Beginning of the Indiction (New Year); Righteous Simeon the Stylite; Synaxis of the Theotokos at Miasinae.
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Priest: Blessed is our God, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Choir: Amen.
Come, let us worship and fall down before God our King.
Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King and our God.
Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself, our King and our God.
THE PSALM OF INTRODUCTION—PSALM 103
Reader:
Bless the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, Thou hast been magnified exceedingly. Confession and majesty hast Thou put on, Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, Who stretchest out the heaven as it were a curtain; Who supporteth His chambers in the waters, Who appointeth the clouds for His ascent, Who walketh upon the wings of the winds, Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire.
Who establisheth the earth in the sureness thereof; it shall not be turned back forever and ever. The abyss like a garment is His mantle; upon the mountains shall the waters stand. At Thy rebuke they will flee, at the voice of Thy thunder shall they be afraid.
The mountains rise up and the plains sink down, unto the place where Thou hast established them. Thou appointedst a bound that they shall not pass, neither return to cover the earth. He sendeth forth springs in the valleys; between the mountains will the waters run. They shall give drink to all the beasts of the field; the wild asses will wait to quench their thirst. Beside them will the birds of the heaven lodge, from the midst of the rocks will they give voice.
He watereth the mountains from His chambers; the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of Thy works. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring forth bread out of the earth; and wine maketh glad the heart of man. To make his face cheerful with oil; and bread strengtheneth man’s heart.
The trees of the plain shall be satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which Thou hast planted. There will the sparrows make their nests; the house of the heron is chief among them. The high mountains are a refuge for the harts, and so is the rock for the hares.
He hath made the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down. Thou appointedst the darkness, and there was the night, wherein all the beasts of the forest will go abroad; young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their food from God. The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together, and they lay them down in their dens. Man shall go forth unto his work, and to his labor until the evening. How magnified are Thy works, O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
The earth is filled with Thy creation. So is this great and spacious sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, small living creatures with the great. There go the ships; there this leviathan, whom Thou hast made to play therein. All things wait on Thee, to give them their food in due season; when Thou givest it them, they will gather it. When Thou openest Thy hand, all things shall be filled with goodness; when Thou turnest away Thy face, they shall be troubled. Thou wilt take
their spirit, and they shall cease; and unto their dust shall they return. Thou wilt send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created; and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let the glory of the Lord be unto the ages; the Lord will rejoice in His works. Who looketh on the earth and maketh it tremble, Who toucheth the mountains and they smoke. I will sing unto the Lord throughout my life, I will chant to my God for as long as I have my being.
May my words be sweet unto Him; I will rejoice in the Lord. O that sinners would cease from the earth, and they that work iniquity, that they should be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
The sun knoweth his going down. Thou appointedst the darkness, and there was the night. How magnified are Thy works, O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God. (THRICE) O our God and our Hope, glory to Thee!
THE GREAT LITANY
Deacon: In peace, let us pray to the Lord.
The choir responds “Lord, have mercy” to each petition until noted.
For the peace from above and the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.
For the peace of the whole world, the good estate of the holy churches of God and the union of all, let us pray to the Lord.
For this holy house and those who with faith, reverence and fear of God enter therein, let us pray to the Lord.
For our father and metropolitan, N., (our bishop, N.,) the honorable presbytery, the diaconate in Christ, all the clergy and the people, let us pray to the Lord.
For our country, its president (or appropriate head of state), civil authorities and armed forces, let us pray to the Lord.
For this village and every city and countryside and the faithful who dwell therein, let us pray to the Lord.
For healthful seasons, abundance of the fruits of the earth and peaceful times, let us pray to the Lord.
For travelers by sea, by land and by air, the sick, the suffering, the captive, and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
For our deliverance from all tribulation, wrath, danger and necessity, let us pray to the Lord.
Help us; save us; have mercy on us; and keep us, O God, by thy grace.
Calling to remembrance our all-holy, immaculate, most blessed and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and each other and all our life unto Christ our God.
Choir: To Thee, O Lord.
