name better than thorns, just like angels and stars. Oh, You, Spirit-Giver and Voled-Giver, give man Your Will.

Your will wise, clear and holy. Your will moves the heavens, so why not the same will move the earth, which in comparison with the heavens is like a drop before the ocean?

You never get tired, working with wisdom, Our Father. There is no place for any stupidity in Your plan. Now You are as fresh in wisdom and goodness now as on the first day of creation, and tomorrow you will be the same as today.

Your will holy because she is wise and fresh. Holiness is inseparable from You, like air from us.

Anything unholy may ascend to heaven, but nothing unholy will ever come down from heaven, from Your throne, Father.

We pray to You, our Holy Father: make the day come quickly when the will of all people will be wise, fresh and holy, like Your will, and when all creatures on earth will move in harmony with the stars in the sky; and when our planet will sing in choir with all Your amazing stars:

God, teach us!

God, lead us!

Father, save us!

Give us this day our daily bread;

He who gives the body also gives the soul; and He who gives air also gives bread. Your children, merciful Gifter, expect everything they need from You.

Who will brighten their faces in the morning if not You with Your light?

Who will watch over their breath at night while they sleep, if not You, the most tireless of all watchmen?

Where would we sow our daily bread if not in Your field? How could we refresh ourselves if not Your morning dew? How would we live without Your light and Your air? How could we eat if not with the lips that You have given us?

How could we rejoice and thank You for being full, if not for the spirit that You breathed into lifeless dust and created a miracle out of it, You, most amazing Creator?

I do not ask you for my bread, but about our bread. What good would it do if I had bread, and my brothers starved next to me? It would be better and more just if You took away from me the bitter bread of the selfish, for satisfied hunger is sweeter if shared with a brother. Your will cannot be such that one person thanks You, and hundreds curse You.

Our Father, give us our bread, so that we glorify You in a harmonious choir and so that we joyfully remember our Heavenly Father. Today we pray for today.

This day is great, many new beings were born today. Thousands of new creations, which did not exist yesterday and which will no longer exist tomorrow, are born today under the same sunlight, fly with us on one of Your stars and together with us say to You: our bread.

O great Master! We are Your guests from morning to evening, we are invited to Your meal and wait for Your bread. No one except You has the right to say: my bread. He is yours.

No one except You has the right to tomorrow and to tomorrow’s bread, only You and those of today’s guests whom You invite.

If it is Your will that the end of today be the dividing line between my life and death, I will bow to Your holy will.

If it be Your will, tomorrow I will again be a companion of the great sun and a guest at Your table, and I will repeat my gratitude to You, as I constantly repeat day after day.

And I will bow before Your will again and again, as the angels in heaven do, the Giver of all gifts, physical and spiritual!

and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;

It is easier for a person to sin and break Your laws, Father, than to understand them. However, it is not easy for You to forgive us our sins if we do not forgive those who sin against us. For You founded the world on measure and order. How can there be balance in the world if You have one measure for us, and we have another for our neighbors? Or if You give us bread, and we give our neighbors a stone? Or if You forgive us our sins, and we execute our neighbors for their sins? How then would measure and order be maintained in the world, O Lawgiver?

And yet You forgive us more than we can forgive our brothers. We defile the earth every day and every night with our crimes, and You greet us every morning with the clear eye of Your sun and every night You send Your merciful forgiveness through the stars, which stand as holy guards at the gates of Your Kingdom, Our Father!

You shame us every day, Most Merciful, for when we expect punishment, You send us mercy. When we wait for Your thunder, You send us a peaceful evening, and when we expect darkness, You give us sunlight.

You are eternally exalted above our sins and always great in Your silent patience.

It’s hard for a fool who thinks that he will alarm You with crazy speeches! He is like a child who angrily throws a pebble into the waves to drive the sea away from the shore. But the sea will only wrinkle the surface of the waters and continue to irritate weakness with its enormous power.

Look, our sins are common sins, we are all together responsible for the sins of everyone. Therefore, there are no pure righteous people on earth, for all righteous people must take upon themselves some of the sins of sinners. It is hard to be an immaculately righteous person, for there is not a single righteous person who does not bear the burden of at least one sinner on his shoulders. However, Father, the more a righteous person bears the sins of sinners, the more righteous he is.

Our heavenly Father, You, Who send bread from morning to evening to your children and accept their sins as payment, lighten the burden of the righteous and dispel the darkness of sinners!

The earth is full of sins, but also full of prayers; it is full of the prayers of the righteous and the despair of sinners. But isn't despair the beginning of prayer?

And in the end you will be the winner. Your Kingdom will stand on the prayers of the righteous. Your will will become a law for people, just as Your will is a law for angels.

