Deliverance & Spiritual Protection

Prayer of St. Basil the Great Against Evil Spirits

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O God of gods and Lord of lords, Creator of the fiery ranks and Fashioner of the fleshless powers, Artisan of heaven and of the things beneath it: Do Thou, O Master of all, deliver Thy servant from every attack of the enemy. Take away from him every trace of the evil one, every sorcery, every spell, every enchantment, and every work of the devil. Rebuke every unclean and blasphemous spirit that troubles him. Drive far from him every dark and impure power, and set Thine angel round about him, that no evil may come near his dwelling. For Thou art our God, the God who showest mercy and savest, and unto Thee do we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Attributed to St. Basil the Great (d. 379); Byzantine Euchologion — lay petitionary form

About the prayer

St. Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea and one of the four great Eastern Doctors of the Church, died in 379. The exorcism prayers attributed to him have been used in the Byzantine Rite for centuries and appear in the Great Euchologion, the East's book of priestly prayers. The form here is adapted for private lay recitation as a petition: in Orthodox and Eastern Catholic practice the full exorcism prayers of St. Basil and St. John Chrysostom are read by a priest.

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