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THEDIVINELITURGY

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ForewordtotheDraft

ThisisapublicdraftofastudyeditionoftheRuthenianLiturgiconoftheDivineLiturgyofSt.JohnChrysostom.Pleasehelpusfindourmistakes!

The requested review is one of content. For ease and economy in printing thedocument has been designed for duplication on standard 8‐1/2” x 11” paper.When the hardbound edition is prepared there will be a separate review forlayout. [There are currently someprayerswith awkwardpagebreaks, and thatwill be attended towhen thedocument is readied forpublication, according tothesizeselectedforthehardcoverbook.]

Thetext forthepsalmquotesremainsmostlythatwhichwasgiveninthe1964edition of the Liturgicon (most of which were an adaptation from the Douay‐Rheims translation, updated to the Septuagint, where necessary). A separatereviewofthetextsadaptedfromthePsalterisstilltocome.Itmightbeusefultoupdate these to the either the RSV‐2CE or the new Revised Grail Psalms(ConceptionAbby) (which theRomanCatholicswill beusing in their correctedliturgical texts), since there is not yet a common LXX Psalter in use by allByzantines(CatholicandOrthodox)asrecommendedintheLiturgicalInstruction(#29).

Ourplanistoprovidetimeforthosewhowishtoreviewandcommenttodoso,and then to publish this as a hardbound and online study text. We invite anysuggestionsthatwouldhelpusmakethisworkmoreaccurate.

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“Inthefirstplace,theexistenceofadistinctRuthenianRecensionhasbeenestablished.ThisRecension isolderthantherescensioncommonlycalledthevulgate,becausetheRuthenianbookshadnotbeencorrected (as thevulgatebookswere)on thebasisoftheGreekEditionsprintedatthebeginningoftheseventeenthcentury.TheRuthenianRecension,theninasmuchasitreflectsoldertexts,deservestobepreferred.”

EugeneCardinalTisserant

Congregation for theEasternChurches,Circularof theSacredCongregation for theOriental Church to Ruthenian Ordinaries, Prot. N.: 1219/28, September 10, 1941(fromthe1996translation).

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“The first requirement of every Eastern liturgical renewal, as is also the case forliturgicalreform intheWest, isthatofrediscovering full fidelityto itsown liturgicaltraditions, benefiting from its riches and eliminating that which has altered itsauthenticity.Suchheedfulness isnot subordinate tobutprecedes so‐calledupdating.Althoughadelicatetaskthatmustbeexecutedwithcaresoasnottodisturbsouls, itmustbe coherentlyandconstantlypursued if theEasternCatholicChurcheswant toremainfaithfultothemandatereceived.”

Congregation for the Eastern Churches, Instruction for Applying the LiturgicalPrescriptionsoftheCodeofCanonsoftheEasternChurches,6January1996,section18.

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“Onthecontemporarymaniafor"liturgicalcreativity"ΙcanonlyrepeatwhatΙwroteyearsago:

[T]hefirstspontaneityandcreativityofChristianworshipisthatofheartsandmindsfreelyraisedtoGodinloveandsongandprayer...Ιmustlettheliturgyspeakforitselfinsteadof trying tomake it speak forme, insteadofexploiting itasmediumof self‐expression.…Theobjectofworshipisnotself‐expression,notevenself‐fulfillment,butGod. ‘Hemust increase, Ιmustdecrease’, John theBaptistsaidof Jesus(Jn3:30),andthat isanexcellentprinciple for liturgicalministers....[Mostpeoplecan]bedrawntoparticipateinacommonheritagefarnoblerandricherthanthecreationofanyoneofusindividually.Whatweneedisnotfurthertoreinventthewheel,nottoreshapeourliturgyeverytimewereadanewarticle,butjusttotakewhatwehaveanduseitverywell.”

FatherRobertTaft,S.J.,AHistoryoftheLiturgyofSt.JohnChrysostom,VolumeVI,TheCommunion,Thanksgiving,andConcludingRites,OrientaliaChristianaAnalecta,281,PontificioInstitutoOrientale(Rome,2008)page785.


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Foreword

The normative and official text of the “Divine Liturgy of Our Father Among the Saints, JohnChrysostom” for the Ruthenian Recension is the typical Church Slavonic edition “ČinSvjaščennyja i Božestvennyja Liturgii” (commonly called the Služebnik), published by theauthorityof theHolyApostolicSeeofRome, andprintedby theBasilianAbbeyofSt.MaryofGrottaferrata, 1942. In 1965 a very good English translation of the text and rubrics waspreparedbytheInter‐EparchialLiturgicalCommissionsoftheRuthenianCatholicEparchiesofPittsburgh and Passaic and approved by the Sacred Oriental Congregation (Prot. N. 380/62,December10,1964).Morethanforty‐fiveyearshavepassed,andit isreasonabletoconductareviewof thistranslationtoseeif itcanbeimprovedtomakeitmoreliterallyaccuratetotheofficial and normative Slavonic texts. This study edition includes corrections and changes(mostlyaffectingtheclergytexts).Itwaspreparedtobeinfullconformancewiththedirectivesgiven in the “Instruction forApplying the LiturgicalPrescriptions of theCode ofCanons of theEasternChurches” (issued in 1996 by the Congregation for the Eastern Churches), “LiturgiamAuthenticam” (issued in 2001by theCongregation forDivineWorship& theDiscipline of theSacraments),andothersimilarinstructions.

ThetextoftheDivineLiturgyisasgiveninthe1942Služebnik.Thetextofrubricsisalsofromthe1942Služebnik, but that text hasbeen enhanced for studypurposesby integrating into itthe supplemental rubrics provided in the “Ordo Celebrationis Vesperarum,Matutini et DivinaeLiturgiaeIuxtaRecensionemRuthenorum”(Rome,1944).AcarefulstudyoftheOrdosuggeststhatmanyofthesupplementaldirectivesitcontainsgreatlyenhancetheSlužebnikrubrics,andthattheyvery likelywouldhavebeen included in the1942Služebnik had theybeenavailablewhen itwaspublished. It seemed sensible to offer them in this study edition (the rubrics from the 1942SlužebnikareinredwhiletheadditionsfromtheOrdoareindarkred).Forsimplicity,althoughtheSlužebnikdoesincludesomerubricsforwhentwodeaconscelebrate,onlytheOrdorubricsforthecelebrationoftheDivineLiturgywithonedeaconhavebeenintegrated,withtheOrdorubricsfortwo deacons and no deacon having been placed in an appendix (since the celebrationwith onedeaconwould be the hoped for norm in every parish). The approach to this update to the 1964EnglishtranslationoftheLiturgiconhasbeen“AsliteralaspossibletothenormativeSlavonictext(lookingat theGreek textbehind it, especially forScriptural references (which tend towards theRSV/RSV‐2CEwherepossible))whilealsobeingelegant,andrespectingwhatthelayfaithfulhavememorizedasmuchaspossible”.

Special thanks to translators Father Deacon Anthony Kotlar (Slavonic and Greek), Greta Koehl(Slavonic) and Father Ihar Labacevich (Slavonic and Greek), and Father Alexandr Audzeyuk(SlavonicandGreek)fortheirreviewandresearchonanumberofquestions,toAnthonyEsolen,ProfessorofEnglishLiteratureandWesternCivilizationatProvidenceCollegeandsenioreditorforTouchstone:AJournalofMereChristianity forhisgrammarandstylereviewoftheEnglishtext,toArchimandriteSergeKeleherforhis2006bookontheRuthenianLiturgy(see“ForFurtherStudy”),toHieromonkElias,O.Carm(O’Brien),StuartKoehlandSallyGreenfortheirreviewsofthetextandtheirmanysuggestions,andtoallotherswhoparticipatedinanyway.

PleasenotethatthiseditionisaDRAFTandisbeingmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcomment.Ifyoufindanymistakes,orhaveanysuggestionstoimprovethetextorrubricstomakethemmorefaithful to the Slavonic original please sent them to John Vernoski, project editor([email protected]).


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TableofContents

THEENTRANCEPRAYERSANDVESTING...............................................................................................................1

PRAYERSBEFORETHEHOLYDOORS...................................................................................................................................................1

ENTRANCEINTOTHEALTAR.................................................................................................................................................................4

VESTINGOFTHEDEACON......................................................................................................................................................................5

VESTINGOFTHEPRIEST........................................................................................................................................................................6

WASHINGOFTHEHANDS......................................................................................................................................................................8

PROTHESIS................................................................................................................................................................................................9

CENSING.................................................................................................................................................................................................19

ENARXIS.................................................................................................................................................................................................21

THEDIVINELITURGYOFOURFATHERAMONGTHESAINTSJOHNCHRYSOSTOM...............................23

DISMISSALSATDIVINELITURGY...........................................................................................................................95

FIXEDORIMMOVABLEFEASTS...............................................................................................................................................95

MOVABLEFEASTS..........................................................................................................................................................................98

DURINGTHEWEEK.......................................................................................................................................................................99

THEORDEROFTHEDIVINELITURGY...............................................................................................................101

WITHTHEMINISTRYOFTWODEACONS.......................................................................................................................................101

WITHOUTTHEMINISTRYOFADEACON........................................................................................................................................107

CONSIDERATIONS....................................................................................................................................................111

FORFURTHERSTUDY.............................................................................................................................................112


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THERITEOFTHESACREDANDDIVINELITURGY

TheEntrancePrayersandVesting

PrayersBeforetheHolyDoors

ThepriestwhointendstocelebratetheDivineMysterymustbereconciled, firstofall,witheveryone,andhavenoanimositytowardanyone.Tothebestofhisability,hemustkeephisheartfreefromevilthoughts.Hemustabstainfromtheeveningbeforeuntilhispriestly service. At the appointed time, he enters the temple, and together with thedeacon,facingEast,theybowbeforetheHolyDoorsthreetimes,andbegin:

Deacon: Master,bless.

Priest: BlessedisourGod, always,nowandever,1andtotheagesofages.2

Deacon: Amen.

Thedeaconcontinues:

GlorytoYou,ourGod,glorytoYou.

OHeavenlyKing,Comforter,3SpiritofTruth,4Whoareeverywherepresentandfillallthings,TreasuryofBlessings5andGiverofLife,comeanddwellwithinus,cleanseusofallstain,andsaveoursouls,OGoodOne.6

HolyGod,HolyMighty,7HolyImmortal,8havemercyonus.(Threetimes)

1Isaiah26:4.2Isaiah45:17,Romans11:36,Ephesians3:21.3John14:16‐17.4John14:17;15:26;16:13;1John4:6.5Greek:Αγαθών(good,blessing,benefit),Slavonic:благих(goodthing).6ThirdApostichonfromVespersofPentecost.72Kings(2Samuel)22:31‐33,Revelation18:8b(Literally:“HolyStrong”).8Romans1:23,1Timothy1:17.


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GlorytotheFather,andtotheSon,andtotheHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

OMostHolyTrinity,havemercyonus;OLord,cleanseusofoursins;9OMaster,forgiveourtransgressions;OHolyOne,visitusandhealourinfirmities

forYourName'ssake.

Lord,havemercy.(Threetimes)


OurFather,Whoartinheaven,hallowedbeThyName;Thykingdomcome,Thywillbedoneonearthasitisinheaven.Giveusthisdayourdailybread,Andforgiveusourtrespasses,asweforgivethosewhotrespassagainstus;Andleadusnotintotemptation,butdeliverusfromevil.10

Priest: ForThineisthekingdom,andthepower,andtheglory, Father,Son,andHolySpirit, nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

Deacon: Amen.11

Thepriestanddeaconthensay:

Havemercyonus,OLord,havemercyonus:sincewehavenodefense,

9Psalm24(25:11),18,50:4(51:2),50:11(51:9),78(79):9.10Matthew6:9‐13;Luke11:2‐4.Moreliterally:“intheheavens”,“fromtheevilone”.11Matthew6:13textusreceptus,1Timothy1:17.[TheSlužebnikincludesthe“Amen”aspartofthedoxologyprayedbythepriest,butsinceotherliturgiconsassignthis“Amen”tothedeaconanditisnormalforhimtodoso,itisassumedthatthisisatypographicalerror.]


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wesinnersofferthissupplicationtoYou,asMaster;havemercyonus.

GlorytotheFather,andtotheSon,andtotheHolySpirit.

Lord,havemercyonus,forinYouweplaceourhope.Benotexceedinglyangrywithusnormindfulofourtransgressions;butlookuponusevennowwithmercyanddeliverusfromourenemies;12forYouareourGodandweareYourpeople:weallaretheworkofYourhands,13andwecalluponYourName.14

Nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

Opentousthedoorsofmercy,OblessedMotherofGod,thatwe,whoplaceourhopeinyou,maynotperish,butthatthroughyouwemaybedeliveredfrommisfortune;foryouarethesalvationofallChristians.

TheythenapproachtheiconofChrist,and,kissingit,theysay:

Wefalldownandworshipbeforeyourmostpureimage,OGoodOne,beggingforgivenessforouroffenses,OChristGod;forYou,ofYourownwill,werepleasedtoascenduponthecrossinthefleshtodeliverthosewhomYouhavecreatedfromtheslaveryoftheenemy.15Therefore,wegratefullycryouttoYou:byYourcomingtosavetheworld,OourSavior,Youhavefilledallthingswithjoy.16

12Psalm135(136):24.13Isaiah64:8.14ThistextistheSessionalfortheSecondKathismaatMatinsofMonday,Tone6,Octoëchos.15Exodus6:6,Romans7:14,Hebrews2:15.


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TheythenkisstheiconoftheMotherofGod,sayingthistroparion:

OMotherofGod,fountofmercy,makeusworthyofcompassion.Lookuponasinfulpeople;asalways,showyourpower;for,placingourhopeinyou,17wecryouttoyou,“Rejoice!”18asdidonceGabriel,19thecommanderofbodilessHosts.20

Thepriestthenbowshisheadandsaysthisprayer:

Priest: OLord,stretchforthYourhandfromYourholyplaceonhigh,21andstrengthenmeforthis,Yourappointedservice,that,standinguncondemnedbeforeYourfearsomeAltar,Imaycelebratetheunbloodysacrifice.ForYoursisthepowerandtheglorytotheagesofages.Amen.

EntranceintotheAltar22

ThepriestanddeaconthenbowtothechoirsoneithersideandthengointotheAltar,thepriestbythesoutherndoorandthedeaconbythenortherndoor,saying:23

IwillcomeintoYourhouse,IwillbowtowardsYourholytempleinfearofYou.Leadme,OLord,inYourrighteousness;becauseofmyenemiesdirectmywayinYoursight.

16ThisistheTroparion(Apolytikion)fortheSundayofOrthodoxy,andtheSessionalattheSecondKathismaofMatins,Friday,Tone2,Octoëchos.17Psalm32(33):22.18Luke1:28.19Luke1:19,26.20ThisTheotokionisusedonSundayeveningandMondaymorningintheOctoëchos,Tone2.21Psalm143(144):7.22ThistitleisnotgivenintheSlužebnikbutisofferedhereforclarity.23SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§101.


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Forintheirmouthsthereisnotruth;theirheartisvain,theirthroatisanopensepulchre;theydealtdeceitfullywiththeirtongues.Judgethem,OGod,andletthemfallbytheirowncounsels;accordingtothemultitudeoftheirwickednesscastthemout,fortheyprovokedYou,OLord.AndletallthembegladthathopeinYou,theyshallrejoiceforever,andYouwilldwellinthem;andalltheythatloveYourNameshallgloryinYou.ForYouwillblesstherighteous,OLord:YouhavecrowneduswithashieldofYourgoodwill.24

HavingenteredtheAltartheymakethreesmallbowsbeforetheHolyTable.ThepriestkissestheholyGospelBook,thedeaconkissestheHolyTable,and,accordingtocustom,theybothkisstheHand‐Cross.25EachthentakeshissticharionintohisrighthandandbowsthreetimestowardstheEast,eachtimesayingquietly:26

PriestandDeacon:OGod,bemercifultomeasinner.27

VestingoftheDeacon28

Thenthedeacon,holdingthesticharionwiththeorarion29inhisrighthand,approachesthepriest,and,bowinghisheadtohim,says:

Deacon: Master,blessthesticharionandtheorarion.

Andthepriestblessesthem,saying:

Priest: BlessedisourGod,always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

24Psalm5:8b‐13(7b‐12).25Literally,“On‐the‐throne‐Cross”.26SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§102.27Luke18:13.28ThistitleisnotgivenintheSlužebnikbutisofferedhereforclarity.29 The Služebnik does not reference the epimanikia (cuffs) here but they are referenced in the OrdoCelebrationis,§103.


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Deacon: Amen.30

ThedeaconthengoestoonesideoftheAltarandputsonhissticharion,prayingthus:

Deacon: MysoulshallrejoiceintheLord,forHehasclothedmewiththegarmentofsalvation,coveredmewiththerobeofjoy;Hehassetacrownuponmeasonabridegroom,andadornedmewithbeautyasabride.31

Kissingtheorarion,heputsitonhisleftshoulder.Thenheputsthecuffs(epimanikia)onhishands,sayingfortherighthand:

Deacon: Yourrighthand,OLord,gloriousinpower,Yourrighthand,OLord,crushestheenemy.InthegreatnessofYourgloryYoushatterYouradversaries.32

Forthelefthandhesays:

Deacon: Yourhandshavecreatedme,andformedme;givemeunderstandingthatImaylearnYourcommandments.33

HethengoestotheTableofPreparationandarrangesthesacredvessels.Heunfoldstheeiliton,placestheholydiscosontheleftsideandtheholychaliceontherightside,andtheothervesselswiththem(spear[lance],asterisk,veils,andcovers).34

VestingofthePriest35

ThepriestvestsintherightoftheAltar(orinthesacristy)inthefollowingmanner.Hetakes his sticharion into his left hand and bows three times towards the East, asmentionedabove;thenhemakesthesignoftheCrossoverhissticharion,saying:36

30TheOrdoassignsthe“Amen”(whichismissingfromtheSlužebnik)tothedeacon.Customarilythedeaconkissesthepriest’shand,andthelargeCrossonthediaconalsticharion.31Isaiah61:10LXX.32Exodus15:6‐7a.[Moreliterally:“YougrinddownYouradversaries”]33Psalm118(119):73.34SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§104.35ThistitleisnotgivenintheSlužebnikbutisofferedhereforclarity.36SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§105.


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Priest: BlessedisourGod,always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.37

Hethenputsonthesticharion,saying:

MysoulshallrejoiceintheLord,forHehasclothedmewiththegarmentofsalvation,coveredmewiththerobeofjoy;Hehassetacrownuponmeasonabridegroom,andadornedmewithbeautyasabride.38

Then taking the epitrachelion andmaking the sign of the Cross over it, he puts it on,saying:

BlessedisGodWhopoursoutHisgraceuponHispriests,likeapreciousointmentonthehead,whichrunsdownuponthebeard,thebeardofAaron,runningdowntothehemofhisgarment.39

Thentakingthecincture(zoneorbelt)andgirdinghimselfwithit,hesays:

BlessedisGodWhogirdsmewithstrength,andmademywayblameless,makingmyfeetlikethefeetofadeer,andsettingmeuponhighplaces.40

Puttingthecuffs(epimanikia)onhishands,hesaysfortherighthand:

Yourrighthand,OLord,gloriousinpower,Yourrighthand,OLord,crushestheenemy.InthegreatnessofYourgloryYoushatterYouradversaries.41

Forthelefthandhesays:

37The“Amen”isnotintheSlavonicliturgicon,butthisomissionappearstobeatypographicalerrorsoitissuppliedhere.38Isaiah61:10LXX.39Psalm132(133):2.40Psalm17:33‐34(18:32‐33).41Exodus15:6‐7a.[Moreliterally:“YougrinddownYouradversaries”]


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Yourhandshavecreatedme,andformedme;givemeunderstandingthatImaylearnYourcommandments.42

Hetakestheepigonation,ifhehasone,andblessingandkissingit,andsays:

GirdYoursworduponYourthigh,OMightyOne,inYourgloryandmajesty;[inyourbeautyandgoodness]andrideforthvictoriouslyandreign,forthecauseoftruthandmeeknessandrighteousness,andYourrighthandwillguideYouwondrously,43always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

Takingthephelonionandblessingit,hekissesit,saying:44

Yourpriests,OLord,shallbeclothedwithrighteousness,andYoursaintsshallrejoicewithgladness45always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

WashingoftheHands46

ThepriestanddeacongototheTableofPreparationandwashtheirhands,saying:

PriestandDeacon:

Iwillwashmyhandsamongtheinnocent,andIwillgoaroundYouraltar,OLord,thatImayhearthevoiceofYourpraise,andrecountallYourwonderfulworks.OLord,IhavelovedthebeautyofYourhouseandtheplacewhereYourglorydwells.

42Psalm118(119):73.43Psalm44:4‐5(45:3‐4).44Whilenotreferenced in theRuthenianSlužebnik, inmanyplaces ithasbecomethecustomforprieststomakeuseof thePectoralCross,putting itonafterputtingonthephelonion.Thefollowingprayer(adaptedfromtheBishop'sprayer)isusedinsomeplaces:"Ifanymanwouldcomeafterme,lethimdenyhimself,takeuphisCross,andfollowMe."(Luke9:23)Itisprovidedhereonlyasapossibility.45Psalm131(132):9.46ThistitleisnotgivenintheSlužebnikbutisofferedhereforclarity.


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Destroynotmysoultogetherwiththeungodly,normylifewithmenofblood,inwhosehandsareiniquities;theirrighthandisfullofbribes.

Butasforme,Iwalkedinmyinnocence,redeemme,OLord,andhavemercyonme.Myfootstoodonanevenplace,OLord;inthecongregationsIwillblessYou.47

Prothesis48

TheyeachmakethreebowsbeforethePreparationTable,saying:

PriestandDeacon:OGod,bemercifultomeasinner.49

PriestandDeacon:

YouhaveredeemedusfromthecurseoftheLaw50byYourpreciousBlood;nailedtotheCross,andpiercedwithaspear,Youpouredforthimmortalitytoallmankind.OourSavior,glorytoYou.51


Andthepriestbegins:

Priest: BlessedisourGod,always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

Deacon: Amen.

47Psalm25(26):6‐12.48Anoffering, in liturgicaluse the layingoutof thegiftsofbreadandwine(and,byassociation, theplace,tablewherethisisdone).Cf:Exodus40:23,1Kings21:6(7)(1Samuel),2Chronicles29:18,Matthew12:4,Hebrews9:2,etc.[Thetitle“Prothesis”isnotintheSlužebnik.]49Luke18:13.50Galatians3:13.51TroparionatthePassionMatins(the“TwelveGospels”)ofHolyandGreatFriday.


