Prayer Rule of Saint Seraphim of Sarov

A short daily rule: the Lord’s Prayer and the angelic salutation three times, and the Creed once.

Read this rule in the morning, before lunch, and before going to sleep.

The Lord’s Prayer

Read three times in honor of the Holy Trinity.

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.

Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos

Read three times.

Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos! Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, for you have borne the Savior of our souls!

The Symbol of Faith

Read once.

  1. I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
  2. 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;
  3. 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.
  4. And He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried.
  5. And the third day He arose again, according to the Scriptures,
  6. and ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father;
  7. and He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; whose Kingdom shall have no end.
  8. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, Who proceeds from the Father; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spoke by the prophets.
  9. In one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.
  10. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.
  11. I look for the resurrection of the dead,
  12. and the life of the world to come. Amen.