Otherwise, why would You, our Father, hesitate to forgive the sins of mortals, because by doing so You give us an example of forgiveness and mercy?

and do not lead us into temptation,

Oh, how little it takes for a person to turn away from You and turn to idols!

He is surrounded by temptations like storms, and he is weak as foam on the crest of a stormy mountain stream.

If he is rich, he immediately begins to think that he is equal to You, or places You after himself, or even decorates his house with Your faces as luxury items.

When evil knocks at his gates, he falls into the temptation to bargain with You or throw You away completely.

If You call him to sacrifice himself, he becomes indignant. If You send him to death, he trembles.

If You offer him all earthly pleasures, in temptation he poisons and kills his own soul.

If You reveal to his eyes the laws of Your care, he grumbles: “The world is wonderful in itself, and without a Creator.”

We are embarrassed by Your holiness, O our Holy God. When You call us to the light, we, like moths at night, rush into the darkness, but, rushing into the darkness, we seek the light.

A network of many roads stretches out before us, but we are afraid to reach the end of any of them, because temptation awaits and beckons us at any edge.

And the path that leads to You is blocked by many temptations and many, many failures. Before temptation comes, it seems to us that You accompany us like a bright cloud. However, when temptation begins, You disappear. We turn around in concern and silently ask ourselves: what is our mistake, where are you, are you there or are you not?

In all our temptations we ask ourselves: “Are You really our Father?” All our temptations throw into our minds the same questions that the whole world around us asks us day after day and night after night:

“What do you think about the Lord?”

“Where is He and who is He?”

“Are you with Him or without Him?”

Give me strength Father and Creator mine, so that at any moment of my life I can correctly respond to every possible temptation.

The Lord is the Lord. He is where I am and where I am not.

I give Him my passionate heart and stretch out my hands to His holy robes, I reach out to Him like a child to its beloved Father.

How could I live without Him? This means that I could live without myself.

How can I be against Him? This means that I will be against myself.

A righteous son follows his father with honor, peace and joy.

Blow Your inspiration into our souls, Our Father, so that we may become Your righteous sons.

but deliver us from evil.

Who will free us from evil if not You, our Father?

Who will reach out to drowning children if not their father?

Who cares more about the cleanliness and beauty of the house, if not its owner?

You created us from nothing and made something out of us, but we are drawn to evil and again turn into nothing.

We warm to our hearts the snake that we fear more than anything in the world.

With all our strength we rebel against darkness, but still darkness lives in our souls, sowing the germs of death.

We are all unanimously against evil, but evil is slowly creeping into our home and, while we scream and protest against evil, it takes one position after another, getting closer and closer to our hearts.

Oh, Almighty Father, stand between us and evil, and we will lift up our hearts, and evil will dry up like a puddle on the road under the hot sun.

You are high above us and do not know how evil grows, but we are suffocating under it. Look, evil is growing in us day after day, spreading its abundant fruits everywhere.

The sun greets us every day with “Good morning!” and asks what can we show our great King? And we demonstrate only the old, broken fruits of evil. Oh, God, truly dust, motionless and inanimate, is purer than a person who is in the service of evil!

Look, we built our homes in the valleys and hid in caves. It is not at all difficult for You to command Your rivers to flood all our valleys and caves and wipe out humanity from the face of the earth, washing it away from our dirty deeds.

But You are above our anger and our advice. If you had listened to human advice, You would have already destroyed the world to the ground and You Yourself would have perished under the ruins.

O Wise One among fathers! You smile forever in Your divine beauty and immortality. Look, the stars grow from Your smile! With a smile You transform our evil into good, and graft the Tree of Good onto the tree of evil, and with endless patience you ennoble our uncultivated Garden of Eden. You patiently heal and patiently create. You are patiently building Your Kingdom of goodness, Our King and Our Father. We pray to You: free us from evil and fill us with good, for You abolish evil and fill us with good.

For Thine is the Kingdom,

The stars and the sun are citizens of Your Kingdom, Our Father. Enroll us in Your shining army.

Our planet is small and dark, but this is Your work, Your creation and Your inspiration. What else can come out of Your hands but something great? But still, with our insignificance and darkness, we make our habitat small and gloomy. Yes, the earth is small and gloomy every time we call it our kingdom and when we say in madness that we are its kings.

Look how many among us are those who were kings on earth and who now, standing on the ruins of their thrones, are surprised and ask: “Where are all our kingdoms?” There are many kingdoms that do not know what happened to their kings. Blessed and happy is the man who looks into the sky-high heights and whispers the words that I hear: Yours is the Kingdom!