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FIRSTPROSPHORA52

Thepriestthentakesaprosphorainhislefthandandthespearinhisrighthand.Withthe spearhemakes the signof theCross three timesover the seal of theprosphora,saying:

Priest: InremembranceofourLord,God,andSavior,JesusChrist.(Threetimes)

Hethenthruststhespearintotherightsideofthesealandsayswhilecutting:

Likeasheepledtotheslaughter.53

Thenintotheleftside:

Andlikealambwithoutblemish,thatbeforeitsshearerisdumb,soHeopenednotHismouth.54

Thenintotheuppersideoftheseal:

InHishumiliationjudgmentofHimwastakenaway.55

Thenintothelowerside:

WhoshalldeclareHisgeneration?56

Thedeaconholdstheorarioninhisrighthandandlookswithpietyuponthismystery,andsaysateachincision:LetuspraytotheLord.Afterwhichhesays:57

Deacon: Master,liftup.

AndthepriestinsertstheholyspearobliquelyintotherightsideoftheprosphoraandliftsouttheHolyBread,saying:

Priest: ForHislifeistakenawayfromtheearth.58

Hethenplacesit,sealdownwards,ontheholydiscos;andthedeaconsays:

52Thetitles“FirstProsphora”(andetc.)arenotintheSlužebnikbutareofferedhereforclarity.53Isaiah53:7aLXX,Acts8:32.54Isaiah53:7bLXX,Acts8:32,1Peter1:19,Hebrews9:14,Exodus12:5.55Isaiah53:8LXX,Acts8:33.56Isaiah53:8LXX,Acts8:33.57SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§108.58Isaiah53:8LXX,Acts8:33.


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Deacon: Master,sacrifice.

Andthepriestsacrificesit,intheformofaCross,andsaying:

Priest: TheLambofGod,Whotakesawaythesinoftheworld,59issacrificedforthelifeandsalvationoftheworld.60

Heturnsitoversothatthesealisupwards.Thedeaconsays:

Deacon: Master,pierce.

And the priest pierces it with the spear on the right side (in the upper right corner,wheretheletters“IC”areimprinted),saying:61

Priest: OneofthesoldierspiercedHissidewithaspear,andatoncetherecameoutbloodandwater.Hewhosawithasbornewitness—histestimonyistrue.62

Thenthedeacontakeswineandwater,andsaystothepriest:

Deacon: Master,blessthisholyunion.

59Cf.John1:29and6:51.60Hebrews10:12‐14,12:24.61SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§108.62John19:34‐35(RSV‐2CE).


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Andhavingobtainedtheblessingoverthem,thedeacon(orpriest,ifthereisnodeacon)pourswinetogetherwithalittlewaterintotheholychalice.63

SECONDPROSPHORA

Thepriestthentakesasecondprosphorainhishand,saying:

Priest: InhonorandmemoryofourmostblessedLady,theMotherofGodandever‐VirginMary:throughwhoseprayers,OLord,acceptthissacrificeuponYourmostheavenlyAltar.

Andcuttingoffaparticle,heplacesittotherightoftheHolyBread,closetothemiddle,saying:

TheQueenstoodatyourrighthand,vestedinrobeswovenwithgold,adornedinmanycolors.64

THIRDPROSPHORA

Thenhetakesathirdprosphora,andsays:

Thehonorable,heavenlyandbodilessHosts.

Cuttingoff thefirstparticle,heplaces it tothe leftof theHolyBread, thusstartingthefirstcolumnwithit.

Thenhesays:

ThehonorableandgloriousProphet,ForerunnerandBaptist,John,andalltheholyprophets.

Cuttingoffthesecondparticle,heplacesitproperlybelowthefirstparticle.

Thenhesays:

Theholy,gloriousandall‐praisedApostles,PeterandPaul,andalltheotherholyApostles.

63The1950RomaneditionoftheGreektext(andotherrecensions)givesthisforthepriest:“Blessed istheunionofYourHolyThings,always,nowand ever,and to theagesofages.Amen.”This prayer is not in theSlužebnikortheOrdoCelebrationis(seeOrdo§109).64Psalm44:10LXX.


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Cutting off the third particle, he places it below the second, thus completing the firstcolumn.

Thenhesays:

OurholyFathersamongtheSaints,theHierarchs:BasiltheGreat,GregorytheTheologian,andJohnChrysostom;AthanasiusandCyril;NicholasofMyra;theteachersoftheSlavs,CyrilandMethodius,theholyBishop‐MartyrTheodoreofMukachevo65andallholyHierarchs.

Cuttingoffthefourthparticle,heplacesitnearthefirstparticle, inthiswaybeginningthesecondcolumn.

Thenhesays:

TheholyApostle,First‐MartyrandArchdeaconStephen,theholyGreat‐Martyrs:Demetrius,George,TheodoretheRecruit,andalltheholyMartyrs.

Cuttingoffthefifthparticle,heplacesitbelowthefirstparticleofthesecondcolumn.

Thenhesays:

OurvenerableandGod‐bearingFathers:Anthony,Euthymius,Sabbas,Onuphrius,andallvenerablemenandwomen.

Cutting off the sixth particle, he places it below the second particle of the secondcolumn,thuscompletingthesecondcolumn.

Thenhesays:

65TheofficialRuthenianRecension text includes theholyBishop‐Martyr JosaphatofPolotskhere,but thisseemstohave fallen intodisuse in thePittsburghMetropolitanate.Ontheotherhand,othermorerecentlybeatified martyrs of the Communist yoke are sometimes added at the preference of the priest. BlessedTheodoreRomzhawasbeatifiedasaMartyrfortheFaithbyPopeJohnPaulIIin2001.In2009hisfeastdaywasreassignedtoOctober31atthereqestoftheChurchofUzhorod.


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TheholyWonder‐Workers,theUnmercenaries:CosmasandDamian,CyrusandJohn,PantaleimonandHermolaus,andalltheholyUnmercenaries.

Cuttingofftheseventhparticle,heplacesitatthetop,beginningathirdcolumn.

Thenhesays:

TheholyandrighteousAncestorsofGod,JoachimandAnna.

Cuttingoff theeighthparticle,heplacesit inorderbelowthefirstparticleofthethirdcolumn.

Thenhesays:

AndinmemoryofSaintN.(theSaintofthetemple),ofSaintN.(theSaintoftheday),andalltheSaints,throughwhoseprayers,OGod,watchoverus.

Cuttingofftheninthparticleheplacesitinorderbelowthesecondparticleofthethirdcolumn,thuscompletingthethirdcolumn.

FOURTHPROSPHORA

Thenhetakesafourthprosphora,andsays:

Remember,OMaster,LoverofMankind,66ourholyecumenicalpontiff67N.,PopeofRome,ourmostreverendArchbishopandMetropolitan68N.,

66Titus3:4.67 “Ecumenical” = “Universal”, “Pontiff” = “Highpriest”. Cf: Leviticus 4:3. In the Septuagint archiereus,translatedhereas“pontiff,”isthetermfor“anointedpriest”.IntheNTit,archiereus,isusedextensivelyforthe(Jewish)Highpriest.Theterm“ecumenical”isalsousedintheOldRiteinageneralremembranceofthe“ecumenical patriarchs”. See: MetropolitanMaximos of Sardis, TheOecumenical Patriarch in theOrthodoxChurch(1972)(transbythePatriarchialInstituteofPatristicStudies inThessalonikain1978)andBrianE.Daily, Position and Patronage in the Early Church: TheOriginalMeaning of 'Primacy ofHonor' (Journal ofTheologicalStudies,NS,44.2,Oct1993,pp.529‐552).68 This is an odd usage. In some places this is rendered as simply “metropolitan” (omitting the term“archbishop”).


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ourGod‐lovingBishopN.,andtheentireepiscopateoftheOrthodox,thehonorablepriesthood,thediaconateinChrist,andallothersinpriestlyorders;(Ifinamonastery:ourarchimandrite,N.,orourhegumen,N.,)[ourconcelebratingbrotherpriests,N.,anddeacons,N.,]andallourbrethrenwhomYou,inYourcompassion,havecalledtocommunionwithYou,Oall‐goodMaster.

Cuttingaparticle,heplacesitbelowtheHolyBread,beginningthefirsthorizontalrow.

Thenhementionsbynamethoseofthelivingwhomhewishes,69andforeachnamehecutsoffaparticle,saying:

Remember,OLord,N.

ThenheplaceseachparticlebelowtheHolyBread,fillingthefirsthorizontalrow.

FIFTHPROSPHORA

Thenhetakesthefifthprosphora,andsays:

Fortheblessedmemoryandtheforgivenessofthesinsoftheblessedfoundersofthisholytemple(ifamonastery:ofthisholymonastery).

Then he remembers the bishop who ordained him (if he be among those who havefallen asleep) and any others among thosewho have fallen asleep, by name.70 At thementionofeachnamehecutsoffaparticle,saying:

Remember, O Lord, the soul of Your servant,N.who has fallenasleep.

ThenheplaceseachparticlebelowtheHolyBread,beginningthesecondhorizontalrowundertheHolyBread.

69Thefaithfuloftensubmit listsofnamestothepriest forremembranceattheProthesis; thoseamongthelivingshouldbementionedbyChristianormonasticnamesatthispoint.70The faithfuloftensubmit listsofnames to thepriest for remembranceat theProthesis; thosewhohavefallenasleepintheLordshouldbementionedbyChristianormonasticnamesatthispoint.


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Finally,inconclusionhesays:

AndofallourOrthodoxfathersandbrethrenwhohavefallenasleepinthehopeofresurrection,eternallife,andcommunionwithYou,OLord,LoverofMankind.71

Hethencutsoffaparticle.Afterthathesays:

Rememberalso,OLord,myunworthiness,and,accordingtoYourgreatmercy,forgivememyeverytransgression,voluntaryandinvoluntary.

Hecutsoffaparticleandplacestheparticleattheendoftherowoftheliving.ItshouldbenotedthatadditionalparticlesmaybeaddedforthelivingandthedeadatanytimeupuntiltheGreatEntrance.72

Andtakingthesponge73hegatherstheparticlestogetherbelowtheHolyBreadonthediscossothattheybesecureandnonefalloff.

THEBLESSINGOFINCENSEANDVEILINGOFTHEGIFTS

Thedeaconthentakesthecenserand,puttingincenseintoit,saystothepriest:

Deacon: Master,blesstheincense.

Andimmediatelyheadds:

Deacon: LetuspraytotheLord.

AndthepriestsaysthePrayerofIncense:

Priest: WeofferincensetoYou,OChrist,ourGod,asapleasingfragrance74that,havingreceiveditonYourmostheavenlyAltar,YoumaysenddownuponusinreturnthegraceofYourmostHolySpirit.

71Titus3:4.72SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§113.73Thisisanaturalsponge,ofsuitablesize,andreservedforthisexclusivepurpose.74Ephesians5:2.


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Thepriestincensestheasterisk(star)andthenplacesitovertheHolyBread,saying:

Priest: And the star came and stood over the place where the childwas.75


ThepriestincensesthefirstveilandthencoverstheHolyBreadandthediscoswithit,saying:

Priest: TheLordhasreigned,Heisclothedwithmajesty; theLordisclothedwithstrength,andhasgirdedHimself. ForHehasestablishedtheworld, whichshallnotbemoved. Yourthroneispreparedfromofold, Youarefromeverlasting. Therivershaveliftedup,OLord, therivershavelifteduptheirvoices; theriverswilllifttheirwavesatthevoicesofmanywaters. Wonderfularethesurgesofthesea, wonderfulistheLordonhigh. Yourtestimoniesareasurepledge; holinessisbecomingtoYourhouse,OLord, untolengthofdays.76

Deacon: LetuspraytotheLord.Master,cover.

Thepriestincensesthesecondveilandwithitcoverstheholychalice,saying:

Priest: Yourglory,OChrist,hascoveredtheheavens,andtheearthisfilledwithYourpraise.77

Deacon: LetuspraytotheLord.Master,cover.

And the priest incenses the veil, that is, the aer, and covers both the chalice and thediscos,saying:

75Matthew2:9.76Psalm92(93).77Habbakuk3:4(LXX).


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Priest: ShelterusundertheshadowofYourwings;78driveawayfromuseveryenemyandfoe.Makeourlifepeaceful,OLord,havemercyonusandonYourworld,andsaveoursouls,forYouaregoodandtheLoverofMankind.79

Thepriest,takingthecenser,incensesthepreparedGifts,saying:

Priest: BlessedisourGod,Whowasthuswell‐pleased.80

Deacon: Always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

Andtheybothbowreverently.Thedeaconthensays:

Deacon: ForthepreciousGiftsheresetforth,letuspraytotheLord.

AndthepriesttakesthecenserandsaysthePrayerofOffering:

Priest: OGod,ourGod,WhosentforththeheavenlyBread,81asfoodforalltheworld82ourLordandGod,JesusChrist,theSaviorandRedeemer83andBenefactor,toblessandsanctifyus:blesstheseGiftsheresetforthbeforeYouandacceptthemonYourmostheavenlyAltar.

AsYouaregoodandtheLoverofMankind,84rememberthosewhohavebroughttheofferingsandthoseforwhomtheyarebeingoffered;andkeepuswithoutcondemnationintheholycelebrationofYourdivineMysteries.

78Psalm16(17):8b.79Titus3:4.80Isaiah42:21.81John6:32.82Psalm135(136):25.83Isaiah60:16.84Titus3:4.


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ForsanctifiedandglorifiedisYourmosthonorableandmajesticName,Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

Thepriestthenbeginsthedismissal,saying:

Priest: GlorytoYou,OChrist,ourGod,ourhope,85glorytoYou.

Deacon: GlorytotheFather,andtotheSon,andtotheHolySpirit, nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen. Lord,havemercy.Lord,havemercy.Lord,havemercy. Givetheblessing.

Thepriestsaysthedismissal:

Priest: MayChristourtrueGod,(ifitisaSunday:risenfromthedead) throughtheprayersofHismostpureMother,

ofourFatheramongtheSaints,JohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople,andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.86

Deacon: Amen.

Censing87

After the dismissal, the priest proceeds to the Holy Table. The deacon censes theprepared Gifts in strokes of three.88 Then he departs and censes the Holy Table allaround,intheformofaCross,sayingquietly:

Deacon: Inthetombbodily,inHadeswiththesoulasGod,inparadisewiththethief,

851Timothy1:1.86Titus3:4.87ThistitleisnotgivenintheSlužebnikbutisofferedhereforclarity.88SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§117.


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andonthethroneYouwere,OChrist,withtheFatherandtheSpirit,fillingallthings,theUncircumscribedOne.

ThenPsalm50.

As the deacon prays Psalm 50 he incenses the apsidal icon and other icons. He thenleaves the Altar through the northern door and approaches the Holy Doors. Afterbowing before them, he censes the icons on the southern part of the iconostasis,beginningwith the icon of the Savior, then the icons on the northern part, beginningwiththeiconoftheMotherofGod,thentheleftandrightchoirs.Hecensesthepeoplefrom the soleas, or if it is customary, the whole temple through to the narthex.Returning into theAltar through thesoutherndoor,heagaincenses theHolyTable instrokes of three, but only from the front, and then censes the priest. Returning thecensertotheserver,thedeaconstandstotherightofthepriest.89

PrayersBeforetheLiturgy90

StandingtogetherbeforetheHolyTable, thepriestanddeaconmakethreebows,eachprayingquietly91andsaying:

PriestandDeacon:

OHeavenlyKing,Comforter,92SpiritofTruth,93Whoareeverywherepresentandfillallthings,TreasuryofBlessingsandGiverofLife,comeanddwellwithinus,cleanseusofallstain,andsaveoursouls,OGoodOne.94

GlorytoGodinthehighest,andonearthpeace,goodwillamongmen.95(Twice)

89Ordo§117&§118.90ThistitleisnotgivenintheSlužebnikbutisofferedhereforclarity.91Incommonpracticethepriestanddeaconpraythesequietly,buttogether.92John14:16.93John14:17;15:26;1John4:6.94ThirdApostichonfromVespersofPentecost


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OLord,Youshallopenmylips,andmymouthwilldeclareYourpraise.96

ThepriestthenkissestheholyGospelBook,thedeacontheHolyTable.Afterwhichthedeacon bows his head to the priest, and holding the orarionwith three fingers of hisrighthandhesays:

Deacon: ItistimefortheLordtoact:97Master,bless.

Thepriest,blessinghim,says:

Priest: BlessedisourGod, always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

Deacon: Master,prayforme.

Priest: MaytheLorddirectyoursteps.98

Deacon: HolyMaster,rememberme.

Priest: MaytheLordGodrememberyouinHiskingdom, always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

Deacon: Amen.

Enarxis99

ThedeaconbowsandleavestheAltarthroughthenortherndoor(sincetheHolyDoorsare kept closed until the Entrance). Standing in his customary place before the HolyDoors,hebowsreverentlythreetimes,sayingquietly:

Deacon: OLord,Youshallopenmylips, andmymouthwilldeclareYourpraise.100

95Luke2:14.96Psalm50:17(51:15).97Psalm118(119):126a.[Alternatetranslation:“ItistimetoactfortheLord.”]98Proverbs16:9.99ThistitleisnotgivenintheSlužebnikbutisofferedhereforclarity.100Psalm50:17(51:15).


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Thedeaconthenintones:


Andthepriestbegins: Blessedisthekingdom....(seepage23)

ItshouldbenotedthatwheneverthepriestservestheLiturgywithoutadeacon,heisnottosaythosewordspropertothedeaconattheRiteofPreparation,northoseintheLiturgybefore the Gospel, nor those in answer to him; “Master bless,” and, “Master, let it bepierced,”and,“ItistimefortheLordtoact,”arenotsaid,butonlytheekteniesandtheRiteofPreparationasprescribed.Heincenses,etc.,justasthedeaconwould.101

Wheneverpriestsconcelebrate,onlyoneof themshallperformtheRiteofPreparation;theotherconcelebrantsdonotrecitetheRiteofPreparationseparately.

AtaHierarchicalLiturgy,oneofthepriestsbeginstheRiteofPreparationasusual,thenhe places particles in honor of the Mother of God and all the Saints, after which hecoverstheholydiscosandtheholychalicewiththeaer,sayingnothing.Thebishophimselfcompletes theRiteofPreparationbefore theGreatEntrance,during thesingingof theCherubicHymn.

TheCurtain(Veil)totheHolyDoorsisopened.102

101SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§166.102Ordo§19g.


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THEDIVINELITURGY

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JOHNCHRYSOSTOM


The priest, standing in the center before the Holy Table andmaking the sign of theCrossovertheHolyTablewiththeholyGospelBook,beginsinaraisedvoice:

Priest: Blessedisthekingdom103oftheFather,andoftheSon,andoftheHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.104

People: Amen.105

Deacon: Inpeace,letuspraytotheLord.106

People: Lord,havemercy.107

Deacon: Forpeacefromonhigh,andforthesalvationofoursouls,letuspraytotheLord.

People: Lord,havemercy.

Deacon: Forpeaceinthewholeworld,108forthewell‐beingoftheholyChurchesofGod,andfortheunionofall,letuspraytotheLord.


103Revelation1:6.Thiscouldberendered“kingship”.104Mark11:10,Luke22:29‐30,Ephesians1:3,Matthew28:19.105Revelation7:2.106Philippians4:6,7,Colossians3:15,2Peter3:14,Luke18:1.107Psalm50:3(51:1),122(123):3,Matthew17:15,20:30,31.1081Timothy2:1.


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Deacon: Forthisholytempleandforallwhoenteritwithfaith,reverence,andthefearofGod,letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: Forourholyecumenicalpontiff109N.,PopeofRome,letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: ForourmostreverendArchbishopandMetropolitanN., forourGod‐lovingBishopN.,

forthevenerablepriesthood,thediaconateinChrist,andalltheclergyandthepeople,letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: Forourcivilauthorities110andallourarmedforces,letuspraytotheLord.

Or:Forourdivinely‐protectedEmperorN.,orKingN.,andallourarmedforces,letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: Forthiscity(or:forthisvillage,or:forthisholymonastery),foreverycity,countryside,andforthefaithfullivingtherein,111letuspraytotheLord.

109 “Ecumenical” = “Universal”, “Pontiff” = “Highpriest”. Cf: Leviticus 4:3. In the Septuagint archiereus,translatedhereas“pontiff,”isthetermfor“anointedpriest”.IntheNTit,archiereus,isusedextensivelyforthe(Jewish)Highpriest.Theterm“ecumenical”isalsousedintheOldRiteinageneralremembranceofthe“ecumenical patriarchs”. See: MetropolitanMaximos of Sardis, TheOecumenical Patriarch in theOrthodoxChurch(1972)(transbythePatriarchialInstituteofPatristicStudies inThessalonikain1978)andBrianE.Daily, Position and Patronage in the Early Church: TheOriginalMeaning of 'Primacy ofHonor' (Journal ofTheologicalStudies,NS,44.2,Oct1993,pp.529‐552).1101Timothy2:2.111Jeremiah29:7.


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Deacon: Forfavorableweather,foranabundanceofthefruitsoftheearth,andforpeacefultimes,112letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: Forthosewhotravelbysea,air,andland,forthesick,thesuffering,thecaptive,andfortheirsafetyandsalvation,letuspraytotheLord.


Wheneverageneralcommemorationofthosewhohavefallenasleepismade,thefollowingisadded:

Deacon: ForthesoulsofallwhothroughtheageshavefallenasleepintheOrthodoxfaithandinthehopeofresurrectionandeternallife:forourfathersandbrethrenwhohavefallenasleep,forthefoundersandbenefactorsofthisholytemple,forourparentsandrelatives,forthoseburiedhereandthoseinscribedhere,andforallOrthodoxChristianseverywhere,andfortheirblessedrepose,letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: Thattheymaystanduncondemnedbeforethefearsomejudgment‐seatofChrist,andthattheirsoulsbecommittedtotheplaceoflightandlifewherealltheSaintsandrighteousrepose,letuspraytotheLord.

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Whenthecommemorationisforaparticularpersonorpersons:

Deacon: FortheservantofGodN.,(or:FortheservantsofGodN.andN.,)andforhis(herortheir)blessedmemory,andthathis(herortheir)everytransgression,voluntaryandinvoluntary,beforgiven,letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: Thathe(sheorthey)maystanduncondemnedbeforethefearsomejudgment‐seatofChrist,andthathis(herortheir)soul(s)becommittedtotheplaceoflightandlifewherealltheSaintsandrighteousrepose,letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: Thatwebedeliveredfromallaffliction,wrath,andneed,letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: Helpus,saveus,havemercyonus,andprotectus,OGod, byYourgrace.


Deacon: Rememberingourmostholy,mostpure,mostblessedandgloriousLady,theMotherofGodandever‐VirginMary,withalltheSaints,letuscommendourselves113andoneanother,andourwholelife,toChristGod.

