Prayer Father our text in Russian. The literal translation of the prayer of our father from Aramaic is an enchanted soul

Prayers in Christianity are divided into thanksgiving, prayers of petition, festive and universal. There are also prayers that every self-respecting Christian should know. One such prayer text is the Our Father.

The meaning of the prayer "Our Father"

Jesus Christ passed this prayer on to the apostles, so that they, in turn, would pass it on to the world. This is a petition for seven blessings - spiritual shrines, which are ideals for any believer. With the words of this prayer, we express respect for God, love for Him, as well as faith in the future.

This prayer is suitable for any life situations. It is universal - it is read at every church liturgy. It is customary to offer it in honor of thanksgiving to God for sent happiness, to ask for healing, for the salvation of the soul, in the morning and evening, before going to bed. Reading the Lord's Prayer from the bottom of your heart should not be like ordinary reading. As church leaders say, it is better not to say this prayer at all than to read it simply because it is necessary.

The text of the prayer "Our Father":

Our Father who art in heaven! hallowed be thy name; let your kingdom come; may 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 also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and forever, in the age of ages. Amen.

"Hallowed be thy name"- this is how we show respect for God, for his uniqueness and unchanging greatness.

"Thy kingdom come"- so we ask the Lord to deign to rule us, not to turn away from us.

"Let Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven"- so the believer asks God to take an unchanging part in everything that happens to us.

"Give us our daily bread for this day"- Give us the body and blood of Christ for this life.

"Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors"- our willingness to forgive insults from our enemies, which will return to us in God's forgiveness of sins.

"Lead us not into temptation"- a request that God does not betray us, does not leave us to be torn apart by sins.

"Deliver us from the evil one" This is how it is customary to ask God to help us resist the temptations and human desire to sin.

This prayer works wonders; she is able to save us in the most difficult moments of our lives. That is why most people, when danger approaches or in hopeless situations, read the Our Father. Pray to God for salvation and happiness, but not earthly, but heavenly. Keep the faith and don't forget to push the buttons and

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

According to the Gospel, Jesus Christ gave it to his disciples in response to a request to teach them how to pray. Quoted in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke:

“Our Father who art in heaven! hallowed be thy name; let your kingdom come; may 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 also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen". (Matthew 6:9-13)

“Our Father who art in heaven! hallowed be thy name; let your kingdom come; may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us our daily bread for every day; and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every debtor of ours; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” (Luke 11:2-4)

Slavic translations (Old Church Slavonic and Church Slavonic)

Russian translations

Story

The Lord's Prayer is given in the Gospels in two versions, a longer one in and a shorter one in the Gospel of Luke. The circumstances under which Jesus pronounces the text of the prayer are also different. In the Gospel of Matthew, the Our Father is part of the Sermon on the Mount, while in Luke Jesus grants this prayer to the disciples in response to a direct request to “teach them to pray.”

A variant of the Gospel of Matthew has gained general currency in the Christian world as the main Christian prayer, and the use of the Lord's Prayer as a prayer dates back to the earliest Christian times. The text of Matthew is reproduced in the Didache, the oldest monument of Christian writing of a catechetical nature (end of the 1st - beginning of the 2nd century), and in the Didache instructions are given to say a prayer three times a day.

Biblical scholars agree that the original version of the prayer in the Gospel of Luke was significantly shorter, subsequent scribes supplemented the text at the expense of the Gospel of Matthew, and as a result, the differences were gradually erased. Mostly, these changes in the text of Luke took place in the period after the Edict of Milan, when church books were massively rewritten due to the destruction of a significant part of Christian literature during the persecution of Diocletian. The medieval Textus Receptus contains almost identical text in the two Gospels.

One of the important differences in the texts of Matthew and Luke is the final text of Matthew's doxology - “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen,” which Luke lacks. Most of the best and oldest manuscripts of the Gospel of Matthew do not have this phrase, and biblical scholars do not consider it part of the original text of Matthew, but the addition of doxology was made very early, which proves the presence of a similar phrase (without mentioning the Kingdom) in the Didache. This doxology has been used since early Christian times in the liturgy and has Old Testament roots (cf. 1 Chronicles 29:11-13).

Differences in the texts of the Lord's Prayer sometimes arose due to the desire of translators to emphasize different aspects of polysemantic concepts. Thus, in the Vulgate, the Greek ἐπιούσιος (Ts.-Slav and Russian “daily”) in the Gospel of Luke is translated into Latin as “cotidianum” (everyday), and in the Gospel of Matthew “supersubstantialem” (over-essential), which indicates directly on Jesus as the Bread of Life.

Theological interpretation of prayer

Many theologians have addressed the interpretation of the prayer "Our Father". The interpretations of John Chrysostom, Cyril of Jerusalem, Ephraim the Syrian, Maximus the Confessor, John Cassian and others are known. General works based on the interpretations of the theologians of antiquity were also written (for example, the work of Ignatius (Bryanchaninov)).

Orthodox theologians

A lengthy Orthodox catechism writes "The Lord's Prayer is such a prayer that our Lord Jesus Christ taught the apostles and which they passed on to all believers." He singles out in it: invocation, seven petitions and doxology.

• Invocation - "Our Father who art in heaven!"

Calling God the Father gives Christians faith in Jesus Christ and the grace of the rebirth of man through the sacrifice of the Cross. Cyril of Jerusalem writes:

“Only God himself can allow people to call God the Father. He gave this right to people, making them sons of God. And despite the fact that they departed from Him and were in extreme malice against Him, He granted the forgetfulness of insults and the communion of grace.

• Petitions

The indication “who is in heaven” is necessary in order to, starting to pray, “leave everything earthly and corruptible and lift up the mind and heart to the Heavenly, Eternal and Divine.” It also points to the seat of God.

According to St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov), “The petitions that make up the Lord's Prayer are petitions for spiritual gifts acquired by redemption for humanity. There is no word in prayer for the carnal, temporal needs of man.”

