THE OFFERING OF EVENING AND MORNING INCENSE

The priest uncovers his head, stands at the door of the sanctuary,
and says:
Priest:
Have mercy on us, o God, the Father, the Pantocrator. All-Holy
Trinity, have mercy on us.
o Lord, God of the powers, be with us, for we have no helper in
iutoro our tribulations and afflictions but You.
Then he says the Lord’s Prayer. Our Father who art in heavens,
hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive
us our trespasses, as we non- forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
In Christ Jesus our hero Lord, for Thine is the kingdom and the
power and the glory forever. Amen.
People:
In Christ Jesus our hero Lord.
After this, the priest prostrates himself before the sanctuary door,
saying:
We worship You, 0 Christ, with Your good Father and the Holy
Spirit, for You have come) and saved us. ituono.
Then he prostrates before his fettow priests and the deacons, saying:
Bless me. Repentance Forgive me.
The priest greets his fellow priests, and stands before the sanctuary
door with contrition while spreading forth his hands. The deacons
stand behind him and to his right white he holds the cross in his
hand.
Priest:
Pray.
Deacon:
Stand up for prayer.
The priest bows his head towards his fellow priests, and, while
turning towards the west, he makes the sign of the cross over the
people with his right hand, and says:
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
The Prayer of Thanksgiving
Priest:
Let us give thanks to the beneficent and merciful God, the
Father of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
For He has covered us, helped us, guarded us, accepted us to
spared us, supported us, and has brought us to this hour. Let us also
ask the Lord our God, the Pantocrator, to guard us in all peace this
holy day and all the days of our life.
Deacon:
Pray
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
0 Master, Lord, God the Pantocrator, the Father of our Lord, God,
and Savior Jesus Christ, we thank You for everything, concerning
everything, and in nail and everything.
For You have covered us, helped us, and guarded us, accepted us life
to Your self spared us, supported us, and have brought us to this
hour. Deacon:
Pray that God may have mercy and compassion on us, hear us,
help us, and accept the supplications and prayers of His saints, for
that which is good on our behalf at all times; and forgive us our
sins.1f the pope or a bishop is present, the following phrase is
inserted. and to keep the life and standing of our honored father,
Papa and Abba , and his partner in the liturgy, our father the
bishop (metropolitan), Abba
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Therefore, we ask and entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind,
grant us to complete this holy day and all the days of our life in all
peace with Your fear.
All envy, all temptation, all the work of Satan, the counsel of
wicked men and the rising up of enemies, hidden and manifest,
The priest lowers his head towards the East and signs himself with
the cross, saying:
take them away from Then he turns towards the west from his right
and makes the sign of the cross over the people, saying the,
following. If the pope and bishop is present, he makes the sign of the
cross over the people and says the following instead of the priest.
and from all Your root On each of the following occasions, the priest
makes the sign of the cross accordingly:
(1) during the Offering of Evening and Morning Incense;
(2) during the Liturgy;
(3) during the Offering of Incense for the Absolution of the Woman;
(4) during Baptism or the Liturgy of the Water;
(5) during the Loosing of the Girdle of those who had been baptized;
(6) during Holy Matrimony;
(7) during the Unction of the Sick; and
(8) during the Litany for the Departed.
(1)and from this church,
(2)and from this table,
(3)and from this woman,
(4)and from this basin,
(5)and from this water,
(6)and from this bridegroom and bride,
(7)and from this infirm person,
(8)and from this soul, root
Then he turns towards the East, making the sign of the cross on the
altar, saying: and from this, Your roost holy place.
for us, who hay authority serpents and upon of the en And us from
by compass of-man/u only-beg Lord, Jesus Thins glory, worship You,
wit Holy of Life, essence and ages. An But those things which are
good and profitable do provide for us, for it is You who have given
us the authority to tread on root serpents and scorpions, and upon
all the power of the enemy. And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from the evil one, by the grace, compassion, and love- of-
mankind, of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus
Christ. Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the
wornhtp are due unto You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver
of Life, who is of one t essence with You, now and at all times and
unto the age of all ages. Amen.
THE VERSES OF THE CYMBALS
On Watos days (Wednesday through Saturday), the people say the
following.
People:
We worship the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit ....
On Adam days (Sunday through Tuesday), the people , say the
following.
People:
O come, let us worship the Holy Trinity.
Then the priest goes up to the attar and takes the incense box into
his hand, and inclining his head towards his triton priests, says:
Priest:
Bless.
If there is one priest present with him, he says:
Bless.
Inclining their heads towards the serving priest, the fellow priests
answer: You, bless.
Then the pnest turns to the altar and puts the incense .box in its
place, and laying his finger upon it, says:
Priest:
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God.
Having made the sign of the cross over the incense the priest pots
the first spoon of incense into, the censer, saying:
Blessed be God the.
 Father,the Pantocrator. Amen.
Deacon:
Amen.
The priest, making the sign of the cross again, pots a : second
spoon/ut of incense into the censer, saying:
Priest: Blessed be His only-begotten Son, JesusChrist our Lord.
Amen.
Deacon:
Amen.
If there are fellow priests, then each one pots in a spoon/ut of
incense the second time. Then, making the sign of the cross, the
serving priest puts a third spoon of incense into the center, saying:
Priest: Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclet.
Amen.
Deacon:
Amen.
The priest puts two spoonfuls of incense into the :
center, without making the sign of the cross, and says:
Priest: Glory and honor, honor and glory to the All-Holy Trinity, the,
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and at all times and unto
the age of all ages. Amen.
During evening incense, the priest prays the following.
Priest:
0 Christ our God, the Great, awesome and true, the only- begotten Son
and Logos of God the Father, ointment poured forth is Your holy
name, and in every place incense is offered to Your holy name, and
a pure offering.
Deacon:
Pray for our sacrifice and those who of have brought it.
Priest:
We ask You, 0 our Al Master, receive our prayers to Yourself Let our
prayers be set forth before You as incense, the thing up of our
hands as the evening sacrifice. For You are the true evening sacrifice,
who have offered Yourself upon the honored Cross for our sins,
according to the will of Your good Father, with whom You are blessed
with the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Jofe, who is of one essence with You,
now and at’ all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
During morning incense, the priest prays the following.
Priest:
0God, who received to Yourself the offerings of the righteous Abel, the
sacrfice of Noah and Abraham, and the incense of Aaron and
Zachariah
Deacon:
Pray for our sacrifice and those who have brought it.
Priest:
receive to Yourself this incense at the hands of us sinners, as a sweet
savor of incense unto the remission of our sins and those of the
fullness of Your people.
For blessed and full of glory is Your holy name, 0 Father and Son
and Holy Spirit, now and at all times and unto the age of all ages.
Amen. The priest now censes the altar while standing facing , the
East, and, as he begins to encircle the altar the first time, he says:
Priest:
We ask You, 0 our Master, remember, Lord, the peace of Your A one,
only, holy, catholic, and apostolic
Deacon:
Prayfor the peace of theone, holy, catholic, and apostolic
orthodox
Church of God.
Then the priest kisses the altar, and faces the south, white saying:
Priest:
that which exists from one end of the world to the other.
The priest proceeds to the east side of the altar, faces towards the
west, and continues saying:
Remember, 0 Lord, our blessed andhonored father, the archbishop
patriarch Abba and his spiritualbrothers, the Patriarch of Antioch
and the Patriarch of Eritrea Abouna
If a bishop or metropolitan is present, he adds:and his partner in the
liturgy, our father thebishop (metropolitan). Abba ___.
Deacon:
Pray fin. our high priest, Papa Abba , pope and patriarch and
archbishop of rhe great city of Alexandria; and his spiritual brothers,
the Patriarch of Antioch Mar and the Patriarch of Eritrea Abouna___,
If a bishop or metropolitan is present, he adds:
and his partner in the liturgy, our father the bishop (metropolitan),
Abba ___,
Then he concludes: and for our orthodox bishops.
Priest:
in keeping, keep them for us for many years and peaceful
The priest proceeds to the west side of the altar, faces towards the
East, continues censing, and, as he begins, to encircle the altar the
second time, he says:
Remember, 0 Lord, our assemblies; bless them.
Deacon:
Pray for this holy church and for our assemblies.
Priest:
Grant that they may be to us without that we may hold them according
to Your holy and blessed will:
He proceeds to the east side of the altar, faces towards the west,
and continues censing, and says: houses of prayer, houses of purify,
4)houses of blessing.Grant them to us, 0 Lord, and Your servants
who shall come after us, forever.
The priest proceeds to the west side of the altar, faces towards the
East, continues censing, and, as he begins to encircle the altar the
third time, he says:
Arise, 0 Lord God, let all Your enemies be scattered, and let all who
hate Your holy name flee before Your face.
He proceeds to the east side of the altar, faces toward the west, and
continues ceasing, and says:
But let Your people be in blessing, thousands of thousands and ten
thousand time thousand, doing Your will.
Then he proceeds to the west side of the altar, faces , toward the
East, and continues censing, and says:
Through the grace, compassion, and love- of-mankind of Your
only-begotten Son, our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
Then the priest offers incense above the altar three times towards
the East, saying the first time:
We worship You, Christ, with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit,
for You have come and saved us.
And the second lime: But as for me, I will come into Your house
in the multitude of Your mercy; I will worship toward Your holy
temple.
And the third time:
 Before the angels, I will sing praises to You and worship towards
Your holy temple.
Then the priest censes towards the north, while saying for the
Virgin: We send you greetings with Gabriel the angel, saying,
“Hail to you, 0 full of grace, the Lord is with you.
When the congregation finishes the verses of cymbals, the priest
says:
Pray.
Deacon:
Stand up for prayer.
The priest makes the sign of the cross towards the south over the
people, and says:
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
This prayer is said during evening incense and Saturday’s morning
incense.
Priest:
Again, let us ask God the Pantocrator, the Father of our Lord,
God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
We ask and entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind, remember,
0 Lord, the souls of Your servants who have fallen asleep, our
fathers and our brethren.
Deacon:
Pray for our fathers and brethren who have fallen asleep and
reposed in the faith of Christ since the beginning: our holy fathers
the archbishops, our fathers the our fathers the our fathers the
priests, our brethren the deacons, our fathers the monks, and our
fathers the laymen, and for the full repose of Christians, that Christ
our God may repose all their souls in the paradise of joy, and too,
accord mercy untous and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Graciously, 0 Lord, repose all their souls in the bosom of our holy
fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, sustain them in a green pasture,
by the water of rest in the paradise of joy, the place out of which
grief, sorrow, and groaning have fled away in the light of Your
saints.
Raise up their bodies also on the Day which You have appointed,
according to Your true promises which are without lie.
Grant them the good things of Your promises, that which an eye has
not seen nor ear heard, neither have come upon the heart of the
things which You, 0 God, have prepared for those who love Your
holy name.
For there is no death for Your servants, but a departure
Even if a negligence or heedlessness has so overtaken them as
men, since they were clothed in flesh and dwelt in this world,
0 God, as the Good One and Lover of Mankind, graciously accord, 0
Lord Your servants, the orthodox Christians who are in the whole
world from the East to the west and from the north to the south,
each one according to his name and each one according to her name,
0 Lord, repose and forgive them.
For no one is pure and without blemish even though his life on

earth be a single day.

As for those, 0 Lord, whose souls You have taken, repose them, and
may they be worthy of the kingdom of the heavens.
As for us all, grant us our Christian perfection that would be
pleasing to You, and give them and us share and an inheritance
with all Your saints.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Through the grace, compassion, and love- Al of-mankind of Your
only-begotten Son, our Al Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the :
worship are due unto You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver
of who is of one essence with You, now and at all times unto the age
of all ages. Amen.
During Sunday’s morning incense and the major feasts, the priest
says the Litany for the Sick and the Litany for the Oblations instead
of the Litany for the Departed.
THE LITANY FOR THE SICK
Priest:
Again, let us ask God the Pantocrator, the Father of our Lord,
God, and Savior
Christ.
We ask and entreat Your goodness, Lover of Mankind, remember,
0 Lord, the sick among Your
people.
Deacon:
Pray for our fathers and our brethren who are sick with any Jo
sickness, whether in this place or in any place, that Christ our God
may grant us, with them, health and no healing, and forgive us our
sins.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
You have visited them with mercies and compassion, heal them.
Take away from them, and from us, all sickness and all disease; the
spirit of sickness, chase away. Those who have long lain in
sickness, raise up and comfort.
Those who afflicted by unclean to -spirits, set them all Those who
are in prisons or dungeons, so those who are in exile or captivity,
and those who are held in bitter bondage, 0 Lord, them all free and
have
For You are He who loosens the bound and uplifts the fallen;
the hope of those who have no hope and the to help of those who
have us helper; the comfort of the fainthearted; the harbor of those
in the storm.
All souls that are distressed or bound, grant them mercy, o Lord;
grant them rest, grant them refreshment, grant them grace, grant
said
them help, grant them in salvation, grant them the forgiveness of
their sins and their iniquities.
As for us also, 0 Lord, the maladies of our souls, heal; and those of
our bodies too do cure.
0 You, the true physician of our souls and our bodies, the
Bishop of all flesh, visit any us with Your salvation.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Through the grace, compassion, and love- of-mankind of Your only-
begotten Son, our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ....
Except for Satardays and Sundays and the major feasts, the Litanys
for the Sick and the Travelers are said daring morning incense.
Priest:
We ask and entreat Your goodness, Lover of Mankind,
remember, 0 Lord, our fathers and our brethren who are traveling.
Deacon:
Pray for our fathers and our brethren who are traveling, and those
who intend to travel
we anywhere, that God may straighten all their ways, whether by
sea,
If rivers, lakes, roads, [air,] or those who are traveling by any
other if means, that Christ our God may bring them back to their
own homes in peace, and forgive us our sins.
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
And those who intend to travel tot anywhere,straighten
all their ways, whether by sea, rivers, lakes, roads, [air,] or
those who are traveling by any other means, everyone
anywhere. Lead them into a haven of calm, a haven of safety.
Graciously accompany them in their departure and be their
companion
their travel. Bring them back to own, rejoicing with joy and safe in
In work, be a partner Your servants in every good deed. As for us,
0 Lord, our sojoum in this life without harm, without storm, and
undisturbed to the
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
By the grace. compassion, and love -mankind of Your only-
begotten Son, our -Lord, God, and Savior Jesas Christ...
On Sundays and the major feasts, the Litany for the , Oblations is
said daring morning incense instead of the Litany for the Travelers.
If it is not said here, it should be said before the Prayer for the Acts.
Priest:
We ask and entreat Your goodness, Lover of Mankind, remember,
0 Lord, the sacrifices, the Is I offerings, and the thanksgivings of
those who have offered to the honor and glory of Your holy name.
Deacon:
Pray for those who tend to the sacrifices, offerings, first fruits,
incense, coverings, reading books, and altar vessels, that Christ our
God may reward them in the heavenly Jerusalem, and forgive us
our sins.
People:
 Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Receive them upon Your holy, rational altar of heaven as a sweet
savor of incense before Your greatness in the heavens, through the
service of Your holy angels and archangels. As You have received
the gifts of the righteous Abel, the sacrifice of our father Abraham,
and the two mites of the widow, so also receive the thank offerings
of Your servants, those in abundance or those in scarcity, hidden or
manifest. Those who desire to offer to You but have none, and
those who have offered these gifts to You this very day, give them
the incorruptible instead of the corruptible, the heavenly instead of
the earthly, and the instead of the temporal.
Their houses and their stores, fill them with every good thing. if
Surround them, 0 Lord, by the power of Your holy angels
and archangels. As they have remembered Your holy name on
earth,
remember them also, Lord, in Your kingdom, and in this age too,
leave them not
People:
Lord have mercy.
During evening incense, the congregation recites: “Graciously
accord, 0 Lord,” while during the morning incense, the congregation
says: “Let us praise with the angels.” Then they say the Trisagion,
the Lord’s Prayer, Hail to You, the Doxologies, the Introduction to
the Creed, and the Creed, Mean while, putting his right foot first,
the priest goes up to the sanctuary, kisses the all are, and makes the
sign of the cross once over the incense box, ‘Glory and honor, honor
and glory Then he places a of incense in the rinser and offers incense
above the altar three times towards the East, saying the first
Priest:
We worship You, Christ, with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit,
for You come and saved us.
And the second lintel But as for me, I will come into Your house in
the multitude of Your mercy; I will worsht towards Your holy temple.
And the third lime: I will praise You before the angels, and worship
towards Your holy temple.
The priesi encircles the altar once, offering incense above the altar
three times above. Then he reuses towards the north, while saying
for the Virgin: We send you greetings with Gabriel the angel,
saying,
“Hail to you, 0 full of grace, the Lord is with you.
He censes towards the wesi, saying: Hail to the choir of the angels, to
my masters and fathers the apostles, and to the choir of the martyrs
and saints. He u-met towards the south, saying: Hail to John, the son
of Zachariah. Hail to the priest, the son of the priest.
He reuses towards the East, saying:
Let us worsht our Savior, the Good One and Lover of Mankind, for He
had compassion on us and has come and saved us. If the pope is
present, the priest reuses him three times.
The first time, in the presence of the pope: May the Lord preserve
and confirm the fife of our honored father, the high priest, Abba ___
If a bishop is present, the priest reuses the bishop the first time,
saying:
May the Lord preserve and confirm the life of our honored father, the
bishop (metropolitan), Abba
The second lime:
In keeping, keep him for us for many years : and peaceful times.
The third lime:
May he subdue all his enemies under his. feet speedily.
The priest kisses the cross, while saying, “Ask the Lord on our behalf
to forgive us our sins.
Then he rinses the rest of the following manner. He reuses the he
gttmens twice, saying the first time: I ask you, my father the
hegumen, to remember me in your prayers.
And Ike second time: that Christ our God may forgive my many
slits. He reuses the priests once, saying:
I ask you, my father the priest, to remember me in your prayers. Oath
hegumens and priests respond, saying:
May theLord preserveyour priesthood, as He did with Melchizedek,
Aaron, Zachariah, and the priests of the Most High God.
Amen.
During the Liturgy, the priest responds:
May the Lord accept your sacraice, as He did with Melchizedek.
Then the priesl rinses the entire congregation, bulb men and women
He begins with the men on the north side of the door of the
sanctuary and turns to the right, while saying the owing. During
evening incense:
The blessing of the evening incense, may its blessing be with us.
During morning incense:
The blessing of the morning incense, may its blessing be with us.
Amen.
church, he says thin following five verses in reverence and praise Ia
the Lord Christ.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, one Him and
glory Him. He reuses towards the Easl, saying: This is He who
offered Himself as an acceptable upon the Cross for the salvation of
our race.
He reuses towards thin north, saying:
His good Father smelled Him in the evening on Golgotha.
He reuses towards thin west, saying:
 He opened the gate of Paradise and restored Adam once more to his
dominion.
He moses towards thin south, saying:
Through His Cross and holy Resurrection, He returned man once
more to Paradise.
The priest ascends to the sanctuary and reuses above the altar for
the entire congregation’s confession.we during the evening incense,
morning incense, and the Pauline incense, and says the following
Prayer of’Repentance. During the Arts, however, he says it .outside
of the sanctuary door.
0 God, who while on the honored Cross, accepted the confession of
the thief accept to Yourself the confession of Four people and
forgive them all their sins, for the sake of Your holy name which is
called upon us; according to Your mercy, 0 Lord, and not it two.
according to our sins.
Then thin priest encircles the altar once and kisses it, and after
descending, he stands before the sanctuary ,dour. He offers unease
three times in thin manner previously described, reusing towards
thin north, west, south, and East. In thin presence of thin pope or
bishop, thin priest reuses him alone, otherwise, he , reuses his
brethren thin priests in the manner previously described. I-tin then
returns to the sanctuary door, and tor us towards his brethren the
priests and reuses alt of thin in one time, and like thin deacons.
Finally, he prostrates himself He stands next to thin altar facing the
west until thin end of thin recitation of thin doxologies and thin
Creed.
People:
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the Amen.
Thin priest takes from thin deacon thin cross, upon which are three
tapers, and signs thin congregation, saying:
Priest:
0 God, have mercy upon us, settle mercy upon us, have
compassion upon us
People:
Amen.
Priest: hear us
People:
Amen.
Priest: bless us, keep us, and help us
People: Amen.
Priest:
lake away Your anger from us, visit us with Your salvation, and
forgive us our sins.
People:
Amen. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
 Priest:
Deacon:
Stand up for prayer.
After this, thin priest turns to his right towards thin west and signs
thin congregation once with thin cross, and says:
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
The priest kisses thin cross and gives it to thin deacon. He takes thin
moser and says Litany for the Gospel.
Priest:
0 Master, Lord Jesus Christ our God, who said to His saintly,
honored disciples and holy apostles, “Many prophets and righteous
men have desired to see the things which you Sin in, and have not
seen them, and to hear the things which you hear, and have not
heard them. But as for you, blessed are your eyes, for they see, and
your ears, for they hear.’
May we be worthy to hear and to act according to Your Holy
Gospels, through the prayers of Your saints.
Deacon:
Pray for the Holy it Gospel.
 People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Remember also, 0our Master, all those who have bidden us to
remember them in our supplications and prayers which we offer up
unto You, 0 Lord our God. Those who have already fallen asleep,
repose them. Those who are sick, heal Item.
For You are the life us all, the salvation of us all, the hope of us all,
the healing of us all, and the resurrection of us all, and to You we
send up
the glory, the honor, and the worship, with Your good Father andthe
Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You, now
and at all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
Another Litany for the Gospel, as follows, may be said in place of
the above.
0 Master, Lord Jesus Christ our God, who sent His saintly,
honored disciples and holy apostles into all the world that they
may preach kingdom and teach all nations Your knowledge.
We ask You, 0 our Master, open the ears of our hearts that we may
hear Your Holy Gospels
Deacon: Gospel.
People:Lord have mercy.
Priest: and open the senses of our souls. And may we be worthy
not only to be hearers but to act according to Your holy
commandments
through the good will of God, Your good Father.
Through whom You are blessed, with him and the Holy Spirit,
the Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You, now and at all times
and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
(Refer to the section ‘Reading the Gospel” in the Preface.)
Deacon:
A psalm of David.
After chanting the Psalm, the deacon says the following if the pope
ova bishop is present.
Let them exalt Him in the church of his people, and praise Him in
the seat of the elders, for lie has made His families like a flock of
sheep, that the upright may see and rejoice.
The Lord has swum and wilt You are a priest forever, after the
order of Melchizedek.” The Lord is at your right hand, our saintly
father,
Abba
In the presence of a bishop or metropotitan, the following is added:
and our father the Abba .
May the Lord keep your life. Alleluia
The priest touts tow the Gospel and white saying inaudibly:
Priest
Venerate the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Through the prayers of the
psalmist David then prophet. 0 Lord, grant us the forgiveness of our
sins.
After chanting the Psalm, the decagon, white stilt standing ac-the
door of the sanitary, says:
Deacon:
Stand in the fear of God. Let us hear the
Holy Gospel.
Priest:
Blessed is He whocomes in the name of the Lord of the
powers.Bless, 0 Lord, the reading of the Holy Gospel according to
People:
Glory to You, 0 Lord.
Deacon:
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel. A reading
from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint the Evangelist. May
his blessings be with us all.
Priest: Our Lord, God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, Son
of the Living God, whom be glory forever. The Gospel is read,
concluded with the following. Glory is due to our God unto the age
of all ages. Amen.
At the conclusion of the Gospel, the priest says: You are He to whom
is due praise from everyone with one voice, and glory, honor, majesty,
and worship, with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of
Life, who is of one essence with You, now and at all times and unto the
age of all ages. Amen.
The Psalm is chanted with the following introduction.
From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet. May his
blessings be with us all. After reading the Psalm, the deacon says
the following if the pope or a bishop is present.
Let them exalt Him in the church of His people, and praise Him in
the seat of the for He has made His families like a flock of sheep,
that the upright may see and rejoice. The Lord has swom and will
not repent, You are a priest forever, after the order of
Melchizedek.” The Lord is at your right hand, our saintly father,
the patriarch, Papa Abba ___
In the presence of a bishop or metropolitan, the following is added
and our father the bishop (metropolitan),
Abba - May the Lord keep your life. Alleluia
Then the introduction to the Gospel is chanted: Blessed is He who
comes in the name of the Lord. Our Lord, God, Savior and King
of us all, Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God to whom be glory
forever. Amen, After the Gospel is read, the congregation says:
People:
Glory be to God forever. The congregation responds with the
following during common days.
People:
Let us worship our Savior, the Good One and Lover of Mankind,
for He had compassion onus and has come and saved us.
Blessed be the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity.
We worship Him glorify Him. The continues with the Five Short
Litanies while before the sanctuary door with center in his hand.
Priest:
Pray.
Deacon:
Stand up for prayer.
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
Again, let us ask God the Pantocrator, the Father of our Lord,
God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
We ask and entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind,
remember, 0 Lord, thepeace of Your one only, holy, catholic, and
apostolic Church
Deacon: Pray for the peace of the one, holy, catholic, and
apostolic orthodox Church of God.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest: that which exists from one end of the world to the other.
The Litany for the Fathers
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, our blessed and honored father, the archbishop
our 0. patriarch, Abba ___, and his spiritual brothers, the Patriarch
Antioch Mar and the Patriarch of Eritrea Abouna If is bishop or
metropolilc is present, he adds: and his partner in the liturgy, our
father thebishop (metropolitan),Abba ___-
Deacon:
Pray for our high
priest, Papa Abba ___,pope and patriarch and archbishop of the
great city of Alexandria; and his spiritual brothers, the Patriarch of
and the Patriarch of Eritrea Abouna ___, If a bishop or
metropolitan is present, he adds and his partner in the root
liturgy, our father the bishop (metropolitan), Then he concludes:
and for our orthodox bishops. People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
In keeping, keep them for us for many years and peaceful times.
The Litany for the Place Remember, 0 Lord, the salvation of this,
Your holy place, and every place, and every monastery of our
orthodox fathers
Deacon:
Pray for the salvation of the world and of this city of and of all cities,
districts, islands, and monasteries monastery of ours in the
monasteries.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
and every city and every region, and the villages and all their
adornments. And save us all from famine, plagues, earthquakes,
drowning, fire, captivity by barbarians, the sword of the stranger,
and the rising up of heretics.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The priest says the appropriate pray the season, either the Litany
for the Waters, the Litany for the Plants, or the Litany for the
From, the Litany for the Waters is said.
Litany for the Waters
Priest:
Graciously accord, 0 Lord, to bless the waters of the river this year.
Deacon:
Pray for the rising of the waters of the rivers this year, that Christ
our God may bless them and raise them according to their measure,
that He may give joy to the face of the earth, sustain us, the sons of
men, save the cattle, and forgive us our sins. Lord have mercy. Lord
have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Litany for the Plants
Priest:
Graciously accord, Lord, to bless the seeds, the herbs, and the
plants of the field this year.
Deacon:-
Pray for the seeds, the herbs. and the plants of the field this year,
that Christ our God may bless them we grow and multiply unto
perfection with great frail, have compassion on His creation which
His hands have made, and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Litany for the Fruits
Priest:
Graciously accord, O Lord, to bless the air of heaven and the fruits
of the earth this year
Deacon:
Pray for the air of heaven, the fruits of the earth, the trees, the vines,
and for every fruit-bearing tree in all the world, that
Christ our God may bless them, bring them to perfection in peace
without and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
The three prayers maybe combined as follows.
Priest:
Graciously accord, O Lord, to bless the of heaven, the fruits of the
earth, the waters of the river, the seeds, the herbs, and the plants of
the field this year.
Deacon:
Pray for the air of heaven, the fruits of the earth, the rising of the
walers of the rivers, the I sends, the herbs, and the plants of the
field, that Christ our God may bless them, have compassion on His
creation which His hands have made, and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
After any one of these three prayers, c-he priest ontinues with the
following.
Raise them to their measure according to Your grace. Give joy to
the face of the earth. May its furrows be abundantly watered and
fruits be plentiful.
Prepare it for sowing and harvesting.
Manage our lives as Bless the crown of year with Your goodness
for the sake of the poor of Your people, the traveler, the stranger,
and for sake of all of us who entreat You and seek Your holy name.
For the eyes of everyone wait upon You, for You give to them their
food in due season.
Deal with us according to Your goodness, 0 You who give food to all
flesh. Fill our hearts with joy and gladness, that we too, having
sufficiency in everything always, may abound in everygood
deed.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The Litany for the Assemblies
Said by c-he pape or a bishap, if present.
Priest:
Again, let us ask God the Pantocrator, the Father of our Lord, God,
and Savior Jesus Christ. We ask and entreat Your goodness, 0
Lover of Mankind, remember, 0 Lord, our sons assemblies.
The priest turns right awards the west and makes the sign of
c-he cross once on c-he people, while Bless them.
Deacon:
Pray for this holy church and for our assemblies.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Grant that they may be to us without or hindrance, that we may
hold them according to Your holy and blessed will:
houses ofprayer, houses of purity, houses of blessing. Grant them to
us, andYour servants who shall come after us, forever.
The following maybe The worship of idols, utterly uproot from
the world.
Satan and all his evil powers, trample and humiliate under our feet
speedily. their instigators, do May alt dissensions of corrupt heresies
cease.
The enemies of Church, Lord, as at alt times, Strip their vanity,
now also humiliate. show themtheir weakness speedily.
Bring to naught their envy, their intrigues, their madness, their
wickedness, and their slander, which they commit against us

