The Divine Liturgy of St.

Mark Proskomide
At the Proskomide[i], all as usual except the following: Prayer over the Censer

We offer Thee incense, O Lord, efore Th! hol! glor!, and ma! it rise up, we eseech Thee, to Th! most hea"enl! altar as a sweet fragrance, for the remission of our sins and the cleansing of Th! people# Through the grace and compassion and lo"e for mankind of the $ather and of the %on and of the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto the ages of ages# Amen#
Offertory Prayer

O 'aster, Lord our (od, )esus *hrist, coeternal %on of the ageless $ather, Thou Who art the great &igh Priest, Who didst gi"e Th!self as a spotless lam for the life of the world: we pra! and eseech Thee, O good Lo"er of mankind: show Th! face upon this read and upon this chalice, so that the! ma! e transformed into Th! most pure +od! and precious +lood, in which the hol! ta le recei"eth Thee as do the priestl! hierurg! and the surrounding choir of Angels, unto the communion of souls and odies# And to Thee do we ascri e glor!, together with Th! $ather Who is without eginning, and Th! most hol! and good and life,creating %pirit, now and e"er, and unto ages of ages# Amen#
The Proskomide concludes as usual, and %t# 'ark is named in the -ismissal#

The Enarxis[ii]
The -eacon intones: + L.% % .-

+less, 'aster#

Priest:

is the kingdom of the $ather, and of the %on, and of the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen# /And, in Paschal time, we sing 0*hrist is risen from the dead123 -eacon: 4n peace let us pra! to the Lord#
-eacon:

4n peace let us pra! to the Lord#

Prayer of the First Antiphon /for the congregation3

/And the rest of the (reat Litan!# %ee the Liturg! of %t# )ohn *hr!sostom for text#3

We gi"e Thee thanks, we gi"e Thee exceeding thanks, O Lord our (od, $ather of our Lord and (od and %a"iour )esus *hrist, for all things, and through all things, and in all things: for that Thou hast sheltered, assisted, defended, and rought us through the past time of our life, and hast guided us to this hour, "ouchsafing again to stand efore Thee in Th! hol! place, us who ask pardon of our sins, and propitiation for all Th! people# And we pra! and eseech Thee, O Lo"er of mankind, grant us to pass this hol! da! and all the time of our life without sin, with all 5o!, health, safet!, and with all sanctification and Th! fear# +ut all
Priest /secretl!3:

en"!, all terror, all temptation, e"er! working of %atan, e"er! plot of wicked men, dri"e far from us, O (od, and from Th! &ol! *atholic and Apostolic *hurch# That which is good and profita le, do Thou suppl! to us6 if we ha"e sinned against Thee in word or deed, or ! thought, do Thou, as good and Lo"er of mankind, "ouchsafe to o"erlook it, and forsake us not, O (od, who put our trust in Thee6 nor lead us into temptation, ut deli"er us from the e"il one and from his works# [Through the grace and compassion and lo"e for mankind of Thine onl!, egotten %on, through Whom and with Whom e to Thee the glor! and ma5est!, with Th! most hol! and good and life,creating %pirit, now and e"er, and unto ages of ages# Amen#]
The choir sings the $irst Antiphon# -eacon:

Again and again in peace let us pra! to the Lord#

Prayer of the Second Antiphon /$or the 7uler3

/And the rest of the Little Litan!6 consult the Liturg! of %t# )ohn *hr!sostom for this text#3

O 'aster, Lord (od, $ather of our Lord and (od and %a"iour )esus *hrist, we eseech and pra! Thee to keep our 8ing /or: all those in ci"il authorit!3 in peace and fortitude and righteousness# %u due unto him /or: unto Th! people3 e"er! foe and ad"ersar!, la! hand upon the shield and uckler and rise up to help him /or: us3# (rant him /or: us3 "ictories, O Lord, and dispose him /or: those in authorit!3 peacea l! towards us and to Th! hol! name, that we also in the tran9uillit! of his /or: their3 da!s ma! lead a 9uiet and peaceful life in all godliness and uprightness# Through the grace and compassion and lo"e towards mankind of Thine onl!, egotten %on, through Whom and with Whom e to Thee the glor! and ma5est!, with Thine all,hol! and good and life,creating %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# Amen#
Priest /secretl!3: The choir sings the %econd Antiphon# -eacon:

Again and again in peace let us pra! to the Lord# /And the rest of the Little Litan!3
Prayer of the Third Antiphon /$or Patriarch and +ishop3

O 'aster, Lord (od almight!, the $ather of our Lord and (od and %a"iour )esus *hrist, we pra! and eseech Thee, O good Lo"er of mankind: preser"e our most hol! and lessed father /Patriarch, 'etropolitan3 and our most "enera le /+ishop3, unto us peacefull! unto man! !ears, executing the hol! pontificate committed unto them according to Th! hol! and lessed word, rightl! di"iding the word of Th! truth, with all Orthodox +ishops, Priests, -eacons, su deacons, readers, chanters, and lait!, and the whole fullness of Th! hol! and onl! *atholic and Apostolic *hurch, granting to them peace, health, and sal"ation6 and their pra!ers which the! make for us, and we for them, recei"e, O Lord, unto Th! hol! and hea"enl! and spiritual altar6 and e"er! enem! of Th! &ol! *hurch su due speedil! under their feet# .xclamation: Through the grace and compassion and lo"e towards mankind of Thine onl!, egotten %on, through Whom and with Whom e to Thee the glor! and ma5est!, with Thine all,hol! and good and life,creating %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# Amen#
Priest /secretl!3: The choir sings the Third Antiphon# Prayer of the Entrance[iii]

O 'aster, Lord our (od, Who didst elect the twel"e Apostles as it were a lamp of twel"e lights, and didst send them forth into the whole world to preach and teach the (ospel of Th! kingdom, and to heal e"er! sickness and infirmit! in the people: and didst reathe into their faces, and didst sa! to them: 7ecei"e !e the &ol! %pirit, the *omforter: whose sins !e remit, the! are remitted unto them6 and whose sins !e retain, the! are retained# Thus do Thou also upon us Th! ser"ants as we enter the hol! ministr!, together with the +ishops, Priests, -eacons, su deacons, chanters, lait!, and all the fullness of Th! &ol!
Priest /secretl!3:

*atholic and Apostolic *hurch# Preser"e us, O Lord, from curse, and an, and excommunication, and from the part of the ad"ersar!, and make pure our lips and heart from all pollution and ini9uit!6 that with a pure heart and conscience we ma! offer to Thee this sacrifice as a sweet,smelling fragrance, and for the remission of our sins and the sins of all Th! people: Through the grace and compassion and lo"e towards mankind of Thine onl!, egotten %on, through Whom and with Whom e to Thee glor! and ma5est!, with Thine all, hol! and good and life,creating %pirit, now and e"er, and unto ages of ages# Amen#
Entrance with the Gospel.

Wisdom, let us attend# /.ntrance "erse, if there e such# 4f not, we sing, 0O come, let us worship#2 &ere follow the usual Troparia after the .ntrance#3 Prayer of the Thrice-Holy[i"] Priest /secretl!3: O 'aster, Lord )esus *hrist, co,eternal Word of the $ather without eginning, Who didst ecome like unto us in all respects sa"e sin, for the sal"ation of our race6 Who didst send forth Th! hol! -isciples and Apostles to preach and teach the (ospel of Th! kingdom, and to heal all sickness and infirmit! among Th! people: do Thou Th!self, O Lord, send out Th! light and Th! truth, and enlighten the e!es of our minds and open the ears of our hearts, and grant that we ma! e hearers of Th! hol! tidings, and not hearers onl!, ut doers of the word, that we ma! ring a undant good fruit, thirt! fold and an hundred fold, and e counted worth! of the kingdom of hea"en# .xclamation: And let Th! mercies 9uickl! go efore us, O Lord# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# Lord, ha"e merc!# Lord, ha"e merc!# Priest: $or Thou art our good tidings, the %a"iour and keeper of our souls and odies, O Lord (od, and to Thee do we send up glor!, and thanksgi"ing, and the thrice,hol! h!mn: to the $ather, and to the %on, and to the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er, and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen# &ol! (od, &ol! 'ight!, &ol! 4mmortal, ha"e merc! on us1 /sung as usual3 Priest: Peace e unto all# 7esponse: And to th! spirit# -eacon: Let us attend#
-eacon: Epistle The 7eader announces the title of the .pistle reading, then reads the .pistle#["] Then follows the Alleluia with its "erses#

