PRIEST: For the peace from above, and for the
salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: For the peace of the whole world; for the
good estate of the holy churches of God, and for the
union of all men, let us pray to the Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: For this holy House, and for those who with
faith, reverence, and fear of God enter therein, let us
pray to the Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: For our Archbishop (or Bishop, or
Metropolitan) N., for the venerable Priesthood, the
Diaconate in Christ, for all the clergy and the people,
let us pray to the Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: For the President of the United States and
all civil authorities, and for the Armed Forces
everywhere, let us pray to the Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: For this city, and for every city and land,
and for the faithful who dwell therein, let us pray to
the Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: For healthful seasons, for abundance of the
fruits of the earth, and for peaceful times, let us pray
to the Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: For travelers by sea, by land, and by air;
for the sick and suffering; for captives and their
salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: For our deliverance from all tribulation,
wrath, danger, and neccessity, let us pray to the Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: Help us; save us; have mercy on us; and keep
us, O God, by thy grace.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: Calling to remembrance our all-holy,
immaculate, most blessed and glorious Lady Theotokos
and ever-virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commend
ourselves and each other, and all our life unto Christ
our God.
CHOIR: To thee O Lord.
(The Priest says quietly The Prayer of the
First Antiphon:)
O Lord our God, whose might is beyond compare, whose
glory is incomprehensible, whose mercy is infinite and
whose love toward mankind is ineffable: do thou thyself,
O Master, in thy tender compassion look down upon us and
this holy house, and grant us and those who pray with us
thy rich mercies and compassions.
PRIEST: (Aloud) For unto thee are due all
glory, honor, and worship: to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of
ages.
PRIEST: Again and again in peace let us pray to the
Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: Help us; save us; have mercy on us; and keep
us, O God, by thy grace.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: Calling to remembrance our all-holy,
immaculate, most blessed and glorious Lady Theotokos
and ever-virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commend
ourselves and each other, and all our life unto Christ
our God.
CHOIR: To thee, O Lord.
(The Priest says quietly The Prayer of the
Second Antiphon:)
O Lord our God, save thy people and bless thine
inheritance: preserve the fulness of thy Church; sanctify
those who love the beauty of thy house: do thou glorify
them in recompense by thy divine power, and forsake us
not who put our trust in thee.
PRIEST: (Aloud) For thine is the majesty, and
thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory: of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: now and
ever, and unto ages of ages.
CHOIR: O Son of God, who art risen from the dead,
save us who sing unto thee: Alleluia.
O Son of God, who art risen from the dead, save us
who sing unto thee: Alleluia.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit:
O Son of God, who art risen from the dead, save us
who sing unto thee: Alleluia.
Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O Only-begotten Son and Word of God, who art
immortal, yet didst deign for our salvation to be
incarnate of the Theotokos
and ever-virgin Mary; and without change wast made man;
and wast crucified also, O Christ our God, and by thy
death didst Death subdue; who art one of the Holy Trinity,
glorified together with the Father and the Holy Spirit:
save us.
PRIEST: Again and again in peace let us pray to the
Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: Help us; save us; have mercy upon us; and
keep us, O God, by thy grace.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: Calling to remembrance our all holy,
immaculate, most blessed and glorious Lady Theotokos
and ever-virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commend
ourselves, and each other, and all our life unto Christ
our God.
CHOIR: To thee, O Lord.
(The Priest says quietly The Prayer of the
Third Antiphon:)
O thou who hast given us grace at this time with one
accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and
dost promise that when two or three are gathered together
in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil now, O
Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be
most expedient for them, granting us in this world the
knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come, life
everlasting.
PRIEST: (Aloud) For thou art a good God and
lovest mankind, and unto thee we ascribe glory: to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and
ever, and unto ages of ages.
PRIEST: (quietly) O Master, Lord our God, who
hast appointed in heaven orders and hosts of Angels and
Archangels for the service of thy glory: cause that with
our entrance there may be an entrance of holy Angels
serving with us and gloryifying thy goodness: for unto
thee are due all glory, honor, and worship: to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and
ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
(Then the Priest blesses the Entrance, saying
quietly:) . .
PRIEST: Blessed is the Entrance of thy Saints:
Always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
(When the Choir has finished the Troparion,
the Priest kisses the Gospel
Book and lifts it up with both hands, saying in a loud
voice:)
PRIEST: Wisdom! Attend!
(The Priest enters the Sanctuary
through the Holy Doors and places the Gospel
Book on the Altar. Meanwhile the Choir sings the Entrance
Hymn.)
PRIEST: O holy God, who restest in thy Holy Place;
who art hymned by the Seraphim with thrice-holy cry, and
glorified by the Cherubim, and worshipped by every
heavenly Power; Who out of nothing hast brought all
things into being; who hast created man after thine own
image and likeness and has adorned him with thine every
gift; who givest to him that askest wisdom and
understanding; who despisest not the sinner, but hast
appointed repentance unto salvation; who hast vouchsafed
unto us, thy humble and unworthy servants, even in this
hour to stand before the glory of thy holy Altar and to
offer the worship and praise which are due unto thee:
Thyself, O Master, accept even from the mouth of us
sinners the Hymn of the Trisagion,
and visit us in thy goodness. Forgive us every
transgression both voluntary and involuntary; sanctify
our souls and bodies; and grant us to serve thee in
holiness all the days of our life: through the
intercessions of the holy Theotokos
and of all the Saints who from the beginning of the world
have been well-pleasing unto thee.
PRIEST: Let us pray to the Lord.
CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
PRIEST: For holy art thou, O our God, and unto thee
we ascribe glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