1. “Hallowed be thy name” John Chrysostom writes that these words mean that believers should first of all ask for “the glory of the Heavenly Father.” The Orthodox catechism points out: "The Name of God is holy and, without a doubt, holy in itself" and at the same time can "still be holy in people, that is, His eternal holiness can appear in them." Maximus the Confessor points out: “we sanctify the name of our heavenly Father by grace, when we put to death the lust attached to matter and are cleansed of the corrupting passions.”
2. “Thy Kingdom Come” The Orthodox catechism notes that the Kingdom of God “comes in secret and inwardly. The Kingdom of God will not come with obedience (in a conspicuous way)." As an effect of the feeling of the Kingdom of God on a person, St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) writes: “He who feels the Kingdom of God in himself becomes alien to the world hostile to God. He who has felt the Kingdom of God in himself can desire, out of true love for his neighbors, that the Kingdom of God be opened in all of them.
3. “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” By this, the believer expresses that he asks God that everything that happens in his life does not happen according to his own desire, but as it pleases God.
4. “give us our daily bread for this day” In the Orthodox Catechism, “daily bread” is “this is the bread necessary in order to exist or live,” but “daily bread for the soul” is “the word of God and the Body and Blood Christ's." In Maximus the Confessor, the word "today" (this day) is interpreted as the present age, that is, the earthly life of a person.
5. “forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.” Debts in this petition are understood as human sins. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) explains the need to forgive others for their “debts” by the fact that “Leaving their sins before us, their debts to our neighbors is our own need: without doing this, we will never acquire a mood capable of accepting redemption.”
6. “Lead us not into temptation” In this petition, believers ask God how to prevent their temptation, and if, by the will of God, they should be tested and cleansed through temptation, then God would not give them over to temptation completely and would not allow them to fall.
7. “deliver us from the evil one” In this petition, the believer asks God to deliver him from all evil and especially “from the evil of sin and from the evil suggestions and slander of the spirit of malice - the devil.”

• Doxology - “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

The doxology at the end of the Lord's Prayer is contained so that the believer, after all the petitions contained in it, would give God due reverence.

Question. What "daily bread" for whose daily alms we have been taught to pray?

Answer. When the worker, remembering the words of the Lord, who says: "do not worry about your soul what you eat and what you drink"(Mat. 6, 25), and the words of the Apostle, who commands to do, “so that there is something to give to the needy”(Eph. 4:28), works not for his own needs, but for the sake of the Lord's commandment (because "the worker deserves to be fed"(Matt. 10, 10)): then the daily bread, that is, which contributes to our nature to the daily maintenance of life, he does not provide himself, but asks this from God, and having revealed to Him the necessity of need, thus partakes of what is given to him by those who , according to the test, assigned to do what was said every day: "to each was given what he needed"(Acts 4:35).

Rules summarized in questions and answers.

St. John Chrysostom

give us our daily bread for this day

What " daily bread"? Everyday. Since Christ said: "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven"(Matt. 6:10), and He talked with people clothed with flesh, who are subject to the necessary laws of nature, and cannot have angelic dispassion, even though He commands us to fulfill the commandments in the same way as angels fulfill them, however, he condescends to weakness nature, and, as it were, he says: I demand from you an equal angelic rigor of life, however, without demanding dispassion, since your nature, which has the necessary need for food, does not allow this. Look, however, as in the bodily there is a lot of spirituality! The Savior commanded us to pray not for wealth, not for pleasures, not for valuable clothes, not for anything else like that, but only for bread, and, moreover, for everyday bread, so that we do not worry about tomorrow, which is why he added: “ daily bread”, i.e. everyday. Even with this word he was not satisfied, but then he added something else: give us this day so that we do not overwhelm ourselves with concern for the coming day. Indeed, if you don't know if you will see tomorrow, then why bother worrying about it? This the Savior commanded, and then later in His sermon: "don't care", He speaks, "about tomorrow"(Matthew 6:34) . He wants us to always be girded and inspired by faith, and not more inferior to nature than what the necessary need requires of us.

Conversations on the Gospel of Matthew.

Since He mentioned the earth, and the creatures that came from it and live on it and clothed with an earthly body need appropriate food, He necessarily added: "Give us our daily bread for this day". He commanded to ask for bread "urgent", not for gluttony, but for nourishment, replenishing what has been spent in the body and deflecting death from hunger - not luxurious tables, not various dishes, the products of cooks, the inventions of bakers, delicious wines and other things, the like, which delights the tongue, but burdens the stomach, darkens the mind, helps the body to rebel against the soul, and makes this colt disobedient to the driver. This is not what he asks, teaches us, the commandment, but "daily bread", i.e., a body turning into a being and able to support it. Moreover, we are commanded to ask him not for a great number of years, but as much as we need for this day.

"don't care, said the Lord, about tomorrow"(Matthew 6:34) . And why care about tomorrow for someone who, perhaps, will not see tomorrow, who undertakes work and does not reap the fruit? Trust in God who "gives food to all flesh"(Ps. 135:25) . He who gave you a body, breathed in your soul, made you a rational animal, and prepared all good things for you before he created you, how will he despise you who was created, if "He commands his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous"(Matthew 5:45) ? So, relying on Him, ask for food only for the present day, and leave the care of Him for tomorrow, as the blessed David says: "Cast your cares on the Lord, and He will sustain you"(Ps. 54:23) .

About life according to God and the words: “Narrow is the gate and narrow is the way ...”, etc. and the explanation of the prayer “Our Father”.

St. Cyril of Jerusalem

give us our daily bread for this day

Our common bread is not daily. But this Holy Bread is the daily bread: instead of saying, it is arranged for the essence of the soul. This bread is not "womb enters", a "aphedron emanates"(Mt. 15, 17), but it is divided into your entire composition, for the benefit of the body and soul. And the word "today" instead of "every day," as Paul said: "until, today, it is called"(Heb. 3, 13) .

Secret teachings. Lesson 5.

St. Tikhon Zadonsky

give us our daily bread for this day

1) Daily bread, according to St. John Chrysostom, means everyday.

2) Here we understand not only bread, but also everything necessary for this temporary life, for example, drink, clothing, rest, home, and so on, as some interpret.

3) We do not ask for wealth, but we ask for what is necessary for the maintenance of this life. Not about money, not about luxury, not about valuable clothing, not about anything else like that, it is commanded to pray, but only about bread, and about everyday bread, so that they don’t worry about the morning, says St. Chrysostom.

4) From this it follows that a Christian should not be concerned about wealth, valuable clothing, rich houses, rich food, and so on. For a Christian must always be ready for the fact that the Lord will call him, and then he will be forced to leave all this. The Lord calls everyone to Himself through death. He wants, - says St. John Chrysostom, - that we should always be ready and be content with what our nature needs.

5) When we pray: "give us bread", we confess that we are poor, miserable and poor, and therefore we must ask God for everything, and that we have nothing, we must attribute His goodness, as the Psalmist sings: “The eyes of all put their trust in You, and You give them their food in due time; you open your hand and satisfy all living things according to your good pleasure.”(Ps. 144:15-16).