$ather, gi"e a lessing# Priest: 'a! the Lord less !ou and minister with !ou ! &is grace, now and e"er, and unto ages of ages#
-eacon /to the Priest3: +efore the (ospel the Priest offers incense, sa!ing:

O (od, Who didst accept the gifts of A el, the sacrifice of :o; and A raham, Aaron and <acharias= incense, recei"e also from the hands of us sinners this incense as a sa"our of fragrance and for the remission of our sins and those of all Th! people# $or lessed art Thou, and to Thee elongeth glor!, to the $ather, and to the %on, and to the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# Amen#
The -eacon, a out to read the (ospel, sa!s:

$ather, gi"e a lessing# Priest: The Lord less and strengthen us, and make us to e hearers of &is &ol! (ospel, &e that is (od, lessed now and e"er and unto ages of ages# Amen# -eacon: %tand, let us hear the &ol! (ospel#

Peace e unto all# *hoir: And with th! spirit# -eacon: The reading of the &ol! (ospel according to /name3# *hoir: (lor! to Thee, O Lord, glor! to Thee# Priest: Let us attend#
Priest: And the -eacon reads the (ospel text# Litany after the Gospel /and &omil!3["i]

Let us all sa! with our whole soul, and with all our heart let us sa!: *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# O Lord (od almight!, Who art rich in merc!, not desiring the death of a sinner, ut rather that he e con"erted and li"e, we eseech Thee, hearken and ha"e merc!#["ii] $urthermore we pra! for this hol! temple and for those that with faith, de"otion, and the fear of (od enter herein# That we ma! e deli"ered from all tri ulation, wrath, and necessit!, hearken and ha"e merc!# &a"e merc! upon us, O (od, according to Th! great merc!, we pra! Thee, hearken, and ha"e merc!# $urthermore we pra! for our de"out and (od,sa"ed rulers /or: for this land and all those in ci"il authorit!3# $urthermore we pra! for our /Patriarch, 'etropolitan, +ishop13# $urthermore we pra! for the ser"ants of (od :# and :#, who await from Thee great and a undant merc!#
-eacon: Prayer of Fervent S pplication

>isit, O Lord, in Th! pit! and mercies, those of Th! people that are sick, set aside from them e"er! plague and infirmit!, dri"e from them the spirit of illness6 those of our rethren who are a sent, or a out to depart, gi"e a prosperous 5ourne! in e"er! place# +less the fruits of the earth, multipl! them, make them perfect, keep them whole and undamaged for us# [Preser"e in peace and fortitude the kingdom of Th! ser"ant whom Thou hast 5ustified to rule upon earth#] This hum le, and poor, and *hrist,lo"ing cit! protect, O Lord, from e"il da!s, from famine, plague, and incursion of the heathen, as Thou didst spare the cit! of :ine"eh, for Thou art merciful and generous and remem erest not the e"il of man# Thou hast said ! Th! Prophet 4saias, 04 will protect this cit! and sa"e it for '! sake, and for the sake of '! ser"ant -a"id26 wherefore we eseech and pra! Thee, O good Lo"er of mankind, defend this cit! for the sake of Th! mart!r and ."angelist 'ark, who hath shown us the path of sal"ation# .xclamation: $or Thou art a merciful (od and lo"est mankind, and to Thee do we send up glor!: to the $ather, and to the %on, and to the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er, and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen#
Priest /secretl!3: Litany for the Catech !ens

Pra! to the Lord, !e catechumens# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# -eacon: ?e faithful, let us pra! for the catechumens, that the Lord will ha"e merc! on them# That &e will catechise them with the word of truth#
-eacon:

That &e will re"eal unto them the (ospel of righteousness# That &e will unite them to &is &ol! *atholic and Apostolic *hurch# %a"e them, ha"e merc! on them, help them, and keep them, O (od, ! Th! grace# ?e catechumens, ow !our heads unto the Lord# *hoir: To Thee, O Lord# Priest: That with us the! also ma! glorif! Th! most honoura le and ma5estic name, of the $ather, and of the %on, and of the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen# -eacon: Pra! !e for the peace of the whole world# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# -eacon: Pra! !e for our most hol! $ather /Patriarch, 'etropolitan, +ishop3# Again and again, in peace let us pra! to the Lord# &elp us, sa"e us, ha"e merc! on us, and keep us, O (od, ! Th! grace# Wisdom#
Prayer of the Faithf l

.nthrone the peace which is of hea"en in the hearts of all of us, ut grant us peace also in this world# Our most "enera le hierarch /:ame3 preser"e for us unto man! !ears, and peaceful times6 less our congregations, O Lord, grant them without hindrance and unceasingl! to do Th! hol! and lessed will6 let all e scattered that hate Th! hol! name, ut multipl! Th! faithful people unto m!riads of m!riads that do Th! hol! will# .xclamation: That eing kept alwa!s under Th! dominion, we ma! send up glor! unto Thee, to the $ather, and to the %on, and to the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er, and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen# -eacon/s3: Take !e care that none of the catechumens e here#["iii] The doors, O su deacons@ *ome, -eacons, form the procession# Let us attend# *hoir: Let us who m!sticall! represent the *heru im and sing the thrice,hol! h!mn to the life,creating Trinit!, now la! aside all earthl! cares#
Priest /secretl!3: The Priest sets on incense and sa!s:

O Lord our (od, Who hast no need of an! gift, accept this incense offered ! an unworth! hand, and count us all worth! of the lessing which is from Thee, for Thou art our sanctification, and to Thee do we send up glor!, to the $ather, and to the %on, and to the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# Amen#
Prayer "efore the Great Entrance

O (od almight!, Thou of great name, Who hast gi"en us entr! into the &ol! of &olies ! the ad"ent of Thine onl!, egotten %on, our Lord, (od, and %a"iour )esus *hrist: we pra! and eseech Th! goodness, forasmuch as we are fearful and trem le, a out to stand efore Th! fearsome and glorious altar: send down upon us the grace of Th! &ol! %pirit, and hallow our souls, our odies, and our spirits, so that with a pure heart we ma! ring Thee gifts, offerings, and sacrifices unto the remission of our sins and the cleansing of all Th! people# Through the grace and compassion and lo"e for mankind of Th! *hrist, with Whom Thou art lessed and glorified together with Thine all,hol!, and good, and life,creating %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# Amen#

And the entr! with the &ol! (ifts takes place#[ix]

That we ma! recei"e the 8ing of all, Who cometh in"isi l! up orne in triumph ! the ranks of Angels, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia# -eacon: Let us complete our pra!er unto the Lord# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# -eacon: $or the precious (ifts now offered, let us pra! to the Lord# $or this hol! temple and for them that with faith, re"erence, and the fear of (od enter herein, let us pra! to the Lord# $or our deli"erance from all tri ulation, wrath, and necessit!, let us pra! to the Lord#
*hoir: Prayer of O#lation

&ol!, 'ost &igh, Terri le, Thou that restest in the %aints, O Lord, Th!self sanctif! us, and count us worth! of the fearful priesthood, and cause us to approach Th! "enera le altar with all good conscience: and purif! our hearts from e"er! defilement6 chase awa! from us e"er! e"il sensation6 hallow our mind and our soul6 and grant us to accomplish the worship of our hol! fathers with Th! fear, seeking Th! face at all times# $or Thou art &e that lesseth and sanctifieth all things, and to Thee do we send up glor! and thanksgi"ing, to the $ather, and to the %on, and to the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto the ages of ages# -eacon: &elp us, sa"e us, ha"e merc! on us, and keep us, O (od, ! Th! grace# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# -eacon: That the whole da! ma! e perfect, hol!, peaceful, and sinless, let us ask of the Lord# *hoir: (rant this, O Lord# -eacon: An Angel of peace, a faithful guide, a guardian of our souls and odies, let us ask of the Lord# Pardon and remission of our sins and offences, let us ask of the Lord# All things good and profita le for our souls, and peace for the world, let us ask of the Lord# That we ma! complete the remaining time of our life in peace and repentance, let us ask of the Lord# A *hristian ending to our life, painless, lameless, peaceful, and a good defence at the dread 5udgment seat of *hrist, let us ask# *alling to remem rance our most hol!, most pure and lessed, glorious Lad! Theotokos and ."er,>irgin 'ar!, with all the %aints, let us commit oursel"es, and one another, and all our life unto *hrist our (od# *hoir: To Thee, O Lord# Priest: Through the compassion of Thine onl!, egotten %on, with Whom Thou art lessed, together with Thine all,hol!, and good, and life,creating %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen# The $iss of Peace[x] Priest: Peace e unto all# *hoir: And to th! spirit# -eacon: Let us lo"e one another, in the Lord our (od# *hoir: 4 will lo"e Thee, O Lord m! strength6 the Lord is m! foundation, and m! refuge, and m! deli"erer# '! (od is m! helper, and 4 will hope in &im#
Priest /secretl!3:

Prayer of the Peace

'aster, Lord almight!, look down from hea"en upon Th! *hurch, and upon all Th! people, and upon Thine unworth! ser"ants, sheep of Th! flock, and grant us Th! peace, and Th! lo"e, and Th! help, and send down upon us the gifts of Th! most hol! %pirit, that with a pure heart and good conscience we ma! salute one another with a hol! kiss: :ot in deceit, nor in h!pocris!, nor co"eting those things that are another=s, ut lameless and unspotted, in one spirit, in the ond of peace and lo"e, one od! and one spirit, in one faith, as we ha"e also een called, in one hope of our calling, that we ma! all of us arri"e at the -i"ine and oundless affection in *hrist )esus our Lord# Through Whom and with Whom to Thee e glor! and ma5est!, with Th! most hol!, and good, and life,creating %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# Amen#
Priest /secretl!3: Then the Priest offers incense, sa!ing:

We offer incense efore Th! glor!, O Lord6 ma! it ascend, we pra! Thee, out of the poor hands of us sinners for the remission of our sins and the propitiation of all Th! people# $or to Thee is due all glor!, honour, and worship, and thanksgi"ing, to the $ather, and to the %on, and to the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# Amen# Priest: Peace e unto all# *hoir: And to th! spirit# Priest: $athers and rethren, come and magnif! the Lord with me# *hoir: The &ol! %pirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the 'ost &igh shall o"ershadow thee# Priest: Of the $ather# *hoir: Amen# Priest: And of the %on# *hoir: Amen# Priest: And of the &ol! %pirit# *hoir: Amen#
And after the 8iss of Peace: -eacon:

%tand !e to make the Offering aright#

Sy!#ol of the Faith%[xi]

The Priest, signing with the *ross the chalice and the diskos, intones the first words of the

4 elie"e in one (od, the $ather almight!: *hoir: 'aker of hea"en and earth, and of all things "isi le and in"isi le# And in one Lord )esus *hrist, the %on of (od, the Onl!, egotten, egotten of the $ather efore all ages6 Light of Light, true (od of true (od6 egotten, not made6 of one essence with the $ather, ! Whom all things were made6 Who for us men, and for our sal"ation, came down from hea"en, and was incarnate of the &ol! %pirit and the >irgin 'ar!, and ecame man6 and was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was uried6 and arose again on the third da! according to the %criptures6 and ascended into hea"en, and sitteth at the right hand of the $ather6 and shall come again with glor! to 5udge oth the li"ing and the dead6 Whose kingdom shall ha"e no end# And in the &ol! %pirit, the Lord, the (i"er of life6 Who proceedeth from the $ather6 Who with the $ather and the %on together is worshipped and glorified6 Who spake ! the Prophets# 4n one &ol!, *atholic, and Apostolic *hurch# 4 confess one +aptism for the remission of sins# 4 look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come# Amen#
Priest:

/And when the people sa!, 0And was incarnate,2 the Priest makes the sign of the *ross [o"er the &ol! (ifts] and again at the words 0And was crucified,2 and the third time at 0And in the &ol! %pirit123

The Anaphora[xii]
Let us stand aright, let us stand with fear, let us attend, to offer this hol! o lation to (od in peace# *hoir: A merc! of peace, a sacrifice of praise# Priest: The grace of our Lord )esus *hrist, and the lo"e of (od the $ather, and the communion of the &ol! %pirit, e with !ou all# *hoir: And with th! spirit# Priest: Let us lift up our hearts# *hoir: We lift them up unto the Lord# Priest: Let us gi"e thanks unto the Lord# *hoir: 4t is meet and 5ust so to do# Priest: 4t is trul! meet and 5ust, hol! and ecoming, and ad"antageous to our souls, to worship Thee, the .xisting One, Lord (od, $ather almight!, to worship Thee, to h!mn Thee, to gi"e thanks to Thee, to render Thee praise, oth night and da!, with unceasing mouth and lips that keep not silence, and heart that cannot e still6 Thee Who madest the hea"en and the things that are in the hea"en, the earth and the things that are in the earth, the sea, the fountains, the ri"ers, the lakes, and all things that are in them6 Thee Who didst make man after Thine own image and likeness, and also ga"est him the delights that were in Paradise, and didst not despise him when he fell, nor desert him, O good (od, ut didst call him again ! the Law, didst educate him ! the Prophets, didst reform him and renew him ! this fearful and life, creating and hea"enl! '!ster!6 all these things Thou hast done ! Th! Wisdom, the true Light, Thine onl!, egotten %on, our Lord and (od and %a"iour )esus *hrist, ! Whom, rendering thanks to Thee with &imself and the &ol! %pirit, we offer to Thee this reasona le and un lood! sacrifice, which all nations offer to Thee, O Lord, from the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, from the north and from the south6 for Th! name is great among the nations, and in e"er! place incense is offered to Th! name, and a pure offering#
-eacon:

The Diptychs[xiii]
Therefore we pra! and eseech Thee, O Lord our (od, good Lo"er of mankind: 7emem er, O Lord, Th! &ol! and onl! *atholic and Apostolic *hurch, which is from the ends of the world unto the ends thereof, and all Th! people and all Th! flock# .nthrone the peace of hea"en in our hearts, ut estow upon us also the peace of this life# [The 8ing,] the militar!, statesman, counsellors, the oroughs, the neigh ourhoods in which we li"e, our comings in and goings out, direct Thou in all tran9uillit!# /*hoir: Lord, ha"e merc! upon us#3 O 8ing of peace, gi"e us Th! peace in concord and lo"e, for Thou hast gi"en us all6 possess us, O (od6 esides Thee we know none other, we call upon Th! name6 9uicken our souls, and ma! the death of sin ha"e no dominion o"er us, nor o"er all Th! people# /*hoir: >isit and heal, O (od#3 Them that are sick, O Lord, among Th! people, "isit in Th! pit! and mercies, and heal# A"ert from them and us all sickness and infirmit!, dri"e awa! from them the spirit of illness6 raise up again those that lie in long sickness6 heal them that are "exed ! unclean spirits, them that are in prisons, in mines, or in court, or who ha"e had sentence passed against them, or in exile or in itter ser"itude, or who are taxed e!ond their means, ha"e merc! on all, free all6 for