Priest: For unto thee are due all glory, honor and worship, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
“O LORD, I HAVE CRIED” 1st Mode
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Choir: O Lord, I have cried out unto Thee, hear Thou me; hear Thou me, O Lord. O Lord, I have cried out unto Thee, hear Thou me. Give ear to the voice of my supplication when I cry out unto Thee: hear Thou me, O Lord.
Choir: Let my prayer be set forth before Thee as the incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice; hear Thou me, O Lord.
+ Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and a protecting door round about my lips.
+ Incline not my heart to evil words, to make excuses in sins.
+ With men that work iniquity; and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.
+ The just man shall correct me in mercy and shall reprove me; but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head.
+ For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased; their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up.
+ They shall hear my words, for they are sweet; as when the thickness of the earth is broken upon the ground, their bones are scattered by the side of hell.
+ But to Thee, O Lord, Lord, are mine eyes; in Thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.
+ Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity.
+ Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I alone escape.
+ I cried unto the Lord with my voice, with my voice unto the Lord, did I make my supplication.
+ I poured out my supplication before Him; I showed before Him my trouble.
+ When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then Thou knewest my path.
+ In the way wherein I walked have they secretly laid a snare for me.
+ I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me.
+ Refuge failed me; no one cared for my soul.
+ I cried unto Thee, O Lord; I said: Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
+ Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low.
+ Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.
Of the Indiction, 1st Mode, **Thou art the joy** Verse 10. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Thy Name.
Come, O ye faithful, and since we have learned that sacred prayer which Christ himself hath spoken in his own divine teaching, let us cry each day to our Maker and say: O our Father in heaven’s heights, as thou art merciful, give us our daily bread, overlooking our unnumbered sins.
Verse 9. The righteous shall wait for me until Thou recompense me.
As when the Jews disobeyed thee once in the wilderness, their bodies fell and were strewn on the earth as was fitting, so now also, Christ our God, scatter the bones of the faithless and impious nigh unto hades, as David saith in the psalm, for thou art the Master of all things.
Verse 8. Out of the depths have I cried to Thee, O Lord, Lord hear my voice.
Thou who on holy Mount Sinai didst write the tablets of old, seen in the flesh and present now in Nazareth, deignest thyself to read the book of thy prophet, O Lord; and, O Christ God, on closing it, thou didst instruct all the people that now in truth what was written of thee was fulfilled.
Of Venerable Symeon, Plagal of 1st Mode, **O righteous father** Verse 7. Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
As great Elias had a chariot of fire of old, so thou, O Father, didst devise a good ladder on earth, whereby thou didst ascend unto highest heaven. He did not leave behind his means of ascent, nor did he bequeath it to be possessed by others; but as for thee, even after death, thou yet possessest thy pillar for all to see. O thou celestial man and thou terrestrial angel, unsleeping luminary shining on the whole world, O our illustrious and righteous Father Symeon, with great fervour make intercession, beseeching Christ our God that our souls be saved, we pray.
Verse 6. If Thou, O Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? For with Thee there is forgiveness.
O righteous Father, if thy pillar had a voice to speak, it never would cease crying aloud concerning thy pains and struggles and great labours and lamentations. For it was not thy pillar that bare thee up; but it was supported by thee and ever borne up like some most mighty and fruitful tree, receiving increase and growth from thy ceaseless tears. The angels marvelled, and the sons of men were awestruck, and demons quaked with fear, beholding thine endurance. O our illustrious and righteous Father Symeon, with great fervour make intercession, beseeching Christ our God that our souls be saved, we pray.
Verse 5. Because of Thy Name have I waited for Thee, O Lord; my soul hath waited upon Thy word, my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
O righteous father, emulating Christ, thy sovereign Lord, thou wentest up thy pillar as though ascending a cross, while strengthened with the might of the Holy Spirit. But Christ the Lord forgave the sins of all men, blotting out the writing against the sons of Adam. While thou didst vanquish and bring to nought every assault of the passions and carnal lusts; He, as a spotless sheep; thou, as a willing victim; He, on the cross of shame, and thou, upon thy pillar. O our illustrious and righteous Father Symeon, with great fervour make intercession, beseeching Christ our God that our souls be saved, we pray.
