Interpretation of the prayer to the king of heaven, the comforter of the soul of truth. Explanatory prayer book

Prayer to the Heavenly Tsar, the Comforter of the Soul of Truth in Russian

Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquity; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.

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 this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we also leave our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

I believe in one God, the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only Begotten, Who was born of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, God, true from God, true, born, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, Who was all. For us, for the sake of man and for our salvation, he descended from heaven and incarnated from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became human. Crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried. And he rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures. And he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. And packs of the coming with glory to judge the living and the dead, His Kingdom will have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, Life-giving, Who is from the Father who proceeds, Who is worshiped and glorified with the Father and the Son, who spoke the prophets. In one Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the remission of sins. I tea the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the century to come. Amen.

Virgin Mary, rejoice, Blessed Mary, the Lord is with you; blessed are you in women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, as you gave birth to our souls.

It is worthy to eat as truly blessed Thee, Mother of God, Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate and Mother of our God. The most honest Cherubim and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption, we magnify the Mother of God.

Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless one. We worship Thy Cross, Christ, and we sing and praise Thy Holy Resurrection: Thou art our God, do we not know otherwise, we call Thy name. Come, all faithful, let us worship the Holy Resurrection of Christ: for behold, come the Cross, joy to the whole world. Always blessing the Lord, we sing His Resurrection: having endured the crucifixion, destroy death by death.

My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in the Boz, My Savior.

Chorus: The most honest Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to the God of the Word without corruption, the Mother of God, we magnify Thee.

As a lookout for humility, His servants, from now on, they will please all of Me.

For make Me greatness, Strong, and holy is His name, and His mercy for generations and generations that fear Him.

Create power with Your own arm, dissolve their hearts with pride.

Cast the mighty one down from the throne, and lift up the humble one; Fill the thirsty with blessings, and let him go who are rich.

Perceive His youth Israel, remember mercy, as a verb to our father, Abraham and his seed, even to the age.

Now let go of Thy servant, Master, according to Thy word in peace; as if my eyes saw Thy salvation, Thou hast prepared before the face of all people, light for the revelation of tongues, and the glory of Thy people Israel.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy compassions, cleanse my iniquity. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and I will take out my sin before me. Thee, who alone have sinned, and have done evil before thee; as if you were justified in your words, and conquer, always to judge Ti. Behold, in transgressions I am conceived, and in sins bore me my mother. Behold, you loved the truth; You have revealed your unknown and secret wisdom. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. To my hearing dasi joy and gladness; the bones of the humble will rejoice. Turn away Thy face from my sins, and cleanse all my iniquity. Build a pure heart in me, O God, and renew the spirit of rights in my womb. Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Give me the joy of Thy salvation, and with the Spirit of the Lord confirm me. I will teach the wicked in Thy way, and the wicked will turn to Thee. Deliver me from the blood, O God, the God of my salvation, my tongue will rejoice in Thy righteousness. O Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth shall declare Thy praise. As if you would have wanted sacrifices, you would have given them: do not favor burnt offerings. The sacrifice to God the spirit is broken; a contrite and humble heart God will not despise. Bless, O Lord, with Thy good pleasure Zion, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; then they will lay calves on your altar.

The prayer "Heavenly King" is also the stichera of the Pentecostal service. We call on the Holy Spirit to come and dwell “in us” and this can be understood in two ways: either we want each of us to become the abode of the Spirit, or - for the Holy Spirit to dwell between us, uniting us in the Body of Christ. But one does not exclude the other. Commented by Priest Theodore LYUDOGOVSKY.

“Ts aryu N e'h'b, For the queen, For the ear of truth, Whoever is everywhere and fulfill all, With the environment of goodness and life to the Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all the earth, and save us, ...

TRANSLATION by hierom. Ambrose (Timrota):

“Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, abiding everywhere and filling everything, Treasury of goods and life Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all defilement, and save, O Good One, our souls. »

"Heavenly King"- perhaps one of the most famous prayers, along with the "Our Father" (the Lord's Prayer) and the 90th psalm of King David. It is part of the so-called "ordinary beginning", that is, the sequence of prayers that sounds at the beginning of many services and sequences, including at the beginning of our usual morning and evening prayers: "To the Heavenly King," the Trisagion, "Holy Trinity" , "Our Father".