What we call our earthly kingdom is full of worms and fleeting, like bubbles in deep water, like clouds of dust on the wings of the wind! Only You have the true Kingdom, and only Your Kingdom has a King. Take us off the wings of the wind and take us to You, merciful King! Save us from the wind! And make us citizens of Your eternal Kingdom near Your stars and the sun, among Your angels and archangels, let us be close to You, Our Father!

and strength,

Yours is the power, for Yours is the kingdom. False kings are weak. Their royal power lies only in their royal titles, which are truly Your titles. They are wandering dust, and dust flies wherever the wind blows. We are just wanderers, shadows and flying dust. But even when we wander and wander, we are moved by Your power. By Your power we were created and by Your power we will live. If a person does good, he does it with Your power through You, but if a person does evil, he does it with Your power, but through himself. Everything that is done is done by Your power, used for good or abused. If a man, Father, uses Your power according to Your will, then Your power will be Yours, but if a man uses Your power according to His own will, then Your power is called his power and will be evil.

I think, Lord, that when You yourself have Your strength at your disposal, then it is good, but when the beggars who borrowed strength from You proudly dispose of it as their own, it becomes evil. Therefore, there is one Owner, but there are many evil stewards and users of Your power, which You graciously distribute at Your rich table to these unfortunate mortals on earth.

Look at us, Almighty Father, look at us and do not rush to bestow Your power on the dust of the earth until the palaces there are ready for it: good will and humility. Good will - to use the received divine gift for good deeds, and humility - to forever remember that all the power in the universe belongs to You, great Power-Giver.

Your power is holy and wise. But in our hands Your power is in danger of being desecrated and can become sinful and insane.

Our Father, who art in heaven, help us to know and do only one thing: to know that all power is Yours, and to use Your power according to Your will. Look, we are unhappy, because we have divided what is indivisible with You. We separated power from holiness, and separated power from love, and separated power from faith, and finally (and this is the first reason for our fall) we separated power from humility. Father, we pray to You, unite all that your children have divided through foolishness.

We pray You, exalt and protect the honor of Your power, which has been abandoned and dishonored. Forgive us, for although we are like this, we are Your children.

and glory forever.

Your glory is eternal, like You, our King, our Father. It exists in You and does not depend on us. This glory is not from words, like the glory of mortals, but from a true, imperishable essence, such as You. Yes, she is inseparable from You, just as light is inseparable from the hot sun. Who has seen the center and halo of Your glory? Who has become famous without touching Your glory?

Your brilliant glory surrounds us on all sides and looks at us silently, smiling slightly and slightly surprised at our human worries and grumblings. When we fall silent, someone secretly whispers to us: you are the children of the glorious Father.

Oh, how sweet is this secret whisper!

What do we desire more than to be children of Your glory? Isn't that enough? Without a doubt, this is enough for a righteous life. However, people want to be the fathers of fame. And this is the beginning and apogee of their misfortunes. They are not content to be children and participants in Your glory, but they want to be fathers and bearers of Your glory. And yet You alone are the only bearer of Your glory. There are many who abuse Your glory, and many who have fallen into self-deception. There is nothing more dangerous in the hands of mortals than fame.

You show Your glory, and people argue about theirs. Your glory is a fact, but human glory is only a word.

Your glory eternally smiles and comforts, but human glory, separated from You, frightens and kills.

Your glory nourishes the unfortunate and guides the meek, but human glory is separated from You. She is Satan's most terrible weapon.

How ridiculous people are when they try to create their own glory, outside of You and apart from You. They are like some fool who hated the sun and tried to find a place where there was no sunlight. He built himself a shack without windows and, entering it, stood in the darkness and rejoiced that he had escaped from the source of light. Such is the fool and such is the inhabitant of darkness, he who tries to create his glory outside of You and apart from You, Immortal Source of Glory!

There is no human glory, just as there is no human power. Yours is both the power and the glory, Our Father. If we do not receive them from You, we will not have them, and we will wither and be carried away by the will of the wind, like dry leaves falling from a tree.

We are pleased to be called Your children. There is no greater honor on earth or in heaven than this honor.

Take from us our kingdoms, our strength and our glory. Everything we once called ours lies in ruins. Take from us what belonged to You from the very beginning. Our whole history has been a foolish attempt to create our kingdom, our power and our glory. Quickly end our old story where we struggled to become masters in Your house, and begin a new story where we strive to become servants in the house that belongs to You. Truly, it is better and more glorious to be a servant in Your Kingdom than to be the most important king in our kingdom.

Therefore, make us, Father, servants of Your Kingdom, Your power and Your glory in all generations and forever and ever. Amen!

Complete collection and description: Our Father who art in heaven is a prayer for the spiritual life of a believer.

Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

“Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us our daily bread this day; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors ours; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever” (Matthew 6:9-13).

In Greek:

In Latin:

Pater noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie. Et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo.