6) When we say: "give our bread", then we show that we ask not only for our own food, but also for others, out of Christian love. For Christian love demands that we take care not only of ourselves, but also of our neighbors.

7) It is known that God, since He is Generous, gives temporary blessings not only to Christians, but also to those who do not know Him. But Christians must, with all faith, ask Him, as sons ask their father, and thereby show that everything they have necessary for life is God's good, and thus, accepting a beneficence, thank the Benefactor.

About true Christianity. Book II.

St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov)

give us our daily bread for this day

This is not about perishing food! “Do not fuss about, saying that we are pits or that we drink, or that we dress ourselves”(Matthew 6:31) ; it speaks of food that gives eternal life and abides forever, of new food, which was given to men by the incarnate Son of God, of the bread of life that came down from heaven, of the bread of God, capable of satisfying and giving eternal life to the whole world (John 6:27, . Word "urgent" means that this bread is superior in quality to everything that exists. His greatness and holiness are infinite, incomprehensible; the sanctification, the dignity, delivered by tasting it, are immense, inexplicable. The bread given by the Son of God is His all-holy flesh, which He gave for "belly of the world"(John 6:51) . "Give us our daily bread for every day". The petition is combined with a commandment that imposes on Christians the obligation, now so much lost, of daily communion with the Holy Mysteries. "Having said "for every day" The Lord expressed by this that without this bread we are unable to spend a single day in the spiritual life. Having said "today", expressed by this that it should be eaten daily, that its teaching on the past day is not enough if it is not taught to us again on the current day. The daily need for it requires that we increase this petition and bring it at all times: there is not a day when it would not be necessary for us to strengthen the heart of our inner man by using and partaking of it. Such an explanation of daily bread does not at all make it strange to read the Lord's Prayer before a meal, according to the monastic rule: material bread serves as an image of bread, descended from heaven.

Ascetic preaching.

Shmch. Cyprian of Carthage

give us our daily bread for this day

This can be understood both in a spiritual and in a simple sense, because both understanding, according to the Divine gift, [equally] favors salvation. Christ is bread of life, and this one bread not all, but only our. As we say: Our Father(see Matt. 6:9), because [God] is the Father of those who know Him and believe, so we also call Christ our bread, because He is bread those who touch His body. And we daily ask that this bread be given to us, and we, abiding in Christ and daily receiving His Eucharist as the food of salvation, being excluded from communion and deprived of the heavenly bread due to some grave sin, have not been separated from the Body of Christ, for the Lord Himself preaches and says: I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; but the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world(John 6:51) .

About the Lord's Prayer.

Rev. Isidore Peluciot

give us our daily bread for this day

Prayer, which the Lord taught His disciples, contains not anything earthly, but everything heavenly and related to the benefit of the soul. For it teaches us to ask for neither bosses, nor wealth, nor beauty, nor strength, nor anything that soon withers away, from which, when it is, we are commanded to abstain, and to ask for pleasure than to ask when this is not there is an unnecessary thing.

Even what in it seems unimportant and sensual, in the opinion of wise men, is said more about the Word of God, which nourishes the disembodied soul and in some way enters into its essence and unites with it. That's why it's called daily bread for the name "essence" is more fitting for the soul than for the body. If this is also said about daily bread, commensurate with the needs of the body, then, with such use, it becomes spiritual, for not demanding anything but bread will be a sign of spiritual, bright and wise understanding. Let us therefore ask for what we have been taught, and not for what easily disappears. For it would be disastrous and would mean great folly to ask for what, even if we have, we are commanded to give up.

Letters. Book II.

Rev. Maxim the Confessor

give us our daily bread for this day

The word " today', I think, signifies the present age. Or, in order to more clearly interpret this passage of Prayer, we can say: our bread, which You prepared in the beginning for the immortality of [human] nature, give us today, in the real mortal life, so that the eating of the bread of life and knowledge would overcome sinful death - that bread, the communion of which was deprived of the transgression of the Divine commandment by the first person. After all, if he had been satisfied with this Divine food, he would not have been taken prisoner by the death of sin.

However, the one who prays to receive this daily bread does not receive it in its entirety as it is, but receives only as much as the recipient himself can [take it]. For the Bread of Life, like the Lover of Humanity, although it gives Itself to all who ask, it does not give Itself to all equally: to those who have done great deeds it gives more, but to those who have done lesser deeds, that is, it gives to everyone, as far as his spiritual dignity can accept.

The Savior [Himself] led me to this understanding of this saying [Prayer], commanding [His] disciples not to care at all about sensual food, saying to them: Do not worry about your soul what you will eat and drink, nor about your body what you will wear.(Matthew 6:25) because all this is what the people of the world are looking for(Luke 12:30) [and you] Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all this will be added to you(Matthew 6:33) . How then [the Lord] teaches in Prayer not to seek what He [Himself] had previously commanded? - It is clear that in the Prayer He did not order to ask for what in the commandment [He did not command], for in the Prayer we must ask for what we must seek according to the commandment. And what [the Lord] does not allow us to seek, it is illegal to pray about it. If the Savior commanded to seek the one Kingdom of God and righteousness, then He urged those seeking Divine gifts to ask for the same in Prayer, so that, through this Prayer, having established the grace of those sought by nature [goods], to unite and identify through relative unity the will of those who ask with the desire of the Giver of grace .

If Prayer commands us to ask for that everyday bread that naturally supports our present life, then this is so that we do not cross the boundaries of Prayer, embracing whole periods of years in thought, and do not forget that we are mortal and have a [terrestrial] life, like a transient shadow, but so that, without being burdened by unnecessary care, they asked in Prayer for bread for the day. And let us show that we, philosophically, according to Christ, turn [our earthly] life [our] into a reflection on death, at our own will forestall nature and, before death, cut off from the soul the care of the bodily, so that it does not cling to the corruptible and does not pervert [by attraction ] to the matter of the natural use of [one's] aspiration [to God], accustoming to covetousness, depriving the wealth of Divine blessings.