This is followed by the appeal "Comforter" (Greek Παράκλητος). This is how the Savior called the Holy Spirit in a conversation with his disciples: “And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him and does not know Him; and you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you ”(John 14: 16-17). In addition to the obvious meaning of "one who comforts", this word can also be understood in the meaning of "mediator", "go", "intercessor".

Prayer to the Holy Spirit, the King of Heaven

Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfill everything, Treasure of the good and life to the Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, Beloved, our souls.

Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of truth, abiding everywhere and filling everything, the Source of good things and the Giver of life, come and dwell in us and cleanse us from all sin and save, O Good One, our souls.

This prayer is sung in the church before the beginning of the prayer service, and is also read or sung before the beginning of any work to invoke the Holy Spirit for help.

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Interpretation of the prayer "Heavenly King"

"To the Heavenly King" is perhaps one of the most famous prayers, along with "Our Father" (the Lord's Prayer) and the 90th Psalm of King David. It is part of the so-called "ordinary beginning", that is, the sequence of prayers that sounds at the beginning of many services and sequences, including at the beginning of our usual morning and evening prayers: "To the Heavenly King," the Trisagion, "Holy Trinity" , "Our Father".

"To the Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfill everything, Treasure of the good and life to the Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all defilement, and save our souls, Better."

"The Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, abiding everywhere and filling everything, the Treasury of goods and life Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all defilement, and save, O Good One, our souls."

- The prayer "Heavenly King" is addressed to the Third Person of the Holy Trinity - the Holy Spirit, the Life-giving Lord, coming from the Father (see the Creed). The origin and authorship of this prayer is unknown, but there is reason to believe that it arose near the end of the first millennium of the Christian era.

Finally, this prayer is one of the stichera of the service of Pentecost - and it is precisely this circumstance that has become the reason for our today's note. However, let us first consider the text of the prayer itself.

We address the Holy Spirit as the Heavenly King (cf. the beginning of the Lord's prayer: "Our Father who art in Heaven ..."). This conversion, strictly speaking, is not specific to the Third Hypostasis. Thus, for example, at Lenten Vespers the prayer “Heavenly to the King, strengthen the faith ...” is read, which most likely refers to Christ - but this is not entirely clear; one can also think that it is addressed to the Holy Trinity.

This is followed by the appeal "Comforter" (Greek παράκλητος). This is how the Savior called the Holy Spirit in a conversation with his disciples: “And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him and does not know Him; and you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you ”(John 14: 16-17). In addition to the obvious meaning of "one who comforts", this word can also be understood in the meaning of "mediator", "go", "intercessor".

We speak of the Holy Spirit, as well as God “in general,” as being omnipresent: “Who is everywhere”. The Church Slavonic expression that follows - "do everything" - probably confuses many. As can be seen from the above Russian translation, in this case we are not talking about the fulfillment of our prayers and desires, but all about the same - about the omnipresent Deity: "fulfill everything" means "everything that fills with Himself." However, here you can see something more: the Holy Spirit not only "mechanically" fills the universe with Himself, but He revives it, supports its existence every second - otherwise everything would disintegrate and fall apart, since the world we see has no other reason for its own origin and lasting existence apart from God.

There is one more expression in the Church Slavonic translation of the prayer, which, as can be assumed, is misunderstood by many: “The treasure of the good” does not at all mean that the Holy Spirit is some kind of treasure for good people. No, the Life-giving Spirit is a treasury of goods, a container and source of all that is good, good.

All those words and phrases that were now being discussed - all this was an appeal, which takes about two-thirds of the prayer. And then comes the pleading part.

What do we ask God for the Holy Spirit? We ask Him to come and dwell "in us." The latter can be understood in two ways (and one understanding by no means excludes the other): either we want each of us to become the abode of the Spirit, the temple of God; or (cf. John 1:14) - for the Holy Spirit to dwell among us, between us, uniting us into one Body of Christ.