0 Lord, bring them all to no avail. Disperse their counsel, 0 God,

who dispersed the counsel of Ahilhophel.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The priest enses towards the East three times above the attar,
saying:
Priest:
Arise, 0 Lord God let all Your enemies be scattered, and let all who
hate Your holy name flee before Your face.
The priest turns to the west and ceases the priests, the deacons, and
the people three times, saying:
But let Your people be in blessing, thousands of thousands and ten
thousand times ten thousand, doing Your will.
The priest turns to the East, saying Through the grace, compassion,
and love of-mankind of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord, God,
and Savior Jesus Christ.
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the worship
are due unto You. with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life,
who is of one essence with You, now and at all times and unto the
age of all ages. Amen.
The priest gives the censer to the deacon to empty if the Offering of
Incense is not followed by the Olivine Liturgy.
People:
Our Father ....
People:
In Christ Jesus our Lord
The priest takes the cross, turns his face towards the ; East, and says
the following three prayers to the
Priest: Yea, 0 Lord, the Lord who has given us authority to tread
on serpents and scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy,
crush hisheads beneath our feet speedily and scatter before
us his every design of wickedness against us For You are King of
as all, 0 Christ our God, and unto You we send up the glory, the
honor, and the worship with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit,
the Giver of Life, who is of
one essence with You, now and at all times and unto the age of all
ages. Amen.
Deacon:
Bow your heads to the Lord.
People: Before You, 0 Lord.
The people bow their heads until the conclusion of the following two
prayers.
The Prayer of Submission to the Son
Priest:
You, 0 Lord, who bowed the heavens, You descended and
became man for salvation of the mankind. You are He who sits upon
the cherubim and the seraphim, and beholds those who are glory.
You also now, Master, are He to up the eyes of our heart; the Lord
who forgives our iniquities and saves our We worth Your ineffable
compassion, and we ask You to give us Your peace, for You have
given us all things. Acquire us to Yourself 0 God our Savior, for we
know none other but You. Your holy name we utter. unto the fear of
You and the desire of You. Be pleased that we may abide in the
enjoyment of Your good things.
And those who have bowed their heads beneath Your hand, exalt
them in [their] ways of life and adorn them with virtues.
And may we all be worthy of Your
kingdom in the heavens, through the good will of God, Your
good Father, with whom You are blessed with the Holy
Spirit, the Giver ofLife, who is of one essence with You, now and at
all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
Deacon:
Let us attend in the fear of God. The priest turns his face towards
the west and signs the congregation with the cross in his hand and
says:
Priest:
Peace be with all
People: And with your spirit.
The priest now looks westward and, bowing his
The Prayer of Absolution to the Son
Priest:
0 Master, Lord
Jesus Christ, the only
begotten Son and Logos of God the Father, who has broken every
bond of our sins through His saving, life-giving sufferings; who
breathed into the face of His holy disciples and saintly apostles, and
said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are
forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are : retained.” You also
now, 0 our Master, have given grace through Your holy apostles to
those who for a time labor the priesthood in Your holy Church to
forgive sin upon the earth and to bind and to loose every bond of
iniquity.
Now also we ask and entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind,
for Your servants, He makes the sign of the cross two times on the
people
my fathers and my brethren, and on himself and my weakness, Hem
those who bow their heads before Your holy glory.
Dispense to us Your mercy and loose every bond of our sins, and,
if we have committed any sin against You knowingly or
unknowingly, or through anguish of heart, or in deed or word, or
from faint- heartedness, 0 Master who know the ‘owe weakness of
men, as a Good One and Lover of Mankind, 0 God, grant us the
forgiveness of our sins, He makes the sign of the cross on himself
again, bless us, on the clergy,
purify us, absolve us, and on the congregation. and all Your people.
Hem If he wishes, the priest mentions the living and the dead, then
continues, saying:
Fill us with Your fear and straighten us for Your holy good for You
are our God and the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the
worship are due unto You, with Your good Father and
the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You,
now and at all times You were and unto the age of all the grace of
ages. Amen. After this, the priest places the cross upon the Gospel
and kisses both. Then the men followed by age of Jacob, the women
approach to receive their blessing in like life of Methuselt manner,
daring which they all chant the excellent underst, closing hymn of
David, the
People:
Amen. Alleluia. Spirit, the Glory to the Father and who rested us to
the Son and to the apostles.
Holy Spirit, now and May the ever and unto the ages preserve the if
of the ages. Amen.standing of honored father We proclaim
and 0 high priest, Papa say, 0 our Lord Jesus Christ, bless the air of
and our fall bishop heaven bless the Abba ___ waters of
the river bless the seeds and the May the G heaven confirm herbs.
May Your on their mercy and Your peace be a fortress to Your
many years peaceful times, people. humiliate all Save
us and have enemies under mercy on us.
* Lord feet speedily. have mercy. Lord haveAsk Christ mercy.
Lord bless.
Amen.
Bless me. according to His me repentance. Forgive mercy. me.
Say the blessing.
if the pope or a bishop is present, the following phrase is added
You were granted the grace of Moses, the priesthood of
Melchizedek, the old age of Jacob, the long life of Methuselah, the
‘excellent understanding of David, the wisdom of Solomon, and the
Spirit, the Paraclete who rested upon the apostles.
May the Lord preserve the life and standing of our honored father,
the high priest, Papa Abba and our father the bishop
(metropolitan), Abba
May the God of heaven confirm them on their thrones for many
years and peaceful times, and humiliate all their enemies under their
feet speedily.
Ask Christ on our behalf to forgive our sins, in peace, according to
His great mercy.
Saint John the Bar
THE SHORT BLESSING
Priest: four thousand:May God have masters and fathers
compassion upon us, apostles; the three I bless us, manifest His
youths; Saint face upon us, and have mercy upon us.
O Lord, save YourlI6oinc the beholder-of people, bless Your
inheritance, shepherd Saint Mark them, and raise them Evangelist,
the ape up forever.and martyr; Exalt the Saint George:
Christians through the power of the life-giving Theodore; Philop
Mercurius; Saint Cross Mina; and the and through the choir
of the martyrs supplications and prayers which our Lady, the Lady
of us all, the holy our righteous fat Saint Mary, makes for the great
us. Anthony; the And Abba Paul; the It supplications
and saints Abba Macari prayers of the three great holy luminaries
our father Abba Michael, Gabriel, and our father Abba Raphael;
our father Abba the four incorporeal Hem our Rot creatures; the
twenty fathers Maximus
four priests; all the heavenly orders; Abba Moses; the nine Martyrs:
Saint John the Baptist; the hundred and forty-four thousand; my