In English (Catholic liturgical version)

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed to be your name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Why did God Himself give a special prayer?

“Only God Himself can allow people to call God Father. He granted this right to people, making them sons of God. And despite the fact that they withdrew from Him and were in extreme anger against Him, He granted oblivion of insults and the sacrament of grace” ( St. Cyril of Jerusalem).

How Christ taught the apostles to pray

The Lord's Prayer is given in the Gospels in two versions, more extensive in the Gospel of Matthew and brief in the Gospel of Luke. The circumstances under which Christ pronounces the text of the prayer are also different. In the Gospel of Matthew, the Lord's Prayer is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Evangelist Luke writes that the apostles turned to the Savior: “Lord! Teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples” (Luke 11:1).

"Our Father" in the home prayer rule

The Lord's Prayer is part of the daily prayer rule and is read both during Morning Prayers and Bedtime Prayers. The full text of the prayers is given in Prayer Books, Canons and other collections of prayers.

For those who are especially busy and cannot devote much time to prayer, Rev. Seraphim of Sarov gave a special rule. "Our Father" is also included in it. In the morning, afternoon and evening you need to read “Our Father” three times, “Virgin Mother of God” three times and “I Believe” once. For those who, due to various circumstances, cannot follow this small rule, Rev. Seraphim advised reading it in any position: during classes, while walking, and even in bed, presenting the basis for this as the words of Scripture: “whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

There is a custom to read “Our Father” before meals along with other prayers (for example, “The eyes of all trust in You, O Lord, and You give them food in due season, You open Your generous hand and fulfill every animal’s good will”).

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Our Father, who art in heaven!

1. Hallowed be thy name.

2. Thy kingdom come.

3. Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth.

4. Give us this day our daily bread.

5. And forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors.

6. And do not lead us into temptation.

7. But deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Our heavenly Father!

1. Hallowed be thy name.

2. Thy kingdom come.

3. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

4. Give us this day our daily bread.

5. And forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.

6. And do not allow us to be tempted.

7. But deliver us from evil.

Because to You belongs the kingdom, the power and the glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

Father - Father; Izhe- Which; Who art thou in heaven– Which is in heaven, or heavenly; Yes- let be; hallowed- glorified: like- How; in heaven- in the sky; urgent– necessary for existence; give me a shout- give; today- today, for the present day; leave it- sorry; debts– sins; our debtor– to those people who have sinned against us; temptation– temptation, danger of falling into sin; sly- everything cunning and evil, that is, the devil. An evil spirit is called the devil.

This prayer is called the Lord's, because the Lord Jesus Christ Himself gave it to His disciples when they asked Him to teach them how to pray. Therefore, this prayer is the most important prayer of all.

In this prayer we turn to God the Father, the first Person of the Holy Trinity.

It is divided into: invocation, seven petitions, or 7 requests, and doxology.

Summoning: Our Father, who art in heaven! With these words we turn to God and, calling Him Heavenly Father, we call upon Him to listen to our requests or petitions.

When we say that He is in heaven, we must mean spiritual, invisible sky, and not that visible blue vault that is spread above us, and which we call “sky”.

Request 1: Hallowed be your name, that is, help us to live righteously, holyly and glorify Your name with our holy deeds.

2nd: Thy Kingdom come, that is, honor us here on earth with Your heavenly kingdom, which is truth, love and peace; reign in us and rule us.

3rd: Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth, that is, let everything not be as we want, but as You please, and help us to obey this Your will and fulfill it on earth as unquestioningly, without grumbling, as it is fulfilled, with love and joy, by the holy angels in heaven . Because only You know what is useful and necessary for us, and You wish us good more than we ourselves.

4th: Give us our daily bread today, that is, give us for this day, for today, our daily bread. By bread here we mean everything necessary for our life on earth: food, clothing, housing, but most importantly, the most pure Body and honest Blood in the sacrament of holy communion, without which there is no salvation, no eternal life.

The Lord commanded us to ask ourselves not for wealth, not for luxury, but only for the most necessary things, and to rely on God in everything, remembering that He, as a Father, always cares and takes care of us.

5th: And forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors., that is, forgive us our sins just as we ourselves forgive those who have offended or offended us.

In this petition, our sins are called “our debts,” because the Lord gave us strength, abilities and everything else in order to do good deeds, but we often turn all this into sin and evil and become “debtors” before God. And so, if we ourselves do not sincerely forgive our “debtors,” that is, people who have sins against us, then God will not forgive us. Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself told us about this.

6th: And do not lead us into temptation. Temptation is a state when something or someone draws us to sin, tempts us to do something lawless and bad. So, we ask - do not allow us to fall into temptation, which we do not know how to endure; help us overcome temptations when they happen.