Then we ask that the Spirit, dwelling in us, cleanse us from all filth - that is, from passions, from sin - and that He, the Good (that is, the Good), would save our souls, that is, would deliver us from the power of the world, the devil and, again, our own passions, and so that He would grant us the Kingdom of Heaven - that is, His own Kingdom (see the beginning of the prayer).

As mentioned above, the prayer "Heavenly King" is part of the service of the feast of Pentecost (otherwise, the Day of the Holy Trinity). Let us recall that this prayer is not read in the period from Easter to Pentecost: during the Easter period it is replaced by three times reading (or singing) of the troparion of Easter, and from Ascension to Easter it is not replaced by anything at all - and this significant absence emphasizes the tension with which the Church every year looks forward to the day of the sending of the Holy Spirit. And on the day of Pentecost, after seven weeks of a kind of abstinence, the prayer "To the Heavenly King" sounds again (it is often sung publicly) - first at Great Vespers, as the penultimate stichera on the verse, and then twice at Matins - after the 50th psalm and before the great doxology (instead of the usual "Blessed art Thou, Virgin Mary ..."). From that day on, "Heavenly King" is read daily until the first day of Easter.

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The text of the prayer to the Heavenly King sings one of the hypostases of our Lord. Unfortunately, it so happened that believers very rarely sing about the Holy Spirit, unlike all other Persons of the Holy Trinity. All this because the knowledge of people is based on the scriptures of the Gospel, which are highlighted in the Old Testament, where the expression of the Holy Spirit occurs three times. Twice in the book of Isaiah and once in 50 psalms.

Another characteristic fact of the difference between the Jewish and Christian faith is the understanding and interpretation of the essence of the Holy Spirit. In the first, the Spirit is not a person, a property of God the Father, that is, the totality of his Breath and Power.

Prayer to the Heavenly Comforter King

In the Gospel, the Heavenly King is mentioned more often. Probably every Christian knows that the Spirit came to the Savior during the Great Baptism. He also came to the apostles when they went to preach. That is why in the texts of prayers to the Heavenly King you have to listen not to the usual chorus "rejoice" or "rejoice", but the word "come", which invites the third person of the Holy Trinity.

Very often a Christian cannot imagine the image of God, which consists of three persons, but at the same time is Inseparable and Consubstantial. Nevertheless, the entire Orthodox Christian doctrine is based on this dogma.

For clarity, the clergy advise comparing the Holy Trinity with the image of an earthly woman, who can also be in several faces at once:

Also, the Lord himself combines three essences in himself.

feast of the Holy Trinity - celebrated on the 50th day after the celebration of Easter;
the day of the Holy Spirit - Monday after the celebration of the Great Trinity.

The text of the prayer is as follows:

and cleanse us from all filthiness,

and save, Blazhe, our souls.

May the Lord protect you!

Watch the video of the Orthodox prayer to the Heavenly King.

This prayer is read and sung many times at the festive service of Pentecost and is included in the initial prayers of almost all church services and household rules (in particular, morning prayers and for those to come). Why is it one of the first to be read? - So that during our prayer Spirit itself petitioned for us with unutterable sighs(Rom. 8:26).

Before proceeding to explain this familiar prayer to all of us, let us remember who the Holy Spirit is and what His action is in a person.

The Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, the Third Person of the Holy Trinity, the Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, penetrating everything and filling everything, the Source of blessings and the Giver of life (Life-giving). He is the true God, eternally (outside of time) comes from the Father. The Holy Spirit possesses omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, the ability to work miracles, cleanse people from sin, revive and sanctify their souls, and help them in doing good deeds. God-inspired books were written by His inspiration, He put the words of God into the mouths of the prophets and apostles. He descended on the apostles in the form of tongues of fire on the day of Pentecost.

The Holy Spirit is constantly at work in the Church of Christ. By his action during the Liturgy, a great Sacrament is performed: the deposition of the Holy Gifts - bread and wine - into the Body and Blood of Christ. During the Sacrament of Confirmation, which takes place immediately after Baptism, the Holy Spirit descends on a person and places in his soul the seed of a new grace-filled life in Christ. Further, it depends on the person himself (and his loved ones, if Baptism occurred in infancy) whether this good seed will sprout and bear fruit or will be drowned out by weeds.

