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Hour three

Priest: Blessed be our God, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Reader:

A min.

WITH Lava to You, our God, glory to You.

C Heavenly Arya, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Good One, our souls.

Trisagion

Slava: And now:

Holy Trinity...

Lord have mercy (3 times)

Slava: And now:

Our Father…

Priest:

Reader: Amen.

G Lord, have mercy. (12 times)

Slava: And now:

P (Bow)

P (Bow)

P (Bow).

Psalm 16:

Hear, O Lord, my truth, attend to my prayer, inspire my prayer not in flattering lips. From Your presence my destiny will come, let my eyes see righteousness. You tempted my heart, you visited me at night, you tempted me, and iniquity was not found in me. For let not my mouth speak of the deeds of men; for the words of Thy lips I have preserved the ways of cruelty. Make my steps in Your paths, so that my steps may not move. I cried out, because you heard me, O God, incline Your ear to me and hear my words. Surprise Your mercy, save those who trust in You from those who resist Your right hand. Save me, O Lord, like the apple of your eye, and cover me in the shelter of Your wing. On behalf of the wicked who have made me angry, conquer my soul. You shut up your fat, and their lips spoke pride. Those who cast me out have now passed me by, casting their eyes upon the earth. Having embraced me like a lion ready to catch and like a skimen who dwells in secret. Arise, Lord, I will advance and stifle them, deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy weapon from the enemy of Thy hand. Lord, from the little ones of the earth, I divided them in their bellies, and filled their bellies with Thy hidden ones, being satisfied with the sons, and leaving the remains as my infants. But I will appear before Your face with righteousness, I will be satisfied, and I will always show Your glory to me.

Psalm 24:

To You, Lord, I have lifted up my soul, my God, in You I have trusted, so that I will not be ashamed forever; let my enemies laugh at me, for all those who endure You will not be ashamed. Let the wicked be ashamed in vain. Tell me Your ways, O Lord, and teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth, and teach me that You are the God of my Savior, and I have endured You all day long. Remember Your mercies, O Lord, and Your mercies, as they have been since the ages. The sin of my youth and my ignorance do not remember; according to Your mercy, remember me, for the sake of Your goodness, Lord. The Lord is good and right; for this reason He will give law to those who sin along the way. He will guide the meek in judgment, He will teach the meek in His way. All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to those who seek His covenant and His testimony. For the sake of Your name, Lord, and cleanse my sin, there is much. Who is the man who fears the Lord? He will lay the law on his path, as he pleases. His soul will settle in the good, and his seed will inherit the earth. The Lord is the power of those who fear Him, and He will show His covenant to them. I will lift up my eyes to the Lord, for He will pluck my eyes from the snare. Look upon me and have mercy on me, for I am the only begotten and the poor. The sorrows of my heart have increased, deliver me from my needs. See my humility and my work, and forgive all my sins. Behold, my enemies have multiplied, and they hate me with unrighteous hatred. Save my soul and deliver me, so that I will not be ashamed, because I trusted in You. I cling to me in kindness and righteousness, for I have suffered Thee, O Lord. Deliver, O God, Israel from all his sorrows.

Psalm 50:

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Above all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and I will take away my sin before me. I have sinned against You alone and have done evil before You, so that You may be justified in Your words and triumph over the judgment of You. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. My hearing brings joy and joy; humble bones will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me with the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; My tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare Your praise. As if you had desired sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. The sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God will not despise a broken and humble heart. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; Then they will place the bullock on Your altar.

Glory: and Now:

A (Thrice)

G Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)

Glory:

Troparion of the holiday. If there are two troparia, both are read, Glory: pronounced before the second.

And now:

Theotokos:

Mother of God, You are the true vine, who has grown for us the Fruit of life. We pray to You, Lady, with the saints and apostles, to have mercy on our souls.

[If Lent– a real troparion, tone 6 with verses (Ps 50: 12, 13) and three bows to the ground. The priest proclaims the troparion and two verses, and the people, answering him, sing the troparion three times; At the same time, three prostrations are made.

G Lord, who sent down Thy Most Holy Spirit at the third hour by Thy Apostle: Take not that, O Good One, from us, but renew us who pray to Thee.

Verse 1: Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.

Verse 2: Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me.

Priest: Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Reader: And now, and always, and forever and ever. Amen.

Theotokos:

Mother of God, You are the true vine, who has grown for us the Fruit of life, We pray to You: pray, O Lady, with the saints, the Apostles, to have mercy on our souls. ]

Reader: Blessed is the Lord God, blessed is the Lord day by day, the God of our salvation, our God, the God of salvation, will hasten to us.

Trisagion

Slava: And now:

Holy Trinity...

Lord have mercy (3 times)

Slava: And now:

Our Father…

Priest: For Thine is the Kingdom of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Reader: Amen.

Kontakion of the holy day, or holiday.

[If there is fasting, or there is no kontakion, these troparia are read, tone 8:

Blessed are you, Christ our God, who are all wise fishers of things, having sent down to them the Holy Spirit, and with them you caught the universe, Lover of mankind, glory to you.

Glory:

Give quick and well-known consolation to Thy servant, Jesus, never to be discouraged in our spirit, do not be separated from our souls in sorrow, do not move away from our thoughts in circumstances, but always precede us. Draw near to us, draw near everywhere, as You have always been with Your Apostles, unite those who desire You, O Generous One, so that with You we sing and glorify Your All-Holy Spirit.

And now:

Hope, and intercession, and refuge of Christians, an insurmountable wall, a calm refuge for the exhausted, Thou art the Most Pure Mother of God, but as the world saving by Thy unceasing prayer, remember us also, O All-Singing Virgin. ]

G Lord, have mercy. (40 times).

AND But at all times and at every hour, in Heaven and on earth, worshiped and glorified, Christ God, Long-suffering, Much-merciful, Much-compassionate, Who loves the righteous and has mercy on sinners, Who calls everyone to salvation with promises for the sake of future blessings. Himself, Lord, accept ours at the hour of this prayer and correct our belly to Thy commandments, sanctify our souls, cleanse our bodies, correct our thoughts, cleanse our thoughts and deliver us from all sorrow, evil and illness, protect us with Your holy Angels and militia If we observe and instruct them, we will reach the unity of faith and the mind of Your unapproachable glory, for blessed are You forever and ever, Amen.

G Lord have mercy (3 times)

Slava: And now:

Reader: H

AND

Priest:

Reader: Amen.

G

Prostration

D

Prostration

E

Prostration

B O God, cleanse me, a sinner.

G

D

E Oh, Lord the King, grant me to see my sins, and not to condemn my brother, for blessed are you forever and ever, amen.

(And one prostration) ]

Prayer of Saint Mardarius:

Master God, Father Almighty, Lord, Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit, One Divinity, One Power, have mercy on me, a sinner, and in His destinies, save me, Thy unworthy servant, for blessed art Thou unto the ages of ages, Amen.

Sixth hour

P Come, let us worship our God the King. (Bow)

P Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ, our King God. (Bow)

P Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, our King and our God. (Bow).

Psalm 53:

God, in Your name save me, and in Your power judge me. God, hear my prayer, inspire the words of my mouth. As if strangers rose up against me and were strong, they sought my soul, and did not offer God before them. Behold, God helps me, and the Lord is the Protector of my soul. Will disgust angry enemy mine, consume them by Thy truth. I will devour You with my will; let me confess to Your name, O Lord, that it is good, that You have delivered me from all sorrow, and that My eye has looked upon my enemies.

Psalm 54:

Inspire my prayer, O God, and do not despise my prayer. Listen to me and hear me: I was grieved by my sorrow and was confused. From the voice of the enemy and from the oppression of the sinner, as if he turned away iniquity against me and in anger enmity me. My heart is in turmoil and the fear of death attacks me. Fear and trembling came upon me and darkness covered me. And he asked: who will give me a krill like a dove, and I will fly and rest? He went away running and settled in the desert. I hope for God, who saves me from cowardice and from the storm. Flood, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen lawlessness and strife in the city. Day and night he will walk along its walls. Lawlessness and labor are in the midst of it and untruth. And his wealth and flattery never diminished. As if if an enemy had reviled me, I would have suffered slaughter, and if someone who hated me had spoken against me, I would have hidden from him. But you, an indifferent man, my lord and my known one, who has so much enjoyed being with me, walked in the house of God with like-mindedness. Let death come upon her, and let them go down to hell and live, for wickedness is in their dwellings, in the midst of them. I cried out to God, and the Lord heard me. Evening and morning and noon I will proclaim, and I will proclaim, and he will hear my voice. He will deliver my soul in peace from those who approach me, as if they were with me in the multitude. God will hear and humble me, the former age. There will be no change for them, as if they did not fear God. Stretch out your hand for retribution, profaning His covenant. His countenance separated from the wrath, and their hearts drew near, and their words died away more than oil, which are arrows. Cast your sorrow upon the Lord, and He will feed you, and will not give the reputation of the righteous forever. But you, God, bring them down into the student of decay; the men of blood and flattery will not spend half their days. But, Lord, I trust in You.

Psalm 90:

Living in the help of the Most High, he will settle in the shelter of the Heavenly God. Says the Lord: Thou art my Protector and my Refuge, my God, and I trust in Him. For He will deliver you from the snare of the trap and from rebellious words, His blanket will overshadow you, and under His wing you hope: His truth will surround you with weapons. Do not be afraid from the fear of the night, from the arrow that flies during the day, from the thing that passes in the darkness, from the debris and the demon of the midday. Thousands will fall from your country, and darkness will fall at your right hand, but it will not come close to you, otherwise you will look at your eyes, and you will see the reward of sinners. For You, O Lord, are my hope, You have made the Most High your refuge. Evil will not come to you and wound will not approach your body, as His Angel commanded you to keep you in all your ways. They will lift you up in their arms, but not when you dash your foot on a stone, step on an asp and a basilisk, and cross a lion and a serpent. For I have trusted in Me, and I will deliver, and I will cover, and because I have known My name. He will call to Me and I will hear him, I am with him in sorrow, I will remove him and glorify him, I will fulfill him with the length of days and show him My salvation.

Slava: And now:

A Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, O God. (Thrice)

G Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)

Troparion of the holiday. If there are two troparia, both are read,

Glory: pronounced before the second.

And now:

Theotokos:

[If Great Lent is a real troparion, tone 2 with verses (Ps 54: 2, 17) and three prostrations. The priest proclaims the troparion and two verses, and the people, answering him, sing the troparion three times; At the same time, three prostrations are made.

AND And on the sixth day and hour, on the cross, Adam’s daring sin was nailed into paradise, and the handwriting of our sins was torn apart, O Christ God, and save us.

Verse 1: Inspire my prayer, O God, and do not despise my prayer.

Verse 2: I cried out to God, and the Lord heard me.

Slava: And now:

Theotokos:

As imams do not have boldness for our many sins, You who were born of You pray, O Virgin Mother of God, for much can Motherly prayer do for the mercy of the Lord. Do not despise the prayers of sinners, O All-Pure One, for He is merciful and able to save, Who is willing to suffer for us. ]

WITH Let Thy compassions precede us, O Lord, as we are so poor; help us, O God, our Savior, for glory for the sake of Thy Name, Lord, deliver us and cleanse our sins, for Thy Name's sake.

Trisagion

Slava: And now:

Holy Trinity...

Lord have mercy (3 times)

Slava: And now:

Our Father…

Priest: For Thine is the Kingdom of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Reader: Amen.

Kontakion of the holiday.

[If Great Lent is troparia, tone 2:

WITH Thou hast made a provision in the midst of the earth, O Christ God, upon the Cross Thy most pure hand hast been stretched out, gathering together all the tongues calling: Lord, glory to Thee.

Glory:

P We bow to Your eloquent image, the Good One, asking for forgiveness of our sins, O Christ our God, for You have deigned to ascend in the flesh to the Cross, so that You may deliver what You have created from the work of the enemy. Thus we cry out to You in gratitude: You have filled all with joy, our Savior, who came to save the world.

And now:

On Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - Theotokos:

M You are the source of mercy and mercy, grant us mercy, O Mother of God, look upon people who have sinned, revealing as ever Your power: for those who trust in You, rejoice with a cry to You, as sometimes Gabriel did the disembodied archangel.

On Wednesday and Friday – Holy Cross:

Glorified are You, O Virgin Mother of God, we sing to You, for by the Cross of Your Son hell was cast down, and death was slain, slain by resurrection, and life was made worthy, heaven was received, ancient pleasure. Thus giving thanks, we glorify as the sovereign Christ our God, and the only Most Merciful. ]

G Lord, have mercy. (40 times).

Who at all times and at every hour, in Heaven and on earth, is worshiped and glorified, Christ God, Long-suffering, Much-merciful, Most gracious, Who loves the righteous and has mercy on sinners, Who calls all to salvation with promises for the sake of future blessings. Himself, Lord, accept ours at the hour of this prayer and correct our belly to Thy commandments, sanctify our souls, cleanse our bodies, correct our thoughts, cleanse our thoughts and deliver us from all sorrow, evil and illness, protect us with Your holy Angels and militia If we observe and instruct them, we will reach the unity of faith and the mind of Your unapproachable glory, for blessed are You forever and ever, Amen.

G Lord, have mercy. (3 times).

Slava: And now:

H the most natural Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who without corruption gave birth to God the Word, the real Mother of God, we magnify You.

AND God bless me, father.

Priest: Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us.

Reader: Amen.

[If it is Lent, the priest says the prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian:

G Lord and Master of my life, do not give me the spirit of idleness, despondency, covetousness, and idle talk.

Prostration

D grant me chastity, humility, patience, and love to Thy servant.

Prostration

E Oh, Lord the King, grant me to see my sins, and not to condemn my brother, for blessed are you forever and ever, amen.

Prostration

B O God, cleanse me, a sinner.

(12 times and the same number of bows)

(Then repeat the entire prayer)

G Lord and Master of my life, do not give me the spirit of idleness, despondency, covetousness and idle talk.

D grant me chastity, humility, patience and love to Thy servant.

E Oh, Lord the King, grant me to see my sins, and not to condemn my brother, for blessed are you forever and ever, amen.

(And one prostration) ]

Prayer of Saint Basil the Great:

God and Lord of hosts and of all creation to the Creator, Who for the mercy of Thy unconditional mercy Thy Only Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, sent down for the salvation of our race, and by His honorable Cross the handwriting of our sins was torn to pieces, and thereby conquered the principles and powers of darkness. Yourself, Lord, Lover of Mankind, accept us sinners as well, these prayers of gratitude and prayer, and deliver us from every all-destructive and dark sin and from all those who embitter us, seeking visible and invisible enemies. Nail our flesh with the fear of Thy and do not turn our hearts into the words or thoughts of wickedness, but wound our souls with Thy love, yes, we always look to You and instruct from You with light, To You, the unapproachable and ever-present seeing Light, we send unceasing confession and thanksgiving to You , To the Beginning Father with Your Only Begotten Son and Your All-Holy, and Good, and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, Amen.

LITURGY OF THE CAMITELLES

Deacon: Bless, lord.

Priest: Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Great Litany

Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord in peace.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

ABOUT

ABOUT

ABOUT

ABOUT Great Lord and our Father, His Holiness Patriarch (name)(or archbishop, or bishop) (name), the honorable presbytery, the deaconate in Christ and for all the clergy and people, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT To our God-protected country, its rulers and its army, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT this city, (or about this village, or about this holy monastery) Let us pray to the Lord in every city, country and those who live in them by faith.

ABOUT for the goodness of the air, for an abundance of earthly fruits and times of peace, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT floating, traveling, sick, suffering, captives and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT

Z

P

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Prayer of the first antiphon

Priest. Secret prayer of the first antiphon: Lord our God, His power is unspeakable and His glory is incomprehensible, His mercy is immeasurable and His love for mankind is inexpressible. Yourself, Master, according to Your compassion, look upon us and on this holy temple, and create with us and with those who pray with us, Your rich mercies and Thy bounties.

Priest. Exclamation:

Chorus: Amen.

First pictorial antiphon

1. B bless the Lord, my soul. Blessed are you, Lord. Bless, my soul, the Lord, and my entire inner being, His Holy Name.

2. B bless the Lord, my soul, and do not forget all His rewards.

1. About who cleanses away all your iniquities, who heals all your illnesses.

2. And who delivers your belly from decay, who crowns you with mercy and bounties.

1. And who fulfills your desires for good: your youth will be renewed like an eagle.

2. T God grant alms and fate to all those who are offended.

1. C He told Moses His ways, the sons of Israel His desires.

2. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in mercy.

1. N He becomes angry to the end, and he quarrels forever.

2. N He made us eat according to our iniquity, and repaid us to eat according to our sins.

1. I because, according to the height of heaven from the earth, the Lord established His mercy on those who fear Him.

2. E The east is separated from the west, and our iniquities have been removed from us.

1. I The father is generous to the skin of his sons; the Lord will provide for those who fear Him.

2. Yak O I know our creation, I will remember it as the dust of Esma.

1. H A man, like his grass, like a grass flower, will bloom.

2. I but the spirit passes through it, and it is not, and no one knows his place.

1M and the mercy of the Lord from everlasting to everlasting is upon those who fear Him.

2. And His righteousness is upon the sons of sons, who keep His covenant and remember His commandments to do.

1. G The Lord has prepared His Throne in heaven, and His Kingdom possesses all.

2. B Bless the Lord, all His angels, mighty in strength, who do His word, to hear the voice of His words.

1. B Bless the Lord, all His might, His servants who do His will.

2. B Bless the Lord, all His works, in every place of His dominion.

1. C

2. And

1. B bless the Lord, my soul, and all that is within me, His Holy Name. Blessed are you, Lord.

Litany small

Deacon:

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

Z Step, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

P Having remembered our re-holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, we will commend ourselves and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Prayer of the Second Antiphon

Priest. Secret prayer of the second antiphon: Lord our God, save Thy people and bless Thy inheritance, preserve the fulfillment of Thy Church, sanctify the loving splendor of Thy house. Glorify them with Your Divine power and do not abandon us who trust in You.

Priest. Exclamation: For Thine is the dominion and Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Second pictorial antiphon

1. X Let go, my soul, of the Lord. I will praise the Lord in my belly, I will sing to my God as long as I am.

2. N Do not trust in princes, in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation.

1. And his spirit shall rise and return to his land: in that day all his thoughts shall perish.

2. B and the God of Jacob is his helper; his trust is in the Lord his God.

1. C who opened heaven and earth, the sea and everything that is in them.

2. X wounding the truth forever, bringing judgment to the offended, giving food to the hungry.

1. G The Lord decides the bound; the Lord makes the blind wise.

2. G The Lord raises up the downtrodden, the Lord loves the righteous.

1. G The Lord protects strangers, He will receive the orphan and the widow, and He will destroy the way of sinners.

2. B The Lord your God will reign forever in Zion, forever and ever.

WITH

Song of the Lord Jesus Christ

Chorus: The only begotten Son and the Word of God, He who is immortal and willing to save us for the sake of being incarnate from the Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, immutably made man, crucified, O Christ God, trampling death by death, the One He who is of the Holy Trinity, glorified to the Father and the Holy Spirit, save us.

Litany small

Deacon: Again and again, let us pray to the Lord in peace.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

Z Step, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

P Having remembered our re-holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, we will commend ourselves and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Prayer of the third antiphon

Priest. Secret prayer of the third antiphon: Whoever granted us these common and concordant prayers, who also promised to grant us two or three petitions agreeing on Your name, has Your servant Himself now fulfilled Your petitions in a useful way, giving us both in the present world the knowledge of Your truth, and in the future granting eternal life.

Priest. Exclamation: For God is good and a lover of mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Third pictorial antiphon. Blessed

1. B Remember us about Your Kingdom, O Lord, when You come, in Your Kingdom.

1. B Let the poor in spirit be blessed, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

2. B those who cry, as if they will be comforted.

1. B lazheniya mektsii, as if they will inherit the earth.

2. B those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

1. B wishes of mercy, as if there will be mercy.

2. B Let them be pure in heart, so that they will see God.

1. B Let them be peacemakers, for these shall be called sons of God.

2. B for the sake of righteousness, for the sake of those is the Kingdom of Heaven.

1. B It is natural to be deceitful, when they revile you, and despise you, and say all sorts of evil things against you, who lie to Me for my sake.

2. R Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is abundant in Heaven.

1. C lava to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

2. And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Small entrance with the Gospel

Deacon: Let's pray to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord have mercy.

Entry Prayer

Priest. Secret prayer of entry: Sovereign Lord our God, who has established in heaven the ranks and hosts of Angels and Archangels in the service of Your glory, create at our entrance the holy Angels to be, serving us and praising Your goodness. For all glory, honor and worship is due to You, Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Deacon: Bless, lord, the holy entrance.