So, let us avoid, as far as possible, the love of matter and wash away, like dust, from [our] mental eyes the very connection with it; let us be content with that which sustains our life, and not that which gives it pleasure. Let us pray to God, as we have learned, that our soul not fall into slavery and not fall, for the sake of the body, under the yoke of visible [things]. Then it will be clear that we eat in order to live, and do not live in order to eat, since the first is characteristic of rational nature, and the second is unreasonable. Let us be strict guardians of this Prayer, showing by our [our] deeds that we firmly adhere to one and only life - life in the Spirit, and to acquire it we use [all] real life. Let us prove in practice that for the sake of spiritual life we ​​only endure this [mortal life], supporting it with one bread and keeping it as healthy as possible, only so that we do not [simply] live, but live for God, making a body, spiritualized by virtues, the messenger of the soul, and the soul, distinguished by constancy in goodness, making it a preacher of God. And we will naturally limit this bread [to the needs] of one day, not daring to spread petitions for it on another day out of [obedience] to the One who gave this Prayer. Therefore, having actively adjusted ourselves in accordance with the meaning of the Prayer, let us proceed in purity to the rest of the sayings.

Interpretation of the Lord's Prayer.

Right. John of Kronstadt

This petition means that we should not take care of the means of life to the point of addiction, and if God has given these means for this day, then thank Him and continue to hope in Him, in His Providence; do not be stingy, do not shake, as they say, over everything, especially when guests or beggars and strangers come, but with sincere disposition and in simplicity of heart to accept them, treat them or give them alms. The reason for this: God did not leave me in all the previous time with the means of life, but gave them in abundance; will not leave, therefore, for the future.

A diary. Volume III.

Give us our daily bread today- just today (today). It takes a little sense to understand this. Everyone sees how little a person needs to maintain his bodily life. And fire, tightness, extreme torment and some kind of disappearance from the desire for money and from stinginess do not tell us too clearly that in the hunger for silver death, and not life ... These words mean, by the way: only the necessary book, the Bible and the Gospel, Grant us like bread for the soul, but we do not seek and do not demand many books. Grant us to read this book of books more often and to understand it properly, and to attach its holy word to our hearts as with bread, strengthening our hearts with it.

A diary. Volume V

Blzh. Hieronymus Stridonsky

Art. 11-13 Give us our daily bread necessary for our existence. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil

What we have expressed necessary for existence(supersubstantialem), in Greek it is expressed by the word έπιούσιον, a word which the Seventy very often translates by the word περιούσιον, that is, abundant, excellent. So we turned to the Hebrew language, and where they translated περιούσιον, we found sgolla (םגןלה), which Symmachus translated with the word έξαίρετον, that is, "special" or: "excellent", although in one place he also translated the word " special, own. So, when we ask God to give us special, special bread, we ask Him Who says: (John 6:51) . In the Gospel, which is called "from the Jews", instead of the bread necessary for existence, there is the word mahar (םהד), which means "tomorrow"; so that the following meaning is obtained: "Give us today our tomorrow's bread", i.e. "future". By the word supersubstantialem we can also understand something else, namely, bread, which stands above all essences and surpasses all creatures. Others - on the basis of the words of the apostle: Having food and clothing, we will be content with(1 Tim. 6:8), - they simply understand that the saints should only take care of their daily bread. Therefore, in further words [of the Savior] it is commanded: Don't worry about tomorrow(Matthew 6:34) .

Amen

It is like a seal in confirmation of the Lord's prayer; Akila has it translated: "undoubtedly true" (fideliter); we can translate: "true" (vere).

Blzh. Theophylact of Bulgaria

give us our daily bread for this day

Under " urgent The Lord understands the bread that is sufficient for our nature and condition, but He eliminates the concern for tomorrow. And the Body of Christ is daily bread for whose uncondemned communion we must pray.

Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew.

Evfimy Zigaben

give us our daily bread today

Knowing that angelic nature does not need food, while human nature needs it, he ordered to ask for what constitutes the necessity of nature. Said our bread, i.e. existing for us; a urgent called it as necessary for being, being and maintaining the body. Or according to Chrysostom: urgent, i.e. daily. added also today, diverting us from caring about the future, because he wants the believers in their prayers to ask for one bread, and only for today, and not worry about the coming day, since we still do not know if we will even live in that day. Therefore, it is superfluous to worry about that day, regarding which we do not know whether we will go the distance to it. This later He commands more extensively, saying: do not feast on the morning(Matthew 6:34). Thus, we will always be ready, yielding a little to natural necessity, and turning everything else to spiritual work. It is fair to ask for bread for the soul, because it also needs daily bread, i.e. in enlightenment from above and the delivery of Divine knowledge.

Interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew.

Origen

give us our daily bread for this day

Following the Master Himself Who teaches about bread, we will address this issue in more detail. He says in the Gospel of John to those who came to Capernaum to seek Him: Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you have seen miracles, but because you have eaten bread and are satisfied.(John 6:12) . For he who has tasted the loaves blessed by Jesus and is filled with them strenuously seeks to more accurately comprehend the Son of God and hastens to Him. Therefore He gives a beautiful command, saying: Strive not for the food of perishability, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.(John 6:27) . When those who heard these words asked: What should we do to do the works of God(John 6:28) Jesus answered by saying to them: It's God's Work That You Believe in Him Whom He Has Sent(John 6:29) . God, as it is written in the psalms, sent his word and healed them(Ps. 106:20), that is, those who are sick. By this Word believers create works of God, which are food that endures into eternal life. And He says: My Father gives you true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world(John 6:32-33) . True bread there is one that feeds the created in the image of God(Gen. 1:27) the true man, who, having been nourished by it, becomes [created] and in the likeness(Gen. 1:26) Creator.

About prayer.

Stefan of Thebaid

give us our daily bread today

And it's also written: I am the living bread that came down from heaven(John 6:51). And further: but the bread that I give you is my flesh, which [I give] for the life of the world(John 6:51). [Therefore saying] give us our daily bread today implies [giving us] His Body, His Word, and His Commandments.

ascetic word.

Ep. Mikhail (Luzin)

give us our daily bread for this day

urgent. Daily (cf.: James 2:15), or necessary for the maintenance of our being (Prov. 30:8). Our being is twofold - bodily and spiritual, and food is twofold - bodily and spiritual; spiritual food is the word of God (John 5:24), the Holy Mysteries of the Church, and in particular the Most Holy Mystery of the Body and Blood of Christ (John 6:35).

To this day. One should ask God for this only for the present day, without further concern for the future, since excessive concern is contrary to trusting in God (cf. below v. 34).

Explanatory Gospel.

