Lord's Prayer

central Christian prayer, taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples
Event christian_prayer Q23393
Lord's Prayer
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Summary

Lord's Prayer is a Christian prayer[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of christian prayer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,682 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Jesus Christ[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Christianity[4]
  • Instance of: prayer in the New Testament[5], excerpt[6], logion[7]
  • Genre: written prayer[8]
  • Commons category: Lord's Prayer[9]
  • Language of work or name: Greek[10], Czech[11]
  • Has part(s): Matthew 6:9[12], Matthew 6:10[13], Matthew 6:11[14], Matthew 6:12[15], Matthew 6:13[16]
  • Has edition or translation: Book of Common Prayer (1892)/Lord's Prayer[17], The Lord's Prayer (Orthodox)[18], The Church Hymnary/The Lord's Prayer[19], Fæder ūre[20], Notre Père[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lord's Prayer[22]
  • Commons gallery: Lord's Prayer[23]
  • Time of earliest written record: 100[24]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], The Encyclopedia Americana[27], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[28]
  • Title: Otče náš[29]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/lords-prayer[30], https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/lords-prayer[31]
  • Subtitle: Modlitba Páně[32]
  • First line: Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς·[33], Otče náš, jenž jsi na nebesích, posvěť se jméno tvé, přijď království tvé, buď vůle tvá jako v nebi, tak i na zemi.[34]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q25690046[35], Q25690619[36]
  • Last line: ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.[37]

Product Details

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  • MusicBrainz ID: 67f874dd-c483-4bb1-b0e5-4813fc3c02ed[38]

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Outcome and Impact

Things named for Lord's Prayer include paternoster[39]; Church of the Pater Noster[40], a church building[41], in Israel[42]; paternoster lake[43]; and Pater Noster lighthouse[44], a lighthouse[45], in Sweden[46], founded in 1868[47].

Why It Matters

Lord's Prayer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 121 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for it include paternoster[39]; Church of the Pater Noster[40], a church building[41], in Israel[42]; paternoster lake[43]; and Pater Noster lighthouse[44], a lighthouse[45], in Sweden[46], founded in 1868[47].

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  1. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/padre-nuestro
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  2. 22d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/padre-nuestro
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  3. 23d ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/padre-nuestro
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ P14483: p/padre-nuestro"
  4. 4w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orthodoxwiki id (english) → 7529
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  5. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3vNorE
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  6. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → lords-prayer
    Svkkl authority id → 0432299-Modlitba-Pane
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: lords-prayer, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941610|lords prayer (#289941610)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  7. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0432299-Modlitba-Pane
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  8. 19w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Encyclopedia Americana +1
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  9. 20w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/padre-nuestro
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: p/padrenuestro, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  10. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:11 +2
    Form of creative work → poem
    Creator → —
    Genre → written prayer
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 17434, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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