Morning Prayers
Trisagion Prayers & Creed
These foundational prayers are often prayed at the beginning of Orthodox prayer rules and services. They gather our hearts to worship the Holy Trinity and confess the faith of the Church.
Use this page as a single place to pray the Trisagion Prayers, the Troparia to the Holy Trinity, the Prayer to the Holy Trinity, the Nicene Creed, and the Prayer of St. Basil the Great.
O Master, Lord Jesus Christ our God, who art long-suffering toward our sins and hast brought us even unto this present hour… have mercy on us.
St. Basil the Great
Note: Texts can vary slightly by jurisdiction and prayer book. If you pray from a printed prayer book, feel free to follow your local usage.
Prayers
Texts
Pray slowly, with attention, making the sign of the Cross where customary.
Trisagion Prayers
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere present and fillest all things; Treasury of blessings and Giver of life: Come and abide in us, and cleanse us from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3×)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O Most-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy Name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy. (3×)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in the heavens, 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Troparia to the Holy Trinity
Having risen from sleep, we fall down before Thee, O Good One, and cry out to Thee, O Mighty One, the angelic hymn: Holy, Holy, Holy art Thou, O God. Through the Theotokos, have mercy on us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
From sleep having risen, we fall down before Thee, O Good One, and cry out to Thee, O Mighty One: Holy, Holy, Holy art Thou, O God. Through the saints, have mercy on us.
Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
From sleep having risen, we fall down before Thee, O Good One, and cry out to Thee, O Mighty One: Holy, Holy, Holy art Thou, O God. Through the Theotokos, have mercy on us.
Prayer to the Holy Trinity
O Most-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy Name’s sake.
The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages. Light of Light; true God of true God; begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father; by Whom all things were made; Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man; And He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried; And the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; And ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father; And He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; Whose Kingdom shall have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; Who spake by the prophets.
In one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come. Amen.
Prayer of St. Basil the Great
O Lord Almighty, the God of hosts and of all flesh, Who livest in the highest and lookest upon the humble; Who searchest the hearts and reins, and clearly foreknowest the secrets of men: O timeless and everlasting God, Who acceptest repentance for sins, and grantest forgiveness; Who desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his way and live: Do Thou Thyself, O Master, accept also the repentance of me, a sinner, and have mercy on me. Forgive me all my transgressions, voluntary and involuntary, in word and deed, in knowledge and in ignorance. Cleanse me from all defilement of flesh and spirit, and grant me to pass the whole night of this present life in watchfulness and sobriety, awaiting the coming of the bright and manifest day of Thine Only-begotten Son, our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, when He shall come with glory to judge the living and the dead, and to render unto every man according to his deeds. That I may not be found lying down in sloth, but awake and risen up for the doing of good, and that I may enter with Him into the joy and divine chamber of His glory, where the sound of them that keep festival is unceasing, and the ineffable delight of them that behold the beauty of Thy countenance. For Thou art the true Light that enlighteneth and sanctifieth all things, and all creation doth hymn Thee unto ages of ages. Amen.