Lopukhin A.P.

give us our daily bread for this day

Literally - give us our daily bread today(Glory now; Vulg. hodie). The word “bread” is completely analogous to the one used in our Russian expressions: “work to earn your own bread”, “work for a piece of bread”, etc., i.e. bread here should be understood in general as a condition for life, subsistence, a certain well-being, etc. In Holy Scripture, "bread" is often used in its proper sense (cibus, and farina cum aqua permixta compactus atque coctus - Grimm), but it also means in general any food necessary for human existence, and not only bodily, but also spiritual (cf. John 6 chapter - about the bread of heaven). Commentators do not pay attention to the word “ our". This, let's say, is a trifle, but in the Gospel, trifles are also important. From the first time it seems not entirely clear why we need to ask God for bread when this bread “ our,” i.e. already belongs to us. The word "our" seems to be superfluous; one could simply say, "give us our daily bread today." An explanation will be given below. "Durable" (επιούσιος) is explained in various ways and is one of the most difficult. The word occurs only here and also in Lk. 11:3. In the Old Testament and classical Greek literature, it has not yet been found anywhere. Explaining it "was torture for theologians and grammarians" (carnificina theologorum et grammaticorum). One writer says that “to wish to achieve something precise here is like driving a nail in with a sponge” (σπογγῳ πάτταλον κρούειν). They tried to avoid difficulties by pointing out that this is a scribal error, that in the original it was originally τον άρτον επί ούσίαν, i.e. bread for our existence. The scribe mistakenly doubled the τον in the word άρτον and accordingly changed επιουσιαν to επιουσιον. This is how the Gospel expression was formed: τοναρτοντονεπιουσιον. On this, without entering into details, we say that the word ημών (τον άρτον ημών τον επιουσιον) completely prevents such an interpretation; in addition, Lk. 11:3 is undoubtedly επιουσιον - as in Matthew. Therefore, the interpretation in question is now completely abandoned. Of the interpretations that exist and are accepted by the latest scholars, three can be noted.

1. Produce the word "daily" from the Greek. prepositions επί (on) and ουσία (sic) from είναι, to be. Such an interpretation has for itself the authority of the ancient church writers, and precisely those who wrote in Greek, among them Chrysostom, Gregory of Nyssa, Basil the Great, Theophylact, Euthymius Zygaben and others. If the word is understood in this way, then it will mean: “bread, necessary for our existence, necessary for us, give us today.” Such an interpretation is obviously accepted in our Slavic and Russian Bibles. Against him, it is objected that if nowhere, except for the Lord's Prayer, is the word επιούσιος found, then there is, however, επεστι and others, a word composed of the same preposition and verb, but with the omission of ι. Therefore, if the Gospel spoke specifically about “daily bread”, then it would be said not επιούσιος, but έπούσιος. Further, ουσία in popular usage meant property, wealth, and if Christ had used ουσία precisely in this sense, then it would not only be “purposeless” (Wiener-Schmiedel), but it would also have no meaning; if He used it in the sense of being (the bread needed for our being, existence) or being, essence, reality, then all this would be distinguished by a philosophical character, since ουσία in this sense is used exclusively by philosophers, and the words of Christ would not have been understandable to the common people.

2. Produce the word επιούσιος from επί and ίέναι - come, advance. This word has different meanings; for us it is only important that in the expression έπιούσα ήμερα it means tomorrow, or the coming day. This word was composed by the evangelists themselves and applied to άρτος in the meaning of the future bread, the bread of the coming day. Support for such an interpretation is found in the words of Jerome, who, among his rather brief interpretations, contains the following note. “In the Gospel, which is called the Gospel of the Jews, instead of daily bread, I found mahar, which means tomorrow (crastinum); so the meaning should be this: our bread is tomorrow, i.e. give us the future today.” On this basis, many modern critics, including here also the best, for example, the German compilers of grammars for the New Testament, Wiener-Schmiedel, Blass, and the exegete Zahn, have suggested that the word means tomorrow (from ή έπιούσα, i.e. ήμερα). Such an explanation is given, by the way, by Renan. It is perfectly clear what a difference in meaning results from whether we accept this interpretation or agree with the previous one. However, if we accept the interpretation of Jerome, then we should admit, apart from various philological difficulties, that it contradicts the words of the Savior in 6:34 - “do not worry about tomorrow”; It would also be incomprehensible why we ask: "Give us tomorrow's bread today." Pointing to mahar, Jerome himself translates επιούσιος with the word super-substantialis. From ίέναι and complex with it, according to Kremer, it is impossible to prove a single production with an ending in ιουσιος; on the contrary, many such words are derived from ουσία. In words compounded with επί, whose root begins with a vowel, fusion is avoided by dropping ι, as in έπεϊναι; but this is not always the case and ι is retained, for example, in such words as έπιέτης (in other cases επέτειος), έπιορκειν (in Church Greek έπιορκίζειν), επιεικής, έπίουρ = Homer). Thus, it should be assumed that επιούσιος was formed from ουσία, like similar formations from the words ending on ία - ιός (επιθυμία - έπιθικαρπία - επικαριουσία - περιούσιούσιο thanks. The meaning of ουσία in the place under consideration will not be philosophical, but simply - a being, nature, and άρτος επιούσιος means "bread necessary for our existence or for our nature." This concept is well expressed in the Russian word "daily". Such an explanation is strongly confirmed by the use of the word ουσία by the classics (for example, by Aristotle) ​​in the sense of even life, existence. “Daily bread”, that is, necessary for existence, for life, is, according to Kremer, a short designation of what is found in Proverbs. 30:8 Hebrew lehem hawk, lesson bread, which LXX translates with the words: necessary (necessary) and sufficient (Russian daily). According to Kremer, it should be translated: "our, necessary for our life, give us bread today." The fact that the interpretation of "tomorrow" is found only in Latin writers, and not in Greek, is of decisive importance here. Chrysostom, of course, had a good knowledge of the Greek language, and if he had no doubt that επιούσιος was used in the sense of "daily", then this interpretation should be preferred to the interpretation of Latin writers, who sometimes knew Greek well, but not as much as natural Greeks.

3. Allegorical interpretation, partly caused, apparently, by the difficulties of other interpretations. Tertullian, Cyprian, Athanasius, Isidore Pilusiot, Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine and many others explained this word in a spiritual sense. etc. Of course, in the application of the expression to "spiritual bread" there is, in fact, nothing subject to objections. However, in the understanding of this "spiritual bread" among the interpreters there is such a difference that it deprives their interpretation of almost any meaning. Some said that by bread here is meant the bread of the sacrament of communion, others pointed to the spiritual bread - Christ Himself, including the Eucharist here, others - only to the teachings of Christ. Such interpretations seem to be most contradicted by the word “today”, as well as by the fact that at the time when Christ spoke His words, according to the evangelist, the sacrament of communion had not yet been established.