Other idiomela of Venerable Symeon: 2nd Mode
Verse 4. From the morning watch until night, from the morning watch let Israel trust in the Lord. A good fruit hath sprouted from a good root, even the sacred Symeon, who from infancy was fed on grace rather than milk. Lifting up his body on a rock, but lifting up his mind even more unto God, through the virtues he built himself an aethereal
dwelling; and soaring on high with the divine hosts, he became a dwelling-place of Christ, the God and Saviour of our souls.
Verse 3. For with the Lord there is mercy and with Him is abundant redemption, and He will deliver Israel from all his iniquities.
Thy memorial abideth unto the ages, O righteous Father Symeon, and so doth the meekness of thy heart, O blessed servant; for though thou art translated from among us, O good shepherd, yet thou hast not departed from us in spirit, even as thou standest before God with love, and dancest with the angels in the heavens, with who do thou intercede before God that our souls be saved.
Verse 2. Praise the Lord, all ye nations; praise Him, all ye people.
The shrine of thy relics poureth forth healings, O all-acclaimed Father; and thy holy soul rightfully rejoiceth, as it dwelleth with the angels; wherefore, since thou hast boldness with the Lord, O righteous Symeon, and joinest choir with the angels in the heavens, entreat him that our souls be saved.
Verse 1. For His mercy is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endureth forever.
Thou didst love the highest philosophy, O God-bearer, and in living above that which is visible, thou becamest as it were outside of the world. Thou didst prove to be a divine and unspotted mirror of God; and being ever united with light, thou hast received light, and hast manifestly found a blessed end. Intercede for our souls, O wise Symeon.
First DOXASTIKON Plagal of 2nd Mode
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Divine Grace hath hovered over the shrine of thy relics, O sanctified Symeon; wherefore, we run to the fragrance of the myrrh of thy miracles, and we draw forth healing of our maladies. O righteous Father, pray to Christ God in behalf of our souls.
Second DOXASTIKON Plagal of 2nd Mode
Both now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O thou who art united with the Holy Spirit, O Word and Son which art without beginning, joint Fashioner and Creator with him of all things visible and invisible: Bless the crown of the year, and preserve in peace the multitudes of the Orthodox, by the intercessions of the Theotokos and of all thy saints.
THE HOLY ENTRANCE
O GLADSOME LIGHT
Choir:
O gladsome Light of the holy glory of the immortal, heavenly, holy and blessed Father: O Jesus Christ. Lo now that we have come to the setting of the sun, as we behold the evening light, we hymn Thee: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God. Meet it is for Thee at all times to be magnified by joyous voices, O Son of God and Giver of life. Wherefore the whole world doth glorify Thee.
SUNDAY PROKEIMENON Plagal of 4th Mode
1st Chanter: Behold now, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord.
Choir: Behold now… (repeated)
Vs: Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
1st Chanter: Behold now, bless ye the Lord, Choir, final: all ye servants of the Lord.
THE OLD TESTAMENT READINGS
The First Passage
The Reading from the Prophecy of Isaiah (61:1-10).
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for which cause He hath anointed me; He hath sent me to preach good tidings to the poor, to heal the broken in heart, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompense of our God; to comfort all that mourn; that there should be given to them that mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the anointing of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of despondency; and they shall be called a generation of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory; and they shall build up the everlasting wastelands, which before were made desolate; they shall raise up and make new the desert cities, those that had been desolate from generation to generation; and strangers shall come and feed thy flocks, and aliens shall be thy ploughmen and vinedressers. But ye shall be called priests of the Lord; it shall be said unto you: Ye are ministers of our God; ye shall eat the strength of nations, and shall be admired because of their wealth. Instead of your shame ye shall have double, and instead of dishonor their portion shall rejoice. Thus shall they inherit the land a second time, and everlasting joy shall be upon their head; for I am the Lord Who loveth righteousness, and hateth robberies of injustice; and I will give their labor to the just, and will make an everlasting covenant with them; and their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring in the midst of peoples; everyone that seeth them shall acknowledge them, that they are a seed blessed of God unto the ages; and with rejoicing shall they rejoice in the Lord.
The Second Passage
The Reading from the Book of Leviticus (26:3-12, 14-17, 19-24).
