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The Prayer of the [[Three Holy Children]] is a component of the biblical [[Book of Daniel]]. It is a segment of a larger component called '''The Prayer of [[Azariah]] and the Prayer of the [[Three Holy Children]],''' omitted from which. although part of the [[Protestantism|ProtestantSeptuagint]] [[Bible]]s text, is considered by Protestants as an part of the [[apocryphaApocrypha]]l additionrather than a fully canonical part of Scripture, is and so appears in most English-language bibles as a lengthy passage in ''[[Book seperate section. If included within the larger text of Daniel|Daniel]]'' 3 that , it would come appear in the third chapter of between verses 23 and 24 . In Orthodox Christian worship, the prayer is the basis of the seventh and eighth biblical [[canticles]] sung at [[Orthros]]. Although the text of the canticles are generally not read in Protestant Biblescontemporary practice, the hymns sung as part of the [[canon]] reference the theme of the Three Holy Children. This addition contains At [[Vespers]] of [[Holy Saturday]], the text of the prayer is heard as part of one of the fifteen Old Testament readings prescribed for that day. In Byzantine practice, the closing refrains to each verse "bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever" are chanted elaborately. The song constitutes a hymn of Azariah thanksgiving to God for deliverence from the fiery furnace into which the three young men, Ananias, Azarias and Misael (also known as Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in Babylonian; see Daniel 1:6-7) while had been cast by the three youths Persian king Nebuchadnezzar. They were in cast into the fiery furnacefor refusing to worship a golden idol that Nebuchadnezzar had created. However, a brief account an Angel of the Lord entered the furnace and protected the three young men. In liturgical practice, the event is seen to presage the [[angelResurrection]] who met them of Christ, thus its inclusion in the canon. The ''Abingdon Bible Handbook'' (ISBN 0687001692) suggests that the Prayer was based on an earlier composition and was added to the existing text of Daniel sometime in the furnace, second or first century B.C. ===Usage by Other Christians=== The [[Roman Catholic Church]] considers this text to be part of the deuterocanonical collection which was defined at the Council of Trent in 1546 as "sacred" and "canonical." The Book of Common Prayer of the hymn Church of praise they sang when they realized they were deliveredEngland includes the text as the canticle ''Benedicite omnia Opera''.