masters and fathers the apostles; the three holy youths; Saint
Stephen;
the beholder-of-God, Saint Mark the Evangelist, the apostle and
martyr;
Saint George; Saint Theodore; Saint Abba Mina; and the whole
choir of the martyrs our righteous father, Hem the great Abba
Anthony; the righteous Abba Paul; the three saints Abba Macarii;
our father Abba John; our father Abba Pishoi; our father Abba
Paul of Tammoh; our Roman fathers Maximus and Dometius; our
father Abba Moses; the Forty- nine Martyrs
Priest:
the whole choir of the0 King of peace, cross-bearers; the just; the
righteous; all the us Your wise virgins; the angel establish for us of
this blessed day peace, and forgive our tins. Fur Your the
blessing, and
The patron saint of the church is mentioned, might, forever. And
followed by the saint(s) of the day. Make us and the blessing of the
pray thankfully:
holy Mary, first and last. Father
Then the priest says the On Sunday, add
Priest:
And the blessing of Hem the Lord’s Day of our The grace of
good Savior Lord, God, and Jesus Christ be And he continues: you
all.
May their holy Go in peace. blessing, their grace, Lord be with you
all their power, their gift their love, and their Or tie says: help rest
upon us all for townever. Amen. hoes: The love of God Father;
the grace of
0 Christ our God only-begotten Son,
People: Lord, God, and
Amen. So be it. Jesus Christ; and of communion and gift the Holy
Spirit be is you all. Go in pea The peace of the L be with you all.
Priest:
0 King of peace, grant us Your peace, establish for us Your peace,
and forgive us our sins. For Yours is the power, the glory, the
blessing, and thehoes might, forever. Amen. Make us worthy to pray
thankfully: Our Father .
Then the priest says the blessing.
Priest:
The grace of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ be with 1uco~
you all..
Go in peace. The Lord be with you all. Gibe says:
The love of God the Father; the grace of the only-begotten Son,
our
Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ; and the communion and gift
of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Go in peace. The peace of
the Lord
be with you all.
People: who enlightens e’
And with your spirit. man that comes into 0 world, enlighten eyes
of our hearts
THE BLESSING IN THE FEASTS
grant us the blessing The beginning of the blessings during the Fast
of the Nativity. O my Lord Jesus that we may do is Christ,
begotten of the pleases You at Father before all ages, have mercy
upon us Through according to the supplications multitude of Your
At the end he says:
mercies. and the blessing of Through the Virginal Nativity.
Supplications May their and the blessing of the blessing And at the
end, daring Fast of the Virginal lie says: Nativity. and the
blessing of Maytheir holy Feast of The ophany blessing The
beginning of the blessing from the Feast of the of our Nativity to
the Feast of Circumcision. Jesus Christ.O my Lord Jesus May
their Christ, begotten of the blessing
Father before all ages, The beginning of the who were the Virgin
Mary and 0 my Lord were on earth in Christ, who Bethlehem of
Judea to cleanse our souls save us from our sins, the defilement
of sins. Through supplications The priest may say the
who enlightens every man that comes into the world, enlighten the
eyes of our hearts and grant us the blessing of the Virginal and
give us sobriety that we may do what pleases You at all times.
Through and the blessing of the Hem Virginal Nativity. May their
holy
Blessing And at the end, daring the and the blessing of the Feast of
Epiphany of our Lord Jesus Christ.
May their holy blessing The beginning of the blessing during the
Feast
0 my Lord Jesus Christ, who was in the Jordan, cleanse our souls
from the defilement of our sins.
Through the supplications The priest stay say the following instead.
O Jesus Christ, the The beginning of the only-begotten Son and
Logos of God the Holy Forty Days. 0 Jesus Christ, father, of the
ages, who ft
who was on our behalf the Jordan by the hands of the baptizer,
John, days and forty nigh and have cleansed all receive to Your self
the world, fasting, forgive us cleanse us from every trespasses,
and evil thought and from our transgressions. every defiled practice
grant us our Cherish
and every sense filled perfection that with blemish. pleasing to You.
Through the And keep us supplications purity at the end he says:
righteousness all and the blessing of the days of our life.
Feast of Through Epiphany of our Lord Jesus Christ. At the end he
says:
May their holy and the blessing o blessing ....Fast of the Forty
Daring the Fast of Jonah, he says at the end: of Salvation and the
blessing of the belongs to our Fast of Jonah the Savior, prophet.
May their May their holy blessing blessing .... On Putt-n
Sunday, he
Daring the Feast of the Annunciation. he says at the and the blessing
o
end: holy, blessed Feas and the blessing of the the Palms.
Feast of the holy, life May their giving Annunciation, blessing
May their holy The beginning of the blessing ...the holy Pascha:
The beginning of the blessing during the Fast of the : Holy Forty
Days.
O Jesus Christ, King of the ages, who fasted owe on our behalf
forty
days and forty nights, ‘exam Issue receive to Yourself our fasting,
forgive us our trespasses, and remit our transgressions. And grant
us our Christian perfection that would be pleasing to You, And
keep us in purity and righteousness all the days of our life.
through the supplications At the end he says. and the blessing of the
Fast of the Forty Days of Salvation that belongs to our good Savior.
May their holy blessing On Palm Sunday, he says at the end: and
the blessing of the holy, blessed Feast of ‘ the Palms.May their holy
blessing The beginning of the blessing during the week of the holy
Pascha:
May Jesus ChristThrough our true God, who supplications..
deigned to suffer of At the end he own will, and was and the blessed
crucified upon the Resurrection Cross on our behalf, good Savior,
bless us with every
spiritual blessing, help blessing us, and conclude for us The
beginning at this holy Pascha in the Ascension:
peace, and reveal to us 0 my Lot the joy of His holy Christ, who
Resurrection for many the dead, years and peaceful the heavens, a
times. the right bane Through the Father that I supplication send to
At the end he says: the and the blessing of the Truth.
Holy Pascha of our good Savior. supplications..
May their holy At the end he say blessing and the beginning of the
blessing from the Feast of the Ascension of Resurrection to the Feast
of the Ascension:Savior, may it 0 True Lamb of all forever, a
God the Father, who rose from the dead on May the third day,
blessing
At the end of : Fifty or the Feast straighten our feet towards the
path of and the blast peace. Keep us from Feast of Pentec every evil
all the days May thei of our life. Grant us the forgiveness of our sins.
blessing
Through supplications and the blessing of the Resurrection of our
owe good Savior. May their holy blessing The
beginning of the blessing during the Feast of the Ascension:
O my Lord Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead, ascended into the
heavens, and sat the right hand of His Father that He may send
to us the
the Spirit of Truth. Through the supplications and the blessing
of the Ascension of our good Savior, may it be with us all forever.
Amen.
May their holy blessing
At the end of the Feast of Pentecost which is the Fifty or the Feast of
and the blessing of the Feast of Pentecost. May their holy blessing
At the end of the Fast of our Fathers the Apostles, he says: and the
blessing of the Fast of my lords and fathers the Apostles. May their
blessing ....
THE DIVINE LITURGY OF SAINT BASIL
THE GREAT THE OFFERTORY
The priest shalt purify his thoughts and his actions, intematly and
externally, and, most important, he shall be internally pure of alt
transgressions, lest he receive judgment unto himself He shall be
externally clean in body and clothing, and he shall be careful not to
taste anything at alt.
The priest shall then put on the vestments of the A. priesthood after
having them blessed with the sign of the cross, saying Psalm 29, “I
wilt extol You, 0 Lord and, after it, Psatm 92, “The Lord reigns;
He is robed in majesty . During this the deacons chant the Hymn of
the Blessing, “We worship the Father of lights The Hymn of the
Blessing
People:
We worship the Father of Light, and His only-begotten Son,
and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, one in essence. Then they continue
with the following hymn. Hail to Mary the queen, the vine that no
farmer toiled. In her is found the Cluster of Life The Son of God is
truly
the Virgin. She Lie saved us and forgave us our sins. You found
grace,
Many spoke of your honor, for the Logos of the Father came and
What woman on earth became mother of God but you? For white
you are a woman of the earth, you became the mother of the
Creator.
Many women received honor and gained the kingdom, but they did
not reach your honor, 0 you, the fair among women. You are the
high tower in which the treasure was found, which is Emmanuel,
who came and dwelt in your womb. Let us honor the virginity of the
bride without malice, pure, all-holy Theotokos Mary.
You are exalted more than heaven; you are honored more than
earth and all creation therein, for you became the mother of the
Creator.
Truly, you are the Has pure bridal chamber which belongs to Jesus
the bridegroom, according to the voice of the prophets.
Intercede on our behalf, 0 lady of us all, the Theotokos, Mary, the
mother of our Savior, that He may forgive us our sins, The following
hymn may be said during the feasts and during the processions.
O King of peace, grant us Your peace, remiss render to us Your
peace, and forgive us our sins. Disperse the enemies of the
Church, and fortify her, that she may not be shaken forever.
Emmanuel our God is now in our midst, with the glory of His
Father and the Holy Spirit.
May He bless us all, and purify our hearts, and heal the sicknesses
of our souls and bodies. We worship You, 0 Christ, with Your good
Father and the Holy Spirit, for You come and saved us.
After this, the priest shall kiss the hands of his to brethren the
priests and shall ask them to absolve him and pray on his behalf
Then he ascends to the altar and places the vessels before him and
signs them three times, saying, “In the name of the ‘ Father and
“Blessed be God the Father He then takes oat the vessels and
prepares the altar white saying the .Prayer of Preparation
inaudibly.
The Prayer of Preparation 0 Lord, who know the hearts of all,
who
are holy, and who rest amidst Your saints; who alone are without
sin and who are mighty to forgive sins; You, 0 Lord, know my
unworthiness and my unfitness, and my ws. unmeetness that I was
should draw near unto this, Your holy service.
I have no boldness to draw near and open tv5wow my mouth before
Your holy glory, but according to the multitude of Your tender
mercies pardon elan me a sinner. And grant to me that I may find
grace and mercy at wit this hour, Here, as the priest continues to
pray, he uncovers
the chalice and arranges it on the altar, together with the paten and
the spoon. and send me strength from on high that I may begin and
be
made fit and finish avow Your holy service according to Your
pleasure, according to the good pleasure of Your will, and for a
sweet savor of incense.
Even so, 0 our Master, be with us; take part with us in this matter.
Bless us, for You are the brgiveness of our sins, the light of our
souls, our strength. and our confidence.
You are He unto grant, 0 whom we ascribe glory and honor and
worship, 0 Father and my Son and Holy Spirit,ignorant
now and at all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen, holy act
While reciting the Prayer of Preparation, the priest wipes the vessels
and arranges them in their Lord. places. He then says the following
prayer -Throt inaudibly glory, You, 0 Lord, have taught us this
great worship mystery of salvation. You, wit. You have called us,
Holy Your lowly and unworthy servants, to essence: be servants
of Your now ant holy altar. and 0 our Master, make us worthy, in
the priest power of Your Holy are now p Spirit, to finish this three
tine : service, so that without wino falling into Purge condemnation
before. hyssop, Your great glory we clean; may offer up unto You
shall be a sacrqice of praise, beauty in Your 0 God, who give
gladness grace, who send forth which salvation, who work broken
all in all grant, 0 Lord, that our may be accepted before You for my
sins and for the ignorance of Your people.
For behold, it is holy according to the of Your Holy Spirit in Christ
Jesus our Lord. Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion,
and the worship are due unto You, with Him and the Holy Spirit,
the Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You, now and at all
times and unto the age of all ages. Amen
The priest kisses the altar. The prayers of the hours are now prayed.
The priest then washes his hands three times, saying the first time:
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be
whiter than snow. The second lime, he says grant, 0 Lord, that may
be accepted before You for my sins and for the ignorance of Your
people.
For behold it is holy according to the of Your Holy Spirit in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the
worship are due unto You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the
Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You, now and at all
times and unto the age of all
ages. Amen.
The priest kisses the altar. The prayers of the hours y . are now
prayed. The priest then washes his hands , three times, saying the
first time:
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I
shall be whiter than The second time, he says
Fill me with joy and let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
The third time, he says: I wash my hands in innocence, and go -
about Your altar, 0 Lord, that I may proclaim the voice of ‘owe
Your pratse. Alleluia
Then the priest wipes his hands slightly with a white torn veil.
During the Offering of the Lamb, he stands at the door of the
facing west, holding in his hand a silk veil. Then the loaves and the
wine are presented to him, which he examines carefully. The deacon
stands beside him, having in his right hand a silk veil on which to
receive the cruet of witse, and in his left hand a taper to lighten the
loaves and the wine while the priest examines them. Before the
priest chooses the Lamb, which is the offering loaf, he makes the
sign of the cross three times over the loaf and the wine, saying, “In
the notate of the Father Blessed be God the Father He takes the
Lamb in the palm of his left hand and wipes the top and the bottom
with his right hand, saying:
Grant, 0 Lord, that our may be accepted before You for my sins and
for the of Your people. ”For behold, it is holy according to the of
Your Holy
Spirit, in Christ Jesus our Lord. worship You, wit Holy and all ages.
Then he remember offering and Rome Your Christia each on and
Rome my father, my bra. kin in the spirit that those as by the c and
rep have And for It Rome my we poor a my man;
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the worship
are due unto You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life,
who is of one essence with You, now and at all times and unto the
age of all Then he mentions those whom he desires to remember,
especially those on whose behalf the offering is made. And for
Christians in general, and for his family and kin in particular, he
says, Remember, 0 Lord, Your orthodox Christian servants, each
one by his name and each one by her
name. Remember, Lord, my father, my mother, my brothers, and
my kin in the flesh, and my spiritual fathers. Keep OH men those
who are living, by the angel of peace, and repose those who hare
departed.
And for himself, he says my weakness the poor and forgive me my
many sins
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the worship
are due unto You, with Him and the
Holy Spirit, the Giver who is of one essence with You, now and at all
times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
Then he mentions those whom he desires to remember, especially
those on whose behalf the offering made. And for Christians in
general, and for his family and kin in particular, he says,
Remember, 0 Lord, Your orthodox Christian servants, each one by
his name and each one by her name.
Remember, Lord, my father, my mother, my brothers, and my kin
in the flesh, and my spiritual fathers. Keep those who are living, by
the angel of peace, and repose those who have departed. And for
himself he says, Remember, Lord, my weakness the poor and
forgive me my many sins.
After completing the above, the priest covers the loaf with a silk veil
and holds it to the top of his forehead, and the deacon does the same
with the
cruet of wine. Then they encircle the altar once preceded by a
deacon bearing a lighted taper.
The Procession of the Lamb
Priest:
Glory and honor, honor urns glory to the All-Holy Trinity, the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Peace and edification to the
one,only, holy, catholic,and apostolic Church of God. Amen,
Remember, 0 Lord,
those who have brought to You these gifts, and those behalf they
have been brought, and those by whom they have been brought.
Give them all the heavenly reward.
Deacon:
 Pray for these holy
and precious gifts, our sacrifices, and those who have brought we
them. Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, all who have bidden us to remember them in
our prayers and supplications. May the Lord remember them in Hit
kingdom which is in heaven.
On Saturdays and Sundays (except during the Great Fast), on feasts
of oar Lord, and on all non fasting days, the congregation chants
from Psalm
People:
Alleluia. This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and
be glad in it. 0 Lord, save us. Lord, straighten our ways.
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Alleluia Or
fasting days (except during the Great Fast) and on Saturdays and
Sundays during the Great Fast the congregation chants the
following from Psalm
Alleluia. thought of man shall confess to You, Lord, and the ‘owe
remainder of thought shall keep a feast to You.
The sacrifices and the offerings, receive them to Yourself
Alleluia.
On the days of the fast of Jonah and the days of it the Great Fast,
not including Saturdays and Sundays, the congregation chants the
following
from Psalms 42 and 131.
Alleluia. I shall in, unto the altar of God, before the face of God,
who gives gladness to my youth. I will confess to You, 0 God, my
God, with
a harp.
Remember 0 Lord David and all his meekness. Alleluia.
The priest, having come around to the front of the altar, faces East,
and uncovers the loaf and places it in his left hand. Then the priest
brings the loaf close to the cruet of wine in the deacon’s right hand,
which is covered with a silk veil, and three limes he makes the sign
of the cross over both
Priest: In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
one
God.
Al the first signing, he says:
Priest
Blessed be God the 0Father, the
Deacon:
At the second signing, he says:
Priest:
only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Deacon:
Amen.
At the third signing, he says:
Priest:
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete Amen.
Deacon:
Amen.
One is the Holy Father. One is the Holy Son. One is the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Blessed be the Lord
God forever. Amen.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; praise all you peoples; for His
mercy is -confirmed upon usand the truth of the Lord endures
forever. Amen. Alleluia.
People:
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever and unto the ages of the ages. Amen. Alleluia.
During this time, the priest places the paten, beneath which is a sitk
veil. After this, the priest pours wine into the chalice, emptying the
cruet. Then he pours water into the empty wine cruet and from it he
odds a water to the wine in the chaotic the proportion of water, to
wine being not less than a quarter and not more than a third), wipes
the mouth of the cruet with a white veit, removes it from the altar,
and says the following inaudibly.
Priest:
Glory and honor,
honor and glory to the All-Holy Trinity, the rs4nooos’ih. spite
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and at all times and
unto the age of all ages. Amen
Priest The Prayer of Thanksgiving
Deacon:
Stand up for prayer.
The priest then for us to his brethren the prtests before turning to
the west and making the sign of the cross over the people, saying:
Priest:
Peace be with all
People:
And with your spirit.
The Prayer of Thanksgiving
Priest:
Let us give thanks to the beneficent and Father of our Lord,
God, and Savior Jesus Christ. For He has covered us, helped us,
guarded
us, accepted us to Himself, spared us, supported us, and has brought
us to this hour.
Let us also ask Him, to the Lord our God, the to guard us in all
peace this holy day and all the days of our life.
Deacon:
Pray.
People:
Lord have mercy
Priest:
o Master, Lord, God the Pantocrator, the Father of our Lord God,
and Savior Jesus we thank You for everything, everything, and
in everything.
For You have covered us, helped us, guarded us, accepted us to
Yourself, spared us, and have brought us to this hour.
Deacon:
Pray that God may have mercy and compassion on us, hear us, help
us, and accept -the supplications and prayers of His saints, for that
which is good on our behalf at all times; and make us worthy to
partake of the communion of His holy and blessed Mysteries, for the
remission of our sins, if the pope or a bishop is present, the
following phrase is intoned.
and to keep the life and standing of our honored father, Pope
Abba ___, and his partner in the liturgy, our father the bishop
(metropolitan), AbbaPeople:
Lord have mercy
Priest:
Therefore, we ask and entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind,
grant us to complete this holy day and all the days of our life in all
peace with Your fear All envy, all temptation, all the work of
Satan, the counsel of wicked men and the rising up of hidden and
The priest lowers his head towards the East and signs himself with
the cross, saying:
take them away from us Then he hams towards the west from his
right and makes the sign of the cross over the people, saying the
following. If the pope, or a bishop is present, he makes the sign of
the cross over the people and toys the following instead. and from all
Your people, Then he hams towards the East, making the sign of to
the cross on the altar, saying: and from this table, and from this,
Your holy place. But those things which are good and profitable do
provide for us, for it is You who have given us the authority to tread
on serpents and scorpions, and upon all the power of the
enemy.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one,
by the grace, compassion, and love-of-mankind, of Your only-
begotten Son, our Lord,. God and Savior Jesus Through whom the
glory, the honor, the dominion, and the worship are due unto
You, with Him and the
Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You, now
and at all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
People:
Saved. Amen. And with your spirit to the presence of the pope or
bishop, the congregation chants:
People:
0 all you wise men of Israel, the makers of golden thread, make a
robe of Aaron befitting the honor of the priesthood of our honored
father, the high priest, Pope Abba and our father the bishop,
Abba the beloved of Christ.
Then the priest prays inaudibly the Prayer of the Prolhesis of the
Bread and the Wine to the Son.
Priest:
o Master, Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Logos of the
unblemished Father who are of one essence with Him and the Holy
Spirit for You are the living bread which came down from heaven
and formerly made Yourself a lamb without spot for the life of the
world we ask Y[eo4toand entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of
Mankind,
The priest points with his hand to the bread set before him on the
palm.
show Your face upon this bread He points to the wine set before him
in the chalice. and upon this cup, which we have set uponHe points
to the altar, saying: this,Your priestly table.
He makes the sign of the cross three times over the bread and wine
together, saying at the first signing:
Bless them, and at the second signing: and at the third signing:
change them, He points with his hand to the bread in particular.
in order that, on the one hand, this bread may indeed become Your
holy Body, He points with his hand to the chalice in particular. and,
on the other hand, the mixture which is in this cup indeed Your
precious Blood.
And may they become for all of us partaking, healing, and salvation
of our souls, our boa Yes, and our For You are our God, and glory is
due unto You, with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit, the
Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You, now and at all
times and unto the age of all ages. Amen The priest covers the
oblation with a veil and the chalice with another veil. He covers both
with the peospheeine, together with the deacon who is facing him;
the priest then places another veil the prosphertne. He kisses the
altar and then goes to the south side of it and makes a prostration
towards the East, thanking the Lord who has mode
him worthy of this holy service. This is all done as he says the
Absolution to the Son inaudibly Master, Lord Christ ....) which is
mentioned in the Offering of Incense. Then the priest rises and
kisses the altar, and proceeds to the north side of the altar, and the
deacon who is serving prostrates before him, and the priest stretches
out , his hand on the deacon and blesses him. Then both of them kiss
the altar. Coming down from the altar, the priest and the rest of the
deacons walk backwards, their faces set to the East, and they put
their left fool first. Then they prostrate themselves before the door
of the sanctuary, and one of the priests who are present reads the
Prayer of Absolution inaudibly. If the pope, a metropolitan, or a
bishop is present, he reads this prayer. If only one priest is present,
he reads it while standing behind the servants.
The Absolution of the Servants
The priest makes the sign of the cross at each of the following times:
(1) eastward on the serving priests; (2) eastward on the deacons; (3)
turning
on the rest of the servants; (4) turning westward, on the entire
congregation; and (5) turning to the East, on himself. .
Priest:
May Your servants,
ministers of this day,
the priest(s),’ the deacon(s), the clergy,’ and all the people, and my
weak self,’ be absolved from the mouth of the All-Holy Trinity,
the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit; and from the mouth of
the one, only, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church; and from the
mouths of the twelve apostles; and from the mouth of the Beholder
of God, the Evangelist Saint Mark, the apostle and martyr; the
patriarch Saint Sever us; our teacher Saint Apostolic; Saint Peter
the holy martyr and high priest; Saint John Chrysostom; Saint
Cyril; Saint Basil; and Saint Gregory; and from the mouths of the
three hundred and eighteen assembled at the one hundred and fifty
at Constantinople; and the two hundred at and from the mouth of
honored father the high priest, Abba ~ and from the mouth of his
partner in the o2srrorpvoc liturgy, our honored father the bishop
(metropolitan), Abba and from the mouth of my abject self.
For blessed and full glory is Your holy name, 0 Father and son and
Holy Spirit, now and at all times and unto the age of all ages.
Amen. The Prayer of Incense For the Pauline Epistle At the
conctusion of this prayer, at rise, the priests to kiss each other, and
the serving priest makesprostration before the door of the sanctuary
towards the East, before going up to the altar and kissing it. Then
the deacon gives the censor to the priest, who faces eastwards and
offers the incenseof the prayer of the Pauline Epistle. He makes the
sign of the cross on the incense box three times, then puts five
spoonfuls of incense into the censer, staying Pray’ and “Peace be
with all” Then he says the Prayer of Incense of the Pauline Epistle
to the Father.
Priest:
0 God, the Great, the Eterna without beginning and without end,
great in His counsel and mighty in His works, who are in all places
and dwell with everyone, be with us also, Master, in this hour,
and stand in the midst of us all our hearts and our souls. Cleanse us
from all sins which we have committed willingly and unwillingly,
and a grant to us to offer Over before Yots rational sacrifices and
sacrifices of blessing
Deacon:
Pray for our sacs lice and for those evrtec who have brought it.
Priest:
and a spiritual incense
entering within the veilat in the holy place of Your Holies. And we
ask You, 0 our Master,....
From the Offering of Incense, priest says the, prayer above and the
Three Small Litanies for the peace of the Church, the pope, and the
assemblies.
He goes around the altar three times, and the deacons say the
appropriate responses while facing the priest. Then the priest
descends from the sanctuary and offers incense before the door of
the sanctuary. He then the pope, metropolitan. or bishop, if any of
thens is present, and afterwards the priests and the people, saying:
Prayer to fllession us use reupse A blessing of Paul, 0 the apostle of
Jesus Christ. May his holy blessing be with us. Amen.
The priest returns to the sanctuary and recites the Prayer of
Confession of the People inaudibly. 0 God, who received the
confession of the thief upon the I honorable Cross, accept the
confessions of Your people and forgive them all their sins for the
sake of Your holy name which is called upon us. According to Your
mercy, 0 Lord, and not according to our sins.
The priest ettcivcles the altar once, comes down from the sanctuary,
and offers incense a second time before the door of the sanctuary.
Then he
reuses the pope or bishop, if either is present
The Hymn of the Virgin (Censer)
After the Absolution, the congregation chants the following hymn
for the Virgin on Saturdays and Sundays (except during the
Great Fast), the major feasts, Pentecost, and all non-fasting days
People:
This center of pure gold, bearing the I aroma, is in (he hands t of
Aaron the priest, offering up incense on the altar. On all fasting
days (except during the Great Fast and the Ninevites Fast),
Saturdays and Sundays of (i-p the Great Fast, and on the two Feasts
of the Cross, the following is chanted. The golden censer is the
Virgin, her aroma 4nre.peeooc: is our Savior. She gave birth to
Him; He saved: even us and forgave us our On weekdays of the
Great Fast and during the Ninevites Fast, the following is chanted.
You are the censer of pure gold, bearing the blessed ember.
The Hymn of the Intercessions
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Saint 0 Lord, grant us
the forgiveness of our sins. Through the intercession of the seven
archangels, and the heavenly orders, o Lord
Through the prayers of my lords and fathers the apostles, and the
rest of the disciples, Lord
Through the prayers of the Beholder of God, the Evangelist Mark
the Apostle, o Lord
Through the prayers of the struggle-bearer and martyr, my lord
no6oic the prince George, o Lord
Through the prayers of the struggle-bearer and martyr, Abba
Mena of Lord The verse for the saint of the church is added here, if
not already mentioned above
Through the prayers of the saints of this day, each one according
to his name, 0 Lord Through their prayers, keep the life of our
honored father, the high priest Papa Abba , 0 Lord
In the presence of a bishop or metropolitan, the following verse is
added.
Through their prayers keep the life of our honored and righteous
father, the bishop (metropolitan) Abba ___, 0 Lord
We worship You, 0 Christ, with Your good Father and the Holy
Spirit, for You and saved us. Have mercy on us
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
The Pauline Epistle
If the Pauline Epistle is read in Coptic, the following
introduction is chanted:
Deacon:
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
appointed to the Gospel of God. After the reading, the following
conclusion is chanted.
The Pauline Epistle
Grace and peace be with you all. Amen. So be it People: The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your saintly spirit, my
lord, the honored
father, the high priest, Papa Abba ___.
In the presence of a tnetropolilan, the following isadded. And our
father the metropolitan, Abba in the presence of a bishop, the
following is added.
And our father the bishop, Abba ___. In the presence of more than
one following is added.
And our fathers the melrupolitans who are with us. In the presence
of more Ihan one bishop, the following is added. And our fathers
the bishops who are with The foregoing is concluded with:
May the clergy and all the people be safe the Lord. Amen. If the
Pauline Epistle is read in English, thefollowing introduction is said.
Deacon:
A reading from the (first second) Epistle of our teacher Paul to the
May his blessing be upon us. Amen
After the reading, the following conclusion is said. The grace of God
the Father be with you all. Amen.
Daring the reading of the Pauline Epistle, fellow priest (or if there is
no fellow priest, then the serving priest himself) says inaudibly the
following prayer to the Son.
Priest:
0 God of knowledge, giver of wisdom, who bring to
light the hidden things of darkness, and give the word to those who
preach the Gospel with great power;
who of Your goodness has called upon Paul, who was for some time
a persecutor, to be a chosen vessel; and were pleased in, him that he
should become a chosen apostle and preacher of the Gospel of Your
kingdom, 0 Christ our God.
You also now, 0 Good One and Lover of Mankind, we ask You grant
us and all Your people a mind free from wandering and a clear
understanding. that we may learn and understand how profitable are
Your holy teachings which are now read to us through him.
And as he followed Your example, 0 You, Author of life, so make
 us also worthy to be like him in deed and in faith that we may
glory Your holy name and ever glory in Your Cross. And unto You we
send up glory, honor, and worship with Your good Father and the
Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of oneessence with You, now and
at all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
If the catholic Epistle is read in Coptic, the following introduction is
chanted.
Deacon:
The catholic Epistle of our father ___, my beloved.
After the reading, the following conclusion is chanted. Do not love
the world or the things in the world. The world passes away, and its
desires; but he who -does the will of God abides forever. Amen
if the catholic Epistle is read in English, the following introduction is
said. A reading from the (first second third) Epistle of our teacher
____. May his blessing be upon us. Amen.
After the reading, the following conclusion is said.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. The world
passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God abides
forever. Amen.
Daring the reading of the catholic Epistle, the partner or serving
priest says the following prayer
Priest:
 0Lord God, who through Your holy apostles have revealed to us the
mystery of the Gospel of the glory of Your Christ, and have given
to them according to the. greatness of the infinite of Your grace
that they should proclaim among all nations the good news of the
riches of Your mercy, we ask You, 0 our Master, make us worthy of
their share and inheritance.
Graciously grant to us at all times to walk in their footsteps and to
imitate their struggle, and to have communion with them Owot, in the
sweat which they accepted for the sake of godliness Keep Your holy
Church which You have founded through them, and bless the wee
lambs of Your flock and make this vine to A’ increase, which Your
A’ right hand has planted Christ Jesus our Lord.
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the worship
are due unto You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who
is of one essence with You, now and at all times and unto the age of all
ages. Amen.
Then the priest, holding in his hand the prays at the altar the
following Litany of the Oblations, inaudibly. On Sundays and major
us feasts, it is not prayed here, but during the Offering of Morning
Incense.
Again, let us ask God the Pantocrator, the Father of our Lord,
God, and Savior Jesus Christ. We ask and entreat Your goodness, 0
Lover of Mankind, remember, 0 Lord, the sacrifices the wee
offerings, and the thanksgivings of those who have offered The priest
places a spoonful of incense in the censer without making the sign of
the cross over it, saying: to the honor and glory of Your holy name.
Deacon:
Pray for those who tend to the sacrifices, offerings, first fruits oil,
incense, coverings, reading books, and altar vessels, that Christ our
God may reward them in the heavenly Jerusalem, and forgive us our
sins. People:
Lord have mercy.
The priest censes the altar and continues with:
Priest:
Receive them upon Your holy, rational altar of heaven as a
sweet savor of incense before Your greatness in the heavens, through
the service of Your holy angels and archangels.
As You have received the gjfis of the righteous Abel, the sacrjfice of
our father Abraham, and the two mites of the widow,
so also receive the thank offerings of Your servants, those in
abundance or those in scarcity, hidden or man juest. Those who desire
to offer to You but have none, and those who have offered these to You
this very day, give them the incorruptible instead of the corruptible, the
heavenly instead of the it earthly, and the eternal so instead of the
temporal.
Their houses and their stores, fill them with every good thing.
 Surround them, 0 Lord, by the power of Your holy angels and
archangels.
As they have remembered Your holy
name on earth, remember them also, 0 Lord, in Your kingdom, and in
this age too, leave them not behind.
By the grace, compassion, and love-of-mankind of Your only-
begotten
Son, our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the worship
are due unto You, with Him and the. Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life,
who is of one essence with You, now and at all times and unto the age
of all wee, ages. Amen After the deacon finishes reading the catholic
the congregation chants:
People:
Hailtoyou,0 Mary, the fair dove, who has 1lpotsrrs us God the
Logos.
Blessed are indeed, with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit, for
You have and saved us
[Have mercy on us.]
The Praxis
If the Acts is read in Coptic, the following introduction is chanted.
Deacon:
 The Actsof our
fathers the apostles, may their blessings be with us.
After the reading, the following conctasion is chanted.
The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be
mighty, and be confirmed in the holy Church of God.
Amen.
If the Acts is read in English, the following introduction is said.
A reading from the Acts of our fathers the pure apostles, who were
invested with the grace of the Holy Spirit. May their blessing be with
us all. Amen.
After the reading, the following conclusion is said. The word of the
Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed in holy
Church of God. Amen.
Daring the reading of the Acts, the priest makes the sign of the cross
over the incense box, and says:
The Prayer of Incense of It
Priest:
Glory and honor,
honor and glory to the All-Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and
the Holy Spirit, now and at all times and unto the age of all ages.
Amen.
He pals one spoonful of incense into the center after completing the
Litany of the Oblations, and . white standing before the altar and
censing it, says the Prayer of the Acts inaudibly. O God, who dirt
accepted
of Abraham and -prepared for him a lamb in place of Isaac, even so,
accept now at our hand, 0 our Master, this sacrifice of incense, and
send down upon us in return Your abundant mercy and purjfy us
from all
pollution of sin, and make us worthy to serve in holiness and -
righteousness before Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind, all the days
of our life. And we ask You, 0 our Master From the Offering of
Incense, the priest says the .. prayer above and the Three Small
Litanies for the , peace of the Church, the pope, and the assemblies.
Then he goes around the altar three times. Afterwards, he comes
down and censes before the door of the sanctuary. He censes the
Gospel, the metropolitan, or bishop, if any of them are present, and
the priests. Then he steps down, and, standing in front of the
sanctuary, censes the people. As the priest censes the people, he
says: A blessing of my lords and fathers the apostles, namely, our
father Peter and our teacher Paul, and the rest of the disciples. May
their holy blessings be with us. Amen.
Then the priest returns and stands before the door of the sanctuary
and censes three times to the East to( saying inaudibly the Prayer of
the Confession of the people, You, 0 God, who accepted the
confession of the thief Then the priest hands the censee to the
deacon and makes a prostration to God. After the reading of the
Acts, the Synaxarion is read.
The Synaxarion
Priest:
Today is the day of the blessed
month of may God begin/end it in goodness and renew it for us in
peace and tranquility, while our sins and iniquities are forgiven
through the tender mercies of our Lord, 0 my fathers and my
brethren. Amen.
The Hymn of the Trisagion
People:
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, who were born of a
virgin, have mercy upon us.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, who were crucified for us,
have baste. mercy upon us.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, who from the dead and
ascended into the heavens, have mercy upon us.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever and unto the ages of the ages. Amen.
O Holy Trinity have mercy upon us. woe. Then the priest, taking
the censer, stands before the door of the sanctuary.
Priest:
 Pray.
Deacon:
Stand up for prayer.
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
THE LITANY FOR THE GOSPEL
Priest:
O Master, Lord Jesus Christ our God, who said to His saintly,
honored disciples and It holy apostles, ‘Many prophets and
righteous men have desired to see the things which you see. and
have not seen them, and to hear the things which you hear, and have
not heard
them. But as for you, blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your
ears, for they hear.”
May we be worthy to hear and to act according to Your Holy
Gospels, through the prayers of Your saints.
Deacan:
Pray for the Holy
Gospel.
People:
 Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Remember also, o Master, all those who have bidden us to
remember them in our supplications and prayers which we offer up
ants You, 0 Lord o God. Those who have already fallen asleep,
repose them. Those
who are sick, heal them.
For You are the life of us all, the salvation of us all, the hope of us
all, the healing of us all, and the resurrection and to You we send up
the glory, the honor, and the worship, with Your good Father and the
Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You,
now and at all times and unto the age of all Meet wee ages. Amen.
THE GOSPEL
Refer to the section ‘Reading the Gospel” in the Preface.
The Psalm is read, beginning with the deacon saying:
Deacon:
A psalm of David.
Alleluia.
After reading the Psalm, the deacon says the following if the pope
or a bishop is present.
Let them exalt in the church of His people, and praise Him
in the seat of the elders, for He has made His families like a flock of
sheep, that the upright may see and rejoice.
The Lord has sworn and will not repent, “You are a priest
forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” The Lord is at your right
hand, our saintly father, the patriarch, Papa Abba ___,
(row)
the presence of a bishop or metropolitan, the following is added:
and our father the bishop (metropolitan), Abba ___. May the (net):
Lord keep your life. Alleluia
The priest tows towards the Gospel and offers incense to it while
saying
Priest:
Venerate the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Through the prayers of
the psalmist David the prophet, 0 Lord, grant us the forgiveness of our
sins. The priest goes to the sanctuary and makes the sign of the
cross over the incense box and pats of incense into the censer, saying
“Glory
and honor” to the end. The deacon goes op to the sanctuary with the
Gospel, and the priest offers incense to it as they both in.the altar
once counterclockwise, while the priest says the Prayer of Simeon
the Priest intndibly. Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in
peace, according to Your word; for my eyes have seen Your salvation
which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, a light to bring
revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel. After
encircling the altar, the priest offers incense to the Gospel three
times, white saying inaudibly:
Venerate the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son wee of the living God;
to
Him be the glory forever.
The priest takes the Gospel from the deacon, turns to the west, and
offers it to the other priests, while saying, But blessed are your eyes
for they see, and your ears for they hear. May we be worthy to hear
and to act according to Your Holy Gospels, through the prayers of
Your saints.
The priests come forward to kiss the Gospel saying, “Venerate the
Gospel” to the end. Then the serving priest kisses the Gospel
himself and offers the sun censer to the fellow priest or any serving
priest to cense the Gospel. He approaches the lectern and reads the
Gospel. However, if the pope, a metropolitan, or a bishop is present,
then the one of highest rank reads the Gospel at the sanctuary door
facing west while the serving priest offers incense.
After chanting the Psalm, the deacon, while stilt standing at the
door of the sanctary, says:
Deacon:
Stand in the fear of God. Let us hear the Holy Gospel.
Priest:
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord of powers. We
Bless, 0 Lord, the reading of the Holy Gospel according to
People:
Glory to You, 0Lord.
Deacon:
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel. A reading
from the Gospel , according to our teacher Saint Evangelist.
May his blessings be with us all. If the reader is the pope, the deacon
says: Stand in the fear of God. Let us hear the Holy Gospel from the
mouth of our honored and righteous father, the thrice blessed. Our
father, the father of fathers, the shepherd of shepherds, the high
priest of our high priests, the successor of Saint Mark the
Evangelist, the great among the patriarchs, the beloved of Christ.
Our holy father, Abba ___, patriarch of the great city of Alexandria
and all the regions of Egypt [and all the lands of immigration.
May the God of heaven confirm him on his throne for many years
and peaceful times, humiliate all his enemies under his feet speedily,
grant him calm and delightful times, and grant us grace and mercy
through his prayers and supplications.
The Gospel according to our teacher Saint ___ the Evangelist. May
his
blessings be with us. Amen.
If the reader is a bishop, the deacon says:
Stand in the fear of God. Let us hear the Holy Gospel from the
mouth of our honored and righteous father, the thrice blessed. Our
honored father the bishop, Abba ____ bishop of the Christ-
loving city of___ and its vicinity.
May the God of heaven confirm him on his throne for many years
and peaceful times, humiliate all his enemies under his feet speedily,
grant him calm and delightful times, and grant us grace and mercy
through his prayers and supplications....
Priest:
Our Lord, God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, Son of the
living God, to whom be glory forever.
The Gospel is read, concluded with the following.
Glory be to our God unto the age of all ages. wee nier sew
Amen.
At the conclusion of the Gospel, the priest says:
You are He to whom is due praise from everyone with one
voice, and glory, honor, majesty, and worship, with Your
good Father and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of one
essence with You, now and at all times and unto the age of all
ages. Amen.
People:
Glory to You, 0 Lord.
The Psalm is read with the following introduction.
Deacon:
From the Psalms of our teacher David
the prophet. May his blessings be with us After reading the Psalm,
the deacon says the following if the pope bishop is present.
Let them exalt Him in the church of His people, and praise Him in
the seat of the. elders, for He has made His families like a flock of
sheep, that the upright may see and A rejoice. The Lord has swom
and will not repent, “You are a priest forever, after the order of
Melchizedek.
The Lord is at your right hand, our saintly father, the patriarch,
Papa Abba In the presence of a bishop, the following is added and
our father the bishop (metropolitan), Abba ___. May the Lord keep
your life.
Alleluia
Then the introduction to the Gospel is read. An Blessed is He
who comes in the name of the Lord. Our Lord, God, Savior, and
King
of us all, Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God to whom be glory
forever. Amen.
After the Gospel is read, the congregations says:
People:
Glory be to God forever.
During the reading of the Gospel, the fellow priest or serving priest
says the following prayer while holding the censer in his hand.
Priest:
0 You who are rim longsuffering, abundant in mercy and rotten two
Ass: true, receive our prayers and supplications, receive our petitions,
repentance, and exert confession upon Your holy, undefiled altar in
heaven.
May we be made
worthy to hear Your Holy Gospels, and may
we keep Your precepts and commandments
and bring forth fruit therein, a hundred fold, sixty fold, and thirty fold,
in Christ Jesus our Lord
Remember, 0 Lord, the sick of Your people; visit them in mercy and
compassion; heal them.
Remember, 0 Lord, our fathers and brethren who are traveling;
bring them back to their homes peace and health. Remember, 0 Lord,
the air of heaven and the fruits of the earth; bless them.
Remember, 0 Lord, the waters of the river; bless them; bring them up
to their measure according to Your race.
Remember, 0 Lord, the seeds, the herbs, and the plants of the field;
bless them. Remember, 0 Lord, the safety of the peopleand the beasts.
Remember, 0 Lord, the safety of this, Your
holy place, and every place and every monastery
of our orthodox fathers.
Remember, 0 Lord the king [leader] of our land, Your servant; keep
him in peace, justice, and might. Remember, 0 Lord, those who are in
captivity; save them all. Remember, 0 Lord, our fathers and brethren
who have fallen asleep and reposed in the orthodox faith; repose all
their souls.
Remember, 0 Lord, those who have brought unto You these gifts;
those on whose behalf they have been brought, and those by whom
they have been will brought; give them all the heavenly reward.
Remember, 0 Lord, those who are distressed in hardships and
oppressions; save them from all their hardships.
Remember, 0 Lord the catechumens of Your people; have mercy
upon them; confirm their faith in You; uproot all traces of idolatry
from their
hearts.
Your law, Your fear,Your commandments, Your truths, and Your
holy precepts, establish in their hearts. Grant that they may
know the steadfastness of the preaching they have received. And in
the set time, may they be worthy of the washing of the new birth for
the remission of their sins, as You prepare them to be a temple of Your
Holy Spirit. By the grace, compassion, and love of-mankind of Your
only-begotten Son, our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the worship
are due unto
You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver A’ of Life, who is of one
essence with You, now and at all times and unto the age of all ages.
Amen.
At the conclusion, the serving priest says the following Prayer of the
Veil inaudibly as he stands before the veil of the sanctuary
with his head bowed towards the East.
THE PRAYER OF THE VEIL
Priest:
O God, who in Your ineffable love towards mankind sent Your only-
begotten Son into -the world that He might return the lost sheep to
You,
we ask You, 0 our Master, turn us not back when we put our hattds on
this awesome and bloodless.
For we put no trust in our righteousness, but in Your mercy, whereby
You have given life to our race.
We pray and entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind, that this
mystery which You hate appointed to us salvation may not be unto
condemnation to us or to any of Your
people, but unto the washing away of our sins and the forgiveness of
our negligence, and unto the glory and honor of Your holy name, 0
Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and at all times and unto the age
o/all
ages. Amen. The congregation responds with the following during
common days.
People:
Blessed are they in the saints of this day, each one according to his
name, the beloved of Christ.
Intercede on our. behalf, 0 Lady of us all, the Theotokos,
Mary, the mother of our Savior, that He. may forgive us our sins.
Pray to the Lord on our behalf, 0 beholder God the Evangelist,
Abba Mark the Apostle, that He may forgive us our sins.
The speciftc verse for the saint of the church is followed by:
Blessed be the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the perfect
Trinity. worship Him and glorify Him.
The priest, having made a prostration to the East before the altar,
receives absolution from the pope the metropolitan, or the bishop, if
any of them is
present. He embraces his brethren the priests, and asks of them
absotution and prayer on his behalf. Then he ascends to the
sanctuary, saying:
THE THREE LONG LITANIES
Priest:
Pray.
Deacon:
Stand up for prayer.
Priest:
 Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
Again, let us ask
God the Pantocrator,
the Father of our Lord,
God, and Savior Jesus
Christ.
The Three Long I
We ask and entreat Your goodness, Lover of Mankind, remember, 0
Lord, the peace of Your one, only, holy, catholic, and apostolic
Church

Deacon:
Pray for the peace of the one holy catholic and apostolic orthodox
Church of God.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
that which exists from
one end of the world to the other.
All peoples and all flocks, bless. The heavenly peace, send down into
all our hearts; even the peace of this life, graciously grant to us.
The king [leader], the armies, the chiefs, the counselors, the
multitudes, our neighbors, our coming: in and our going out,
them with all toilers. peace.
0King of peace, grant us Your peace, oars
for You have given us all things.
Acquire us to Yourself, 0 God our Savior, for we know
none other but You. Your holy name we utter. May our souls live
Us. by Your Holy Spirit, and let not the death of sin have dominion
over us, we Your servants (nor over all Your people) Said by the
pope or a bishop, if present.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The Litany for the Fathers
Priest:
Again, let us ask God the Pantocrator, the Father of our Lord,
God, and Savior Jesus Christ. We ask and entreat Your goodness,
Lover of Mankind, remember, 0 Lord, our honored father, the our
patriarch, lions. Abba ___, and his spiritual brothers, the Patriarch
of Antioch the Patriarch of Eritrea if a bishop or metropolitan is
present, he odds: and his partner in the liturgy, our father
the bishop (metropolitan),Abba ___.
Deacon:
Pray for our high priest, Papa Abba ___, pope and patriarch and
archbishop of the great we city of Alexandria; and his spiritual
brothers, the Patriarch of Antioch Mar tgnatius and the Patriarch
of Eritrea Abouna ___, If a bishop is present, he adds: and his
partner in the liturgy, our father the bishop (metropolitan),
Abba ___,Then he concludes: and for our orthodox we bishops.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
In keeping, keep them for us for many years and peaceful
times,
fulfilling that holy high priesthood with which You have entrusted
them for Yourself according to Your holy and blessed will, rightly
dividing the word of truth, shepherding Your people in purity and
righteousness,.
and all the orthodox bishops, priests, and deacons, and all the
fullness of Your one, only, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
Grant them and us peace and safety in every place. Their prayers
which
they offer on our behalt (and on behalf of all Your people,)*
As well as ours on theire Said by the pope bishop, if present. The
deacon presents the rinser to the priest, who puts a spoonful of
incense into it, while saying: receive upon Your holy, rational
altar of heaven, as a sweet savor of incense
All their enemies, visible and invisible, trample and humiliate
under their feet speedily As for them, keep them in peace and
righteousness in Your holy Church.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The Litany for the Assemblies
This prayer is said by the pope or a bishop, if present.
Priest:
Again, let us ask God the Panlocrator, the Father of our Lord,
God, and Sasior Jesus
Christ.
We ask and entreat Your goodness, Lover of Mankind, remember,
0 Lord, our assemblies.
The priest makes the sign of the cross once on the people, saying:
Bless them.
Deacon:
Pray for this holy church and for our assemblies.
People:
 Lord have mercy. The priest takes the
Priest:
Grant that they may be to us without obstacle or hindrance,
that we may hold them west according to Your holy and blessed
will: The priest stretches out his hand with the censer over the
altar towards the four corners, first to the East, then the west,
the north, and the south, white saying:
houses of prayer, houses of purity, houses of blessing.
Grant them to us, Lord, and Your servants who shall come
after us, forever.
The following maybe said. The worship of idols, utterly uproot

from the world.