The Lord spake to the sons of Israel, saying: If ye will walk in My ordinances, and keep My commandments, and do them, then will I give you the rain in its season, and the land shall produce its fruits, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit; and your threshing time shall reach unto the vintage, and your vintage shall reach unto your seedtime; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and ye shall dwell safely upon your land, and none shall make you afraid; and I will destroy the beasts out of your land, and war shall not go through your land; and your enemies shall fall before you; and five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase tens of thousands; and I will look upon you, and bless you, and increase you, and multiply you, and establish My covenant with you; and ye shall eat that which is old, and very old, and shall bring forth the old to make way for the new; and My soul shall not abhor you; and I will walk among you, and be your God, and ye shall be My people. But if ye will not hearken to Me, nor do these Mine ordinances, but disobey them, and your soul shall loathe My judgments, so that ye should not keep all My commands, then will I do thus to you: I will bring upon you perplexity, and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat your labors; and I will set My face against you, and ye shall fall before your enemies, and they shall pursue you; and ye shall flee, no one
pursuing you; and I will crush the haughtiness of your pride; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass; and your strength shall be in vain, and your land shall not yield its seed, and the trees of the field shall not yield their fruit; and I will send upon you the wild beasts of the land, and they shall consume your cattle; and the sword coming upon you shall make you few in number; and your land shall be desolate; and your habitations shall be desolate, for ye have walked perversely towards Me, and I will walk towards you with a perverse anger. Thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel.
The Third Passage
The Reading from the Wisdom of Solomon (4:7-15)
Though the righteous happen to die, yet shall he be in rest; for honorable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that which is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age. He pleased God, and was beloved of Him, so that living among sinners he was translated. Yea, speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul; for the fascination of wickedness doth obscure things that are honest, and the wandering of desire doth undermine the simple mind. He being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time; for his soul pleased the Lord; therefore, hasted He to take him away from among the wicked. This the people saw, and understood it not, neither did they lay this up in their minds, that His grace and mercy is with His Saints, and that He doth visit His chosen.
FERVENT EKTENIA
The choir responds “Lord, have mercy” (thrice) to all petitions.
Deacon: Let us all say with our whole soul and with our whole mind, let us say:
O Lord Almighty, the God of our fathers, we pray thee hearken and have mercy.
Have mercy on us, O God, according to thy great mercy, we pray thee, hearken and have mercy.
Again we pray for all pious and Orthodox Christians.
Again we pray for our father and metropolitan, N., (and our bishop, N.).
Again we pray for our brethren: the priests, hieromonks, deacons, hierodeacons and monastics and all our brotherhood in Christ.
Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, pardon and remission of sins for (the servants of God, NN., and) all Orthodox Christians of true worship, who live and dwell in this community.
Again we pray for the blessed and ever-memorable founders of this holy church (and for the servants of God, NN.,) and all of our fathers and brethren, the Orthodox departed this life before us, who here and in all the world lie asleep in the Lord.
Again we pray for those who bear fruit and do good works in this holy and all-venerable temple, those who serve and those who sing and all the people here present, who await thy great and rich mercy.
Priest: For thou art a merciful God and lovest mankind, and unto thee we ascribe glory, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
THE EVENING PRAYER
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this evening without sin. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is Thy Name forever. Amen.
Let Thy mercy be upon us, O Lord, even as we have set our hope on Thee. Blessed art Thou, O Lord; teach me Thy statutes. Blessed art Thou, O Master; make me to understand Thy statutes. Blessed art Thou, O Holy One; enlighten me with Thy statutes.
Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth forever. O despise not the works of Thy hands. To Thee belongeth worship, to Thee belongeth praise, to Thee belongeth glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
COMPLETION LITANY
The choir responds “Lord, have mercy” to the first two petitions.
Deacon: Let us complete our evening prayer unto the Lord.
Help us; save us; have mercy on us; and keep us, O God, by thy grace.
The choir responds “Grant this, O Lord” to the remaining petitions.
That the whole evening may be perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, let us ask of the Lord.
An angel of peace, a faithful guide, a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us ask of the Lord.
Pardon and remission of our sins and transgressions, let us ask of the Lord.
