PRAYER OF EXORCISM: FOR THOSE IMPASSIONED OR IMPRISONED BY DEMONS, AND

EVERY MANNER OF DEMONIC ILLNESS OR CONTROL of

St. Basil the Great
First Prayer of Exorcism
Let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy.
O God of gods and Lord of lords, Creator of the fiery ranks, and Fashioner of the fleshless powers,
the Artisan of heavenly things and those under the heavens, Whom no man has seen, nor is able to
see, Whom all creation fears: Into the dark depths of Hell, You hurled the commander who had
become proud, and who, because of his disobedient service, was cast down from the height to earth,
as well as the angels that fell away with him, all having become evil demons.
Grant that this my exorcism being performed in Your awesome name, be terrible to the Master of evil
and to all his minions who had fallen with him from the height of bright
ness. Drive him into banishment, commanding him to depart hence, so that no harm might be worked
against Your sealed Image. And, as You have commanded, let those who are sealed receive the
strength to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and upon all power of the Enemy. For manifested,
hymned, and glorified with fear, by everything that has breath is Your most holy Name: of the Father
(+), and of the Son (+), and of the Holy (+) Spirit, now and ever and into ages of ages. Amen.
Second Prayer of Exorcism
Let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy.
I expel you, primal source of blasphemy, prince of the rebel host, originator of evil. I expel you,
Lucifer, who was cast from the brilliance on high into the darkness of the abyss on account of your
arrogance: I expel you and all the fallen hosts which followed your will: I expel you, spirit of
uncleanness, who revolted against Adonai, Elo him, the omnipotent God of Sabaoth and the army of
His angels. Be gone and depart from the servant (handmaid) of God N. . I expel you in the name of
Him Who created all things by His Word, His Only Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, Who was
ineffably and dispassionately born before all the ages; by Whom was formed all things visible and
invisible, Who made man after His Image: Who guarded him by the angels, Who trained him in the
Law, Who drowned sin in the flood of waters from above and Who shut up the abysses under the
heaven, Who demolished the impious race of giants, Who shook down the tower of Ba bel, Who
reduced Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes by sulfur and fire, a fact to which the unceasing vapors
testify; and Who by the staff of Moses separated the waters of the Red Sea, opening a waterless path
for the people while the tyrannical Pharaoh and his God fighting army were drowned forever in its
waves for his wicked persecution of them; and Who in these last days was inexplicably incarnate of a
pure Virgin who pre served the seal of her chastity intact; and Who was pleased to purge our ancient
defilement in the baptismal cleansing. I expel you, Satan, by virtue of Christ's baptism in the Jordan,
which for us is a type of our inheritance of in corruption through grace and sanctified waters: the
same One Who astounded the angels and all the heavenly powers when they beheld God incarnate
in the flesh and also revealed at the Jordan His beginningless Father and the Holy Spirit with Whom
He shares the unity of the Trinity. I expel you, evil one, in the name of Him Who re buked the winds
and stilled the turbulent sea; Who banished the legion of demons and opened the eyes of him who
was born blind from his mother's womb; and Who from clay fashioned sight for him, whereby He
reenacted the ancient refashioning of our face; Who restored the speech of the speechless, purged
the stigma of leprosy, raised the dead from the grave and Who Himself de spoiled Hades by His
death and Resurrection thereby rendering mankind impervious to death. I expel you, in the name of
Almighty God Who filled men with the in breathing of a divinely in spired voice and Who wrought
together with the Apostles the piety, which has filled the universe. Fear and flee, run, leave, unclean
and accursed spirit, deceitful and unseemly creature of the infernal depths, visible through deceit,
hidden by pretense. De part wherever you may ap pear, Beelzebub, vanish as smoke and heat,
bestial and serpentine thing, whether disguised as male or female, whether beast or crawling thing or
flying, whether garrulous, mute or speechless, whether bringing fear of being trampled, or rending
apart, conniving, whether oppressing him (her) in sleep, by some display of weakness, by distracting
laughter, or taking pleasure in false tears whether by lechery or stench of carnal lust, pleasure,
addiction to drugs, divination or astrology, whether dwelling in a house, whether possessed by
audacity, or contentious ness or instability, whether striking him with lunacy, or returning to him after
the passage of time, whether you be of the morning, noonday, midnight or night, indefinite time or
daybreak, whether spontaneously or sent to someone or coming upon him (her) unawares, whether
from the sea, a river, from beneath the earth, from a well, a ravine, a hollow, a lake, a thicket of reeds,
from matter, land, refuse, whether from a grove, a tree, a thicket, from a fowl, or thunder, whether
from the precincts of a bath, a pool of water or from a pagan sepulcher or from any place where you
may lurk; whether by knowledge or ignorance or any place not mentioned. Depart, separate yourself
from him (her), be ashamed before him who was made in the image of God and shaped by His hand.