Satan and all his evilpowers, trample and humiliate under our
feet speedily. All offences and their instigators, usr- abolish.
May all dissensions of corrupt heresies cease.
The enemies of Your holy Church, 0 Lord, as at all times, now also
humiliate. Strip their vanity, show them their weakness speedily.
Bring to naught their envy, their intrigues, their madness, their
wickedness, and their slander, which they commit against us.
0 Lord, bring them all to no avail. Disperse their counsel, 0 God
who dispersed the counsel of Ahithophel.
People:
 Lord have mercy.
The priest reuses towards the East three times above the altar,
saying:
Priest
Arise, 0 Lord God,
let all Your enemies be scattered, and let all who hate Your holy
name flee before Your face.
The priest turns to the west and ceases the priests, deacons, and the
people three times, saying: The Three But let Your people be in
blessing, thousands of thousands nets and ten thousand times ten
thousand, doing Your will.
The priest mint to the East, saying inaudibly: Through the grace,
compassion, and love-of-mankind Your only-begotten Son, our
Lord, God, flens6src west, Ilensnswe4 -and Savior Jesus west Christ.
Through whom the glory, the honor, the nets dominion, and the
worship are due unto You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver
of Life, who is of one with You, now and at all times and unto the
age of all nets ages. Amen.. At the words ‘Through whom” the priest
again ceases three times towards the East, then gives the censer to
the deacon.
Deacon:
In the wisdom of God, let us attend. Lord have mercy. Lord have
mercy. Truly
THE ORTHODOX CREED
People:
We believe in one God, God the Father, the Pantocrator, creator of
heaven and earth, and of all things seen and unseen. We believe in
one
Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the
Father before all ages.
Light of Light, trueGod of true God; begotten, not created;
of one essence with the Father by whom all things were made;

who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and

was incamate of the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary, and became
man.
And He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered west The
and on the third day He rose from the dead according to the
Scriptures.
Ascended into heaven, He sits at the right hand of His Father; and
He is coming again in His glory to judge the rime-re living and the
dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
Yes, we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, who
proceeds from the Father; who, with the Father and the Son, is
worshiped and ‘sets glorified; who spoke by the prophets.
And in one holy, catholic, and apostolic. Church. We confess one
Baptism, for the remission of sins. The people chant the last sentence
in a toad voice.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to
come. Amen.
Daring the above chant, the priest washes his hands three times at
the north side of the sanctuary, saying the first time:
Priest:
Purge me with exams hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I
shall be whiter than The second time, he says:
Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which You have broken
The third time, he says: I wash my hands in innocence, and go about
Your altar, 0 Logo, that I may proclaim the voice of Your praise.
Alleluia
Now the priest tanks towards the west, shakes the water off his
hands before alt the peopte, then dries his hands with
Priest:
Pray.
Deacon:
Stand up for prayer.
The priest bows to the other priests, and turns to the west and signs
the people with the sign of the cross once, saying:
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit. The Prayer of
THE PRAYER OF RECONCILIATION
Priest:
0 God, the Great, the farmed man in and death, which entered
into the world devil, You have destroyed by the life- giving
manifestation of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord, God and Savior
Jesus Christ.
You have filled the earth with the heavenly peace by which the hosts
of angels glorify You, saying, “Glory to God in the highest, peace on
earth, and good will towards men.
Deacon:
Pray for perfect peace, love, and the (22.1 holy apostolic kisses.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
According to Your good will, 0 God, fill our hearts with Your
peace.
Cleanse us from all blemish, all guile, all no. hypocrisy, all malice,
and the remembrance of evil entailing death.
And make us all worthy, 0 our Master, to greet one another with a
holy kiss, that without falling into condemnation we may partake of
Your immortal and heavenly gift in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the due unto
You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver wean of Life, who is
of one essence with You, now and at all times and unto the age of all
‘sets
ages. Amen.
To the accompaniment of cymbals, the people may chant the
following A spasmos Adam hymn on common days and on the
Feasts of the Virgin.(Aspasmos means greeting, peace, or kiss.)
The Aspasmos Adam Hymn for
People:
Rejoice, 0 Mary, handmaiden and 1Rami mother, for the angels
praise Him who is on your lap,
and the cherubim
worthily worship Him;
the seraphim too,
without ceasing.
We have no
boldness before our -Lord Jesus Christ apart more your prayers
and intercessions, 0 our Lady, the Lady of us We ask You, 0 Son of
God, to keep the life of our patriarch, Papa Abba ___ the high A’
priest. Confirm him upon his throne. And his partner in the liturgy,
our holy, righteous father, Abba ___ the bishop. Confirm him upon
his throne.
That we may praise You with the cherubim ‘sets and the seraphim,
proclaiming and saying:
Holy, holy, holy, 0 Lord, the Pantocrator, heaven and earth are
full of Your glory and Your honor. Then the deacon, holding the
cross, says:
Deacon:
Greet one another Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have
mercy.
Yea, Lord, who are Jesus Christ, the Son of God, hear us and have
mercy upon us. Offer in order.
Stand with trembling. Look towards the East. Let us attend.
The priests kiss one another with a holy kiss, as do the deacons and
the congregation. Then the priest and the deacon who stands
opposite to him raise the prospherine. (The raising of the
prospherine a symbot of the angel moving the stone from the tomb
after the resurrection.)
People:
Through the intercessions of the 1oeuromoc Mary, 0 Lord, grant
us the forgiveness of our stun. Another Prayer of :
We worship You, 0
Christ, with Your good
Father and the Holy Spirit, for You come) and saved us. A mercy of
peace, sacrifice of praise.
ANOTHER PRAYER OF RECONCILIATION TO THE
FATHER
The following prayer is by Thrice-Btessed John the bishop of
Bostra in Syria and a contemporary of Saint Severns, patriarch of
Antioch.
Priest:
Exalted above all the power of speech and all the thoughts of the
mind is the richness of Your gifts, 0 our Master. For that which
You
have hidden from the wise and understanding, You have
revealed to us little children. And those things which prophets and
kings have desired to see and have not, the Same You granted to us,
who are sinners, that we may serve It and be purified thereby,
when You established. for us the economy of Your only-begotten
Son and the hidden mystery of this sacrifice, which has neither the
blood of the Law nor the righteousness of the flesh round about
Rather, the lamb is spiritual and the knife is verbal and we wean
intangible this sacrifice which we offer unto You. We ask and
entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind, purify our lips and free
our minds from all wean carnal pollution, and send to us the grace
of Your Holy Spirit, and make us worthy to greet one another with a
holy.
Deacon:
Pray for perfect peace, love, and the holy apostolic kisses.
Another Prayer of Recot
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest
that without falling
into condemnation, we
may partake of Your immortal and heavenly gift in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the worship
are due unto with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of
one essence with You, now and at all times and unto the age of all
ages. Amen.
Then the deacon, holding the cross, says
Deacon:
Greet one another
with a holy kiss.
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Yea, Lord, who are Jesus Christ, the Son of God, hear us and have
mercy upon us. Offer in order Stand with trembling.
Look towards the People: Through the
The priest transfers to his left hand the veil which he is holding,
and he takes in his right hand the veil which is upon the oblation,
and with it he makes the following three signs of the cross while
keeping the two veils in his hands. mining to the
west, the priest signs the people once with the sign of the cross,
saying:
Priest:
The Lord be with you all.
People:
And with your spirit.
The priest turns to the East and signs the deacons ~ on his right once
with the sign of the cross, saying:
Priest:
Lift up your hearts.
People:
We have them with the Lord. The priest signs himself once with the
sign of the cross, saying:
Priest:
Let us give thanks to the Lord
People:
II is meet and right.
Priest: Meet and right, meet and right; truly, indeed, it is meet
and acts right.
O You, THE Master, Lord, God of Truth,
being before the ages
and reigning forever;
who dwell in the
highest and look upon
the lowly;
who have created the
heaven, the earth, the
sea, and all that is
therein;
the Father of our Lord,
God, and Savior Jesus
Christ,
by whom You have
created all things,
visible and invisible;
who sits upon the
throne of His glory;
and who is worshiped
by all the holy powers.
Deacon:
You who are seated,
stand.
Priest: :
Before whom stand -the angels, the
archangels, the
principalities,
authorities, the thrones,
the dominions, and the
Deacon::
Look towards the
East.
Priest:
You are He around
whom stand the
cherubim full of eyes,
and the seraphim with
six wings, praising continuously, without
ceasing, saying
Deacon:
Let us attend.
The congregation may chant the appropriate Aspaststos Bates
hymn, or the following.
People:
The cherubim
worship You, and the seraphim glorify You, proclaiming and
saying, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts, heaven and earth are full of
Your holy glory.
The Aspasmos Batos Hymn for comt
The congregation may chant the following Aspasmos Batos hymn
for common days or : another Aspasmos according to the feast and
season of the year.
0 Lord, God of the powers behold from heaven, and look and visit
this
vine, restore and establish Her, this nor which Your right hand has
planted.
Alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia. (Bless the herbs and the plants.)
May Your mercy and Your peace be a fortress to Your people.
Holy, holy, holy,
Lord of hosts, heaven and earth are full of Your holy glory.
Daring the tunes identified below, the following prayers are said
between the parentheses above.
Bless the waters of. the river.From 10 October 2021 to January to
19):
Bless the herbs and the plants.
Bless the air of the heaven.
The priest takes in his right hand the veil that is upon the chalice,
and with it makes the sign of the cross three times; firstly, upon
himself, his face being turned towards the East, then upon the
deacons on his right hand, and lastly towards the west, upon the
people, saying each time.
Priest ovine.
Holy, holy, holy indeed. 0 Lord our acts God, who formed us,
created , and placed in the paradise of joy,
when we disobeyed Your commandment Sue by the deception of
the serpent, we fell from life and were exiled from the mints
paradise of joy.
You have not abandoned us to the end, but have visited us through
Your holy prophets,
and in the last days You manifested Yourself to us, who were sitting
in
darkness and the shadow of death, through Your only begotten
Son, our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, who, of the Holy
Spirit and of the holy Virgin Mary .
People:
Amen.
The deacon hands the eraser to the priest, who, pats incense into it.
Priest:
was incarnate and
became man, and taught us the ways of salvation.
He granted us the birth from on high through water and Spirit.

He made us unto Himself an assembled people, and sanctified us by

Your Holy Spirit.
He loved His own who are in the world, and gave Himself up for
our salvation unto death, which reigned over us, whereby we were
bound and sold on account of our sins. He descended into Hades
through the
Cross.
People:
Amen. I believe.
Priest: He rose from the dead on the third day.
He ascended into the heavens and sat at Your right hand, 0 Father.
He has appointed a Day for recompense, on which He will appear
to judge the world in righteousness, and give each one according to
his deeds.
People:
According to Your
mercy, 0 Lord, and not according to our sins. The priest ceases his
hands three times and then ceases the bread, followed by the hands,
while saying:
THE INSTITUTION NARRATIVE
Priest:
He instituted for us this great Mystery of godliness. The priest
takes away his smoke. filted hands from the eraser, and says: For
being determined to give Himself up to death for the life of
the world—
People:
We believe.
The priest takes the bread into his left hand, raises the silk veil
which was beneath it on the guam and kisses it, then places it on the
altar, saying:
Priest:
He took bread into His holy hands, which are without spot or
blemish, blessed, and life-giving.
People:
We believe that this is true. Amen.
The priest places his right hand upon the bread that .. in his left
hand, raises his eyes upwards, and :Jniut ,.is says:
Priest: he looked up towards heaven to You, O God, who are His
Father and Master of everyone.
Three times, the priest makes the sign of the cross with his finger,
and each time the congregation responds, saying, “Amen. At the
first signing, the priest says:
Priest
And when He had given thanks—
People: :
Amen.
And at the second signing:
Priest: He blessed it
People:
Amen.
And at the third signing:
Priest:
He sanctified it.
People:
Amen.
We believe, we confess, and we glorify.
The priest breaks the oblation into a two-thirds and yin one-third
part, carefully, slightly, and without separating one part from the
other, and without touching the Despotikon. The fraction must be
made with his right thumb, and not with the nail.” Making the
fraction from the top to the bottom math the one-third part on his
right and the two-thirds
part on his left, he says:
Priest:
He broke it, and
gave it to His own holy
disciples and saintly apostles, saying, eat of it, all of you. For this
is My Body, The priest slightly and gently breaks the top of the a
oblation with the tips of his fingers, without however, completely
separating it. He places it in the palm, and cleans his hands inside
the that nothing of the oblation should adhere to either of them. He
does this while saying:
which is broken for you and for many, to be given for the remission
of sins. This do in remembrance of Me.”
People:
This is true. Amen The priest places his hand upon the rim of the
chalice, and says: Likewise also, the cup, after supper, He mixed it
of wine and water.
And at the second signing:
Priest:
He blessed it
Three times, the priest makes the sign of the cross and each tune
the congregation responds, saying, Atnen.’ At the first signing, the
priest says: And when He had given thanks
People:
Amen.
People:
Amen.
And at the third signing:
Priest:
He sanctified it.
People:
Amen.

Again, we believe, we confess, and we glorify.

Priest:
He tasted, and gave it also to His own holy disciples and saintly
apostles, saying, The priest moves the chalice in the form of the
cross, inclining it carefully first to the west, then to the East, to the
north, and to the south, while saying:
‘Take, drink of it, all of The priest points with his hand to the
chalice, and says:
For this is My Blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for you
and for many, to be given for the remission of sins. This do in
remembrance of Me.
 People:
This is also true. Amen.
The priest points with his handle the Body, saying:
Priest:
“For every time you Con eat of this bread Then he points with
his hand to the chalice, saying and drink of this cup, The priest
continues, saying: you proclaim My Death, confess My
Resurrection, and remember Me till I come.
People:
Amen. Amen. Amen. Your Death, 0 Lord, we proclaim;
Your holy Resurrection and Ascension into the heavens, we
confess.
We praise You, we bless You, we thank You, 0 Lord, and we
entreat You, 0 our God. .
Priest:
Therefore, as we also commemorate His holy Passion, His
Resurrection from the dead, His Ascension into the heavens, His

Sitting at Your right hand, 0 Father, and His Second Coming from
the
heavens, awesome and full of glory, we offer unto You Your gifts
from what is Yours, for everything concerning everything, and in
everything.
 Deacon: Worship God in fear and trembling.
While all the people bow the heads, they say:
People:
We praise You, we bless You, we serve You, we worship You.
While kneeling with outstretched hands, the priest says the Prayer
of the Descent of the Holy Spirit (the Epiclesis) inaudibly.
Priest:
And we ask You, 0 Lord our God we Your sinful and unworthy
servants, we worship You by the pleasure of Your goodness—that
Your
Holy Spirit Be points to himself with his hands and then to the
oblations present before him and says: descend upon us and upon
these gits set
forth, and pur(fy them, change them, and mancfest them as a
sanctjication of Your saints.
Deacon:
Let us attend. Amen.
Everyone raises their heads, and three times the priest quickly signs
with the sign of the cross the Joys oblation which is upon the pales,
and says aloud:
Priest:
And this bread He makes into His holy Body.
The people worship, and say:
People: I believe.
Meanwhile, the priest stretches out his hands and bows his head
to the Lord.
Priest:
Our Lord, God, and Her Savior Jesus Christ, given far the remission
of sins and eternal to those who partake of Him. .
Three times, the priest quickly signs the chalice with the sign of the
cross.
And this cup also, the precious Blood of His New Covenant.
The people worship, and say:
People:
Again, I believe.
Amen.
The priest stretches out his hands and bows his head to the
Lord.
Priest:
Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ,
given for the remission of sins and eternal life to those who partake
of Him.
Now indeed the bread has become the Body of ~LA 0%. Christ and
the wine the Blood of Christ. After this, the signing, of both of Them
shall be through Them and by Them.
The Seven Short
People:
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy. Lord
have mercy.
The priest takes a veil in his right hand and another in his left hand,
and says:
Priest:
Make us all worthy,
O our Master, to partake of Your Holies unto the purification of our
souls, our bodies and our spirits, that we may become
one body and one spirit, and may have a share and an inheritance
with all the saints who have pleased You since the beginning.
THE SEVEN SHORT LITANIES
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, the peace of Your one, only, holy, catholic, and
apostolic Church
Deacon:
Pray for the peace of the one holy catholic and apostolic orthodox
Church of God.
People:
Lord have mercy.
While pointing with his hand first to the Blood and . then to the
Body, the priest says:
Priest:
this, which You have acquired to Yourself with the precious Blood

of Your Christ,
keep her in peace, with
all the orthodox bishops
who are in her.
Foremost remember, O Lord, our blessed and honored father, the
archbishop, our patriarch, Abba ___, and his spiritual brothers, the
Patriarch of Antioch Mar and the Patriarch of. Eritrea Abouna ___,
In the presence of a bishop, the following is added: and his partner
in the mesa liturgy, our father the bishop (metropolitan), Abba ___.
Deacon:
Pray for our high priest, Papa Abba ___, pope and patriarch and
archbishop of the great city of Alexandria, and his spiritual
brothers,
the Patriarch of ___ and the Patriarch of
In the presence of a bishop or metropolitan, the following is added:
and his partner in the liturgy, our father the bishop (metropolitan),
Abba ___, Then he concludes: and for our orthodox bishops.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
And those who rightly divide the word
grant them unto Your holy Church to shepherd Your flock in
peace.
Remember, 0 Lord, the orthodox priests, and deacons. nest
Deacon
Pray for the hegumens, priests,
deacons, and the seven orders of the Church of God. People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
And all the servants, and all who are in virginity, and the purity
of all Your people. (Remember, 0 Lord, to have mercy upon us all.)
Said by the pope or a bishop, if present.
People:
Have mercy upon
us, 0 God, the Father, the Pantocrator.
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord,
the salvation of this, Your holy place, and ceovs. every place, and
every
orthodox fathers
Deacon:
 Pray for the salvation of the world and of this city of ours and of
all cities, we districts, islands, and monasteries. ‘This monastery of
ours”
is said in the monasteries.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
And those who dwell therein in God’s faith.
The priest says the appropriate prayer according to the season,
either the Litany of the Waters, the Litany of the Plants, or the
Litany of the From
the Litany of the Waters is said. .
Priest: :
Graciously accord, 0 Lord, to bless the waters of the river this

year.
Deacon:
Pray for the rising of John
the waters of the rivers
this year, that Christh our God may bless them and raise them
according to their measure, that He may give joy to the face of the
earth, sustain us, the sons of men, save no the cattle, and forgive
us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
the Litany of the Plants is said.
Priest:
Graciously accord,
O Lord, to bless the seeds, the herbs, and the plants of the field eon:
this year.
Deacon:
Pray for the seeds, the herbs, and the 0 plants of the field this
year, that Christ our God may bless them to grow and multiply unto
perfection with great, have compassion on His creation which His
hands have made and forgive us our sins.
People: Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord. have mercy.
Priest:
Graciously accord, O Lord, to bless the air of heaven and the fruits
of the earth this year
Deacon:
Pray for the air of Joan.
heaven, the fruits of the. earth, the trees, the vines, and for every
frail-bearing tree in all the world, that Christ God may bless them,
bring them to perfection in peace without harm, and forgive us our
sins
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. The three
prayers nay be combined at follows.
Priest:
Graciously accord, O Lord, to bless the air Sinai of heaven, the
fruits of the earth, the waters of the river, the seeds, the herbs, and
the plants of
the field this year.
Deacon:
Pray for the air of heaven, the fruits of the tripe: earth, the rising
of the waters of the rivers, the seeds, the herbs, and the plants of the
field, that Christ our God may bless them, have” compassion on His
creation which His hands have made, and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
After any one of these three prayers, the priest continues with the
following.
Priest:
Raise them to their
measure according to Your grace. Give joy to the face of the earth.

May its furrows be abundantly watered and its fruits be plentiful.

 Prepare it for sowing and harvesting. Manage our lives as deemed
fit.
Bless the crown of the year with Your goodness for the sake of
the poor of Your people, the widow, the orphan, the traveler, the
stranger, and for the sake of all of us who entreat You and seek
Your holy name.
For the eyes of everyone wait upon You, for You give them their
food in due season.
Deal with us according to Your goodness, 0 You who give food
to all flesh. Fill our hearts with joy and gladness, that we too, having
sufficiency in everything always, may abound in every good deed.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The priest points with his hands to the oblations set before him,
saying the following (which is said by the pope or bishop, if
present):
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, those who have brought unto You these gifts,

those on whose behalf they have been brought, and those by

whom they have been brought. Give them all the heavenly reward.
Deacon: :
Pray for these holy and precious gifts, sacrifices, and those who
have brought them.
People: Lord have mercy.

THE COMMEMORATION OF THE SAINTS

Priest: As this, 0 Lord, is
the command of Your
only-begotten Son, that
we share in the
commemoration of
Your saints,
graciously accord, 0
Lord, to remember all the saints who have pleased You since
the
beginning:
our holy fathers the patriarchs, the prophets, the apostles,
the preachers, the evangelists, the martyrs, the confessors, and all
the spirits of the righteous perfected in the faith. Most of all, the
pure, full-of-glory, ever- virgin, holy Saint Mary, who truly gave
birth to God the Logos.
And Saint John the forerunner, baptist, and martyr; Saint
Stephen
the archdeacon and noon-nor the beholder-of God, Saint
Mark the Evangelist, the apostle and martyr; the patriarch
 Saint
Severus; our teacher Apostolic; Saint Peter the holy martyr and
high priest; Saint John Saint noon-nor; SaintCyril Saint Basil;
Saintnoon-nor Gregory the noon-nor Theologian; Saint Gregory
the
Wonderworker; Saint ‘ Gregory the Armenian;
nnooYm&T0Ypn-or:
the three hundred and Hem eighteen assembled at tenor the one
hundred and fifty at and the two hundred at org our righteous
father, the Her A great Abba Anthony; the righteous Abba Paul; the
three saints omit Abba and all their children, the cross- bearers; our
father Abba John righteous father Abba oem the perfect man, the
beloved of our good
Savior. the priest chooses, he may add the following.
Our father Abba Hem neono. Paul of Tammoh and Ezekiel his
disciple; my lords, the Roman fathers Saints Maximus Martyrs; the
elders of oem strong saint Abba. Moses; John Kame the our father
Abba Daniel the hegurnen; father Abba the priest; our father Abba
Pachom of the Koinonia, and twonowono.: Theodore his disciple;
our father Abba Abba Wesa his disciple; and all the choir of Hem
Your saints, through
whose prayers and supplications have mercy on us all and myron:
save us, for the sake of Your holy name, which is called upon us.
Deacon:
Let those who read recite the names of our holy fathers, the
patriarchs who have fallen asleep. 0 Lord, repose their souls, and
forgive us our sins.
The priest says the following diprych inaudibly.
Priest:
Remember also, 0 Lord, all those who have fallen asleep and reposed
in the priesthood and in all the orders of the laity. Graciously, 0
Lord, repose all their souls in the bosom of our holy fathers Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob them in a green pasture, by the water of rest in the
paradise of joy, the place out of which grief sorrow, and groaning have
fled omit
away in the light of Your saints. The priest puts incense in the censer
and mentions the departed. Then he may say the following diptych
from the Liturgy of St. Cyril in its known tune.
everyone whose names we have mentioned; and those whose names
we have not mentioned, those whom each one has in mind and
those moment who are not in our minds; and those who have
fallen asleep and reposed in the faith of it Christ. The priest
mentions the name(s) of the departed .0: and, with his hand
covered with a veil, puts a spoonful of incense in the censer.
Deacon:
Pray for our fathers and brethren who have fallen asleep and
reposed in the faith of Christ since the beginning: our holy
fathers the archbishops, our fathers the bishops, our fathers the

hegumens, our fathers the priests, our brethren the deacons, our
fathers
the monks, and our fathers the laymen, and for the full repose of

Christians, that Christ our God may repose all their souls in the

paradise of joy, and we too, accord mercy unto us and forgive us our
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Graciously, 0 Lord,
repose all their souls in the bosom of our holy fathers Abraham,
Isaac, omit and Jacob, sustain them in a green pasture, by metro.
the water of rest in the paradise of joy, the place out of which mitt.
sorrow, and groaning have fled away in the light of Your saints.
Deacon:
The great Abba Anthony and the omit righteous Abba Paul, the
three saints Abba Macarii, Abba John the, Abba Pishoy, Abba
Paul, our holy moment Roman fathers Moses, Abba John Kame,
Abba Daniel, Abba Isidore, Abba Pachom, Abba Shenoute and
Abba Paphnoute, Abba
Parsoma, Abba Teji, and all who have rightly taught the word of
truth: the orthodox bishops, priests, deacons, clergy, laity, and all
the orthodox.
Amen.
People:
May their holy blessings be with us. sour
Amen.
Glory to You Lord. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord
bless us. Lord, repose them. Amen.
After the diptych, the priest, with his hands extended on high,
continues:
Priest:
Those, 0 Lord, whose souls You have Moor taken, repose them in
the paradise of joy, in the region of the living Jo forever, in the
heavenly. Jerusalem—in that unto place.
And we too, who are sojourners in this place, keep us in Your
faith, Jo and grant us Your peace unto the end.
People:
As it was and shall be, it is from generation to generation,
and unto all the ages of the ages.
Amen.
Priest:
 Lead us throughout the way into Your kingdom, that as in
this, so also in all things, Your great and holy name be meow
glorified, blessed, and meow exalted in everything, mace
honored and blessed with Jesus Christ, Your beloved Son,
and the Holy Spirit.
The priest bows his head towards the priests and deacons, and
without signing them with the sign of the cross, says: Peace be with
all.
People: And with your spirit.
Priest:
Again, let us give
thanks to God the Pantocrator, the Father of our Lord, God, and
Savior Jesus Christ, for He also has made us worthy now to stand in
‘tome this holy place, to lift up our hands, and to serve His holy
name.
Let us also ask Him Jo to make us worthy of the communion and
partaking of His divine and immortal Mysteries
People:
Amen.
The priest takes the pure Body with his right hand and places It in
his left hand, and places the index finger of his right hand on the
Body at the side of the Despotikon, at the place of separation, and
em says:
Priest:
The holy Body
People:
We worship Your holy Body

The priest dips his finger into the precious Blood and then raises his
finger a little from the Blood and makes one sign of the cross with it
above the Blood within the chatice, while saying:
Priest: and the precious Blood
People:
and Your precious Blood.
The priest signs the pure Body with the Blood which is on his finger,
once above and once below, and says:
Priest:
of His Christ, the Pantocrator, the Lord our God.
Deacon::
Amen. Amen. Pray.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
THE FRACTION
While breaking the holy Body, the priest says the following Prayer
of the Fraction to the Father or one of the other appointed fraction
prayers.
Priest:
O Master, Lord our t God, the Great, the meow Eternal,
wondrous in e9meeptarPHpI minuet glory; keeping His covenant
and His mercy to those who love Him with all their heart; who has
given to us redemption from sins lore through His only- begotten
Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, the life of everyone, the help of those
who lore flee to Him, the hope of
those who cry out to Him before whom stand no. thousands of
thousands
and ten thousand times ten thousand holy angels and archangels the
cherubim and the seraphim, and all the innumerable host of the
heavenly powers.
O God, who have sanctified these gifts which are set forth
through the coming lore down upon them of Your Holy Spirit,
You
have purified them. Purify us also, our Master, from our sins,
the hidden and manifest, and everythought which is not pleasing
to Your goodness; 0 God, the 0.Lover of Mankind, may it be far
 from us.
Purify our souls, our bodies, our spirits, our hearts, our eyes,
our
understanding, our thoughts, and our consciences, so that,
with a pure heart, an enlightened soul, an unashamedface, a
faith unfeigned, a perfect love, and a firm hope, we may dare with
boldness, without fear, to pray to You, 0 God, the holy Father
who are and say:
People:
Our Father who art in heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy
kingdom come, will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our 0-trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
In Christ Jesus our Lord, for Thine is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever.
Amen.
People:
In Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Prayer After “Our Father”
Priest:
Yea, we ask You, 0 good Father who love goodness, lead us not into
temptation, nor let any iniquity rule over trace us, bat deliver us from
 worthless works and from the thoughts, motions, sights, and touch
thereof Destroy the tempterand drive him away. Rebuke also his
movements implanted in us, and cut off from us all impulses which
drag us into sin,and deliver us by Your holy power in ChristJesus our
Lord. Through whom the glory
Deacon::
Bow your heads tothe Lord.
People:
Before You, 0 Lord.
The Prayer of Submission to the Father
Priest:
The graces of the beneficence of Your only-begotten Son, our
Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, are now fulfilled.
We have confessed His saving Passion; we have proclaimed His
Death; we have believed in His Resurrection; and the Mystery is
accomplished. We give thanks to You, 0 Lord God the Pantocrator, for
Your mercy is great upon us, for You have prepared for us those
things
which the angels desire to behold. We ask and entreat Your goodness,
0
Lover of Mankind, that, moo since You have us all, You join us to
Yourself through our partaking of Your divine Mysteries, that we may
become 6epeogwrrt filled with Your Holy Spirit, confirmed in Your
upright faith. Having been filled with the longing for Your true love,
may we speak of Your glory at all times in Christ Jesus our Lord
Through whom the glory
Deacon:
Let us attend in the fear of God. Amen.
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
O Master, Lord God the Pantocrator, healer of our souls, our
* bodies, and spirits, You are He who said to our father Peter, from
the mouth of Your only begotten Son, our Lord, God, and Savior
Jesus
Christ ,“You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and
the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and
whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in the heavens, and
whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in the heavens.”
Therefore, 0 Lord, let Your servants, my ‘fathers and my brethren
and my own weakness, be absolved * by my mouth, through Your Holy
Spirit, 0 Good One and Lover of Mankind. O God, who take away the
sin of the world, hasten to accept the repentance of Your servants, for
a light of tore incur: understanding and tore. For givens of sins.
For You are a compassionate and God; You are patient; Your mercy
is great and true. If we have sinned against You, either by word or by
deed, pardon and forgive us, as a Good One and Lover of Mankind.
if he wishes, the priest mentions the tiving and the dead, then
continues, saying:
Remember, 0 Lord Jo , my own weakness and meow forgive my
many sins, and where meow transgression has abounded, let Your
grace be multiplied in abundance. Because of my own sins and the
‘tore abomination of my lore heart, deprive not Your people of the
grace of Your Holy Spirit.
O God, absolve us, and all Your people from every sin, and from
every curse, and from every denial, and from every false oath, and
from every. encounter with the tore heretics and the heathen.
O our Master, grant us a reason and power and understanding to flee
from any evil deed of the adversary, and grant us to do what is lore
pleasing to You at all times.
Inscribe our names with all the choir of Your saints in the
kingdom of the heavens in Christ Jesus our Lord. Through whom

the glory
The priest says inaudibly the short prayers for the peace of the
church and for the fathers. Then he exclaims aloud: Remember, 0
Lord, our assemblies; bless them. The deacon raises the cross, and
says:
Deacon:
Saved. Amen. And Come with your spirit. In the fear of God, let
us
attend. The people respond white bowing their heads.
People:
Amen. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have
mercy.
The priest takes in his hands the Despotikon and Lord.. raises It up
to arm’s length, and with bowed head ‘ ‘he exclaims aloud:
Priest:
The holies for the Jo.
Before the Confess
Then the priest takes the Despotikon between the tips of two fingers
of his right hand, and with It he signs the precious Blood inside the
chalice in theform of the cross. Then he dips the extremity of It
inside the chalice and carefully raises It soaked in the Blood, and
with It signs. in the form of the ctoss, the pure Body which is all on
the paten, while saying: Blessed be the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of
God; the sanctification is by the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
The people raise their heads, and say in a load
People:
One is the Holy
Father, one is the Holy Tine swine: the Holy stints: Spirit. Amen.
One is the All Holy Father, one is the All- Holy Son, one is the All-
Holy Spirit. Amen,
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
The holy Body and the precious, true Blood of Jesus Christ,
the Son of our God. Amen.
People:
Amen.
Priest:
The holy, precious Body and the true Blood of Jesus Christ, the
Son of our God.
Amen.
People:
Amen.
The priest signs the Blood with the Despotikon and places It in the
chalice, and says:
Priest:
The Body and the Blood of Emmanuel our God; this is true.
Amen.
People:
Amen. I believe.
THE CONFESSION
Priest:
Amen. Amen.
Amen. I believe, I believe, I believe and breath that this is the life
only-begolten Son, Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, took from
meow
our Lady, the Lady as all, the holy Theotokos, Saint Mary. He made
It one with His divinity without mingling, without confusion, and
without He confessed the good confession before He gave It up for
us upon the holy wood of the Cross, of His own will, for us all
Truly I believe that His divinity parted not from His humanity
for a single moment, nor given for us for salvation, remission of
sins, and eternal life to lore those who partake of Him.
I believe, I believe, I believe that this is true.
Amen.
Deacon:
Amen. Amen.
Amen. I believe, I believe, I believe that em this is true. Amen.
 Pray for us and for all Christians who said emcee to us concerning
them, Remember us in the house of the Lord.
The peace and love Jesus Christ be with you. Sing, “Alleluia.”
Pray for the worthy rue partaking of the immaculate, heavenly,
and Holy Mysteries. Lord have mercy.
The priest ptaces the pearls which are in his hand on 20 the paten
in their place, and he gathers all the particles together and his
hands over the paten and cleans both of them thoroughly, and with
bowed head he
gives glory to God, saying:
Priest:
For at all times, all glory and all honor and all worship are due to
the Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and
at all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
 Prayers Before the Distribution of the Holy My:

Prayers Before the Distribution ِ

Of the Holy Mysteries

Make us all worthy o our Master, to partake of Your holy Body

and Your precious Blood unto tree the purification of our souls,
bodies, and spirits, and unto the tree remission of our sins and
iniquities, that we may be one body and one spirit with You.
Glory to You, with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit, forever. to
Amen.
Loose, remit, and forgive us, 0 God, our iniquities which we
have committed willingly and which we have committed unwillingly,
which we have committed nets knowingly and which we have
committed unknowingly; the hidden and the man, 0 Lord, remit for us,
for the sake of Your holy name which is called upon us.
According to Your mercy, 0 Lord, and not according to our sins.
Another prayer before the distribution of the Holy
Mysteries:
Author of life and King of the ages, Logos of God the Father, our
Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ; the true Bread which came
down from
heaven; who give life to those who partake of Him;
make us worthy, without falling into condemnation, to partake of
Your holy Body and Your precious Blood.
May our partaking of Your Holy Mysteries make us one with
You unto the end; and bless us. You are the Son of God; Yours is the
glory, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, forever. Amen.
Priest:
Our Father ....
People:
Glory to You, 0 Lord, glory to You.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOLY MYSTERIES
During the distribution of the Holy Mysteries, the people chant
Psalm 150, “Alleluia. Praise God Then the congregation chants
what is appropriate for the day.
The priest now partakes of the holy Body, then gives the Body to the
deacon and the rest of the communicants. When he gives the fellow
priest and the people the pure Body without the Blood, he says, This
is the Body of Emmanuel our God. Amen.’ When he gives the
precious Blood, he says, This is truly the Blood of Emmanuel our
God. Amen.” If he gives the Body dipped in the blood, as in the case
of the sick, he says, “These are tmty the Body and Btood of
Emmanuel our God. Amen.” The communicant responds each time,
saying, “Amen
While bearing the paten with the Body of Christ, the priest begins
distributing the Holy Mysteries to the people by turning to the west
and, with the palm, blessing the people with the sign of the saying:
Priest: The Holies for the holy. Blessed be the Lord Jesus Christ
theSon of God; the sanctification is by the Holy Spirit. Amen.
And the people, along who the deacons, bow, saying
People:
Blessed is He who
comes it the name of the Lord.
The priest returns to the altar and, with makes the sign of the cross
on the people again, white saying:
Priest:
The holy Body and the precious, true Blood of Jesus Christ, the
Son of our God.
Amen.
The priest conlinues to distribute like Holy Mysteries
while the people chant Psalm 150
Psalm 150
People:
Alleluia. Praise God in all His saints. Alleluia.
Praise Him in the firmament of His power. Alleluia.
Praise Him for His mighty acts. Alleluia.
Praise Him according to the multitudes of His greatness.
Alleluia.
Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet.
Alleluia.
Praise Him with psallery and harp.
Alleluia.
Praise Him with limbed and chorus. Alleluia. Praise Him with Ben
slrings and organs. nets
Alleluia.
Praise Him with pleasant-sounding
cymbals. Alleluia.
Praise Him upon the cymbals of joy.
Alleluia.
Let everything that has breath praise the name of the Lord our
God. Alleluia.
Glory and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Alleluia.
Now and ever and the ages of the ages. Amen. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Alleluia. Glory to You, our God.
Alleluia.
Glory be to our God. Alleluia.
O Jesus Christ, the Son of God, hear us and have mercy upon us.
The people continue will what is appropriate for the day, followed
by:
 Blessed be the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity.
We worship Him and glorify Him. Or the following:
Blessed are You indeed, with Your good Father and the Holy
Spirit, for You have come and saved us.
If the distribution of the Holy completed, a hymn, or the following
is during common days.
The Bread of life which came down for us from heaven, has
given life to the world. And you too, Mary, have your womb the
rational Manna, which came from the Father.
You have brought Him forth without blemish; He gave us His
Body and His to knew precious Blood, and we live forever.
Around You stand the cherubim and the seraphim, and they
cannot look at You.
“The Bread of Life” II
upon the altar, and we partake of Your Body andWe behold You
Blood. Therefore we exalt you befittingly withYour precious

,prophetic hymnology for they spoke of you with great honor

Holy City of the great King We entreat and pray that we may win
mercy through your intercessions with the Lover of Mankind.
Through the a intercessions of the Theotokos Saint Mary, Lord,
grant us the forgiveness of our sins.
Through the intercessions of the holy archangels Michael and
Gabriel, Lord, grant us the forgiveness of our sins.
After distributing the Holy Mysteries, the priest says this prayer of
thanksgiving to God, which is addressed lathe Father.
A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Priest:
Our mouth is filled
with gladness and our tongue with rejoicing from our partaking of
Your immortal Mysteries, 0 Lord.
That which an eye has not seen nor ear heard, neither have Lettered
into the heart of man, the things which You, O God, have prepared
for those who love Your holy name, and have revealed to the little
children of Your holy Church.
Yea, 0 Father, this is the pleasure before You, for You are merciful.
We send up unto You glory and honor, 0 Father and Son and Holy
Spirit, now and at all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
THE PRAYER OF SUBMISSION

To THE FATHER
Priest:
Your servants, 0 Lord, who are serving You, entreating Your holy
name and bowing down their heads to.0 You, dwell in them, 0 Lord,
walk among them, aid them in every good deed, wake their heart
from
 every vile earthly thought, grant them to live and think of what is
pertaining to the living and understand the things that are Your only-
begotten Son, our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus
Christ, to whom we and all Your people cry out saying, “Have mercy
upon us, 0 God, our Savior.
After the priest finishes washing the sacred water is poured into the
patms of his hands, of which amount onto the table, and he says
the following.
O angel of this sacrifice, flying up to the highest with this hymn,
remember us before the Lord, that He may forgive us our The priest
wipes his face with his hands, and he turns to his brethren the
priests, both those who are above and below him in rank, and he
makes them partners with him by the touch of his hands, and
whomsoever Jo he has made partner with him, he wipes his face
with his hand. He then dismisses them and concludes with the
blessing.
People:
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever and unto the ages of the ages. Amen.
We proclaim and say, 0 our Lord Jesus Christ, bless the air
heaven [the waters of the river the seeds and lotbropo the herbs.
May Your mercy and Your peace be a fortress to Your people.
Save us and have mercy on us Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Lord bless. us
Amen.
The Conclusion and the Blest
Bless me the to repentance. Forgive me. Say the blessing.
if the pope or a bishop is present, the following phrase is added.
You were granted the grace of Moses, the priesthood of tine
the old age of Jacob, the long life of Methuselah, the tree excellent
understanding of David, the wisdom of Solomon, and the Spirit, the
Paraclete, who rested upon the apostles. May the Lord preserve the
life and honored father, the high priest, Papa Abba: roots and our
father the bishop (metropolitan), Abba .
May the God of heaven confirm them on their thrones for many
years and peaceful times, and humiliate all their enemies under their
feet speedily.
Ask Christ on our behalf to forgive our sins, in peace, according
to His great mercy.
Priest:
May Godhave compassion upon us, bless us, manifest His face
upon us, and have mercy upon us. O Lord, save Your bless Your
inheritance, shepherd them, and raise them up forever.
Exalt the hom of Christians through the power of the life-giving
Cross
and through the supplications and prayers which our Lady, the
Lady of us all, the holy Theotokos, Saint Mary, makes for us.
And through the supplications and prayers of the three Jo great
holy luminaries Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael; the four
incorporeal creatures; the twenty four priests; all the heavenly
orders Saint John the Baptist; the hundred and forty four
thousand; my masters and fathers the apostles; the three holy nets
youths; Saint Stephen; the Saint Mark the Evangelist, the apostle
and martyr Saint George; Saint Theodore; Philopater nets trots
Mercurius; Saint Abba Mina; and the whole trots-
our righteous father, the great Abba Anthony; the righteous Abba
Paul; the three noes saints Abba Macarii; our father Abba John our
father Abba Pishoi; our father Abba Paul of Tammoh; our Roman
fathers Maximus and our father Abba Moses; the Forty nine
Martyrs; the whole choir of the Hens cross-bearers; the just the
righteous; all the wise virgins; the angel of this blessed day The
followed by the saint(s) of patron saint of the church is mentioned,

holy Theotokos, first and last. On the day. and the blessing of the
Sunday, add: and the blessing of the Lords Day of our good Savior.

:And he continues

blessing, their grace, their power, their gift, May their holy
 ever. Amen. The their love, and their help rest upon us all for

priest casts water on the congregation, saying, O Christ our God

People:
Amen. So be it.
Priest:
O King of peace, grant us Your peace, establish for us Your count
non peace, and forgive us our sins. For Yours is the power, the
glory, the blessing, and the us. might, forever. Amen.
Make us worthy to
pray thankfully:
Our Father....
People:
Our Father
The grace of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ be with you
all. Go in peace. The Lord be with you all says:
The love of God the Jo Father; the grace of the only-begotten Son,
our
Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ; and the communion and gift
of H
the Holy Spirit be with you all. Go in peace. The peace of the Lord
People:
 And with your spirit.
The priest turns and kisses the attar, and encircles once, saying
Then he descends from the altar and takes off his priestty
vestments and distributes the cutogia, that is, the btcsscd bread.
And he dismisses the people in peace from the Lord. May His
grace, mercy, and blessing be upon as forever. Amen.
SAINT GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN
The priest begins with the Prayer of Preparation from the Litstrgy
of Saint Basit and continues to the Prayer of Reconciliation, with the
exception of the following Prayer of the Veil.
Priest:
0 Lord God the Pantocrator, who the thoughts of men and search
the hearts and inward parts, although I am unworthy, You have
called me to this. Your holy service.
Despise me not, neither turn Your face away from me, but rather
wipe away all of my iniquities and wash away the spots of my body
and the blemishes, of my soul. Purif me perfectly, lest, as I entreat
Your, goodness to grant the forgiveness of sins to others, I myself
should be a castaway.
Yea, Lord, turn me not away humiliated and ashamed, but rather
send upon me the grace of Your Holy Spirit. And make me worthy
to stand at Your holy altar without falling into condemnation and to
offer unto You the rational, bloodless sacraice with a pure
conscience, for the remission of my sins and iniquities, and for the
forgiveness of the ignorance of Your people, and for the repose and
rest of our fathers and
our brethren who have already fallen asleep in then the orthodox
faith, and for the edification of all Your people.
Glory to You, with Your only-begotten Son and the Holy Spirit, the
Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You,
The Prayer of Reconcil
now and at all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
Priest: 0 You, who were and who abide forever, the eternal, co-
essential, co-enthroned, and co-creator with the Father, who for the
sake of goodness only brought man into existence out of
nonexistence, and put him in the paradise of joy And when he fell
through the deception of the enemy and the holy commandment,
You desired to renew him and to restore him to his first estate.
Neither an angel nor an archangel, neither patriarch nor a prophet
have You entrusted with our salvation, but You, without change,
were and became man and resembled us in everything, except for
sin alone, and became for us mediator with the Hens Father, and the
middle wall You have broken down and the old enmity You have
abolished. You have reconciled the earthly with the heavenly and
made the fulfilled the economy in the flesh.
And at Your Ascension into the heavens in the body, having filled all
with Your divinity,
You said to Your holy disciples and “My peace I give to you; My
peace I leave with you.” The same also, now grant to us, 0 our
Master,
and cleanse us from all blemish, all guile, all hypocrisy, all evil, all
malice, and the remembrance of evil entailing death.
Deacon:
Pray for perfect peace, love, and the holy apostolic kisses
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
And make us all worthy, 0 our Master, to greet one another with a
holy kiss, that without falling into condemnation we may partake of
Your immortal and heavenly through Your grace and the goodwill
of Your good Father and the work of Your Holy Spirit. For You are
the provider and giver of all goodness, and to You we send up the
glory, the honor and the worsht, with Your good Father and the
Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You, now
and at all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
The congregation may chant the Aspasmos Adam . hymn for the
day.
Deacon:
Greet one another with a holy kiss. Lord 0 have mercy. Lord have
mercy. Lord have mercy.
Yea, Lord, who are Jesus Christ, the Son of God, hear us and have
mercy on us
Offer in order. Stand with trembling. Look towards the East. Let
People:
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Saint Mary, 0 Lord,
grant us the forgiveness of our sins.
We worship You, Christ, with Your good Father and the Holy
Spirit, for You have come and saved us. A mercy of peace, a
sacrifice of praise.

ANOTHER PRAYER OF RECONCILIATION TO THE SON

By Saint Sevems, patriarch of Antioch.
Priest:
O Christ our God, the fearful and incomprehensible power of God
Father, who sit upon the flaming throne of the cherubim, who are
served by the fiery powers; and You, as God, are a consuming
Because of Your ineffable condescension and love towards mankind,
You did not bum the guileful traitor when he drew near to You,
but You kissed him with the kiss of friendship, drawing him
unto repentance and the recognition of presumptuousness. Make us
worthy, 0
our Master we also at this fearsome hour, that with one mind and
without double. heartedness and the rest evil to greet one another
with a holy kiss. And cast us not into condemnation, even if we are
not perfectly pure from the mire of sin, malice, and the deadly
remembrance of evil, according to the pleasure of Your goodness,
But rather through Your ineffable and indestructible compassion,
knowing the frailty and downfall of our form, wipe away all the
stain of our iniquities, that we may not be under condemnation nor
fall into judgment connecting this Mystery of Your divinity.
Deacon:
Pray for perfect
peace, love, and the holy apostolic kisses.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
For You are He who is able to take away all sins and to remove all
the and iniquity of wretched people. Behold, You are the purity of
the whole world. And unto You is due the glory if cation with one
voice from everyone: glory, honor, might. and worship with Your
good Father and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of one
essence with You, now and at all times and unto the age of all ages.
Amen.
Deacon:
Greet one another with a holy kiss. Lord have mercy. Lord have is
mercy. Lord have mercy.
Yea, Lord, who are Jesus Christ, the Son of God, hear us and have
mercy on us. Offer in order. Stand with trembling. Look towards
the East. Let us attend.
People:
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Saint Mary, O Lord,
grant us the forgiveness of our sins.
We worship You, 0 Christ, with Your good Father and the Holy
Spirit, for You (have cooro.0 come and saved us A mercy of peace,
sacrifice of praise.
THE ANAPHORA
Priest:
The love of God the
Father and the grace of the only.begotten Son, our Lord, God, and
Savior Jesus Christ, and the communion and the gift of the Holy
Spirit, be with you all
People:
And with your spirit.
The priest tnrns to the Fast and signs the deacons on his right once
with the sign of the cross, saying:
Priest:
Lift up your hearts.
People:
We have them with the Lord
The priest signs himself once with the sign of the cross, saying:
Priest:
Let us give thanks to the Lord.
People:
It is meet and right.
Priest: Meet and right, meet and right, meet and right.
It is fitting indeed, and right, that we praise You, bless You, serve
You, worship You, and glorify You, the one, only, true God, the
Lover of Mankind, ineffable, invisible, infinite, without beginning,
everlasting, timeless, immeasurable incomprehensible,
unchangeable, creator of all, savior of everyone, who forgive our
sins, who save our life from corruption, who crown i us with
mercies and compassions. You are He whom the angels praise and i
the archangels worship.
You are he whom the principalities bless and to whom the
dominions cry.
You are He whose glory the authorities t declare.
You are he unto whom the thrones send up the honor.
Thousands of thousands stand before You and ten thousand times
ten thousand offer You service.
You are He whom the invisible bless and the visible worship.
They all do Your word, 0 our Master.
Deacon:
You who are seated, stand.
Priest:
0 You, THE BEING, Master, Lord, true God of true God, who
have manifested to us the Light of the Father, who have granted us
the true knowledge of j the Holy Spirit, who have manifested to us
this great Mystery of life, who have established the rising of the
choir i of the incorporeal I among men, who have given to the
earthly the praising of r the seraphim, receive from us also our
voices, together with the invisible. Count us with the heavenly hosts.
Let us also say with them, having cast away from us all the
thoughts of evil imagination, and proclaim that which they send up
with unceasing voices and unfailing lips, and praise Your greatness.
Deacon:
Look towards the East.
Priest:
You are He around whom stand the cherubim and the
seraphim, six wings to the one and six wings to the other,
with two they cover their faces and with two they cover their feet,
and with two they fly. And one cries to another. They send up the
hymn of victory and salvation which is ours, with a voice full of
glory.
They praise, they sing. they proclaim. they cry out, saying
Deacon:
Let us attend.
The congregation may chant Bolos hymn, or the following.
People:
The cherubim
worship You, and the seraphim glorify You, proclaiming and
saying, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts, heaven and earth are full of
Your holy glory.”
The priest makes the sign of deacons, and the congregation signing.
Priest:
Holy, holy, 0 Lord, and holy are You in everything, and most
excellent is the light of Your essence. Ineffable is the power of
Your
wisdom, and no manner of speech can measure the depth of Your
love towards mankind.
You, as Lover of Mankind, have created me, as man. You had no
.Your lordship of need of my servitude, but rather I had need
 Because of the multitude of Your tender
mercies, You
have brought me into existence when I was not. You have raised
heaven as a roof for me and established the earth for me to walk
upon.
For my sake, You have bound the sea.
For my sake, You have manifested the nature of animals.
You have subjected all things under my feet.
You have not left me in need of any of the works of Your honor.
You are He who formed me, and laid Your hand upon me, and
inscribed in me the image of Your authority.
You have placed in me the gift of speech, and opened for me
paradise to enjoy, and have given to me the teaming of Your
knowtedge.
have manifested to me the tree of life, and made known to me You

.the sting of death

Of one plant have You forbidden me to eat, that of which You have
said to me, “Of it only do not eat.
But according to my will, I did eat.
I put Your law behind me by my own counsel, and became slothful
towards Your commandments. I plucked for myself the sentence of
 .death

People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
You, 0 my Master, have tumed for me the punishment into
salvation. As a good shepherd, You have sought after that which
had gone astray.
As a true father, You have labored with me, I who had fallen.
You have bound me with all the remedies that lead to life.
You are He who have sent to me the prophets for my sake, I the
sick.
You have given me the Law as a help.
You are He who ministered salvation to me when I disobeyed Your
Law.
As true light, You have shone upon the lost and the ignorant.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
You, who are THE BEING at all times, have come to us on earth.
You have come into the womb of the Virgin.
You, the Infinite, being God, did not consider equality with God a
thing to be grasped, but emptied Yourself and took the form of a
servant, and blessed my nature in Yourself and fulfilled Your Law
on my behalf
You have shown me the rising up from my fall.
You have given release to those who were bound in Hades.
You have lifted the curse of the Law. You have abolished sin in the
flesh.
You have shown me the power of Your authority.
You have given sight to the blind.
You have raised the dead from the tombs.
Youhave established nature by the word. You have manifested to
me the economy of Your tender mercy. You have home the
oppression of the wicked. You have given Your back to the scourge.
Your cheeks You have left open to those who smite. For my sake, 0
my Master, You have not hidden Your face from the shame of
spitting.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
You have come to the slaughter as a lamb, even to the Cross.
You have manifested the greatness of Your care for me.
You have slain my sin in Your tomb.
You has e brought my first fruit up to heaven.
 You have shown me the manifestation of I Your Coming wherein
You shall come to judge the living and the dead, and give each one
according to his deeds.
People:
According to Your mercy, 0 Lord, and not according to our sins.
The pniesi makes the sign of incense box, then pots incense stiying
THE INSTITUTION
Priest:
I offer You, 0 my Master, the symbols of my freedom.
I write my works according to Your sayings.
You are He who has given me this service, full of mystery.
You have given me the partaking of Your Flesh, in bread and wine.
Tire priest points to the bread
People:
We believe.
The priest censes his hands tines, and says:
Priest:
For in the same night in which You gave Yourself up of Your own
will and authority alone, The priesi lifts his hands from bread in his
hands, and remo paien, while saying:
You took bread into Your holy hands, which are without spot or
blemish, blessed, and life-giving.
People:
We believe that this is true. Amen.
The priest looks upwards, and
Priest:
Youlooked up towards heaven to God, who is Your Father and
Master of everyone.
Tire priest intakes the sign o bread the first tune, and says:
Priest:
And when You had given thanks
People:
Amen.
Tire priest intakes the second says:
Priest:
You blessed it
People:
Amen.
The priest makes the third says:
Priest:
You sanctified it.
People:
Amen.
We believe, we confess, and we glorify.
The priest breaks the oblation a one-third parr, without sepa the
other, arid says:
Priest:
You broke it and gave it to Your own holy, honorable
disciples and saintly apostles, saying, “Take, eat of it, all of you. For
this is My Body, Tire priest breaks the top of cotttpteteiy separating
it. which is broken for you and for many, to be given for the
remission of sins. This do in remembrance of Me.
People:
This is true. Amen.
The priest places his hand r chalice, and says:
Priest:
Likewise also, after they had supped, You took a cup and mixed it
of the fruit of the vine and water.
Tire priest takes the sign chalice, and says:
And when You had given thanks
People:
Amen.
The priest intakes another says:
Priest:
You blessed it
People:
 Amen.
The priest intakes a third says:
Priest:
You sanctified it.
People:
Amen.
Again, we believe, we confess, and we glorify.
The priest holds the chalice, art
Priest:
You tasted and gave it also to Your own
holy, honorable
disciples and saintly apostles, saying, The priest moses tire chalice it
carefully and hitttse if to the west, then to r and to the sortrh, white
saying ‘Take, drink of it, all of you. For this is My Blood of the New
Covenant, which is shed for you and for many, to be given for the
remission of sins. This do in remembrance of Me.”
People:
This is also true. Amen.

The priest points with his the Blood, and says:

Priest:
“For every time you eat of this bread and drink of this cup, you
proclaim My
Death, confess My Resurrection, and remember Me till I come.
People:
Amen. Amen. Amen. Your death, 0 Lord, we proclaim; Your
holy Resurrection and Ascension into the heavens, we confess.
We praise You, we bless You, we thank You, 0 Lord, and we

.entreat You, 0 our God

Priest: I Therefore, 0 our

Master, as we commemorate Your Coming to earth, Your life-giving
Death, Your Burial for three days,
Your Resurrection from the dead, Your e Ascension into the u
heavens, Your Sitting ti at the right hand of it Your Father, and
Your Second Coming from the heavens, awesome and e full of glory,
we offer unto You Your gifts from what is Yours, for everything,
conceming everything, and in everything.
Deacon:
Worship the Lamb, the Logos of God.
People:
We praise You, we bless You, we serve You, we worship You.
The entire congregation prost the priest bows his head, and
Priest:
o You, our Master, by Your voice a/one, change these which are set
forth. You who are with us, prepare for us this service, full of mystery.
Jmp/ant in us the remembrance of Your holy service.
Send to us the grace of Your Holy Spirit to purify and change these
gifts set forth into the Body and Blood of our salvation.
Deacon:
Let us attend. Amen.