The Monk Seraphim of Sarov taught that the goal of a Christian's life is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit, that is, such a state of a person when the Holy Spirit incomprehensibly dwells in him and dwells in him, introducing him to the fullness of Divine life. Explaining this to his student N. Motovilov, Father Seraphim changed: his face shone like the sun. And then, through his prayer, the Lord gave Motovilov an experience of the power of the Holy Spirit: peace, silence, joy, warmth, sweetness, fragrance and light exceeding any earthly concept.

We call a person holy if he has acquired (that is, acquired) the Holy Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit in such a person is righteousness and truth (see Eph. 5: 9), love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, mercy, faith, meekness, abstinence(Gal. 5, 22-23).

What does it take to acquire these wonderful qualities? - Trust every word of Christ and try to live according to His will, look for something more Heavenly than earthly, try to love everyone and not offend anyone, repent of our sins and beg the Lord to save us. Let us not forget that spiritual deed is not so much an external feat (prayers, frequent participation in services, etc.), as a painstaking, constant compulsion to fulfill the commandments of God in thoughts, desires, words and deeds. (We know all this, but we are lazy - we think that, lying on a warm stove, we will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. However, thank God, we are doing at least something - maybe the long-suffering Lord, who took two mites, will look at us, negligent.) In all these of our small labors, the Lord the Holy Spirit helps us. He gives grace in the sacraments of the church, in home prayers; Our churches are filled with them, help is given to them through our prayer from the holy icons and relics.

Let us also pray together with the Apostle Paul, for God ... to give US Spirit of wisdom and revelation to the knowledge of Him, and enlightened the eyes of the heart our so that we know what the hope of His calling consists in, and what the riches of His glorious inheritance are for the saints, and how immeasurable is the greatness of His might in us(Eph. 1: 17-19). And let's not forget the words of the Savior: The Heavenly Father will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him(Luke 11, 13).

Now let's move on to explaining the prayer itself.

1. King, Comforter, Soul, Giver, Better- these are the vocative case forms (now lost). Translated into modern language, these words sound like this: King, Comforter, Spirit, Giver, Good.

2. Heavenly King... We call the Holy Spirit the King, the Sovereign of the Kingdom of Heaven as God and the Third Person of the Holy Trinity.

"Heavenly" means spiritual, not earthly. The Kingdom of Heaven is also called paradise, "the life of the age to come", "new heaven", "Heavenly Jerusalem" (the last names refer to the time of the Second Coming of the Savior). In him, the angelic powers and the souls of the righteous rejoice (abide in eternal joy and mutual love), for whom God is the Source of love and light that transcends all understanding. There is no evil in the Kingdom of Heaven, including death.

The Lord commanded us, first of all, to seek the earthly kingdom of God, which is hidden in our hearts. "The ladder (ladder) leading to the Kingdom is within you, intimate in your soul," says the great ascetic of the 7th century, the Monk Isaac the Syrian.

3. To the comforter means "Called for help, Patron, Protector". The Greek verb "to console" also means "to calm down, placate, comfort in sorrow, persuade, instruct to a virtuous life."

4. To the soul of truth- The spirit of truth, revealing to a person the truth about himself and the visible and invisible world around him (that is, about the meaning of his life, the spiritual laws of being, heaven and hell, etc.), enlightening and instructing people on the true path of God, putting words in the mouth of the prophets and confessors: Your Father's Spirit will speak in you(Matthew 10:20).

Before His death on the Cross, the Lord said to the disciples: But when the Comforter comes, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me and guide you into all truth.(John 15:26; 16:13); But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of everything that I have told you.(John 14:26). After the Ascension of Christ, the Holy Spirit directly instructed and admonished the disciples preaching about Christ and His Kingdom.