Fear the likeness of the incarnate God and no longer hide in His servant (handmaid) N.; rather await
the rod of iron, the fiery furnace of Tartars, the gnashing of teeth as reprisal for dis obedience. Be
afraid, be still, flee, neither return nor hide in him some other kind of evil, unclean spirits. Depart into
the uncultivated, water less waste of the desert where no man dwells, where God alone vigilantly
watches, Who shall bind you that dares with envy to plot against His image and Who, with chains of
darkness shall hold you in Tartars, Who by day and night and for a great length of time has devised
all manner of evils, O devil; for great is your fear of God and great is the glory of the Father, of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Third Prayer of Exorcism
Let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy.
O God of the heavens, God of Light, God of the Angels and Archangels obedient to Thine Authority
and Power; O God Who art glorified in Thy Saints, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Thine Only
begotten Son, Who de livered the souls which were bound to death and Who enlightened them that
dwelt in darkness; He Who released us from all our misery and pain and Who has protected us from
the assaults of the enemy. And Thou, O Son and Word of God, has purposed us for immortality by
Thy death and glorified us with Thy glory; Thou Who loosed us from the fetters of our sins through
Thy Cross, rendering us pleasing to Thyself and uniting us with God; Thou Who didst rescue us from
destruction and cured all our diseases; Thou Who set us on the path to heaven and changed our
corruption to in corruption. Hear Thou me who cry unto Thee with longing and fear, Thou before
Whom the mountains and the firmament under the heavens do shrink; Thou Who makest the physical
elements to tremble, keeping them within their own limits; and because of Whom the fires of
retribution dare not overstep the boundary set for them but must await the decision of Thy Will; and
for Whom all creation sighs with great sighs awaiting deliverance; by Whom all adverse natures have
been put to flight and the legion of the enemy has been subdued, the devil is affrighted, the serpent
tram pled under foot and the dragon slain; Thou Who has enlightened the nations which confess and
welcome Thy rule, O Lord; Thou through Whom life hath appeared, hope hath prevailed, through
Whom the man of the earth was recreated by belief in Thee. For Who is like unto Thee, Almighty
God?
Wherefore we beseech Thee, O Father, Lord of mercies, Who existed before the ages and surpasses
all good, calling upon Thy holy name, through the love of Thy Child, Jesus Christ, the Holy One, and
Thine All powerful Spirit. Cast away from his (her) soul every malady, all disbelief, spare him (her)
from the furious attacks of un clean, infernal, fiery, evil serving, lustful spirits, the love of gold and
silver, conceit, fornication, every shameless, unseemly, dark and profane demon. Indeed, O God,
expel from Thy servant (handmaiden) N. every energy of the devil, every enchantment and delusion;
all idolatry, lunacy, astrology, necromancy, every bird of omen, the love of luxury and the flesh, all
greed, drunken ness, carnality, adultery, licentiousness, shamelessness, anger, contentiousness, con
fusion and all evil suspicion. Yea, O Lord our God, breathe upon him (her) the Spirit of Thy Peace,
watch over him (her) and produce thereby the fruits of faith, virtue, wisdom, chastity, self-control, love,
uprightness, hope, meekness, longsuffering, patience, prudence and understanding in Thy servant
(handmaiden) that he (she) may be welcomed by Thee in the name of Jesus Christ, believing in the
coessential Trinity, giving witness and glorifying Thy dominion, along with the Angels and Archangels
and all the heavenly host, guarding our hearts by them; for all things are possible to Thee, O Lord.