,Three times, the priest quid with the sign of the cross

Priest:
And this bread make into Your holy Body.
People:
I believe.
Priest:
Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, given for the remission of
sins and eternal life to those who partake of Him.
Three tunes, the priest quiet with the sign of the cross, svhi
And this cup also, the precious Blood of Your New Covenant.
People:
Again, I believe.
Priest:
Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, given for the remission of
sins and eternal life to those who partake of Him.
People:
 Amen. Lordhave mercy. Lordhave mercy. Lordhave
mercy.
The priest says the following congregation responds with after each
Priest:
Yea, we ask You, 0 Christ our God, confirm the foundation of the
Church.
The oneness of heart that is of love, may it take root in us. May
the
righteousness of faith grow; straighten for us the stay of godliness.
Control the shepherds, and those whom they shepherd, confirm.
Give splendor to the clergy, asceticism to the monks.
Purity to those in virginity; a life of goodness to those in wedlock.
Mercy to those in repentance; goodness to the rich.
Meekness to the honorable; help to the poor.
Confirm the elders; chasten those who are young.
Restore the unbelievers; may the schisms of the Church cease.
Strip the vanity of the heretics, and count us all in the unity of
godliness.
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, the peace of Your one, only, holy, catholic, and
apostolic Church—
Deacon:
Pray for the peace of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic orthodox
Church of God.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
this, which extends from one end of the world to the other, and those

.who rightly divide the word of truth in her

Most of all our patriarch, Abba ___ and his spiritual brothers, the
Patriarch of Antioch Mar lgnatius ____ and the Patriarch of Eritrea
Abouna ___ a the presence of a bishop, th and his partner in the
liturgy, our father the bishop (metropolitan), Abba ___
Deacon:
Pray for our high priest, Papa Abba ___ pope and patriarch and
archbishop of the great city of Alexandria, and his spiritual
brothers, the Patriarch of Antioch Mar Ignatius ___ and the
Patriarch of Frilrea Abouna ___

the presence of a bishop. and his partner in the liturgy, our father
the bishop (metropolitan), Abba ___
Then he concludes:
and for our orthodox bishops.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
And on behalf of those who are in this place, and those who have
fallen asleep, the bishops, hegomens, priests, deacons, and
subdeacons.
Deacon:
Pray for the hegomens, priests, deacons, subdeacons, and the seven
orders of the Church of God.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
And the readers, the chanters, the exorcists, the monks, the virgins,
the widows, the orphans, the ascetics, the laity, and all the fullness of
Your holy Church, 0 God of the faithful.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, those who have reigned in godliness and those
who are now kings [leaders].
Deacon:
 Pray for our Christ-loving kings [leaders].
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, our brethren, the orthodox believers who are
in the palace [government], and all the soldiers.
Deacon:
Pray for those of our brethren, the orthodox believers who are in
the palace [government], and all the soldiers.
People:
Lord have mercy.
White pointing to the obtatior priest says:
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, those who have brought unto You these gifts,
those on whose behalf they have been brought, and those by whom
they have been brought. Give them all the heavenly reward.
Deacon:
Pray for these holy and precious gifts, our sacrifices, and those who
have brought them.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
 Remember, 0 Lord, those who dwell in the mountains and the
caves, and our brethren who are in captivity.
Deacon:
Pray for the captives.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Grant them a peaceful return unto their own.
Deacon:
Worship God in fear. Or he says:
Deacon:
Worship the Lamb, the Word of God.
The entire congregation prostr and the priest bows his head,
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, my own weakness and forgive all my sins,
in where transgression abounds, let Your grace be multiplied and

.abundance

Because of my own sins and the abominations of my heart, deprive not

Your people of the grace of Your Holy Spirit.
People:
Have mercy upon us, 0 God, our Savior.
 Have mercy upon us, 0 God, our Savior.
Have mercy upon us, 0 God, our Savior.
Lord have mercy.
The priest wraps his right hand with a veit, turns and points to the
congregation without making the sign of the cross, and proclaims
the following. At act he turns to the East and continues.
Priest:
For Your people and Your Church ask You, and through You
the Father with You, saying,
Have mercy upon us, 0 God, our Savior.
Have mercy upon us, 0 God, our Savior.
Have mercy upon us, 0 God, our Savior.
Lord have mercy.
People:
Have mercy upon us, 0 God, our Savior.
Have mercy upon us, 0 God, our Savior.
Have mercy upon us, 0 God, our Savior.
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Grant Your people oneness of heart. Give tranquillity to the
world, good temper to the air.
Priest:
Graciously accord, 0 Lord, to bless the fullness of the waters of
the rivers.
Deacon:
Pray for the rising of the waters of the rivers this year, that
Christ our God may bless them and raise them according to their
measure, that He may give joy to the face of the earth, sustain us,
the sons of men, save the cattle, and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord hax e mercy. Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Graciously accord, 0 Lord, to bless the seeds, the herbs, and the
plants of the field this year.
Deacon:
Pray for the seeds, the herbs, and the plants of the field this year,
that Christ our God may bless them to grow and multiply to
perfection with great fruit, have compassion on His creation
which His hands have made, and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Graciously accord, 0 Lord, to bless the air of heaven and the
fruits of the earth this year.
Deacon:
Pray for the air of heaven, the fruits of the earth, the trees, the
vines, and for every fruit-bearing tree in all the world, that Christ
our God may bless them, bring them to perfection in peace
without harm, and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
The three prayers maybe cost
Priest:
Graciously accord, O Lord, to bless the air of heaven, the fruits
of the earth, the fullness of the waters of the rivers, the seeds,
the herbs and the plants of the field this year.
Deacon:
Pray for the air of heaven, the fruits of the earth, the rising of
the waters of the rivers, the seeds, the herbs, and the plants of
the field, that Christ our God may bless them, have compassion
on His creation which His hands have made, and forgive us our
sins. After any one of these the continaes with the following:
Priest:
Raise them to their measure according to Your grace. Give joy
to the face of the earth. May its furrows be abundantly watered
and its fruits be plentiful.
Prepare it for sowing
• and harvesting. Manage our lives as deemed fit.
Bless the crown of the year with Your goodness, for the sake of
 the poor of Your people, the widow, the orphan, the traveler,
the stranger, and for the sake of all of us who entreat You and
seek Your holy name.
For the eyes of everyone wait upon You, for You give them their
food in due season.
Deal with us according to Your goodness, 0 You who give food to
all flesh. Fill our hearts with joy and gladness, that we too, having
sufficiency in everything always, may abound in every good deed.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The priest says the follow congregation responds with after each
Priest:
Healing to the sick, rest to the needy.
Release to those in captivity, acceptance to the orphans.
Help to the widows; satisfy the distressed with good things. Raise
the fallen, confirm the upright.
Remember those who have fallen asleep, accept to Yourself the
prayers of the confessors.
The sinners who have repented, count them with Your faithful;
Your faithful, a count with Your martyrs.
Those who are in this place, conform them to Your angels. And
we also, who have been called by Your grace into Your service
white unworthy, accept i us to Yourself.
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, this Your holy place, and every place, and
every monastery of our orthodox fathers.
Deacon:
Pray for the salvation of the world, and of this city of ours, and
of all cities, districts, islands and monasteries.
This monastery of ants’ is said in the monasteries.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
And every city and every region, and the villages and all their
adomments.
And save us all from famine, plagues, earthquakes,
drowning, fire, the captivity of the barbarians, the sword of the
stranger, and the rising up of heretics.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Graciously accord,
0 Lord, to remember all the saints who have pleased You since the
beginning:
our holy fathers the patriarchs, the prophets, the apostles, the
preachers, the evangelists, the martyrs, the confessors, and all the
spirits of the righteous perfected in the faith. Most of all, the pure,
full-of-glory,
ever-virgin, holy Theotokos, Saint Mary.
And Saint John the foremnner, baptist, and martyr; Saint
Stephen the
Archdeacon and protomartyr;
Saint Mark, the holy apostle, Evangelist, and martyr; The
patriarch Saint Sevems; Saint Cyril; Saint Basil; Saint Gregory;
Our righteous father, the great Abba Anthony; the righteous
Abba Paul; the three saints Abba Macarii; our father Abba John;
our father Abba Pishoy; our holy Roman fathers Maximus and
Dometius; the Forty-nine Martyrs; the strong Abba Moses our
father Abba Pachom, the father of the Koinonia; our father Abba
Shenoute the archimandrite; our father Abba Nopher the
anchorite; and our father Abba Samuel the confessor.
 And all the choir of Your saints, through whose prayers and
supplications have mercy on us all and save us, for the sake of
Your holy name, which is called upon us.
Deacon:
Let those who read recite the names of our holy fathers, the
patriarchs who have fallen asleep. 0 Lord, repose their souls, and
forgive us our sins.
Priest:
Remember also, 0 Lord, our fathers and our brethren who have
fallen asleep in the orthodox faith. Repose them all with Your
saints, together with those whose names we mention.
The priest mentions the nor then continues.
Graciously, 0 Lord, repose all their souls in the bosom of our holy
fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Sustain them in a green pasture, by the water of rest in the
paradise of joy, the place out of which grief sorrow, and groaning
have fled away in the light of Your saints.
People:
May their holy blessings be with us. Amen.
Glory to You, 0
Lord. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord, bless us. Lord,
repose them. Amen.
After the diptych, the pri extended on high, continues:
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, the others: those whom we have
remembered, the faithful, and those whom we have not
remembered, the orthodox them and us—as a Good One and
Lover of Mankind, 0 God.
People:
Loose, remit, and forgive us, 0 God, our iniquities which we
have committed willingly and which we have committed
unwillingly, which we have committed knowingly and which we
have committed unknowingly; the hidden and the manifest, 0
Lord, remit for us.
Priest:
For You are God the Merciful, who desire not the death of a
sinner, but rather that he retains and lives.
Restore us, 0 God, to Your salvation. Deal with us according to
Your goodness, 0 You who do more than we ask or understand.
People:
As it was and shall be, it is from generation to generation, and
unto all the ages of the ages. Amen.
Priest:
That as in this, so also in all things, Your great and holy name be
glorified, blessed, and exalted in everything. honored and blessed,
with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit.
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.

Priest:
O our Master and our Savior, the Good One and Lover of
Mankind, Life-giver to our souls, God who gave Himself up for
our salvation from sin, who through the multitude of His mercies
have loosed the enmity of mankind, the only-begorten God who
are in the bosom of His Father, O Lord, bless.
People:
Amen.
The priest takes the pure Body with his right hand and ptaces tin
his teft hand, and ptaces the index finger of his right hand on the
Body at the side of the Despotikon, at the place of separation. He
then dips the tip of his finger into the precious Btood and raises
his finger from the Blood and makes the sign of the cross over It,
white saying:
saying:
Priest:
 O You who did bless at that time, now also bless.
People:
Amen.
The priest raises his finger Blood makes the sign of tht and below,
white saying:
Priest:
O You who did sanctify at that time. now also sanctify.
People:
Amen.
The priest breaks the Body i third part without separating
Priest:
O You who did break at that time, now also break.
People:
Amen.
The priest separates the two part upon the two-thirds part and
says:
Priest:
O You who gave to His holy disciples and saintly apostles at that
lime, now also give to us and to all Your people, 0 our Master, the
Pantocrator, the Lord our God.
Deacon:
 Amen. Amen. Pray.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.

While breaking the holy B following Prayer for tire Proc the
other appointed fraetton Pt
Priest:
Blessed are You, 0 Christ our God, the Pantocrator, Savior of
Your Church. 0 Logos who can be contemplated and Man that
can be seen, who through Your incomprehensible incamation
have
prepared for us the Bread of heaven this, Your holy Body which
is mystical and holy in every way.
You have mixed for us a cup from a tine vine, Your unblemished
divine side, which after You had given up the spirit, flowed for
us blood and water, and became purification for the whole world.
Acquire us to Yourself, 0 Good One, we Your undeserving
servants.
Make us for Yourself an assembled people , a kingdom, a
priesthood, and a holy nation.
Purify us also, 0 our Master, as You have sanctified these gifts
set forth, which You have made unseen out of those which are
seen and [have made them] Your rational
Mysteries, 0 our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
You, because of the multitude of Your compassions, have made
us all worthy of sonship through holy Baptism.
You have taught us types of mystical prayer, so that we may
entreat Your Father thereby.
You also now, 0 our Master, make us worthy, that with a pure
conscience and good thoughts that befit sons, and with yeaming
and boldness, we may dare to cry to God, Your holy Father who
is in the heavens, and say:
Our Father
People:
Our Father
People:
In Christ Jesus our Lord.
Priest:
Yea, 0 Lord, the Lord who has given us authority to tread on
serpents and scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy, crush
his heads beneath our feet speedily and scatter before us his every
design of wickedness against us.
For You are King of us all, 0 Christ our God, and unto You we
send up the glory, the honor, and the worship with Your good
Father and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of one essence
with You, now and at all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
Deacon:
Bow your heads to the Lord.
People:
Before You, 0 Lord.
The people bow their heads following two prayers.

Priest:
You, 0 Lord, who bowed the heavens, You descended and became
man for the salvation of the race of You are He who sits upon the
cherubim and the seraphim, and beholds those who are lowly.
You also now, 0 our Master, are He to whom we lift up the eyes of
our heart; the Lord who forgives our iniquities and saves our souls
from corruption.
 We worship Your ineffable compassion, and we ask You to give us
Your peace, for You hate given us all thittgs.
Acquire us to Yottrself, 0 God our Savior, for we know none other
hut You. Your holy name we titter. Turn us, 0 God, unto tlte fear of
You attd the desire of You. Be pleased that we may abide in the
enjoyment of Your good things.
And those who have bowed their heads beneath Your hand, exalt
them in [their] ways of lifè and adorn them with virtues.
Attd ntay we all be st’orthy of Your kingdom in the heavetts,
through the good will o/ God, Your good Father, with whom You
are blessed with the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Li/c, who is of one
essence with You.
Deacon:
Let us attend in the fear of God. Amen.
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.

Priest:
0 Master, Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son and Logos of
God the Father, who have broken every bond of our sins through
His saving, life-giving sufferings; who breathed into the frtce of His
holy disciples and saintly apostles, and said to them, Receive the
Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven: if you
retain the sins of any, they are retained.
You also now, 0 our Master, have given grace through Your holy
apostles to those who for a time labor in the priesthood in Your holy
Church to forgive sin upon the earth and to bind and to loose every
bond of iniquity.
Now also we ask and entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind,
for Your servants, my fathers and my brethren and my weakness,
those who bow their heads before Your holy glory.
Dispense to us Your mercy and loose every bond of our sins, and, tf
we have committed any sin against You knowingly or unknowingly,
or through anguish of heart, or in deed or word, or from faint-
heartedness, 0 Master who know the weakness of men, as a Good
One and Lover of Mankind, O God, grant us the forgiveness of our
sins, bless us, pure us, absolve us, and all Your people.
If he wishes, the priest men: then continues, saying:
Fill us with Your fear and straighten us for Your holy good will,
for You are our God, and the glory, the honor the dominion, and the
worshjp are due unto You, with Your good Father and the Holy
Spirit, the Giver of Ljfe, who is of one essence with You, now and at
all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
The priest says inaudibly the of the church and for the aloud:
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, our assemblies; bless them.
The deacon raises the cross,
Deacon:
Saved. Amen. And with your spirit. In the fear of God, let us
attend.
The people respond white
People:
Amen. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
The entire congregation prostrates to the Lord in fear and
trembling, asking for the forgiveness of their sins to tears,
contrition, and supplication. The priest then takes the Despotikon
between the tips of two fingers of his right hand, and with It he
signs the precious Blood the chalice in the form of the cross. Then
he dips the extremity of It inside the chalice and carefully r.tises It
waked in the Blood, and with It signs, in the form of the cross, the
pure Body which is alt on the palm. The priest then takes the
Despotikon and raises It up, amid with bowed head he exclaims
aloud:
Priest:
The bums for the holy. Blessed be the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son
of God; the sanctification is by the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
The people rise from their
People:
One is the Holy Father, one is the Holy Son, one is the Holy
Spirit. Amen.
Or they say:
One is the Al lHoly Father, one is the All-Holy Son, one is the
AllHoly Spirit. Amen.
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
The holy Body and the precious, true Blood of Jesus Christ, the
Son of our God. Amen.
People:
Amen.
Priest:
The holy, precious
Body and the true Blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of our God.
Amen.
People:
Amen.

The priest takes the Despoiikon and signs wiih Ii the Blood inside
the chalice in the form of the cross. He then carefully places the
Despolikon upside down in the Blood inside the chalice, all time
while with his left hand cupped mmttder ibm Despotikon lest any
of time pearls slaouid fail or drip, while saying:
ohmic saying:
Priest:
The Body and the Blood of Emmanuel our God; this is true.
Amen.
People:
Amen. I believe.

Priest:
Amen. Amen. Amen. I believe, I believe, I believe and confess to
the last breath that this is the life-giving Flesh that You have
taken, 0 Christ my God, from our Lady, the Lady of us all, the
holy Theotokos, Saint Mary.
You have made It one with Your divinity without mingling,
without confusion, and without alteration.
You have confessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate.
You have given It up for us upon the holy wood of the Cross, of
Your own will, for us all.
I believe that Your divinity parted not from Your humanity for a
single moment, nor a twinkling of an eye;
given for us for salvation, remission of sins, and etemal life to
those who partake of Him.
I believe that this is true. Amen.
Deacon:
Amen. Amen. Amen. I believe, I believe, I believe that this is
true. Amen.
Pray for us and for all Christians who said to us conceming
them, “Remember us in the house of the Lord.” The peace and
love of Jesus Christ be with you. Sing, “AlIeluia.’
Pray for the worthy
partaking of the immaculate and heavenly
Holy
Mysteries. Lord have mercy. White bowing his head, the
Priest:
And unto You is due the glory with one voice from everyone:
glory, honor, might, and worship with Your good Father and the
Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You,
now and at all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
People:
Glory to You, 0 Lord, glory to You.
During the distribution of people chant Psalm 150 as
Basil.

Priest:
We give thanks to You, 0 Lord Christ our God, the true Logos who
is of the essence of the holy and spotless Father.
For You have loved us and have given Yourself unto slaughter for
our sins.
By Your stripes You have healed us and through Your bruises we
became whole.
You have granted us l~/k through Your holy Body and Your
precious Blood, of which You have now made us worthy to partake.
Therefore, we give thanks to You, 0 God, the lover of Your
creation.
And unto You we send up the glory, the honor, and the worship
with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is
of one essence with You, now and at all times and unto the age of
all ages. Amen.
The following op is a prayer by of Antioeh.
Priest:
0You, THE beginning , who were and who came and who is to
come:
who were incarnate and became man, and were crucified for us on
the Cross: who suffered by His will in the flesh but suffered not in
His divinity; who were buried and put in the tomb, and on the third
day He rose from the dead, who ascended into the heavens and sat
at the right hand of the majesty of the Father;
and who shall come to judge the living and the dead; whom the
angels bless and the archangels praise; whose glory the seraphim
declare, and who are worshiped by the cherubim; before whom all
the
natures fear and tremble the Son, Logos of God the
Father, Jesus Christ our Lord. You are He before whom Your
people and Your heirs submit themselves, those whom You have
acquired to Yourself by Your precious Blood.
 Look upon us all, 0 Lord, from Your holy heaven and from Your
prepared mansion.
Bless Your servants with every spiritual blessing, keep them by
Your mighty hand, and confirm them in Your .
Grant them and us the purity of our souls, bodies, and spirits, and
give us our Christian perfection that would be pleasing to You.
For Your kingdom, which we all hope to attain, is pure and full of
glory, 0 Christ our God.
And unto You we send up the glory, the honor, and the worshzf
with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is
of one essence with You, now and at all times ’ and unto the age of
all

.ages. Amen

The priest ends the service as in the Litar Basil, saying the
dismissal prayer and tI distributing the blessed 1 dismissing the
cangregatian in peace.
The priest ends the service as in the Liturgy of Saint Basil, saying
the dismissal prayer and the blessing, distributing the eulogia, or
blessed bread, and dismissing the congregation in peace.
The Liturgy that was instituted by our father, Saint Mark the
Apostle, the evangelist of the land of Egypt, was translated from
Greek into Coptic by Saint Cyril, the , who is called the Pillar of
the Faith. The Coptic version of the Liturgy of St. Mark is known
as the Liturgy of Saint Cyril.
The priest begins as in the Liturgy of St. Basil through the
reading of the Gospel, which is followed by the Prayer of the Veil
to God the Father by our father the Thrice-Blessed John.
THE PRAYER OF THE VEIL
o Creator of the whole creation, visible and invisible, who spare all
things because they are Yours, o Master, the Lover of Souls.
I entreat You, 0 Lord, You who are Omnipotent even I, the weak,
the impotent, and unprofitable among all Your servants
that when I come forward unto the Holy of Your Holies and am
about to enter upon the this holy mystagogy,
give me, 0 Lord, Your Holy Spirit, the immaterial, incomprehensible
fire who devours all infirmity and consumes wicked inventions.
May He the members of the flesh that are upon the earth, and bind
the movements of the thought that lead into the imaginations, full of
passion and pain.
And as becomes priests, may He make me [rise] above all thoughts
of mortal things.
May He make in me the purifying words that I may fulfill this
oblation set forth, which is the Mystery of all mysteries, in the
fellowship and the communion of Your Christ, to whom is due the
glory, with You and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of one
essence with You, now and at all times and unto the age of all ages.
Amen.

0 Lord, God of the powers, King of glory, who alone do wonders,

the Good One, and are gentle to all who call upon You in truth.
Be mindful of our prayers, and give us power towards this
awesome service of the great heavenly Mystery of this rational
bloodless sacrifice set forth, so that Your will may be for the
salvation of those who come forward to these Holy Mysteries.
You also, even You who have mercy on every one, having had
compassion on my weakness, put off from me the old man with his
corrupt deeds and his lusts.
Leave behind me all the sins that I have committed, whether
willingly or unwillingly.
And make me worthy, with a pure heart and clean to bring in unto
You this awesome sacraice.
Cast me not away from Your servants as a servant of sin, but,
according to Your compassions, I ask You, grant me to serve Your
holy and honorable name without ceasing that I may gain the wages
of the wise and faithful steward on the Day of Your true reckoning.
 May Your people have a share in the eternal good things which
You have promised to those who love You. Through the grace,
compassion, and love-of-mankind of Your Christ, to whom is
due the glory, with You and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is
of one lessense with You,

.now and at all times and unto the age of all ages. Amen

The congregation recites the

By Saint Sevents, patriarch of

Priest:
Pray.
Deacon:
Stand up for prayer.
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
O Author of life and King of the ages,
O God, unto whom every knee bows, those in the heavens, those
on earth, and those under the earth;
to whom all are humbled and under the yoke of servitude, bowing
the head to the sceptre of His kingship;
who are glorified by the angelic hosts and the heavenly orders and
the rational natures with unceasing voices declaring His Godhead.
And You were pleased that we frail earthly men should also
serve You, not on account of the purity of our hands, since we
have wrought no goodness on earth, but rather desiring to give to
us, we undeserving wretches, of Your purity.
Receive us unto Yourself 0 Good One and Lover of Mankind, as
we draw near to Your holy altar, according to the multitude of
Your mercies.
And make us worthy of the heavenly peace which befits Your
divinity and is full of salvation, that we may give the same to one
another in perfect love, and greet one another with a holy kiss.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Deacon:
Pray for perfect peace, love, and the holy apostolic kisses.
Priest:
Not with a vile sense that defies Your fear, nor with thoughts of
guile filled with the wickedness of the traitor.
nor with consciences bent on malice but rather by the gladness of
our souls and the rejoicing of our hearts, having the great and
perfect sign of the love of Your only-begotten Son.
And cast us not behind, we Your servants, on account of the
defilement of our sins
for You, as a creator, know our form, that no one bom of a
woman can be justified before You.
So make us worthy, O our Master, with a holy heart and a soul
filled with Your grace, to stand before You
and bring in unto You this holy sacrifice— which is rational,
spiritual, and bloodless
unto the remission of our transgressions and the forgiveness of
the ignorances of Your people.
For You are a merciful and a compassionate God, and unto You
we send up the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the worship, 0
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and at all times and unto the age
of all ages. Amen.
Deacon:
Greet one another with a holy kiss. Lord have mercy. Lord have
mercy. Lord have mercy.
Yea, Lord, who are Jesus Christ, the Son of God, hear us and
have mercy on us.
Offer in order. Stand with trembling. Look towards the East.
Let us attend.

By The Thrice Btessed John.

Priest:
O God of love and giver of the oneness of heart, provider of the
oneness of mind that is of virtue, who have granted to us
the new commandment through Your only-begotten Son, that we
should love one another even as You have loved us, we the
undeserving and the lost, and gave Your beloved Son for our life
and salvation.
We ask You, 0 our Master, to grant us Your servants, all the
days of our life on earth and most particularly now,
a sense that remembers not the earlier evils, and a conscience
without hypocrisy, and truthful thoughts, and a heart that loves
the brethren
that, as we give a spiritual kiss, we may flee from the likeness of
Judas the traitor.
But having been reconciled to one another in the likeness of
Your holy disciples and apostles in purity we are purified, and
become purified
through the mediation of Your Holy Spirit.
 Through the grace, compassion, and love-of-mankind of
Your only-begotten Son, our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ,
through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the worship
are due unto You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Ltfe,
who is of one essence with You, now and at all times and unto the
age of all ages. Amen.
Deacon:
Greet one another with a holy kiss. Lord have mercy. Lord have
i mercy. Lord have I mercy.
Yea, Lord, who are Jesus Christ, the Son of I God, hear us and
have mercy upon us.
Offer in order. Stand with trembling. Look towards the East.
Let us attend.
People:
Through the
intercessions of the Theotokos, Saint Mary, O Lord, grant us the
forgiveness of our sins. We worship You, 0 Christ, with Your
Good Father and the Holy Spirit, for You (have come) and saved
us.
A mercy of peace, a sacrifice of praise.
Priest:
The Lord be with you all.
People:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
Lift up your hearts.
People:
We have them with the Lord.
Priest:
Let us give thanks to the Lord.
People:
It is meet and right.
Priest:
Meet and right, meet and right, meet and right. For truly it is
fitting and right, and holy and becoming, and profitable to our
souls, our bodies, and our spirits
O You, THE BEING, Master. Lord. God, the
Father, the
Pantocrator at all times and in all places of Your dominion,
to praise You, hymn You, bless You, serve You, worship You,
give thanks to You, and glorify You.
 And confess to You night and day, with unfailing lips, with a
heart that keeps not silent, and with unceasing glorifications.
You are He who has created the heavens and that which is in the
heavens, the earth and everything that is therein:
the seas, the rivers, the springs, the lakes, and that which is in alt
of them.
You are He who has created man according to Your image and
Your likeness.
And You have created everything through Your
Wisdom Your true Light, Your only-begotten Son. our Lord,
God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ;
through whom we give thanks and offer unto You, with Him and
the Holy Spirit the holy, co-essential, and undivided Trinity this
rational sacrifice and this bloodless service.
The priest signs the incense incense into the center, takes says:
This, which all nations offer unto You The priest signs the gifts
with to west and from north to tout from the East to the west and
from the north to the south.
He offers incense over the gift For great is Your name, 0 Lord,
among all the nations; and in every place incense is offered unto
Your holy name, and a pure sacrifice, and upon this sacrifice and
this offering.
People:
Lord have mercy.

Priest:
We ask and entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind,
remember, Lord, the peace of Your one, only, holy, catholic, and
apostolic Church.
Deacon:
Pray for the peace of the one, only, holy, catholic, and apostolic
orthodox Church, for God’s salvation among the people, for
stability in all places, that He may forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
That which exists from one end of the world to the other, all
peoples and all flocks, bless. The heavenly peace, send down into
all our hearts; even the peace of this life, graciously grant to us.
The king [leader], the armies, the chiefs, the counselors, the
multitudes, our neighbors, our coming in and our going out,
adom them with all peace.
O King of peace, grant us Your peace, for You have given us all
things.
Acquire us to Yourself 0 God our Savior, for we know none
other but You. Your holy name we utter.
May our souls live by Your Holy Spirit, and let not the death of
sin have dominion over us. we Your servants. (nor over all Your
people.)0
*Said by the pope or bishop
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
The sick among Your people.
Deacon:
Pray for our fathers and our brethren who are sick with any
sickness, whether in this place or in any place, that Christ our
God may grant us, with them, health and healing, and forgive us
our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
You have visited them with mercies and compassion; heal them.
Take away from them and from us all sickness and all disease;
the spirit of sickness, chase away.
Those who have long lain in sickness, raise up and comfort.
Those who are afflicted by unclean spirits, set them all free.
Those who are in prisons or dungeons, and those who are in exile
or captivity, or those who are held in bitter bondage, 0 Lord, set
them all free and hax e mercy upon them.
For You are He who loosens the bound and uplifts the fallen;
the hope of those who are hopeless and the help of those who have
no helper;
the comfort of the faint-hearted; the harbor of those in the storm.
All souls that are distressed or bound, grant them mercy, 0 Lord,
grant them rest, grant them refreshment, grant them grace, grant
them help, grant them salvation, grant them the forgiveness of
their sins and their iniquities.
As for us also, 0 Lord, the maladies of our souls, heal; and those
of our bodies too, do cure.
o You, the true physician of our souls and our bodies, the Bishop
of all flesh, visit us with Your salvation.
People:
Lord have mercy.
 The Litany For The Travelers

‫أوشية المسافرين‬

Priest:
Our fathers and our brethren who are traveling.
Deacon:
Pray for our fathers and our brethren who are traveling, and
those who intend to travel anywhere, that God may straighten all
their ways, whether by sea, rivers, lakes, roads, [air,] or those who
are traveling by any other means, that Christ our God may bring
them back to their own homes in peace, and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
And those who intend to travel anywhere, straighten all their
ways, whether by sea, rivers, lakes, roads, [air,] or those who are
traveling by any other means everyone, anywhere. Lead them
into a haven of calm, a haven of safety.
Graciously
accompany them in their departure and be their companion in
their travel.
Bring them back to their own, rejoicing with joy and safe in
security.
Be a partner in work with Your servants in every good deed.
As for us, 0 Lord, our sojourn in this life, keep without harm,
without storm, and undisturbed unto the end.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The priest says the approprtate prayer according to the season,
either the Litany for the Waters, the Litany for the Plants, or the
Litany for the Fruits. From Paoni 12 to Paapt 9 (June 19 to
October 19 20), the Litany for the Waters is said.
The Litany for the Waters of the River
‫أوشية مياه النهر‬
Priest:
Graciously accord, o Lord, to bless the waters of the river.
Deacon:
Pray for the rising of the waters of the rivers this year, that
Christ our God may bless them and raise them according to their
measure, that Ide may give joy to the face of the earth, sustain us,
the sons of men, save the cattle, and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
From Paapi 15 to Tobi 10 (October 20 /21 to I January 18 19), the
Litany for the Plants is said.
The Litany for the Seeds and the Herbs

‫أوشية الزروع والعشب‬

Priest:
Graciously accord, o Lord, to bless the seeds, the herbs, and the
plants of the field this year.
Deacon:
Pray for the seeds, the herbs, and the plants of the field this year,
that Christ our God may bless them to grow and multiply unto
perfection with great fmit, have compassion on His creation
which His hands have made, and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
From Tobi it to Paoni it (January 19/20 to June 18), the Litany
for the Fruits is said.
The Litany for the Air of Heaven