Priest blessing: Blessed is the entrance of Thy saints, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Deacon: Wisdom, forgive me.

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Chorus: Come, let us worship and fall before Christ. Save us, Son of God, risen from the dead, singing Ti, alleluia. Once.

The choir sings troparia and kontakia according to the Rule.

The priest says this prayer:

Priest. Secret prayer: Holy God, who rests among the saints, who is sung with the thrice-holy voice from the Seraphim and glorified by the Cherubim, and who is worshiped by all Heavenly Powers, who brought all things into being from non-existence, who created man in Your image and likeness, and adorned with all Your gifts, Give to the one who asks wisdom and understanding, and do not despise the sinner, but rely on repentance for salvation, making us worthy, Your humble and unworthy servants, and at this hour stand before the glory of Your holy altar, and offer the worship and praise due to You. Yourself, Master, accept from the lips of us sinners the Trisagion hymn, and visit us with Your goodness, forgive us every sin, voluntary and involuntary, sanctify our souls and bodies, and grant us to serve You in reverence all the days of our lives, with holy prayers Theotokos, and all the saints who have pleased You from all eternity.

Deacon to priest: Bless, lord, the time of the Trisagion.

Priest blessing, exclamation: For Thou art holy, our God, and to Thee we send glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever.

Deacon: Lord, save the pious. And hear us. And forever and ever.

Chorus: Amen.

Trisagion

Chorus: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3 times)

Sometimes read in Greek:

Άγιος ό Θεός, άγιος ίσχυρός, άγιος αθάνατος, έλέησον ημάς.

Agios o Theos, Agios ischyros, Agios athanatos, eleison imas.

WITH Lava to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

WITH Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us.

WITH Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Deacon to priest: Let's go, sir.

Priest: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Deacon: Bless, lord, the throne on high.

Priest: Blessed are You on the throne of the glory of Your Kingdom, Seated on the Cherubim, always, now and ever, and forever and ever.

Deacon: Let's remember.

Priest: Peace to all.

Reader: And to your spirit.

Deacon: Wisdom.

Reader: Prokeimenon, Psalm of David.

PROKYMENA AND SUNDAY ALLILUIARY.

Voice 1 May Thy mercy be upon us, O Lord, as we trust in Thee.

Poem: Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.

Alleluia: God grant me vengeance and subjugate people under me.

Poem: Magnify the salvation of the Tsar, and show mercy to your Christ David, and to His seed forever.

Voice 2 The Lord is my strength and my song, and be my salvation.

Poem: While the Lord punished me, He did not give me over to death.

Alleluia: The Lord will hear you in the day of sorrow, the Name of the God of Jacob will protect you.

Poem: Lord, save the king, and hear us, if it is daylight we will call on You.

Voice 3 Sing to our God, sing, sing to our King, sing.

Poem: All the nations clasp their hands and shout to God with a voice of joy.

Alleluia: In Thee, O Lord, have I trusted, that I may never be ashamed.

Poem: Be in God's Protector and in the house of refuge to save me.

Voice 4 Because Thy works have been magnified, O Lord, Thou hast done all things with wisdom.

Poem: Bless my soul, the Lord, O Lord my God, thou art greatly magnified.

Alleluia: Come, and succeed, and reign for the sake of truth, and meekness, and righteousness.

Poem: You loved righteousness and you hated lawlessness.

Voice 5 You, Lord, have preserved us and kept us from this generation and forever.

Poem: Save me, Lord, for I am in poverty, the venerable one.

Alleluia: I will sing of Your mercy, O Lord, forever, I will proclaim Your truth with my mouth to generation and generation.

Poem: Thou hast declared: mercy will be created forever, Thy truth will be prepared in heaven.

Voice 6 Save, O Lord, Thy people, and bless Thy inheritance.

Poem: To You, Lord, I will cry, O my God, do not keep silent from me.

Alleluia: Living in the help of the Most High, he will settle in the shelter of the Heavenly God.

Poem: Says the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge, my God, and I trust in Him.

Voice 7 The Lord will give strength to His people, the Lord will bless His people with peace.

Poem: Bring to the Lord, sons of God; bring to the Lord, sons of rams.

Alleluia: It is good to confess to the Lord and sing to Your name, Most High.

Poem: Proclaim Your mercy in the morning, and Your truth every night.

Voice 8 Pray and give thanks to the Lord our God.

Poem: God is known to Judah, His name is great to Israel.

Alleluia: Come, let us rejoice in the Lord, let us shout to God our Savior.

Poem: Let us precede His face in confession, and let us exclaim to Him in psalms.

PROKYMENA AND ALLILUIARIES OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK.

Monday, voice 4: Angels create Your spirits and servants Your fiery flame.

Poem: Bless the Lord, my soul, O Lord my God, thou art greatly magnified.

Alleluia, tone 5: Praise the Lord, all His angels; praise Him, all His might.

Poem: Like that speech, and it happened; He commanded it, and it was created.

Tuesday, tone 7: The righteous will rejoice in the Lord and trust in Him.

Poem: Hear my voice, God, and always pray to You.

Alleluia, tone 4: The righteous will prosper like the phoenix, like the cedar of Lebanon will multiply.

Poem: Plant in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God they will flourish.

Wednesday, voice 3: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

Poem: As if you look upon the humility of Your Servant, behold, from now on all your kindred will please Me.

Alleluia, tone 8: Hear, O Daughters, and see, and incline Your ear.

Poem: Rich people will pray to Your face.

Thursday, tone 8: Their messages went out into the whole earth, and their words into the ends of the world.

Poem: The heavens will tell the glory of God, but the firmament will proclaim His handiwork.

Alleluia, tone 1: The heavens will confess Your miracles, O Lord, for Your truth is in the Church of the saints.

Poem: We glorify God in the council of saints.

Friday, tone 7: Lift up the Lord our God and worship His footstool, for He is holy.

Poem: The Lord reigns, let people be angry.

Alleluia, tone 1: Remember Your host, which You acquired from the beginning.

Poem: God, our King from before the ages, wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

Saturday, tone 8: Rejoice in the Lord, and rejoice in the righteous.

Poem: Blessed are those who have abandoned iniquity and those who have covered themselves with sin.

Alleluia, tone 4: The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard them, and delivered them from all their sorrows.

Poem: Many are the sorrows of the righteous, and the Lord will deliver me from all of them.

Funeral prokeimenon, tone 6: Their souls will settle in good things.

Alleluia, tone 4: Blessed are you, who you have chosen and accepted, O Lord.

Poem: And their memory will last forever.

Deacon: Wisdom.

Reader: Reading of the Acts of the Saints. (Or: The Epistle of James, or the reading of Peter. Or: To the Romans, or to the Corinthians, or to the Galatians, or to Timothy, the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul, reading.)

Deacon: Let's remember.

Reading of the Apostle

After reading Priest: Peace be with you.

Reader: And to your spirit.

Reader: Alleluia.

Chorus: Alleluia. (3 times)

Deacon: Wisdom.

Priest. Secretly. Prayer before reading the Gospel: Shine in our hearts, O Lord who loves mankind, Your imperishable light of God-understanding, and open our mental eyes to the understanding of Your Gospel preachings. Place in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, so that all carnal lusts may be trampled, and we will pass through spiritual life, all that is to please Thy, both in thought and in action. For You are the enlightenment of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and we send up glory to You, with Your beginningless Father, and Your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Deacon: Bless, O Lord, the evangelist, the holy Apostle and Evangelist, (name).

Priest: God, through the prayers of the holy, glorious, all-validated Apostle and Evangelist, (name) that he may give you the word of the gospel with much power, to fulfill the gospel of his beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Deacon: Amen.

Priest: Wisdom, forgive me, let us hear the Holy Gospel.

Priest: Peace to all.

Chorus: And to your spirit.

Deacon: From (name) reading of the Holy Gospel.

Chorus:

Priest: Let's remember.

Reading the Gospel

Priest: Peace be with you who preach the good news.

Chorus: Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.

Litany

Deacon: We say everything with all our hearts, and we say everything with all our thoughts.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

G Lord Almighty, God our father, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.

P have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (3 times) (For each request)

E We continue to pray for the Great Lord and our Father, His Holiness the Patriarch (name), and about our Lord, His Eminence Metropolitan (or archbishop, or bishop) (name of rivers), and about all our brethren in Christ.

E We also pray for our God-protected country, its authorities and army, so that we may live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity.

E We also pray for our brothers, priests, holy monks, and all our brotherhood in Christ.

E We continue to pray for the blessed and most holy Orthodox patriarchs and the creators of this holy temple , and about all the previously deceased fathers and brothers, who lie here and everywhere, Orthodox.

E We also pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and forgiveness of sins of the servants of God, the brethren of this holy temple (if in a monastery: this holy monastery).

E We continue to pray for those who are fruitful and virtuous in this holy and all-honorable temple, for those who work, sing and stand before us, expecting great and rich mercy from You.

Priest. Secretly. Prayer of earnest supplication: Lord our God, accept this diligent prayer from Your servants, and have mercy on us according to the multitude of Your mercy, and send Your mercies upon us and upon all Your people, who expect rich mercies from You.

Priest. Exclamation: For You are a merciful and Lover of mankind, and we send glory to You, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Funeral litany. Some days church year.

Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (Three times). (For every request)

E We also pray for the repose of the souls of the deceased servants of God, and for them to be forgiven for every sin, voluntary and involuntary.

I May the Lord God grant their souls, where the righteous may rest.

M We ask for the mercy of God, the Kingdom of Heaven and the remission of their sins from Christ, the immortal King and our God.

Chorus: Give it, Lord.

Deacon: Let's pray to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord have mercy.

Priest. Secretly, Prayer for the Dead: God of spirits, and of all flesh, having trampled down death and abolished the devil, and given life to Thy world: You, Lord, give rest to the souls of the departed Thy servant, named, in a bright place, in a green place, in a place of peace, from where sickness, sorrow and sighing have fled. . Forgive every sin they have committed in word, deed, or thought, as God is a good lover of mankind. For there is no man who will live and not sin. You are One besides sin, Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your word is truth.

Priest. Exclamation: For Thou art the resurrection and life and rest of Thy servants who have fallen asleep, named, Christ our God, and to Thee we send up glory, with Thy beginningless Father, and Thy most holy and good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Litany of the Catechumens

Deacon: Pray, the catechumen, to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

IN ernia, let us pray for the catechumens, that the Lord may have mercy on them.

ABOUT speaks them with the word of truth.

ABOUT reveals to them the Gospel of righteousness.

WITH He will unite them with His holy catholic and apostolic Church.

WITH Shepherd, have mercy, intercede and preserve them, O God, with Your grace.

ABOUT announcement, bow your heads to the Lord.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Priest. Secretly. Prayer for the catechumens: O Lord our God, who lookest upon the high living and the humble, who sent down salvation to the human race, Thy only begotten Son and God, our Lord Jesus Christ, look upon Thy servants, the catechumens, who have bowed their neck to Thee, and vouchsafe me at the time of a prosperous bath of restoration, remission of sins and clothing of incorruption, unite them with Your holy congregation and apostles of the Church, and associate them with Your chosen flock.

Priest. Exclamation: Yes, and with us they glorify Your most honorable and magnificent name, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

The priest extends the antimension.

Deacon: Come forth from the catechumens, come out from the catechumens, come out from the catechumens. Yes, no one from the catechumens, the faithful ones, let us pray again and again in peace to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord have mercy.

LITURGY OF THE FAITHFUL

Deacon: Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

Chorus: Lord have mercy.

Deacon: Wisdom.

Priest. Secretly. First prayer of the faithful: We thank Thee, Lord God of hosts, who have made us worthy to present ourselves now at Thy holy altar, and to receive Thy compassions for our sins and for human ignorance. Accept, O God, our prayer, make us worthy to offer You supplications and supplications, and bloodless sacrifices for all Your people. And satisfy us, whom You have placed in this service of Yours, by the power of Your Holy Spirit, without condemnation and without stumbling, in the pure testimony of our conscience, to call upon You at all times and places. May you listen to us and be merciful to us in the abundance of Your goodness.

Priest. Exclamation: For all glory, honor and worship is due to You, Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Deacon: Again and again, let us pray to the Lord in peace.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

[If the priest serves alone, this does not say:

ABOUT For peace from above and the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT For the peace of the whole world, the prosperity of God's holy churches and the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT this holy temple and with faith, reverence and fear of God who enter it, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT Let us pray to the Lord to free us from all sorrow, anger and need. ]

Z Step, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

Deacon: Wisdom.

Priest. Secret Prayer of the Faithful Second: Again and again we bow down to You, we pray to You, O Good One and Lover of Mankind, for having regard to our prayer, cleanse our souls and bodies from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and give us an innocent and uncondemned presence at Your holy altar. May God grant to those who pray with us prosperity of life and faith and spiritual understanding. Grant that they who always serve You with fear and love, may innocently and uncondemnably partake of Your holy Mysteries and be worthy of Your Heavenly Kingdom.

Priest. Exclamation: As we always keep under Your power, we send glory to You, Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

The Royal Doors open.

Cherubic Song

Chorus: Even as the Cherubim secretly form and sing the Trisagion hymn to the life-giving Trinity, let us now put aside all worldly cares.

Priest. Secretly. Prayer of the Cherubic Song: No one is worthy from those bound by carnal lusts and pleasures to come, or draw closer, or serve You, the King of Glory: for it is great and terrible to serve You, even to the Heavenly Powers themselves. But besides, for the sake of Your ineffable and immeasurable love for mankind, You were immutable and unchangeable, and You were a Bishop for us: and You gave up the sacred rites of office and bloodless sacrifices to us, as the Lord of all. You are the only one, Lord our God, who rules over the heavenly and the earthly, who is borne on the throne of the Cherubim, who is the Lord of the Seraphim, and the King of Israel, who alone is holy, and who rests in the saints. I therefore pray to Thee, the only good and obedient One: look upon me, Thy sinful and indecent servant, and cleanse my soul and heart from the evil conscience, and satisfy me, by the power of Thy Holy Spirit, clothed with the grace of the priesthood, to present this holy table to Thy, and perform the sacred rites. Your Holy and Most Pure Body and Honest Blood. I come to You, bow my neck, and I pray to You, do not turn Your face away from me, do not deny me from Your servants, but make me worthy to be brought to You, by me, Your sinful and unworthy servant, as a gift. For You are the Bringer and the Offered, the Receiver and the Distributed, O Christ our God, and to You we send up glory, with Your beginningless Father, and Your Most Holy, and Good, and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Great Entrance

Deacon: Great lord and father of our name, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', and our lord the Most Reverend (name), metropolitan (or an archbishop, or a bishop whose region is) May the Lord God remember you in His Kingdom always, now and ever, and forever and ever.

Priest: Your Eminence metropolitans, archbishops and bishops, and the entire priestly and monastic rank, the ranks of this holy temple, and all of you Orthodox Christians, may the Lord God remember you in His Kingdom, always, now and ever, and forever and ever.

Chorus: Amen.

Second part of the Cherubic song: As if we will raise up the King of all, the angels invisibly bring us to the chinmi. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Deacon: May the Lord God remember your priesthood in His Kingdom, always, now and ever, and forever and ever.

Priest: May the Lord God remember your priesthood as a diaconate in His Kingdom, always, now and ever, and forever and ever.

The priest places the Chalice on the throne with the words:

IN about the tomb carnally, in hell with the soul like God, in paradise with the thief, and on the throne you were, Christ, with the Father and the Spirit, fulfilling everything indescribable.

I For the life-bearer, like the reddest of Paradise, has truly appeared the brightest in every royal palace, Christ, Thy tomb, the source of our resurrection.

The priest covers the Holy Gifts with air with the words: O blessed Joseph, you took down your Most Pure Body from the tree, wrapped it in a clean shroud, and covered it with fragrances in a new tomb, and laid it.

Then the priest calls out with the words: Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then you will be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, the wave offering and the burnt offering, then they will lay the bullock on Your altar.

Priest to the deacon: Remember me, brother and colleague.

Deacon to priest: May the Lord God remember your priesthood in His Kingdom. Pray for me, holy master.

Priest: The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the Power of the Most High will overshadow you.

Deacon: The Spirit also helps us all the days of our life. Remember me, holy lord.

Priest: May the Lord God remember you in His Kingdom, always, now and ever, and forever and ever.

Deacon: Amen.

The Royal Doors are closed.

Litany of petition

Deacon: Let us fulfill our prayer to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

ABOUT proposed by Honest Dareh, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT this holy temple, and with faith, reverence and the fear of God who enter it, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT Let us pray to the Lord to free us from all sorrow, anger and need.

Z Step, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

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Chorus: Give it, Lord. (For every request)

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X We ask for the Christian death of our belly, painless, shameless, peaceful and a good answer at the terrible judgment of Christ.

P Having remembered our re-holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, we will commend ourselves and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Priest. Secretly. Offering Prayer: Lord God Almighty, One Holy One, accept the sacrifice of praise from those who call upon You with all their hearts. Accept us, sinners, prayers and bring them to Your holy altar, and make us happy to offer You gifts and spiritual sacrifices for our sins and for human ignorance, and grant us grace to find grace before You, even if You were more favorable to the victim ours, and the Spirit of Thy good grace may dwell in us, and on those who are presented with these Gifts, and on all Thy people.

Priest. Exclamation: Through the bounty of Your Only Begotten Son, with Him you are blessed, with Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Priest: Peace to all.

Chorus: And to your spirit.

Deacon: Let us love one another and be of one mind.

Chorus: The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, consubstantial and indivisible.

Priest. Secretly: I will love You, O Lord, my strength, the Lord is my strength and my refuge. (3 times).

Priest and clergy in the altar: Christ is in our midst. And it is, and it will be.

Deacon: Doors, doors, let us smell wisdom.

The priest shakes the air over the Honest.

Symbol of faith

IN I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible.

AND into one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only begotten, who was born of the Father before all ages. Light from Light, true God from true God, born, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, to Whom all things were.

N for the sake of man and ours, for the sake of salvation, he came down from heaven and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became human.

R Ascended for us under Pontius Pilate, she suffered and was buried.

AND resurrected on the third day according to Scripture.

AND ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father.

AND to judge the one who is to come with glory, the living and the dead, and His Kingdom will have no end.

AND in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-Giving One, who proceeds from the Father, who is worshiped and glorified with the Father and the Son, who spoke the prophets.

IN o one Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.

AND I confess one baptism for the remission of sins.

H I ay the resurrection of the dead,

And life of the next century. Amen.

Holy Ascension.

Deacon: Let us become kind, let us become fearful, and let us bring holy offerings to the world.

Chorus: Mercy of the world, sacrifice of praise.

Eucharistic canon

Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

Chorus: And with your spirit.

Priest: We have sorrow in our hearts.

Chorus: Imams to the Lord.

Priest: We thank the Lord.

Chorus: It is worthy and righteous to worship the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, consubstantial and inseparable.

Priest. Secretly: It is worthy and righteous to sing to You, to bless You, to praise You, to thank You, to worship You in every place of Your dominion. For You are God, ineffable, unknown, invisible, incomprehensible, everlasting, and likewise, You and Your Only Begotten Son, and Your Holy Spirit. Thou hast brought us from non-existence into being, and Thou hast restored us to those who had fallen, and Thou hast not retreated from all creation, until Thou hast raised us to heaven, and Thou hast granted Thy Kingdom to the future. For all of these we thank Thee and Thy Only Begotten Son, and Thy Holy Spirit, for all the known and unknown blessings that have been upon us. We thank You for this service, which You have deigned to receive from our hands. Even before You stand thousands of Archangels and tens of Angels, Cherubim and Seraphim of six-crylations, many-eyed, towering pernations.

Exclamation: Singing the song of victory, crying, calling and speaking.

Chorus: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, fill heaven and earth with Your glory; Hosanna in the highest, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest.

Priest. Secretly: With these blessed Powers, O Master who loves mankind, we cry out and say: holy and holy are You, Your Only Begotten Son, and Your Holy Spirit. Thou art holy and most holy, and magnificent is Thy glory, for Thou hast so loved Thy world as He gave Thy Only Begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him may not perish, but may have eternal life. He who came, and having fulfilled all his care for us, gave himself up in the night, and even more so gave himself up for his worldly life, receiving bread into His holy and most pure and immaculate hands, thanking and blessing, sanctifying, breaking, giving to His saints, His disciples and Apostle, rivers:

Exclamation: Take, eat, this is My Body, which was broken for you for the remission of sins.

Chorus: Amen.

Priest. Secretly: Likewise I took the cup at supper, saying:

Exclamation: Drink from it, all of you, this is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for many, for the remission of sins.

