Traditional Prayers
Evening Prayer of St. Basil the Great
One of the evening prayers of St.
O Lord, Lord, who has delivered us from every arrow that flies by day,
deliver us from everything that walks in darkness.
Accept as an evening sacrifice the lifting up of our hands.
Grant us also to pass the course of the night blamelessly,
untempted by evil,
and deliver us from every disturbance and alarm
which comes to us from the devil.
Grant compunction to our souls
and thoughts of penitence at the judgement of your dread day.
Pierce our flesh with fear of you,
and mortify our members which are upon the earth,
that in the stillness of sleep
we may be enlightened by the contemplation of your judgements.
For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory,
of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Orthodox Prayer Book, Evening Prayers
About the prayer
Basil the Great (330–379), Archbishop of Caesarea, preserved in the Orthodox prayer book and in the service of Compline. It is prayed at the end of the day, especially by those afraid of the night.
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