O great and most high God, Who alone hast immortality, and dwellest in light unapproachable, Who hast fashioned all creation in wisdom, Who hast divided the light from the darkness, and hast set the sun to rule the day and the moon and stars to rule the night, Who hast also vouchsafed unto us sinners at this present hour to come before thy presence with confession and to present unto Thee our evening doxology, do Thou thyself, 0 Lord, Lover of man, direct our prayer as incense before Thee, and accept it for an odor of sweet fragrance, and grant that our present evening and coming night be peaceful. Clothe us with the armor of light. Deliver us from the fear of night, and from everything that walketh in darkness, and grant that the sleep that Thou hast given for the repose of our infirmity may be free from every fantasy of the Devil. Yea, O Master of all, Leader of the good, may we, being moved to compunction upon our beds, remember Thy name in the night. And, enlightened by the exercise of Thy commandments, may we rise up in joyfulness of soul to the glorification of Thy goodness, and offer supplications and prayers unto Thy tenderness of heart, for our own sins and those of all Thy people, whom do Thou look upon in mercy, through the intercessions of the holy Theotokos.


For Thou art a good God who lovest man, 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.
(Seventh Prayer, Presanctified Liturgy)