Therefore, we ascribe glory to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and
unto the ages of ages. Amen.

EXORCISMS or PRAYERS OF DELIVERANCE FOR GENERAL USE of

St. John Chrysostom
First Prayer
O Eternal God, Who has re deemed the race of men from the captivity of the devil, deliver Thy
servant (handmaid) N. from all the workings of unclean spirits. Command the evil and impure spirits
and demons to depart from the soul and body of N. your servant (handmaid) and not to remain nor
hide in him (her). Let them be banished from this the creation of Thy hands in Thine own holy name
and that of Thine only begotten Son and of Thy life creating Spirit, so that, after being cleansed from
all demonic influence, he (she) may live holy, godly, justly and righteously and may be counted
worthy to receive the Holy Mysteries of Thine only begotten Son and our God with Whom Thou art
blessed and glorified together with the all holy and good and life creating Spirit now and ever and
unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Second Prayer
O Thou Who hast rebuked all unclean spirits and by the power of Thy Word has banished the legion,
come now, through Thine only begotten Son upon this creature, which Thou hast fashioned in Thine
own image and deliver him (her) from the adversary that holds him (her) in bondage, so that,
receiving Thy mercy and becoming purified, he (she) might join the ranks of Thy holy flock and be
preserved as a living temple of the Holy Spirit and might receive the divine and holy Mysteries
through the grace and com passion and loving kindness of Thine only begotten Son with Whom Thou
art blessed together with Thine all holy and good and life creating Spirit now and ever and unto the
ages of ages. Amen.
Third Prayer
We beseech Thee, O Lord, Almighty God, Most High, un tempted, peaceful King. We beseech Thee
Who has created the heaven and the earth, for out of Thee has issued the Alpha and the Omega, the
beginning and the end, Thou Who has ordained that the four footed and irrational beasts be under
subjection to man, for Thou hast subjected them. Lord, stretch out Thy mighty hand and Thy sublime
and holy arm and in Thy watchful care look down upon this Thy creature and send down upon him
(her) a peaceful angel, a mighty angel, a guardian of soul and body, that will rebuke and drive away
every evil and un clean demon from him (her), for Thou alone are Lord, Most High, almighty and
blessed unto ages of ages. Amen.
Fourth Prayer
We make this great, divine, holy and awesome invocation and plea, O devil, for thine expulsion, as
well as this rebuke for your utter annihilation, O apostate!
God Who is holy, beginning less, frightful, invisible in essence, infinite in power and incomprehensible
in divinity, the King of glory and Lord Almighty, He shall rebuke thee, devil! He Who composed all
things well by his Word from nothingness into being; He Who walks upon the wings of the air.
The Lord rebukes thee, devil! He Who calls forth the water of the sea and pours it upon the face of all
the earth. Lord of Hosts is His name.
O devil: the Lord rebukes thee! He Who is ministered to and praised by numberless heavenly orders
and adored and glorified in fear by multitudes of angelic and archangelic hosts.
O Satan: the Lord rebukes thee! He Who is honored by the encircling Powers, the awesome six
winged and many eyed Cherubim and Seraphim that cover their faces with two wings because of His
inscrutable and unseen divinity and with two wings cover their feet, lest they be seared by His
unutterable glory and incomprehensible majesty, and with two wings do fly and fill the heavens with
their shouts of "Holy, holy, holy, Lord Sabaoth, heaven and earth are full of Thy glory!"