Chorus: Amen.

Priest. Secretly. Anamnesis: Remembering this saving commandment, and everything that was about us: the Cross, the tomb, the three-day resurrection, the ascension to heaven, sitting on the right hand, the second and glorious coming again.

Exclamation: Yours, from Yours, brought to You, for everyone and for everything.

Translation of the Holy Gifts

Chorus: We sing to You, we bless You, we thank You, Lord, and we pray to You, our God.

Priest. Secretly:

G Lord, who sent down Your Most Holy Spirit at the third hour by Your Apostle, do not take Him away from us, O Good One, but renew us who pray to You.

Priest. Secretly. Epiclesis: We also offer You this verbal and bloodless service, and we ask, and we pray, and we pray, send down Your Holy Spirit on us, and on these Gifts that are presented.

Priest:

Deacon: Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.

Priest: Lord, who sent down Your Most Holy Spirit at the third hour by Your Apostle, do not take Him away from us, O Good One, but renew us who pray to You.

Deacon: Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me.

Priest: Lord, who sent down Your Most Holy Spirit at the third hour by Your Apostle, do not take Him away from us, O Good One, but renew us who pray to You.

Deacon: bowing his head and pointing his oracle at the Holy Bread, he says to the priest:

B Bless, sir, holy bread.

Priest: Having bowed, he blesses the Holy Bread, saying:

AND create this bread, the Honest Body of Thy Christ.

Deacon: Amen. Bless, Master, the Holy Chalice.

Priest: blessing the Holy Chalice, he says:

A hedgehog in this Chalice - but the Honest Blood of Thy Christ.

Deacon: Amen.

Priest: Poured out for the belly of the world.

Deacon: Amen.

Deacon: Amen. Bless the wallpaper, O Lord.

Priest: blessing the Holy Gifts together says:

P having decided by Your Holy Spirit.

Deacon: Amen, amen, amen.

The clergy bow to the ground.

Deacon: Remember me, holy master, a sinner.

Priest: May the Lord God remember You in His Kingdom always, now and ever, and forever and ever.

Deacon: Amen.

Priest: How to be a communicant for the sobriety of the soul, for the remission of sins, for the communion of Your Holy Spirit, for the fulfillment of the Kingdom of Heaven, for boldness towards You, not for judgment or condemnation.

E We again offer this verbal service to You about those who have fallen asleep in the faith, the forefathers, fathers, patriarchs, prophets, apostles, preachers, evangelists, martyrs, confessors, abstinents, and about every righteous soul who has passed away in the faith.

Priest: Much about our Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.

Chorus: It is worthy to eat as you truly bless Thee, the Mother of God, the Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate and the Mother of our God. We magnify You, the most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption.

The end of the Eucharistic canon.

Priest. Secret prayer: About Saint John the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, about the holy glorious and all-praised Apostles, about the holy name, whose memory we commemorate, and about all Your saints, whose prayers visit us, O God.

AND remember all the departed about the hope of the resurrection of eternal life. ( names names). And give them rest, where the light of Thy face shines.

E We again pray to Thee, remember, O Lord, every Orthodox bishopric, the right of those who rule the word of Thy truth, every presbytery, deaconry in Christ and every priestly order. We also bring to You this verbal service about the universe, about the saints, the catholic and apostolic Church, about those who live in purity and honor, about our God-protected country, its authorities and army. Grant them, Lord, a peaceful reign, and in their silence we too will live a quiet and silent life, in all piety and purity.

Exclamation: First remember, Lord, our great lord and father (name), His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', and our Lord, His Eminence, Metropolitan (or archbishop, or bishop, his area is also), and grant them to Thy holy churches, in peace, whole, honest, healthy, long-living, the right to rule the word of Thy truth.

Chorus: And everyone, and everything.

Priest. Secret prayer: Lord remember this city, in which we live, (either this whole monastery, in which we live, or this monastery, in which we live), and every city and country, and those who live in them by faith.

Remember, Lord, those sailing, traveling, the sick, the suffering, the captives, and their salvation.

Remember, Lord, those who bear fruit and do good in Your holy churches, and those who remember the poor, and send Your mercies upon all of us.

And he remembers the living by the names he wants.

Exclamation: And grant us with one mouth and one heart to glorify and sing Your most honorable and magnificent name, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Priest turn to the door and bless: And may the mercies of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ be with you all.

Chorus: And with your spirit.

Litany of petition

Deacon: Having remembered all the saints, let us pray again and again in peace to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

ABOUT offered and consecrated by the Honest Gifts, let us pray to the Lord.

I So that our God who loves mankind, who welcomes me into His holy and heavenly and mental altar, into the stench of the spiritual fragrance, bestows upon us Divine grace and the gift of the Holy Spirit, let us pray.

ABOUT Let us pray to the Lord to free us from all sorrow, anger and need.

Z Step, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

D not everything is perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, we ask the Lord.

Chorus: Give it, Lord. (For every request)

A Angela is a peaceful, faithful mentor, guardian of our souls and bodies, we ask the Lord.

P We ask the Lord for forgiveness and forgiveness of our sins and transgressions.

D We ask the Lord for good and useful things for our souls, and peace in the world.

P We ask the Lord to end the time of our life in peace and repentance.

X Christian death of our belly, painless, shameless, peaceful, and we ask for a good answer at the terrible judgment of Christ.

WITH Having asked for the unity of faith and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we commit ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Prayer before St. Communion

Priest. Secret prayer: We offer you our entire life and hope, Master who loves mankind, and we ask, and we pray, and we do our best to grant us to partake of your heavenly and terrible Mysteries, to eat the Sacred and Spiritual Meals, with a clear conscience, for the remission of sins, for the forgiveness of sins, for communication of the Holy Spirit, for the inheritance of the Kingdom of Heaven, for boldness towards You, not for judgment or condemnation.

Exclamation: And grant us, O Master, with boldness and without condemnation to dare to call on You, Heavenly God the Father, and speak.

Chorus: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Priest: For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Priest: Peace to all.

Chorus: And to your spirit.

Deacon: Bow your heads to the Lord.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

After this, everyone who does not receive Communion must leave the temple.

Priest. Secret prayer of adoration: We thank Thee, the invisible King, for by Thy innumerable power Thou hast worked with all things, and by the multitude of Thy mercy Thou hast brought all things from non-existence into being. Yourself, Master, look down from heaven upon His head bowed to You, not for bowing flesh and blood, but to You, the terrible God. You are the Master, who is present for all of us for good, according to each of your needs: float to those who swim, travel to those who travel, heal the sick, Physician of souls and bodies.

Exclamation: By the grace, and bounty, and love for mankind of Thy Only Begotten Son, with Him art thou blessed, with Thy Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Priest. Secret prayer: Look forth, Lord Jesus Christ our God, from Thy holy habitation, and from the throne of glory of Thy Kingdom, and come and sanctify us, who sit on the mountain with the Father, and dwell here invisibly for us. And grant us, by Your sovereign hand, Your Most Pure Body and Honest Blood, both to us and to all people.

The deacon, standing in front of the royal doors, girds himself with an orarion in the shape of a cross, thereby indicating his readiness to serve during the celebration of the Holy Eucharist.

Priest secretly: (And 3 bows)

Deacon secretly: God, cleanse me, a sinner, and have mercy on me. (And 3 bows)

The Royal Doors are closed with a curtain.

Deacon: Let's remember.

The priest takes the Holy Lamb and, raising (raising) it above the paten, proclaims:

WITH holy to the saints!

Chorus: There is one holy, one Lord, Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Deacon to priest: Break, O Lord, the Holy Bread.

The priest breaks the Holy Bread along the cut into four parts, quietly saying: The Lamb of God is fragmented and divided, fragmented and undivided, always eaten and never consumed, but sanctifying those who partake.

Deacon to priest: Fill, lord, the holy chalice.

The priest, having taken a particle of IS and made the sign of the cross over the chalice with it, lowers it into the chalice with the words: Filling of the Holy Spirit.

Deacon: Amen.

The deacon, taking the ladle with warmth, brings it to the priest, saying: Bless, lord, the warmth.

The priest, blessing, says: Blessed is the warmth of Thy saints always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

The deacon pours warmth into the Chalice, saying: Warmth of faith, filled with the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Communion of clergy at the altar.

Choir sings Involved:

On Sunday:

X cast down the Lord from heaven, praise Him in the highest. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

On Monday St. Ethereal forces:

T Steal the angels of your spirits, and your servants of your fiery flame. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

On Tuesday to Saint John the Baptist:

IN The righteous will have eternal memory; he will not fear the hearing of evil. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

On Wednesday to the Blessed Virgin Mary:

H I will accept your salvation and call on the name of the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

On Thursday to the Holy Apostles:

IN Their messages went out to the whole earth, and their words to the ends of the world. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

On Friday to the Holy Cross:

WITH Thou hast made a pasture in the midst of the earth, O God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

All Saints Saturday:

R Rejoice, O righteous ones, in the Lord, praise is due to the upright. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

And the funeral:

B the blessings which you have chosen and accepted, O Lord, and their memory for generations and generations. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Communion of the people in the temple.

The deacon, going out with the priest to the soleya, exclaims: Come with the fear of God and faith!

And hands the Holy Chalice to the priest.

Chorus: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, God the Lord, and He has appeared to us.

The priest reads a prayer: I believe, Lord, and confess that You are truly the Christ, the Son of the living God, who came into the world to save sinners, from whom I am the first. I also believe that this is Your most pure Body, and this is Your most pure Blood. I pray to You: have mercy on me and forgive me my sins, voluntary and involuntary, in word, in deed, in knowledge and ignorance, and grant me, without condemnation, to partake of Your most pure Sacraments, for the remission of sins and eternal life. A min.

T even: Thy secret supper this day, O Son of God, accept me as a partaker; I will not tell your enemies the secret, nor give you a kiss like Judas, but like a thief I will confess to you: remember me, O Lord, in your kingdom.

D and not for judgment or condemnation will the communion of Your Holy Mysteries be for me, Lord, but for the healing of soul and body.

At the end of the prayer, the lay communicants bow to the ground, approach the Holy Chalice with reverence, folding their arms crosswise on their chest, and say their names. To avoid the shedding of the Holy Blood, one is not supposed to be baptized at the Chalice.

The priest, giving the Holy Gifts, says: The servant of God takes communion (name of rivers) The Honest and Holy Body and Blood of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of one’s sins and for eternal life.

The deacon or altar server wipes the lips of those receiving communion with a cloth, and those receiving communion, having kissed, if possible, with reverence and caution the edge of the Holy Chalice, move away and accept the warmth.

Chorus: Receive the Body of Christ, taste the immortal Source. Alleluia. Three times.

After the laity has received communion, the priest and deacons enter the altar.

The priest places the Holy Chalice on the throne and, taking the paten and reading Sunday hymns:

IN Having seen the resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the One Sinless One. We worship Your Cross, O Christ, and the Holy Your Resurrection We sing and glorify: For You are our God, do we know no other to You, We call Your name. Come, all you faithful, let us worship the Holy Resurrection of Christ, for through the Cross joy has come to the whole world. Always blessing the Lord, we sing His Resurrection, having endured the crucifixion, destroy death through death.

WITH hang, glow, New Jerusalem! The glory of the Lord is upon you. Rejoice now and be glad, O Zion! You, Pure One, show off, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.

ABOUT Easter is great and sacred, Christ! About Wisdom, and the Word of God, and Power! Give us more time to partake of You in the unevening days of Your Kingdom,” he lowers into the chalice the particles taken from the prosphoras lying on the paten, with the words: “Wash away, Lord, the sins of those who were remembered here by Your Honest Blood, by the prayers of Your saints.

The priest wipes the paten with an antimins sponge so that not even the smallest particles remain on it. After lowering the particles into the chalice, he covers the Holy Chalice with a shroud, and on the paten he places a star, a spear, a spoon, a second shroud and a cloth.

The priest blesses the people, proclaiming: Save, O God, Thy people, and bless Thy inheritance.

The priest censes the Holy Gifts, saying secretly: Ascend into heaven, O God, and throughout all the earth Your glory

The priest gives the paten to the deacon, and the deacon carries the paten to the altar.

Chorus: We have seen the true light, we have received the Heavenly Spirit, we have found true faith, we worship the inseparable Trinity, for it has saved us.

The priest, having bowed to the Holy Gifts, takes the Holy Chalice, saying quietly: Blessed be our God.

Priest, exclamation: Always, now and ever, and forever and ever.

The priest takes the Holy Chalice to the altar.

Chorus: Amen.

Chorus: May our lips be filled with Thy praise, Lord, for we sing Thy glory, for Thou hast made us worthy to partake of Thy Holy, Divine, immortal and life-giving Mysteries, keep us in Thy shrine all day long and learn from Thy righteousness. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Deacon: Forgive us for accepting the Divine, holy, most pure, immortal, heavenly and life-giving, terrible Mysteries of Christ, we worthily thank the Lord.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

Z Step, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

D Having asked for it, we will give ourselves and each other, and our whole life, to Christ our God.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Prayer of thanksgiving

Priest. Secretly. Prayer of thanksgiving: We thank Thee, O Master who loves mankind, the Benefactor of our souls, for even today Thou hast vouchsafed us Thy heavenly and immortal Mysteries. Correct our path, establish us all in Thy passion, guard our belly, strengthen our feet, with the prayers and prayers of the glorious Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, and all Thy saints.

Priest. Exclamation: For You are our sanctification, and to You we send glory, to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

The priest, bending the antimension and holding the Gospel straight, creates a cross over it.

Priest: We will leave in peace.

Chorus: About the name of the Lord.

Deacon: Let's pray to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord have mercy.

Prayer behind the pulpit.

Priest: Bless those who bless Thee, O Lord, and sanctify those who trust in Thee, save Thy people and bless Thy inheritance, preserve the fulfillment of Thy Church, sanctify those who love the splendor of Thy house: Thou glorify them with Thy Divine power, and do not forsake us who trust in Thee. Grant Thy peace to Thy churches, to the priests, to the army, and to all Thy people. For every gift is good, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from You, the Father of lights, and to You we send glory, and thanksgiving, and worship, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Priest. Prayer for the consumption of the Holy Gifts: Fulfillment of the law and the prophets, Christ our God Himself, having fulfilled all the fatherly vision, fill our hearts with joy and gladness, always, now and ever, and forever and ever.

Chorus: Amen.

Chorus: Blessed be the name of the Lord from now to eternity. (3 times)

Chorus: Psalm 33:

I will bless the Lord at all times; I will make His praise in my mouth. My soul will glory in the Lord, that the meek may hear and rejoice. Magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together. Seek the Lord and hear me, and deliver me from all my sorrows. Come to Him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be ashamed. This beggar cried out, and the Lord heard and saved him from all his sorrows. The Angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear Him and deliver them. Taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Nan. Fear the Lord, all your saints, for there is no hardship for those who fear Him. Those who are poor and hungry are rich, but those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good. Come, children, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Who is a person who loves life and sees good things? Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking flattery. Avoid evil and do good. Seek peace, and get married, and... The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are upon their prayer. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to consume their memory from the earth. The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard them, and delivered them from all their sorrows. The Lord is near to those who are broken in heart, and will save those who are humble in spirit. Many are the sorrows of the righteous, and the Lord will deliver me from all of them. The Lord protects all their bones, not one of them will be broken. The death of sinners is cruel, and those who hate the righteous will sin. The Lord will deliver the souls of His servant, and all who trust in Him will not sin.

The priest blesses those praying, proclaiming: The blessing of the Lord is upon you, by His grace and love for mankind always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Priest: Glory to Thee, Christ God, our hope, glory to Thee.

WITH lava: and Now:

G Lord, have mercy. (3 times)

B bless.

Vacation

Priest: Risen from the dead Christ, our true God, through the prayers of His Most Pure Mother, the glorious and all-praised apostle, like our holy father John, Archbishop of Constantinople, Chrysostom and Saint (temple and day), and all the saints, will have mercy and save us, for He is Good and Lover of Mankind.

Many years

Chorus: Our Great Lord and Father (name), His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', and Our Lord the Most Reverend (name of rivers) metropolitan (or archbishop or bishop; title of diocesan bishop), the brethren of this holy temple and all Orthodox Christians, Lord, save them for many years.

The Divine Liturgy of the saint is celebrated 10 times a year: on eves or on the very feasts of the Nativity of Christ and Epiphany, January 1, on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays of Lent, on Holy Thursdays and Saturday.

The Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is celebrated on Wednesdays and Fridays of the first six weeks and on Tuesday or Thursday of the 5th week of Great Lent, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Holy Week and on other days of Lent specified by the Charter. It can also be performed in honor of a revered saint if he is commemorated on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of the Holy Pentecost, but only if this saint is specified by the Rule to have a polyeleos. On the forefeast of the Annunciation, it is performed if the forefeast occurs on Wednesday and Friday. There cannot be unforeseen Divine Liturgies of the Presanctified Gifts, since the days for their celebration are precisely determined by the Charter.

There are days of the year when the Divine Liturgy is not supposed to be celebrated, for example on Wednesday and the heels of Cheese Week, because “on those two days we sing alleluia with bows, evening and morning.” The reason given by the famous Orthodox canonist Theodore Balsamon (12th century) for not serving the full Divine Liturgy during the Holy Pentecost, except on Saturdays and Sundays, is quite applicable to these days. Sundays and the Feast of the Annunciation Holy Mother of God: « Fast days made to be for crying and tenderness, for the cleansing of everyone’s sins; to offer a sacrifice to God is to triumph, and to triumph is nothing other than joy. How can anyone cry and rejoice?” In addition to the indicated two days, for the same reason, the Divine Liturgy is not prescribed by the Charter on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays of Great Lent, on Great Friday, on the Friday before the Nativity of Christ and Epiphany, if these holidays occur on Sunday and Monday.

The Friday before Christmas is considered the last strictly fasting day of the Nativity Fast, since fasting, although it continues on the following days, Saturday or Sunday, is significantly weakened. In the Orthodox Church, it is generally customary to eliminate, as far as possible, the solemnity of divine services with the most perfect fasting. And on the last Friday before the Nativity of Christ, as on Great Friday, it is necessary to celebrate only the royal hours without the Divine Liturgy.

The Friday before Epiphany, if it falls on Sunday or Monday, is no different from other holy days. Previously, the feast of Epiphany was celebrated on the same day as the feast of the Nativity of Christ, and initially there was one service for both. By dividing the holidays, they tried to make the services similar to them. Everything that was laid down for the Nativity of Christ was carried over to Epiphany. One of the features of the holiday of the Nativity of Christ was the great (royal) hours; the hours were also for Epiphany and, if the holiday fell on Sunday or Monday, they were also moved to Friday. This is how the rule arose, as before the Nativity of Christ, not to perform the Divine Liturgy on this day. The charter on the departure of the royal hours before Epiphany, if it happens on Sunday or Monday, says: “If on Friday, before the eve of Epiphany, when the royal hours are sung, see the decree of the Decembrium on the 24th day,” that is, a reference is made to the Christmas Charter, from from which the Epiphany Charter is borrowed. Therefore, the failure to celebrate the Divine Liturgy on the indicated heel before Epiphany has a purely historical, and not liturgical and not canonical character. But it does not follow from this that the Divine Liturgy can be served on Friday before Epiphany. If the Charter definitely prohibits the service of the Divine Liturgy, then it should not be served for the sake of the Charter itself, since in this case it acted on well-known grounds, and for the sake of maintaining church order.

On other days the Divine Liturgy of St. Fr.

Where both early and late Divine Liturgies are served, both are performed according to the same rite, depending on the requirements of the Church Charter for a given day.

Chapter 2. ORIGIN OF LITURGY

Liturgy - the sacrament of sacraments Church of Christ, the holiest and most mysterious of church services, the hymn of songs of Christian love. Liturgy is the true fulfillment of the prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ to the Heavenly Father: “May they all be one... may they be one, just as We are” (). Here, near the Chalice of Christ, believers unite into one soul. In the ancient Church, the liturgy was accompanied by a common kiss, the kiss of peace, and was called the sacrament of assembly, or communion. The idea of ​​the universal unity of people among themselves through the liturgy is revealed in the patristic writings. “The giving of the same bread and a common cup to everyone,” says the saint (1st century), “inspires in those who receive communion, as if they eat the same food, unity of spirit.” Without liturgy there is no Christianity.

The Divine Liturgy received its beginning in the establishment by the Lord Jesus Christ of the sacrament of the Eucharist and in His commandment for its celebration (; ; ; ; ). The beginning of the liturgy is the Last Supper of the Lord Jesus Christ. Its repetition in remembrance of the Lord was the basis and root of the liturgy. Outwardly, the Last Supper is a Jewish Passover supper, from the rituals of which one can get an idea of ​​the original order and rite of the liturgy.

The ritual of the Jewish Passover supper, which is a somewhat expanded ritual of the weekday and Shabbat suppers, begins with the blessing of the holiday and the cup of wine (Mishna). Then they eat some bitter herbs. Immediately after this the second cup is filled; the son asks his father about the origin of the holiday. The father recites the kagada, the historical account of Easter. The first quarter of the hallel () is sung and the second cup is drunk. Then the supper proceeds as usual. They wash their hands a second time, bless and eat unleavened bread, bitter herbs and other dishes. One piece of unleavened bread is set aside. At the end of the meal itself, the father of the family takes the set aside part of the unleavened bread, eats a piece of it and gives it to the table diners. This symbolizes the Passover lamb, which can only be eaten in the Promised Land. They wash their hands again, followed by the third, the usual “cup of blessing” and thanksgiving for the food. After it comes the fourth, specifically the Passover cup, after which the hallel ends.

In the life of the Lord Jesus Christ and His apostles there were many cases when they fulfilled these Old Testament Jewish table customs (;).

The departure of Judas from the Last Supper did not surprise the apostles, which indicates the end of the main part of the Passover meal, when it was already possible to leave. The Apostle Paul clearly says that the Lord took the cup after supper (). Very important details about the supper are reported by Saint Mark, who wrote his Gospel based on conversations with the Apostle Peter: “And while they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, gave it to them, and said: Take, eat; this is My Body. And he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them: and they all drank from it. And he said to them, “This is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many.” Truly I say to you: I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink new wine in the Kingdom of God" ().

By celebrating the Eucharist at the end of the meal, the Lord could use that part of the bread that was put aside until the end of the supper. He took one of the last cups, as His words say: “I will no longer drink from the fruit of the vine” ().

In apostolic times, the Eucharist, following the example of Jesus Christ, remained a supper, although the apostles did not repeat the ritual of the Easter supper for it, but were content with simpler forms of the Saturday or even an ordinary supper, consisting of the breaking of bread and the blessing of the cup of wine. After the day of Pentecost, the new Christians constantly remained in the teaching of the apostles, in fellowship and breaking bread and prayers (). The Acts of the Apostles (20:7-12) speaks more specifically about the breaking of bread. On the first day of the week (Sunday, Wed.), when the disciples gathered to break bread, the Apostle Paul, intending to go further the next day, talked with them and continued the word until midnight, and after the resurrection of the young man Eutychus, “going up and breaking the bread and eating , talked quite a bit, even until dawn, and then left.” It is possible that we are talking about the Eucharistic supper: it took place on Sunday, the whole community gathered, and it did not consist of the Eucharist alone, but namely the supper at which the Eucharist was celebrated. Such a supper is described by the Apostle Paul in the 11th chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians, where he speaks of the riots and abuses that occurred among the Corinthian Christians at the Eucharistic suppers. First of all, according to him, it is something single, that is, the Lord's Supper. The believers themselves brought supplies for the supper. The order was probably this: the supper began with eating ordinary food, and at the end the Eucharist was celebrated. The Apostle Paul calls the Eucharistic cup the cup of blessing. This was the name of the last cup at the Jewish supper (kusberachot), where thanksgiving (berachot) for food was read. In the next chapter, the Apostle Paul says that Christ took “the cup after supper.” Evangelist Luke also mentions a special cup at the beginning of the Last Supper: “Take it and share it among yourselves, for I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes” (). The Eucharist remained in this form, with this ritual, until approximately the middle of the 2nd century.

Full summary ancient ritual The Eucharist is given in chapters 9 and 10 of the 1st century monument “The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles.” Chapter 14 gives general instructions about the Eucharist: “On the Lord’s day, that is, Sunday, gather together, break bread and give thanks, having first confessed your sins, so that your sacrifice may be pure. Let anyone who has a misunderstanding with his brother not come together with you until they are reconciled, so that your sacrifice is not desecrated. For the Lord said about her: in every place and at every time offer Me a pure sacrifice, for I am a great King, and My name is praised among the nations.”

Here is the formula itself: “Over the Eucharist, give thanks in this way. First, over the cup: We bless You for the holy Vine of David Your servant, Which You have shown to us through Your Servant Jesus. Glory to you forever. Above the bread: We bless You, Our Father, for the life and knowledge that You have shown us through Your Servant Jesus. Glory to you forever. As this bread was scattered over the hills and was gathered into one, so may Thy bread be gathered from the ends of the earth into Thy Kingdom. For Yours is the glory and power through Jesus Christ forever.

Let no one eat or drink from your Eucharist, but only those baptized in the Name of the Lord, for the Lord said about this: do not give holy things to dogs. When you are satisfied, give thanks in this way: We bless You, Holy Father, for Your Holy Name, which You have instilled in our hearts, and also for the knowledge, faith and immortality that You have revealed to us through Your Son. Glory to You forever, You, Lord, Almighty, created everything for the sake of Your Name, gave people food and drink, and to us, through Your Son, You gave spiritual food and drink, and eternal life. We bless You for everything, especially because You are Almighty. Glory to you forever. Remember, O Lord, Yours, to deliver her from all evil and perfect her in Your love, gather her, sanctified (by You) from the four winds into Your Kingdom, which You have prepared for her. For Yours is the power and glory forever. May grace come and pass away from this world. Hosanna to the God of David, He who is holy, let him approach, and he who is not, let him repent. Maran afa (Our Lord is coming). Amen. Let the prophets give thanks as much as they want.”

A ritual similar to that of the Jewish Sabbath supper appears to be taking place here. The first blessing was over the cup with which the supper was opened, the second was over the bread, which the leader of the supper broke and distributed to the tablemates after eating the food; and then there is a prayer of thanksgiving for the food over the Eucharistic bread and wine.

At the beginning of the second century, the Eucharist was still a supper. In this form it is spoken of in Pliny’s letter to Trajan (between 111–113) about the Bithynian Christians.

The Apostles, fulfilling the commandment of the Savior and following His example, more fully revealed the parts of the Eucharist, combined its celebration with certain rituals to give this sacrament greater solemnity (; ch.) and handed it over to the Churches they founded. This rite was preserved in oral tradition.

A detailed description of the ritual of the liturgy is first given in the Apology of the Holy Martyr (2nd century), written around 150–155. Saint Justin describes the Eucharist twice: firstly, in connection with the sacrament of Baptism and, secondly, when he says how it was celebrated with him on Sunday: “On the so-called day of the sun we have a gathering in one place of all those living in cities and villages; at the same time, the memorial notes of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as much as time allows. Then, when the reader stops, the primate, through words, gives instructions and exhortations to imitate the good things he has heard. Then we all get up and say prayers. When we finish the prayer, then bread, wine and water are brought, and the primate also offers prayers and thanksgiving as much as he can, and the people confirm, saying: Amen. Then follows the distribution to everyone and the communion of the gifts, over which thanksgiving is made, and they are sent to those who were not present through the deacons. Meanwhile, those who are sufficient and willing, each according to his own free will, give what they want, and what is collected is collected by the primate, and he has care for orphans and widows, for all those in need due to illness or for other reasons, for those in prison, for strangers who have come from afar , - generally cares for all those in need. On the day of the sun we hold a meeting in this way, in general, because this is the first day on which God, having changed darkness and matter, created the world, and Jesus Christ, our Savior, rose from the dead on the same day, since He was crucified the day before day of Kronos, and after Kronos’ day, since this day is the day of the sun, He appeared to His apostles and disciples and taught them what we have now presented for your discretion.”

The Eucharistic meeting on Sunday, according to St. Justin, like the modern liturgy, consists of reading Holy Scripture, sermons, prayers and communion. At the Eucharist, in connection with the sacrament of Baptism, there is no reading or sermon. Where did the first part of the new service come from, standing before communion? Since now the Eucharist is celebrated everywhere not in the evening, but in the morning, the beginning of this part must be sought in the liturgical meetings of ancient Christians.

Even in the time of the apostles, Christians had two kinds of liturgical meetings: the Lord’s Supper and meetings of a prayerful and educational nature. The Apostle Paul, in the 14th chapter of his First Epistle to the Corinthians, described the meetings in detail: “When you come together, and each of you has a psalm, a teaching, a tongue, a revelation, and an interpretation, let all these things be for edification” (26). ). Here he lists the components of Christian worship: psalms (read or sung), Holy Scripture and teachings, which clearly corresponds to the Jewish synagogue worship on the Sabbath, which consisted of the reading of Holy Scripture (usually the Law and two prophets), a sermon and a series of short prayers about community, authorities and earthly fertility, similar to the petitions of our litanies.

With such a ritual, worship of a prayerful and teaching nature apparently also existed among the ancient Christians. It is described by Saint Justin as the first part of the contemporary Sunday liturgy. Later the Eucharist was separated from the Lord's Supper and added to this morning service. The Eucharist was probably separated from the supper before: Saint Justin, for example, describes the Eucharist in connection with the sacrament of Baptism. The reason for combining the Eucharist on Sunday with the morning service must be sought in the sense of respect of Christians for the Eucharist as the Body and Blood of Christ, which should have been received before eating food. In addition, for small community It was still possible to hold a supper, but when it became large, it was difficult to find a suitable room for its organization. On Sundays, as Saint Justin reports, Christians from villages and cities gathered in one place: if the distance to it was considerable, it was difficult to come twice - to the morning service and especially to the Lord's Supper. To all this we must add various kinds of inconveniences during persecution from the pagans. It is unknown where the Eucharist was originally added to the morning service, most likely in the east - in Syria or Asia Minor, because it was in these countries that the service was enriched with new chants.

In the Alexandria church district back in the IV-V centuries. remnants of the ancient Lord's Supper were widespread. “The Egyptians,” writes (5th century), “partake of the Holy Mysteries differently from Christians usually: after they are full and eat all kinds of food, they receive communion in the evening, when the offering is made.” In other Churches (in Africa) such traces of the Lord's Supper with the sacrament of the Eucharist were preserved only for Maundy Thursday; in memory of the Last Supper, the Eucharist was then celebrated in the evening, and they received communion after eating. Nowadays in the Orthodox Church, the remnant of the ancient Christian Lord's Supper is the rite of raising the Panagia - the rite of distributing the Mother of God prosphora. Nowadays it is performed only in monasteries, but in ancient times it was widely used in secular life. Interesting information about him is given by the blessed one (XIV-XV centuries) in his “Conversation on Holy Sacraments and Church Sacraments”: “The bread offered with the invocation of the All-Holy One is decreed to be offered primarily at the end of the fraternal meal, for the consecration of the brethren who receive it, as if the imprinting of food, and especially to the glory of the Mother of God, Who gave birth to us the Heavenly Bread, living and abiding, and always feeding our souls. However, it can be lifted up at any other time, when someone needs it, for our help.

It ascends at the very sacred rite of the liturgy, at someone’s request, when, according to the Divine Mystery, we are supposed to remember Her, when we say: a lot about the Most Holy One, and we call on Her as the most reliable and Intercessor in all our needs and misfortunes.

For the sake of offering this bread, we are honored with great help, as we have often experienced this on ourselves and heard from many reliable people. For when this bread is offered, not just any simple words are spoken, but the One God of all and ours in the Trinity is called upon and glorified, and the truly All-Holy Mother of God is invoked and a prayer is made for Her help, and in this is the mystery of our faith, the confession and hope of our salvation "

Chapter 3. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE RINTS OF THE DIVINE LITURGY

Over time, several rites of the liturgy were formed: there were more than sixty Syrian rites; in addition, there were Egyptian, Persian, and Western ranks. The most important are the Liturgy of Clement, the liturgy of the holy Apostle James (Jerusalem-Antioch) and the liturgy of the Apostle and Evangelist Mark (Egyptian Churches), as those closest to the original type and which served as the basis for the liturgies of saints and.

All the rites of the Divine Liturgy, known from ancient times, converge with each other mainly in the celebration of the Eucharist, but differ in details. Under the gracious influence of the Holy Spirit, the apostles freely revealed the essence of the Divine Liturgy in their rites. The same freedom was enjoyed by the successors of the apostles - the primates of the Churches, both in times of abundant gifts of grace, close to the apostolic times, and later, in the 1st-2nd centuries, when the extraordinary gifts of grace in the Church ceased and the rite of celebrating the Divine Liturgy was passed on successively from generation to generation and hasn't been recorded yet. Thus, diversity arose in the rites of the Divine Liturgy not only between Local Churches, but also within the same Church. This diversity did not stop even after the rites of the Divine Liturgy of the Holy Apostles James and Mark and St. Clement were written down. Basically it concerned prayers, which, although identical in content, differed in the method of disclosure and size.

Clement's Liturgy is found in Book VIII of the Apostolic Constitutions. It starts with reading Old Testament, interspersed with the singing of psalms, then the Acts of the Holy Apostles, the Epistles of the Apostle Paul and the Gospel are read. This is followed by the teachings of the presbyters and bishops, four litanies and prayers for the catechumens, the penitents and the possessed. The four prayers are new, compared to the liturgy described by Saint Justin. Next, the liturgy follows the ancient pattern. After the prayer of the faithful, preparations for communion begin. Upon the greeting of the bishop and upon the exclamation of the deacon, “Greet each other with a holy kiss,” the pre-communion kiss is performed. The bishop secretly prays for himself. Further: “The grace of Almighty God and the love of our Lord Jesus Christ and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all,” “Woe to mind!” “Imams to the Lord”, “Let us thank the Lord!”, “Dignified and righteous.” The consecration of the Gifts is performed, and a long Eucharistic prayer follows, further extended by interpolations. Then the litany “On the hedgehog being worthy to receive communion.” The deacon says: “Let us be attentive!”, “The Holy of Holies,” “One is Holy.” Communion. The deacon calls to give thanks to God, and the bishop reads a prayer similar to our thanksgiving and pulpit, combined together. The liturgy ends with a prayer over the bowing people and the deacon’s exclamation “Go in peace.”

The Orthodox Church has adopted the rite of the Liturgy of the Saint († 604), or the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.

The Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a sacred rite in which there is no proskomedia or consecration of the Gifts, but the Holy Gifts, consecrated before, are offered at the Divine Liturgy of a saint or saint for reverent adoration and affirmation in prayer, and for those preparing for communion for their communion.

The origin and gradual formation of the rite of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is associated with the ancient conciliar prohibition to perform the full Divine Liturgy during the days of Great Lent, except for Saturdays and Sundays, and with the custom of the first Christians to receive communion daily. Considering fasting as a time of repentance, the Saint, as it were, imposes penance on all penitents, to which the rest of the time she subjects only a few, offering the believers prayers and reading the Word of God, she does not allow them to see the celebration of the sacrament of the Eucharist. However, the Eucharist itself is a most solemn divine service, expressing the fullness of our gracious boldness towards God in the power of the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Holy Pentecost is a time of contrition for the sins we have committed, despite all the grace-filled means given to us, a time of spiritual sorrow and self-abasement before God. Therefore, the Saint, in order not to confuse sorrow with triumph, self-abasement with boldness, does not dare to celebrate the full Divine Liturgy at this time, but is consoled and strengthened only by the Presanctified Gifts. In addition, the celebration of the full Divine Liturgy on the days of the Holy Pentecost could have become the reason for the inconsistency of ancient church regulations about the time for the performance of the full Divine Liturgy and the time for the end of fasting. According to the original statutes of the Church, the Divine Liturgy is celebrated only in the first half of the day, and after it the fast ends, and on the days of the Holy Pentecost, permission from fasting occurs no earlier than the evening time, when the full Divine Liturgy can no longer be performed.

There is an opinion that the celebration of the Eucharist in the first centuries of Christianity, accompanied by a common meal, which was arranged from the remains of abundant offerings and which was called the “supper of love”, or “agapa”, served as the reason for the prohibition of performing the full Divine Liturgy on the indicated days of the Holy Pentecost. But on the days of the Holy Pentecost, that is, on the days of fasting, which the first Christians kept very strictly, frequent agape arrangements were impossible. Agapes were inextricably linked with the Eucharist, and due to the impossibility of performing them on fasting days, the celebration of the full Divine Liturgy at this time was postponed.

Taking into account the above circumstances, the ancients decided by rule 49 of the Laodicean Council not to perform the full Divine Liturgy on the days of the Holy Pentecost, except for Saturday and Sunday days, with which the Church commemorates the solemn events of the Old and New Testaments and moderates fasting. Bearing in mind the custom of the first Christians to receive communion as often as possible, and so as not to weaken the spirit of the believers through prolonged deprivation of the Body and Blood of Christ, she offered them the Presanctified Gifts. There is no doubt that it is in this ancient custom that the beginning of the modern practice of serving the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts lies. The communion of the Presanctified Gifts could not be allowed without the necessary prayers and rituals. Therefore, instead of following the rites of the Divine Liturgy on those days when it was not celebrated, the communion of the Holy Mysteries could be combined with evening prayer, with listening to the Word of God or with certain parts of the Divine Liturgy, except prayers and actions relating to the consecration of the Gifts itself. Evidence dating back to ancient times suggests that the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts was handed down by the apostles and that it existed from the beginning for the sake of fasting itself, so as not to rejoice, but to cry while weeping.

The origin of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts from the apostles is confirmed by literary and liturgical monuments. Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (7th century), testifies that in his time about the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, some said “that it was of James, called the brother of the Lord, others - of Peter, the Supreme Apostle, and others differently.” To the names of James and Peter we must add the name of the Apostle Mark, the compiler of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts for the Church of Alexandria, of which he was the first bishop and for which he compiled the rite of the complete Divine Liturgy. The existence in the Church of Alexandria of the rite of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts of apostolic origin, directly adopted by the holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, is considered beyond doubt. It is also known that in the oldest handwritten monuments there is also the rite of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, inscribed with the name of the holy Apostle James, brother of the Lord, the first bishop of the Church of Jerusalem. In the practice of the Jerusalem Church, it appeared very early and was respected, like the full rite of the Divine Liturgy of the Apostle James. From here it spread to the Patriarchate of Antioch and to the Archdiocese of Sinai, where it was kept in practice, like the full rite of the Divine Liturgy of the Holy Apostle James, until the end of the 12th century. According to Saint Proclus, Archbishop of Constantinople, the saint shortened the full rite of the Divine Liturgy of the Holy Apostle James for the Church of Caesarea, and also, in accordance with needs, revised and shortened the rite of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, freeing it from features that were of local significance for Jerusalem. He also included his prayers. In this form, the rite of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts was introduced into liturgical practice Church of Constantinople, and from there it spread throughout Christian East, replacing the rite of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts of the holy Apostle James. According to Greek and Slavic lists, he bears the name of a saint.

As for the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts of the saint, the Pope of Rome, it must be remembered that he composed its order, borrowing it from the Eastern Church, only for the Western Church. The tradition that attributes to the saint the composition of the rite of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts arose on the basis of the deep veneration of the name of this holy man by the Orthodox East. Having returned from the East and becoming the Bishop of Rome, Saint Gregory the Dvoeslov began to restore in the Roman Church some ancient rites that had been forgotten by it, preserved in all their purity in the Orthodox East. He also showed interest in the apostolic Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts and sought to spread it in the West. Saint Gregory the Dvoeslov introduced this rite in Latin. The Eastern has not forgotten the care of Saint Gregory for the dissemination of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Since the 11th century, the Greek synaxarions say that among the Romans he established the celebration of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts during the days of fasting. In the Western Church it is currently celebrated on the Great Friday of Holy Week.