7th: But deliver us from evil, that is, deliver us from all evil in this world and from the culprit (chief) of evil - from the devil (evil spirit), who is always ready to destroy us. Deliver us from this cunning, crafty power and its deceptions, which is nothing before You.

Doxology: For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Since to You, our God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, belongs the kingdom, and the power, and the eternal glory. All this is true, truly so.

QUESTIONS: Why is this prayer called the Lord's Prayer? Who are we addressing in this prayer? How does she share? How to translate in Russian: Who art thou in heaven? How to convey in your own words the 1st petition: Hallowed be Thy Name? 2nd: Thy kingdom come? 3rd: Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth? 4th: Give us our daily bread this day? 5th: And forgive us our debts, just as we also forgive our debtors? 6th: And lead us not into temptation? 7th: But deliver us from evil? What does the word: amen mean?

Lord's Prayer. Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven!

Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth.

Give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors;

and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Our Father who art in heaven!

Hallowed be Thy name;

Thy kingdom come;

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

Give us this day our daily bread;

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Our Father in heaven prayer

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Father - Father (appeal is a form of the vocative case). Who art in heaven - existing (living) in Heaven, that is, Heavenly ( others like it- which). Yesi– form of the verb being in the 2nd person singular. Numbers of the present tense: in modern language we speak you are, and in Church Slavonic - you are. Literal translation of the beginning of the prayer: O our Father, He who is in Heaven! Any literal translation is not entirely accurate; words: Father Dry in Heaven, Heavenly Father - more closely convey the meaning of the first words of the Lord's Prayer. Let him be holy - may it be holy and glorified. Like in heaven and on earth - both in heaven and on earth (like - How). Urgent- necessary for existence, for life. Give it - give. Today- Today. Like- How. From the evil one- from evil (words crafty, wickedness– derivatives from the words “bow”: something indirect, curved, crooked, like a bow. There is also a Russian word “krivda”).

This prayer is called the Lord’s Prayer because our Lord Jesus Christ Himself gave it to His disciples and all people:

It happened that when He was praying in one place and stopped, one of His disciples said to Him: Lord! Teach us to pray!

– When you pray, say: Our Father who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; Give us our daily bread; and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every debtor to us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (Luke 11:1-4).

Our Father who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done both on earth and in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen (Matt. 6:9-13).

By reading the Lord's Prayer daily, let us learn what the Lord requires of us: it indicates both our needs and our main responsibilities.

Our Father… In these words we still do not ask for anything, we only cry out, turn to God and call him father.

“Saying this, we confess God, the Ruler of the universe, as our Father - and thereby we also confess that we have been removed from the state of slavery and appropriated to God as His adopted children.”

(Philokalia, vol. 2)

...Who art thou in Heaven... With these words, we express our readiness to turn away in every possible way from attachment to earthly life as wandering and separating us far from our Father and, on the contrary, to strive with the greatest desire for the region in which our Father dwells...

“Having reached such a high degree of sons of God, we must burn with such filial love for God that we no longer seek our own benefits, but with all desire desire the glory of Him, our Father, saying to Him: Hallowed be thy name,- by which we testify that all our desire and all our joy is the glory of our Father - may the glorious name of our Father be glorified, reverently honored and worshiped.”

Venerable John Cassian the Roman

Thy Kingdom come- that Kingdom “by which Christ reigns in the saints, when, after taking away power over us from the Devil and expelling passions from our hearts, God begins to reign in us through the fragrance of virtues - or that which at a predetermined time is promised to all the perfect, to all children God, when Christ says to them: Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (Matt. 25, 34).”

Venerable John Cassian the Roman

Words "Thy will be done" turn us to the Lord's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane: Father! Oh, that You would deign to carry this cup past Me! however, not my will, but yours be done (Luke 22:42).

Give us this day our daily bread. We ask to be given the bread necessary for food, and not in large quantities, but only for this day... So, let us learn to ask for the most necessary things for our life, but we will not ask for everything leading to abundance and luxury, for we do not know how much wood is needed. is it for us? Let us learn to ask for bread and everything necessary only for this day, so as not to become lazy in prayer and obedience to God. If we are alive the next day, we will ask for the same thing again, and so on all the days of our earthly life.

However, we must not forget the words of Christ that Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matt. 4:4). It is even more important to remember other words of the Savior : I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world (John 6:51). Thus, Christ means not only something material, necessary for a person for earthly life, but also eternal, necessary for life in the Kingdom of God: Himself, offered in Communion.

Some holy fathers interpreted the Greek expression as “supra-essential bread” and attributed it only (or primarily) to the spiritual side of life; however, the Lord's Prayer embraces both earthly and heavenly meanings.

And forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors. The Lord Himself concluded this prayer with an explanation: For if you forgive people their sins, then your Heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive people their sins, then your Father will not forgive you your sins. (MF. 6, 14-15).

“The merciful Lord promises us forgiveness of our sins if we ourselves set an example of forgiveness to our brothers: leave it to us, just as we leave it. It is obvious that in this prayer only those who have forgiven their debtors can boldly ask for forgiveness. Whoever with all his heart does not let go of his brother who sins against him, with this prayer he will ask for himself not mercy, but condemnation: for if this prayer of his is heard, then in accordance with his example, what else should follow, if not inexorable wrath and indispensable punishment ? Judgment without mercy for those who show no mercy (James 2:13).”

Venerable John Cassian the Roman

Here sins are called debts, because by faith and obedience to God we must fulfill His commandments, do good, and shun evil; is that what we do? By not doing the good we should do, we become debtors to God.

This expression of the Lord’s Prayer is best explained by Christ’s parable about the man who owed the king ten thousand talents (Matthew 18:23-35).

And do not lead us into temptation. Bringing to mind the words of the apostle: Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because, having been tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. (James 1:12), we should understand these words of prayer not like this: “do not let us ever be tempted,” but like this: “do not let us be overcome by temptation.”

When tempted, no one should say: God is tempting me; because God is not tempted by evil and does not tempt anyone Himself, but everyone is tempted by being carried away and deceived by his own lust; lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin that is committed gives birth to death (James 1:13-15).

But deliver us from evil - that is, do not allow yourself to be tempted by the devil beyond our strength, but with give relief to temptation, so that we can endure (1 Cor. 10:13).

Venerable John Cassian the Roman

The Greek text of the prayer, like Church Slavonic and Russian, allows us to understand the expression from the evil one and personally ( sly– the father of lies – the devil), and impersonally ( crafty- everything unrighteous, evil; evil). Patristic interpretations offer both understandings. Since evil comes from the devil, then, of course, the petition for deliverance from evil also contains a petition for deliverance from its culprit.

Prayer “Our Father, Who art in heaven”: text in Russian

There is no person who has not heard or does not know about the existence of the prayer “Our Father who art in heaven!” This is the most important prayer to which Christian believers around the world turn. The Lord's Prayer, as it is commonly called “Our Father,” is considered the key property of Christianity, the oldest prayer. It is given in two Gospels: from Matthew - in chapter six, from Luke - in chapter eleven. The version given by Matthew has gained great popularity.

In Russian, the text of the prayer “Our Father” exists in two versions - in modern Russian and in Church Slavonic. Because of this, many people mistakenly believe that in Russian there are 2 different Lord's prayers. In fact, this opinion is fundamentally incorrect - both options are equivalent, and such a discrepancy occurred due to the fact that during the translation of ancient letters, “Our Father” was translated from two sources (the above-mentioned Gospels) differently.

From the story “Our Father, Who art in heaven!”

Biblical tradition says that the prayer “Our Father who art in heaven!” The apostles were taught by Jesus Christ himself, the Son of God. This event took place in Jerusalem, on the Mount of Olives, on the territory of the Pater Noster temple. The text of the Lord's Prayer was imprinted on the walls of this temple in more than 140 languages of the world.

However, the fate of the Pater Noster temple was tragic. In 1187, after the capture of Jerusalem by the troops of Sultan Saladin, the temple was completely destroyed. Already in the 14th century, in 1342, a piece of wall with an engraving of the prayer “Our Father” was found.

Later, in the 19th century, in the second half, thanks to the architect Andre Leconte, a church appeared on the site of the former Pater Noster, which subsequently passed into the hands of the female Catholic monastic order of the Discalced Carmelites. Since then, the walls of this church have been decorated every year with a new panel with the text of the main Christian heritage.

When and how is the Lord's Prayer said?

“Our Father” serves as an obligatory part of the daily prayer rule. Traditionally, it is customary to read it 3 times a day - in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening. Each time the prayer is said three times. After it, “To the Virgin Mary” (3 times) and “I Believe” (1 time) are read.

As Luke reports in his Gospel, Jesus Christ, before giving the Lord’s Prayer to the believers, said: “Ask, and it will be given to you.” This means that “Our Father” must be read before any prayer, and after that you can pray in your own words. When Jesus bequeathed it, he gave permission to call the Lord father, therefore, addressing the Almighty with the words “Our Father” (“Our Father”) is the complete right of all those who pray.