113ActsoftheApostles20:23,Job5:8,Psalm9:35(10:14),Psalm36(37):5(37:7),Proverbs16:3RSV‐2CE.


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People: ToYou,OLord.

ThepriestquietlysaystheprayeroftheFirstAntiphon:

Priest: OLordourGod,Whosemightisincomparable,Whosegloryisincomprehensible,Whosemercyisimmeasurable,114andWhoseloveformanineffable:fromthetendernessofYourheartlookdownuponus,OMaster,anduponthisholytemple.

Bestowuponus115anduponthosewhopraywithustheabundanceofYourtendermercyandYourcompassion.

Aloud:

FortoYoubelongsallgloryandhonor116andworship, Father,Son,andHolySpirit,

nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

ThesingersthenchanttheFirstAntiphon.117Thedeaconmeanwhilemakesabow;leaveshisplace,goesandstandsbeforetheiconofChrist,holdinghisorarionwiththreefingersofhisrighthand.

FirstTypicalPsalm

The abbreviated first Psalm of theTypica, sung as the First Antiphon on Sundays andmostfeastdays(Psalm102):118

People: BlesstheLord,Omysoul;blessedareYou,OLord.

114Ephesians2:4,Samuel24:14,1Chronicles21:13,Psalm68:17(69:16),Psalm118(119):156.115Psalm24(25):16.1161Timothy1:17.117TheSlužebnikdoesnotgivethespecifictextsfortheantiphons.ThosegivenherearefromtheApostol(theSundayanddailyantiphons).TheexcerptsfromPsalms142and145areasabbreviatedinmanyparishes.118Psalm102(103):1‐4,8,1.


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BlesstheLord,Omysoul;andallthatiswithinme,blessHisholyName!BlesstheLord,Omysoul,andforgetnotallHisbenefits,Whoforgivesallyouriniquity,whohealsallyourdiseases,Who redeems your life from corruption, Who crowns you withsteadfastloveandmercy.The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to anger andaboundinginmercy.BlesstheLord,Omysoul;andallthatiswithinme,blessHisholyName!BlessedareYou,OLord.

Thefollowingantiphonsarealsocommonlyused:

FirstSundayAntiphon

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all theearth,singpraisetoHisName;givetoHimgloriouspraise.119

ThroughtheprayersoftheMotherofGod,OSavior,saveus.

Say to God: How awesome areYourdeeds!SogreatisYourpowerthat Your enemies cringe beforeYou.120


Letall theearthworshipYou,andsing praises to You; let it singpraises to Your Name, O Mosthigh.121

FirstWeekdayAntiphon

It is good to give thanks to theLord; and to sing praises to YourName,OmostHigh.122

Through the prayers of the MotherofGod,OSavior,saveus.

To proclaim Your mercy in themorning, and your faithfulnessthroughoutthenight.123


FortheLordourGodisupright,andthereisnowronginHim.124

119Psalm65(66):1,2.120Psalm65(66):3.121Psalm65(66):4.


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GlorytotheFather,andtotheSon,and to the Holy Spirit, now andever, and to the ages of ages.Amen.


Through theprayersof theMotherofGod,OSavior,saveus.

Glory to theFather, and to theSon,and to the Holy Spirit, now andever, and to the ages of ages.Amen.


At theconclusionof theantiphon thedeaconreturnsandstands inhis customaryplacebeforetheHolyDoorsand,havingmadeabow,hesays:125

Deacon: Againandagain,126inpeace,letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: Helpus,saveus,havemercyonus,andprotectus,OGod,byYourgrace.


Deacon: Rememberingourmostholy,mostpure,mostblessedandgloriousLady,theMotherofGodandever‐VirginMary,withalltheSaints,letuscommendourselves127andoneanother,andourwholelife,toChristGod.


ThepriestquietlysaystheprayeroftheSecondAntiphon:128

122Psalm91:2(92:1).123Psalm91:3(92:2).124Psalm91:16(92:15).125SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§120.1261Thessalonians5:17.127ActsoftheApostles20:23,Job5:8,Psalm9:35(10:14),Psalm36(37):5(37:7),Proverbs16:3RSV‐2CE.128Ordo§120.


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Priest: OLord,ourGod,saveYourpeopleandblessYourinheritance;129preservethefullnessofYourChurch;130sanctifythosewholovethebeautyofYourhouse;131glorifytheminreturnbyYourdivinepower,132anddonotforsakeus133whohopeinYou;134

Aloud:

ForYoursisthemight,andYoursisthekingdomandthepower,andtheglory,135Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

TheSecondAntiphonisthenchantedinthesamemannerbythesingers;andthedeacondoesthesamethingashedidduringthefirstprayer,butnowstandsbeforetheiconoftheMotherofGod.136

SecondTypicalPsalm

ThesecondPsalmoftheTypica,sungastheSecondAntiphononSundaysandmostfeastdays(Psalm145):137

People: PraisetheLord,Omysoul!IwillpraisetheLordaslongasIlive;IwillsingpraisestomyGodwhileIhavebeing.Putnotyourtrustinprinces,inthesonsofmen,inwhomthereisnosalvation.

129Psalm27(28):9.130John1:16.131Psalm25(26):8.132John17:22.133Psalm26(27):9.134Psalm16(17):7.135Matthew6:13a(textusreceptus).136SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§120.137Psalm145(146):1‐10.TheSlužebnikdoesnotgivethespecific texts fortheantiphons.Thosegivenhereare from the Apostol (the Sunday and daily antiphons). The excerpts from Psalms 142 and 145 are asabbreviatedinmanyparishes.


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Whenhisbreathdepartshereturnstotheearth;onthatverydayhisplansperish.BlessedishewhosehelpistheGodofJacob,whosehopeisintheLordhisGod,Whomadeheavenandearth,thesea,andallthatisinthem;Whokeepsfaithforever;Whoexecutesjusticefortheoppressed;whogivesfoodtothehungry.TheLord sets theprisoners free; theLordopens theeyesof theblind.TheLordliftsupthosewhoareboweddown;theLordlovestherighteous.TheLordwatchesoverthesojourners,Heupholdsthewidowandthefatherless;butthewayofthewickedHewillbringtoruin.TheLordwillreignforever,yourGod,OZion,toallgenerations.


SecondSundayAntiphon

Be gracious to us, O God, and blessus; letYour faceshineuponus,andhavemercyonus.138

O Son of God, risen from the dead,saveuswhosingtoYou.Alleluia.

ThatYourwaymaybeknownuponearth, among all nations Yoursalvation.139


Let the peoples praise You, O God,letallthepeoplespraiseYou.140

SecondWeekdayAntiphon

The Lord reigns, He is clothed inmajesty; robed is the Lord and girtaboutwithstrength.141

Through theprayers of Your saints,OSavior,saveus.

For He has made the world firm,whichshallnotbemoved.142


Your decrees are worthy of trustindeed;holinessbefitsYourhouse,OLord,forlengthofdays.143

138Psalm66:2(67:1).139Psalm66:3(67:2).140Psalm66:4(67:3).141Psalm92(93):1.142Psalm92(93):2.143Psalm92(93):7.


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GlorytotheFather,andtotheSonandtotheHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

Oonly‐begottenSonandWordofGod,Who,thoughimmortal,deignedforoursalvationtobecomeincarnateoftheholyMotherofGodandever‐VirginMary,andbecamemanwithoutchange;Youwerecrucified,OChristGod,andbydeathhavetrampledDeath:beingOneoftheHolyTrinity,glorifiedwiththeFatherandtheHolySpirit,saveus.144

Thedeacon,standinginhiscustomaryplace,praysthelitany:145

Deacon: Againandagain,inpeace,letuspraytotheLord.




Deacon: Rememberingourmostholy,mostpure,mostblessedandgloriousLady,theMotherofGodandever‐VirginMary,withalltheSaints,letuscommend146ourselvesandoneanother,andourwholelife,toChristGod.


144TheSlužebnikdoesnotgivethespecific text fortheHymnof theIncarnation,but itwas includedinthe1964edition.145Ordo§121.146ActsoftheApostles20:23,Job5:8,Psalm9:35(10:14),Psalm36(37):5(37:7),Proverbs16:3RSV‐2CE.


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ThepriestquietlysaystheprayeroftheThirdAntiphon:147

Priest: You,WhopromisedtograntthepetitionsoftwoorthreeunitedtogetherinYourName,148andhavegivenusthegracetooffertheseprayerswithasingleandunitedvoice,149hearalsonowthepetitionsofYourservantsthatwillbefortheirbenefit,grantingus in this present age the knowledge of Your truth,150andintheagetocomeeternallife.151

Aloud:

ForYouaregood,OGod,andtheLoverofMankind,152andtoYouwesendupglory,Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

The deacon returns to the Altar through the southern door.153 At this time the HolyDoorsareopenedfortheLittleEntrance.

The singers chant the third antiphon, or if it be Sunday, the Beatitudes; when theybegin to sing the “Glory...”154 the priest and the deacon,who are standing before theHolyTable,makethreebows;thenthepriesttakestheholyGospelBookandgivesittothedeacon and, preceded by candle‐bearers, they go to the right and pass behind the HolyTable and leave the Altar through the northern door, thus making the Little Entrance.WhentheycomebeforetheHolyDoors,thecandlebearers,oneneartheiconoftheSaviorand the other near the icon of theMother of God, stand facing one another. The prieststandsinthecenterandthedeaconslightlyinfrontofhimandtohisright.155

147Ordo§121.148Matthew18:19‐20.149Romans15:16.1501Timothy2:4;Hebrews10:26.151Cf.Luke18:30.152Titus3:4.153SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§121.154Thereferencetothe“Glory”assumesthatthechangeabletroparia(whicharenotgivenintheSlužebnik)are interwoven into the Beatitudes. When they are omitted there is no “Glory…now and ever…” to theBeatitudes.WhenthedailyorfestalThirdAntiphonissung,the“Glory…nowandever”comesaftertheLittleEntrance (during the troparia) in such a way that the connectionwith the Third Antiphon is not readilyapparent.155SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§122.


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TheBeatitudes

TheBeatitudes, sungas theThirdAntiphononSundaysandmost feastdays (Matthew5:3‐12a):

People: InYourKingdom,rememberus,OLord,(whenYoucomeintoYourkingdom).156BlessedarethepoorinSpirit,fortheirsisthekingdomofheaven.Blessedarethosewhomourn,fortheyshallbecomforted.Blessedarethemeekfortheyshallinherittheearth.Blessedarethosewhohungerandthirstforrighteousnessfortheyshallbefilled.Blessedarethemerciful,fortheyshallreceivemercy.Blessedarethepureinheart,fortheyshallseeGod.Blessedarethepeacemakers,fortheyshallbecalledsonsofGod.Blessedarethosewhoarepersecutedforthesakeofrighteousness,fortheirsisthekingdomofheaven.BlessedareyouwhentheyrevileyouandpersecuteyouanduttereverykindofevilagainstyoubecauseofMe.Rejoiceandbeglad,foryourrewardisgreatinheaven.


ThirdSundayAntiphon

Come, let us sing joyfully to theLord;letusshoutwithjoytoGod

ThirdWeekdayAntiphon

Come, let us sing joyfully to theLord;letusshoutwithjoytoGod

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ourSavior.157

O Son of God, risen from thedead, save us who sing to You:Alleluia!

Let us come into His presencewith thanksgiving, and let usjoyfullysingpsalmstoHim.158


For God is a great Lord, and agreatKingoveralltheearth.159


ourSavior.160

O Son of God, wondrous in Yoursaints,161 save us who sing toYou:Alleluia!

Let us come into His presencewith thanksgiving, and let usjoyfullysingpsalmstoHim.162

O Son of God, wondrous in Yoursaints, save us who sing to You:Alleluia!

For God is a great Lord, and agreatKingoveralltheearth.163

O Son of God, wondrous in Yoursaints, save us who sing to You:Alleluia!

Thepriestanddeaconbothbowtheirheads.


PRAYEROFTHEENTRANCE

ThepriestquietlyrecitestheprayeroftheEntrance.

Priest: OMaster,LordourGod,YouestablishedintheheavensordersandarmiesofangelsandarchangelstoserveYourglory.

157Psalm94(95):1.158Psalm94(95):2.159Psalm94(95):3.160Psalm94(95):1.161Exodus15:11.162Psalm94(95):2.163Psalm94:3.


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Makewithourentranceanentranceofholyangels,servingtogetherwithus,andwithusglorifyingYourgoodness.

FortoYoubelongsallglory,honor164andworship,Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

When theprayer is concluded thedeacon, holdinghis orarionwith three fingers of hisrighthandandpointingtotheEast,saystothepriest:

Deacon: Master,blesstheholyentrance.

Thepriest,blessingtowardstheEast,says:165

Priest: BlessedistheentranceintoYourHolyPlace,166always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

Thedeaconthenpresents theholyGospelBookto thepriest,whokisses it.Whenthe lasttroparion167isconcluded,thedeacongoestothecenter,andstandinginfrontofthepriest,raisestheholyGospelBookalittle,saying:

Deacon: Wisdom!Standaright!168

The deacon thenmakes a bowand enters theAltar, and the priest follows him. Thedeacon then replaces theholyGospelBookupon theHolyTable;meanwhile the singerschant the entrance hymn. The candlebearers, coming together before the Holy Doors,makeareverenceandreturntotheirplaces.169

People: Come,letusworshipandfalldown170beforeChrist:

Sundays:O Son ofGod, risen from thedead, save us who sing toYou:Alleluia!

Weekdays:O Son of God, wondrous inYour saints,171 save us whosingtoYou:Alleluia!

164ITimothy1:17.165SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§122.166Hebrews10:19.167ThetropariareferencedarethoseinterwovenwiththeBeatitudesorthefinalverseofantiphon.1681Esdras9:46.169SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§122.170Psalm94(95):6.171Exodus15:11.


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Theappointedtropariaarechanted;meanwhilethepriestsaysthisprayer:

PRAYEROFTHETHRICEHOLY

Priest: OHolyGod,YourestinYourHolyPlace;172arepraisedbytheThrice‐HolycryoftheSeraphim,173areglorifiedbytheCherubim,andworshippedbyeveryheavenlyPower.

OutofnothingnessYouhavebroughtallthingsintobeing,174creatingmanafterYourownimageandlikeness,175adorninghimwithYoureverygoodgift,andgivingtohimwhoaskswisdomandunderstanding.176

Notdespisingthesinner,177Youhaveappointedrepentanceforhissalvation.178

EvenatthishourYouhavepermittedus,Yourlowlyandunworthyservants,179tostandbeforethegloryofYourHolyAltar,180offeringtheworshipandpraisethatisYourdue.181

OMaster,accepttheThrice‐HolyhymnfromthemouthsofussinnersandvisitusinYourgoodness.Forgiveoureverytransgression,bothvoluntaryandinvoluntary.Sanctifyoursoulsandbodies.

172Isaiah57:15.Literally:intheholies.173Isaiah6:1‐5.174Wisdom1:14;cf.2Maccabees7:28.175Genesis1:26‐27.1762Paralipomenon(Chronicles)1:10.177Isaiah54:8‐9.1782Corinthians7:10.179Luke17:10.180Jude24.181Psalm64(65):1.


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EnableustoserveYouinholinessallthedaysofourlives;182throughtheprayersoftheholyMotherofGodandalltheSaintswho,fromtheages,havebeenwell‐pleasingtoYou.

When the singers come to the last troparion, the deacon, bowing his head andwith threefingersholdinghisorarioninhishand,saystothepriest:

Deacon: Master,blessthisoccasionforthethrice‐holyhymn.183

Thepriestblesseshimandintones:

Priest: ForYouareholy,ourGod,andtoYouwesendupglory,Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever.

ThedeaconapproachestheHolyDoorsand,pointingtothosestandingoutsidetheAltar,intoneswitharaisedvoice:184

Deacon: Andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

Thesingerscontinue:

People: HolyGod,HolyMighty,185HolyImmortal,havemercyonus.186(Threetimes)

GlorytotheFather,andtotheSon,andtotheHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.HolyImmortal,havemercyonus.

HolyGod,HolyMighty,HolyImmortal,havemercyonus.

WhiletheTrisagionisbeingsung,itisalsorecitedbythepriestanddeaconwhoatthesametimemakethreebowsbeforetheHolyTable.

Thedeaconsaystothepriest:

182Luke1:74‐75.183Literally:Master,blessthistimeofthethrice‐holyhymn.184Iftherenodeaconthepriesttakesthis.185Literally:“HolyStrong”.186ThetextoftheTrisagionisnotintheSlužebnik.Also,oncertaindaysoftheyearthetrisagionisreplacedwithotherhymns.


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Deacon: Master,command.

AndtheygotothehighplacebehindtheHolyTable,thepriestsayingashegoes:

Priest: BlessedisHewhocomesintheNameoftheLord.187

Deacon: Master,blessthechaironhigh.

Priest: Blessed areYou on the throneof the glory of Your kingdom,188seatedupontheCherubim,189always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

Notethatthepriestdoesnotascendthehighplacenordoeshesitonit,buthesitsonthesouthsideofthehighthrone.

Whenthethrice‐holyhymnisended,thedeaconcomesbeforetheHolyDoorsandsays:

Deacon: Letusbeattentive!190

Priest: Peacebetoall.191

[Reader: Andtoyourspirit.]192

Deacon: Wisdom!Letusbeattentive!

ThesingerschanttheProkimenonanditsverse,usuallytakenfromthepsalmsofDavid.

Deacon: Wisdom!

TheReader,standingbeforethesoleasinthecenterofthetemple,announcesthetitleoftheEpistle:193

Reader: AreadingfromtheActsoftheHolyApostles.Or:AreadingfromthecatholicepistleofSaintJames.Or:AreadingfromtheepistleofSaintPeter.Or:AreadingfromtheepistleofSaintPaultheApostle

187Psalm117(118):26a;Matthew21:9b;Mark11:9b;Luke13:35b.188Matthew19:28,25:31,Isaiah6:1.Thepriestblessestheapsidalchair(Ordo§124).1892Kings19:15LXX,Psalm79:2b(80:1b),98[99]:1.190Proverbs4:20.191John20:19.Thepriestblessesthepeople(Ordo§125).1922Timothy4:22.This response isnot ineither theSlužebnik or theOrdo.But since it isgiven inalmosteveryotherliturgicon(includingthe1629MohylaandtheOldRite)itmightbeanunintendedomission.Asitiscommonlyuseditisofferedhere.193Služebnik as enhancedbyOrdo §125.Also, in this instance,Epistle is a generic term fora reading fromanythingintheNewTestamentotherthantheFourGospelsortheBookofRevelation.


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totheRomans,Or:totheCorinthians,Or:totheGalatians.194

Deacon: Letusbeattentive!

WhentheEpistlehasbeenreadthepriestsays:

Priest: Peacebetoyou,[Reader].195

[Reader: Andtoyourspirit.]196

Deacon: Wisdom!Letusbeattentive!

People: Alleluia!(withverses)

During thesingingof theAlleluia thedeacontakesthecenser,puts incense into it,andgoestothepriest:

[Deacon: Master,blesstheincense.

Priest: BlessedisourGod,alwaysnowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.]197

Havingreceivedblessing fromhim, thedeaconcenses theHolyTable round about, theentire Altar and the priest, the icons of the iconostasis, both choirs, and thepeople.198

Meanwhile,theprieststandsbeforetheHolyTableandsaysthefollowingprayer,quietly.

THEPRAYERBEFORETHEGOSPEL

Priest: OMaster,LoverofMankind,199shineforthwithinourheartsthepurelightofYourdivineknowledge.200

OpentheeyesofourmindthatwemayunderstandtheteachingsofYourGospel.201

194ThelistingintheSlužebnikisincomplete.195Itiscustomaryforthepriesttoblessthereader,butthisisnotprescribedeitherintherubricsortheOrdo.1962Timothy4:22.This response isnot ineither theSlužebnik or theOrdo.But since it isgiven inalmosteveryotherliturgicon(includingthe1629MohylaandtheOldRite)itmightbeanunintendedomission.197ThisblessingisnotintheSlužebnikbutisintheOrdo§129.198SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§126.199Titus3:4.2002Corinthians4:6.


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InstillinusalsothefearofYourblessedcommandments,sothat,havingtrampled202allcarnalpassions,203wemayleadaspirituallife,boththinkinganddoingthosethingswhicharepleasingtoYou.204

ForYou,OChristGod,aretheenlightenmentofoursoulsandbodies;205andtoYouwesendupglory,togetherwithYourFather,Whoiswithoutbeginning,206andwithYourall‐holy,good,andlife‐creatingSpirit,207nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

Thedeaconreturnsthecensertoitsproperplaceandcomestothepriest.Bowinghisheadtothepriest,thedeaconholdshisorarionwiththetipsofhisfingersandpointingtotheholyGospelBook,saying:

Deacon: Master,blesstheproclaimeroftheGospeloftheholyApostleandEvangelistN.

Thepriest,blessinghim,says:

Priest: MayGod,throughtheprayersoftheholy,gloriousandall‐praisedApostleandEvangelistN.,grantthatyouproclaimtheWordwithgreatpower,forthefulfillmentoftheGospelofHisbelovedSon,ourLordJesusChrist.

ThepriesthandshimtheGospelBook.

Deacon: Amen.

201Ephesians1:18.202Psalm90(91):13.2031Peter2:11.2041John3:22.205John1:9.206Isaiah9:6.207John6:63.


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The deacon bows to the holy Gospel Book and takes it. He proceeds through theHolyDoorsand,therejoinedbythecandle‐bearers(whohavelefttheAltarthroughthesidedoors),hecontinues to theamboor to theplace fromwhich theGospel lesson is tobeproclaimed.

TheprieststandsbeforetheHolyTable,turnstowardthewestandintones(iftherebeaseconddeacon,heintonesinsteadofthepriest):

Priest: Wisdom!StandarightandlistentotheHolyGospel.

Peacebetoall.208

People: Andtoyourspirit.209

Deacon: AreadingfromtheHolyGospelaccordingtoN.

People: GlorytoYou,OLord,glorytoYou.

Thepriestintonesthefollowing,(butiftherebeaseconddeaconheintonesinsteadofthepriest):

Priest: Letusbeattentive!

WhentheGospelhasbeenread,thepriestsays:

Priest: PeacebewithyouwhohaveproclaimedtheHolyGospel.

People: GlorytoYou,OLord,glorytoYou.

ThedeacongoestotheHolyDoorsandhandstheclosedGospelBooktothepriest,whokissesitandplacesit inthecenteroftheHolyTable infrontoftheartophorion;orhesetsitontherightsideoftheHolyTable.210

TheHolyDoorsareclosed.

LITANYOFFERVANTSUPPLICATION211

Thedeaconstandsathisusualplace,andbeginsasfollows:

208John20:19.Thepriestblessesthepeople(Ordo§126).2092Timothy4:22.210SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§126.211ThistitleisnotintheSlužebnik.