Translations "daily" bread, "supernatural" should be recognized as completely inaccurate.

The reader will see that of the above interpretations, the first seems to be the best. With him, the word “ours” also acquires a certain special meaning, which, they say, although “does not seem superfluous”, could also be omitted. In our opinion, on the contrary, it makes sense, and quite important. What kind of bread and by what right can we consider “ours”? Of course, the one that is acquired by our labors. But since the concept of earned bread is very flexible—one works a lot and gains little, another works little and gains a lot—the concept of “ours,” i.e., earned bread, is limited to the word “daily,” i.e., necessary for life, and then the word “today”. It has been well said that this simply points to the golden mean between poverty and wealth. Solomon prayed: “Give me not poverty and wealth, but feed me with my daily bread”(Prov. 30:8) .

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give us our daily bread for this day

After asking for heavenly things, that is, for the glory of God, for the Kingdom of Heaven, for the will of God, Divine wisdom gives place to petitions for earthly needs: give us our daily bread for this day. The word daily bread can be understood both spiritually and simply. “Our bread,” Saint Cyprian explains, “we call Christ, because we eat His Body, just as He Himself says: I am the living bread that came down from heaven; Whoever eats this bread will live forever(John 6:51) and threatens, saying: unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you(John 6:53) . At the same time, we also ask for bodily food, daily food. “The Savior,” says St. Chrysostom, “ordered us to pray not for wealth, not for pleasures, not for valuable clothes, but only for bread, and, moreover, for daily bread, so that we do not worry about tomorrow. For this I added: urgent, i.e. day. He was not even satisfied with this word, but added another after it: give us this day so that we do not overwhelm ourselves with concern for the coming day. And why care about tomorrow for someone who, perhaps, will not see tomorrow? He who gave you a body, breathed in your soul, made you a rational animal and prepared all blessings for you before he created you - will He forget you, His creation? Trusting in Him, ask for food only for the present day, and leave the care of Him for tomorrow, just as blessed David says: Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you(Ps. 54:23)." “In the word bread,” St. Gregory of Nyssa interprets, “it is as if the Lord says to those who listen: stop, people, to torment yourself with vain desires. Stop multiplying reasons for labor on your own grief. Not much is needed by your nature; you must supply your flesh with food: a small and easy task, if you mean only need. Why do you impose the yoke on yourself to bear so many debts? Ask only one bread for yourself; in this nature has made you indebted to the body. If, however, Evin’s adviser (the devil) enters into a conversation with you about what is beautiful for the eye and pleasant for the taste, then you will certainly be entangled in the nets of covetousness. From necessary food you will then move on to tasty food, from them to luxury and every need. Therefore, limit your prayer to asking only for bread.” “When we pray,” says Blessed Augustine, “for our daily bread, we also ask for everything that our flesh needs on earth. But we need food and drink, clothing and shelter. And the word of God, which is proclaimed to you daily, is your daily bread. And his minds are hungry, as the belly is hungry for material bread. So we ask him in the Lord's Prayer. Thus, daily bread means everything that is necessary for the soul and body in this life. “When we say: give us our bread,” remarks St. Tikhon of Zadonsk, “by this we show that we ask the same for others. Christian love demands that we strive not only for ourselves, but also for our neighbors. God, in His goodness, gives everything that is needed even to those who do not know Him; but Christians must in faith ask Him for these blessings, as children ask the Father, in order to show that they regard everything that is necessary for life as a gift from God and accept this gift from the hand of God with thanksgiving. So, the meaning of this petition can be expressed in these words: Heavenly Father! You know our needs better than ourselves; the eyes of all put their trust in you, and you give them their food in due time; you open your hand and satisfy all living things according to your good pleasure(Ps. 144:15) . We do not ask You for luxury, or wealth, or golden palaces; we do not ask for sweet food to eat; do not deprive us of the most necessary: give us our daily bread for this day. Bread for food, water for drinking, air for breathing, clothes to cover a sinful body, a dwelling where we could lay our heads - these are what we cannot do without while we live on earth. Thy holy word, Thy grace in the Sacraments of Thy Church distributed, above all living bread, heavenly bread - the most pure Body and Blood of Thy Son - this is the one daily bread without which our souls perish! Give us, our Father, all this, give us the strength, albeit in the sweat of our face, to earn our own bread through righteous labor! Give us for this day - not in the granary for many years, but only for this day, for we ourselves do not know whether we will live to see tomorrow and what tomorrow will give birth to, maybe tomorrow we will no longer be on earth; and when this tomorrow comes for us, then we believe that if you give a day, you will also give food ...

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give us our daily bread for this day

Expression "daily bread" has firmly entered the lexicon of modern man in the sense of everyday food necessary for life. In Russian, the word "urgent", meaning "vital", "important", appeared solely thanks to the prayer "Our Father" in its Slavic version. In many languages ​​there is no such word at all, and the Greek επιουσιος in the phrase "daily bread" transmitted using the words "everyday", "daily" (lat. panis quotidianus, fr. pain quotidien, eng. daily bread).

Meanwhile, the exact meaning of this word has been the subject of controversy for many centuries. There is no such word in classical Greek at all. The Aramaic word translated with his help is unknown, and all attempts to reconstruct it are hypothetical. The combination of the prefix επι- (on-, over-) with the noun ουσια (essence, existence, content, property) can be understood in several senses. If we understand ουσια as "maintenance" or "property" - in this sense this word is used, for example, in the story of a woman who spent all her possessions on doctors (Luke 8:43) - then επιουσιος can be understood as "necessary for existence." If, however, the term ουσια is understood as "essence", as is characteristic of Greek patristics, then the literal translation would be "superessential" or "superessential".

Based on the semantic proximity of the term under consideration to the expression η επιουσα, meaning "tomorrow", one could translate the request of the Lord's Prayer as follows: "Give us our tomorrow's bread today." The term is also close to the concept επι την ουσαν ημεραν, meaning "for today". Finally, the interpretation of the term can be connected with the concept of το επιον, meaning "future": in this case "our daily bread" would turn into "our future bread."

To understand the original meaning of the words of Jesus, it seems to us that we need to focus not so much on the meaning of the polysemantic and ambivalent term "urgent", how much on the meaning of the concept itself "bread".