The Lord's Prayer, being the strongest and most important, unites believers, so it can be read not only within the walls of a religious institution, but also outside it. For those who, due to their busyness, are unable to devote due time to the pronunciation of “Our Father,” St. Seraphim of Sarov recommended reading it in every position and at every opportunity: before eating, in bed, during work or exercise, while walking and etc. In support of his point of view, Seraphim cited words from Scripture: “whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

When turning to the Lord with the help of “Our Father,” believers should ask for all people, and not just for themselves. The more often a person prays, the closer he becomes to the Creator. “Our Father” is a prayer that contains a direct appeal to the Almighty. This is a prayer in which one can trace a departure from the vanity of the world, penetration into the very depths of the soul, detachment from a sinful earthly life. An indispensable condition when saying the Lord’s Prayer is aspiration to God with thoughts and heart.

Structure and Russian text of the prayer “Our Father”

“Our Father” has its own characteristic structure: at its very beginning there is an appeal to God, an invocation to him, then seven petitions are voiced, which are closely intertwined with each other, and it all ends with a doxology.

The text of the prayer “Our Father” in Russian is used, as indicated above, in two equivalent versions - Church Slavonic and modern Russian.

Church Slavonic version

With the Old Church Slavonic version of the sound of “Our Father” as follows:

Modern Russian version

In modern Russian, the “Our Father” is available in two versions - in the presentation of Matthew and in the presentation of Luke. The text from Matthew is the most popular. It sounds like this:

Luke's version of the Lord's Prayer is more abbreviated, does not contain doxology, and reads as follows:

A praying person can choose any of the available options for himself. Each of the texts of “Our Father” is a kind of personal conversation between the person praying and the Lord God. The Lord's Prayer is so strong, sublime and pure that after saying it, every person feels relief and peace.

The only prayer that I know by heart and read in any difficult situation in life. After it it really becomes easier, I become calm and feel a surge of strength, I find a solution to the problem faster.

This is the most powerful and main prayer that every person must know! My grandmother taught it to me as a child, and now I teach it to my children myself. If a person knows “Our Father,” the Lord will always be with him and will never leave him!

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In Orthodox culture there are many different canons and customs, which for many unbaptized people may seem very unusual. However, the prayer “Our Father” is that same religious address, the words of which are familiar to everyone firsthand.

“Our Father” in Church Slavonic with accents

Our Father, who art in heaven!

Hallowed be Thy name,

may your kingdom come,

Thy will be done,

as in heaven and on earth.

Give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our debts,

just as we also leave our debtors;

and do not lead us into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.

The Lord's Prayer in Russian in full

Our Father who art in heaven!

Hallowed be Thy name;

Thy kingdom come;

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

Give us this day our daily bread;

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Interpretation of the Lord's Prayer

The origin of “Who art in heaven” has a long, centuries-old history. The Bible mentions that the author of the Lord's Prayer is Jesus Christ himself. It was given to them while he was still alive.

During the existence of the Lord's Prayer, many clergy have expressed and continue to express their opinions about the main meaning that is set out in this prayer. Their interpretations are comparatively different from each other. And first of all, this is due to the fact that the content of this sacred and thoughtful text contains a very subtle, but at the same time important philosophical message, which can be perceived by each person in completely different ways. Moreover, the prayer itself is quite short compared to others. Therefore, anyone can learn it!

The Lord's Prayer is composed in such a way that its entire text has a special structure in which sentences are divided into several semantic parts.

The first part talks about glorifying God. While pronouncing it, people turn to the Almighty with all recognition and respect, thinking that this is the main savior of the entire human race.
The second part involves individual requests and wishes of people directed to God.
A conclusion that concludes the prayer and conversion of the believers.

Having analyzed the entire text of the prayer, an interesting feature is the fact that during the recitation of all its parts, people will have to turn with their requests and wishes to God seven times.

And in order for God to hear requests for help and be able to help, it would do well for each person to study detailed information with a detailed analysis of all three parts of the prayer.

"Our Father"

This phrase makes it clear to the Orthodox that God is the main ruler of the Kingdom of Heaven, to whom the soul must be treated in the same way as one’s own father. That is, with all the warmth and love.

Jesus Christ, when he taught his disciples to pray correctly, spoke about the need to love the Father God.

"He who is in heaven"

In the interpretation of many clergy, the phrase “He who is in heaven” is understood in a figurative sense. So, for example, in his reflections John Chrysostom presented it as a comparative phrase.

Other interpretations say that “He who is in heaven” has a figurative expression, where heaven is the personification of any human soul. In other words, God's power is present in everyone who sincerely believes in it. And since the soul is usually called human consciousness, which does not have a material form, but at the same time it (consciousness) exists, then, accordingly, the entire inner world of the believer in this interpretation appears as a heavenly form, where God’s grace also exists.

"Hallowed be thy name"

It means that people should glorify the name of the Lord God by doing good and noble deeds, without violating all the commandments of the Old Testament. The phrase “Hallowed be thy name” is original and was not replaced when translating the prayer.