After recording from the words of church tradition and bringing into uniformity the rites of its celebration, the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts by the VI Ecumenical Council (Rule 52) was finally accepted for celebration on the days of the Holy Pentecost throughout the entire Christian Church. The rule reads: “On all days of the fast of the Holy Pentecost, except Saturday and Sunday, and the holy day of the Annunciation, let the holy liturgy be none other than the Presanctified Gifts.” The rule, however, was not always and not strictly observed everywhere. In ancient times, the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts in some places was celebrated all days of Great Lent, except for Saturdays and Sundays, according to the instructions of the Trullo Council, in others only on Wednesday and the heels of the Holy Pentecost, as in days of intense fasting. The first kind of practice was maintained in those places where the liturgical Rule of the Constantinople Studite monastery, which owed its basic principles to the venerable monk, was adopted, the other - in areas that adhered to the Rule of Jerusalem. And when in Greece itself and then in Russia the Studite Charter gave way to the Jerusalem Charter, the practice of the second type appeared and strengthened everywhere. Hierodeacon Kirik († 1155) asked Saint Niphon, Bishop of Novgorod († 1156), what to do with the spare Lamb if for some reason it was not necessary to serve the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts on some day of the week, and the Holy Gifts were prepared for five days. Consequently, in the 12th century in Russia, the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts was celebrated five times a week, that is, according to the Studite Rule. In ancient Slavic lists of charters until the 15th century. the same practice is prescribed and, in addition, the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is scheduled on Wednesday and Friday of Cheese Week. In the XIV-XV centuries, as can be seen from the answers of the Council of Constantinople (1276) to the question of Theognostus, Bishop of Sarai (XIII century), the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts on Wednesday and the heels of Cheese Week was cancelled. At the same time, the celebration of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts on Good Friday, as well as on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays of Lenten weeks, was also cancelled. Consistency required the abolition of this service in the first days of Holy Week, which was in accordance with the Jerusalem Charter. But this did not happen. Only one of the traditions of the Studio Charter survived, and the currently dominant practice among us began, which allows for exceptions. According to Leo Allatios, even in the 17th century, Christians on the island of Chios and other islands of the Aegean and Ionian Seas celebrated the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts in accordance with the requirements of the Studite Charter. The practice was the same Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, where the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts was celebrated on all weekdays of Great Lent, except Saturday and Sunday. This practice was a remnant of the original Studite rules established by the founders of the Lavra, which survived even after the widespread replacement of the Studite Rule by the Jerusalem Rule, but it was an exception and not a model for parish churches, where generally accepted statutory guidelines were followed.

Chapter 4. CONDITIONS FOR PERFORMING THE LITURGY

By virtue of special significance The Divine Liturgy, due to the celebration of the sacrament of the Eucharist, determined its celebration by detailed regulations. The place where the Divine Liturgy is celebrated can only be a church consecrated by the bishop or having an antimension consecrated and sent by the diocesan bishop. In the latter case, “The order of how to place the consecrated antimension in the newly created church is carried out, given from the bishop to the archimandrite, or abbot, or protopresbyter, or presbyter, chosen for this and skilled” (Great Breviary). In both cases, the consecration of the temple is called great. If in a consecrated temple, during its restoration or other circumstances, the throne is damaged or shaken, or if the temple is desecrated by pagans or heretics, the great consecration is repeated. When repairing a temple, when the altar does not move, and also if during some accident the laity touched the altar and other shrines or some other violation of order occurred, a minor consecration of the temple is required, which is performed by sprinkling it with holy water after reading two prayers "in renewal God's temple"(Great Breviary). The reading of prayers is usually preceded by prayer singing with the canon of the temple holiday and a small blessing of water.

In no other place than the hallowed one Orthodox church and the Holy Throne, the Divine Liturgy cannot be performed. In extreme cases, to perform it, an antimension is necessary, at which, for example, if a fire breaks out in the church, the celebration of the liturgy that has begun ends in a suitable place. At one time, the Holy Synod allowed missionaries in foreign villages located far from churches to celebrate the Divine Liturgy on portable antimensions, both in prayer houses and chapels, and in other buildings adapted for this, as well as in the lap of nature.

It is prohibited to perform the Divine Liturgy in a desecrated church. If desecration occurs during the liturgy, before the great entrance, the priest must stop the service, consume the bread and wine prepared for the celebration of the Eucharist, and, having completed the exposure, leave the temple. If it occurs after the great entrance, the priest ends the liturgy, but does not perform it again until the consecration of the temple.

The ancient rule determines the time of the Divine Liturgy to be the third hour, which according to our calculation is the ninth. It can be performed earlier or later, as circumstances require, but not after noon and not before dawn. The only exceptions are some days when the liturgy is celebrated “porana” or combined with the evening service. These are the day of Holy Easter, the days of Holy Pentecost for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, the days of the eve of the Nativity of Christ and Epiphany, as well as the days of Great Saturday and Pentecost.

A priest cannot perform more than one liturgy on one day. The participation of a priest who has already served on the same day in the conciliar celebration of another liturgy is unacceptable. Only one liturgy can be celebrated on one altar on one day due to the unity of the sacrifice on the cross made by the Lord Jesus Christ.

The priest is obliged to celebrate the Divine Liturgy strictly on all Sundays and holidays and the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts on Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent.

The Orthodox Church demands that clergy adequately prepare themselves for the celebration of the sacrament of the Eucharist. A priest serving the Divine Liturgy without preparation is not allowed, even during a conciliar service: he must be clean in body, and his clothes must also be clean; V spiritually He is required to have a prayerful mood and a sincere desire to partake of the Holy Mysteries. Therefore, he must strictly fulfill the Rule laid down by the Rule before performing the Divine Liturgy: in the evening, perform or listen to Vespers, Compline, and read certain canons, different for different days: on Sunday - a canon to the Sweetest Jesus, a prayer canon to the Most Holy Theotokos or a canon to the Most Holy Theotokos laid out at Compline in Octoechos, and a canon to the Guardian Angel; on Monday - a canon to the Sweetest Jesus, a prayer canon to the Most Holy Theotokos and a canon to the Ethereal Powers; on Tuesday - penitential canon to the Lord Jesus, canon to the Most Holy Theotokos, canon to the Guardian Angel, canon to John the Baptist; on Wednesday - the canon to the Sweetest Jesus, the canon to the Mother of God Hodegetria, the canon to the Guardian Angel; on Thursday - a penitential canon to the Lord Jesus, a prayer canon to the Most Holy Theotokos, a canon to the Guardian Angel, a canon to the holy apostles and a canon to St. Nicholas; on Friday - canon Life-giving Cross, prayer canon to the Most Holy Theotokos, canon to the Guardian Angel; on Saturday - a canon to the Sweetest Jesus, a canon to the Most Holy Theotokos and an akathist to Her (immediately), a canon to all saints and a funeral canon. All canons should be read in the evening so that in the morning the beginning of the Divine Liturgy is not delayed due to possible accidents. In the morning, the clergyman must perform or listen to the Midnight Office, Matins, Hours and Canon, along with prayers for Holy Communion. The deacon does not need to read the evening prayers and the prayers of the six psalms, since secret prayers are reserved for the priest. During services, the canons and prayers prescribed by the Charter should not be read.

If, due to circumstances beyond his control, someone is unable to fulfill the entire Rule, he must finish it after the Divine Liturgy; prayers for Holy Communion must be read before it. When fulfilling the Rule, it is necessary that its content penetrate the soul and bring it into a state of contrition for sins, tenderness and reverence.

A priest or deacon preparing to celebrate the Divine Liturgy, if he is married, must abstain from marital communication on the eve and on the day of its celebration. He can eat food and drink only until midnight, since the Holy Eucharist is celebrated according to the rules only when abstaining from food and drink (VI Ecumenical Council, rule 29; Council of Carthage, 419, right. 50, 58).

There are also some states of spirit that must be overcome by those preparing to celebrate the Divine Liturgy: absent-mindedness, which is driven out by prayer and diligent meditation on the passion of Christ; internal confusion or melancholy, which is overcome by reflection on the greatness of the gift received in the sacrament of Communion, and the hope of uniting with Christ in it; despondency or laziness, which must be eliminated by wakefulness and abstinence, and, finally, confusion or bodily movement, that is, such temptation in a dream when sperm flows out. If the latter happened to a clergyman, he should not begin to celebrate the sacrament of the Eucharist. However, he can read the “Sequence of the Priest who was Tempted in a Dream” (Trebnik) and then perform the Divine Liturgy if he does not feel guilty.

Even greater obstacles to the celebration of the sacrament of the Eucharist are enmity with neighbors and hatred of them. The rules of the Church require that clergy not begin to celebrate the Divine Liturgy while at enmity with someone and without reconciliation. If it is not possible to reconcile immediately, you need to reconcile in your soul and make a vow to reconcile at the first meeting, and only then, with contrition of heart about your unworthiness, begin to celebrate the sacrament of the Eucharist. Any grave sin of a clergyman is an obstacle to his performing the Divine Liturgy. In this case, he must first of all clear his conscience in the sacrament of Repentance. At the same time, it must be remembered that the priest performs the sacrament of the Eucharist, like other sacred rites and sacraments of the church, not because of his personal merits or merits, but because in the sacrament of the Priesthood he was given grace and the gift of teaching, the right to officiate and govern the flock entrusted to him, which remain in him always, unless he is defrocked or banned from the priesthood. Therefore, the sanctifying significance of the sacrament performed by the priest is beyond doubt, even if he did not begin the divine service with complete dignity. He will answer for his unworthiness before God, and those who should receive sanctification, since in the sacraments it is not man who acts, but the Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit through the mediation of a priest.

The clergyman must celebrate the Divine Liturgy with all reverence and heartfelt tenderness. All his thoughts should be directed towards God, before whom he stands, serves, and whose image he represents during worship. He must read the prescribed secret prayers with attention and in full, without missing anything, and read them not from memory, but from a book, so that, due to forgetfulness, he does not miss anything and does not disrupt the reverent performance of the service.

When celebrating the sacrament of the Eucharist, pure wheat leavened bread and red grape wine are consumed, to which water and heat are added in small proportions during the proskomedia and the sacrament itself.

The priest must monitor the baking of prosphoras and always have a spare prosphora for the Lamb, as well as inspect the prepared prosphoras in advance to ensure their good quality. It is not permitted to use prosphora from which particles have been removed for the Lamb. If a priest, knowing about the poor quality of the prosphora, prepares a Lamb from it and celebrates the Liturgy, then he will “sin a sacrilegious sin.”

He must follow the same rules in cases where there is no wine or water in the chalice or they turn out to be unclean. In this case, you need to pour water or wine into some clean vessel and pour wine with a small amount of water into the chalice while pronouncing the words “And one of the warriors pierced His ribs with a spear.” Then, with the words “The cup likewise at supper, saying: drink of it, all of you,” he does everything secretly in order, without uttering only perfect words and without performing the prescribed actions on the bread, if it has already been consecrated. After the Divine Liturgy has been performed and the Holy Gifts have been consumed, the water poured from the chalice must be poured back into the chalice instead of the heat used to cleanse it and consumed. If, before the consecration of the holy cup, it turns out that no water was added to the wine, this must be done immediately with the words pronounced: “One of the warriors pierced His side with a copy, and he came out with blood and water: and he who saw it testified, and truly is his testimony.” If this is discovered after the consecration of the wine, the water is not poured in, but poured into allotted time heat.

If the Holy Gifts are accidentally spilled and the priest has nothing with which to receive communion, he must again pour wine with a small amount of water into the chalice, while pronouncing the proskomedia words: “And he came forth blood and water,” and perform the usual consecration of the wine, beginning with the words “Like the cup.” after supper, saying” and so on, and proceed further as stated above.

In all cases of stopping the liturgy, in order to avoid a pause, the choir performs appropriate for the occasion church hymns. The Divine Liturgy continues from the same place where it was stopped by the priest to perform sacred rites over the substance of the sacrament.

If the priest celebrating the sacrament of the Eucharist forgot whether or not he said over the bread and wine the words of the Lord or the prayer “Lord, Who is Thy Most Holy Spirit,” or the perfect words “And do this... translating by Thy Holy Spirit,” and he will be at a loss , whether the Holy Gifts are consecrated or not, without being embarrassed by this, he must quietly pronounce what is required, starting with the words “At night, in the night, surrendered” with the faith that the Holy Gifts are consecrated, if not consecrated.

If the priest falls ill before the consecration of the Gifts and is unable to complete the service or dies suddenly, the service remains unfinished. If this happens after the consecration of the Gifts and there is another priest in the church who is ready to receive the Holy Mysteries, he must finish the Divine Liturgy, starting from the place where it was interrupted, and consume the Holy Gifts. If there is no priest, then the deacon or one of the reverent men should cover the Gifts without touching them with their hands. Upon the arrival of the priest, a new full Divine Liturgy is celebrated, with the consumption of the previous and newly consecrated gifts. If the Gifts have not been consecrated, the priest consumes them according to the consumption of consecrated ones, and not as the Body and Blood of Christ, but as blessed bread and wine. If, after the sudden death of a priest, the consecrated or unconsecrated Gifts remain unconsumed for a long time, sour and it will be impossible to consume them, the priest must pour them into running water or burn them in the temple, and pour the ashes into an untrodden place.

If a priest serving the Divine Liturgy is called to administer the Holy Mysteries to a dying person or to baptize a dangerously ill baby, the service may be suspended until the great entrance, and during the absence of the priest the Apostle, Psalter or canons are read to the people, and upon his return the service ends in the usual manner. If a priest is forced to leave the service of the Divine Liturgy immediately after celebrating the proskomedia, and then for some reason is delayed, then he may not celebrate it at all on that day, and the next day after the celebration of the Divine Liturgy and consumption of the Holy Gifts, he must consume the previously prepared bread and wine separately. After the great entrance, the service of the liturgy cannot be stopped, and the patient is left to the will of God.

If a priest is in danger of being attacked by intruders, he can take security measures only after consuming the Holy Gifts in order to protect them from desecration.

In the event of a fire or other danger threatening the church during the Divine Liturgy, the priest must carefully take the Holy Gifts with the antimension and finish the service in another, suitable place.

If, before the consecration of the Gifts, a fly or other non-poisonous insect gets into the chalice, it must be taken out, wrapped in paper and burned, and the ashes placed under the altar or in another untrampled place. If a spider or other poisonous insect or substance gets into the chalice, the wine should be poured into another decent vessel, and new wine should be poured in its place, pronouncing the proskomedia words: “One of the warriors pierced His ribs with a copy, and from them came blood and water.” At the end of the service, the old wine should be poured into running water. If an insect falls into the chalice after the consecration of the Holy Gifts, they should be consumed in the usual manner, and the insect should first be removed with all precautions so that a drop of the Blood of Christ does not fall on anything, washed three times with wine over another vessel, wrapped in paper or a rag, and At the end of the liturgy, burn it and pour it into running water along with the wine.

If in winter the Blood of Christ freezes in the chalice, the priest or deacon warms it with heated covers or places the chalice in a vessel with boiling water. If the Lamb freezes in winter, the priest, having placed it on the paten and covered it with a star with a shroud, until the Lamb thaws, must keep it on the throne over a vessel with burning coals. To prevent the Blood of Christ from freezing during worship in winter, at the proskomedia you need to pour less water and more wine into the chalice, and then pour in more heat and prevent freezing.

During the celebration of the sacrament of the Eucharist or the communion of the Holy Gifts, clergy must take all precautions so that the Blood of Christ does not drip onto the antimension, altar, clothes or anything else, and even more so beware of spilling the chalice. The same precautions must be taken with regard to the Body of Christ, so as not to scatter its particles on the throne or anywhere else.

If a particle of the Holy Gifts falls on a board or stone, then in the first case this place should be cleanly planed, and in the second it should be wiped with a damp sponge. The shavings should be burned, the ashes should be placed in a non-trampling place, and the water should be poured into running water. If drops of the Blood of Christ fall on the throne indium, on the antimension, on the cover or on clothing, at the end of the service the priest must suck out the place where the drops fell, then wipe it with a sponge, wash it three times in clean water over the vessel, and pour the water under the altar or into running water. If anything from the Holy Gifts falls onto the carpet, this place must be wiped with a sponge, washed three times with water, cut out and burned along with the sponge, dealing with the ashes in the usual manner.

The priest must immediately and with a feeling of deep repentance inform his bishop about the shedding of the Holy Gifts, for whatever reason, and until he receives his decision not to begin celebrating the Divine Liturgy. If the Holy Mysteries are shed on the antimension, the latter must be handed over to the bishop. For the unintentional spilling of the Holy Gifts, penance is usually imposed at the discretion of the church authorities. According to ancient church rules, the culprit is subject to a six-month ban from the priesthood. For intentional spilling, the perpetrators are defrocked (Nomocanon, rule 158). If the Holy Mysteries are spilled during the communion of a sick person due to his carelessness or the inexperience of those around him, then, after careful testing, a prayer penance is imposed on the priest to cleanse and calm the conscience.

In the Russian Orthodox Church there is a custom of consuming the remaining Holy Gifts immediately after the end of the Divine Liturgy, before the correction of religious demands. However, in practice, the Holy Mysteries are not consumed, if there is a christening, until the newly baptized person receives communion.

If, after communion of the Mysteries of Christ, someone vomits, everything vomited must be collected in clean rags, burned, and the ashes poured into a place that cannot be trampled on.

In modern church practice, it is customary that, out of a duty of conscience and out of reverence for the shrine, a deacon who is not properly prepared to participate in the celebration of the liturgy is excluded from certain liturgical actions: he does not go with the priest to the royal doors to read the entrance prayers before the proskomedia; does not take the usual beginning from the priest before “Blessed is the Kingdom,” but only quietly says: “Bless, Vladyka,” and, having received a blessing from the priest, kisses his hand and goes to the pulpit to proclaim “Bless, Vladyka,” and then pronounces the litany. After the great entrance, he does not turn to the priest asking for prayer for himself, but the priest, just as at the beginning of the liturgy, the deacon asks for a blessing, saying “Bless, Vladyka,” and, having received the blessing, retreats to his usual place for further service. When the priest shouts “Victory Song”, he does not raise the stars - the priest does this. During the consecration of the Holy Gifts, he does not approach the meal and, when shouting “Yours from Yours,” he does not raise them, but only while singing “It is worthy to eat,” and after the consecration of the Gifts he censes. He does not approach the meal or during communion. In some churches, a deacon serving without preparation does not bring out the Holy Gifts after communion and does not proclaim “With the fear of God.”

Chapter 5. COMMUNION OF THE HOLY MYSTERIES AND PREPARATION OF SPARE GIFTS

The custom of washing hands a second time at the Divine Liturgy before the fragmentation of the Holy Gifts, most often during the litany of petition, although not based on the instructions of the Missal, does not carry anything reprehensible, since it eliminates the danger, unacceptable for a clergyman, of approaching the Holy Gifts with dirty hands.

The breaking of the Holy Gifts takes place at the beginning of the sacrament singing. The deacon enters the altar and, standing with right side priest, says: “Break, Vladyka, the Holy Bread.” The priest, with attention and reverence, breaks it into four parts, saying: “The Lamb of God is broken and divided, broken and undivided, always eaten and never consumed, but sanctifying those who partake,” and places the parts of the Lamb in a cross shape. The parts of the Holy Lamb are supposed to be placed with the seals facing up, and the soft part towards the paten. Their location should be as follows: the part of the Holy Lamb with the inscription IS is placed in the upper part of the paten, that is, towards the east, with the inscription HS - in the lower part, that is, to the west, with the inscription NI - on the left side, that is, to the north , and with the inscription KA - on the right side of the paten, that is, in the southern direction.

The breaking of the Holy Lamb for communion is necessarily performed by a priest, in this case depicting Jesus Christ, who broke the holy bread at the Last Supper and presented it to the apostles; The deacon takes only prayerful participation, and his action during crushing is limited to the exclamation “Shatter, master, the Holy Bread.”

After the crushing of the Lamb, the deacon points the orar to the chalice and says: “Fill, sir, the holy chalice.” The priest takes with his fingers the part of the Lamb with the seal of IS, makes a cross with it over the chalice and with the words “Filling of the Holy Spirit” lowers it into the chalice, thus uniting the Body and Blood of Christ. The deacon says: “Amen,” and then gives warmth and says: “Bless, Master, warmth.” The priest blesses with the words: “Blessed is the warmth of your saints, always, now and ever, and forever and ever, amen.” The deacon cross-shapedly pours warmth into the chalice in the required amount, saying: “Warmth of faith, fill with the Holy Spirit. Amen". Then, if the deacon receives communion at this Divine Liturgy, the priest crushes the particle of the CS.

Priests, when celebrating the Divine Liturgy, certainly receive communion (Ap. 8). A serving priest sins mortally and is subject to defrocking if he does not partake of the Holy Mysteries (Teaching News). Without receiving communion, a priest is not allowed to participate in the conciliar service of the liturgy.

A deacon must serve with preparation, that is, with the communion of the Holy Mysteries, on Sundays and holidays, at least.