‫أوشية أهوية السماء‬

Priest:
Graciously accord, o Lord, to bless the air of heaven and She
fruits of the earth ibis year.
Deacon:
Pray for the air of heaven, the fruits of the earth, the trees, the
vines, and for every fruit-bearing tree in all the world, that Christ
our God may bless them, bring them to perfection in peace
without harm and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
The three prayers may be came be combined as follows:
Priest:
Graciously accord o Lord, to bless the air of heaven, the fruits of
the earth, the waters of the river, the seeds the herbs and the
plants of the field this year
Deacon:
Pray for the air of heaven, the fruiis of the earth, the rising of the
waters of the rivers, the seeds, the herbs, and the plants of the
field, that Christ our God may bless them, have compassion on
His creation which His hands have made, and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
After any one of these three prayers, the priest continues with the
following.
Priest:
Raise them to their measure according to Your grace. Give joy
to the face of the earth. May its furrows be abundantly watered
and its fruits be plentiful.
Prepare it for sowing and harvesting. Manage our lives as
deemed fit.
Bless She crown of the year with Your goodness for the sake of
the poor of Your people, the widow, the orphan, the traveler, the
stranger, and for the sake of all of us who entreat You and seek
Your holy name.
For the eyes of everyone wait upon You, for You give them their
food in due season.
Deal with us according to Your goodness, 0 You who give food to
all flesh. Fill our hearts with joy and gladness, that we iso, having
sufficiency in everything always, may abound in every good deed.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The Litany for the leader

‫أوشية الرئيس‬

Priest:
The king [leader] of our land, Your servant.
Deacon:
Pray that Christ our God may grant us mercy and compassion
before the mighty sovereigns, and soften their hearts towards us
for that which is good at all times, and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Keep him in peace, truth, and strength.
Subject under him all the barbarians, the nations that desire war
against all our fertile [lands].
Speak to his heart concerning She peace of Your one, only, holy,
catholic, and apostolic Church.
 Grant to him that he may think peaceably towards us and
towards I Your holy name that we too may lead a quiet and
peaceful life, and may be found in all godliness and all chastity in
You.
People:
Lord have mercy.
THE COMMEMI OF THE SAINTS

‫مجمع القديسين‬

Priest:
Our fathers and our brethren who have fallen asleep, whose
souls You have taken, repose them, remembering also all
the saints who have pleased You since the beginning:
our holy fathers the
patriarchs, the
prophets, the apostles, the preachers, the
evangelists, the
martyrs, the confessors, and all the spirits of the righteous
perfected in the faith
Most of all, the pure, full-of-glory, ever-virgin, holy Theotokos,
Saint Mary.
And Saint John the forerunner, baptist, and martyr;
Saint Stephen the protodeacon and protomartyr;
Saint Mark the holy apostle, Evangelist, and martyr;
the patriarch Saint Severus; -Saint Cyril; Saint Basil; Saint
Gregory,
our righteous father; the great Abba Anthony; the righteous
Abba Paul; the three saints Abba Macarii
our father Abba John; our father Abba Pishoy; our holy Roman
fathers Maximus and Dometius; the Forty nine Martyrs;
the
strong saint Abba Moses; our father Abba Pachom of the
Koinonia; our father Abba Shenoute the archmandrite; our
father Abba Nopher the anchorite; and our father Abba Samuel
the confessor; and all the choir of Your saints.
The priest says in the marooning tune:
Not that we are worthy, 0 our Master, of the intercession for the
blessedness of those [saints], but rather they are
standing before the throne of Your only-begotten Son, that they
may be in our stead, interceding for our poverty and our frailty.
The priest cries out, saying:
May You be a~ forgiver of our iniquities, for the sake of their
holy prayers and for the sake of Your holy name which is called
upon us.
Deacon:
Let those who read recite the names of our holy fathers, the
patriarchs who have fallen asleep. 0 Lord, repose their souls, and
forgive us our sins.
The Litany for the departed

‫أوشية الراقدين‬

Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, our holy fathers the orthodox archbishops who
have already fallen asleep, those who have rightly divided the word
of truth.
And give us, we too, a share and an inheritance with them,
remembering also those whom we mention this very day.
Here he says the diptyeh:
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, the souls of Your servants who have fallen
asleep, our fathers and our brethren.
Then the priest mentions those whom he desires to remember.
Deacon:
Pray for our fathers and brethren who have fallen asleep and
reposed in the faith of Christ since the beginning: our holy fathers
the archbishops, our fathers the bishops, our fathers the
hegumens, our fathers the priests, our brethren the deacot2s, our
fathers the monks, and our fathers the laymen, and for the full
repose of Christians, that Christ our God may repose all their
souls in the paradise of joy, and we too, accord mercy unto us and
forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Those and everyone, o Lord—those whose names we have
remembered and those whom we have not remembered, those
who are in the thoughts of each one of us and those who are not
who have fallen asleep and reposed in the faith of Christ.
Graciously, 0 Lord, repose all their souls in the bosom of our
holy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Sustain them in a green pasture, by the water of rest, in the
paradise of joy, the place out of which griefs sorrow, and
groaning have fled away in the light of Your saints.
Raise up their bodies also on the Day which You have appointed,
according to Your true promises, which are without lie.
Grant them the good things of Your promises. That which an eye
has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have come upon the heart of
man
the things which You, o God, have prepared for those who love
Your holy name.
For there is no death for Your servants, but a departure.
Even if any negligence or heedlessness has overtaken them as
men since they were clothed in flesh and dwelt in this world, o
God, as the Good One and Lover of Mankind, graciously accord
to forgive them.
For no one is pure and without blemish, even though his life on
earth be a single day.
As for those, 0 Lord, whose souls You have taken, repose them,
and may they be worthy of the kingdom of the heavens.
As for us all, grant us our Christian perfection that would be
pleasing to You, and give them, and us, a share and an
inheritance with all Your saints.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The Litany for the Oblations

‫أوشية القرابين‬

The priest puts incense into the censer, and censes the paten and
the chalice, saying:
Priest:
 The sacrifices, the offerings
Deacon:
Pray for those who have care for the sacrifices, offerings, first
fruits, oil, incense, coverings, reading books, and altar vessels,
that Christ our God may reward them in the heavenly Jerusalem,
and forgive us our sins.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
and the thanksgivings of those who have offered unto the honor
and glory of Your holy name.
Receive them upon Your holy, rational altar of heaven, for a
savor of incense before Your greatness in the heavens, through
the service of Your holy angels and archangels.
As You have received the gifts of the I righteous Abel and the
sacrifice of our father Abraham, and the two mites of the widow,
so also receive the thank offerings of Your servants, those in
abundance or those in scarcity, hidden or manifest.
Those who desire to offer to You but have none, and those who
have offered these gifts to You this very day,
give them the incorruptible instead of the corruptible, the
heavenly instead of the earthly, and the etemal instead of the
temporal.
Their houses and their stores, fill them with every good thing.
The priest faces west an saying:
Surround them, 0 Lord, by the power of Your holy angels and
archangels.
As they have remembered Your holy i name on earth, remember
them also, 0 Lord, in Your kingdom; and in this i age too, leave
them not behind.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The priest does not mention the names of the bishnps, but only
the name of the pope since there is a specific prayer for the
bishops which differs from the corresponding prayer in the
Liturgy of Saint Basil.
 The Litany for the Patriarch

‫أوشية البطريرك‬

Priest:
Our blessed and honored father, the archbishop our patriarch,
Abba ___ and his spiritual brothers, the Patriarch of Antioch
Mar Ignatius ___ and the Patriarch of Eritrea Abouna ___
Deacon:
Pray for the life and standing of our honored father the high
priest, Papa Abba , and his spiritual brothers, the I Patriarch of
Antioch
Mar Ignatius ___ and the Patriarch of Eritrea Abouna ___, that
Christ our God may keep their life for us for many years
and peaceful times, and forgive us our sins.
Priest:
in keeping, keep them for us for many years and peaceful times,
fulfilling that holy high priesthood with which You have entrusted
them from Yourself, according to Your holy and blessed will,
rightly dividing the word of truth, shepherding Your people in
purity and righteousness.
Grant them and us peace and safety in every place.
Their prayers which they offer on our behalf and (on behalf of
all Your people,)* as well as ours on their behalf,
The deacon presents the censer to the priest puts a spoonful of
incense into it, while saying:
receive upon You holy, heavenly, ant rational altar as a sweet
savor of incense.
All his enemies. visible and invisible. trample and humiliate
under their feel speedily.
As for them, keep them in peace and righteousness in Your holy
Church.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The Litany for the bishops

‫أوشية األساقفة‬

Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, the orthodox bishops in every place—
In the presence of a bishop or metropolitan, the following is said
instead.
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, our father the bishop (metropolitan), Abba
___ and the orthodox bishops in every place
Deacon:
 Pray for our fathers the orthodox bishops in every place of the
whole world, and the hegumens, the priests, the deacons, and all
the orders of the Church, that Christ our God may keep them
from every evil, and forgive us our sin .the presence of a bisho
following is said instead.
Deacon:
Pray for our father the bishop
(metropolitan), Abba ____ and our fathers the orthodox bishops
in every place of the whole world, and the hegumens, the priests,
the deacons, and all the orders of the Church, that Christ our
God may keep them from every evil, and forgive us our sins.
Priest:
and the priests, the deacons, the subdeacons,the readers, the
chanters, the exorcists, the monks, the virgins, the widows, the
orphans, the ascetics, the laity; those who are bound by wedlock
and those who rear children; those who said to us, ‘Remember
us,’ and those who said not;
those who we know and those who we know not;
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, this, Your holy place, and every place, and
every monastery of our orthodox fathers
 The Litany for the rest of the orthodox
‫أوشية باقي األرثوذكسيين‬
Deacon:
Pray for the safety of this holy place and every place, and every
monastery of our orthodox fathers; the deserts and the elders who
dwell therein; and for the safety of the world altogether, that
Christ our God may keep them from every evil, and forgive us
our sins.
Priest:
and every city and every region and village, and every house of
the faithful.
And keep us all in the orthodox faith to the last breath, for this
alone is our hope.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The Litany for Those who are standing in this place
‫أوشية القيام ههنا‬
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, those who are standing in this place and who
are participating with us in prayer—
Deacon:
Pray for those who are standing in this place and who are
participating with us in prayer, that Christ our God may keep
them i and guard them, receive their prayers to Himself, and have
i mercy upon them, and
forgive us our sins.
Priest:
our fathers and our brethren, and the rest who are in every place
of the world.
And keep them with I us by the host of the holy powers, and save
us from the flaming darts of the ~ Devil, from every diabolic wile,
and from the snare of false justification.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The Litany for Those who have Asked Us for prayer
‫أوشية الذين أوصونا‬
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, all those who have bidden us to remember
them
Deacon:
Pray for those who have bidden us to remember them in our
supplications and prayers, each one according to his name, that
Christ our God may remember them in goodness at all times, and
forgive us our sins.
Priest:
in our prayers and nupplications which we offer up unto You, 0
Lord our God, at this time of this Holy Liturgy, those whom we
remember at all times, those in the memory of each one of us.
And their memorial which has now taken place, may it be for
them like a steadfast fortress, overcoming every harm of the
demons and the counsel of wicked men.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Deacon:
Worship God in fear and trembling.
The Litany for the Servant priest
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, my weak and wretched soul. Give me to
understand the greatness of my standing before Your holy altar.
Cut away from me all the passions of ignorance and of youth that
they might not be a burden to me at the answer of that fearful
Judgment Day.
 Save me from all the work of the adverse powers.
Destroy me not with my iniquities. Be not angry forever, by
reserving my evils against me, but rather show in me Your goodness
also, and save me—even I, the unworthy according to the
multitude of Your mercy upon me,
The priest cries out in the ancient tune saying:
Priest:
That I may bless You at all times, all the days of my life.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The Litany for the priesthood
Priest:
Remember, 0 Lord, this, Your holy priesthood—
Deacon:
Pray for then holy priesthood and all the orthodox holy orders,
that Christ our God may hearken unto them, guard them,
strengthen them, have mercy on them, and forgise us our sins.
Priest:
and all the orthodox holy orders, and all Your people who are
standing before You.
Remember us also.
0 Lord—0 Lord, in mercies and compassions—and blot out
our iniquities as a Good One and Lover of Mankind.
0 God, be a partner with us that we may serve Your holy name.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The Litany for the assemblies
The priest signs the congregal
Priest:
Our assemblies; bless them.
Deacon:
Pray for this assembly of ours, and for every assembly of the
orthodox, that Christ our God may bless them and perfect them
in peace, and forgive us our sins.
The priest takes the censer in The Priest:
The worship of idols, utterly uproot from the world.
Satan and all his evil powers, trample and humiliate under our
feet speedily.
All offences and their instigators, do abolish. May all dissensions
of corrupt heresies cease.
The enemies of Your holy Church, 0 Lord, as at all times, now
also humiliate.
 Strip their vanit show them the weakness speedily.
Bring to naught theit1 envy, their intrigues their madness, the
wickedness, and the slander which they commit against us.
O Lord, bring theme alt to no avail. Disperse their counsel, He
now chants in the ancien O God, who dispersed the counsel of
Ahithnphet.
People:
Lord have mercy.
The priest offers incense ovei Arise, 0 Lord God, let all Your
enemies be scattered, and let all who hate Your holy name flee
before Your face.
The priest turns to the congregation, saying:
But let Your people be in blessing, thousands of thousands and
ten thousand times ten tltous and, doing Your will.
Deacon:
You who are seated, stand.
As the priest says the following litany, the congregation responds
by chanting “Lord have mercy” after each verse.

Loose the bound. Save those who are in distress.

Satisfy the hungry. Comfort the fainthearted.
 Raise the fallen. Confirm the upright.
Return those who have strayed. Bring them all into the way of
Your salvation.
Count them with Your people. And we too, redeem us from our
sin.
Guard us and cover us in all things.
Deacon:
Look towards the East.
Priest:
For You are God, who are above every principality and every
authority, and every power and every dominion, and every name
that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to
come.
You are He before whom stand thousands of thousands and ten
thousand times ten thousand of holy angels and archangels,
serving You.
You are He before whom stand Your two most honored
creatures, with their six wings and many eyes, the seraphim and
the cherubim.
With two wings they cover their faces on account of Your
divinity that cannot be seen or comprehended, and with two they
cover their feet, and with the other two they fly.
The priest cries out, saying:
For at all times, every one [of them] haltows You.
But with every one that hallows You, receive from us we too our
hallowing, 0 Lord, as we praise You with them, saying
Deacon:
Let us attend.
 Tlte congregation may chant the appropriate Aspasmos Batos
hymn, or the following.
People:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of
Your holy glory.
During the above chant, the priest washes his hands three times at
the north side of the sanctuary, saying the first time:
Priest:
Purge me with h.vssop, and J shall be clean; wash me, and I shall
be whiter than snow. [Ps. 50:7]
The second time, he Says:
Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which You have
broken rejoice. [Ps. 50:8]

The third time, Itc says:

I wash my hands in innocence, and go about Your altar, 0 LORD,
that I may proclaim the voice of Your praise. Alleluia [Ps.25:b,7]
Meanwhile, the priest washes his hattds, then, taking the veil
which is an the chalice on his right hand, he signs three times:
firstly, an himself, secottdly, an the servants, and thirdly, an the
people, while tlte fellow priest circles the altar with the rinser.
Then the priest says:
Priest:
Holy, 0 Lord of hosts, heaven and earth are full of Your holy
glory, 0 Lord our God.
Truly, heaven and earth are full of Your holy glory through
Your onlybegolten Son, our Lord, God, Savior, and King of us all,
Jesus Christ.
Fill this, Your sacrifice, 0 Lord, with the blessing
He signs the paten and the chalice together once, and says:
which is from You, by the coming down upon it of Your Holy
Spirit.
People:
Amen.
I Signing a second time, the priest says:
Priest:
And with blessing, bless.
People:
Amen.
Signing a third time, the priest says:
Priest:
Andwith sanctification, sanctify—
People:
Amen.
The priest points to the bread and the wine with his
hands, and says: —
Priest:
Your precious gifts which have been set forth before You, this
bread and this cup.
For Your onlybegotten Son, our Lord, God, Savior, and King of
us all, Jesus Christ,
The priest signs the incense box once, puts a spoonfat of incense
into the censer, censes his hands three times as is the custom, and
says:
in the night in which He gave Himself up that He might suffer for
our sins— and death, which He accepted by His own will for us
all—
People:
We believe.
The priest takes the bread into his bands, while
saying:
Priest:
He took bread into Hit holy hands which are without spot, or
blemish, blessed, and life-giving.
People:
We believe that this is true. Amen.
Priest:
Helooked up
towards heaven to You,
oGod, who are His Father and Master of everyone, and when He
had given thanks—
People:
 Amen.
Priest:
He blessed it—
People:
Amen.
Priest:
He sanctified it.
People:
Amen.
We believe, we confess, and we glorify.
Priest:
He broke it, and gave it to His own honored holy disciples and
saintly apostles, saying, “Take, eat of it, all of
you. For this is My Body, which is broken for you and for many,
to be given for the remission of sins. This do in remembrance of
Me.”
People:
This is true. Amen.
Priest:
Likewise also, the cup, after supper, He mixed it of wine and
water, and when He had given thanks—
 People:
Amen.
Priest:
He blessed it—
People:
Amen.
Priest:
He sanctified it.
People:
Amen.
Again, we believe, we confess, and we glorify.
Priest:
He tasted, and gave it also to His own honored holy disciples
and saintly apostles, saying, “Take, drink of it, all of
you. For this is My Blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for
you and for many, to be given for the remission of sins.
Thisdo in
remembrance of Me.”
People:
This is also true.
Amen.
The fellow priest circles the altar with the tenser while the serving
priest points to the Body and Blood, and says:
Priest: I “For every time you
eat of this bread and drink of this cup, you proclaim My death,
confess My Resurrection, and remember Me till I come.’
People:
Amen.Amen.
Amen. Your death, 0 Lord, we proclaim; Your holy
Resurrection and Ascension into the heavens, we confess. 0
We praise You, we bless You, we thank You, 0 Lord; and we
entreat You, 0 our
God.
Priest: I Therefore now, o God, the Father, the Pantocrator, as
we proclaim the death of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord,
God, o Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ; and confess His
holy Resurrection; His Ascension into the heavens; His sitting at
Your right hand, 0 Father;
and look for His Second Coming from the heavens, awesome and
full of glory at the cad of this age,
‘He shall come the world in sness give each one his deeds,
be good ordering to Your Lord, and not to our sins.
 He before glory we “ your gifts, Your own, “Father. God in
Priest:
We ask and entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind, put us not
to everlasting shame nor cast us away, we Your servants.
Drive us not away from Your faèe, neither say to us, “I know you
not.”
But rather give water for our heads and fountains of tears for our
eyes that we may weep day and night before You on account of our
transgressions.
For we are Your people, the sheep of Your flock; remit our
iniquities and forgive our transgressions
which we have committed willingly and which we have committed
unwillingly, which we have committed knowingly and which we
have committed
unknowingly, the hidden and the mantfest,
those which are mantfest beforehand and those which we have
forgotten—those which are known before Your holy name.
Hearken, 0 Lord, to the prayer of Your people, and be mindful of
the groaning of Your servants.
Because of my own sins and the abominations of my heart, deprive
not Your people of the coming down of Your Holy Spirit.
People:
 Have mercy upon us, 0 God, the Father, the Pantocrator. (Three
times)
The priest takes the veil on his hand, turns towards the
congregation, points to them with his hand, then turns back to the
East and cries out, saying:
Priest:
For Your people and Your Church entreat You, saying, “Have
mercy upon us,
0 God, the Father, the
Pantocrator.” (Three times.)
Deacon:
Worship God, the Father, the Pantocrator.
Priest:
And send down from Your holy highest, and from Your prepared
mansion, and from Your boundless bosom, and from the throne of
the kingdom of Your glory, the Paraclete—Your
Holy Spirit who is a hypostasis; the immutable; the
unchangeable; the Lord; the Giver of Ljfe, who spoke in the Law,
the Prophets, and the Apostles; who is in every place and who fills
every place, yet no place can contain; who, by His own glory,
according to Your goodwill, works sanctification upon
those whom He loves, not as servants; who is single in His nature
and man fold in His working the fountain of divine graces;
who is of one essence with You; who proceeds from You; the
companion of the throne of the kingdom of Your glory, with Your
only-begotten Son, our Lord, God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus
Christ— upon us, we Your servants, and upon these precious gills
which have been set forth before You, Hepoints to the Body sod the
upon this bread and this cup, that they may be sanctified and
changed.
Deacon:
Let us attend. Amen.
People:
Amen.
The priest signs the bread three times, as he cries out, saying:
Priest:
And this bread He makes into the holy Body of Christ.
People:
Amen.
The priest signs the cup three times, as he says:
Priest:
And this cup also, the precious Blood of His New Covenant.
People:
Amen.
Priest:
Our Lord, God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ.
People:
Amen.
As the priest says the f~o1Iowing litany, the congregation reponds
by chanting “Lord have mercy” after each verse.
Priest:
That they may be unto all of us who partake of them: faith without
searching; love without hypocrisy; perfect patience; firm hope; faith
and watchfulness; health and joy; renewal for the soul, body, and
spirit; glory to Your holy name; sharing in the blessedness of eternal
life and incorruption; and forgiveness of sins.
People:
As it was and shall be, it is from generation to generation, and unto
all the ages of the ages. Amen.
Priest
That as in this, so also in all things, Your great and holy name may
be glorified, blessed, and exalted in everything, honored and blessed
with Jesus Christ, Your beloved Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
INTRODUCTION TO THE FATHER
Priest:
Again, let us give thanks to God the Pantocrator, the Father of our
Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, for He also han made us
worthy now to stand in this holy place, to lift up our hands, and to
serve His holy name.
Let us also ask Him to make us worthy of the communion and
partaking of His divine and immortal Mysteries.
People:
Amen.
The priest lakes the pure Body with his right hand and places It in
his left hand: He then places the index finger of his right hand on
the Body at the side of the Despotikon at the place of separation, and
says:
Priest:
The holy Body—
People:
We worship Your holy Body—
The priest dips his finger into the precious Blood and then mites his
finger a little from the Blood and makes one sign of the cross with it
shove the Blood within the chalice, while saying:
Priest:
Blood—
People: and Your
Blood.
The priest signs the pure Body with the Blood which is on his finger,
once above and once below,
and says: ,
Priest:
of His Christ, the Pantocrator, the Lord our God.
Deacon:
Amen. Amen. Pray.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
THE FRACTION FOR FATHER
Priest:
O God, who
foreordained us to sonship through Jesus Christ our Lord,
according to the good pleasure of Your will, unto the honor of the
glory of Your grace, which You have granted to us through Your
Beloved.
This is He by whom we had our salvation, through His holy Blood,
unto the forgiveness of our ama.
We give thanks to You, 0 Lord God the Pantocrstor, for You have
made us, who are sinners, worthy
to stand in this holy place and fulfill this holy, heavenly Mystery.
So that, an You have made us worthy to fulfill Them, so also may we
be worthy of the communion and partaking of Them.
0 You, who opened the eyes of the blind, open the eyes of our hearts,
so that we may cast away from us all the darkness of evil and~
malice, which is then likeness of defilement, that we may be able to
raise up our eyes towards the splendor of Your holy glory.
And even an You have cleansed the lips of Your servant Isaiah lhe
prophet, as one of the seraphim took an ember with the tongs from
the altar, Cast it into his mouth, and said to him,
Behold, this has touched your lips, it shall take away your jniquities
and cleanse all your sins.”
Likewise we too, Your weak and sinful servants, who ask for Your
mercy,
graciously cleanse our souls, our bodies, our lips, and our hearts;
and give us this true Ember that is life-giving to soul, body, ~ and
spirit,
which is the holy Body and the precious Blood of Your Christ;
not unto judgment, nor unto falling into condemnation, nor unto
shame and reproving of our transgressions, lest, partaking of Them
unworthily, we become guilty of Them.
So that the multitude of Your graciousness, our Master, may not be
for us a cause of excess burden towards falling into condemnation,
having become ungrateful towards You, 0 You, the Beneficent One.
But rather grant us Your Holy Spirit,
that with a pure heart,
an enlightened
conscience, an
unashamed face, a faith unfeigned, a perfect love, and a firm hope,
we may dare with boldness, without fear, to say the holy prayer
which Your beloved Son gave to His holy disciples and saintly
apostles, saying to them,
“At all times, whenever you pray, entreat in this manner, and say,
‘Our Father
People:
Our Father, who art in heaven
People:
In Christ Jesus our Lord.
A PRAYER AFTER “4
Priest:
Yea, we ask You, 0 God, the Father, the Pantocrator, lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Take away from us the manjfold works of Satan,
and the intrigues that are from the counsel of wicked men. 0 Lord,
bring them all to no avail, and fortify us at all
times by Your ljfegiving right hand, for You are our helper and our
defender in Christ Jesus ourLord.
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and t~ie worship
are due unto You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who
is of one essence with You, now and at all times
and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
The priest may say this alterna
Yea, we ask You, 0 Lord our God, lead none of us into temptation—
this which we cannot endure on account of our weakness.
 But grant us also to walk out of the temptation that we may be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the Devil.
And deliver w the evil one at
M deeds in Christ our Lord. TA whom the glory,.
And deliver us from the evil one and his deeds in Christ Jesus our
Lord. Through whom the glory
Deacon:
Bow your heads to the Lord.
People:
Before You, 0 Lord.
THE PRAYER OF
To THE FA
Priest:
0 God, who loved us so, and granted us the rank of sons/sip that we
may be called the sons of Gods and that we may be heirs of You, 0
God, the Father, and sharers of the inheritance of Your Christ.
Incline Your ears, 0 Lord, and hearken to us, we who bow our heads
to You. And cleanse our inner man in the likeness of the purity of
Your onlybegotten Son—this which we contemplate partaking of
May fornication and every defiled thought flee from us—for the sake
of God who is of the Virgin.
Also pride, and the first evil, which is arrogance—for the sake of
Him who alone humbled Himself for our sake.
Fear—for the sake of Him who suffered in the flesh on our behalf
and upheld the victory of the Cross.
Vainglory—for the sake of Him who was smitten and scourged for
our sake, and hid not His face from the shame of spitting.
Enyy, murder, divisions, and hatred— for the sake of the Lomb of
God who takes away the sin of the world.
Anger and the remembrance of evil— for the sake of Him who nailed
the handwriting of our sins to the Cross.
The demons and the Devil, may they flee— for the sake of Him who
had disarmed the evil principalities and made a spectacle oft/se
authorities of darkness.
May every evil earthly thought be far from us—for the sake of Him
who ascended into the heavens.
So that, this way, in purity, we may partake of these pure Mysteries
and be perfectly purified—all of us, in our souls, our bodies, and our
spirits
that we may be partakers of the Body, partakers oft/se nature, and
partakers in the succession of Your Christ.
This is He with whom You are blessed, with the Holy Spirit, the Giver
of Life, who is of one essence with You, now and at all times
Deacon:
Let us attend in the fear of God.
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
The Prayer of A
To the Fai
Priest:
0 Master, Lord God the Pantocrator, healer of our souls, our bodies,
and spirits,
You are He who said to our father Peter, from the mouth of Your only-
begotten Son, ourLord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ,
“You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the
gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys oft/se kingdem of the heavens, and whatever
you bind on earth shall be bound in the heavens, and whatever you
loose on earth shall be loosed in the heavens.”
Therefore~ 0 Lord, let Your servants, my fathers ‘and my brethren
and my own weakness, be absolved by my mouth, through Your Holy
Spirit, 0 Good One and Lover of Mankind.
O God, who take away the sin of the world, hasten to accept the
repentance of Your servants, for a light of understanding
andforgivenessofsins.
 For You are a compassionate and merciful God; You are patient;
Your mercy is great and true.
If we have sinned against You, either by word or by deed~ pardon
and forgive us, as a Good One and Lover of Mankind.
If he wishes, the priest mentions the living and the dead, then
continues, saying:
 Remember, 0 Lord, my own weakness and forgive my many sins,
and where
transgression has abounded, let Your grace be multiplied in
abundance. Because of my own sins and the abomination of my heart,
deprive not Your people of the grace of Your Holy Spirit.
O God, absolve us, and absolve all Your people from every sin, and
from every curse, and from every denial, and from every false oath,
and from every encounter with the heretics and the heathen.
O our Master, grant us a reason and power and understanding to flee
from any evil deed of the adversary, and grant us to do what is
pleasing to You at all times.
Inscribe our names with all the choir of Your saints in the kingdom
of the heavens in Christ Jesus our Lord. Through whom the glory
The priest says inaudibly the short prayers for the peace of the
church and for the fathers. Then he exclaims aloud:
Remember, 0 Lord,
our assemblies. Bleat them.
The deacon mites the cross, and says:
Deacon:
Saved. Amen. And
with your spirit. In the fear of God, let us attend.
The people respond while bowing their heads.
People:
Amen. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
The priest takes in his hands the Despotikon and ~ j~ ~ raises It up
to arm’s length, and with bowed head -
The priest takes in his hancL raises It up to arm’s length, he exclaims aloud:
Priest:
The Holiet for the holy.
Then the priest takes the Despotikon between the tips of two fingers of his right hand, and with
It he signs the precious Blood inside the chalice in the form of the cross. Then he dips the
extremity of It inside the chalice and carefully raises It soaked in the Blood, and with It signs,
in the form of the cross, the pure Body which is alt on the paten, while saying:
Blessed be the Lord
Jesus Christ, the Son of
God; the sanctification
it by the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
The people rise from their loud voice:
People:
One is the Holy
Father, one is the Holy
Son, one is the Holy
Spirit. Amen.
Orthey say:
One is the All-Holy
Father, one is the All-
Holy Son, one is the
All-Holy Spirit. Amen.
Priest:
Peace be with all.
People:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
The holy Body and the precious and true Blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of our God.
Amen
People:
Amen.
Priest:
The holy, precious Body, and the true Blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of our God. Amen.
People:
Amen.
Priest:
The Body and the
Blood of Emmanuel
our God: this is true.
Amen
People:
 Amen. I believe.