5. You are everywhere and do everything- Who is everywhere and fills everything (the whole world, all being).

6. Treasure of the Seelie- Source, Treasury of all that is good, good.

7. Life to the Giver... The Holy Spirit gives life to the whole world, to all living things, that is, it animates, and gives people also Divine, eternal life, that is, it spiritualizes, provided that they seek, hunger and thirst for this life.

8. In us - in us.

9. Cleanse us from all filthiness... The Holy Spirit cleanses the faithful and the humble in heart from sinful defilement. This is necessary, since nothing nasty can enter the "paradise of sweetness" the Kingdom of Heaven. In the earthly world, Christ dwells only in those souls that are purified by sincere repentance.

10. Closer... The Holy Spirit is called good as one of the persons of the Holy Trinity, for no one is good but God alone(Mark 10, 18).

11. Save ... our souls... The most important thing for a person is the salvation of his soul. That is why the Lord came to earth. This is what we pray to the Holy Spirit. If it is important to save a person's earthly life, then it is incomparably more important to save his eternal soul.

About prayer. Errors and temptations during prayer
Author: Archpriest Arkady Steinberg
The first and most serious mistake in prayer is not praying. This happens either because a person has never prayed and does not know how to start this (and often - and why? his life.

To a lonely woman about prayer
Author: Saint Nicholas of Serbia
You are grieved that God does not hear your prayers ... Do not complain about the One from whom we have both being, and life, and breath, and reason, and everything. I ask you, do not complain about the One who a thousand times more has the right to complain about us before the Angels and His saints.
Even if the Lord did not literally fulfill our prayers, they still bear fruit for our souls, making our souls more mature and richer. This is the secret that those who walk the path of spiritual experience have learned.

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5 powerful prayers to the Holy Spirit

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Prayer to the Holy Spirit for the fulfillment of desire

“The Holy Spirit, illuminating all the ways with His light and providing help in any trouble! May it not pass me by, humbly asking the servant of God (name), Your guidance and blessing, Your great help and mercy. I pray for forgiveness of my sins and for the cleansing of my soul from all evil and deceit. I thank You for Your saving and I glorify You ever and ever and ever. My gaze will not turn away from Your deeds, my lips will not tire of praying thanks to You. I want to be near You and carry Your Word always. Let my need disappear and my need (desire) be fulfilled according to Your will. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen."

Prayer to the Holy Spirit " Heavenly King»

"To the Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfill everything, Treasure of the good and life to the Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all defilement, and save our souls, Better."

Another prayer to the Holy Spirit " Heavenly King»

“To the Heavenly King, the All-blessed Comforter, the Soul of truth, eternally proceed from the Father and rest in the Son, an unenviable source of divine gifts, dividing them in some way, as if you want, He and we are unworthy to be sanctified and designate the Esma on the day of our baptism! Take your servant to prayer, come to us, dwell in us, and cleanse our souls, so that we will be prepared in the abode of the Most Holy Trinity. To her, O All-blessed One, do not abhor our filthiness and sinful wounds, but heal me with Thy all-encompassing anointing. Enlighten our mind, let us understand the vanity of the world and even in the world, revive our conscience, let it constantly announce to us that it is proper to create and even sweep it away, correct and renew the heart, so that day and night do not exude evil thoughts and undesirable desires. Tame the flesh and quench the flame of passions with Your dewy breath, and the precious image of God will darken in us. Drive away from us the spirit of idleness, despondency, lust and idle talk, give us the spirit of love and patience, the spirit of meekness and humility, the spirit of purity and righteousness, and having corrected the weakened heart and knee, we follow the path of the commandments of the saints, and thus avoiding all sin and fulfilling all righteousness, let us be vouchsafed to achieve a peaceful and not shameful end, bring us into heavenly Jerusalem, and there we worship You together with the Father and the Son, singing forever and ever: Holy Trinity, glory to You. Amen."

Prayer to the Holy Spirit with fear and anxiety

“Holy soul! Fill the entire universe with yourself, and give life to everyone, move away from the bad people, I humbly pray to You: do not disdain the impurity of my soul, but come and dwell in me and cleanse me from all sinful filth. May I live with Your help the rest of my life in repentance and the creation of good deeds, and so I will glorify Thee with the Father and the Son for ever and ever. Amen!"