The above-mentioned 8th rule of the holy apostles is interpreted differently by researchers: some claim that it obliges the clergy who perform the liturgy to receive communion, others that it means even those who are only present and praying at the altar at this time, without participating in the offering Bloodless Sacrifice. The basis for the latter opinion is the remark of the rule that if any of the sacred persons listed in it, bishops, presbyters and deacons, does not receive communion, then he must explain the reason, and if it turns out to be “blessed,” “let him be excused.” There is also an opinion that for those who participate in the service of the Divine Liturgy and do not receive communion, there can be no excuses, that is, allowing for the possibility of exceptions, the rule refers only to those clergy who do not participate in the celebration of the sacrament of the Eucharist. No matter how this rule is interpreted, there is no doubt that it obliges those celebrating the Liturgy to partake of the Holy Mysteries. All interpreters agree on this. Since the rule mentions deacons, among other sacred persons, it means that they should also receive communion when serving the liturgy. All the rites of the Divine Liturgy set forth in the Missal provide for the communion of a deacon who will concelebrate with the priest. The ranks also allow for the possibility of the absence of a deacon, as evidenced, for example, by the expression “if there is no deacon,” but nowhere in the Missal does it indicate how a serving deacon should act if he does not partake of the Holy Mysteries. Practice, however, allows exceptions in some cases. Thus, if a deacon serves two Divine Liturgies on one day, which is allowed to him, he can receive communion only at one, early or late, and serve the other without communion. In this case, the deacon has a “blessed reason” to serve without communion. There are, of course, other excusable reasons. As for serving the Divine Liturgy as a deacon without communion in their absence, it should be remembered that cleansing the conscience through prayer and the Holy Mysteries is an effective path to spiritual growth. Therefore, deacons are not recommended to shy away from receiving the Holy Mysteries when serving the Divine Liturgy, since the spiritual mood of all those praying in the church depends on the reverence of their service.

Clergymen of equal hierarchical rank do not have the right to give communion to each other: the lower ones receive the Holy Gifts from the higher ones - deacons from priests, priests from bishops. The highest ones approach the Holy Mysteries first, and then the lower ones. This order is strictly observed during the bishop's service of the Divine Liturgy. When a priest leads a divine service, he first gives a part of the Body of Christ to the deacon, then takes it for himself, although he partakes of the Blood of Christ first. During the conciliar service, the deacons receive communion by the senior priest by right of primacy or advantage of honor. During the episcopal service of the deacons, the eldest of the priests serving with him receives communion.

Apart from persons of the three degrees of the priesthood, no one should receive communion in the altar, since only they are ordained inside the altar. Persons prohibited from the priesthood may receive communion at the altar, but only after wearing a cassock. During communion, the forbidden priest stands on the right side of the throne, and the deacon on the left. They receive communion, like the laity, by the serving priest, that is, without the Body of Christ being delivered into their hands. During communion, the non-officiating priest puts on an epitrachelion, phelonion and bridles, and the deacon, as usual, wears a surplice, orarion and bridles. Then each of them, like the servants, receives communion according to their rank. Communion by non-serving clergy is permitted only for the sick and elderly. In all other cases, clergy who wish to receive communion must serve the Divine Liturgy themselves, at least in a conciliar manner. To elderly clergy or the paralytic - those who cannot walk and stand at the throne of God, and especially those suffering from shaking of their hands, the Holy Gifts are given with a spoon, and, as a testament to their dignity, they should be put on an epitrachelion. Priests who are terminally ill receive communion in the same way.

During communion, the CS particle is fragmented according to the number of clergy.

Having poured heat into the bowl and crushed the particle or particles, the priest, with the words “God, cleanse me, a sinner,” makes a bow three times sign of the cross, then reads together with the deacon “Loosen, leave, forgive,” etc., and both bow to the ground. The clergy bow to each other and towards the people - to the royal doors, saying: “Forgive us, fathers and brothers,” and so on. Then they make a second prostration with the words: “Behold, I come to the immortal King and my God.” Before communion, the priest says: “Deacon, come.” The deacon replies: “Behold, I come to the immortal King” and further: “Give me, O Lord, the Honest and Holy Body of the Lord and God, and our Savior Jesus Christ.” The priest, giving him the Holy Bread, says: “ (name of rivers) The priestly deacon is taught the Honest, Holy and Most Pure Body of the Lord and God and our Savior Jesus Christ, for the remission of his sins and eternal life.” The deacon, having kissed the giving hand, accepts the Body of Christ, “goes behind the holy table” and, bowing his head, prays, completely immersed in the meaning prayers read. He consumes the Body of Christ only after the priest does so. Taking a particle for himself, the priest says: “The Honest and Most Holy Body of the Lord and God and our Savior Jesus Christ is being given to me (name of rivers), priest, for the forgiveness of my sins and eternal life." Then, bowing his head, he prays, like the deacon: “I believe, Lord, and I confess.”

The deacon, like the priest during the episcopal service, when receiving the Body of Christ, places it on the palm of his right hand, bends his hand slightly, supporting it with his left hand so that the particle does not fall, but does not squeeze it. The Holy Body is supposed to be held not above the head, but above the throne and to read the prescribed prayer, looking at it with fear and faith. The particle should be consumed so that not a single grain remains on the palm.

Then the Communion of the Blood of Christ from the holy chalice takes place. Taking it with both hands with the veil, the priest communes three times, saying: “I, servant of God, priest, commune of the honorable and holy blood of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ (name of rivers), for the forgiveness of my sins and eternal life, amen.” The Missal does not prescribe anything to be said when the clergy receive Holy Communion, but some of them say: “In the name of the Father. Amen; and Son. Amen; and the Holy Spirit. Amen"; others: “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal.” After communion, the priest wipes his lips and the chalice with a shroud, saying: “Behold, I will touch my lips, and he will take away my iniquities, and will cleanse my sins,” and, kissing the holy cup, he says three times: “Glory to Thee, O God.” Then he calls the deacon with the words “Deacon, come.” The deacon approaches, makes one bow and says: “Behold, I come,” and also: “I believe, Lord, and I confess.” When giving communion to the deacon, the priest says: “The servant of God, the deacon, is taking communion. (name of rivers) Honest and Holy Blood of the Lord and God and our Savior Jesus Christ, for the remission of one’s sins and for eternal life.” After the deacon’s communion, the priest says: “Behold, I will touch your lips, and will take away your iniquities, and will cleanse your sins.”

During the conciliar service, after breaking the Holy Lamb and bowing three times with the prayer “God, cleanse,” the primate bows to the concelebrants right and left with the words “Bless, holy fathers.” The co-workers bow to him. The Primate, saying: “Behold, I come,” bows to the ground, kisses the edge of the throne, takes the right hand a particle of the Holy Lamb and moves to the right side of the throne. The second priest goes around the throne from the right side to the left and, taking the place of the primate, receives the Most Pure Body of Christ in the same way and moves to the left, passing near the throne, and not behind the other priests who allow him to pass, and stands on the right side next to the primate . In the same order of seniority, all other priests approach the reception of the Holy Body, following with the left side, and also depart with the left, and according to seniority, take places around the entire altar, without leaning on it. After reading the prayer “I Believe, Lord,” they partake of the Body of Christ. After all the priests have received communion, the primate takes his place at the front of the altar and administers the Holy Body to the deacons, who approach and depart in the order indicated above. To receive communion of the Blood of Christ, the priests, in order of seniority, approach the chalice, now on the right side of the throne, make a bow from the waist, and with the words “Behold I come,” receive communion. In this case, the upper end of the plate should not be placed under the collar of the cassock, but under the chasuble. After communion, all priests, except the primate, approach the altar in order and drink warm water with antidoron. After communion, the Primate, having walked around the altar, stands on the left side of it, waiting for the end of communion for all the priests, and then communes the Holy Blood of the deacons and goes to the altar.

According to the instructions to the clergy of the Volyn diocese of its Archpastor, the Most Reverend Anthony, communion during the cathedral service should be performed as follows: after pronouncing the words “Warmth of Faith,” the clergy read “Loosen, leave,” and all bow to the ground together, if not Sunday, not Christmastide, not the period between Easter and Pentecost and not the Transfiguration or Exaltation. In the latter cases, only a bow is performed. Then they bow to all sides, saying “Forgive me.” After this, the primate makes a second bow with the words “Behold I come,” kisses the throne and with his left hand places the Body of Christ on his right palm. At this time, the rest of the priests, in order of seniority, approach from the left side of the throne, accept the particle, kiss the primate on the shoulder with the words “Christ in our midst - both is and will be”, return to their places again and, bending over the throne, read “I believe, Lord, I will confess.” After the priests have received the Body of Christ, the primate distributes it to the deacons, who come up, kiss the altar, the hand and shoulder of the priest giving the sacrament with the same words as the priests, and stand at the altar in order of seniority next to the priests. Having distributed the Holy Body to the deacons, the primate receives communion from the holy chalice and goes to the altar. The other priests approach from the right side, partake of the Holy Blood in order and go to the altar, and the junior priest, having received communion himself, gives communion to the deacons.

After accepting and consuming the Body and Blood of Christ, it is necessary to ensure that not a single grain, not a single drop of the Holy Mysteries remains on the hands, on the lips or on the throne. For this purpose, the edges of the holy cup are wiped with a cloth, and possible grains are collected with an antimins sponge.

After communion, the priest crushes the parts of the Lamb NI and KA into small particles for the lay communicants, so that there are enough of them for everyone who wants to receive communion.

If there are no partakers, there is no fragmentation. After his communion, the deacon puts the particles of NI and KA and all the particles taken from the prosphora into the chalice, reciting the Sunday chants “Having seen the Resurrection of Christ,” “Shine, shine,” “Oh great Easter.” Then he carefully wipes the paten with a sponge, saying: “Wash away, O Lord, the sins of those who were remembered here by Thy Honest Blood, by the prayers of Thy saints.” Having kissed the paten, he places it next to the bowl, covers them with covers, having previously placed a star on the paten, and reads the prayer “We thank You, Master.” If a priest serves with a deacon who is not receiving communion, these actions are performed by the priest himself.

When lowering particles taken out at the proskomedia in honor of Mother of God and saints, according to the teachings of the Church, through their union with the Blood of Christ, the living participation of the Mother of God and the saints, together with the faithful, in the grateful remembrance of the death and Resurrection of the Lord, who granted salvation to the world, is symbolized. At the same time, they are called to prayer for the dead and the living, so that the Lord will wash away the sins of all those remembered at the Divine Liturgy, with His Precious Blood through the prayers of the saints.

The above-mentioned Sunday chants are said at this moment of the Divine Liturgy on both holidays and weekdays. They glorify the Savior and our resurrection with Him. The venerable one († c. 776) says: “When we partake of the Body and Blood of Christ, then through this we perform the sacrament of His burial, and He, as if into the grave, descends in His flesh into our wombs; Having descended into the inner storehouses of our hearts, he then resurrects in us and unites us with Himself.”

If there are communicants, the priest places particles of the Holy Lamb into the chalice and administers communion to the laity, going out to the soleia after shouting “With the fear of God.” In this case, all the particles taken from the prosphora remain on the paten and are lowered into the chalice at the end of communion, which is done for fear of communion with particles instead of the Holy Lamb.

After communion, the priest drinks warm water with antidor and washes his hands. If he celebrates the Divine Liturgy without a deacon or with a deacon who does not partake of the Holy Mysteries, then after communion he does not receive warmth with the antidoron and does not wash his hands, but does this after consuming the Holy Gifts.

The remains of the Holy Gifts are consumed by the deacon who served the Divine Liturgy and who was preparing. If several deacons serve with preparation, then the Holy Gifts are consumed by them by agreement or according to the custom that exists in a given church.

After the prayer behind the pulpit, the priest, entering the altar through the royal doors, reads the prayer “Fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets,” after which the deacon, if he serves with preparation, goes to the altar to consume the Gifts. Otherwise, the Gifts are consumed by the priest himself immediately after the dismissal. If a priest serves with a deacon who is receiving communion, then the prayer for the consumption of the Holy Gifts is read not silently, but to the deacon aloud. It cannot be read after the prayer behind the pulpit on the way to the altar. A priest celebrating the Divine Liturgy without a deacon or with a deacon who does not receive communion must read it upon dismissal not in front of the altar, but in front of the altar on which the remaining Holy Gifts are consumed. Since ancient times, the consumption of the remnant of the Holy Mysteries at the altar was entrusted to the deacons themselves, as is clearly stated in the Apostolic Decrees (VIII, canons 13, 14). In the Euchology of the Western liturgist Jacob Gohar of the 17th century. at the end of the Divine Liturgy of the saint it is indicated that in the absence of a deacon, the Holy Gifts are consumed by the priest, which once again emphasizes the idea expressed in the Apostolic Decrees.

When consuming the Holy Gifts, you must ensure that not a single particle or drop remains in the chalice. The bowl should be rinsed several times with hot water and drunk. After this, the consumer can taste the warmth with the antidor. After rinsing the bowl, wipe it thoroughly with a cloth. The deacon must clean up the sacred vessels as a concelebrant, and not as a celebrant of the sacrament of the Eucharist.

After the Divine Liturgy and consumption of the Holy Gifts, the thanksgiving prayers by Holy Communion. The clergy read them in full vestments. Post-communion prayers are written in the first person: “I thank You,” “May there be me,” and the priest should not delegate their reading to another person.

Upon arrival home, the clergyman must remain in prayer and reflection about the greatness of the gift that he has received in Holy Communion, and abstain from all excesses and from marital communication.

The preparation of the reserve Holy Gifts is usually performed at the Divine Liturgy on Maundy Thursday, since it is on this day that the Saint remembers the establishment of the Divine Eucharist, but it should not be done at the full Divine Liturgy at other times. In churches where the liturgy is celebrated every day, particles of the Holy Gifts can be left daily in the tabernacle from one Divine Liturgy to another for the communion of the sick and for the sake of deaths. At the last liturgy, the remaining spare Gifts are consumed, and new ones are left. In such churches, special preparation of spare Gifts does not seem to be required, but for the sake of precaution, there should always be at least a few of them in the reliquary.

It should be noted that the custom of storing the Blood of Christ together with spare Gifts in a special vessel for the communion of dangerously ill infants is an innovation that has no basis in the rules and regulations of the church, and should be excluded from church practice.

The Lamb for the spare Gifts is prepared in the same way as the Lamb for Presanctified Liturgy, - for the full Divine Liturgy. At the proskomedia of the liturgy, at which the spare Gifts are prepared, in addition to the Lamb intended for the celebration of this Divine Liturgy, from another prosphora in the same way, that is, with the pronunciation of all the proskomedia words, another Lamb is prepared for the spare Gifts, which is placed on the paten next to the first. At the Divine Liturgy, the consecration of both Lambs at the appointed time is performed together, and not separately, that is, the perfect words and blessing are not pronounced over each of them separately. After the consecration of the Gifts, before communion, the priest takes the Lamb, prepared for the reserve Gifts, and, holding it over the chalice, little by little gives it the Blood of Christ with a spoon, being careful not to soak the Lamb and not to spill the Blood of Christ on any object. The watered Lamb is placed in the ark or tabernacle until the end of the Divine Liturgy.

After the end of the liturgy, the Lamb is taken out of the ark and dried on the throne. This is done like this: the priest unfolds the antimension, takes the Lamb out of the ark and places it on the paten, which is placed on the antimension. Then incense is performed around the altar, a bow is made in front of it, and the Holy Lamb is crushed with a copy into small particles, which the priest dries by holding the paten over some heat source, for example, an electric lamp, and turning it over with the copy to protect it from burning. Well-dried particles are placed in an ark and stored on the throne. It is strictly forbidden for a priest to keep spare Gifts in his home due to the danger of humiliation. However, in case of emergency, they can be left in the priest’s house for a short time - always in the front corner, next to the icons, and a lamp should be lit in front of them, and all the priest’s household must behave reverently, for the sake of the presence of the Shrine in the house. If anything happens to the Holy Gifts in the priest’s house, he must inform the diocesan bishop and act on his instructions. The priest is obliged to constantly monitor the condition of the reserve Gifts. If they are damp, they are dried using the above method or in the open air. If any damage is noticed in the spare Gifts, they are consumed at the next Divine Liturgy along with the remnants of the Holy Gifts, and new ones are prepared in their place.

Chapter 6. PRAYERS OF THANKS FOR HOLY COMMUNION

Priest: Glory to You, God! Glory to You, God! Glory to You, God!

I thank Thee, Lord my God, for Thou didst not reject me, a sinner, but made me worthy to be a partaker of Thy holy things. I thank You, for You have vouchsafed me, unworthy, to partake of Your Most Pure and Heavenly Gifts. But, Lord, Lover of Mankind, for our sake he died, and rose again, and gave us this terrible and life-giving Sacrament, for the benefit and sanctification of our souls and bodies! Grant this to me too, for the healing of soul and body, for the driving away of everyone who resists, for the enlightenment of the eyes of my heart, for the peace of my spiritual strength, for unshameful faith, for unfeigned love, for the fulfillment of wisdom, for the observance of Thy commandments, appropriation of Your Divine grace and Your Kingdom. Yes, in Your holiness we preserve those, I always remember Your grace and I live not for anyone, but for You, our Master and Benefactor, and, having thus come from this life about the hope of the eternal life, I will achieve everlasting peace, even as those who celebrate the unceasing voice and endless sweetness of those who behold Your Faces of unspeakable kindness. For You are the true desire and the inexpressible joy of those who love You, Christ our God, and all creation sings to You forever. Amen.

Saint's Prayer

Master Christ God, King of the ages and Creator of all! I thank You for all the good things You have given me and for the communion of Your most pure and life-giving Mysteries. I pray to You, the Good One and the Lover of Mankind: keep me under Your roof and in the shadow of Your wing and grant me with a clear conscience, even until my last breath, to worthily partake of Your holy things, for the remission of sins and eternal life. For You are the living Bread, the Source of holiness, the Giver of good things, and to You we send glory, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer

Having given me flesh to eat by Thy will, fire and scorch the unworthy, and do not scorch me, my Creator; rather, go into my heart, into all my parts, into my womb, into my heart. The thorns of all my sins fell. Cleanse your soul, sanctify your thoughts. Confirm the compositions with the bones together. Enlighten the senses of a simple five. I am completely pinned to Your fear. Cover me always, keep me and keep me from every deed and word that is choking. Cleanse, and wash, and adorn me. Fertilize, enlighten and enlighten me. Show me Your village of the one Spirit and no one else’s village of sin. Yes, like Your house, the entrance of Communion, like fire, every evildoer, every passion flees from me. I offer prayer books to You, all the saints, the orders of the incorporeal, Your Forerunner, the wise apostles, and to these Your Undefiled Pure Mother; Accept these same prayers, O Compassionate One, O my Christ, and make Thy servant a son of light. For You are the One and the sanctification of ours, the Blesser of souls and lordship, and like You, like God and the Master, we send up all glory every day.

The prayer is different

May Thy Holy Body, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, be unto me for eternal life, and Thy Honest Blood for the remission of sins; May we give thanksgiving (communion.– Ed.) this is for joy, health and joy; at Thy terrible and second coming, grant me, a sinner, to stand at the right hand of Thy glory, through the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother and all the saints.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos

Most Holy Lady Theotokos, Light of my darkened soul, Hope, Protection, Refuge, Consolation, My Joy! I thank You, for You have made me worthy, unworthy, to be a partaker of the Most Pure Body and Honest Blood of Your Son. But, having given birth to the true Light, enlighten my intelligent eyes of the heart; She who gave birth to the Source of immortality, revived me, killed by sin; O most merciful Mother of God, have mercy on me and grant me tenderness and contrition in my heart, and humility in my thoughts, and appeal in the captivity of my thoughts, and grant me, until my last breath, not condemned to receive the consecration of the Most Pure Mysteries, for the healing of the soul and body, and give me tears of repentance and confession, so that I can sing and praise Thee all the days of my life, for Thou art blessed and glorified forever. Amen.

“Now you let go”, Trisagion according to “Our Father”, troparion of dismissal“Thy lips, like the light of fire, grace shone forth”, “Glory” - kontakion “Thou hast received Divine grace from heaven”, “And now” - “The shameless intercession of Christians”, “Lord, have mercy” (12 times),“Wisdom”, “Most Holy Theotokos, save us”, “Most Honest”, “Glory to Thee, Christ God, Our Hope, glory to Thee”, “Glory, even now”, “Bless”, dismissal as at proskomedia: if on Sunday - “Risen from the dead”, if not - “Christ our true God, through the prayers of His Most Pure Mother, like our holy father John, Archbishop of Constantinople, Chrysostom (at the liturgy of the saint - “like our holy father Basil, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia”) and He will have mercy on all the saints and save us, for He is Good and Lover of Mankind.”

In detail: following the liturgy text - from all open sources and different parts of the world on the site for our dear readers.

Deacon: Bless, lord.

Priest: Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord in peace.

Chorus:Lord have mercy.

Choir : Lord have mercy. (For every request.)

Let us pray to the Lord for the peace from above and the salvation of our souls.

Let us pray to the Lord for the peace of the whole world, the prosperity of the Holy Churches of God and the unity of all.

About our great Lord and Father, His Holiness Patriarch (name), and about our Lord, His Eminence Metropolitan (or: archbishop, or: bishop) (name), honorable presbytery, deaconship in Christ, for all the clergy and people, let us pray to the Lord.