All things good and profitable for our souls and peace for the world, let us ask of the Lord.
That we may complete the remaining time of our life in peace and repentance, let us ask of the Lord.
A Christian ending to our life, painless, blameless, peaceful, and a good defense before the fearful judgment seat of Christ, let us ask.
Calling to remembrance our all-holy, immaculate, most blessed and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and each other and all our life unto Christ our God.
Choir: To Thee, O Lord.
Priest: For thou art a good God and lovest mankind, and unto thee we ascribe glory, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
THE PEACE
Priest: Peace be to all.
Choir: And to thy spirit.
Deacon: Let us bow our heads unto the Lord. Choir: To Thee, O Lord.
Priest: O Lord our God, Who didst bow the heavens …
Choir: Amen.
THE APOSTICHA
Consult the September Menaion for the entire Aposticha, along with “Glory…” and “Both now”
THE HYMN OF ST. SIMEON THE GOD-RECEIVER
Lord, now lettest thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word; for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people, a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Thy people Israel.
THE TRISAGION PRAYERS
Reader: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: have mercy on us. (thrice)
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our iniquities. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for thy name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy. (thrice)
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, 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 forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Priest: For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory: of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit; now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
APOLYTIKION OF THE INDICTION IN TONE TWO
O Maker of all creation, Who hast established the times and the seasons in Thine own power: Bless the crown of this year with Thy goodness, O Lord, and keep our rulers and Thy flock in peace, by the intercessions of the Theotokos, and save us.
APOLYTIKION OF ST. SIMEON THE STYLITE IN TONE ONE
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Thou becamest a pillar of patience and didst emulate the Forefathers, O righteous one: Job in his sufferings, Joseph in temptations, and the life of the bodiless while in the body. O Simeon, our righteous Father, intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.
APOLYTIKION OF THE SYNAXIS OF THE THEOTOKOS IN TONE SEVEN
Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Rejoice, thou who art full of grace, O Virgin Theotokos, haven and protection of the race of man; for the Redeemer of the world became incarnate of thee; for thou alone art both mother and virgin, ever blessed and glorified. Intercede with Christ God that peace be granted unto all the world.
THE DISMISSAL
Deacon: Wisdom!
Choir: Father, bless.
Priest: Christ our God, the Existing One, is blessed, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Choir: Amen. Preserve, O God, the holy Orthodox Faith and all Orthodox Christians, unto ages of ages. Amen.
Priest: Most-holy Theotokos, save us.
Choir: More honorable than the cherubim and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim, thou who without corruption didst bear God the Word and art truly Theotokos: we magnify thee.
Priest: Glory to Thee, O Christ our God and our Hope, glory to thee.
Choir: Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Lord, have mercy (thrice). Father, bless.
THE DISMISSAL
Bishop:
May Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His all-immaculate and all-blameless holy Mother—as we celebrate her miracle wrought at Miasinae Monastery—by the might of the Precious and Life-giving Cross; by the protection of the honorable Bodiless Powers of Heaven; at the supplication of the honorable, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John; of the holy, glorious and all-laudable apostles; of the holy, glorious and right-victorious Martyrs; of our venerable and God-bearing Fathers; of Saints Peter & Paul, the patrons and protectors of this holy community; of the holy and righteous ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; of the holy and righteous Simeon the Stylite and his mother Martha; the 40 virgin-martyrs and Ammon the deacon in Heraclea; Venerable Evanthia of Skepsis; Righteous Joshua, son of Nun (Jesus of Navi); Meletios the New of Mount Myoupolis; Venerable Nicholas of Crete; New-martyr Angelis of Constantinople; the martyr Aethalas of Persia; and the martyrs Callista, Evodus and Hermogenes the siblings, whose memory we celebrate today, and of all the saints: have mercy on us and save us, forasmuch as He is good and loveth mankind.
TON DHESPOTIN (MANY YEARS)
Choir: Ton dhespotin ke Archierea imon Kyrie philate: Eis polla eti, Dhespota. Eis polla eti, Dhespota. Eis polla eti, Dhespota.
Priest: Through the prayers of our Holy Master, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us and save us.
Choir: Amen.
Bishop: Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us and save us.
Choir: Amen.
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