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Deacon: Letusallsaywithourwholesoul,andwithourwholemind,212letussay.


Deacon: OLordAlmighty,Godofourfathers,213weprayYou,hearandhavemercy.


Deacon: Havemercyonus,OGod,accordingtoYourgreatmercy;214weprayYou,hearandhavemercy.

People: Lord,havemercy.(Threetimes)

THEPRAYEROFSUPPLICATIONThepriestquietlyprays:

Priest: OLordourGod,acceptthisferventsupplicationfromYourservantsandhavemercyonusaccordingtothegreatnessofYourmercy.215

SenddownYourcompassionsuponusanduponallYourpeoplewhoawaittheabundantmercythatcomesfromYou.216

Deacon: [Inparishchurches:]

AgainweprayforourholyecumenicalpontiffN.,PopeofRome,andforourmostreverendArchbishopandMetropolitanN.,forourGod‐lovingBishopN.,forthosewhoserveandhaveservedinthisholytemple,

212Deuteronomy6:5LXX;Matthew23:37.213Exodus3:13–anddozensofotherplacesintheHolyScriptures.214Psalm50:3(51:1),102(103):8.215Psalm50:3(51:1),102(103):8.216Psalm85(86):5.


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forourspiritualfathers,andforallourbrethreninChrist.


[Deacon: Inmonasteries:

AgainweprayforourholyecumenicalpontiffN.,PopeofRome,andforourmostreverendArchbishopandMetropolitanN.,forourGod‐lovingBishopN.,forourmostvenerablehieromonks:proto‐archimandriteN.,archimandriteN.,proto‐hegumenN.,andhegumenN.,forthosewhoserveandhaveservedinthisholymonastery,forourspiritualfathers,andforallourbrethreninChrist.

People: Lord,havemercy.(Threetimes)]

Deacon: Againweprayforourcivilauthorities217andallourarmedforces.

Or:Forourdivinely‐protectedEmperorN.,orKingN.,forhishealthandsalvation,andforallourarmedforces.


Petitionsforspecialintentionscanbeaddedatthistime.218

Deacon: Againweprayforthepeopleherepresent219whoawaitYourgreatandabundantmercy,forthosewhohavegivenusalms,andforallOrthodoxChristians.


2171Timothy2:2.218Thisektenehasmanyvariations.219Literally:“Standinghere”.


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Priest: ForYouareamercifulGodandtheLoverofMankind,220andtoYouwesendupglory,Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

LITANYFORTHOSEWHOHAVEFALLENASLEEP

If theoffering is for thosewhohave fallenasleep, thedeacon,or thepriest, says thisektenija:

Deacon: Havemercyonus,OGod,accordingtoYourgreatmercy;weprayYou,hearandhavemercy.


Deacon: AgainweprayforthereposeofthesoulsoftheservantsofGod[N.,N.,]whohavefallenasleep;andthattheireverytransgression,voluntaryandinvoluntary,beforgiventhem.


Deacon: ThattheLordGodcommittheirsoulstotheplacewheretherighteousrepose.


Deacon: ForthemercyofGod,thekingdomofheaven,andtheforgivenessoftheirsins,letusbeseechChrist,theimmortalKingandourGod.

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People: Grantthis,OLord.



Priest: OGodofspiritsandofallflesh,Whohavetrampleddeath,andoverthrownthedevil,andgrantedlifetoYourworld;now,OLord,giveresttothesoulsofYourservants[N.,N.],whohavefallenasleep,inaplaceoflight, aplaceofgreenpasture,aplaceofrefreshment,whenceallpain,sorrow,andsighinghavefledaway.

OGod,asYouaregoodandtheLoverofMankind,forgiveeverysincommittedbythem,inwordordeedorthought,forthereisnomanwholivesandwhodoesnotsin.ForYoualonearewithoutsin,Yourrighteousnessiseverlastingrighteousness,andYourwordistruth.

Aloud:

Priest: ForYouaretheresurrectionandthelife,andthereposeofYourservants[N.,N.],whohavefallenasleep,OChristourGod,andtoYouwesendupglory,togetherwithYourFather,Whoiswithoutbeginning,andYourall‐holy,good,andlife‐creatingSpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

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LITANYFORTHECATECHUMENS

Thedeaconcontinues:

Deacon: Catechumens,praytotheLord.


Deacon: Faithful,letusprayforthecatechumens:OLord,havemercyonthem.


Deacon: TeachthemthewordofTruth.


Deacon: RevealtothemtheGospelofrighteousness.


Deacon: Make them one with Your holy, catholic, and apostolicChurch.


Deacon: Savethem,havemercyonthem,helpthem,andprotectthem,OGod,byYourgrace.


Deacon: Catechumens,bowyourheadstotheLord.


PRAYERFORTHECATECHUMENS

Thepriestpraysquietly:221

Priest: OLord,ourGod,Youdwellonhighandbeholdthelowly.222

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Forthesalvationofmankind,YousentdownYouronly‐begottenSonandGod,ourLordJesusChrist.

LookdownuponYourservants,thecatechumens,whohavebowedtheirheadstoYou.

Makethemworthyinduetimeofthewatersofregeneration,223theforgivenessofsins,224andtherobeofincorruption.225

MakethemonewithYourholy,catholic,andapostolicChurch,andnumberthemamongYourchosenflock.

Aloud:

Priest: ThatwithustheyalsomayglorifyYourmosthonorableandmajesticName,Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

Thepriestnowunfoldstheeiliton.

Thedeaconsays:

Deacon: Allcatechumens,depart!

Iftherebeaseconddeacon,henowsays(butifnot,thefirstdeaconsays):

Deacon: Catechumens,depart!

Thefirstdeaconagainsays:

Deacon: Allcatechumens,depart!Letnoneofthecatechumensremain;allthefaithful,againandagain,inpeace,letuspraytotheLord.

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FIRSTPRAYEROFTHEFAITHFUL

Thepriestpraysquietly:

Priest: WegivethankstoYou,OLordGodofHosts,226forhavingcountedusworthytostand,atthistime,beforeYourholyAltarandtobowdownbeforeYourcompassionforoursinsandfortheignorancesofthepeople.227

Acceptourprayer,OGod,andmakeusworthy to offer to Youprayers and supplications,andunbloodysacrificesforallYourpeople.

Enableusalso,whomYouhaveappointedtothisYourservicebythepoweroftheHolySpirit,tocalluponYouatalltimesandinallplaces,withoutblameorcondemnation,inpurewitnessofourconscience,228that,hearingus,YoumaybemercifultousinthegreatnessofYourgoodness.229



Deacon: Wisdom!

Thepriestsaysaloud:

226Psalm23(24):10,Romans9:29;James5:4(etc.).227Hebrews9:7.ESV:“Unintentionalsins”.2281Timothy3:9.229Nehemiah9:25,35,Isaiah63;7,Zechariah9:17


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Priest: FortoYoubelongsallglory,honor,230andworship,Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

Deacon: Againandagain,inpeace,letuspraytotheLord.


SECONDPRAYEROFTHEFAITHFUL

Thepriestpraysquietly:

Priest: EverandagainwefalldownbeforeYou,231andbeseechYou,OGoodOne,theLoverofMankind;232that,lookingdownonourprayer,Youmaycleanseoursoulsandbodiesfromeverydefilementoffleshandspirit,233andgrantthatwemaystandwithoutblameorcondemnationbeforeYourholyAltar.

OGod,granttothosewhopraywithusgrowthinlifeandfaithandspiritualunderstanding,234that,everservingyouinfearandlove,theymaypartakeofyourholyMysterieswithoutblameorcondemnationandbeaccountedworthyofYourheavenlykingdom.235



2301Timothy1:17.231Revelation19:10.232Titus3:4.2332Corinthians7:1.234Colossians1:92352Thessalonians1:5.


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Deacon: Wisdom!

ThedeaconenterstheAltarbythenortherndoor.Thepriestsaysaloud:

Priest: EverguardedbyYourmight,maywesendupglorytoYou,Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

TheHolyDoorsarenowopened.

[AtthebeginningoftheCherubicHymnthedeacontakesthecenser,setsincenseintoit,andapproachesthepriest,saying:

Deacon: Master,blesstheincense.

Priest: BlessedisourGod,always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.]236

ThedeaconquietlyrecitesPsalm50whilecensingaroundtheHolyTableandtheentireAltar, the iconostasis, thechoirs,andthepeople.Forthis incensationthedeacon leavesthe Altar through the northern door and returns through the southern door. On hisreturnintotheAltarthedeaconcensesthepriest.237

Meanwhilethepriestsaysthefollowingprayerquietly:

Priest: Nooneboundbycarnalpassionsandpleasures238isworthytocomebeforeYou,todrawneartoYou,ortoserveYou,theKingofGlory,239fortoserveYouisgreatandfearful,evenfortheheavenlyPowersthemselves.

YetbecauseofYourineffableandimmeasurableloveformankind240

236OrdoCelebrationis,§129.237SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§129.2381Peter2:11;Titus3:3.239Psalm23(24):7,8,9,10.240Titus3:4.


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withoutchangeandwithoutalterationYoubecamemanandwereappointedourHighPriest241and,astheMasterofAll,242gaveintoourkeepingthesacredministryofthisliturgical,unbloodysacrifice.

ForYoualone,OLordourGod,ruleoverallthingsinheavenandonearth;243arebornealoftonthethroneoftheCherubim;244andaretheLordoftheSeraphimandtheKingofIsrael;245WhoaloneareholyandrestinYourHolyPlace.246

Therefore,IbeseechYou,Whoalonearegoodandreadytohearme:lookwithfavoruponme,247Yoursinfulandunprofitableservant,248andcleansemyheartandsoulfromanevilconscience;249andbythepoweroftheHolySpirit250enableme,251clothedwiththegraceofthepriesthood,tostandbeforethis,YourHolyTable,andofferthesacredMysteryofYourholyandmostpureBodyandpreciousBlood.252

Withmyheadbowedlow,IcometoYouandIpraytoYou:turnnotyourfaceawayfromme,253norshutmeoutfromamongyourchildren,254

241Hebrews5:5.242Job5:8LXX.2431Paralipomenon(1Chronicles)29:11.244Ezekiel10:1245John1:49.246Isaiah57:15LXX.247Psalm24(25):16.248Matthew25:26,Luke19:22,17:10.[Literally:slave]249Hebrews10:22250Luke4:14;Romans15:13;Romans15:16.2512Corinthians3:6.252Romans15:16.253Psalm68:18(69:17),142(143):7254Wisdom9:4,Luke13:25(sometranslationsuse“servants”).


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butallowme,yoursinfulandunworthyservant,tooffertheseGiftstoyou;foritisYou,OChristourGod,Whoofferandareoffered,Whoreceiveandaredistributed,andtoYouwesendupglory,withYourFather,Whoiswithoutbeginning,andwithYourall‐holy,good,andlife‐creatingSpirit,255nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

Uponcompletingthecensing, thedeacontakeshisplaceatthepriest’srightandholdsthecenserwiththeringfingerofhislefthand.Bothdeaconandpriest,withhandselevatedonhigh,256togethersaytheCherubicHymnthreetimes,andmakeasingle,smallbowaftereachrecitation.257

PriestandDeacon:

Letus,whomysticallyrepresenttheCherubim,andsingthethrice‐holyhymntothelife‐creatingTrinity,nowsetasideallearthlycares.258

ThatwemayreceivetheKingofall,invisiblyescortedbyangelicHosts.259Alleluia,Alleluia,Alleluia!(Threetimes)

Whereit iscustomary,thepriestanddeaconkisstheHolyTableand,iftheysodesire,thehand Cross. The deacon leads the priest to the preparation table and there the priesttakesthecenserandcensestheHolyGiftsinstrokesofthreewhileprayingquietly:260

Priest: OGod,bemercifultomeasinner.261

Thepriestreturnsthecensertothedeacon,whoholdsitwithoneofthefingersof

255John6:63.256Bycustomthepriestelevatesbothhishands;thedeaconraisesonlyhisrighthand(holdingtheorarion).257Ordo§129.258Luke8:14.259Moreliterally:“ThatwemayreceivetheKingofAll,invisiblyescortedbyranksofAngels.Alleluia!”260Ordo§129.261Luke18:13.


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hisrighthand.262Thedeaconsaystothepriest:

Deacon: Master,liftup.

Thepriesttakestheaerandplacesitonthedeacon'sleftshoulder,saying:

Priest: Liftupyourhandstotheholyplace,andblesstheLord.263

The priest,with full attention and reverence, takes the discos coveredwith its veil, andplaces it on the head of the deacon.Holding the end of the orarion in his left hand, thedeaconholdsthediscostohisforeheadwithbothhands.Thepriesthimselftakesintohishands the chalice, covered with a small veil, and holds it before his breast. Thecandlebearers, thedeacon, and thepriest alldepart inorder through thenortherndoor.ThecandlebearersproceedtotheHolyDoorswheretheystandfacingoneanother.264

Deacon: MaytheLordGodrememberinHiskingdomallyouOrthodoxChristians,always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

Thedeaconproceeds through theHolyDoors into theAltarwhere, standingon theright,heawaitsthepriest.265Thepriestintones:

Priest: MaytheLordGodrememberinHiskingdom,ourholyecumenicalpontiffN.,PopeofRome,ourmostreverendArchbishopandMetropolitanN.,andourGod‐lovingBishopN.,(ourveryreverendfatherproto‐archimandriteN.,archimandriteN.,ourproto‐hegumenN.,ourhegumenN.,)andtheentirepriestly,diaconal,andmonasticorder,ourcivilauthorities(Or:ourdivinely‐protectedEmperorN.,orKingN.),

andallourarmedforces,thenobleandever‐memorablefoundersandbenefactorsofthisholytemple(holymonastery),andallyouOrthodoxChristians,always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

262Ordo§129.263Psalm133(134):2.264Ordo§129.265Ordo§129.


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Comingbefore theHolyDoors, thepriest turns to thepeopleat theconclusion“andallyouOrthodoxChristians….”266

People: Amen.

Thesingerscontinue:

People: ThatwemayreceivetheKingofall,invisiblyescortedbyangelicHosts.Alleluia,Alleluia,Alleluia!

EnteringtheAltarthroughtheHolyDoors,thepriestsetstheholychaliceupontheHolyTable;andtakingtheholydiscos fromthedeacon'shead,healsosets itupontheHolyTabletotheleftofthechalice.267

The Holy Doors and the Curtain (Veil) are now closed. The candlebearers bow togetherbeforetheHolyDoorsandreturntotheirplaces.268

Thepriestremoves theveils fromtheholydiscosandtheholychaliceandplacesthemtoonesideoftheHolyTable.Takingtheaerfromthedeacon'sshoulderandcensingitabovethecenser,hecoverstheHolyGiftswithit,saying:269

Priest: ThenobleJosephtookdownfromtheTreeYourmostpureBody.Hewrappeditinpurelinen,and,withfragrantspices,placeditinanewtomb.270

Takingthecenserfromthedeacon'shand,hecensestheHolyGiftsthreetimes,saying:

Priest: Dealfavorably,OLord,inYourgoodwillwithSion,thatthewallsofJerusalemmaybebuiltup.ThenYoushallacceptthesacrificeofjustice,oblationsandwholeburntofferings,thenshalltheylaycalvesuponYouraltar.271

Thenhegivesbackthecenserandbowshisheadandsaystothedeacon:

266Ordo§129.267SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§130.268Ordo§19gand§130.269SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§130.270HolyandGreatSaturday,Troparion(Apolytikion)(Cf:Matthew27:57‐60,Luke23:50‐56,Mark15:45‐46,John19:38‐42).271Psalm50:20‐21(51:18‐20).


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Priest: Rememberme,brotherandfellow‐celebrant.

Thedeaconreplies:

Deacon: MaytheLordGodrememberyourpriesthoodinHiskingdom.

Thepriestsaystothedeacon:

Priest: Prayforme,myfellow‐celebrant.

Thedeaconalsobowshisheadand,holdinghisorarionwith three fingersofhisrighthand,saystothepriest:

Deacon: MaytheHolySpiritcomeuponyou,andthepoweroftheMostHighovershadowyou.272

Priest: MaytheSpiritHimselfservetogetherwithusallthedaysofourlives.273

Thedeaconsaystothepriest:

Deacon: Rememberme,holyMaster.

Priest: MaytheLordGodrememberyouinHiskingdom,always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

Deacon: Amen.

LITANYOFSUPPLICATION

The deacon bows to the priest, leaves through the northern door. Standing in hiscustomaryplace,hesays:

Deacon: LetuscompleteourprayertotheLord.


Deacon: ForthepreciousGiftsheresetforth,letuspraytotheLord.


272Luke1:35.273Romans8:26.


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Deacon: Forthisholytemple andforallwhoenterit withfaith,reverence,andthefearofGod, letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: Thatwemaybedelivered fromallaffliction,274wrath,275andneed,276 letuspraytotheLord.


ThepriestquietlysaysthePrayeroftheOffertory(Prothesis)aftertheHolyGiftshavebeensetontheHolyTable:277

Priest: OLordGodAlmighty,278 Whoaloneareholy andWhoreceivethesacrificeofpraise279 fromthosewhocalluponYouwiththeirwholeheart,280 acceptalsotheprayerofussinners: drawustoYourholyAltar, enableustooffertoYoutheseGiftsandspiritualsacrifices foroursins,281 andfortheignorancesofthepeople.282

CountusworthytofindfavorinYoursight,283 thatoursacrificemaybepleasingtoYou,284 andthatthegoodSpiritofYourgracemayrestuponus

274Psalm33:7(34:6).275Psalm77(78):38.276Psalm9:33(10:12),33:10(34:9).277SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§132.278Amos4:13LXX.279Psalm49(50):15,Hebrews13:15.280Psalm9:2(10:1).281Hebrews5:1;1Peter2:5.282Hebrews9:7.ESV:Unintentionalsins.283Genesis32:5,33:8,15,34:10,11,Exodus33:13,Numbers11:13,1Samuel25:8,2Samuel16:4,Acts7:6.284Philippians4:18,1Peter2:5.


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andupontheseGiftsheresetforth, anduponallYourpeople.

Deacon: Helpus,saveus,havemercyonus,andprotectus,OGod, byYourgrace.


Deacon: Thatthiswholedaymaybeperfect,285holy,peaceful, andwithoutsin, letusbeseechtheLord.


Deacon: Foranangelofpeace,afaithfulguide, aguardianofoursoulsandbodies,286 letusbeseechtheLord.


Deacon: Forthepardonandforgivenessofoursinsandoffenses,287 letusbeseechtheLord.


Deacon: Forwhatisgoodandbeneficialtooursouls andforthepeaceoftheworld, letusbeseechtheLord.


Deacon: Thatwemayspendtherestofourlife inpeaceandrepentance, letusbeseechtheLord.


Deacon: ForaChristian,painless,unashamed,

285Matthew5:48.286Exodus23:20.287Psalm50:3(51:1).


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peacefulendofourlife, andforagooddefense beforethefearsomejudgment‐seatofChrist,288 letusbeseech.


Deacon: Rememberingourmostholy,mostpure, mostblessedandgloriousLady, theMotherofGodandever‐VirginMary, withalltheSaints, letuscommend289ourselvesandoneanother, andourwholelife,toChristGod.


Thepriestsaysaloud:

Priest: ThroughthemerciesofYouronly‐begottenSon, withWhomYouareblessed,290 togetherwithYourall‐holy,good,andlife‐creatingSpirit,291 nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

Facingthepeople,thepriestblesses:292

Priest: Peacebetoall.


Deacon: Letusloveoneanother,294sothatwithonemindwemayconfess:295

288Romans6:22,2Corinthians5:10.289ActsoftheApostles20:32,Job5:8,Psalm9:35(10:14),Psalm36(37):5(37:7),Proverbs16:3RSV‐2CE.290Psalm17:47(18:46),27(28):6,etc.291John6:63.292Ordo§132.2932Timothy4:22.2941John4:7.2951Peter3:8.


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People: TheFather,andtheSon,andtheHolySpirit,theTrinity,oneinessenceandundivided.

Thepriestbowsthreetimes,sayingquietlywitheachbow:296

Priest: IwillloveYou,OLord,mystrength;theLordismyfortressandmyrefuge.297(Threetimes)

Hekisses theHolyGifts, coveredas theyare, firstover theholydiscos, thenover theholychalice,andtheedgeoftheHolyTablebeforehim.Iftherearetwoormorepriests,theyalsokissalltheholythings,298andtheneachotherontheshoulders.

Thecelebrantsays:Christisamongus.299

Theonekissedreplies: Heisandshallbe.

Thedeaconsalso, if therearetwoofthem,kisstheCrossupontheirorariaandeachotherontheshoulders,sayingthesameasthepriests.300

TheCurtain(Veil)isnowopened.301

Thedeaconlikewisebows,standingwhereheis,andkisseshisorarionwheretheCrossisandthenintones:

Deacon: Thedoors,thedoors,inwisdomletusbeattentive!

Thepriest lifts the aer andholds it over theHolyGifts. If there beother concelebratingpriests, thentheyalso lift theaerandhold itover theHolyGifts, shaking it lightly,andeachsayingtohimselftheSymbolofFaith,alongwiththepeople.

People: IbelieveinoneGod,theFatherAlmighty,creatorofheavenandearth,ofallthingsvisibleandinvisible.302

AndinoneLordJesusChrist,theOnly‐BegottenSonofGod,

296SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§132.297Psalm17:1,3(18:1,2)LXX.298Ezekiel22:26.299Bycustomaseniorpriestgreetsajuniorpriest.300Bycustomaseniordeacongreetsajuniordeacon.301Ordo§19g.302Colossians1:16.


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bornoftheFatherbeforeallages.LightofLight,trueGodoftrueGod,begotten,notmade,ofoneessencewiththeFather,throughWhomallthingsweremade.Whoforusmenandforoursalvation,camedownfromheaven,andwasincarnatefromtheHolySpiritandtheVirginMary,andbecameman.

HewascrucifiedforusunderPontiusPilate,andsuffered,andwasburied.AndHeroseonthethirdday,accordingtotheScriptures.AndHeascendedintoheaven,andisseatedattherighthandoftheFather.AndHewillcomeagainwithglory,tojudgethelivingandthedead,andofHiskingdomtherewillbenoend.

AndintheHolySpirit,theLord,303andCreatorofLife,304WhoproceedsfromtheFather,305WhotogetherwiththeFatherandtheSonisworshippedandglorified,Whohasspokenthroughtheprophets.306

Andinone,holy,catholic,andapostolicChurch.Iconfessonebaptismfortheforgivenessofsins.Ilookforwardtotheresurrectionofthedead;andthelifeoftheagetocome.Amen.