For our God-protected country, its authorities and army, let us pray to the Lord.

About this city Let us pray to the Lord in every city, country and those who live in them by faith.

Let us pray to the Lord for the goodness of the air, for the abundance of earthly fruits and times of peace.

About those floating, traveling, the sick, the suffering, the captives and about their salvation. Let's pray to the Lord.

Having commemorated our Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus:To you, Lord.

Priest: For due to You is all glory, honor and worship, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus:Amen.

Chorus:Amen.

Fine antiphons

First antiphon

Everyday antiphons (they are printed after the figurative ones) are supposed to be sung on weekdays, except for special instructions.

Bless the Lord, my soul./ Blessed art thou, O Lord. / Bless the Lord, my soul, / and all that is within me, His holy Name.

Bless the Lord, my soul, / and do not forget all His rewards. He who cleanses all your iniquities, / who heals all your ailments, / who delivers your belly from corruption, / who crowns you with mercy and bounties. Who fulfills your desires for good: / your youth will be renewed like an eagle... The Lord create alms, / and the fate of all those who are offended. Moses told His ways, / His desires to the sons of Israel. The Lord is generous and merciful, / long-suffering and abounding in mercy. He is not completely angry, / he is at enmity for centuries. It was not because of our iniquities that he made us eat, / but because of our sins he repaid us to eat. As the height of heaven from the earth, / the Lord established His mercy on those who fear Him. The east is far removed from the west, / our iniquities have been removed from us. As a father gives generously to his sons, / the Lord rewards those who fear Him. For He is known by our creation, / I will remember him as the dust of Him. A man, like the grass of his days, / like the flower of the countryside, will bloom. For the spirit has passed through him, / and will not be, / and will not know his place.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting / on those who fear Him. And His righteousness is upon the sons of sons, / who keep His covenant, / and remember His commandments / to do. The Lord has prepared His Throne in heaven, / and His Kingdom possesses all. Bless the Lord, O His angels, / who are mighty in strength, who do His word, / to hear the voice of His words. Bless the Lord, all His might, / His servants who do His will. Bless the Lord, all His works, / in every place of His dominion. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Bless, my soul, the Lord, / and all that is within me, His holy name. / Blessed are you, Lord.

Litany small

Deacon:

Choir : Lord have mercy.

Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

Chorus:Lord have mercy.

Chorus:To you, Lord.

Priest:

X op:Amen

Exclamation: For Yours is the power and Yours is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus:Amen. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Second Antiphon

Praise the Lord, my soul. / I will praise the Lord in my belly, / I will sing to my God as long as I am. Do not trust in princes, in the sons of men, / in them there is no salvation. His spirit will depart, / and return to his land: / in that day they will perish. all his thoughts. Blessed is the God of Jacob who is his helper, / his trust is in the Lord his God. Who created heaven and earth, / the sea and everything that is in them.

Keeping the truth forever, / bringing justice to the offended, / giving food to the hungry The Lord decides the chained, / The Lord makes wise the blind. The Lord raises up the downtrodden, / The Lord loves the righteous. The Lord protects strangers, / he will accept the orphan and the widow, / and he will destroy the way of sinners. The Lord will reign forever, / Your God, in Zion, forever and ever. And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Song of the Lord Jesus Christ

Litany small

Deacon: Let us pray again and again in peace to the Lord.

Choir : Lord have mercy.

Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

Chorus:Lord have mercy.

Let us commemorate our Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the saints, for ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus:To you, Lord.

Priest: For Thine is the power, and Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages,

X op:Amen

For You are a good and Lover of mankind, and we send glory to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus:Amen.

Third antiphon. Blessed

In Your Kingdom, remember us, O Lord, / when You come to Your Kingdom.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, / for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

Blessed are those who cry, / for they will be comforted.

Blessed are the meek, / for they will inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, / for they will be satisfied.

Blessedness of mercy, / for there will be mercy.

Blessed are those who are pure in heart, / for they will see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers, / for these shall be called the sons of God.

Blessed is the expulsion of truth for the sake of them, / for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

Blessed are you when they revile you, / and destroy you, and say all sorts of evil things against you, who lie to Me for my sake.

Rejoice and be glad, / for your reward is many in heaven. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Everyday antiphons (everyday)

Antiphon 1st

It is good to confess to the Lord. .

It is good to confess to the Lord,/ and sing to Your name, O Most High. Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us

1Declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,/And Your truth every night. Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us

For the Lord our God is right, / and there is no unrighteousness in Him. Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amine. Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us

Antiphon 2nd

The Lord reigned, clothed with beauty. Through the prayers of Thy saints, O Savior, save us.

The Lord reigned, and He clothed Himself with beauty; The Lord clothed Himself with strength, and He girded Himself. Through the prayers of Thy saints, O Savior, save us

For establish the universe, / even it does not move. Through the prayers of Thy saints, O Savior, save us

Thy testimonies have been greatly assured:/ holiness befits Thy house, O Lord, for the length of days. Through the prayers of Thy saints, O Savior, save us

Glory, and now:

Song of the Lord Jesus Christ

The only begotten Son and Word of God, He is immortal, / and deigning for our salvation / to be incarnate from the Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, / immutably made human; / crucified, O Christ God, trampling death by death, / one who is the Holy Trinity, / glorified to the Father and the Holy Spirit, save us.

Antiphon 3rd

Come, let us rejoice in the Lord, / let us shout to God our Savior. Save us, O Son of God, / wondrous among the saints, singing to Ti: Alleluia.

Let us precede His face in confession, / and in psalms we exclaim to Him: Save us, O Son of God, / in the wondrous saints, who sing to You: Alleluia.

For God is the Great Lord,/ and the Great King throughout all the earth. Save us, O Son of God, / wondrous among the saints, singing to Ti: Alleluia.

For in His hand are all the ends of the earth,/ and the heights of the mountains of Him. Save us, O Son of God, / wondrous among the saints, singing to Ti: Alleluia.

For He is the sea, and He created Him, and His hand creates dry land. Save us, O Son of God, / wondrous among the saints, singing to Ti: Alleluia.

Login with the Gospel

Deacon: Let's pray to the Lord.

Lord have mercy.

Deacon (proclaims): Wisdom, forgive me.

Chorus:Come, let us worship and fall before Christ. Save the Son of God, risen from the dead, singing Ti: alleluia.

Troparion and kontakion

reading. Or: Reading the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans.)

Deacon: Let's remember.

Reading of the Apostle. When the reading is over, the priest says to the reader: Peace be with you.

Reader: And to your spirit.

Deacon: Wisdom.

Reader: Alleluia, voice...

The choir sings “Alleluia” - three times in the indicated voice, the reader pronounces the alleluia (special verses printed in the same place as the prokeimenon (at the end of the Apostle, for example).) choir: “Alleluia”, the reader - the second verse of the alleluia, the choir fasts on the third times "Alleluia".

Deacon: Bless, O Master, the evangelist, the holy Apostle and Evangelist (name of evangelist).

The priest, blessing him, says: God, through the prayers of the holy, glorious, all-validated apostle and evangelist (name), may He give you the word to preach the gospel with much power, to fulfill the Gospel of His beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Deacon: Amen.

Priest: Wisdom, forgive me, let us hear the Holy Gospel. Peace to all.

Chorus: And to your spirit.

Deacon: From (Name) reading of the Holy Gospel.

Chorus:

Priest: Let's remember.

And the Gospel is read. After reading

chorus:Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.

Litany

Deacon: We say everything with all our hearts, and we say everything with all our thoughts.

Chorus:Lord have mercy.

Lord Almighty, God of our fathers, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.

Chorus:Lord have mercy. (Three times, for each request)

We also pray for our Great Lord and Father, His Holiness the Patriarch (name), and about our Lord, His Eminence, Metropolitan (or: archbishop, or: bishop) (name), and all our brethren in Christ.

We also pray for our God-protected country, its authorities and army, so that we may live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity.

We also pray for the blessed and ever-memorable creators of this holy temple (if in a monastery: this holy monastery), and about all the departed fathers and brothers. lying here and everywhere, Orthodox.

We also pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and forgiveness of sins of God's servants. brethren of this holy temple (if in a monastery: this holy monastery).

We also pray for those who are fruitful and virtuous in this holy and all-honorable temple, for those who work, sing and stand before us, expecting great and rich mercy from You.

Priest: For You are a Merciful and Lover of Mankind, and we send glory to You, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus:Amen.

On some days of the church year (except for the twelve and temple holidays), after the special litany, the following litany for the departed is read, with the royal arats open and with a censer:

Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.

Chorus:Lord have mercy. (for every request).

We also pray for the repose of the souls of the departed servants of God (names) and to forgive them for every sin, voluntary and involuntary. For may the Lord God grant their souls, where the righteous may rest. We ask for the mercy of God, the Kingdom of Heaven and forgiveness of their sins from Christ, the immortal King and our God.

Chorus:Give it, Lord.

Deacon: Let's pray to the Lord.

Chorus:Lord have mercy.

Priest: For Thou art the resurrection, and the life, and the rest of Thy servants who have fallen asleep (name), Christ our God, and to You we send up glory, with Your Originless Father and Your Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus:Amen.

The Royal Doors are closing

Litany of the Catechumens

Deacon: Pray, the catechumen, to the Lord.

Chorus:Lord have mercy, (For every request,).

Believe me, let us pray for the catechumens, that the Lord may have mercy on them.

He will announce them with the word of truth.

The Gospel of truth will be revealed to them.

He will unite them with His Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.

Save, have mercy, intercede and preserve them, O God, by Your grace.

The Catechumen, bow your heads to the Lord.

Chorus:To you, Lord.

Yes, and with us they glorify Your most honorable and magnificent Name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus:Amen.

Deacon: Elitsa catechumen, come out, catechumen, come out; When you have announced the announcement, come out. Yes, no one from the catechumens, the faithful ones, let us pray again and again in peace to the Lord.

Chorus:Lord have mercy.

Deacon: Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

Choir : Lord have mercy.

Deacon: Wisdom.

Priest: For all glory, honor and worship is due to You, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus:Amen.

Small Litany

Deacon: Let us pray again and again in peace to the Lord.

Chorus:Lord have mercy. (For each request).

About heavenly peace and the salvation of our souls. Let's pray to the Lord.

Let us pray to the Lord for the peace of the whole world, the prosperity of God’s holy Churches and the unity of all.

For this holy temple and for those who enter it with faith, reverence and fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.

Let us pray to the Lord for deliverance from all sorrow, anger and need.

Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

Deacon: Wisdom.

Priest: As we always keep under Your power, we send glory to You, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

The royal gates open

Chorus:Amen, And sings the Cherubic song ( Instead of the Cherubim, at the liturgy on Maundy Thursday “Thy Mystical Supper...” is sung, and on Great Saturday - “Let all flesh be silent...”. )

Even as the Cherubim secretly form and sing the Trisagion hymn to the Life-Giving Trinity, let us now put aside all worldly cares...

Great Entrance

Deacon: (name), (name of the diocesan bishop), May the Lord God remember you in His Kingdom, always, now and ever, and forever and ever.

Priest: May the Lord God remember you and all Orthodox Christians in His Kingdom, always, now and ever, and forever and ever.

Chorus:Amen.

As if we will raise the King of all with angelic invisibly dorinoshima chinmi. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Litany of Petition

Deacon: Let us fulfill our prayer to the Lord.

Chorus:Lord have mercy. (For every request).

Let us pray to the Lord for the honest gifts offered.

For this holy temple and for those who enter it with faith, reverence and fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.

Let us pray to the Lord for deliverance from all sorrow, anger and need.

Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

Every day is perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, we ask the Lord.

Choir : Give it, Lord. (For each request).

We ask the Lord for forgiveness and forgiveness of our sins and transgressions.

We ask the Lord to end the rest of our life in peace and repentance.

We ask for the Christian death of our belly, painless, shameless, peaceful, and a good answer at the Last Judgment of Christ.

Let us commemorate our Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the saints, for ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus:To you, Lord.

Priest: Through the bounty of Your Only Begotten Son, with Him you are blessed, with Your Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and throughout the rivers of ages.

Chorus:Amen.

Priest: Peace to all.

Chorus:And to your spirit.

Deacon: Let us love one another and be of one mind.

Chorus:Father and Son and Holy Spirit, Trinity Consubstantial and Indivisible.

Deacon: Doors, doors, let us smell wisdom.

The curtain of the royal gates opens

Symbol of faith

1I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible to all. 2And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages. Light from Light, true God from true God, born, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, to Whom all things were. 3 For our sake, man, and for our salvation, he came down from Heaven, and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became human. 4 He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried. resurrected on the third day according to Scripture. 6And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father. 7 And the one who is to come will judge the living and the dead with glory; His Kingdom will have no end. 8 And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-Giving One, who proceeds from the Father, who is with the Father and the Son, is worshiped and glorified, who spoke the prophets. 9Into one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. 10I confess one Baptism for the remission of sins. 11 I look forward to the resurrection of the dead, 12 and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Deacon: Let's become kind, let's become fearful, let's take in the Holy Ascension in the world.

Chorus:Grace of the world, Victim of praise.

Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

Chorus:And with your spirit.

Priest: We have sorrow in our hearts.

Chorus:Imams to the Lord.

Priest: We thank the Lord.

Chorus:It is worthy and righteous to worship the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, Consubstantial and Indivisible.

Priest: The song of victory is aching, crying, calling and saying:

Chorus: Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts, fill Heaven and earth with Your glory; Hosanna in the highest, blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest.

Priest: Take, eat, this is My Body, which was broken for you for the remission of sins. (At the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, these exclamations begin with the words: “Give to His saints, disciple and apostle, rivers...”.)

Chorus:Amen.

Priest: Drink from it, all of you, this is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins.

Chorus:Amen.

Priest: Yours from Yours brings to You for everyone and for everything.

Chorus:I'll eat for you. We bless You, we thank You, Lord, and we pray to You. Our God.

Priest: Much about our Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.

Chorus: It is worthy to eat, as you are truly blessed, the Mother of God, the Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate and the Mother of our God. We magnify Thee, the most honorable Cherub and the most Glorious without comparison, the Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption.

(On the twelfth holidays and their after-feasts, instead of “It is worthy...” the chorus and irmos of the 9th song of the canon (the so-called “stagnation”) are sung - they are indicated in the services of the holidays. On Maundy Thursday the irmos of the 9th song “The Wanderings of the Lady” is sung. ”, on Holy Saturday - “Don’t cry for Me, Mother...”, on Vaiy Week - “God the Lord...”.

If the liturgy of St. Basil the Great, instead of “Worthy... we sing: “He rejoices in You.” Grace-filled, every creature, the angelic council and the human race, consecrated in the temple and verbal paradise, virgin praise, from the Unknown God was incarnate and the Child was born, our God before the age; for Thy throne is false, and Thy womb is wider than the heavens. Every creature rejoices in You, O Gracious One, glory to You.”)

Priest: First remember, Lord, our Great Master and Father (name), His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', and Our Lord the Most Reverend (name of diocesan bishop), and grant them to Thy holy Churches in the world, whole, honest, healthy, long-living, the right to rule the word of Thy truth.

Chorus:And everyone and everything.

Priest: And grant us with one mouth and one heart to glorify and sing the Most Holy and Thy Glorious Name, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus:Amen.

Priest: And may the mercies of the Great God and our Savior Jesus Christ be with you all.

Chorus:And with your spirit.

Litany of petition

Deacon: Having remembered all the saints, let us pray again and again in peace to the Lord.

Chorus:Lord have mercy. (For each request).

For the offered and consecrated Honest Gifts, let us pray to the Lord.

As if our God, the Lover of Mankind, received me into His holy, and heavenly, and mental Altar, into the stench of the spiritual fragrance, He will bestow upon us Divine grace and the gift of the Holy Spirit, let us pray.

Let us pray to the Lord to free us from all sorrow, anger and need.

Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, By your grace.

Every day she is perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, we ask the Lord.

Chorus:Give it, Lord. (For each request).

Deacon: Angela is a peaceful, faithful mentor, guardian of our souls and bodies, we ask the Lord.

We ask the Lord for forgiveness and forgiveness of our sins and transgressions.

We ask the Lord for kindness and benefit to our souls and peace in the world.

We ask the Lord to end the rest of our life in peace and repentance.

We ask for the Christian death of our belly, painless, shameless, peaceful, and a good answer at the Last Judgment of Christ.

Having asked for the union of faith and the communion of the Holy Spirit, let us commit ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus:To you, Lord.

And grant us, O Master, with boldness and without condemnation to call upon You, Heavenly God the Father, and say:

Choir (or all worshipers): Our Father, Who art in Heaven! Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Priest: For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory. Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus:Amen.

Priest: Peace to all.

Chorus:And to your spirit.

Deacon: Bow your heads to the Lord,

Chorus:To you, Lord.

Priest: By the grace, and bounty, and love for mankind of Thy Only Begotten Son, with Him art thou blessed, with Thy Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

The royal gates and curtain are closed.

Deacon: Let's remember.

Priest: Holy to holies.

Chorus:There is one Holy One, one Lord Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Involved

(Any sacrament ends with a three-fold “alleluia.” The rule for singing sacramental verses is found in the liturgical books along with the rule for prokeimnas and alleluaria, and with rare exceptions is similar to the latter, i.e., when two Apostles are read, two sacraments are sung, but “alleluia” sung only after the second. Festive sacraments are indicated in the services of the holidays.)

On Sunday: Praise the Lord from heaven, praise Him in the highest. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

On Monday: Create your angels, your spirits, and your servants, your fiery flame.

In Tuesday:

On Wednesday:

On Thursday:

On Friday: Thou hast wrought salvation in the midst of the earth, O God.

On Saturday: Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.

Funeral: Blessed are those whom you have chosen and accepted, O Lord, and their memory for generations and generations.

On the feasts of the Virgin Mary: I will accept the cup of salvation and call on the Name of the Lord.

On the feasts of the apostles: Their messages went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

On the days of remembrance of saints: The righteous will be a righteous man for everlasting memory; he will not fear the hearing of evil.

The royal gates open.

The deacon, bringing out the Holy Chalice, exclaims: Come with the fear of God and faith!

Hands the Chalice to the priest.

Choir : Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord, God the Lord, and He has appeared to us.( On Easter week, “Christ is Risen...” is sung. )

Priest (and with him everyone who wants to receive communion): I believe, Lord, and confess that You are truly the Christ, the Son of the living God, who came into the world to save sinners, from whom I am the first. I also believe that this is Your most pure Body, and this is Your most pure Blood. I pray to You: have mercy on me, and forgive me my sins, voluntary and involuntary, in word, in deed, in knowledge and ignorance, and grant me, without condemnation, to partake of Your most pure sacraments, for the remission of sins and eternal life. Amen.

Giving communion to the laity, the priest says: The servant of God takes communion (Name) The Honest and Holy Body and Blood of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins and for Eternal Life.

Choir (during communion):Receive the Body of Christ, taste the immortal Source.(On Maundy Thursday, “Thy Last Supper...” is sung; and on Easter week, “Christ is risen...”.)

Priest: Save, O God, Your people and bless Your heritage,

Choir; We have seen the true Light,/ we have received the Heavenly Spirit,/ we have found the true faith,/ we worship the Indivisible Trinity:/ For she has saved us. (Instead of “We have seen the true light...” from Easter to the day of the day, “Christ is risen from the dead...” is sung; from the Ascension to giving - the troparion of the Ascension; and the Trinity; parent's Saturday- “The depth of wisdom...”)

Priest: Always, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen. May our lips/ be filled with Thy praise, O Lord,/ for we sing Thy glory,/ for Thou hast made us worthy to partake/ of Thy Holy, Divine, Immortal and Life-giving Mysteries;/ keep us in Thy holiness,/ learn of Thy righteousness all day long./ Alleluia , alleluia, alleluia. (On Maundy Thursday, instead of “Let them be fulfilled...”, “Thy Secret Supper...” is sung; on Easter week, “Christ is Risen...”.)

Deacon: Forgive us for accepting the Divine, Holy, Most Pure, Immortal, Heavenly and Life-Giving, Terrible Mysteries of Christ, we worthily thank the Lord.

Chorus:Lord have mercy.

Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

The whole day is perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, having asked for it, we will commit ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus:To you, Lord.

Priest: For You are our Sanctification, and We send glory to you, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages,

Chorus:Amen.

Priest: C let's go out in peace,

Chorus:About the name of the Lord.

Deacon: Let's pray to the Lord.

Chorus:Lord have mercy.