Priest:
Amen. Amen.
Amen. I believe, I believe, I believe and confess to the last breath
that this is the life-giving Flesh that Your
only-begotten Son, our Lord, God, and Savior
Jesus Christ, took from our Lady, the Lady of us all, the holy Theotokos, Saint Mary.
He made It one with
His divinity without
mingling, without
~nfusion, and without lteration.
He confessed the good confession before ontius Pilate.
He gave It up for us upon the holy wood of the Cross, of His own will, for us alL
Truly I believe that His divinity parted not from His humanity for a single moment, nor a
twinkling of an eye;
given for us for salvation, remission of sins, and etemal life to those who partake of Him.
I believe, I believe, I believe that this is true. Amen.
Deacon:
Amen. Amen. Amen. I believe, I believe, I believe that this is true. Amen.
Pray for us and for all Christians who said to us conceming them, “Remember us in the house
of the Lord.” The peace and love of Jesus Christ be with you. Sing, “Alleluia.”
Pray for the worthy
partaking of the
immaculate and
heavenly Holy
Mysteries.
Lord have mercy.
People:
Glory to You, 0 Lord. Glory to You.
 The congregation sings Psalm 150, “Alleluia.
Praise God” (~2~2U42~OYIL essaY e~rtov’D.
Then the congregation chants what is appropriate
for the day. After the distribution of the Holy
Mysteries, the priest says the following Prayer of
Thanksgiving.
A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING To THE FATHER
Priest:
What manner of blessing, what manner of praise, what manner of thanksgiving, can we give You
in return, 0 Lover of Mankind?
For, while we were fallen into the sentence of death and overwhelmed in the depth of our sins,
You have granted us
freedom, and gave us this immortal, heavenly Food.
And man jfested to us this whole Mystery, hidden since the ages and the generations
that if may now be man jfested to the
principalities and the I authorities in the
heavenly places, through the Church, by Your manifold wisdom.
0 God, who arrqnge
our affairs in wisdom,
even more than what i
we can comprehend, I
what manner of compassion is this! Oh the greatness of the care of Your Fatherhood! Oh the
depth of Your Goodness!
Truly, You are He, unto whom is due the glory, the greatness, the might, and the authority,
before all the ages,
O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and at all times and unto the age of all ages.
After Communion, the priest says this Prayer of Submission by the
Thrice-Blessed John.
Priest:
You are He, with whom we have laid our lives, 0 Lord, who fill all.
Preserve us in every place we go.
And the
compunction that has become ours through prayer, and the
contentment of heart of upright living, preserve them for us, without
loss or regret.
So that, at every time and in every place of Your dominion, we may
look towards You, and follow after that which pleases You, and that
which You desire.
That we may not be put to shame on the Day of righteous
judgment, when
everyone shall receive recompense, when the angels shall stand, and
Your Onlybegotten Son, our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ, shall
judge.
This is He, through ~‘aI e’re efio2~ tI’ro~rq whom the glory .... epe
nzèov
The priest dismisses the congregation, says the ~ ~ blessing, and
distributes the eulogia, that is, the blessed bread, and dismisses the
people in peace.
 TIlE PRAYERS OF THE FRACTIONS
A SHORT FR~
To THE F
O God, who granted
us, who are sinners, the foreordained salvation and the rational, heavenly sacrifice, which is
the divine Body and the precious Blood of Your Christ.
These have become for us purification, salvation, grace, and forgiveness of sins.
So with thankfulness we cry to You, 0 holy Father who are in the heavens, saying,
Our Father
A FRACTION TOT
FOR THE FE~
THE VIRGIN AND 1
Behold, Emmanuel our God, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the whole world, is
with us today on this table;
who sits on the throne of His glory
and before whom stand all the heavenly orders; whom the angels praise with voices of blessing
and before whom the archangels fall down and worship.
The four incorporeal creatures sing the hymn of the Trisagion.
And the twenty-four priests are seated on their thrones, with twenty-four golden crowns upon
their heads and in their hands twenty-four golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers
of the saints. They fall down before Him who lives forever and ever.
And the hundred and forty-four thousand undefiled virgins praise the Lord, saying, “Holy,
holy, holy.
Amen. Alleluia.”
And we also worship the Holy Trinity, praising Him, saying,
“Holy is God the Father, the Pantocrator. Amen. Allelula.
Holy is His onlybegotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Alleluia.
Holy is the Holy
Spirit, the Paraclete.
Amen. Alleluia.”
Holy and full of glory is the holy Theotokos, Saint Mary, the Virgin. Amen. Alleluia.
Holy and full of glory is this sacrifice, which has been slain for the life of the whole world.
Amen. Alleluia.
Therefore, our good Savior proclaimed, saying, “My Body is food indeed and My Blood is
drink indeed.
He who eats My Body and drinks My Blood dwells in Me, and tin him.”
We ask You, 0 our Master, purify our souls, our bodies, and our spirits,
so that with a pure heart, cleansed lips, an enlightened soul, an unashamed face, a faith
unfeigned, a pure conscience, a perfect patience, and a firm hope,
 we may dare with boldness, without fear,
to pray to You, 0 God the holy Father who are in the heavens, and
say,
Our Father
 A FRACTION TO THE SON
FOR THE FEASTS OF OUR LORD

We praise and glorify the God of gods and the Lord of lords, who
was incarnate of Saint Mary who gave birth to Him in Bethlehem.
And lo, the angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds and
proclaimed the good news of His wonderful Nativity to them, and
they came and beheld Him— whose star the Magi saw. They came
and worshiped Him, and presented gifts to Him— who came to the
land of Egypt, and then returned and dwelt in Nazareth of Galilee—
who grew little by little, according to the form of men, yet He alone
was without sin— who came to the Jordan and was baptized by
John the Forerunner—
who fasted on our behalf forty days and forty nights in a mystery
ineffable— who made the water wine by the power of His divinity at
the wedding of Cans of Galilee— who gave sight to the blind, made
the lame to walk, the maimed whole, the lepers pure, the deaf to
hear, the mute to speak, and the demons to depart— who raised the
son of
the widow of Nain and the daughter of Jairus— who was
transfigured on Mount Tsbor before His holy disciples, and His face
shone like the sun— who raised Lazarus from the tomb after four
days— who entered into Jerusalem, riding on a colt and the foal of a
colt, as a king—
who established a covenant with His holy disciples and gave them
His holy Body and His precious Blood for the forgiveness of our sins
— who was crucified on the Cross and trampled down Satan, and
was placed in the tomb, and after three days He rose from the dead
— whom His chosen disciples saw on the Sea of Tiberias after His
holy Resurrection,
and after forty days He ascended into the heavens, and sat at the
right hand of His good Father, and sent us the Parsclete in the
likeness of tongues of fire— who taught His chosen disciples and
holy apostles, saying, “Whenever you pray, entreat in this manner
and say,
Our Father
A FRACTION TO THE FATHER FOR ADVENT AND THE
NATIVITY
O Master, Lord our God, co-creator, invisible, infinite,
unchangeable, and immeasurable, who has sent His true Light,
His only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ the cc-eternal Logos.
He who is in the Fatherly bosom at all times has come down and
dwelt in the smdefiled virginal womb. She, being virgin, gave birth
to Him, and her virginity is sealed.
Lo, the angels praise Him and the heavenly hosts chant to Him,
proclaiming and saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of Your holy glory.”
Likewise, we too, the weak and sinful, make us worthy with them, 0
our Master, the Good One ~and Lover of Mankind,
that with a pure heart we may praise You, with Him and the Holy
Spirit—the Co-Essential Trinity—and raise our eyes towards You,
our holy Father who are in the heavens, and say,
Our Father
A FRACTION TO THE FATHER FOR THEOPHANY
As You have bestowed upon us the I grace of sonship
through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy pint,
so make us worthy now, that, without hypocrisy, with a pure heart,
a conscience full of boldness, and unerring lips, we may entreat You,
0 Abbe Father, so that having abandoned the excessive vain words
of the heathen and the vanity of the Jews, we maybe able to offer
You the supplication of prayer according to the statute of Your
only-begotten Son, which is full of salvation. So with a humble voice
befitting Christians, and with
purity of soul, body, and spirit, we dare without fear to cry to You
who are uncreated, without beginning, and unbegotten, the
Master of everyone, God the holy Father who are in the heavens,
and say,
Our Father
 A FRACTION TO THE FATHER FOR THEOPHANY AND
THE FEAST OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
0 God, who granted Zacharias a son in old age and Elizabeth in old
age and childlessness. [Luke 1:7]
His tongue spoke after being speechless; and he spoke in hymns
and doxologies and of great things. [Luke 1:64]
Elizabeth rejoiced saying, “Blessed be the
Lord God, who has
taken away my reproach among men.” [Luke 1:25]
This is he-among those born of women none is greater than him.
He bore wstness to Him, and his witness was true, saying, [Luke
7:28]
“I am not the awaited Messiah; He who comes after me is greater
than I. [John 1:15]
He received grace upon grace, [John 1:16] when the Master of all
came to him and was baptized by him in the river Jordan. [MatS
3:13]
He saw the heavens open and the Holy Spirit descending in the
likeness of a dove. [Mats 3:16]
And ho, a voice came from the heavens, saying, “This is My
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” [Matt 3:17]
This is he, whose garment was of camel’s hair, with a leather girdle
around his loins; and whose food was locusts and wild honey. [Mats
3:4]
O John, son of good tidings, intercede on our behalf concerning
our sins and our transgressions, that we may cry to Him in
thanksgiving, saying,
Our Father
A FRACTIONTON TO THE SON FOR THE HOLY FAST
OF THE FORTY DAYS
You are the merciful God, Savior of a everyone, who were
incarnate for our salvation, who have enlightened us, who are
sinners,
who fasted for us forty days and forty nights in a mystery ineffable,
who saved us from death and gave us His holy Body and His i
precious Blood for the 1 forgiveness of our sins, who spoke to the
multitudes and to His I holy disciples and i saintly apostles, saying,
“This is the Bread of i life which came down from heaven. Not as
your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
He who eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood shall live forever1 and I
will raise him up at the last day.”
Therefore, we ask and entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind,
purify our souls, our bodies, and our spirits, so that with a pure
heart, we may dare with boldness, without fear, to cry to Your holy
Father who is in the heavens, and say,
Our Father
 ANOTHER FRACTION FOR THE HOLY FAST OF THE
FORTY DAYS TO THE FATHER
O Master Lord God the Pantocrator, who sent His only begoen Son
into the world; He taught us the Law and the commandments
written in the Holy Gospel.
And He taught us that fasting and prayer cast out demons when He
said, “This kind cannot come out by anything, but by prayer and
fasting.”
Fasting and prayer are those which raised Elijah to heaven and
saved Daniel from the lions’ den.
Fasting and prayer are those which Moses pursued until he
received the Law and the Commandments written with the finger of
God.
Fasting and prayer are those which the people of Nineveh pursued
until God had mercy on them and forgave them their sins, and lifted
His wrath away from them.
Fasting and prayer are those which the prophets pursued until
they prophesied concerning the Advent of Christ many generations
before His Coming.
Fasting and prayer are those which the apostles pursued until they
preached to all nations and made them Christians, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Fasting and prayer are those which the martyrs pursued until they
shed their blood for the name of Christ, who confessed the good
confeasion before Pontius Pilate.
Fasting and prayer are those which the righteous and the just and
the cross-bearers pursued until they dwelt in the mountains and
deserts and holes of the earth because of their great love for Christ
the King.
And we too, let us fast from all evil, in purity and righteousness,
and let us proceed forth to this holy sacrifice and partake of it with
thanksgiving, so that with a pure heart, an enlightene soul, an
unashamed face, a faith unfeigned, a perfect love, and a firm hope,
we may dare with boldness, without fear, to pray to You, 0 God, the
holy Father who are in the heavens, and say,
Our Father
A FRACTION TO THE FATHER FOR HOSANNA SUNDAY
O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful has become Your name in all the
earth,
for the greatness of Your beauty is exalted above the heavens.
Out of the mouth of little children and sucklings You have
prepared praise.
Prepare also, 0 Lord, our souls for praising You, chanting to You,
blessing You, serving You, worshiping You,
glorifying You, giving thanks to You, every day and every hour.
That we may confess to You and cry out to You, 0 holy Father who
are in the heavens, and say, j
Our Father
 A FRACTION TO THE FATHER ABOUT THE SLAUGTER
OR ISAAC FOR COVENANT THURSDAY
And it came to pass in the days when God I wanted to test Abraham
and know his heart and his love for Him, that He said to him,
“Abraham, Abraham, take your beloved son Isaac and offer him to
Me as a burnt offering, upon the mountain of which I will tell you.”
And Abraham rose up in the morning and saddled his donkey, and
took two servants and Isaac his son. And he took a knife and fire,
and walked on the earth, and saw from afar the place of which the
Lord had told him.
And he said to his servants, “You remain in this place with the
donkey. I and Isaac my son shall go to worship, and return to you.”
And Abraham took the firewood for the burnt offering and laid it
upon Isaac his son, and took fire in his hand, and the knife.
And Isaac spoke to his father, saying, “My father, behold the fire
and the wood, but where is the lamb which we shall offer as a burnt
offering?”
And Abraham said to him, “God, who commanded us to offer Him
a sacrifice, will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering,
my son.”
And Abraham took atones and built an altar, and took the
firewood and laid it upon the altar, and took Isaac his son and
bound him and laid him upon the altar, and took the knife to slay
him.
And the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham, saying to him,
“Abraham, Abraham. Behold, do not lay your hand on your lad, or
do him any harm.
When the Lord saw your love for Him, He said, ‘I am the Lord
your God. By Myself I have sworn that in blessing I will bless you,
and in multiplying I will multiply your seed.”’
And Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw a mm upon the tree,
caught by its horns. So he left Isaac his son and took the ram, and
offered it up as a burnt offering instead of him.
Thus the slaying of Isaac was a type of the shedding of the Blood of
Christ, the Son of God, on the Cross for the salvation of the world.
And as Isaac carried the firewood for the burnt offering, likewise
Christ carried the wood of the Cross.
And as Isaac returned alive, likewise Christ rose alive from the
dead and appeared to His holy disciples.
O God,who
received the sacrifice of our father Abraham, receive this sacrifice
from our hands in this hour. Bless these gifts. Bless those on whose
behalf they have been offered, and repose the souls of those who
have died. May Christ bless the hearts and spirits of us all, so that
with a pure
heart, an enlightened soul, an unashamed face, a faith unfeigned, a
perfect love, and a firm hope,

we may dare with boldness, without fear, to pray to You, 0 God, the
holy Father who are in the heavens, and say,
Our Father
A FRACTION TO THE SON FOR BRIGHT SATURDAY
O Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the name of salvation, who
according to the multitude of His mercy descended into Hades and
destroyed the power of death.
You are the King of the ages, the Immortal, the Everlasting, the
Logos of God who are above all, the Shepherd of the rational sheep,
the High Priest of the
good things to come, who ascended into the heavens and has become
higher than the heavens.
And He went within the veil to the place of the Holy of Holies, the
place into which no one of man’s nature can enter.
He became a forerunner on our behalf, having become high priest
forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
You are He concerning whom the prophet Isaiah prophesied, saying,
“As a sheep He was led to the slaughter. And as a lamb silent before
his shearer, so He opened not His mouth, hi His humiliation His
judgment was taken away, and who shall declare His generation?”
You were wounded on account of our sins and were weakened for
our
iniquities.
The chastisement of our peace was upon You, and with Your bruises
we were healed. All we like sheep have gone astray.
You have come, 0 our Master, and saved us through the true
knowledge of Your Cross, and granted us the tree of life, which is
Your divine Body and true Blood.
Therefore, we praise You, we bless You, we serve You, we worship
You, we glorify You, and we give thanks to You at all times.
We ask and entreat You, 0 God, the Lover of Mankind, receive our
sacrifice from our hands, O our Master, as You have received the
gifts, the incense, and the supplications of the patriarchs, the
prophets, the apostles, and all Your saints.
Purify our souls, our bodies, our spirits, and our consciences,
so that with a pure heart, an enlightened soul, an unashamed face, a
faith unfeigned, a perfect love, and a firm hope,
we may dare with boldness, without fear, to say the holy prayer
which You have given to Your holy disciples and saintly apostles,
saying to them, “Whenever you pray, entreat in this manner and
say,
Our Father
 A FRACTION TO THE SON FOR THE RESURRECTION
O Christ our God, the High Priest of the good things to come, King
of the ages, the Immortal, the Everlasting, the Logos of the Father
who are above all, who granted us this great Mystery which is His
holy Body and His precious Blood for the forgiveness of our sins.
This is the Body which He took from our Lady, the Lady of us all,
Saint Mary, and made one with His divinity.
This is He who descended into Hades, abolished the power of
death, led captivity captive, and gave honors to men.
He lifted His saints up with Him and gave them as a gift to His
Father. Through His tasting of death for us, He saved those who are
alive and reposed those who have died.
And we too, who were sitting in darkness for a season, He granted
us the light of His Resurrection through His holy Incarnation.
May the light of Your true knowledge shine upon us, that we may
shine with Your living image
and may dare with boldness, without fear, to cry to Your Father
who is in the heavens, and say,
Our Father
 A FRACTION TO THE FATHER FOR THE
RESURRECTION
O Master, Lord God the Pantocrator, the Father of our Lord,
God, and Savior Jesus Christ, who through His Cross descended to
Hades and restored our father Adam and his children to Paradise.
He buried us with Himself, and through His death He abolished the
power of death, and on the third day He rose from the dead.
He appeared to Mary Magdalene and spoke with her in this
manner, saying, “Tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they
will see Me.”
The archangel descended from heaven and rolled back the stone
from the door of the tomb, and proclaimed the good news to the
women carrying the spices, saying,
“Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and
upon those in the tombs bestowing life.”
He breathed into the face of His holy disciples and saintly apostles,
saying,
“Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are
forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
From the Ascension to the F: priest adds the following pars:
And after forty days, He ascended into the heavens and sat at the
right hand of His good Father, and sent us the Psraclete, the Spirit
of truth, in the likeness of tongues of fsre.
Then he concludes:
Therefore, we ask You, 0 our Master, purify us from all hypocrisy
that with a pure heart we may dare with boldness, without fear, to
entreat You, 0 God, the Father who arc in the heavens, and say,
Our Father
You are the Logos of the Father, God who are before the ages, the
great high priest
 A FRACTION TON TO THE SON FOR THE APOSTLES
FAST
who were incarnate and became man for the salvation of mankind.
Out of all the nations, He called to Himself a chosen generation, a
kingdom, a priesthood, a holy nation, and a justified people.
You have sent the Holy Spirit upon the apostles on the day of
Pentecost.
He came upon each one of them like divided tongues of fire
and filled them with all knowledge, all
understanding, and all spiritual wisdom, according to Your faithful
promise.
And they spoke in every language and they preached Your holy
name to all the nations.
As for Peter and Paul, foremost among the apostles, the shadow of
the one was
healing the sick, whereas the handkerchiefs and
aprons of the other were causing diseases to leave and evil spirits
to come out.
And after they preached the gospel of the kingdom and taught the
nations, they shed their blood for Your name’s sake and received
the crown of apostleship and of martyrdom.
O You who has granted His holy disciples and honored apostles
the descent of the Spirit, the Paraclete, upon them and gave them
authority to work healings, signs, and wonders— they proclaimed to
us the good news of His holy name and restored us to the true faith
of the Holy Trinity.
We praise You, we bless You, we glorify You, and we give thanks
to You on account of these great gifts.
And we ask You, 0 our Master, to also grant us the forgiveness of
our sins, and to purify our hearts, our souls, our bodies, and our
spirits,
so that with a pure heart, we may dare with boldness, without fear,
to cry to Your holy Father who is in the heavens, and say,
Our Father
How unsearchable are Your judgments and Your ways past
finding out. [Rom 11:33]
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so also are Your ways
higher than the sons of men. [Isa 55:9]
Lo, You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding
and have revealed them to little children. [Matt
11:25]
Yea, 0 Father, this is the pleasure before You. [Luke 12:32]
You have chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and
You have chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.
[lCor 1:27]
 You have chosen Peter, who was a fisherman, and have made him
into a fisher of men. [Malt 4:19]
You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the
gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. [Malt
16:18]
This is he, who, when You asked Your holy disciples, saying, “Who
do men say that I am?” proclaimed saying, “You are the Christ, the
Son of the living God, the Savior of the world.” [Malt 16:15-16]
Blessed are you, Peter, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to
you, but the Spirit of God dwelling in you. [Malt 16:17]
He who had denied You before a servant girl, did confess You
before kings and rulers.
Lo, Paul, who was for some time a persecutor, You have made a
chosen vessel to carry Your holy name.
As he came to Damascus to bind the Christians and torture them,
[Acts 9:3]
suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven, and he
heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?
It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” [Acts 9:3-5]
Paul, the tongue of incense, has proclaimed, preached, and
taught, and established Your holy Church.
At the end of all, You granted Your two apostles, Peter and Paul,
that which an eye has not seen nor ear heard, neither has entered
into the heart of man.
Behold, Peter was martyred, crucified with his head below, and
Paul by the edge of the sword, and they received the crown of
apostleship and of martyrdom.
O God, who granted His apostles these many graces, grant us,
who are sinners, the forgiveness of our sins, our transgressions, and
our iniquities, that we may cry to You in thanksgiving, saying,
Our Father begetter of the Light, author of life, granter of
knowledge, creator of grace, benefactor to our souls, treasure of
wisdom, teacher of purity, founder of the ages, who receive to
Himself pure prayers, who gives to those who trust in Him with
all their hearts the things which the angels desire to behold, who
have brought us out of the depths into the light, who gave us life
from death, who granted us freedom from bondage,
who made the darkness of error in us to become light through the
coming in the flesh of Your only-begotten Son.
Now also, 0 our Master, enlighten the eyes of our hearts and wholly
purify us in soul, body, and spirit,
so that with a pure heart and cleansed lips, we may dare to entreat
You, 0 God the holy Father who are in the heavens, and say,
Our Father
O Lord our God, the Great, whose name is Great, the Father of
compassion and God of all comfort, who received from
our hands, we frail sinners, this rational, true, and bloodless
sacrifice.
You also, 0 our Master, the Good One and Lover of Mankind,
purify us from every stain of flesh and spirit.
And make us worthy to partake of Your ineffable good things
for the salvation of our souls, our bodies, and our spirits, and for a
defense before Your fearfl.sl judgment seat.
May we be worthy, with daring and boldness, to cry to You, O holy
Father who are in the heavens, and say,
Our Father

You are the Logos of the Father, God who are before the ages, the
great high priest
who were incarnate and became man for the salvation of mankind.
Out of all the nations, He called to Himself a chosen generation, a
kingdom, a priesthood, a holy nation, and a justified people.
Therefore, we ask and entreat Your goodness, 0 Lover of Mankind,
that this sacrifice may not be a rebuke of our sins nor a shame for
our iniquities, for we have brought it to You on account of our
weakness.
Rather, even as these gifts are pure in everything, You having
graciously filled them with every holy thing through the coming
upon them of Your Holy Spirit,
likewise for us sinners also, graciously accord to purify our souls,
our bodies, our spirits, and our consciences, so that with an
enlightened soul, an unashamed face, a pure heart, a faith
unfeigned, a perfect love, and a firm hope, we may dare with
boldness, without fear, to say the holy prayer which You have given
to Your holy disciples and saintly apostles, saying, “Whenever you
pray, entreat in this manner and say,
Our Father

O Lamb of God, who through Your passion have borne the sins
of the world, blot out our iniquities through Your compassion.
O only-begotten
of God, who through
YourBlood have cleansed the filthiness of the
world,cleanse the filthiness of our souls through Your
mercies.
O Christ of God, who through Your death have slain death,
which had slain all, raise up the deadness of our souls.
O You who receive the offerings, who have offered Yourself for
sinners, accept our repentance, we who are sinners.
For without favor have we come forth into Your presence,
knocking on the door of Your tender mercies. So, grant us, 0 You
who are rich in mercies, healing out of the treasure of Your
remedies.
Heal, 0 compassionate one, our wretched souls by the ointments of
Your life-giving Mysteries. Purify our bodies;
wash us from our iniquities; make us worthy of the dwelling of
Your Holy Spirit in our souls.
Enlighten our minds that we may behold Your praiseworthiness.
Punfy our thoughts and mingle us with Your glory.
Your love has brought You down to our lowliness; let Your grace
raise us unto Your highness.
Your compassion has compeled You; You were incarnate in our
flesh; You have manifested Your hiddenness [and made it] seen.
Manifest in the souls of Your servants the glory of Your life-giving
Mysteries.
At the offering of the Sacrifice upon the altar, sin shall cease from
our organs through Your grace.
When Your glory comes down upon Your Mysteries, our minds
shall be lifted up unto beholding Your majesty.
At the turning of the bread and wine into Your Body and Blood,
our souls shall be turned unto fellowship with Your glory, and our
souls shall be united to Your divinity.
Create in us, 0 our Lord and our God, a pure heart, and let Your
Spirit dwell within us.
 Renew our senses by Your power and make us worthy of Your gift.
From the cup of Your Blood, we drink grant us a spiritual taste
that we may discern the taste of Your life-giving Mysteries.
We come forth into Your presence trusting in Your mercy, and
You shall dwell in us with love.
Fill us with Your fear and inflame our hearts with desire for You.
Place Your grace in us; purify our senses through Your mercy.
Grant us holy tears and cleanse us
from the filthiness of sin. Make us a holy temple for Your
dwelling and purified vessels for receiving You, that having tasted
of Your Flesh, we may be made worthy to taste Your grace, and
having drunk Your Blood, we maybe made worthy of the sweetness
of Your love.
You have granted us to eat Your Flesh openly, make us worthy to
be united to You secretly.
You have granted us to drink of the cup of Your Blood openly,
make us worthy to mingle with Your purity secretly.
And as You are one in Your Father and Your Holy Spirit, may we
be one in You and You in us, that Your saying may be fulfilled,
“That they may all be one in us.
So that with favor, we may call God, who is Your Father, the
Father of us, and say in a loud voice,
 Our Father
This fraction is from the LiSa Antioch.
Thus truly the Logos of God suffered in the flesh and was
sacrificed and broken on the Cross. His soul parted from His body,
while His divinity in no way parted either from His soul or from His
body.
He was pierced in His side with a spear; blood and water flowed
from Him for the forgiveness of the whole world. His body was
smeared in them, and His soul came and was reunited with His
body.
On behalf of the sins of the whole world, the Son died on the Cross.
I He turned us from the way on the left towards the right.
Through the blood of his Cross, He established the reconciliation of
the heavenly with the earthly, and united the people with the peoples
and the soul with the body.
And on the third day He rose from the tomb.
One is Emmanuel who cannot be divided after the union; there is
no division into two natures. Thus we believe, thus we confess, and
thus we affirm that this Body belongs to this Blood, and this Blood
belongs to this Body.
You are Christ our God, who for our sake were pierced in Your
side with a spear on the heights of Golgotha in Jerusalem.
You are the Lamb of God who take away the sin of the world.
Absolve us of our transgressions and forgive our sins, and make us
stand at Your right-hand side.
O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who are blessed by the
cherubim, hallowed by the seraphim, and exalted by thousands of
thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand of the rational
servants; who sanctify and complete the gifts and the fuliness of the
fruits that have been brought to You as a sweet savor; sanctify also
all of our bodies, our souls, and our spirits, so that with a pure heart
and an unashamed face, we may call upon You, 0 God the Father
who are in the heavens, and pray, saying, Our Father