Attend devil, the Lord rebukes thee! He Who came down from the Father's bosom and, through the
holy, inexpressible, immaculate and adorable Incarnation from the Virgin, appeared ineffably in the
world to save it and cast thee down from heaven in His authoritative power and showed thee to be an
outcast to every man.
Attend Satan, the Lord rebukes thee! He Who said to the sea, be silent, be still, and instantly it was
calmed at His command. O devil: The Lord rebukes thee! He Who made clay with His immaculate
spittle and refashioned the wanting member of the man blind from birth and gave him his sight.
Attend devil: The Lord re bukes thee! He Who by His word restored to life the daughter of the ruler of
the synagogue and snatched the son of the widow out from the mouth of death and gave him whole
and sound to his own mother. Devil: The Lord re bukes thee! The Lord Who raised Lazarus the four
days dead from the dead, undecayed, as if not having died, and unblemished to the astonishment of
many.
Attend Satan: The Lord rebukes thee! He Who destroyed the curse by the blow on His face and by
the lance in His immaculate side lifted the flaming sword that guarded Paradise. Devil: The Lord
rebukes thee! He Who dried all tears from every face by the spitting upon His precious expressed
image. Devil: The Lord rebukes thee! He Who set His Cross as a support, the salvation of the world,
to thy fall and the fall of all the angels under thee.
Attend Devil: The Lord rebukes thee! He Who spoke from His Cross and the curtain of the temple
was torn in two, and the rocks were split and the tombs were opened and those who were dead from
the ages were raised up. Devil: The Lord rebukes thee! He Who by death put death to death and by
His rising granted life to all men.
May the Lord rebuke thee, Satan! It is, He Who descended into Hades and opened its tombs and set
free those held prisoner in it, calling them to Himself; before Whom the gatekeepers of Hades
shuddered when they saw Him and, hiding themselves, vanished in the anguish of Hades. May the
Lord rebuke thee, devil! It is, Christ our God Who arose from the dead and granted His Resurrection
to all men.
May the Lord rebuke thee, Satan! He Who in glory ascended into heaven to His Father, sitting on the
right of majesty upon the throne of glory. Devil: May the Lord rebuke thee! He Who shall come again
with glory upon the clouds of heaven with His holy angels to judge the living and the dead. Devil: May
the Lord rebuke thee! He Who has prepared for thee unquenchable fire, the unsleeping worm and the
outer darkness unto eternal punishment.
Attend Devil: May the Lord rebuke thee! For before Him all things shudder and tremble from the face
of His power and the wrath of His warning upon thee is uncontainable.
Satan: The Lord rebukes thee by His frightful name!
Shudder, tremble, be afraid, depart, be utterly destroyed, be banished! Thee who fell from heaven
and together with thee all evil spirits: every evil spirit of lust, the spirit of evil, a day and nocturnal
spirit, a noonday and evening spirit, a midnight spirit, an imaginative spirit, an encountering spirit,
whether of the dry land or of the water, or one in a forest, or among the reeds, or in trenches, or in a
road or a crossroad, in lakes, or streams, in houses, or one sprinkling in the baths and chambers, or
one altering the mind of man.
Depart swiftly from this creature of the Creator Christ our God! And be gone from the servant
(handmaid) of God N., from his (her) mind, from his (her) soul, from his (her) heart, from his (her)
reins, from his (her) senses, from all his (her) members, that he (she) might become whole and sound
and free, knowing God, his (her) own Master and Creator of all things, He Who gathers together
those who have gone astray and Who gives them the seal of salvation through the rebirth and
restoration of divine Baptism, so that he may be counted worthy of His immaculate, heavenly and
awesome Mysteries and be united to His true fold, dwelling in a place of pasture and nourished on
the waters of repose, guided pastorally and safely by the staff of the Cross unto the forgiveness of
sins and life everlasting.
For unto Him belong all glory, honor, adoration and majesty together with Thy beginning less Father
and His all holy, good and lifegiving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.+++