"Thy kingdom come"

Biblical legends say that during the life of Jesus Christ, the kingdom of God helped people overcome suffering, cast out evil spirits, including the power of demons, heal the sick body from all kinds of diseases, creating conditions for a wonderful and happy life on earth.

But over time, a huge number of people still turned out to be unable to protect themselves from dirty temptations, discrediting and denigrating their weak-willed souls with artificial temptations. Ultimately, the lack of humility and flawless adherence to one's own natural instinct turned most of society into wild animals. It must be said that these words have not lost their originality to this day.

"Thy will be done"

The point is that there is no need to fear the power of God, since he knows better how the fate of each person should turn out: through work or pain, joy or sadness. No matter how unpleasant our path is filled with circumstances, it is important that with God’s help it always makes sense. These are perhaps the most powerful words.

"Our Bread"

These words are full of mystery and complexity. The opinions of many clergy agreed that the meaning of this phrase is due to the constancy of God. That is, he must protect people not only in the most difficult moments, but also in other cases, always staying with them. It is very important to learn these words by heart.

"And leave us our debts"

You need to learn to forgive the sins of loved ones and strangers. Because only then will all your own vices be forgiven.

"And do not lead us into temptation"

This means that people ask God to create on the path of life those difficulties and obstacles that we are able to overcome. For everything beyond one’s control is capable of breaking the human soul and losing one’s faith, exposing every person to temptation.

"But deliver us from evil"

Everything is clear here. We ask God for help in the fight against evil.

You can print out the Lord's Prayer on paper before going to church.

It is important to note that all the words presented above are presented in modern Russian, which are translations from the ancient church language.

At home, the Lord's Prayer is read in the morning and at night before going to bed. And in the temple you can turn to God at any time.

"Our Father" in Church Slavonic, Russian, Greek, Latin, English. An explanation of prayer and its use in daily life...

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Lord Almighty (Pantocrator). Icon

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In Greek:

Πάτερ ἡμῶν, ὁἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς. ἁγιασθήτω τὸὄνομά σου, ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου, γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶἐπὶ γής. Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον. Καὶἄφες ἡμῖν τὰὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν. Καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ρυσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ του πονηρου.

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In English (Catholic liturgical version)

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Why did God Himself give a special prayer?

How Christ taught the apostles to pray

The Lord's Prayer is given in the Gospels in two versions, more extensive in the Gospel of Matthew and brief in the Gospel of Luke. The circumstances under which Christ pronounces the text of the prayer are also different. In the Gospel of Matthew, the Lord's Prayer is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Evangelist Luke writes that the apostles turned to the Savior: “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples” (Luke 11:1).

"Our Father" in the home prayer rule

For those who are especially busy and cannot devote much time to prayer, Venerable Seraphim of Sarov gave a special rule. "Our Father" is also included in it. In the morning, afternoon and evening you need to read “Our Father” three times, “Virgin Mother of God” three times and “I Believe” once. For those who, due to various circumstances, cannot follow this small rule, Rev. Seraphim advised reading it in any position: during classes, while walking, and even in bed, presenting the basis for this as the words of Scripture: “whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

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Interpretation of Blessed Theophylact of Bulgaria on the Lord's Prayer "Our Father..."

“Pray like this: Our Father who art in heaven!” A vow is one thing, prayer is another. A vow is a promise to God, as when someone promises to abstain from wine or anything else; prayer is asking for benefits. Saying “Father” shows you what blessings you have received by becoming the son of God, and with the word “in heaven” he points you to your fatherland and your father’s house. Therefore, if you want to have God as your Father, then look at heaven, not at earth. You do not say: “My Father,” but “Our Father,” because you must consider all the children of one Heavenly Father to be your brothers.

"Hallowed be Thy name" - that is, make us holy, so that Your name may be glorified, for just as through me God is blasphemed, so through me He is sanctified, that is, glorified as Holy.

"Thy kingdom come"- that is, the second coming: for a person with a clear conscience prays for the coming of resurrection and judgment.

"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." As the angels, he says, carry out Your will in heaven, so grant us to do it on earth.

"Give us this day our daily bread." By “daily” the Lord means that bread that is sufficient for our nature and condition, but He eliminates concern for tomorrow. And the Body of Christ is our daily bread, for whose uncondemned communion we must pray.

“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” Since we sin even after baptism, we pray that God will forgive us, but forgive us in the same way that we forgive. If we hold a grudge, He will not forgive us. God has me as His example and does to me what I do to others.

"And do not lead us into temptation". We are weak people, so we should not expose ourselves to temptation, but if we fall, we must pray so that temptation does not consume us. Only the one who is consumed and defeated is drawn into the abyss of trial, and not the one who fell and then won.