Thou art our (od Who releasest the shackled, Who raisest up those that are cast down6 the hope of the hopeless, the aider of the helpless, the resurrection of the fallen6 ut to us also, O Lord, e Thou pleased to grant strength and fortitude# /*hoir: +ring them ack to their home#3 To our rethren that ha"e departed from us, or who are a out to set forth, e Thou a guide in e"er! place6 ut our wandering in this life also, O Lord and 'aster, keep Thou without harm and untrou led ! an! storms# /-eacon: Pra! !e for eneficial rains and the fruits of the earth#3[xi"] -eacon: %end down good showers on the needful and thirstl!, places, re5oice and renew the face of the earth: water her furrows, multipl! her increase: so that in their drops it ma! re5oice glowingl!# /*hoir: +less now, also, O Lord, the crown of the !ear in Th! goodness# Amen#3 /-eacon: Pra! !e for good seasons and the plants of the earth#3 +less, O Lord, the fruits of the earth6 preser"e them for us whole and unhurt6 re5oice and renew the face of the earth6 water her furrows6 multipl! her increase, so that in their drops it ma! re5oice glowingl!# /*hoir: +less now also, O Lord, the crown of the !ear of Th! goodness# Amen#3 /-eacon: Pra! !e for the rising of the ri"er [:ile]# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!#3 7aise up the waters of the ri"ers to their proper measure, according to Th! goodness6 re5oice and renew ! their ascent the face of the earth, water her furrows, multipl! her increase, that ! their drops she ma! re5oice glowingl!# /*hoir: +less now also, O Lord, the crown of the !ear with Th! goodness# Amen#3 $or the poor of Th! people, for the widow and the orphan, for the wanderer and so5ourner, for the sake of us all who hope on Thee and are called ! Th! hol! name: for the e!es of all wait upon Thee, and Thou gi"est them their food in due season# O Thou that gi"est food to all flesh, fill our hearts with 5o! and gladness, that we alwa!s, ha"ing all sufficienc! in all things, ma! re5oice unto e"er! good work in *hrist )esus our Lord# -eacon: [Preser"e the kingdom of Th! ser"ant, O Lord]# /*hoir: (lor! to Th! kingdom, O Lord#3 The kingdom of Th! ser"ant /:#3 whom Thou hast 5ustified to rule on earth, keep Thou in peace and fortitude and tran9uillit! through "ictor!6 su due under him e"er! foe and ad"ersar!, e the! of foreign nations or his own6 take hold of shield and uckler and rise up to help him6 ring forth the spear, and shut the wa! against them that persecute him6 o"ershadow his head in the da! of attle6 set the fruit of his loins upon his throne6 speak good things to his heart for Th! &ol! *atholic and Apostolic *hurch, and for all Th! *hrist,lo"ing people6 that we also in his tran9uillit! ma! lead a 9uiet and peacea le life in all godliness and purit!, which we find in Thee# /-eacon: (rant rest, O Lord, to the souls of the departed in the faith of *hrist#3[x"] (i"e rest to the souls of our fathers and rethren that ha"e heretofore fallen asleep in the faith of *hrist, O Lord our (od# 7emem er, O Lord, our ancestors, fathers, patriarchs, prophets, apostles, mart!rs, confessors, teachers, ishops, "enera le and righteous persons, e"er! soul departed this life from all ages in the faith of *hrist, and whose memor! we keep this da!, and our hol! father 'ark the Apostle and ."angelist, who hath shown us the path of sal"ation#

7emem er, O Lord, the archangelic "oice that said: 7e5oice, thou that art full of grace, the Lord is with thee, lessed art thou among women and lessed is the $ruit of th! wom , for thou hast orne the %a"iour of our souls# .xclamation: .speciall! for our most hol!, most pure, most lessed and glorious Lad!, the Theotokos and ."er,>irgin 'ar!# /-eacon: $ather, gi"e a lessing#3 /Priest: 'a! the Lord less thee ! &is grace, now and e"er and unto ages of ages#3
/&ere the -eacon sa!s the -ipt!chs of the -eparted# 'eanwhile, the Priest pra!s:3

And to the spirits of all these gi"e rest, O 'aster, Lord our (od, in the ha itations of Th! %aints, in Th! kingdom, "ouchsafing to them the good things of Th! promise, which e!e hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which ha"e not entered into the heart of man, the things which Thou hast prepared, O Lord, for them that lo"e Th! hol! name# (rant Thou rest to their souls, count them worth! of the kingdom of hea"en, and to us grant that the end of our li"es ma! e *hristian and well,pleasing to Thee, without sin, and that we ma! ha"e a portion and inheritance with all Th! %aints# The thank,offerings of them that offer sacrifices and o lations, recei"e, O (od, upon Th! hol! and super,celestial and spiritual altar, to the height of the hea"ens, ! Th! ministr! of Archangels6 of them that offered much or little, secretl! or with old openness, of them that desired and had not wherewithal to offer, and of them that ha"e rought their o lations this da!: as Thou didst accept the gifts of Th! 5ust A el, the sacrifice of our father A raham, the incense of <acharias, the alms of *ornelius, and the two mites of the widow, recei"e also of their offerings, and gi"e them instead of things earthl!, things hea"enl!6 instead of things temporal, things eternal# 7emem er, O Lord our (od, the most hol! and lessed /:#, Patriarch, 'etropolitan, Arch ishop or +ishop3 whom Thou didst foreknow and choose to take in hand the go"ernment of Th! &ol! *hurch, and our most "enera le +ishop /:#3# (uard them ! Th! care, for man! !ears, in peaceful time, accomplishing Th! hol! archpastorate, entrusted to them ! Thee, according to Th! hol! and lessed will, rightl! di"iding the word of Th! truth# And remem er also all Orthodox +ishops e"er!where, Pres !ters, -eacons, su deacons, readers, singers, monks, and "irgins, widows, orphans, and lait!# 7emem er, O Lord, the &ol! *it! of *hrist our (od, and the reigning cit! [*onstantinople], and this our cit!, e"er! cit! and region, and those that dwell in it in the Orthodox $aith of *hrist, for their peace and safet!# 7emem er, O Lord, e"er! *hristian soul in affliction and trou le, in need of the merc! and succour of (od, and the con"ersation of them that ha"e wandered, the sal"ation of our souls, and our rethren that are in onds# 7emem er, O Lord, those that sail and tra"el, the *hristians who recei"e wa!farers into their homes, and those in capti"it! or foreign exile, our rethren in itter ser"itude6 grant them to recei"e compassion from those that hold them# 7emem er, O Lord, in merc! and compassion also us sinful and unworth! ser"ants of Thine, and wash awa! our sins as Thou art good and the Lo"er of mankind, and ! Th! most hol! %pirit, grant us to ser"e Thee# +less, O Lord, our congregations6 root out idolatr! utterl! from the world6 crush %atan and all his power and wickedness eneath our feet6 the enemies of Th! *hurch, O Lord, as at all times, so now hum le# La! are their pride, speedil! make manifest their weakness6 ring to nought their plots and "illain! which the! use against us# /-eacon: ?e that are sitting, rise up6 look !e to the .ast#3
Priest:

Arise, O Lord, and let Thine enemies e scattered, and let them that hate Thee flee ackward6 ut multipl! Th! faithful and Orthodox people who do Th! hol! will, unto a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand lessings# $ree them that are in onds, ring them forth that are in need, satisf! the hungr!, slake the thirst!, comfort the pusillanimous, con"ert them that ha"e stra!ed, enlighten them that are in darkness, raise the fallen, make firm the wa"ering, heal the sick6 lead all into the wa! of sal"ation, and unite them to Th! hol! flock6 and preser"e us from our ini9uities, eing in all things our keeper, and our defender#

Continuation of the Anaphora The Priest, owing, pra!s: $or Thou art a o"e all power and dominion, and might, and principalit!, and e"er! name that is named not onl! in this world ut also in that which is to come# +efore Thee stand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand armies of hol! Angels and Archangels# +efore Thee stand Th! two most honoura le creatures, the man!,e!ed *heru im and the six,winged %eraphim6 with twain thereof the! co"er their feet, with twain their face, and with twain do the! fl!, and cr! one to another with incessant "oices and perpetual praise, singing, shouting, glorif!ing, cr!ing aloud, and sa!ing unto the ma5est! of Th! glor!, the triumphal and thrice,hol! h!mn: &ol!, &ol!, &ol!, Lord of %a aoth6 hea"en and earth are full of Th! glor!#[x"i] .xclamation:
At all times all things glorif! Thee, ut with all that glorif! Thee recei"e, O Lord, our praise also, with them that laud Thee and sa!: *hoir: &ol!, &ol!, &ol!, Lord of %a aoth# &ea"en and earth are full of Th! glor!# Osanna in the highest#
The Priest again signs the &ol! '!steries with the *ross, sa!ing:

Trul! are earth and hea"en full of Th! hol! glor!, through the manifestation of our Lord and (od and %a"iour )esus *hrist# $ulfill also, O (od, this sacrifice with Th! hea"enl! lessing, ! the indwelling of Th! &ol! %pirit# $or the Lord &imself and our (od and 8ing of all, )esus *hrist, on the night wherein &e ga"e &imself up for our sins, and for the sake of all suffered death in the flesh, reclining at supper with &is hol! -isciples and Apostles, took read in &is hol! and pure and spotless hands, looked up to Thee &is own $ather, our (od and the (od of all, ga"e thanks, -eacon: Amen# Priest: And lessed, -eacon: Amen# Priest: And hallowed, and rake, -eacon: Amen# $or the remission of sins, O (od, and to ha"e merc! on us# Priest: And distri uted to &is hol! and lessed -isciples and Apostles, sa!ing: .xclamation: Take, eat, -eacon: Pra! earnestl!, !e Pres !ters#[x"ii] Priest: This is '! +od!, which is roken for !ou, and gi"en for the remission of sins# *hoir: Amen# Priest: Likewise also the cup after supper, ha"ing taken and mingled with wine and water, and looking up to hea"en, -eacon: Look down upon us and ha"e merc! on us#