Atthewords“andwasincarnate”thepriest,kissingtheaer,foldsit,andlaysittoonesideontheHolyTable.307

Deacon: Letusstandwell,letusstandwithfear,letusbeattentive,

3032Corinthains3:17.3042Corinthians3:6.305John15:26.TheSlužebnikalsoincludesthefilioqueinbrackets.3062Peter1:21.307Ordo§132.Accordingtocustom,Crossontheaerisuppermost.


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thatwemayoffertheholyoblationinpeace.308

People: Themercyofpeace,309thesacrificeofpraise.310

Thepriest,havingtakentheaerofftheHolyGifts,kissesitandsetsittooneside,saying:ThegraceofourLord….

Thedeaconmakesasmallbow,enterstheAltarthroughthesoutherndoor,andtakeshisplaceattherightofthepriest.HetakestheripidionandwavesitovertheHolyThings.311Ifthereisnoripidion,hedoesthesamewithoneofthesmallfoldedveils.312

Thepriestintonesandblessesthepeople:313

Priest: ThegraceofourLordJesusChrist,andtheloveofGodtheFather,andthecommunionoftheHolySpirit,bewithallofyou.314

People: Andwithyourspirit.315

ThepriestturnstotheEastandelevatinghishands,says:316

Priest: Letusliftupourhearts!317

People: WeliftthemuptotheLord.318

Then,crossinghishandsuponhisbreastandbowingbeforetheHolyTable,thepriestsays:319

Priest: LetusgivethankstotheLord.320

308Psalm50:21LXX(Cf:Leviticus2:14,2:16,3:1,3:5,3Kings18:29LXX,1Kings19:29,36).309Psalm84:11(85:10),Isaiah54:10,Jeremiah16:5,Osee6:7LXXX(Hosea6:7),Matthew12:7.310Psalm115:8(116:17),Hebrews13:15.311Ezekiel22:26.312SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§133.313SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§133.3142Corinthians13:14.3152Timothy4:22.316SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§133.317Lamentations3:41.318Hebrews10:22.319Ordo§133.320 1 Chronicles 16:18, 41, 2 Chronicles 20:21, 31, Judith 8:25, Psalm 7:18(17), 9:2(10;1), 56:10(57:9),137(138):1 (and etc.), Judith 8:25, Isaiah 12:4 (and etc.), 1 Corinthians 15:57, 2 Thessalonians 2:13,Revelation11:17.


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People: Itisproper321andjusttoworshiptheFather,andtheSon,andtheHolySpirit,theTrinity,oneinessenceandundivided.

Thepriestsaysquietly:322

Priest: Itisproper323andjusttosinghymnstoYou,toblessYou,topraiseYou,togivethankstoYou,toworshipYouineveryplaceofYourdominion;324forYouareGodineffable,inconceivable,invisible,incomprehensible,everexisting,325andeternallythesame;You,andYouronly‐begottenSon,andYourHolySpirit;Youbroughtusforthfromnothingnessintobeing,326andwhenwehadfallenraisedusupagain,andleftnothingundoneuntilYoubroughtustoheavenandbestoweduponusYourKingdomtocome.

ForallthiswegivethankstoYou,andtoYouronly‐begottenSon,andtoYourHolySpirit,forallthatweknowandthatwedonotknow,themanifestandthehiddenbenefitsbestoweduponus.

WethankYoualsoforthisliturgy,327whichYouhavewilledtoacceptfromourhands,eventhoughtherestandbeforeYouthousandsofarchangels,tensofthousandsofangels,328CherubimandSeraphim,six‐winged,329many‐eyed,330soaringaloftontheirwings,

3212Thessalonians1:3.322SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§133.3232Thessalonians1:3.324Psalm102(103):22,144(145):13.325Exodus3:14.326Wisdom1:14,Psalm103(104):30.327Or:“service”.328Daniel7:10,Revelation5:11.329Isaiah6:2.330Revelation4:8.


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Thedeaconcomestotheleftsideofthepriestand,takingtheasteriskwithhisrighthand,hestrikestheupperpartoftheholydiscos,thenthelower,thentheleftandtheright,makingthesignoftheCrossoverit.Thenhekissestheasteriskandlaysitaside.331

Thepriestdoesnotblesshimselfwiththeasterisk.Heintones:

Priest: Singing,shouting,cryingout,andsayingthetriumphalhymn:

People: Holy,holy,holyistheLordofHosts,332heavenandeartharefullofYourglory;333hosannainthehighest.BlessedisHeWhocomesintheNameoftheLord,hosannainthehighest.334

Thedeaconthenapproachesthepriestandstandstohisright.Takingtheripidioninhishands(or,ifthereisnoripidion,thesmallfoldedveil),335thedeaconwavesitgentlyovertheHolyGiftswithattentionandreverence,lestanyfliesorthelikesettleuponthem.


Priest: WiththeseblessedPowers,OMaster,theLoverofMankind337wetoocryoutandsay:HolyareYouandall‐holy,338You,andYouronly‐begottenSon,andYourHolySpirit;holyareYouandall‐holyandmajesticisYourglory,339WhosolovedYourworldthatYougaveYouronly‐begottenSon,thateveryonewhobelievesinHimshouldnotperish,butshouldhavelifeeverlasting;340

331SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§133.Bycustom,helaysitontopofthefoldedaer.332Revelation4:8.333Isaiah6:3.334Psalm117(118):26,Matthew21:9;Mark11:9‐10.335SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§134.336SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§134.337Titus3:4.338Leviticus11:44,45,19:2,20:7,21:8,1Samuel2:2,Psalm98(99):9,Isaiah43:3.3392Peter1:17.340John3:16.


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Who,havingcomeandhavingfulfilledthewholedivineplanconcerningus,onthenightwhenHewashanded‐over,341orrather,whenHehanded‐overHimselfforthelifeoftheworld,342Hetookbread343intoHisholyandallpureandunblemishedhands,344Hegavethanks345andHeblessedit,346(andheblessesit)347Hesanctifiedit,Hebrokeit,348andgaveittoHisholydisciplesandapostles,saying:

Aloud:

Take,eat,thisisMyBodywhichisbrokenforyou349fortheforgivenessofsins.

Making the sign of the Cross upon themselves, the priest and deacon togethermake aprofoundbow.350

People: Amen.

While this is being said, the deacon, holdinghis orarionwith three fingers of his righthand,pointsoutthediscostothepriest.Inlikemanner,whenthepriestsays:“Drinkofthisallofyou...”thedeaconpointstotheholychalice.

Thepriestsaysquietly:

Priest: Likewisethechalice(andagainheblessesitonce)aftersupper,saying:351

3411Corinthians11:23.342John6:51(Cf:Matthew26:53,Luke22:54,Mark14:49,John18:8).3431Corinthians11:23.3441Peter1:19,Hebrews9:14,Exodus12:5(And:Isaiah53:7b,fromProskomedia,firstprosphora)345Luke22:19,1Corinthians11:24.346Mark14:22,Luke24:30.347Hedoesnottaketheholydiscosintohishands,nordoesheelevateit.Heonlyblessestheholydiscosonce.348Mark14:22.349Matthew26:26;1Corinthians11:23‐24,John6:51.350SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§134.351Luke22:20,1Corinthians11:25.


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Aloud:

Drinkofthis,allofyou,thisisMyBloodoftheNewCovenant, whichispouredoutforyouandformany,

fortheforgivenessofsins.352

AndagainmakingthesignoftheCrossuponthemselves,thepriestanddeacontogethermakeaprofoundbow.353

People: Amen.


Priest: Remembering,therefore,thissavingcommand,andallthatwasdoneinourbehalf:theCross,355theTomb,356theResurrectiononthethirdday,357theAscensionintoheaven,358theSittingattheRightHand,359theSecondandGloriousComingAgain.360

Heintones:

OfferingYou,Yourown,fromYourown,361inbehalfofallandforall.

Whiletheaboveisbeingsaid,thedeacon,withhisforearmscrossed,takestheholydiscosinhis righthandand theholy chalice inhis left, andelevates themslightly,making thesign of the Cross over the eiliton. The priest and deacon then again make a profoundbow.362

People: WepraiseYou,weblessYou,wethankYou,OLord,andwepraytoYou,ourGod.

352Matthew26:27‐28,Luke22:20,Mark14:24(textusrecptus).353SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§134.354SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§135.355Matthew27:35,Mark15:24‐25,Luke23:33.356Matthew27:59‐60,Mark15:46,Luke23:53.357Matthew28:6,Mark16:6,Luke24:6.358Luke24:51,Acts1:9.359Matthew26:64,Mark14:62,Luke22:69.360Matthew24:27,Luke21:27,John14:3,Acts1:11,1Thessalonians4:16‐17,Titus2:13,Revelation1:7.3611Paralipomenon(1Chronicles)29:14b.362Ordo§135.


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Andthepriestpraysquietly:363

Priest: MoreoverweoffertoYouthisspiritualandunbloodysacrifice,364andweimplore,andpray,andentreatYou,senddownYourHolySpirituponusandupontheseGiftsheresetforth.

Thedeaconlaystheripidion(ortheveil)asideandcomesclosetothepriest.TheybothbowthreetimesbeforetheHolyTable.

ThedeaconthenbowshisheadandpointingwithhisorariontotheHolyBreadsaysinalowvoice:

Deacon: Master,blesstheHolyBread.

The priest bends over the Gifts and makes the sign of the Cross over the Holy Bread,saying:

Priest: AndmakethisbreadthepreciousBodyofYourChrist.

Deacon: Amen.

Andthedeaconagain:

Deacon: Master,blesstheholychalice.

Thepriestblessingit,saying:

Priest: Andthatwhichisinthischalice,thepreciousBloodofYourChrist.

Deacon: Amen.

Thedeaconagain,pointingtobothHolyGifts,says:

Deacon: Master,blessboth.

ThepriestblessingbothHolyGifts,saying:

Priest: ChangingthembyYourHolySpirit.365

363SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§135.364Romans12:1,1Peter2:5.3652Corinthians3:18.


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Deacon: Amen.Amen.Amen.

The deacon bows his head to the priest and then goes to the placewhere he previouslystood. Taking the ripidion, he fans the Holy Gifts as he did before. The priest quietlycontinuesthefollowingprayer:366

Priest: Thattothosewhopartakeofthem,theymaybeforthepurificationofthesoul,fortheforgivenessofsins,forthecommunionofYourHolySpirit,367forthefullnessofthekingdomofheaven,forboldnessbeforeYou,butnotforjudgmentorcondemnation.368

Moreover,weoffertoYouthisspiritualsacrifice369forthosewhohavefallenasleepinfaith:theForefathers,Fathers,Patriarchs,Prophets,Apostles,Preachers,Evangelists,Martyrs,Confessors,Ascetics,andforeveryrighteousspiritmadeperfectinfaith.370

Andthepriest,takingthecenser,intones:

Priest: [WeoffertoYouthisspiritualsacrifice371]especiallyforourmostholy,mostpure,mostblessedandgloriousLady,theMotherofGodandever‐VirginMary.

And he censes the Holy Gifts three times before the Holy Table. Then he covers thechalicewiththesmallveilorlention.372

Taking the censer, the deacon censes the Holy Table roundabout, and he rememberswhomhewishesamongthosewhohavefallenasleep.

366SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§135.3672Corinthians13:14.368Romans8:1,1Corinthians11:34.369Romans12:1.370Hebrews12:23,James2:22.371Romans12:1.372SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§136.


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People: Itistrulypropertoglorifyyou,whohaveborneGod,theever‐blessed,immaculateandtheMotherofourGod.MorehonorablethantheCherubimandbeyondcomparemoregloriousthantheSeraphim,who,avirgin,gavebirthtoGodtheWord;you,trulytheMotherofGod,wemagnify.

Orinplaceofthe'Itistrulyproper',theNinthIrmosofthefeastissungwithitsverse.


Priest: [WeoffertoYouthisspiritualsacrifice374]fortheholyProphet,ForerunnerandBaptist,John,fortheholygloriousandall‐praisedApostles,forSaintN.,[thesaintoftheday]whosememorywecelebrate,andforallYourSaints,throughwhoseprayers,OGod,visitus.

Remember,OGod,[Yourservant(s)NN.,and]allthosewhohavefallenasleepinthehopeofresurrectiontoeternallife.GrantthemrestwherethelightofYourfaceshines.375

Moreover,weprayYou,OLord,remembertheentireepiscopateoftheOrthodox,whorightlydividethewordofYourtruth,376theentirepriesthood,thediaconateinChrist,andallothersinpriestlyorders.

WefurtherofferYouthisspiritualsacrifice377forthewholeworld,

373SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§136.374Romans12:1.375Psalm4:7(6).3762Timothy2:15.377Romans12:1.


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fortheholy,catholic,andapostolicChurch,forthosewholiveinchastityandholiness;378forourcivilauthorities[Or:Forourdivinely‐protectedEmperorN.,orKingN.,andfortheroyalhousehold]

andforallthearmedforces.OLord,grantthem(him)apeacefulrule,thatwealso,sharingintheir(his)tranquility,mayleadaquietandpeacefullifeinallgodlinessanddignity.379

Afterthesingingofthehymn,thepriestintones:

Priest: Amongthefirst,OLord,rememberourholyecumenicalpontiffN.,PopeofRome,ourmostreverendArchbishopandMetropolitanN.,andourGod‐lovingBishopN.,(theordinaryoftheplace).GrantthemtoYourholyChurches,inpeace,safety,honor,health,andlengthofdays,astheyrightlydividethewordofYourtruth.380

Thedeaconmentionstheliving.

People: Andremembereachandall.381

Thepriestprayersquietly:382

Priest: Remember,OLord,thiscity[Or:village;Or:monastery],inwhichwedwell,andeverycityandcountry,andthefaithfulwholiveinthem.

Remember,OLord,thosewhotravelbysea,airandland,

3781Peter2:12.3791Timothy2:2.3802Timothy2:15.381LiterallyinbothGreekandSlavonic:"Forall(masculine)andall(feminine)"."All"isnotlimitedto"people".The1964had:“Alsoallmenandallwomen”.382SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§136.


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thesick,thesuffering,thecaptive,andtheirsafetyandsalvation.

Remember,OLord,thosewhobearfruitanddogoodworks383inYourholyChurches,andthosewhorememberthepoor,384anduponallofussenddownYourmercies.

Hementionsbyname,thosethathewishesoftheliving.

Thenthepriestsaysaloud:

Priest: Andgrantthatwe,withonevoice385andoneheart,386mayglorify387andpraiseYourmosthonorableandmajesticName,Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

The priest turns towards the doors (but does notwithdraw from the center of theHolyTable)andblessing,says:388

Priest: AndmaythemerciesofourgreatGodandSavior,JesusChrist,389bewithallofyou.

People: Andwithyourspirit.390

Thedeacon,takingleaveofthepriest,makesasmallbow,goesaroundtheHolyTableandleavesthroughthenortherndoor.Standinginhisusualplace,hesays:391

Deacon: NowthatwehaverememberedalltheSaints,againandagain,inpeace,letuspraytotheLord.

383Colossians1:10.384Galatians2:10,Ecclesiastes9:15.385Literally:“mouth”.386Acts4:32.387Romans15:6.388SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§136.389Titus2:13.3902Timothy4:22.391SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§137.


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Deacon: ForthepreciousGiftsheresetforthandconsecrated,letuspraytotheLord.


Deacon: ThatourGod,theLoverofMankind,392havingreceivedthemonHisholyandheavenlyandmysticalAltar393asapleasingfragrance,394willsenddownuponusinreturnthedivinegraceandgiftoftheHolySpirit,395letuspray.


Deacon: Thatwemaybedeliveredfromallaffliction,396wrath,397andneed,398letuspraytotheLord.



Priest: InYou,OMasterandLoverofMankind,400weentrustourwholelifeandourhope.

WebeseechYou,weprayYou,andweimploreYou:makeusworthytoreceiveYourheavenlyandfearsomeMysteriesfromthisholyandspiritualTable

392Titus3:4.393Ephesians4:10.“Mystical”isusedbutthisisliterally“noetic”,whichisakinto“rational”or“intellectual”.394Ephesians5:2.395Acts2:38.396Psalm33:7(34:6).397Psalm77(78):38.398Psalm9:33(10:12),33:10(34:9).399SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§137.400Titus3:4.


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withapureconscience,fortheforgivenessofsins,401forthepardonoftransgressions,forthecommunionoftheHolySpirit,402fortheinheritanceofthekingdomofheaven,403forboldnessbeforeYou,butnotforjudgment,404orcondemnation.



Deacon: Thatthiswholedaymaybeperfect,holy,peaceful,andwithoutsin,letusbeseechtheLord.


Deacon: Foranangelofpeace,afaithfulguide,aguardianofoursoulsandbodies,405letusbeseechtheLord.


Deacon: Forthepardonandforgivenessofoursinsandoffenses,letusbeseechtheLord.


Deacon: Forwhatisgoodandbeneficialtooursouls,andforpeacefortheworld,letusbeseechtheLord.


401Matthew26:28.4022Corinthians13:14.403Ephesians5:5.4041Corinthians11:34.405Exodus23:20.


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Deacon: Thatwemayspendtherestofourlifeinpeaceandrepentance,letusbeseechtheLord.


Deacon: ForaChristian,painless,unashamed,peacefulendofourlife,andforagooddefensebeforethefearsomejudgment‐seatofChrist,406letusbeseech.


Deacon: Havingaskedforunityinthefaith,407andforcommunionintheHolySpirit,408letuscommend409ourselvesandoneanother,andourwholelifetoChristGod.


Thepriestintones:

Priest: Andmakeusworthy,OMaster,thatwithboldness410andwithoutcondemnation411wemaydaretocalluponYou,theheavenlyGod,as“Father,”412andtosay:

People: OurFather,Whoartinheaven,hallowedbeThyName;Thykingdomcome,Thywillbedoneonearthasitisinheaven.

406Romans14:10,2Corinthians5:10.407Ephesians4:13.4082Corinthians13:14,Philippians2:1.409ActsoftheApostles20:23,Job5:8,Psalm9:35(10:14),Psalm36(37):5(37:7),Proverbs16:3RSV‐2CE.410Ephesians3:12,Hebrews4:16,10:19,1John3:21,5:14.411Romans5:15‐16.412IPeter1:17.


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Giveusthisdayourdailybread,Andforgiveusourtrespasses,asweforgivethosewhotrespassagainstus;Andleadusnotintotemptation,butdeliverusfromevil.413

Priest: ForThineisthekingdom,andthepower,andtheglory,414 Father,Son,andHolySpirit,

nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

Withoutdeparting from the centerof theHolyTable, thepriest turns towards thewestandblesses:415

Priest: Peacebetoall.


Deacon: BowyourheadstotheLord.417



Priest: WegiveYouthanks,OKinginvisible,419WhobyYourimmeasurablepowerhavefashionedallthings,andintheabundanceofYourmercy420havebroughtallthingsfromnothingnessintobeing.421

OMaster,lookdownfromheaven,422uponthosewhobowtheirheadstoYou,

413Matthew6:9‐13.Moreliterally:“intheheavens”,“fromtheevilone”.414Matthew6:13atextusreceptus,1Chronicles29:11.415Ordo§137.4162Timothy4:22.417Exodus4:31.418SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§137.4191Timothy1:17.420Psalm50:3(51:1).421Researchisneededonthisprayer,especiallyontheword“fashioned”.Itseemsthatthenuanceheremightbe more like “conceived” or “planned”, which would make the first part of this sentence speak aboutordering/planningandthesecondpartaboutcreating.422Psalm79:15(80:14).


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fortheydonotbowtofleshandbloodbuttoYou,thefearsomeGod.

Therefore,OMaster,makestraightthepath423thatliesbeforeallofus,accordingtotheneedofeachandforourgood:sailwiththosewhosail,travelwiththosewhotravel,healthosewhoaresick,OPhysicianofoursoulsandbodies.

Aloud:

Priest: Throughthegrace,themerciesandtheloveformankind424ofYouronly‐begottenSon,withWhomYouareblessed,togetherwithYourall‐holy,good,andlife‐creatingSpirit,425nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.


Priest: OLordJesusChrist,ourGod,hearusfromYourholydwelling‐place,427fromthethroneofthegloryinYourkingdom;428andcometosanctifyus,429YouWhoareseatedonhighwiththeFather,430andWhoyetabidehereinvisiblyamongus.

WithYourmightyhand,431deigntogiveusYourmostpureBodyandpreciousBlood,and,throughus,toallthepeople.

423Proverbs3:6,Isaiah26:7,42:16.424Titus3:4.425John6:63.426SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§137.427Baruch2:16;2Paralipomenon(2Chronicles)30:27;3Kings(1Kings)8:39.428Daniel3:31,33(RSV,RSV‐2CE).4291Thessalonians5:23.430Hebrews8:1.431Deuteronomy9:26,Psalm88:14(89:13),Isaiah62:8,1Peter5:6.


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Afterthepriestconcludesthisprayerthedeacon,standinginfrontoftheHolyDoors,girds himselfwith the orarion in the formof a Cross (if he hadnot alreadydone soduringtheLord’sPrayer).432

Thepriestandthedeacon(standingathisplace)bowandsayquietlythreetimes:

PriestandDeacon:OGod,bemercifultome,asinner.433

Thepriestuncoversthechalice.434WhenthedeaconseesthepriestextendhishandsandtouchtheHolyBread,inordertomaketheholyelevation,heintones:

Deacon: Letusbeattentive!

ElevatingtheHolyBreadslightlyforashorttime,thepriestexclaims:435

Priest: HolyThings436fortheholy!

TheCurtain(Veil)isclosed.437

People: Oneisholy,438OneisLord,439JesusChrist,440tothegloryofGodtheFather.441Amen.

Thesingersnowchantthecommunionverseoftheday,orofthesaint.

After making a small bow, the deacon enters the Altar through the southern door.Takinghisplaceattherightofthepriestheagainmakesasmallbowandsays:442

Deacon: Master,breaktheHolyBread.

Thepriest,reverentlyandattentivelybreakingitintofourparts,says:

Priest: BrokenanddistributedistheLambofGod,brokenyetnotdivided,evereatenyetneverconsumed,butsanctifyingthosewhopartakethereof.

432SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§137.433Luke18:13.434Ordo§137.435SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§137.436Ezekiel22:26,Daniel8:13(cf.RahlfsII:918uppertext).437Ordo§19g.438 Daniel 8:13 (cf. Rahlfs II:918 lower text), Revelation 15:4, and Apostolic Constitutions VII, 353 (withthankstoArchimandriteRobertTaft,OrientaliaChristianaAnalecta,262,p.247).439Ephesians4:5.4401Corinthians8:6.441Philippians2:11.442SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§138.