For the first time on the pages of the Bible, the term "bread" used in God's address to Adam after his fall: in the sweat of your face you will eat bread(Gen. 3:19) . Bread is further mentioned in the story of how Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine as a blessing to Abraham (Genesis 14:18). Abraham treats the three travelers who came to him with bread (Gen. 18:5). Bread plays an important role in the history of Joseph and his brothers: when Joseph, having accumulated a lot of bread, becomes the second person under Pharaoh, and famine sets in all the surrounding lands, they come to him for bread (Gen. 42:1-5).

Bread in the Bible is a universal symbol of the meal. The quality of bread and the mood with which a person eats bread symbolizes the quality of a person's life. In grief, tears become his bread (Ps. 41:4; 79:6), and when God favors his deeds, he eats bread with joy (Eccl. 4:17).

When interpreting the Lord's Prayer, it is necessary to take into account the Eucharistic context in which the early Church perceived this prayer. From the very beginning, it became part of the Eucharist, in the context of which the words "Give us our daily bread for this day" could mean only one thing: a request for the communion of the bread that came down from heaven, that “super-essential” bread, which is the Body of Christ broken at the Eucharist. The words of the Lord's Prayer are filled with this meaning every time they are heard at the liturgy.

If the Lord's Prayer is read outside the liturgical context, for example, before a meal, then daily bread is understood as ordinary earthly food, which every person, every family needs. In a broad sense, daily bread can be understood as everything that a person needs for life.

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The prayer "Our Father" is the main prayer for all Orthodox Christians and at the same time the simplest and most necessary. She alone replaces all others.

The text of the prayer in Church Slavonic in modern orthography

Our Father, Thou art in heaven!
Hallowed be thy name,
let your kingdom come,
let thy will be done,
like in heaven and on earth.
Give us our daily bread today;
and leave us our debts,
as we also leave our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.

The most famous prayer and its history

The Lord's Prayer is mentioned twice in the Bible - in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. It is believed that the Lord Himself gave it to people when they asked for words to pray. This episode is described by the evangelists. This means that even during the earthly life of Jesus, those who believed in Him could know the words of the Lord's Prayer.

The Son of God, choosing words, suggested to all believers how to start prayer so that it would be heard, how to lead a righteous life in order to be rewarded with God's mercy.

They entrust themselves to the will of the Lord, because only He alone knows what a person really needs. By "daily bread" is meant not simple food, but everything that is needed for life.

Similarly, by "debtors" are meant ordinary sinful people. Sin itself is a debt to God, which should be atoned for by repentance and good deeds. People trust in God, ask forgiveness of their sins, and promise to forgive their neighbors themselves. To do this, with the help of the Lord, one must avoid temptations, that is, the temptations with which the devil himself “confuses” in order to destroy humanity.

But prayer is not so much about asking. It also contains gratitude as a symbol of reverence for the Lord.

How to read the Lord's Prayer

This prayer is read, waking up from sleep and to the dream to come, since it is included without fail in the morning and evening rule - a set of prayers for daily reading.

The Lord's Prayer is always heard during the Divine Liturgy. Usually believers in temples sing it in chorus together with the priest and choristers.

This solemn singing is followed by the carrying out of the Holy Gifts - the Body and Blood of Christ for the celebration of the sacrament of communion. At the same time, parishioners kneel before the shrine.

It is also customary to read it before every meal. But modern man has no time all the time. However, Christians should not neglect their prayer duties. Therefore, it is allowed to read a prayer at any convenient moment, and while walking, and even while lying in bed, so long as nothing distracts from the prayerful mood.

The main thing is to do it with awareness of the meaning, sincerely, and not just pronounce it mechanically. Literally from the first words addressed to God, believers feel security, humility and peace of mind. This state continues after reading the last prayer words.

Many famous theologians, such as John Chrysostom, Ignatius Brianchaninov, interpreted "Our Father". In their writings, an extensive, detailed description is given. Those who are interested in matters of faith should definitely read them.

Many who have recently crossed the threshold of the temple, and are literally taking their first steps on the steps of the ladder of Orthodoxy, complain about the lack of understanding of prayers in the Old Slavonic language.

For such cases, there is a translation into modern Russian. This option will be clear to everyone. But as practice shows, over time, incomprehensible words will become clear, and worship will be perceived as a special art with its own style, language and traditions.

In the short text of the Lord's Prayer, all Divine wisdom fit in a few lines. It has a great meaning, and everyone finds something very personal in her words: consolation in sorrows, help in undertakings, joy and grace.

The text of the prayer in Russian

Synodal translation of the prayer into modern Russian:

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

Translation of the Russian Bible Society from 2001:

Our Father in Heaven
Let Your name be glorified
Let your kingdom come
May Your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us our daily bread today.
And forgive us our debts, just as we forgive those who owe us.
Don't put us to the test
but protect us from the Evil One.

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 in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not 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 also forgive debtors ours, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen" (Matthew 6:9-13).

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 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 the Father. He granted this right to people, making them sons of God. And despite the fact that they moved away from Him and were in extreme anger against Him, He granted oblivion of insults and communion 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, a longer one in the Gospel of Matthew and a shorter one in the Gospel of Luke. The circumstances under which Christ pronounces the text of the prayer are also different. In the Gospel of Matthew, "Our Father" is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Evangelist Luke writes that the apostles turned to the Savior: "Lord! Teach us to pray, just 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 the Morning Prayers and the Prayers for the Future. The full text of the prayers is given in the Prayer Books, Canons and other collections of prayers.

For those who are especially busy and cannot devote much time to prayer, St. 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, for various reasons, cannot fulfill even this small rule, St. Seraphim advised to read it in any position: during classes, and walking, and even in bed, presenting the basis for that 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, Lord, and You give them food in good time, You open Your generous hand and fulfill every animal goodwill").

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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 in heaven and on earth.

4. Give us our daily bread today.

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

6. And lead us not into temptation.

7. But deliver us from the evil one.

For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. 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 our daily bread for this day.

5. And forgive us our sins, as we also forgive those who have sinned against us.

6. And do not allow us to temptation.

7. But deliver us from the evil one.

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 the; Thou art in heaven- Which is in heaven, or heavenly; Yes- let; sanctified- glorified: like- how; in heaven- in the sky; urgent- necessary for existence; give me- give; today- today, today; leave- sorry; debts- sins; our debtor– those people who have sinned against us; temptation- temptation, danger of falling into sin; crafty- all cunning and evil, that is, the devil. The devil is an evil spirit.

This prayer is called 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 the Heavenly Father, we call to listen to our requests, or petitions.