Priest: Looking up to hea"en to Thee &is own $ather, our (od and the (od of all, &e ga"e thanks, -eacon: Amen# Priest: &e hallowed, -eacon: Amen# Priest: &e lessed, -eacon: Amen# Priest: &e filled with the &ol! %pirit, -eacon: Amen, Amen# We elie"e and confess, that Thou art the %on of the li"ing (od# Priest: &e distri uted 4t to &is hol! and lessed -isciples and Apostles, sa!ing: .xclamation: -rink !e all of this: -eacon: ?et pra! earnestl!# .xclamation: Priest: This is '! +lood of the :ew Testament, which is shed and distri uted for !ou and for man!, for the remission of sins# *hoir: Amen# Priest: -o this in remem rance of 'e# $or as often as !e eat this +read and drink this *up, !e proclaim '! death, and confess '! 7esurrection and Ascension, until 4 come# *hoir: /Tone A:3 We proclaim Th! -eath, O Lord, and we confess Th! 7esurrection# Priest: The -eath, O almight! Lord and 'aster, 8ing of hea"en, of Thine onl!, egotten %on, our Lord and (od and %a"iour )esus *hrist, we proclaim6 and confessing &is lessed 7esurrection from the dead on the third da!, confess also &is Ascension into hea"en, and &is sitting at Th! right hand, &is (od and $ather, looking also for &is second and fearful and dreadful ad"ent, when &e shall come to 5udge the 9uick and the dead in righteousness, and to render to each according to his works# *hoir: We elie"e, and glorif! the +od! and +lood of our Lord and (od and %a"iour )esus *hrist: fill our hearts with 5o! and gladness# %pare us, O Lord our (od# /thrice3 According to Th! great merc!# /thrice3 And not according to our sins# Priest: Thine own of Thine own gifts we ha"e set efore Thee, and we pra! and eseech Thee, O good (od and Lo"er of mankind: send down from Th! hol! height, from Thine appointed ha itation, from Th! osom e!ond human experiment, the *omforter, the %pirit of Truth, the &ol! One, the Lord and (i"er of life, Who spake in the Law and ! the Prophets and the Apostles6 Who is e"er!where present and filleth all things, working sanctification of &is own free will, and not as a minister, upon those &e chooseth ! &is good pleasure: One in essence, manifold in &is energies, fountain of -i"ine gifts: consu stantial with Thee, proceeding from Thee, sharing the throne of Th! kingdom and of Thine onl!, egotten %on, our Lord and (od and %a"iour )esus *hrist# Look down upon us, and upon this +read, -eacon: Amen# Priest: And upon this *up, -eacon: Amen# Priest: And send down Th! &ol! %pirit, that &e ma! less and hallow them, and ma! act, as (od almight!,

-eacon: Amen#

As the true (od of faith# -eacon: Amen# Priest: And make this +read the +od!, -eacon: Amen# Priest: And this *up the +lood of the :ew Testament, -eacon: Amen# Priest: Of our "er! Lord and (od and %a"iour and uni"ersal 8ing, )esus *hrist# -eacon: Amen# *ome down, !e -eacons6 pra!, !e Pres !ters# Priest /aloud:3 That the! ma! e to all of us who participate in Them for faith, for so riet!, for healing, for temperance, for sanctification, for reno"ation of soul, od! and spirit6 for participation in lessedness of eternal life and incorruption, for the glorification of Th! hol! name, for the remission of sins6 so that in this as in all places Th! most hol! name ma! e glorified, h!mned, and hallowed, with )esus *hrist and the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen# As it was, and is, and shall e, unto generation and generation, and for all ages of ages# Amen# Priest: And grant unto us that with one mouth and one heart we ma! glorif! and h!mn Th! most honoura le and ma5estic name, of the $ather and of the %on and of the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen# Priest: And ma! the mercies of our great (od and %a"iour )esus *hrist e with !ou all# *hoir: And with th! spirit#
Priest: Litany "efore the Lord&s Prayer

&a"ing commemorated all the %aints and the righteous, again and again in peace let us pra! to the Lord# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# -eacon: $or these &ol! (ifts now offered and sanctified, let us pra! to the Lord# That our (od, the Lo"er of mankind, Who hath accepted Them upon &is hol! and most hea"enl! and noetic altar as an odour of spiritual fragrance, will send down upon us -i"ine grace and the gift of the &ol! %pirit, let us pra!# That we ma! e deli"ered from all tri ulation, wrath, and necessit!, let us pra! to the Lord# &elp us, sa"e us, ha"e merc! on us, and keep us, O (od, ! Th! grace# That the whole da! ma! e perfect, hol!, peaceful, and sinless, let us ask of the Lord# *hoir: (rant this, O Lord# -eacon: Pardon and remission of our sins and offences, let us ask of the Lord# *hoir: (rant this, O Lord# -eacon: All things good and profita le for our souls, and peace for the world, let us ask of the Lord# That we ma! complete the remaining time of our life in peace and repentance, let us ask of the Lord# A *hristian ending to our life, painless, lameless, peaceful6 and a good defence efore the dread 5udgment seat of *hrist, let us ask#
-eacon:

&a"ing asked for the unit! of the $aith and the communion of the &ol! %pirit, let us commit oursel"es and one another and all our life unto *hrist our (od# *hoir: To Thee, O Lord# 'eanwhile, the Priest pra!s as follows: O (od our 'aster, $ather of light, Author of eternal life, *reator of grace, $ounder of worlds, (i"er of knowledge, Treasur! of wisdom, Teacher of holiness, 7ecei"er of pure pra!ers, +enefactor of the soul, Thou that gi"est to the weak, hearted who trust in Thee those things into which the Angels desire to look6 Who hast raised us from the a !ss to light, Who hast gi"en us life out of death, Who hast granted us freedom from sla"er!, hast dissol"ed in us the darkness of sin ! the coming of Thine onl!, egotten %on6 now also, O Lord, enlighten the e!es of our understanding ! the indwelling of Th! &ol! %pirit, that we ma! without condemnation partake of this immortal and hea"enl! $ood6 and sanctif! us wholl!, in od!, soul, and spirit, that with Th! hol! -isciples and Apostles we ma! sa! to Thee this pra!er:[x"iii] softl!: Our $ather, Who art in hea"en, hallowed e Th! name# Th! kingdom come, Th! will e done, on earth as it is in hea"en# (i"e us this da! our dail! read, and forgi"e us our de ts as we forgi"e our de tors# And lead us not into temptation, ut deli"er us from e"il# .xclamation: Priest: And grant us, O 'aster, Lord Who lo"est mankind, with oldness, and without condemnation, with pure heart, enlightened soul, face unashamed, and sanctified lips to make old to call upon Thee, the hol! (od in hea"en, as our $ather, and to sa!: *hoir: Our $ather, Who art in hea"en, hallowed e Th! name# Th! kingdom come, Th! will e done, on earth as it is in hea"en# (i"e us this da! our dail! read, and forgi"e us our de ts as we forgi"e our de tors# And lead us not into temptation, ut deli"er us from e"il# Priest /secretl!3: ?ea, Lord, lead us not into temptation, ut deli"er us from e"il, for Th! great merc! knoweth that we are una le to ear up through our much infirmit!6 ut make with the temptation also a wa! of escape, that we might e a le to ear it, for Thou hast gi"en us power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the might of the enem!# .xclamation: $or Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glor!, of the $ather, and of the %on, and of the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen# Priest: Peace e unto all# *hoir: And to th! spirit# -eacon: Let us ow our heads unto the Lord# *hoir: To Thee, O Lord# Priest: O 'aster, Lord (od almight!, Who sittest upon the *heru im and art glorified ! the %eraphim, Who didst prepare the hea"en from the waters and didst adorn it with the choirs of the stars6 Who hast arranged the odiless ranks of Angels in the highest to sing Th! praise e"erlastingl!: to Thee ha"e we owed the neck of our souls and odies, showing the outward sign of ser"ice6 and we pra! Thee, disperse the dark attacks of sin from our thoughts6 enlighten our mind with the -i"ine ra!s of Th! &ol! %pirit, that eing filled with the knowledge of Thee, we ma! worthil! partake of the good (ifts set efore us, the most pure +od! and precious +lood of Thine onl!, egotten %on, our Lord and (od and %a"iour )esus *hrist, forgi"ing us e"er! kind of sin, through Th! great and unsearcha le goodness# $orgi"e us, O Lord (od, our transgressions, whether intentional or unintentional, whether done knowingl! or unknowingl!# .xclamation:

Through the grace and mercies and lo"e for mankind of Thine onl!, egotten %on, through Whom and with Whom e to Thee glor! and ma5est!, with Thine all,hol! and good and life, creating %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen# Priest: Peace e unto all# *hoir: And to th! spirit# -eacon: With the fear of (od, let us attend# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# Lord, ha"e merc!# Lord, ha"e merc!# Priest /softl!3: &ol!, most high, tremendous Lord, Who restest in the %aints, O Lord, sanctif! us ! the word of Th! grace and the indwelling of Th! most hol! %pirit# $or Thou, Lord, hast said: +e !e hol!, for 4 am hol!# O Lord our (od, incomprehensi le Word of (od, consu stantial and co,eternal, together without eginning with the $ather and the &ol! %pirit, recei"e the pure h!mn, with the *heru im and %eraphim, and from me a sinner and Thine unworth! ser"ant, from unworth! lips, cr!ing out and sa!ing: .xclamation: &ol! Things for the hol!@ *hoir: One &ol! $ather, one &ol! %on, one &ol! %pirit, in the unit! of the &ol! %pirit# Amen# [xix] Priest: The Lord e with !ou all# *hoir: And with th! spirit# -eacon: $or the sal"ation and the aid of our hol! father /Patriarch, 'etropolitan, Arch ishop, +ishop3, all the clerg! and the *hrist,lo"ing lait!, let us pra! to the Lord# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# -eacon: And furthermore for the sal"ation and remission of sins of our rethren who ring this hol! Offering, let us pra! to the Lord# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# -eacon: And for the memor! of our "enera le fathers and rethren, let us all sa! heartil!: Lord, ha"e merc!# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
/While these -iaconica are eing said, the Priest di"ides the &ol! +read, sa!ing:3

Praise !e the Lord in &is %aints# The Lord less and minister with us in the fraction of &is hol! and most pure and life,gi"ing '!steries, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# Amen# /To the concele rating clerg!:3 *ommand !e@ *lerg!: The &ol! %pirit commandeth and sanctifieth#
Priest: The Priest, placing one Particle in the chalice, sa!s:

+ehold, 4t is sanctified and fulfilled, and is ecome the +od! and +lood of our Lord and (od and %a"iour, and the &ol! Things are committed to the &ol!# *lerg!: One &ol! $ather, one &ol! %on, one &ol! %pirit, amen# BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
Priest: The -eacon exclaims: -eacon:

%ing !e in the peace of the Lord#

/The -eacon enters into the hol! sanctuar!, while the *hoir sings:3

Psa m !"# *hoir: Praise !e (od in &is saints : praise &im in the firmament of &is power# Praise &im for &is might! acts : praise &im according to the multitude of &is greatness# Praise &im with the sound of trumpet : praise &im with the psalter! and harp# Praise &im with tim rel and dance : praise &im with strings and flute# Praise &im with tuneful c!m als, praise &im with c!m als of 5u ilation : let e"er! reath praise the Lord# (lor! to the $ather, and to the %on, and to the &ol! %pirit# +oth now and e"er, and unto the ages of ages# Amen#
The -eacon exclaims: [:OT.: T&.7. 4% T.CT '4%%4:( &.7.#]

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After this we sing the *ommunion >erse of the da! or of the %aint#

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB %o y Communion Priest: /To the concele rating clerg!:3 The Lord e with us all# *lerg!: And with th! spirit# Priest: &e &imself hath lessed 4t, &e &imself hath consecrated 4t, &e &imself hath rought it to pass6 &e &imself will also distri ute 4t for the remission of sins, and unto life eternal#
The Priest recei"es &ol! *ommunion, then recites this Pra!er:

Out of the -i"ine grace gi"en to us out of lo"e for mankind, we ha"e dared that which was e!ond us, for we ha"e come in fear to Th! &ol! '!steries, O 'aster, asking: 4f ! our human weakness guilt e against us, forgi"e us, O Lord our (od# As the hart panteth after the fountains of water, so panteth m! soul after Thee, O (od# -eacon: Pres !ters, draw near#
The concele rating Priests commune# And when communing the clerg!, he, if a +ishop, sa!s:

The hol! +od! of our Lord, (od, and %a"iour, )esus *hrist# The precious +lood of our Lord, (od, and %a"iour, )esus *hrist, which is gi"en for the remission of sins#
And the -eacons are communed#

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB With the fear of (od and faith, draw near# *hoir: +lessed is &e that cometh in the name of the Lord# (od is the Lord, and hath appeared unto us# or, in Paschal time, 0*hrist is risen from the dead12 After this, the Priest sa!s: +e Thou exalted a o"e the hea"ens, O (od, and Th! glor! a o"e all the earth, and Th! kingdom a ideth unto ages of ages# The &ol! (ifts are censed and remo"ed to the Ta le of Prothesis#[xx] -eacon: Aright@ &a"ing partaken of the -i"ine, most pure, immortal, fearsome, and hea"enl! '!steries of the hol! +od! and most pure +lood of our great &ierarch and 8ing, )esus *hrist, Who hath "ouchsafed Them unto us in all respects, let us gi"e thanks unto the Lord# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# -eacon: &elp us, sa"e us, ha"e merc! upon us, and keep us, O (od, ! Th! grace#

&a"ing asked that the whole da! ma! e perfect, hol!, peaceful, and sinless, let us commit oursel"es and one another, and all our life unto *hrist our (od# *hoir: To Thee, O Lord# Priest: $or Thou art our sanctification, and to Thee do we send up glor!, to the $ather, and to the %on, and to the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen# Let our mouths e filled with Th! praise, O Lord, that we ma! h!mn Th! glor!6 each da! we send up a h!mn to Thee, O Lo"er of mankind, for Thou sa"est the world, O our %a"iour# -eacon: %tand !e for pra!er# Priest: Peace e unto all# *hoir: And with th! spirit# -eacon: Pra! !e for the &ol! *ommunion# *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# -eacon: $or those who ha"e een found worth! to partake of the hol! and most pure and immortal and hea"enl! '!steries: *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!# -eacon: $or the faith and peace of the &ol! *atholic and Apostolic *hurch: *hoir: Lord, ha"e merc!#
Prayer of Than's(ivin(

We thank Thee, O 'aster, Lord our (od, for the reception of Th! hol!, spotless, immortal, and hea"enl! '!steries, which Thou hast gi"en us for the good estate and sanctification and sal"ation of our souls and odies6 and we pra! and eseech Thee, good Lord, Lo"er of mankind, to grant that the participation of the hol! +od! and precious +lood of Thine onl!, egotten %on ma! e unto faith that shall not e ashamed, unto lo"e unfeigned, unto the fulfillment of piet!, unto the turning awa! of the enem!, unto the keeping of Th! commandments, unto a pro"ision on our wa! to eternal life, unto an accepta le defence efore the dread 5udgment seat of Th! *hrist# .xclamation: Through the grace and compassion of Thine onl!, egotten %on, through Whom and with Whom e to Thee glor! and ma5est!, with Th! most hol! and good and life,creating %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen#
Priest /secretl!3: Concl sion of the Lit r(y

+ow !our heads unto the Lord for a lessing# *hoir: To Thee, O Lord# The Priest sa!s aloud: O might! 8ing and %harer of Th! $ather=s rule, Who didst ! Th! might despoil hades, and trample upon death, and didst raise Adam from the tom , ! Th! -i"ine power, and ! the right glow of Thine ineffa le (odhead: Th!self, O 'aster, ! the communion of Th! most pure +od! and precious +lood, send forth Thine in"isi le right hand, filled with lessings, and less all of us6 e ountiful unto us, confirm us ! Th! -i"ine power, and dri"er far from us our e"il ha its and sinful wa!s of the flesh# .nlighten the e!es of our mind against the darkness of ini9uit! round a out# )oin us to the lessed compan! of those that are well,pleasing unto Thee# $or through Thee and with Thee, to the $ather and the all,hol! %pirit, elong h!mns of praise, honour, ma5est!, worship, and thanksgi"ing, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen#
-eacon:

-eacon: *hoir: Priest:

%pirit
*hoir:

-epart in peace# 4n the name of the Lord# The lo"e of (od the $ather, the grace of our Lord )esus *hrist, and the gift of the &ol! e with !ou all, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# Amen# +lessed e the name of the Lord, henceforth and for e"ermore# /thrice3
Prayer in the )iaconicon

Thou hast gi"en us, O 'aster, sanctification in the communion of the most hol! +od! and precious +lood of Thine onl!, egotten %on6 gi"e us the grace and gift of the &ol! %pirit, and keep us incorrupt in life, and lead us to full redemption and adoption of sonship in the eternal sweetness that is to come# /.xclamationD3: $or Thou art our sanctification, and to Thee do we send up glor!, to the $ather, and to the %on, and to the &ol! %pirit, now and e"er and unto ages of ages# *hoir: Amen# Priest: Peace e unto all# *hoir: And to th! spirit#
Priest /secretl!3: )is!issal

+lessed is (od, Who lesseth and sanctifieth and protecteth us all, and keepeth us ! the communion of &is &ol! '!steries, &imself lessed for ages of ages# *hoir: Amen#
Priest: The end of the -i"ine Liturg! of %t# 'ark the Apostle and ."angelist# Thanks e to (od#

FOOTNOTES

[i] These Prayers at the Prothesis appear in a manuscript from Sinai (Vat. Gr. 2281) dated year of reation !"1#$ or %.&. 12'". They cou(d) therefore) ha*e +een inc(uded in Prof. ,oundou(is- 1."" Thessa(onica edition) /hich /as +ased primari(y on the te0t of the 12th century. 1n ancient times the preparation of the 2o(y Gifts too3 p(ace at the time of the Great 4ntrance) +oth in the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3 and in the other 5itur6ies. There is sti(( a remnant of this practice today) /hen the ce(e+rant is a 8ishop) and the conc(usion of the Pros3omide is repeated durin6 the heru+icon. 8ut as the num+er of names read at this point increased) the Prothesis 6re/ (on6er and +e6an to +e anticipated) first durin6 the 5itur6ies +efore the heru+icon) then durin6 the 4pist(e) unti( fina((y it /as mo*ed +ac3 +efore the &i*ine 5itur6y a(to6ether.

[ii] p. 9: ;ri6ina((y the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3) (i3e the other ancient 5itur6ies) +e6an direct(y /h the 4ntrance Procession) or 5itt(e 4ntrance$ /h the Gospe(. 1n ear(y churches the Sacristy or room or chape( in /hich the c(er6y *ested) /as in the <estern part of the +ui(din6) so that ha*in6 put on their sacred *estments) the c(er6y formed a procession to 6o up to the a(tar of the 5ord.$ This procession (ater +ecame (on6er and more e(a+orate) and mi6ht 6o from one church to another or around the outside of the church +ui(din6= in many p(aces the con6re6ation 6athered as peop(e fo((o/ed the procession.

1n a procession from the <estern part of the na*e to the %(tar) it /as sufficient to sin6 the chant ;n(y>+e6otten Son.$ Thus in the ear(ier manuscripts it is durin6 this hymn that the 5itt(e 4ntrance ta3es p(ace. 8ut /ith the more e(a+orate processions) further chants /ere added in the form of Psa(ms) refrains) and Tropars.

T/o chan6es su+se?uent(y occurred: 1) Since he had a(ready *ested for the Prothesis) the Priest /as a(ready at the %(tar) and therefore the procession /as formed at the %(tar) then /ent out into the na*e of the church) and returned to the %(tar a6ain. 2) The procession itse(f /as 6reat(y shortened) and often today is on(y a fe/ steps. 2o/e*er) at a 8ishop-s &i*ine 5itur6y) one can sti(( see that the 5itt(e 4ntrance is the rea( +e6innin6) since the 8ishop *ests in the centre of the church and does not 6o up to the %(tar unti( the 4ntrance /ith the Gospe( (that is) in the custom of the @ussian ;rthodo0 hurch).

1n the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3) these three initia( prayers appear in the manuscripts from the 12th century) +ut not in the more ancient manuscripts. 1n the 12th century) the ser*ice +e6an direct(y /ith the &eacon-s admonition) Stand ye for prayer)$ Peace +e unto a(()$ %nd /ith thy spirit)$ then for the first prayer the &eacon-s admonition) Pray ye)$ for the second prayer Pray ye for the Ain6)$ and for the third prayer Pray ye for the Pope [i.e.) the Patriarch of %(e0andria /ho had this tit(e] and the 8ishop.$ %fter this the choir or peop(e san6 5ord ha*e mercy$ three times and the Priest read the prayer.

8y the 1!th century this practice had yie(ded to the ana(o6y of the 5itur6ies of St. 8asi( and St. Bohn hrysostom) so that these three prayers had +ecome those of the three antiphons and 5itanies no/ at the +e6innin6 (4nar0is$) of the 5itur6y.

1n recent times this 5itur6y has come to +e ce(e+rated specifica((y on the ,east of St. 7ar3 the 4*an6e(ist (%pri( 2#C7ay 8)) /hich a(/ays fa((s in Pascha( time (ho/e*er) in churches fo((o/in6 the ;rthodo0 Pascha(ia com+ined /ith the De/ a(endar) St. 7ar3-s day can fa(( in the fifth /ee3 of 5ent or 2o(y <ee3). Ender these specia( circumstances) the 8yFantiniFation$ of the 4nar0is ma3es it possi+(e to +e6in the &i*ine 5itur6y as is customary in 4astertide) /ith the sin6in6 of hrist is @isen$ and a(so the Pascha( antiphons on the days /hen they are sun6.

[iii] p. #: 1n o(der editions and trans(ations of this Prayer of the 4ntrance) after the /ords G us Thy ser*ants /ho enter into this ho(y ministry$ it /as usua( to print a series of asteris3s) sho/in6 that a +(an3 space had +een (eft in the one manuscript on /hich most of these editions /ere +ased. Various e0p(anations of the space ha*e +een put for/ard= thou6h nothin6 is to pre*ent the ce(e+rant) especia((y if readin6 this prayer inaudi+(y) from namin6) at this point) conce(e+rant c(er6y or aco(ytes for /hom he /ishes to pray.

1n his 1."" edition) desi6ned for ce(e+ration /ith the antiphons or Typica) &r. ,oundou(is su66ests that the first three prayers +e read si(ent(y or omitted) and the Prayer of the 4ntrance said a(oud) fo((o/ed +y the 5itt(e 4ntrance procession durin6 the sin6in6 of on(y>+e6otten Son.$

[i*] p. !: The Trisa6ion is said to ha*e +een introduced at an ear(y time into this 5itur6y +y ana(o6y /ith the other 5itur6ies. Therefore the Trisa6ion Prayer$ /as ori6ina((y a prayer re(atin6 to the 5ections or @eadin6s that fo((o/.

[*] The ancient practice of the

hurch of %(e0andria entai(ed four @eadin6s at the &i*ine 5itur6y:

1) 5a/

2) Prophets

9) 4pist(e

H) Gospe(

%t a (ater time) a(thou6h there /ere sti(( four 5essons) they /ere a(( ta3en from the De/ Testament: 1) 4pist(es of St. Pau() 2) atho(ic 4pist(es) 9) %cts) and H) Gospe(. This practice has +een retained +y the optic hurch.

The Gree3 5itur6y of St. 7ar3 as it has +een handed do/n) has come to inc(ude on(y the 4pist(e and Gospe( readin6s. 8ut in his introduction to the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3) &r. ,oundou(is su66ests that the

ancient scheme of four @eadin6s can sti(( +e used) and for the ,east of St. 7ar3 he offers as the 5essons from the ;(d Testament) 40odus 9:1>1H) and 1saias 1.:1) 1.>2#) /ith the usua( 4pist(e and Gospe( as in the 5ectionary. %s the Pro(o6ue of the %((e(uia)$ the fo((o/in6 is 6i*en:

T. 1:

%((e(uia) a((e(uia) a((e(uia.

V. The hea*ens dec(are Thy /onders) ; 5ord) and Thy truth in the con6re6ation of Saints.

%((e(uia) a((e(uia) a((e(uia.