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ThepriestbreakstheHolyLamb,puttingtheparticlesdownonthediscosintheformofa Cross, the sacrificed side (i.e. that side imprintedwith the seal) upward, as before,when itwas sacrificed.He firstdivides theHolyLambvertically into twoParts; inhisrighthandheholdsthePartbearingthe inscriptionXCKA,andplacesthisPartonthediscos.ThePartwhichheholdsinhislefthandhethendividesverticallybetweenICandNI,andplacestheparticleICtowardstheupperedgeofthediscos(whichistowardtheEast), and theparticleNI toward the left edgewhich is toward thenorth). ThenonceagainhetakestheotherPartoftheHolyLambanddividesthisPartverticallybetweenthe letters XC andKA and places theParticle XC towards the lower side of the discos(whichistowardthewest)andtheParticleKAtowardstherightedge(whichistowardthesouth),thusformingthesignoftheCrossonthediscos(seeillustrationbelow):443

HavingtakentheparticleIC,putitintotheholychalice;theparticleXCisbrokenforthepriestandthedeacon.Theothertwoparticles:NIandKAbreakintoasmanysmallparticlesasyouforeseewillbenecessaryforthosewhowillreceive.

Thedeacon,pointingouttheholychalicewithhisorarion,says:

Deacon: Master,filltheholychalice.

ThepriesttakestheParticleICfromtheupperedgeofthediscosandmakesthesignoftheCrosswithItovertheholychalice,saying:

Priest: ThefullnessoftheHolySpirit.

Andheplacesitintothechalice.

Deacon: Amen.

443Ordo§138.TheOrdorubricisusedhereinsteadoftheSlužebnikrubricasitismuchmoredetailed.


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Thepriestpurifies444hisfingersoverthediscos.445Thedeaconthentakesthehotwater,sayingtothepriest:

Deacon: Master,blessthehotwater.

Thepriestblessesit,saying:

Priest: BlessedbethefervorofYourSaints,always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

AndthedeaconpoursalittleintheformofaCrossintotheholychalice,saying:

Deacon: Thefervorofthefaith,fulloftheHolySpirit.Amen.

Andputting aside thehotwater, thedeacon stands a little to the side.ThenhegoesaroundtheHolyTableand,ifneedbe,washesthepalmofhisrighthand.446

Thepriestthensays:

Priest: Deacon,approach.

Approaching, the deacon comes to the left of the priest and bows reverently, askingforgiveness.

Thepriestbreaks theParticleXCof theholyLambandgivesaportion to thedeacon.Thedeaconextendshishands,with the righthand,palmuppermost, superimposedonhis lefthand, forming a Cross, and, kissing the hand which gives him the Holy Bread, takes It,saying:447

Deacon: Master,givemethepreciousandholyBodyofourLordandGodandSaviorJesusChrist.

Thepriestsays:

Priest: ThepreciousandholyandmostpureBodyofourLordandGodandSaviorJesusChristisgiventothepiousdeaconN.,fortheforgivenessofhissinsandforlifeeverlasting.448

444Thepriestnormallyusesthespongewhichiskeptintheantimension.445Ordo§138.446SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§140.447SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§140.448Thereisaninconsistencyintheusageofthe“Amen”endingthisprayerinthevariousliturgicons,andin


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Thedeaconwithdrawsbehind theHolyTable and, having bowedhis head, prays as thepriest,saying:OLord,Ibelieveandconfess....Inlikemannerthepriestmakesasmallbow,takestheotherpartoftheParticleXCwiththefirsttwofingersofhisrighthand,andsays:

Priest: ThepreciousandmostholyBodyofOurLordandGodandSaviorJesusChrist,isgiventome,thepriestN.,fortheforgivenessofmysins449andforlifeeverlasting.Amen.

Andbowingtheirheads,thedeaconandpriestpray,saying:

PriestandDeacon:

OLord,IbelieveandconfessthatYouaretrulyChrist,theSonofthelivingGod,450Whocameintotheworldtosavesinners,ofwhomIamthefirst.451

AcceptmetodayasapartakerofYourMysticalSupper,OSonofGod;forIwillnotrevealYourMysterytoYourenemies,norwillIgiveYouakissasdidJudas,452butlikethethiefIconfesstoYou:

Rememberme,OLord,whenYoushallcomeintoYourkingdom.453

Rememberme,OMaster,whenYoushallcomeintoYourkingdom.

thesimilarprayerswhichfollow(oneprayereachforthereceptionoftheBodybythedeaconandpriest,anadditionalprayer for the receptionof theBloodby thepriestanddeacon,and then theoneprayer for thereceptionof theEucharistby the laity). The1629Mohyla texthas thedeacon responding “Amen” (whichmightexplainitsabsencehere)buttheGreekandRussianrecensionsandtheOldRitedonotappeartohavetheword“Amen”atall.449Matthew26:28.450Matthew16:16.4511Timothy1:15.452Matthew26:49,Mark14:45.453Luke23:42.


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Rememberme,OHolyOne,whenYoushallcomeintoYourkingdom.

MaythepartakingofYourholyMysteries,OLord,benotformyjudgmentorcondemnation,454butforthehealingofsoulandbody.

OLord,Ialsobelieveandprofessthatthis,whichIamabouttoreceive,istrulyYourmostpreciousBody,andYourlife‐givingBlood,which,Ipray,makemeworthytoreceivefortheforgivenessofallmysins455andforlifeeverlasting.Amen.456

OGod,bemercifultomeasinner.457

OGod,cleansemeofmysins,andhavemercyonme.458

OLord,forgivemeforIhavesinnedwithoutnumber.459

Andthuswithfearandreverencetheypartakeofwhattheyholdintheirhands.

Thenthepriesttakestheholychalice intobothhishandsandpartakesof it,saying:460461

Priest: I,aservantofGod,thepriestN.,partakeofthepreciousandholyBloodofourLordandGodandSaviorJesusChrist,fortheforgivenessofmysins462andforlifeeverlasting.Amen.

Andwipingbothhis lipsand theedgeof theholychalicewith theclothheholds inhishands,thepriestsays:

4541Corinthians11:34.455Matthew26:28.456Thisparagraph isnot in theSlužebnik.Butaverycloseversion is inother liturgicons (Russian,Greek),thoughlocatedearlierintheprayer.457Luke18:13.458Psalm24(25):11,18,50:4(51:2),50:11(51:9),78(79):9.459PrayerofManasses,9.460Theliturgicondirectsthatthepriest“bendsover”whiletheOrdodirects“standingerect”.461Bycustom,thepriestpartakesofthechalicethreetimes,butthisisnotdocumented.462Matthew26:28.


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Priest: Behold,thishastouchedmylips,andshalltakeawaymyiniquities,andshallcleansemysins.463

Thenhecallsthedeacon,saying:

Priest: Deacon,approach.

Andthedeaconapproachesand,bowingonce,says:

Deacon: Behold,IapproachtheimmortalKingandourGod.Master,givemethepreciousandholyBloodofourLordandGodandSaviorJesusChrist.

Withhis righthand thepriest takes the clothandalsoholds the chaliceby thenode(heholdsthebaseofthechalicewithhis lefthand).Thedeaconholdstheendof theclothunderhischinwithbothofhishands.464Andthepriestsays:

Priest: TheservantofGod,thedeaconN.,partakesofthepreciousandholyBloodofourLordandGodandSaviorJesusChrist,fortheforgivenessofhissins465andforlifeeverlasting.

Afterthedeaconhasreceivedthepriestsays:

Priest: Behold,thishastouchedyourlips,andshalltakeawayyouriniquities,andshallcleanseyoursins.466

NotethatifthereanywhowishtopartakeoftheholyMysteries,467thepriestbreaksthetwoParticles,NIandKA, intosmallerparticlesandthedeaconwithaspongeputs theseand the other particles468 together with the consecrated lamb into the holy chalice.

463Isaiah6:7.464Ordo§141.465Matthew26:28.466Isaiah6:7.467IfCommunionisnottobegiventothefaithful,thedeaconcoversthechalicewiththelentionandthesmallveil,andalsoplacesthefoldedasteriskandfoldedveilsuponthediscos.468 Neither the Služebnik nor theOrdo addresses the commemorative particles. The older customwas toconsecrateeverythingontheholydiscos.ThenewercustomamongmostByzantinesistonotconsecratethecommemorativeparticlesandtodelayplacingthemintothechaliceuntilafterthecommunionofthefaithful(justbefore“SaveYourpeople”).IftherubricsarefollowedasgivenitwouldbedifficulttodiscernbetweentheparticlesbrokenfromtheNIandKAparticles(fromwhichthecommunionofthefaithfulisgiven)andthecommemorativeparticlesiftheyarebothplacedinthechalicepriortothecommunionofthefaithful.


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[Holding thediscos over the chalice, the deacon carefullywipes thePortions off intothe chalice with the sponge, so that not even the smallest Particle remains on thediscos.]469 The deacon also places the spoon into the chalice.470 He then covers the holychalicewiththeveilandplacestheasteriskandtheveilsontheholydiscos.

TheCurtain(Veil)andtheHolyDoorsareopened.471Thedeacon,bowingonce,reverentlyreceives the chalice from thepriest. He approaches the Holy Doors and, lifting up theholychalice,heextendsittowardsthepeoplesaying:

Deacon: ApproachwithfearofGodandwithfaith.472

People: BlessedisHeWhocomesintheNameoftheLord;473GodistheLord474andHehasrevealedHimselftous.475

Thosewhowishtoreceiveapproach.AfterthePrayer:OLord,Ibelieveandconfess…476they come one after the other, and they bow reverently and with fear, with handsfoldeduponthebreast;andeachreceivesthedivineMysteries.

The priest, having accompanied the deacon, takes the holy chalice fromhimduring theprayer“OLord,Ibelieveandconfess….”MeanwhilethedeaconreturnstotheHolyTableandtakesthediscos.Attheendoftheprayerthepriestuncoverstheholychalice,holdsthe veil and lention with his left hand, and gives communion with the spoon to each,saying:477

Priest: TheservantofGod(handmaidofGod)N.,partakesoftheprecious,mostholyandmostpureBodyandBloodofourLord,God,andSaviorJesusChristfortheforgivenessofhis(her)sinsandforlifeeverlasting.Amen.

Thedeaconholds the discos under the chin of each communicant. And in thisway allreceive.

AfterCommunion, thepriest covers the chalicewith either the lentionor veil orboth,

469Ordo§141.470SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§142.471Ordo§19g,§172.472Hebrews10:22.473Psalm117(118):26a(Alsosee:Matthew21:9,Mark11:9,Luke13:35).474Psalm117(118):27a(Alsosee:Joshua22:22,3Kings(1Kings):18:39).475Psalm117(118):27a.476InsomeplacesthefaithfulnormallyofferthisprayeraloudtogetherwiththePriestandDeaconwhentheyareprayedearlier(seeabove).477SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§142.


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leaving the spoon in the chalice.478 He returns to the Holy Table, and places the HolyGifts upon theHolyTable.479Thepriestblesses thepeoplewith theholy chalice in theformofaCross,intoning:

Priest: SaveYourpeople,OGod,andblessYourinheritance.480

Whilethepeoplesing“Wehaveseenthetruelight”thepriestreturnsintotheAltarandplacestheHolyGiftsupontheHolyTable.He takes thecenserandcenses three times,sayingtohimself:

Priest: Beexaltedabovetheheavens,OGod,andletYourglorybeoveralltheearth.481

People: Wehaveseenthetruelight,482wehavereceivedtheheavenlySpirit,wehavefoundthetruefaith,andweworshiptheundividedTrinity,fortheTrinityhassavedus.483

The priest returns the censer to the deacon and, taking the discos, places it upon thedeacon’shead.Holdingthediscosreverentlytohisforeheadandlookingoutbeyondthedoorsthedeacon,sayingnothing,proceedsbetweentheHolyTableandtheHolyDoorstotheTableofPreparation,andplacesitthere.Thenhetakeshisplaceandawaitsthepriest.Aftermaking a small bow thepriest takes the holy chalice. He turns towards theHolyDoorsandlookstowardsthepeoplewhilesayingquietly:484

Priest: BlessedisourGod,Andthenaloud:

Always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

478SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§142.479TherubrictoplacetheHolyThingsupontheHolyTablereflectsamuchmoreancientusage,wherethepriest would place theMysteries on the Holy Table, purify the discos, and then bless with his hand. TheblessingwiththeHolyMysteriesat “SaveYourpeople,OGod…” isa fairlyrecentdevelopmentandnotthecustomamongotherSlavicrecensions,ortheOldRite.‐‐IntheRussianandGreekrecensionsatthistimethedeaconcarefullywipestheremainingparticlesonthediskosintothechalicewiththesponge,whilesaying:“OLord,with Your preciousBloodwash away the sins of thosewho have been remembered here, through theprayersoftheMotherofGodandallYourSaints”(theRussianrescensiondoesnothavethereferencetothe“MotherofGod”).480Psalm27(28):9.481Psalm56:5(57:4),107:6(108:5).482John1:9.483VespersofPentecost,4thSticheronatPsalm140.484Ordo§143.


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Andhegoes to theTableofPreparationandplaces there theHolyThings.485He thenmakesasmallbowandreturnstotheHolyTable.

People: Amen.

MayourmouthsbefilledwithYourpraise,486OLord,sothatwemaysingofYourglory,forYouhavemadeusworthytopartakeofYourholy,divine,immortalandlife‐creatingMysteries.Keep487usinYourholiness,sothatallthedaylong488wemaymeditateonYourrighteousness.489Alleluia,Alleluia,Alleluia!

Andthedeacon,looseninghisorarion,leavesthroughthenortherndoorandstandingathiscustomaryplace,says:

Deacon: Standaright.Havingreceivedthedivine,holy,mostpure,immortal,heavenlyandlife‐creating,fearsomeMysteriesofChrist,letusworthilygivethankstotheLord.




Deacon: Askingthatthewholedaybeperfect,holy,peaceful,andwithoutsin,letuscommend490ourselvesandoneanother,andourwholelifetoChristGod.


485Afterplacing thesacredvesselsontheProthesis table, thepriest takes thecenser fromtheacolyteandcensesthesacredvesselsthreetimes.Hethenreturnsthecensertotheacolyte.486Psalm70(71):8.487Psalm39:12(40:11),Isaiah42:6.488Psalm70(71:8).489Philippians4:8490ActsoftheApostles20:23,Job5:8,Psalm9:35(10:14),Psalm36(37):5(37:7),Proverbs16:3RSV‐2CE.


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THEPRAYEROFTHANKSGIVING

The priest folds the eiliton while quietly says the prayer of thanksgiving. Holding theGospelBookvertically,hemakesthesignofthecrossoverthefoldedeilitonandlaystheBookuponit.491

Priest: WegivethankstoYou,492OMaster,LoverofMankind,493benefactorofoursouls,thatthisdayYouhavemadeusworthyofYourheavenlyandimmortalMysteries.

Makestraightourpath,494confirmusinourfearofYou,495guardourlife,makefirmoursteps,throughtheprayersandintercessionofthegloriousMotherofGodandever‐VirginMary,andofallYourSaints.

Aloud:

ForYouareoursanctification,496andtoYouwesendupglory,Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

WalkingthroughtheHolyDoorsthepriestsays:

Priest: Letusgoforthinpeace.497

People: IntheNameoftheLord.498


491SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§144.492Revelation11:17.493Titus3:4.494Matthew3:3,Proverbs3:6,Isaiah26:7,42:16.495 Psalm 39:4(40:3), 63:10(64:9), 65(66):16, 95(96):4, Ecclesiastes 8:12, 12:13, Acts 13:26, 2 Corinthians7:1,1Peter2:17,Revelation14:7,19:5.496ICorinthians1:30.497Cf.Jeremias50:12(RahlfsLXX)andIsaiah55:12(Masoretic).498Deuteronomy17:12andmanyotherreferences.


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PRAYERBEHINDTHEAMBO

TheprieststandsintheNavebetweenthetwochoirsandintonestheprayerbehindtheambo:

Priest: OLord,blessingthosewhoblessYou,499andsanctifyingthosewhotrustinYou,saveYourpeopleandblessYourinheritance,500preservethefullnessofYourChurch,sanctifythosewholovethebeautyofYourhouse;501glorifytheminreturnbyYourdivinepower,anddonotforsake502uswhohopeinYou.503

GrantpeacetoYourworld,toYourChurches,tothepriests,toourcivilauthorities(or:toourEmperor,or:toourKing)andtoallYourpeople.

Foreverygoodgiftandeveryperfectgiftisfromabove,comingdownfromYou,theFatheroflights;504andwesendupglory,thanksgiving,andworshiptoYou,Father,Son,andHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord, now and forever.505 (Threetimes)

[andPsalm33:IwillblesstheLordatalltimes;Hispraiseshallcontinuallybeinmymouth.

499Genesis12:3;Numbers24:9.500Psalm27(28):9.501Psalm25(26):8LXX.502Psalm26(27):12.503Psalm16(17):7.504James1:17.505Psalm71(72):17,112(113):2.Moreliterally:“nowandtoallages.”


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MysoulshallbepraisedintheLord;letthemeekhearandbeglad.OmagnifytheLordwithme,andletusexaltHisNametogether!I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all mytribulations.CometoHim,andbeenlightened;soyourfacesshallneverbeashamed.Thispoorman cried, and theLordheardhim, and savedhimoutof all histribulations.The angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear Him, and willdeliverthem.OtasteandseethattheLordisgood!BlessedisthemanwhotrustsinHim!OfeartheLord,allyouHisSaints,forthosewhofearhimwantfornothing!Richmenhave turnedpoorandgonehungry;but thosewhoseek theLordshallnotbedeprivedofanygoodthing.]506

WhiletheprayerisbeingsaidthedeaconstandsattherightsidebeforetheiconofChristtheLord.Holdinghisorarion,hebowshisheaduntiltheprayerisconcluded.507WhentheprayeriscompletedthepriestentersthroughtheHolyDoorsandgoes508totheProthesistableandhesaysthefollowingprayerwhentheHolyGiftsarebeingconsumed.

Priest: You,OChrist,ourGod,arethefulfillmentoftheLaw509andtheprophets,andhavefulfilledthewholedivineplanoftheFather.510Fillourheartswithjoyandgladness,511always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

The deacon enters through the northern door512 and then consumes the Holy Thingswithfearandallcare.

The priest leaves the Altar through the Holy Doors and gives the antidoron to thepeople.513

506Psalm33[34]1‐10.ThetextofPsalm33isreferencedintheSlužebnikbutnotactuallyprovided.507TheOrdoalsodirectsthatthedeaconalsoextendhisorariontowardtheiconofChristtheLorduntiltheAmbonPrayeriscompleted.508InpracticemostpriestsstandbeforetheHolyTableandfacetheProthesisTableduringthisprayer.509Matthew5:17,Luke24:4,Romans13:8,10,Galatians5:14,6:2,James2:8.510Ephesians1:10.511Psalm4:7.512 Insomeplaces thedeaconenters theAltar throughthesoutherndoorandreceivesablessing fromthepriestasthepriestconcludestheprayer“You,OChristourGod”.OnlythendoesthedeaconconsumetheHolyThings.513Inmanyplacestheantidoroniscustomarilydoneafterthedismissal.


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At the conclusion of the psalm and after the distribution of the antidoron the prieststandsinthecenterbeforetheHolyDoorsandblessesthepeople,saying:514

Priest: TheblessingoftheLordbeuponyou,515throughHisgraceandloveformankind,516always,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.

People: Amen.

FacingEast,thepriestsays:

Priest: GlorytoYou,OChrist,ourGod,ourhope;517glorytoYou.

People: GlorytotheFather,andtotheSonandtheHolySpirit,nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.Lord,havemercy.Lord,havemercy.Lord,havemercy.Givetheblessing.

Facingwest(towardsthepeople)thepriestsays:

Priest: MayChrist,ourtrueGod,(ifitisSunday:risenfromthedead) throughtheprayersofHismostpureMother,

andoftheholy,glorious,andall‐praisedApostles;andofourholyfather,JohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople,ofSaint(whosetempleitis),ofSaint(s)(whosedayitis)andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.518

People: Amen.

514SlužebnikasenhancedbyOrdo§145.515Psalm128(129):8.516Titus3:4.5171Timothy1:1.518Titus3:4.


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PRAYERFORLONGLIFEANDSALVATION

Onmorefestiveliturgicaloccasions,thepriest,facingthepeople,intonesthechantforlonglife:

Priest: Toourholyecumenicalpontiff,N.,PopeofRome, grant,OLord,manyyears.

AlternateFormat:

Grant,OLord,toYourservant(s),N.N.,peace,health,andlengthofdays,formanyandblessedyears.519

Thepeoplesingtheappropriatefollowingresponsetoeachofthepetitions:

People: Godgrantyou(him–her–them)manyyears.Godgrantyou(him–her–them)manyyears.Godgrantyou(him–her–them)manyblessedyears.520

Priest: Toourcivilauthorities(Or:ourdivinely‐protectedEmperorN.,Or:KingN.,)grant,OLord,manyyears.

Priest: ToourmostreverendArchbishopandMetropolitan,N.,grant,OLord,manyyears.

Priest: ToourGod‐lovingBishopN.,grant,OLord,manyyears.

Priest: Toallpriestlyandreligiousorders,toallourfathersandbrothers,andtoallOrthodoxChristians,grant,OLord,manyyears.

Additionalpetitionsmayalsobeintoned.

Andfinally:

People: In health and salvation, in health and salvation, God grant you(him–her–them)manyblessedyears.

519ThisversionisnotintheSlužebnik.Itisincludedherebecauseitiscommonlyused.520Theliturgiconsimplegives“Manyyears!”foreachresponsebutthelongerversionisgivenheresinceitisthemost commonlyused.Also, if theperson(s)being commemorated ispresentone sings “Godgrant youmanyyears….”


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PRAYERFORTHOSEWHOHAVEFALLENASLEEP521

Ifthosewhohavefallenasleeparebeingremembered,thepriestintones:

Priest: Inblessedrepose,grant,OLord,eternalresttoYourservant(s),N.(andN.),andmayhis(her‐their)memorybeeternal.

People: Eternalmemory.Eternalmemory.Blessedrepose,Eternalmemory.

DismissalPrayers

Thepriest anddeacon, come in theAltar and theHolyDoors are closedand theCurtain(Veil)drawn.ThepriestsaystheunvestingprayerseitherintheAltarorinthesacristyandwashtheirhandsintheusualplace.522

Priest: NowyoushalldismissYourservant,OMaster,accordingtoYourword,inpeace,becausemyeyeshaveseenYoursalvationwhichYouhavepreparedbeforethefaceofallpeoples,alighttoenlightentheGentiles,andthegloryofYourpeopleIsrael.523

HolyGod,HolyMighty,524HolyImmortal,525havemercyonus.(Threetimes)


OMostHolyTrinity,havemercyonus;OLord,cleanseusofoursins;526OMaster,forgiveourtransgressions;OHolyOne,visitusandhealourinfirmities forYourName'ssake.