Prayer to the Holy Spirit before starting a deed

“To the Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfill everything, Treasure of the good and life to the Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save our souls, Beloved. Bless, Lord, and help me, a sinner, to complete the work I have begun, for Thy glory. Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of Thy Beginning Father, Thou art Thou most purely Thy lips, as without Me you cannot do anything. My Lord, Lord, by faith the volume in my soul and heart spoken by You, I fall to Your goodness: help me, a sinner, this work, which I have begun, to accomplish about You, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, through the prayers of the Mother of God and all Your saints ... Amen."

Descent of the Holy Spirit. Handwritten Gospel of the Syrian monk Rabula. 586 Library Laurenziana, Florence

Stanza, voice 6:
Heavenly King,
Comforter,
To the soul of truth
Anywhere else
and do everything
Treasure of the Seelie
and life to the Giver,
come
and dwell in us,
and cleanse us from all filthiness,
and save, Blazhe, our souls.

Greek original:
Βασιλεῦ οὐράνιε,
Παράκλητε,
τὸ Πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας,
ὁ πανταχοῦ παρών,
καὶ τὰ πάντα πληρῶν,
ὁ θησαυρὸς τῶν ἀγαθῶν,
καὶ ζωῆς χορηγός,
ἐλθέ,
καὶ σκήνωσον ἐν ἡμῖν,
καὶ καθάρισον ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης κηλῖδος,
καὶ σῶσον ἀγαθὲ τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.

Translation by hierom. Ambrose (Timrota):
Heavenly King,
Comforter,
Spirit of Truth,
abiding everywhere
and filling everything
Treasure trove of goods
and the life of the Giver,
come
and dwell in us
and cleanse us from all filthiness,
and save our souls, O Good One.

The prayer "Heavenly King" is addressed to the Third Person of the Holy Trinity - the Holy Spirit, the Life-giving Lord, who proceeds from the Father (see the Creed). The origin and authorship of this prayer is unknown, but there is reason to believe that it arose near the end of the first millennium of the Christian era.

In addition, there is a custom to read "Heavenly King" in order to invoke the Holy Spirit before starting any business. Undoubtedly, one of these things is prayer, church worship. And this, presumably, explains the inclusion of the prayer "Heavenly King" in the composition of the usual beginning.
Finally, this prayer is one of the stichera of the service of Pentecost - and it is precisely this circumstance that has become the reason for our today's note. However, let us first consider the text of the prayer itself.

Further, we call the Spirit the giver of life - here it is appropriate to recall another chant that sounds quite often at the all-night vigil: "By the Holy Spirit every soul lives, and it rises in purity ..."
All those words and phrases that were now being discussed - all this was an appeal, which takes about two-thirds of the prayer. And then comes the pleading part.
What do we ask God for the Holy Spirit? We ask Him to come and dwell "in us." The latter can be understood in two ways (and one understanding by no means excludes the other): either we want each of us to become the abode of the Spirit, the temple of God; or (cf. John 1:14) - for the Holy Spirit to dwell among us, between us, uniting us into one Body of Christ.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquity; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.

Lord's Prayer

Symbol of faith

Virgin Mary

Virgin Mary, rejoice, Blessed Mary, the Lord is with you; blessed are you in women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, as you gave birth to our souls.

It is worthy to eat

Sunday Song for the Reading of the Gospel

Song of the Most Holy Theotokos

My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in the Boz, My Savior.

Chorus: The most honest Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to the God of the Word without corruption, the Mother of God, we magnify Thee.

As a lookout for humility, His servants, from now on, they will please all of Me.

For make Me greatness, Strong, and holy is His name, and His mercy for generations and generations that fear Him.

Create power with Your own arm, dissolve their hearts with pride.

Cast the mighty one down from the throne, and lift up the humble one; Fill the thirsty with blessings, and let him go who are rich.

Perceive His youth Israel, remember mercy, as a verb to our father, Abraham and his seed, even to the age.

Prayer of the righteous Simeon the God-Receiver

Psalm 50 penitential

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