1
But let not your
fasts be with the hypocrites, for they fast on the second and fifth day of the
week. Rather, fast on the fourth day and the Preparation (Friday).
2
Do not pray
like the hypocrites, but rather as the Lord commanded in
His Gospel, like this:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come.
3
Thy
will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily (needful)
bread, and forgive us our debt as we also forgive our debtors.
4
And bring us
not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one (or, evil); for Thine is
the power and the glory for ever.. Pray this three times each day.