521 The “Eternal Memory” is not in the Služebnik, but is so very commonly prayed at this time that it isincludedhere.522Ordo§145.523Luke2:29‐32.5242Kings(2Samuel)22:31‐33,Revelation18:8b(Literally:“HolyStrong”).525Romans1:23,1Timothy1:17.526Psalm24(25:11),18,50:4(51:2),50:11(51:9),78(79):9.


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Lord,havemercy.(Threetimes)


OurFather,Whoartinheaven,hallowedbeThyName;Thykingdomcome,Thywillbedoneonearthasitisinheaven.Giveusthisdayourdailybread,andforgiveusourtrespasses,asweforgivethosewhotrespassagainstus;andleadusnotintotemptation,butdeliverusfromevil.527

Priest: ForThineisthekingdom,andthepower,andtheglory, Father,Son,andHolySpirit, nowandever,andtotheagesofages.528

Deacon: Amen.

Hecontinues:

TheDismissalTroparion–Tone8

Graceshiningforthfromyourlipslikeabeaconhasenlightenedtheuniverse.Ithasshowntotheworldtherichesofpoverty;ithasrevealedtoustheheightsofhumility.Teachingusbyyourwords,529OFatherJohnChrysostom,intercedebeforetheWord,ChristGod,tosaveoursouls!

GlorytotheFather,andtotheSon,andtotheHolySpirit.

527Matthew6:9‐13;Luke11:2‐4.Moreliterally:“intheheavens”,“fromtheevilone”.528Matthew6:13textusreceptus,1Timothy1:17.529ReferenceistoSimeon’sCanticle(NuncDimittis),Luke2:29‐32.


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Kontakion‐Tone6Podoben:“Asfarfromus”

OmostblessedvenerableJohnChrysostom,youhavereceiveddivinegracefromheavenandwithyourlipsyouteachallmenhowtoworshiptheoneGodinTrinity.Itisproperthatwepraiseyou,foryouaretheteacherwhorevealsthethingsdivine.

Nowandever,andtotheagesofages.Amen.

Bohordicen–Tone6

Ounashamed530ProtectressofChristians,unfailingMediatrixbeforetheCreator:

donotdespisetheprayerfulvoicesofsinners; but,inyourgoodness,

quicklyhelpthosewhocryouttoyouinfaith: “Hasten,tointercedeandspeedilyprayforus, foryou,OMotherofGod, alwaysprotectthosewhohonoryou.”

Thetroparionofthedaymayalsoberecited,ifdesired.

Lord,havemercy.(12)

MorehonorablethantheCherubimandbeyondcomparemoregloriousthantheSeraphim,who,avirgin,gavebirthtoGodtheWord;you,trulytheMotherofGod,wemagnify.


Priest: MayChrist,ourtrueGod,(ifitisSunday:risenfromthedead) throughtheprayersofHismostpureMother,

andoftheholy,glorious,andall‐praisedApostles;andofourholyfather,JohnChrysostom,

5302Timothy2:15.


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ArchbishopofConstantinople,ofSaint(whosetempleitis),ofSaint(s)(whosedayitis)andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.531

Deacon: Amen.

After the deacon consumes the Holy Gifts so that not even the smallest particles of thebrokenbread remainor fall, andafterpouringwater andwine into theholy chalice andhavingwiped it dry, he places the holy vessels together in the customary place, saying:"NowyoumaydismissYourservant,OMaster,"andtheotherprayersasprescribedabovefor the priest.Hewashes his hands in the usual place and removes his vestments. Thenboththepriestanddeaconbowtogetherandsaythedismissal.GivingthankstoGodforallthings,theyleavetheAltar.

THEENDOFTHEDIVINELITURGYOFOURHOLYFATHERJOHNCHRYSOSTOM

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FIXEDORIMMOVABLEFEASTS

NOTE: (a) Thewords "gloriously" and "today" are said only on the day of the feast andomittedonthepost‐festiveandfinaldayofthecelebration;(b)Thefestivedismissalsareusedonlyonthedayofthefeastandonthefinalday.Duringtheoctavedaystheregulardismissalsareused.However,onWednesdayandFridaythephrasementioningtheCrossisomitted.(c)Ifoneofthepost‐festivedaysorthefinaldayisaSundaythentheregularSundaydismissalisused.(d)IntemplesdedicatedtotheSaviorortoaneventinHislife,e.g. Nativity, Theophany, Ascension, the holyday dismissal is not used except on theparticularfeastanditspost‐festiveperiod.(e)Ondayofsaintscommemoratedwithvigil,andsaintsof"polielej"rank, thephrase:“whosememorywesolemnlycelebratetoday…” isaddedtothedismissal.

NATIVITYOFTHEMOTHEROFGOD(September8)(SeeFeastsoftheMotherofGod)

EXALTATIONOFTHEHOLYCROSS(September14)MayChristourtrueGod,throughtheprayersofHismostholyMother,

through the power of the precious and life‐giving Cross, the exaltation ofwhich we gloriously celebrate today; of the holy, glorious, and all‐praisedApostles;ofourholy father JohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus, forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

PROTECTIONOFTHEMOTHEROFGOD(October1)(SeeFeastsoftheMotherofGod)

FEASTOFTHEARCHANGELMICHAELANDALLANGELS(November8)MayChristourtrueGod,throughtheprayersofHismostholyMother,

of the honorable bodiless Powers of heaven whose feast we gloriouslycelebrate today; of the holy, glorious, and all‐praised Apostles; of our holyfather JohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople; andof all theSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

PRESENTATIONOFTHEMOTHEROFGOD(November21)(SeeFeastsoftheMotherofGod)

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NATIVITYOFOURLORDJESUSCHRIST(December25)MayChristourtrueGod,Who, foroursalvation,wasborn inacave in

BethlehemofJudeaandlayinamanger,throughtheprayersofHismostHolyMother;oftheholy,glorious,andall‐praisedApostles;ofourholyfatherJohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;(or:ourholyfatherBasiltheGreat,ArchbishopofCaesarea,inCappadocia),andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

FEASTOFTHECIRCUMCISION(January1)May Christ our true God, Who, for our salvation, submitted to

circumcisionontheeighthdayaccordingto theLaw, throughtheprayersofHismost holyMother; of theholy, glorious, and all‐praisedApostles; of ourholy fatherBasil theGreat,ArchbishopofCaesarea inCappodocia;andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

THEOPHANY‐EPIPHANY(January6)MayChristourtrueGod,Who,foroursalvation,deignedtobebaptized

intheJordanbyJohnthroughtheprayersofHismostholyMother;oftheholy,glorious, and all‐praised Apostles; of our holy father John Chrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;(or:ourholyfatherBasiltheGreat,ArchbishopofCaesareainCappadocia),andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

MEETINGOFOURLORDWITHSIMEONANDANNA(February2)MayChristour trueGod,Who, foroursalvation,deignedtobeheld in

the embrace of the righteous Simeon, through the prayers ofHismost holyMother;oftheholy,glorious,andall‐praisedApostles;ofourholyfatherJohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;andofall theSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

ANNUNCIATION(March25)(SeeFeastsoftheMotherofGod)

NATIVITYOFST.JOHNTHEBAPTIST(June24)MayChristourtrueGod,throughtheprayersofHismostholyMother,

of thehonorable,gloriousProphet, theForerunnerandBaptizerof theLord,John,whosenativitywegloriouslycelebratetoday;oftheholy,glorious,andall‐praised Apostles; of our holy father John Chrysostom, Archbishop of


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Constantinople;andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

SAINTSPETERANDPAUL(June29)MayChristourtrueGod,throughtheprayersofHismostholyMother,

oftheholy,gloriousandall‐praisedApostles,PeterandPaul,whosefeastwegloriously celebrate today, and of all the Apostles; of our holy father JohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;andofall theSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

PROPHETELIAS(July20)MayChristourtrueGod,throughtheprayersofHismostholyMother,

of theholy, gloriousandall‐praisedprophetElias, theThesbite,whose fieryascenttotheheavenswegloriouslycelebratetoday;oftheholy,glorious,andall‐praised Apostles; of our holy father John Chrysostom, Archbishop ofConstantinople;andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

TRANSFIGURATION(August6)MayChristourtrueGod,Whowastransfiguredingloryinthepresence

ofHisholydisciplesandApostlesonMountTabor,throughtheprayersofHismostholyMother;oftheholy,glorious,andall‐praisedApostles;ofourholyfather JohnChrysostom;ArchbishopofConstantinople, andof all theSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

DORMITIONOFTHEMOTHEROFGOD(August15)(SeeFeastsoftheMotherofGod)

FEASTSOFTHEMOTHEROFGODMayChristourtrueGod, throughtheprayersofHismostholyMother

whose:Nativity(September8) Conception(December9)Protection(October1) Annunciation(March25)Presentation(November21) Dormition(August15)

wegloriouslycelebratetoday;of theholy,glorious,andall‐praisedApostles;ofourholyfatherJohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.


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LAZARUSSATURDAY—MayChristourtrueGod,Who,foroursalvation,cameto Bethany to raise the righteous Lazarus, through the prayers of HismostholyMother;oftheholy,glorious,andall‐praisedApostles;ofourholyfatherJohn Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople; and of all the Saints, havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

PALMSUNDAY—MayChristourtrueGod,Who,foroursalvation,deignedtoenterJerusalemseatedonthecoltofadonkeyandacceptedthepraiseoftheHebrew children, through the prayers ofHismost holyMother; of the holy,glorious, and all‐praised Apostles; of our holy father John Chrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

RESURRECTION AND BRIGHTWEEK—May Christ our true God, risen fromthedead,tramplingdownDeathbydeathandtothoseinthetombsbestowinglife,throughtheprayersofHismostholyMother;oftheholy,glorious,andall‐praised Apostles; and of our holy Father John Chrysostom; Archbishop ofConstantinople;andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

SUNDAYOFTHOMAS—MayChristourtrueGod,Who,foroursalvation,cametoHisdisciples,eventhoughthedoorswerelocked,andconfirmedThomasinhis faith, throughtheprayersofHismostpureMother;of theholy,glorious,and all‐praised Apostles; our holy father John Chrysostom, Archbishop ofConstantinople;andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

ASCENSIONDAY—MayChristourtrueGod,Who,foroursalvation,ascendedfromustoheavenandisseatedattherighthandofGodandFather,throughthe prayers of His most holy Mother; of the holy, glorious, and all‐praisedApostles;ofourholyfather,JohnChrysostom;ArchbishopofConstantinople;andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus, forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.


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FEASTOFPENTECOST—MayChristourtrueGod,Who,foroursalvation,senttheall‐holySpirit fromheavenintheappearanceoftonguesoffireuponHisholydisciplesandApostles, throughtheprayersofHismostholyMother;ofthe holy, glorious, and all‐praised Apostles; of our holy father JohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;andofall theSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.

DISMISSALSATDIVINELITURGYDURINGTHEWEEK

SUNDAY—MayChristourtrueGod,risenfromthedead,throughtheprayersofHismostholyMother;oftheholy,glorious,andall‐praisedApostles;ofourholyfatherJohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;ofSaint(s)(NN),thepatron(s)ofthistemple;andofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.MONDAY—May Christ our true God, through the prayers of His most holyMother,ofthehonorablebodilessPowersofheaven;oftheholy,gloriousandall‐praised Apostles; of holy father John Chrysostom, Archbishop ofConstantinople; of Saint(s) (NN), thepatron(s) of this temple; andof all theSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.TUESDAY—May Christ our true God, through the prayers of His most holyMother,ofthehonorableandgloriousProphet,Forerunner,andBaptistJohn;of the holy, glorious and all‐praised Apostles; of our holy father JohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;ofSaint(s)(NN), thepatron(s)ofthistempleandofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.WEDNESDAYANDFRIDAY—MayChristourtrueGod,throughtheprayersofHis most holy Mother, by the power of the precious and life‐giving Cross;throughtheprayersoftheholy,gloriousandall‐praisedApostles;ofourholyfather JohnChrysostom,Archbishopof Constantinople; of Saint(s) (NN), thepatron(s)ofthistempleandofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.


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THURSDAY—MayChristour trueGod, through theprayersofHismostholyMother;oftheholy,gloriousandall‐praisedApostles;ofourholyfatherJohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;ofSaint(s)(NN), thepatron(s)ofthis templeand through theprayersof all theSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.SATURDAY—MayChristour trueGod, through theprayersofHismostholyMother;throughthepowerofthepreciousandlife‐givingCross,throughtheintercession of thehonorable Powers of heaven; through the prayers of thehonorable and glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John, of the holy,gloriousandall‐praisedApostles;ofourholyfatherNicholas,Archbishopandwonder‐workerofMyra;of theholy, gloriousandvictoriousmartyrs andofour venerable andGod‐bearing fathers, of our holy father JohnChrysostom,ArchbishopofConstantinople;oftheholyandrighteousfore‐bearersofGod,JoachimandAnna,ofSaint(NN),thepatron(s)ofthetemple,ofSaint(s)(NN),whosedayitisandthroughtheprayersofalltheSaints,havemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.REQUIEMLITURGY—MayChristourtrueGod,whorulesoverthe livingandthedead,placethesoul(s)ofHisservant(s)whohas(have)fallenasleepintheabodeoftheSaints,granthim(her‐them)restinthebosomofAbraham,andnumberhim(her‐them)amongtherighteous,throughtheprayersofHismostpureMother;oftheholy,gloriousandall‐praisedApostles;ofourholyfatherJohn Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople; of our venerable and God‐fearingFathers;[ofSaint(NN),thepatron(s)ofthetemple,ofSaint(s) (NN),whosedayitis]andofalltheSaints,mayHehavemercyonusandsaveus,forHeisgoodandlovesmankind.Inblessedrepose,grant,OLord,eternal rest toYourservant(s),N. (andN.),andmayhis(her‐their)memorybeeternal.People: Eternalmemory.Eternalmemory.Blessedrepose,

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TheOrderoftheDivineLiturgyTherubricsgivenintheRuthenianLiturgicon(Služebnik,Rome,1942)providetheOrderoftheDivineLiturgy.Thedirectivesgiven in theOrdoCelebrationisVesperarum,MatutinietDivinaeLiturgiae IuxtaRecensionemRuthenorum (Rome,1944) addgreatly to this. Itwasdetermined that for a study text of the Ruthenian Divine Liturgy it would be useful tointegratetherubricsprovidedbytheSlužebnikwiththoseprovidedbytheOrdo.Further,sincethetypicalcelebrationoftheDivineLiturgywouldhopefullyincludetheministryofone deacon, and the celebration of the Divine Liturgywith two deacons or without theministryofadeaconwouldbelesscommon,itwasdecidedtoprovidethoserubricsfromtheOrdo(sections§147‐174)inanappendix.ThisalsoservestokeepthetextoftheDivineLiturgylesscluttered.

WiththeMinistryofTwoDeacons

147. Two deacons assist the celebrating priest or concelebrating priests only onmoresolemnfeastdays.

148. When the time approaches, the priest enters the temple together with the twodeacons. They stand before the Holy Doors facing East and all make three small bowssimultaneously.ThentheydoeverythingasintheLiturgywiththeministryofonedeacon,however,bothdeaconsrespondto thepriest.After theprayer:OLord,send forthYourhand...thepriestandthedeaconsbowtowardtherightandleftchoirs,andtheyentertheAltar thus: thepriestandfirstdeaconthroughthesoutherndoor,andtheseconddeaconthroughthenortherndoor,saying:IwillcomeintoYourhouse....AfterenteringtheAltar,theymakethreesmallbowsbeforetheHolyTable;thepriestkissestheholyGospelBook,andthedeaconskisstheHolyTable;then,ifitiscustomary,allofthemkissthehandCrosswhich lies on the Holy Table. After vesting, the deacons wash their hands and prepareeverything for the Prothesis. The first deacon alone says:Master, bless, and the otherphrases;theProskomedeisdoneasusual.

149. Following the Dismissal of the Proskomede, the deacons cense the Prothesis withthree strokes. Then, together with the priest, they come before the Holy Table sayingprivately:Bodilyinthetomb…andtheotherphrases.BothcensetheHolyTabletogetherfromthefront; thenthefirstdeacontherightside, theseconddeaconthe left,andagain,bothtogetherfromtheEast;thentheapsidaliconandtheothericonsintheAltar;thefirstdeacontheCrossandtheseconddeacontheiconoftheMotherofGod,ifthesearefoundbehind theHoly Table. Then they leave theAltar, the first deacon through the southerndoor,andtheseconddeaconthroughthenortherndoor.TheycomebeforetheHolyDoorsand cense the imageson the iconostasis, the first deaconbeginning from the iconof theSavior,and theseconddeacon fromthe iconof theMotherofGod.Then the firstdeaconcensestherightchoir,andtheseconddeacontheleftchoir.Theycensethepeoplefromthe


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soleas,onefromtherightandtheotherfromtheleft;or,ifitiscustomary,byproceedingdown the aisle of the temple to the narthex. Then they enter the Altar, the first deaconthroughthesoutherndoor,theseconddeaconthroughthenorthern.Again,theycensetheHolyTable(instrokesofthree),butonlyfromthefront,andthenthepriest.

150.Then,having returned the censers to the servers,bothdeaconsapproach thepriestanddo everythingas it is done in theLiturgywith theministryof onedeacon.The firstdeacon departs through the southern door, and the second through the northern door:taking their places before theHoly Doors, theymake three small bows, saying privatelywitheachbow:OLord,youwillopenmylips....Followingthis,thefirstdeaconbeginstosing:Master,bless.

151.ThefirstdeaconsaystheGreatSynapte.Whenthefirstantiphonortypicaaresungbythe cantors, hemakesa small bow,departs fromhisplace and,holding theorarionwiththreefingersofhisrighthand,standsbeforetheiconofChristasusual.

Uponcompletionoftheantiphon,theseconddeacongoesforthandstandingintheusualplace, says: Again and again.... When the second antiphon or typica are sung by thecantors,herepeatstheactionsprescribedforthefirstdeaconduringthefirstantiphonandstandsbeforetheiconoftheMotherofGod.

Following the second antiphon, the singers continue: Glory... now and ever...O only‐begottenSon….Thepriestsaysnothingprivately;andneitherhenorthedeaconsmakeabowat:andbecameincarnate….

Then the first deacon returns to his usual place and says:Again and again... After thesynapte is completed, both return to the Altar: the first through the southern door, thesecondthroughthenorthern,andtheystandtothepriest'srightandleft,respectively.

152.Whenthecantors,singingthethirdantiphonortheBeatitudes,cometo:Glory...orthelastverseof theBeatitudes, thepriestandthedeaconsmakethreesmallbows.ThenthepriestgivestheholyGospelBooktothefirstdeaconandfreelyunfoldshisphelonion;thepriestandthefirstdeacongoaroundtheHolyTablestartingfromtherightside,whilethesecond deacon takes the censer. Preceded by the candlebearers, all leave through thenortherndoor: firsttheseconddeaconcensing,thenthefirstdeaconcarryingtheGospel,and finally thepriest.Whentheycometo theHolyDoors, thecandlebearersstandfacingone another, one near the icon of theMother of God and the other near the icon of ourSavior.Thefirstdeaconstandsontheright,thesecondontheleft.Theprieststandsinthecenterandbehindthem.

Thefirstdeaconsays:LetuspraytotheLord,andthepriestquietlyrecitesthePrayeroftheEntrance.Aftertheprayeriscompleted,thefirstdeaconholdstheorarionwithhisrighthandextendingittowardtheEast,andsaystothepriest:Master,blesstheholyentrance.Thepriestblesses, afterwhich the first deaconproffers theholyGospelBook tohim for


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kissing.After the lastverseof theantiphonor theBeatitudes is sung, theseconddeaconproceedstothecenter:thefirstdeaconstandsbehindhimandsays:Wisdom!StandAright!ThenallentertheAltar.Theseconddeaconreturnsthecenser.ThefirstdeaconplacestheholyGospelBookupontheHolyTable.

153. When the singers come to the last troparion, the firstdeacon says:Master,blessthetimeforthethrice‐holyhymn.Thepriest:ForYouareholy....Thefirstdeaconsays:Andtotheagesofages.WhiletheTrisagionissung,thepriestandthedeaconsalsoreciteit.Then,proceedingtotheapsidalthronewiththedeacons, thepriestsays:Blessedishewhocomes...Thefirstdeacon:Master,blessthechaironhigh.

154. AftertheTrisagionhymniscompleted,thedeaconscomeneartheHolyDoors;thefirstdeaconsays:Letusbeattentive!Thepriest:Peacebewithall!Theseconddeacon:Wisdom!Beattentive!AftertheProkeimenon,thefirstdeacon:Wisdom!ThelectorsingsthetitleoftheEpistle,afterwhichtheseconddeaconsays:Letusbeattentive!

ShortlybeforetheendoftheEpistlereading,thedeaconsreturnbeforetheHolyTablewiththepriest.

FollowingthereadingoftheEpistle,thepriestsays:Peacebewithyou.Thefirstdeacon:Wisdom!Beattentive!

155.WhiletheAlleluiaissung,thedeaconstakethecensers,placeincenseintothem,andapproachthepriestsaying:Master,blesstheincense.Havingreceivedtheblessing,theybothcensetheHolyTabletogether;at firstfromthefront,thenthefirstdeacontherightside, the seconddeacon the left, andagainboth together from theEast; then theapsidalicon and the other icons in theAltar. Then the seconddeacon censes the Prothesis, andbothcensetherest,asisthecustom.

Thenthedeaconsreturnthecenserstotheusualplaceandapproachthepriest;inaraisedvoicethefirstdeaconsays:Master,blesstheproclaimeroftheGospel...Thepriest:MayGod,throughtheprayers...andgiveshimtheholyGospelBook.Thefirstdeaconpassesthrough theHolyDoorsandstandsat theappointedplace, eitheron theamboora littlebeforetheHolyDoors;thereheplacestheholyGospelBook,whichhewillreadfacingthepeople,upontheanalogion.FromtheAltar,theseconddeaconexclaims:Wisdom!Letusstand aright and listen to the holy Gospel. The priest: Peace bewith all. The firstdeacon:AreadingfromtheholyGospelaccordingtoN.Theseconddeacon:Letusbeattentive!AftertheGospelisread,thepriestsaystothefirstdeacon:Peacebewithyouwho have proclaimed the holy Gospel. After proceeding to the Holy Doors, the firstdeaconreturnstheholyGospelBooktothepriest.TheHolyDoorsareclosed.