V. 2: ,or /ho in the c(ouds sha(( +e compared unto the 5ord) and /ho sha(( +e (i3ened to the 5ord amon6 the sons of GodI

%((e(uia) a((e(uia) a((e(uia.

V. 9: God) <ho is 6(orified in the counci( of the Saints) is 6reat and terri+(e to/ards a(( that are round a+out 2im.

%((e(uia) a((e(uia) a((e(uia.

V. H: ; 5ord God of hosts) /ho is (i3e unto TheeI 7i6hty art Thou) ; 5ord) and Thy truth is round a+out Thee.

%((e(uia) a((e(uia) a((e(uia.

[*i] The ancient position of the Sermon or 2omi(y is immediate(y after the Gospe( readin6) and this point is mentioned in the 5itur6y of St. Bames= in the 4ucho(o6ion of St. Serapion) the Prayer of ,er*ent Supp(ication is ca((ed the Prayer after the 2omi(y.$ The fre?uent modern practice of de(i*erin6 sermons at the c(ose of the &i*ine 5itur6y is due to much of the con6re6ation arri*in6 (ate. 2o/e*er) a sermon de(i*ered immediate(y fo((o/in6 the Gospe( shou(d +e on the theme of the Scriptures /hich ha*e Just +een heard.

[*ii] The 5itany after the Gospe( that appears in this *ersion of the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3 is of course a (ater addition sho/in6 the inf(uence of the other 5itur6ies. 2o/e*er) the fact that it differs so much in te0t from its counterparts in the 5itur6ies of St. Bohn hrysostom and St. 8asi( is e*idence that it /as added in a distant period. The form it ta3es here is pecu(iar to the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3.

[*iii] This dismissa( of the catechumens is the ancient one in this 5itur6y. The pre*ious 5itany of the atechumens) /hich may seem stran6e(y separated from their dismissa() is another +orro/in6 from the 5itur6y of St. Bohn hrysostom or St. 8asi(.

[i0] %ccordin6 to Prof. ,oundou(is) the 2o(y Gifts /ere ori6ina((y transferred at a (ater point in the ser*ice) after the &eacon-s e0c(amation) Stand ye to ma3e the ;fferin6 ari6ht.$ These /ords are simi(ar to those pronounced +y the &eacon in the 5itur6ies of St. Bohn hrysostom and St. 8asi() 5et us stand ari6htG$ after the reed.

[0] The ceremony of the Aiss of Peace occurs a(so in the 5itur6y of St. Bames) +ut after rather than +efore the reed.

[0i] The Priest) as in the 5itur6y of St. Bames) +e6ins the sin6in6 or recitation of the reed. 8y +(essin6 /ith the ross$ here and e(se/here is meant the ma3in6 of the si6n of the ross /ith the hand.

[0ii] 1n the 4ucharistic &ia(o6ue) the more ancient manuscripts had the form) The 5ord +e /ith you)$ /hich /as (ater rep(aced /ith the more fami(iar The 6race of our 5ord Besus hristG$ as in the 5itur6y of St. Bohn hrysostom. There /as a(so a s(i6ht difference in the Gree3 te0t of 5et us (ift up our hearts$= ho/e*er) the 4n6(ish trans(ation is the same in +oth cases.

[0iii] The &iptychs or the Great 1ntercessory Prayer occurs after the consecration in the 5itur6ies of St. Bohn hrysostom) St. 8asi() and St. Bames. 8ut one of the most characteristic pecu(iarities of the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3 is the (ocation of this e(ement here) /here it forms an interruption in the Preface or Pro(o6ue of the 4ucharistic anon.

2a*in6 di*ided the Preface into t/o sections) this 1ntercession itse(f forms t/o distinct sections) the first of /hich is the o(der and 6oes +ac3 to ear(y 46yptian hristian tradition /hi(e the second part) /here each para6raph (see pp. 2H>2#???) +e6ins /ith the /ords) @emem+er) ; 5ordG$ Dote/orthy is the fact that in this second part of the &iptychs) the refrains sun6 +y the hoir or peop(e are a+sent. 1n the 1.98 S(a*onic edition of the 5itur6y of St. Bames) the &iptychs /ere considera+(y a+rid6ed= a+rid6ement is a(so possi+(e here) at the discretion of the 8ishop.

[0i*] The petition for rains and fruits of the earth is said in %pri( (St. 7ar3-s &ay)= that for the ri*ers (or in 46ypt the Di(e) risin6 to their measure$ in Bune (St. yri(( of %(e0andria) Bune .).

[0*] The &eacon-s prayers for the departed /ou(d +e said a(oud on(y on days /hen this is permitted. ;ther/ise they /ou(d +e said secret(y.

[0*i] %nother pecu(iarity of the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3 is the a+sence of the *erse 8(essed is 2e that cometh in the name of the 5ord)$ /hich ne*er had +een part of the 2o(y) 2o(y) 2o(y$ in the hurch of %(e0andria. 4ar(ier manuscripts did not ha*e the Priest say the 2o(y) 2o(y) 2o(y$ secret(y +efore it /as sun6 +y the choir or peop(e. %fter the /ords the maJesty of Thy 6(ory$ (+ottomII topII of p. ???)) he continued at once /ith the e0c(amation %t a(( times)$ as on p. ???.

[0*ii] ;ne of the most remar3a+(e e(ements in the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3 is this e0tensi*e dia(o6ue +et/een the Priest and &eacon at the consecration of the 2o(y Gifts. %(thou6h it appeared in /ritten form at a (ate date) it can on(y ha*e de*e(oped o*er a protracted period) durin6 /hich this 5itur6y /as in constant use. Those /ho 3no/ the S(a*ic *ersions of the 5itur6ies /i(( reco6nise this as the point /here the Prayer of the Third 2ourK/ith its *ersesKhas +een inserted) and is recited +y the e(e+rant /ith the &eacon sayin6 the *erses. This /as a de*e(opment that +e6an in %(e0andria) either at the same time as this dia(o6ue form of the Prayer of onsecration /as de*e(opin6 or after it had +ecome customary. 1n this case it seems (i3e(y that the c(er6y of %(e0andria fe(t the need for some 3ind of amp(ification in the 5itur6y of St. Bohn hrysostom) and thus e0erted a (astin6 inf(uence on it) an inf(uence stemmin6 from the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3.

[0*iii] The 5ord-s Prayer is thus said t/ice) once secret(y +y the Priest) then sun6 or recited +y a(( /hi(e the Priest says another prayer) as in the 5itur6y of St. Bames= the more ancient practice /as for the Priest and con6re6ation to say the 5ord-s Prayer a sin6(e time) to6ether.

[0i0] This 5itany has a pecu(iar form of ;ne is 2o(y)$ a(thou6h in the (atest manuscripts it /as rep(aced +y the fami(iar te0t as in the 5itur6y of St. Bohn hrysostom.

[00] The 5itany %ri6htL 2a*in6 parta3en)$ etc.) is inc(uded as part of the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3 +oth in the *ersion of St. Dectarios and in that edited from the ancient manuscripts in 8ri6htman-s 5itur6ies 4astern and <estern.$ 2o/e*er) in Prof. ,oundou(is- 1."" edition this (itany has +een (eft out) on the 6rounds no dou+t of its +ein6 a (ater 8yFantiniFation. De*erthe(ess) the te0t of this (itany as 6i*en differs enou6h from that in the 5itur6ies of St. Bohn hrysostom and St. 8asi( to 6i*e it a pecu(iar form found on(y in the 5itur6y of St. 7ar3) and this a(so sho/s that) a(thou6h it /as added +y ana(o6y /ith other 5itur6ies) the addition must ha*e ta3en p(ace at a fair(y distant period of time.

1n the *ersion preser*ed +y Patriarch 7e(etios Pe6as and St. Dectarios of Pentapo(is) the endin6 of the 5itur6y seems to ha*e +een man6(ed. There is some indication that this may ha*e occurred throu6h the pa6es +ein6 +ound to6ether in the /ron6 order) so that the second pa6e of the manuscript +ecame the (ast) and the Prayer of the ,irst %ntiphon (for the on6re6ation) /as thus 6i*en as a dismissa(. The present trans(ation therefore fo((o/s the ancient manuscripts and Prof. ,oundou(isedition in 6i*in6 the te0t of the conc(usion of the &i*ine 5itur6y.