Page 6

The Midnight Office for Weekdays and Saturday

the past night, protect me during the present day, and guard me from every tempta-
tion of the enemy, that I may not anger God by any sin. And pray to the Lord for

me, that He may establish me in His fear, and show me, His servant, to be worthy

of His goodness. Amen.

Prayer X, to the Most Holy Theotokos

O my most holy Lady Theotokos, through thy holy and all-powerful prayers, banish
from me, thy lowly and wretched servant, despondency, forgetfulness, folly, care-

lessness, and all filthy, evil, and blasphemous thoughts from my wretched heart

and my darkened mind. And quench the flame of my passions, for I am poor and
wretched, and deliver me from many and cruel memories and deeds, and free me
from all their evil effects. For blessed art thou by all generations, and glorified is

thy most honorable name unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Then, on a weekday, the Seventeenth Kathisma, on Saturday, the Ninth Kathisma

After the Kathisma, the

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and the earth, and of

all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the
Only-begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light of Light, true God of

true God; begotten, not made; being of one essence with the Father; by Whom all
things were made; Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from the

Heavens, and was Incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became
man; And was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried; And
arose again on the third day according to the Scriptures; And ascended into the
Heavens, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father; And shall come again, with
glory, to judge both the living and the dead; Whose kingdom shall have no end. And

in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life; Who proceedeth from the Father; Who
with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spake by the

prophets. In One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for
the remission . of sins. I look for the resurrection of the dead. And the life of the age
to come. Amen.

Then:

Y M B O L O F

A I T H