156. Thenthedeaconsdepart,eachthroughhisowndoor,andstandintheircustomaryplace; the first deacon begins:Letusall say ... Then the seconddeacon:Catechumens,praytotheLord.Firstdeacon:Allcatechumens,depart!Seconddeacon:Catechumens,


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depart! And again the first deacon: All catechumens, depart! Let none of thecatechumens ... The singers:Lord,havemercy. The first deacon:Protectus, saveus,havemercy ...Wisdom! The second deacon:Againandagain, letuspray...,Helpus,saveus,havemercy...Wisdom!ThenbothentertheAltarthroughtheirrespectivedoors.TheHolyDoorsareopened.

157. While theCherubicHymn is sung, thedeacons take thecensersandplace incenseintothem;afterreceivingtheblessing, theybegin torecite the50thPsalmandcense theHolyTable,theAltarandtherestasstatedabove(see§149).

Uponcompletionofthecensing,thedeaconstaketheirrespectiveplaces,oneoneachsideofthepriest;holdingthecensersontheringfingeroftheir lefthandsandelevatingtheirhandsonhighwiththepriest,theysaytheCherubicHymntogetherthreetimesandmakeasmallbowaftereachrecitation.

Then,wherethecustomexists,thepriestkissestheHolyTableandthehandCrossasthedeaconskisstheedgeoftheHolyTable;andwiththedeaconspreceding,theygodirectlytotheProthesistable.

TherethepriesttakesthecenserfromthefirstdeaconandcensestheHolyGifts.

The first deacon says to the priest:Liftup,master. The priest takes the large veil and,givingittotheseconddeaconwhoholdsthecenserwiththeringfingerofhisrighthand,says:Liftupyourhands....

Then,takingthediscos,thepriestplacesitontheheadofthefirstdeacon,whoholdsittohis foreheadwithbothhands,whilesimultaneouslyholding theendof theorarion inhisleft hand.Thepriest himself takes the chalice. Precededby the candlebearers, all departthroughthenortherndoor.Theseconddeacon,whodepartsfirst,exclaims:MaytheLordGodrememberallyouOrthodoxChristians...Followinghim,thefirstdeaconrepeatsthesame.Thenthepriestexclaims:MaytheLordGodrememberinHiskingdom....

ThedeaconsentertheAltarandstandjustinsidetheHolyDoors;theyfaceoneanother:thesecondontheleftandthefirstontheright.Aftersaying:...andallyou...thepriestenterstheAltarandwiththedeaconsproceedstoplacetheholychaliceontheHolyTable.Takingtheholydiscosfromthefirstdeacon,heplacesitontheHolyTabletotheleftofthechalice.Hetakesthelargeveilfromtheseconddeacon,censesit(byfumigationinthesmokefromthecenser),andcoverstheHolyGifts.

MeanwhiletheHolyDoorsareclosed,andthentheusualdialoguebetweenthepriestandbothdeaconsfollows.Thedeaconsshowreverencetothepriestanddepart,eachthroughhisowndoor; theystand in theirusualplaceandthe firstdeaconsays:Letuscompleteourprayer….

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make three small bows just as thepriest does.Thedeaconskiss one anotheron the leftshoulder.

Thefirstdeaconexclaims:Letusstandaright.…

Thedeaconsmakeasmallbow,entertheAltarthroughtheirrespectivedoorsandstandateithersideof thepriest. If there isneed, the firstdeacontakes theripidionor the foldedsmallveilandreverentlyfanstheHolyGifts.

At theTriumphantHymn:Singing,shouting… the seconddeacon takes theasterisk intohisrighthandandtouchestheholydiscosasdescribedabove;andkissingtheasterisk,heplacesitupontheHolyTable.

159.During the InstitutionNarrative, thedeacons join thepriestbypointing theirorariatowardstheholydiscosandthentheholychalice.

AftertheInstitutionNarrative,ofboththeHolyBreadandholychalice,thedeaconsandthepriestbowprofoundly,makingthesignoftheCross.

After the priest has quietly said the prayer:Remembering, therefore, the first deacontakestheholydiscosinhisrighthandandtheseconddeacontheholychaliceinhisrighthand, so that the right hand of the first deacon lies over the right hand of the seconddeacon.ThentheyraisetheHolyGiftsslightlyforashorttime,makingthesignoftheCrossovertheeilition,andthepriestexclaims:OfferingYou,Yourown,fromYourown….Afterthediscosandchaliceare setdown, thepriest anddeaconsmakea smallbow.Then thepriestquietlysaystheprayer:Moreover,weoffertoYou….Meanwhile,thefirstdeaconfanstheHolyGifts,ifthereisneed.

After theprayerhasbeencompleted, the firstdeaconputsaside theripidionorveil,andboth deacons come nearer the priest. They all make three small bows before the HolyTable. Then pointing his orarion towards theHoly Bread, the first deacon says:Master,blesstheHolyBread.Aftertheblessing,thedeaconssay:Amen.

Pointinghisorariontowardstheholychalice,thefirstdeaconsays:Master,blesstheholychalice.Thedeaconsrespondtotheblessing:Amen.

PointinghisorariontobothHolyGifts,thefirstdeaconsays:Master,blessboth.Followingtheblessing,thedeacons:Amen,amen,amen.Andhavingbowedtheirheadstothepriest,bothdeaconsreturn towhere theypreviouslystood; taking theripidion, the firstdeaconfanstheHolyGiftsjustasbefore,ifthereisneed.

160.WhilethechantersaresingingItistrulyproper...thedeaconscensetheHolyTablefromthesidesandfromtheEast,eachonefromhisside,andtheymentionbynamethoseofthedeadwhomtheywishtoremember.


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Andafter:Amongthefirst,OLord...thedeaconsmakeacommemorationoftheliving.

Aftertheekphonesis:Andmaythemercies...thedeaconsmakeasmallbow,takeleaveofthepriest,anddepartthroughtheirrespectivedoors;theystandintheircustomaryplace.Theseconddeaconsays:NowthatwehaverememberedalltheSaints...Afterthepriesthas said: Peace be with all, the singers: And with your spirit. The second deaconexclaims:BowyourheadstotheLord.

While the priest quietly says the prayer:We give You thanks, O King... the deacons,standingbeforetheHolyDoors,bindtheirorariaaboutthemselvesintheformofaCross,iftheyhadnotalreadydonesoduringtheLord'sPrayer.

Afteruncoveringthechalice,thepriest,andthedeacons(whoremainintheirplaces),makethreesmallbows,sayingquietly:OGod,bemercifultomeasinner.

Thefirstdeaconexclaims:Letusbeattentive!

ThedeaconsentertheAltarthroughtheirrespectivedoorsand,standingatthesidesofthepriest,theymakeasmallbow.Thefirstdeaconsays:Master,breaktheHolyBread.

After the fractionof theHolyBread, the firstdeacon says:Master, fill theholychalice.Following the commixture the same deacon says (where the infusion of hot water ispracticed):Master, bless the hotwater, and pouring a little water he continues: Thefervorofthefaith....

161. The priest invites the deacons to receive Holy Communion, saying: Deacons,approach!AndCommunion isgivento thedeaconsaccording to therule(see§140and141).532

AftertheCommunionofthepriestandthedeacons,thefirstdeaconcarefullyabstergestheholydiscosovertheholychalice;ifCommunionisnottobegiventothefaithful,thepriestanddeaconsdoexactlyasstatedabove(see§142).IfCommunionistobegivenout,theyfollow the first procedure described above except that the priest gives the veil and thelentiontotheseconddeaconbeforeCommunion.

162. Following the incensation, thepriest returns thecenser to theseconddeaconandplaces the holy discos with the folded asterisk and the folded veils upon the seconddeacon's head. Holding these to his forehead and looking back towards the doors, thesecond deacon; saying nothing, proceeds between the Holy Table and the Holy DoorsdirectlytotheProthesistableuponwhichheplacesthediscos;thereheawaitsthepriest.Aftermakingasmallbowandtakingtheholychalice,thepriestdeparts,asprescribed,totheProthesistable,whiletheseconddeaconcensestheHolyGiftsandthepriest.Following

532Ordo§140and141areintegratedintothetextoftheLiturgy.


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thepriest's recitalof theprayer:You,OChrist,OurGod... the seconddeacon,withaweandfullcaution,consumestheHolyGiftswhichremainafterCommunion;thenheunbindshisorarion.

163. Having loosed his orarion, as is the custom, the first deacon leaves through thenortherndoorand,standinginhisusualplace,says:[Standaright!]Havingreceivedthedivine,holy....Aftertheekphonesis:ForYouareoursanctification...thepriestsays:Letusgoforthinpeace!Thesingers:IntheNameoftheLord.Thefirstdeacon:LetuspraytotheLord.Thesingers:Lord,havemercy.

During the prayer behind the ambo, the first deacon stands at the right, extending hisorariontowardtheiconoftheSavior.Followingtheprayer,heenterstheAltarthroughthesoutherndoor.Finally,theDismissalissaidaccordingtocustom,afterwhichallunvest.

WithouttheMinistryofaDeacon

164. The priest celebrating without the assistance of a deacon performs or recites allthosepartswhicharepropertothedeacon,bearinginmindtheproceduressetforthbelow(§165‐174).

165. Heomitstheinvitations:Master,bless;LetuspraytotheLord;Master,blesstheincense:etc.exceptfortheinvocation:LetuspraytotheLord,whichhesaysbeforetheprayerbehindtheAmbo.

166. Following the Dismissal of the Proskomede, the priest censes just as the deaconwould;fromthesoleas,hecensestheiconostasis,thechoirsandthepeople.

167. Thepriestrecitestheprayerswhichconcludethegreatandsmallsynaptesbefore,notafter,therespectiveekphoneses.

168. AttheSmallEntrance,thepriesttakestheholyGospelBookand,startingfromtherightside,goesaroundtheHolyTableandcomesoutthroughthenortherndoor.BowinghisheadbeforetheHolyDoors,hesaystheEntrancePrayer:OLord,ourMasterandGod,...afterwhichheblessestheEntrancewithhisrighthand;hekissestheGospelBookandraises it exclaiming:Wisdom!StandAright! Then he enters theAltar through theHolyDoors.

HeconcludestheTrisagionPrayerwiththeekphonesis:ForYouareholy,ourGod....anddoesnotturnaroundtofacethepeople.AftersayingtheTrisagion,heproceedsbehindtheHolyTablesayingtheformulaofblessingandsitstothesouthoftheapsidalthrone.

169. After the singers complete the Trisagion Hymn, the priest exclaims: Let us beattentive! and theblessing:Peacebewithall.Wisdom!Beattentive!Thesingerssing


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theProkeimenon.Thepriest:Wisdom!ThelectorreadsthetitleoftheEpistle.Thepriest:Letusbeattentive!FollowingtheEpistlereading,hesaystothelector:Peacebetoyouandimmediatelythereafter:Wisdom!Beattentive!Thesingers:Alleluia!withtheverses.

Thenthepriestblessestheincenseand,takingthecenser,censesabouttheHolyTableandtheentireAltar;fromthesoleas,hecensestheiconostasis,bothchoirsandthepeople.HequietlyrecitestheprayerbeforetheGospel:OMaster,LoverofManknd,shineforthinourhearts...eitherduringtheincensation,orafterit.

When theAlleluiaandversesare completed,heexclaims:Wisdom!Letusstandarightand listen to theholyGospel, andblessing thepeople:Peacebewithall.Thesingers:Andwithyourspirit.Thepriest:AreadingfromtheholyGospel....ThentakingtheBookofGospels,heplacesitontheanalogionjustoutsidetheHolyDoorsandreadstheGospelfacingthepeople.Afterthereading,hekissestheclosedbookandplacesitinthecenterorontherightsideoftheHolyTable.

170. AftersayingthePrayeroftheCherubicHymn,thepriestblessestheincense;thenhecensesaroundtheHolyTable,theapsidalicon,theProthesis,andfromthesoleashecensestheiconostasis,bothchoirsandthepeople.HereturnstotheHolyTablewhere,keepingthecenser on the ring finger of his left hand and raising his hands on high, he recites theCherubicHymnthreetimes.Thenheproceeds to theProthesis; therehecenses theHolyGifts in strokes of three while praying privately:O God, bemerciful tome a sinner.Takingthelargeveil,thepriestplacesitonhisleftshoulder,saying:Liftupyourhands...,thentakingthediscosinhis lefthandandthechaliceinhisright,hedepartsthroughthenorthern door, exclaiming:May theLordGod remember inhiskingdom ..., and afterpassing through the Holy Doors, he places the Holy Gifts upon the Holy Table as usual.Saying:ThenobleJoseph..., thepriestcensesthe largeveilbyholdingitoverthecenserwhichtheserverextendstowardthepriest.HethentakesthecenserfromthehandsoftheserverandcensestheHolyGifts,instrokesofthree,saying:Dealfavorably,OLord....

171.Afterreturningthecenser,hesaystheaitisis:Letuscompleteourprayer..,.DuringtheSymbolofFaith,heraisesthelargeveilandholdsitabovetheHolyGifts,accordingtothe custom. At the ekphonesis: Singing, shouting... he touches the holy discoswith theasteriskinthesamemannerasthedeaconwould;thenhekissestheasteriskandplacesitupontheHolyTable.

Havingsaid theprayer:Remembering,therefore,thissavingcommand...andcrossinghisforearms,hetakestheholyDiscoswithhisrighthandandtheholychalicewithhisleft;thenheraisesthesacredvesselsslightlyforashorttimeanddistinctlymakesthesignoftheCrossovertheeilitonwhileexclaiming:OfferingtoYouYourownfromYourown….Aftertheekphonesis:Especiallyforourmostholy,mostpure...hecensestheHolyTableonly from the front, without going around it. Before elevating the Lamb, he says:HolyThingstotheholy!andpoursthehotwaterintothechalicehimself,asprescribed.


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172. Afterthepriesthasputall theParticles fromthediscos intothechalice,hecoversthe chalice with either the lention or the small veil or with both; he places the foldedasterisk,thesmallveilandtheaeruponthediscos.TheCurtain(Veil)oftheiconostasisisdrawn aside and the Holy Doors are opened. The priest places the spoon on top of thechalice;orelseheplaces it in thechalice.Aftermakingasmallbow,hetakesthechalice,proceedstotheHolyDoorsand,raisingthechalice,andexclaims:ApproachwithfearofGod....[Followingthechoralresponse],thepriestimmediatelycontinues:OLord,Ibelieveand profess…. After the prayer is completed he uncovers the chalice and distributesCommunionwiththespoon.WhentheCommunionofthefaithfulhasbeencompleted,thespoon is left in thechalice,which iscoveredwith the lentionandsmallveil;blessing thepeople, the priest says:SaveYourpeople,OGod.... Then he returns to theHoly Table,placesthechaliceonit,andcensesinstrokesofthree,saying:Beexalted...Aftermakingasmallbow,hetakestheholychalicewithhisrighthandandtheholydiscoswithhis left,sayingfirst inasubduedvoice:Blessed isourGod; theninaraisedvoice:Always,nowandever...,turningtowardthepeople,hedepartsfortheProskomedetableuponwhichheplacesthesacredvessels.Aftermakingasmallbow,hereturnstotheHolyTable.

173. It is also permissible to follow this procedure: after communicating himself, thepriestabstergestheParticlesoffthediscoswhileholdingthediscosoverthechalice;thenhe covers the chalicewith either the small veil or the lention, orwith both.Hemakes asmallbow,takesthechaliceandextendsittowardthepeople,saying:ApproachwithfearofGod.... Having returned to theHoly Table, he sets the chalice down and removes thesmallveilfromit;thenhetakesthechalicewithhislefthandandholdsthediscosbetweenthemiddle and ring fingers of the same hand. Taking the spoonwith his right hand, heproceedstodistributeCommuniontothefaithful.FollowingtheCommunion,heleavesthespoon in the chalice and returns to theHolyTable uponwhichheplaces thediscos andchalice.Thenhecoversthe latterwiththesmallveil,againtakesthechaliceand, turningtowardsthepeople,blessesthemwithit,saying:SaveYourpeople,OGod....AfterplacingthechaliceontheHolyTable,hecensesitinstrokesofthree,saying:Beexaltedabovetheheavens.... Then he places the lention under the small veil with which the chalice iscovered;healsoplacesthefoldedasterisk, thesecondsmall foldedveilandtheaeruponthediscos.Aftermakingasmallbowandtakingthechalice,heturnstowardsthedoorsandlooksatthepeople,sayingquietly:BlessedisourGod; thenexclaims:Always,nowandever....Followingthis,thepriesttakesthediscosfromtheHolyTablewithhislefthandandproceedstotheProthesistable,whereheplacesthesacredvessels.HethenmakesasmallbowandreturnstotheHolyTable.

174.SayingthesmallSynapteofThanksgiving:Havingreceivedthedivine...,theprayerand ekphonesis: For You are our sanctification..., the priest folds the eiliton as iscustomary.FollowingtheDismissal,hereturnstotheAltarandclosestheHolyDoors;thenhe proceeds to the Prothesis table and,with awe and every caution, consumes theHolyGifts.Thepriestwasheshishandsand,givingthankstoGodforallthings,departs.


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The above rubrics are taken from “Ordo Celebrationis Vesperarum, Matutini et DivinaeLiturgiae Iuxta Recensionem Ruthenorum”, Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Church,Rome, 1944 (Imprimatur from Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, available in translation fromEasternChristianPublications,1996).Usedwithpermission.


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Considerations

InitsnormativeandofficialformtheRuthenianDivineLiturgyisawonderfulexampleofgood Liturgy. The scholarship in preparing the official Slavonic liturgical books of theRuthenian recension remains excellent. There are only a few updates that one mightconsider,shouldallmembersusingtherecension(CatholicandOrthodox)agree:

‐Theterm“ArchbishopandMetropolitan”inthevariousprayersisaratheroddusageasametropolitan would generally be commemorated only by his highest rank. It might beupdatedtoread“Metropolitan(Archbishop)”toallowforusageoftheliturgiconanywhere.

‐Theuseoftheterm“civilauthorities”isreasonableasit(intheplural)referstopersons(inthesingularitreferstoinstitutions).Thetradition,however,istobemorespecificthanthat,singlingouttheheadofstateforparticularmention.Further,onemightalsoenhancethereferencetothearmedforcesbaseduponVaticanII’s“ThePastoralConstitutionontheChurchintheModernWorld”(79).Doingbothofthesemightrenderthepetition:“ForthePresident of these United States, the Congress, the Supreme Court and all our civilauthorities,andforourarmedforces,theagentsofoursecurityandfreedom,thattheymayserve our country with honor, and that they may make a genuine contribution to theestablishmentofpeace,letuspraytotheLord.”

‐Manyof thepriestlyprayersare located in themiddleofa litany,withseveralpetitionsseparatingsuchprayersfromtheecphonesis.Theseprayerscouldbemovedtotheendofthelitanytore‐joinitwiththeecphonesis.Thiswouldbenotbealiturgicalchange,persay,butratherachangeinthelayoutofthedocument.

‐Neither the Služebniknor theOrdo specifically addresses the commemorative particles.The older custom was to consecrate everything on the holy discos. The newer customamongmost Byzantines is to not consecrate the commemorative particles and to delayplacing them into thechaliceuntil after thecommunionof the faithful (justbefore “SaveYourpeople”).Iftherubricsarefollowedasgivenitwouldbedifficulttodiscernbetweenthe particles broken from the NI and KA particles (from which the communion of thefaithful is given) and the commemorative particles if they are both placed in the chalicepriortothecommunionofthefaithful.

‐IntheCommunionPrayertheparagraphbeginningwith“OLord,Ibelieveandprofessthatthis,which I am about to receive, is truly Yourmost precious Body, and Your life‐givingBlood...” is not in the official Služebnik, but it is in other liturgicons. In those otherliturgicons it is found earlier in the text. If itweremoved to an earlier point in the text(rightafterthefirstparagraph“OLord,Ibelieveandconfess…”)itwouldmakemoresenseastheprayerwouldstartoffwithallthestatementsaboutwhattheEucharistisandthencontinuewiththestatementsaboutpartakingoftheEucharist.Currentlyitreadsasiftwoseparateprayerswereconjoined.


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ForFurtherStudy

Divine Liturgy of Our Father Among the Saints, John Chrysostom (Čin Svjaščennyja iBožestvennyjaLiturgii”),Grotta‐FerrataPress,Rome,1942.

OrdoCelebrationisVesperarum,MatutinietDivinaeLiturgiaeIuxtaRecensionemRuthenorum”,SacredCongregationfortheOrientalChurch,Rome,1944(ImprimaturfromEugeneCardinalTisserant,availableintranslationfromEasternChristianPublications,1996).

The Divine Liturgy of Our Father Saint John Chrysostom, Byzantine Seminary Press,Pittsburgh,1965.

The Divine Liturgy of Our Holy Father Saint Basil the Great, Byzantine Seminary Press,Pittsburgh,1976.

Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the EasternChurches,TheCongregationfortheEasternChurches,Rome,1996.

Serge Keleher, Studies on the Byzantine Liturgy, TheDraft Translation: A Response to theProposed Recasting of the Byzantine‐Ruthenian Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom,StauropegionPress,Pittsburgh,2006.

J.MateosS.I.,(VolumeI)andFatherRobertTaft,S.J.,(VolumesII‐VI):AHistoryoftheLiturgyofSt.JohnChrysostom.

Thefollowingvolumesarecurrentlypublished:

Volume I: J. Mateos S.I., La célébration de la parole dans la liturgie byzantine. Étudehistorique, [InFrench,Title inEnglish is:TheHistory of the celebration of theWord in theByzantine Liturgy], Pontificio Instituto Orientale, 1971, (ISBN 88‐7210‐090‐9, OrientaliaChristianaAnalectaSeries#191).

VolumeII:TheGreatEntrance.AHistoryoftheTransferofGiftsandPreanaphoralRitesoftheLiturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Pontificio Instituto Orientale, 2004, (ISBN 88‐7210‐099‐4,OrientaliaChristianaAnalectaSeries#200).

Volume IV: The Diptychs, Pontificium Institutum Studiorum Orientalium, 1991 (ISBN 88‐7210‐285,OrientaliaChristianaAnalectaSeries#238).

VolumeV:ThePrecommunionRites,PontificioInstitutoOrientale,2000(ISBN88‐7210‐326‐6,OrientaliaChristianaAnalectaSeries#261).

Volume VI: The Communion, Thanksgiving, and Concluding Rites, Orientalia ChristianaAnalecta, Pontificio Instituto Orientale, 2008, (ISBN 978‐88‐7210‐361‐4, OrientaliaChristianaAnalectaSeries#281).

VolumeIIIisforthcoming.

Forasurveyofsourcesandthemanuscripttraditionandabibliography,see:L.Huculak,TheDivineLiturgyofSt. JohnChrysostom, in theKievanMetropolitanProvinceduring theperiodofunionwithRome(1596‐1839),Rome,PontificioInstitutoOrientale,1990,384‐408.

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