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Trisagion Prayers

3 min

Stand before an icon and make the sign of the cross.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Glory to You, our God, glory to You.

O Heavenly King

O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, who are everywhere present and fill all things, Treasury of blessings and Giver of life: come and dwell within us, cleanse us of all stain, and save our souls, O Good One.

From Easter to Ascension, the Heavenly King is replaced by the Paschal troparion: Christ is risen from the dead, by death He trampled death, and to those in the tombs He granted life. (Three times)

Trisagion

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: have mercy on us.

(Three times)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Most Holy Trinity

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us of our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for the sake of Your Name.

Lord, have mercy. (Three times)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

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

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

Advéniat regnum tuum.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

sed líbera nos a malo.

Amen.

About this prayer

The opening prayers of nearly every Byzantine service and private rule: *O Heavenly King*, the thrice-holy hymn, the prayer to the Most Holy Trinity and the Our Father.

History

*Trisagion* is Greek for "thrice holy". The hymn *Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal* has been sung in the liturgy of Constantinople since the fifth century, and the short sequence built around it opens the hours of the *Horologion*, the Divine Liturgy's preparation and the daily prayers of the faithful, Catholic and Orthodox alike.

How to pray it

Pray standing before an icon, making the sign of the cross and a small bow at each *Holy God* and at each *Glory*. They can stand alone as a short rule, or open any other prayer.

Text as in the corpus's Byzantine morning rule: structured after the [Byzantine Catholic morning rule of prayer](https://www.byzcath.org/index.php/resources/worship-prayer-old/a-rule-of-prayer?view=article&id=2705:a-morning-rule-of-prayer&catid=31) (byzcath.org); Portuguese text from the *Pequeno Devocionário Ortodoxo* (Ortodoxia.pt, 2019).