I bought this Russian Orthodox prayer card because it features in a story I’m working on, in which there is a Russian character who treasures the card because his late mother gave it to him. But, I can’t read Russian so I don’t know what the prayer on the back says. I would be willing to PayPal a little bit of money to anyone who could translate it for me.
It’s not just regular Russian – it’s very “churchy”, as such I wasn’t all that clear on what some parts meant, but I did the best I could:
Prayer to the Guardian Angel
O holy angel, behold my humble (?) soul and passions of my life, do not abandon me – the sinner, but forgive me my trespasses. Do not let the demon of temptation to take hold of me, die by violent means (?); strengthen my poor and slim hand and lead me to the path to be saved. O holy angel of God, the holder and patron of my humble (?) soul and body, forgive me everything, (?) something something my entire life, something (?) and everybody who sinned last night, and cover me into the current day and protect me from various temptations, and if in any trespas I will anger God, pray for me to the Lord, so that he will confirm me (?) something and with honor shows me (?) as a slave of His. Amen
Hope this helps.
P.S. I suspect there’s probably a fairly similar Catholic prayer in English – but I don’t know one.
I love the Dope.
In reference to the OP, this is as close a reference as I could find.
Regards,
Shodan
My Russian must be rusty, I thought it said “In Soviet Russia, Guardian Angel prays to YOU!”
It’s actually a bit similar to The Lord’s Prayer.
The standard prayer to one’s guardian angel that we learnt was quite simple: