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Vespers - Prayers at Lamplighting Time
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Third Prayer
O Lord our God, remember us, Thy sinful and
unprofitable servants, when we call upon Thy holy,
venerable name, and turn us not away in shame
from the expectation of Thy mercy; but grant us, O
Lord, all our requests which are unto salvation, and
vouchsafe us to love and to fear Thee with our
whole heart, and to do Thy will in all things For a
good God art Thou, and the Lover of mankind, and
unto Thee do we send up glory, to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever,
and unto the ages of ages. Amen
Fourth Prayer
O Thou Who with never-silent hymns and
unceasing doxologies art praised in song by the
Holy Hosts, fill our mouth with Thy praise, that we
may magnify Thy holy name. And grant unto us
part and inheritance with all that truly fear Thee and
keep Thy commandments, through the
intercessions of the holy Theotokos and of all Thy