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

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

2nd: Let Your Kingdom Come that is, make us worthy even here on earth of your kingdom of heaven, which is truth, love and peace; reign in us and rule over us.

3rd: May Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth, that is, let everything not be as we want, but as You please, and help us 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 well more than we ourselves.

4th: Give us our daily bread today, that is, give us for this day, for today, our daily bread. Bread here means everything necessary for our life on earth: food, clothing, shelter, but most importantly, the most pure Body and precious 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 bare necessities, and to rely on God in everything, remembering that He, as a Father, always takes care of us.

5th: And leave us our debts, as we also leave our debtors that is, forgive us our sins just as we ourselves forgive those who 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, and 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 lead us not into temptation. Temptation is such 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 temptation, which we cannot endure; help us overcome temptations when they come.

7th: But deliver us from the evil one, 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 forever and forever and ever. Amen.

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

QUESTIONS: Why is this prayer called the Lord's Prayer? To whom are we addressing 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: May your kingdom come? 3rd: Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth? 4th: Give us our daily bread today? 5th: And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors? 6th: And lead us not into temptation? 7th: But deliver us from the evil one? 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 in heaven and on earth.

Give us our daily bread today;

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

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

Our Father who art in heaven!

May your name be hallowed;

Let your kingdom come;

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

Give us our daily bread for this day;

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

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

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

Our Father, who art thou in heaven, prayer

Our Father, Thou art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Father - Father (address - a form of the vocative case). Thou art in heaven - existing (living) in Heaven, that is, Heavenly ( ilk- which the). Yesi- the form of the verb being in the 2nd person of unity. Numbers of the present tense: in modern language we speak you are, and in Church Slavonic - you are. The literal translation of the beginning of the prayer: O our Father, He Who is in Heaven! Any literal translation is not entirely accurate; the words: Father, Dry in Heaven, Heavenly Father - more closely convey the meaning of the first words of the Lord's Prayer. Let it shine - let 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 - give. Today- today. Like- how. From the evil one- from evil (words crafty, deceit- derived from the words "bow": something indirect, curved, crooked, like a bow. There is also the Russian word "falsehood").

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! May your name be hallowed; let your kingdom come; may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us our daily bread for every day; and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every debtor of ours; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (Luke 11:1-4).

Our Father who art in heaven! May your name be hallowed; let your kingdom come; May Thy will be done both on earth and in heaven; give us our daily bread this day; and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen (Matthew 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 duties.

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 by him we confess that they are 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 a wanderer and far separating us from our Father and, on the contrary, with the greatest desire to strive for that area in which our Father dwells ...

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

Rev. John Cassian the Roman

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

Rev. John Cassian the Roman

The words "Thy will be done" turn us to the prayer of the Lord 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 our daily bread today. We ask for the gift of bread, necessary for food, and, moreover, not in large quantities, but only for this day ... So, let's learn to ask for the most necessary things for our life, but we won't ask for everything leading to abundance and luxury, because we don't know, log whether it to us. Let us learn to ask for bread and everything necessary only for this day, so that we do not become lazy in prayer and obedience to God. We will be alive the next day - again we will ask for the same, 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 (Matthew 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; but the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world (John 6:51). Thus, Christ has in mind not only something material, necessary for a person for earthly life, but also something eternal, necessary for life in the Kingdom of God: Himself, offered in Communion.

Some holy fathers interpreted the Greek expression as "supernatural bread" and referred it only (or mainly) to the spiritual side of life; however, the Lord's Prayer encompasses both earthly and heavenly meanings.

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

“The merciful Lord promises us the forgiveness of our sins, if we ourselves show an example of forgiveness to our brethren: leave to us, as we leave. It is obvious that in this prayer with boldness only he who has forgiven his debtors can boldly ask for forgiveness. Whoever, with all his heart, does not let go of his brother who sins against him, he will ask this prayer for himself, not pardon, but condemnation: for if this prayer is heard, then, in accordance with his example, something else should follow, but inexorable anger and indispensable punishment. ? Judgment without mercy to the unmerciful (James 2:13)."

Rev. John Cassian the Roman

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

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

And lead us not into temptation. Remembering the words of the apostle: Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he is tested he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him. (James 1, 12), we must understand these words of prayer not as follows: “do not allow us to ever be tempted,” but as follows: “do not allow us to be overcome in temptation.”

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

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

Rev. 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- all unrighteous, evil; evil). Patristic interpretations offer both understandings. Since evil comes from the devil, then, of course, in the petition for deliverance from evil lies the petition for deliverance from its culprit.

Prayer "Our Father, Who art in heaven": text in Russian

There is no person who would not have heard or did not know about the existence of the prayer “Our Father, Who art in heaven!”. This is the most important prayer that believing Christians around the world turn to. The Lord's Prayer, as it is customary to call "Our Father", is considered the key asset of Christianity, the oldest prayer. It is given in two Gospels: from Matthew - in chapter six, from Luke - in chapter eleven. The variant given by Matthew became very popular.

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 there are 2 different Lord's Prayers in Russian. In fact, this opinion is fundamentally wrong - both options are equivalent, and such a discrepancy occurred due to the fact that during the translation of ancient writings "Our Father" was translated from two sources (the above-mentioned Gospels) in different ways.

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 particular temple in more than 140 languages ​​of the world.

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

Later, in the 19th century, in its second half, thanks to the architect Andre Lecomte, a church appeared on the site of the former Pater Noster, which later passed into the hands of the female Catholic monastic order of the Barefoot 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 prayer "Our Father" pronounced?

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

As Luke conveys in his Gospel, Jesus Christ, before giving the prayer “Our Father” to believers, said: “Ask, and you will be rewarded.” This means that the “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 a father, therefore, addressing the Almighty with the words “Our Father” (“Our Father”) is the full right of all those who pray.

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

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 a departure from the vanity of the world, penetration into the very depths of the soul, detachment from sinful earthly life can be traced. An indispensable condition for pronouncing the Lord's Prayer is the aspiration to God with thoughts and heart.

The structure and Russian text of the prayer “Our Father”

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

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

Church Slavonic variant

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

Modern Russian version

In modern Russian, "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:

The version of the Lord's Prayer from Luke is more abbreviated, does not contain doxology and sounds like this:

A praying person for himself can choose any of the available options. Each of the texts of the "Our Father" is a kind of personal conversation of the one praying with the Lord God. The Lord's Prayer is so strong, sublime and pure that after pronouncing it, each 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 quickly find a solution to the problem.

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

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