Prayer behind the pulpit

Priest (standing in front of the pulpit): Bless those who bless Thee, O Lord, and sanctify those who trust in Thee, save Thy people and bless Thy inheritance, preserve the fulfillment of Thy Church, sanctify those who love the splendor of Thy house; Glorify those with Your Divine power, and do not abandon us who trust in You. Grant Thy peace, to Thy Churches, to the priests, to the army, and to all Thy people. For every gift is good, and every perfect gift is from above, coming from You, the Father of Lights; and to You we send glory, and thanksgiving, and worship, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus:Amen. Blessed be the Name of the Lord from now on and forever (three times)(On Easter week, “Christ is Risen...” is sung.)

Psalm 33

( During Easter week, “Christ is Risen...” is sung many times. )

Chorus: I will bless the Lord at all times,/I will make His praise come into my mouth. My soul will glory in the Lord./Let the meek ones hear and rejoice. Magnify the Lord with me, / and let us exalt His Name together. Seek the Lord, and hear me,/ and deliver me from all my sorrows. Come to Him and be enlightened,/ and your faces will not be ashamed. This beggar cried out, and the Lord heard and,/ and saved him from all his sorrows. The angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear Him,/ and will deliver them. Taste and see that the Lord is good;/ blessed is the man who trusts in Nan. Fear the Lord, all His holy ones, for there is no hardship for those who fear Him. With riches you become poor and hungry: but those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good. Come, children, listen to me, / I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Who is a man, even if he loves his life, / loves the days and sees good things? Keep your tongue from evil, / and keep your lips from speaking flattery. Turn away from evil, and do good, / seek peace, and marry, and. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous/ and His ears are upon their prayer. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, / to consume their memory from the earth. The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard them, and delivered them from all their sorrows. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and will save the humble in spirit. Many are the sorrows of the righteous, and the Lord will deliver me from all of them. The Lord protects all their bones, not one of them will be broken. The death of sinners is cruel, and those who hate the righteous will sin. The Lord will deliver the souls of His servant, and all who trust in Him will not sin.

Priest: The blessing of the Lord is upon you. By grace and love for mankind, always, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus:Amen.

Priest: Glory to Thee, Christ God, our Hope, glory to Thee. (On Easter, on Easter week and on the celebration of Easter, instead of “Glory to Thee, Christ God...” the clergy sing “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death,” and the choir ends: “ And giving life to those in the tombs.” From the Sunday of Thomas until the celebration of Easter, the priest says: “Glory to Thee, Christ God, our Hope, Glory to Thee,” and the choir sings “Christ is Risen...” (Thrice)

Chorus: Glory, even now. Lord have mercy (Three times).Bless.

The priest pronounces dismissal (on Sunday)

Risen from the dead, Christ, our true God, through the prayers of His Most Pure Mother, the glorious and all-praised Apostle, like our holy father John, Archbishop of Constantine, Chrysostom (or: St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia), and St. (temple and saint, who is commemorated on this day), the saints and righteous Godfather Joachim and Anna and all the saints, will have mercy and save us, for He is Good and Lover of Mankind

Many years

Chorus:Our Great Lord and Father ( namename ) , His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', and Our Most Holy Lord ( Name ) metropolitan(or : archbishop,or : bishop)(his diocesan title ), the brethren of this holy temple and all Orthodox Christians, Lord, preserve them for many years.

The second part of the liturgy is called Liturgy of the Catechumens. This part of the service received this name from the content of prayers, chants, sacred rites and teachings that have a teaching, catechetical character. In the ancient Church, during its celebration, catechumens could be present, along with the faithful, that is, persons preparing for Holy Baptism, as well as penitents excommunicated from Holy Communion.

Deacon: Bless, master.

Priest: Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Great Litany

Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord in peace.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord for peace from above and the salvation of our souls.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: For the peace of the whole world, the prosperity of the Holy Churches of God and the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: For this holy temple and for those who enter it with faith, reverence and fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: For our Great Lord and Father, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, and for our Lord, His Eminence, Metropolitan (or: Archbishop, or: Bishop) (name), the honorable presbytery, the diaconate in Christ, for all the clergy and people, let us pray to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: For our God-protected country, its authorities and its army, let us pray to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: For this city (or: o this village, if in a monastery, then: about this holy monastery), every city, country and by faith living in them, let us pray to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord for the goodness of the air, for the abundance of earthly fruits and times of peace.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: For those who are sailing, traveling, the sick, the suffering, the captives, and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord that we may be delivered from all sorrow, anger and need.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Choir: To you, Lord.

Priest: For all glory, honor and worship is due to You, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Antiphons

Antiphons in the liturgy are of three types: festive, figurative and daily (everyday). Which of them are sung is determined for each day by the Church Charter. Festive antiphons are sung on the feasts of the Lord, with the exception of the Presentation (festival antiphons on Vai Week, Easter, Ascension and the Day of the Holy Trinity are given in the chapter “Chants from the services of the Colored Triodion”).

Daily antiphons are supposed to be sung on weekdays. Most often on Sundays and holidays, figurative antiphons are sung (psalms 102, 145 and Blessed - Matthew 5: 3-12)

First antiphon

Chorus 1: Bless the Lord, my soul. Blessed are you, Lord. Bless, my soul, the Lord, and my entire inner being, His Holy Name.

Chorus 2: Bless the Lord, my soul, and do not forget all His rewards.

Chorus 1: He who cleanses all your iniquities, who heals all your illnesses.

Choir 2: He who delivers your belly from corruption, who crowns you with mercy and bounties.

Choir 1: He who fulfills your desires for good: your youth will be renewed like an eagle.

Chorus 2: The Lord grant alms and fate to all who are offended.

Chorus 1: Moses told the sons of Israel His ways.

Choir 2: The Lord is generous and merciful, long-suffering and abounding in mercy.

Chorus 1: He is not completely angry, he is at enmity for centuries.

Chorus 2: He did not make us eat because of our iniquities, but repaid us because of our sins.

Chorus 1: Because the Lord established His mercy on those who fear Him, according to the height of heaven from the earth.

Chorus 2: The east is far removed from the west, and our iniquities have been removed from us.

Chorus 1: As a father gives generously to his sons, the Lord will provide for those who fear Him.

Chorus 2: As He is known to our creation, I will remember him as the dust of Esma.

Chorus 1: A man, like the grass of his days, like the flower of the field, will bloom.

Chorus 2: For a spirit has passed through him, and is not, and no one knows his place.

Chorus 1: The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him.

Chorus 2: And His righteousness is upon the sons of sons, who keep His covenant and remember His commandments to do.

Chorus 1: The Lord has prepared His Throne in heaven, and His Kingdom possesses all.

Chorus 2: Bless the Lord, O His angels, who are mighty in strength, who do His word, to hear the voice of His words.

Chorus 1: Bless the Lord, all His might, His servants who do His will.

Choir 2: Bless the Lord, all His works, in every place of His dominion.

Chorus 1: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Choir 2: And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Chorus 1: Bless the Lord, my soul, and all that is within me, His holy name. Blessed are you, Lord.

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Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: Having commemorated our Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Choir: To you, Lord.

Chorus: Amen.

Second Antiphon

During the second antiphon, the sexton's candle is lit. The altar boy takes the candle during “The Only Begotten Son...” and stands with it in the high place.

Chorus: Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Choir 1: Praise the Lord, my soul. I will praise the Lord in my belly, I will sing to my God as long as I am.

Chorus 2: Do not trust in princes, in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation.

Choir 1: His spirit will depart and return to his land; in that day all his thoughts will perish.

Chorus 2: Blessed is the God of Jacob, whose trust is in the Lord his God.

Chorus 1: Who created the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them.

Chorus 2: Keeping the truth forever, bringing justice to the offended, giving food to the hungry.

Chorus 1: The Lord decides the chained, the Lord makes the blind wise.

Choir 2: The Lord raises up the downtrodden, the Lord loves the righteous.

Chorus 1: The Lord protects strangers, He will receive the orphan and the widow, and He will destroy the way of sinners.

Choir 2: The Lord your God will reign forever in Zion, forever and ever. And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Song of the Lord Jesus Christ

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Deacon: Let us pray again and again in peace to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: Having commemorated our Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Choir: To you, Lord.

Priest: For Thine is the power, and Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Third Antiphon; Blessed

“The Blessed” is supposed to be sung with the troparions assigned on this day by the Church Charter: special troparions for the “Blessed”, or troparions from the songs of the morning canon for a holiday or a saint.

Chorus 1: In Your Kingdom, remember us, O Lord, when You come to Your Kingdom.

Choir 2, verse 12: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for among them is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Chorus 1: Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Chorus 2, verse 10: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Chorus 1: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

Chorus 2, verse 8: Blessed be the mercy, for there will be mercy.

Chorus 1: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Chorus 2, verse 6: Blessed are the peacemakers, for these shall be called the sons of God.

Chorus 1: Blessed is the expulsion of truth for the sake of them, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

Chorus 2, verse 4: Blessed are you, when they revile you, and destroy you, and say all kinds of evil things against you, who lie to Me for my sake.

Chorus 1: Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is abundant in heaven.

Chorus: And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Everyday antiphons (everyday)

Antiphon 1st Chorus 1: It is good to confess to the Lord. Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us.

Choir 2: It is good to confess to the Lord, and sing to Your name, O Most High. Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us.

Choir 1: Proclaim Your mercy in the morning, and Your truth every night. Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us.

Choir 2: For the Lord our God is upright, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us.

Chorus 1: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us.

Choir 2: And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us.

Antiphon 2nd Chorus 1: The Lord reigns and is clothed with beauty. Through the prayers of Thy saints, O Savior, save us.

Chorus 2: The Lord reigned, He clothed Himself with beauty, The Lord clothed Himself with strength, and He girded Himself. Through the prayers of Thy saints, O Savior, save us.

Chorus 1: For establish the universe, which cannot move. Through the prayers of Thy saints, O Savior, save us.

Choir 2: Thy testimonies have been greatly assured: holiness befits Thy house, O Lord, for the length of days. Through the prayers of Thy saints, O Savior, save us.

Chorus: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Chorus: And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Song of the Lord Jesus Christ Choir: The only begotten Son and Word of God, He is immortal, and deigned for our salvation to be incarnate from the Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, immutably made man; crucified, O Christ God, trampling down death by death, the only One of the Holy Trinity, glorified to the Father and the Holy Spirit, save us.

Antiphon 3rd Choir 1: Come, let us rejoice in the Lord, let us shout to God our Savior. Save us, O Son of God, wondrous among the saints, singing to Ti: Alleluia.

Chorus 2: Let us precede His face in confession, and in psalms let us exclaim to Him: Save us, O Son of God, wondrous among the saints, who sing: Alleluia.

Chorus 1: For God is the Great Lord, and the Great King throughout all the earth. Save us, O Son of God, wondrous among the saints, singing to Ti: Alleluia.

Chorus 2: For in His hand are all the ends of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are His. Save us, O Son of God, wondrous among the saints, singing to Ti: Alleluia.

Chorus 1: For He is the sea, and He created Him, and His hands make dry land. Save us, O Son of God, wondrous among the saints, singing to Ti: Alleluia.

Login with the Gospel

Entrance with the Gospel. The deacon enters the altar, opens the Royal Doors, is baptized together with the priest, kisses the throne and takes the gospel, the altar boy at this moment crosses himself synchronously with them, bows to the high place, the priest, and at the moment the priest passes from the throne to the high place, he goes to the northern gate. When the priest and the deacon also head to the gate, he opens the door and walks along the ambo to the royal gates, then turns to the lectern and stands in front of it with his back to the people. When the priest enters the altar, the altar boy enters through the southern gate. At the altar, the sexton walks to the high place, crosses himself, bows to the high place, the priest, and goes to put the candle in its place.

Deacon: Wisdom, forgive me.

Choir: Come, let us worship and fall before Christ. Save the Son of God, risen from the dead, singing Ti: alleluia.

Troparion and kontakion “at the entrance”

The choir sings troparia and kontakia “at the entrance”, prescribed for this day by the Church Charter (Sunday troparia and kontakia are given in the chapter “Chants from Sunday Services”, daytime ones - in the chapter “Chants from Weekday Services”, common to the saints - in the chapter “Chants from the services common to the faces of the saints”, holiday ones - in the chapter “Chants from the holiday services”).

Priest: For You are Holy, our God, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever.

Deacon: And forever and ever.

Chorus: Amen.

Trisagion

Chorus: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Thrice)

Choir: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Choir: Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Chorus: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Prokeimenon

The deacon is given a censer

Deacon: Let's take a look.

Priest: Peace to all.

Reader of the Apostle: And your spirit. Prokeimenon. Psalm of David, voice...

One or two prokeimnas are pronounced, prescribed that day for the liturgy by the Church Charter (Sunday prokeimnas with their verses are given in the chapter “Chants from Sunday services of eight voices”, daytime (weekday) ones - in the chapter “Chants from weekday services”, from the services of the Lenten Triodion and color - in the chapters “Chants from the services of the Lenten Triodion” and “Chants from the services of the Triodion in color.”

The reader pronounces the Prokeimenon, naming its voice, the choir sings the Prokeimenon, the reader pronounces the verse, the choir repeats the Prokeimenon, the reader pronounces the first half of the Prokeimenon, the choir sings the second half of it. When the Rule prescribes two prokeimenons, the first is sung twice, i.e. reader: prokeimenon, choir: prokeimenon, reader: verse, choir: prokeimenon, then the reader pronounces the second prokeimenon, and the choir sings it once.

Sunday Prokeemnes and Alleluia at Liturgy

Voice 1: May Thy mercy be upon us, O Lord, as we trust in Thee.

Verse: Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.

Alleluia: God grant vengeance to me and subdue the people under me.

Verse: Magnify the salvation of the king and show mercy to your Christ David and his seed forever.

Voice 2: The Lord is my strength and my song. and be my salvation.

Verse: While the Lord punished me, He did not give me over to death.

Alleluia: The Lord will hear you in the day of sorrow; the name of the God of Jacob will protect you.

Verse: Lord, save the king and hear us, one day we will call on you.

Voice 3: Sing to our God, sing, sing to our King, sing.

Verse: All nations, clasp your hands and shout to God with a voice of joy.

Alleluia: In Thee, O Lord, have I trusted, that I may never be ashamed.

Verse: Become my Protector God and a house of refuge to save me.

Voice 4: Because Your works are magnified, O Lord, You have done all things with wisdom.

Verse: Bless the Lord, my soul, O Lord my God, who art greatly exalted.

Alleluia: Come and prosper and reign, for the sake of truth and meekness and righteousness.

Verse: You loved righteousness and you hated iniquity.

Voice 5: You, Lord, have preserved us and kept us from this generation and forever.

Verse: Save me, Lord, for I am in poverty, the venerable one.

Alleluia: I will sing of Your mercy, O Lord, forever; I will proclaim Your truth with my mouth to generation and generation.

Verse: Thou hast declared: mercy will be created forever, Thy truth will be prepared in heaven.

Voice 6-p: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thy inheritance.

Verse: To You, O Lord, I will cry, O my God, do not keep silent from me.

Alleluia: He who lives in the help of the Most High will dwell in the shelter of the Heavenly God.

Verse: Says the Lord: Thou art my Protector and my Refuge, my God, and I trust in Him.

Voice 7: The Lord will give strength to His people. The Lord will bless His people with peace.

Verse: Bring to the Lord, sons of God, bring to the Lord, sons of rams,

Alleluia: It is good to confess to the Lord and sing to Your Name, O Most High.

Verse: Declare Your mercy in the morning, and Your truth every night.

Voice 8: Pray and give thanks to the Lord our God.

Verse: God is known in Judah, His name is great in Israel.

Alleluia: Come, let us rejoice in the Lord, let us shout to God our Savior.

Verse: Let us precede His face in confession, and let us shout to Him in psalms.

Prokeemnas and alleluiaries for the day (everyday)

On Monday, Ch. 4th: The angels create their spirits, and their servants create a fiery flame.

Verse: Bless, my soul. Lord, Lord my God, you are greatly magnified.

Alleluia, ch. 5th: Praise the Lord, all His angels; praise Him, all His might.

Verse: As He spoke, and it happened; He commanded it, and it was created.

On Tuesday, Ch. 7th: The righteous will rejoice in the Lord and trust in Him.

Verse: Hear, O God, my voice; let me always pray to You.

Alleluia, ch. 4th: The righteous shall flourish like the phoenix, and like the cedar in Lebanon shall multiply

Verse: Plant in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God they will flourish.

On Wednesday, Ch. 3rd: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior

Verse: Because you have looked upon the humility of Your servant, behold, from now on all your kindred will please Me.

Alleluia, ch. 8th: Hear, O Daughters, and see, and incline Your ear.

Verse: Rich people will pray to Your face.

On Thursday, Ch. 8th: Their messages went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

Verse: The heavens declare the glory of God, but the firmament declares the work of His hand.

Alleluia, ch. 1st; The heavens will confess miracles, O Lord, for Thy truth is in the Church of the saints

Verse: We glorify God in the council of saints.

On Friday, Ch. 7th: Lift up the Lord our God, and worship His footstool, for He is holy.

Verse: The Lord reigns, let people be angry.

Alleluia, ch. 1st: Remember Your host, which You acquired from the beginning.

Verse: God our King from before the ages, brought salvation into the midst of the earth.

On Saturday, Ch. 8th: Rejoice in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous.

Verse: Blessed are those who have abandoned iniquity and those who have covered themselves with sin.

Funeral, ch. 6th: Their souls will settle in good things.

Alleluia, ch. 4th: The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and delivered them from all their sorrows.

Verse: Many are the sorrows of the righteous, and the Lord will deliver me from them all.

Verse: Blessed are those whom you have chosen and accepted, O Lord, and their memory for generations and generations.

Deacon: Wisdom.

Reader: Reading of the Acts of the Saints. Or: Reading of Peter’s Council Epistle. Or: Reading the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans.

Deacon: Let's take a look.

Reading of the Apostle

During the reading of the Apostle, a lectern is placed on the pulpit for the Gospel. When the reading is over, the priest says to the reader: Peace be upon you.

Reader: And to your spirit.

Alleluia

Deacon: Wisdom.

Reader: Alleluia, voice... If there is one altar boy serving, then the sexton’s candle is taken out and placed in front of the lectern (with the Gospel), if there are two altar boys, then while singing Alleluia, the two of them approach the high place with candles, synchronously cross themselves, bow to the high place, the priest, a friend friend, and go out to the pulpit by the northern and southern gates, before reading the gospel they stand facing the iconostasis, without bowing or crossing themselves, at the beginning of the reading they turn to face the gospel, at the end they bow to the icons and enter the altar through the same gates, they also cross themselves and bow to high place and go to put the candles in place. Don't forget to remove the lectern.

The choir sings “Alleluia” - three times in the indicated voice, the reader pronounces the first verse of the alleluia, the choir: “Alleluia”, the reader pronounces the second verse of the alleluia, the choir sings “Alleluia” for the third time. In liturgical books, before the first verse of the alleluaria, “Alleluia, voice...” is written, and before the second - “Verse” (Sunday alleluaries are given in the chapter “Chants from Sunday services of eight voices”, daytime (weekday) ones - in the chapter “Chants from weekday services” , alleluia from the Lenten and Colored Triodeum services - in the chapters “Chants from the Lenten Triodeum Services” and “Chants from the Colored Triodeum Services.”)

Deacon: Bless, Vladyka, the evangelist, the holy apostle and evangelist (name of the evangelist).

The priest, blessing him, says: God, through the prayers of the holy, glorious, all-validated apostle and evangelist (name), give you the word, who preaches the gospel with much power, in fulfillment of the Gospel of His beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Deacon: Amen.

Priest: Wisdom, forgive me, let us hear the Holy Gospel. Peace to all.

Choir: And to your spirit.

Deacon: Reading from (name) of the Holy Gospel.

Chorus: Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.

Priest: Let's take a look.

Reading the Gospel

The Gospel is being read. The Church Charter assigns certain Gospel readings for each day (the Gospel readings to the Most Holy Theotokos about the common faces of the saints are given in the chapter “Chants from the services common to the saints”).

At the end of the reading, the choir: Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.

Notes about health and repose are issued.

Litany

Deacon: We say everything with all our hearts, and we say everything with all our thoughts.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: Lord Almighty, God of our fathers, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: We also pray for our Great Lord and Father, His Holiness Patriarch (name), and for our Lord, His Eminence, Metropolitan (or: Archbishop, or: Bishop) (name), and all our brethren in Christ.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)

Deacon: We also pray for our God-protected country, its authorities and army, so that we may live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)

Deacon: We also pray for our brothers, priests, priests and all our brotherhood in Christ.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)

Deacon: We also pray for the blessed and ever-memorable creators of this holy temple (if in the monastery: this holy monastery), and for all the departed Orthodox fathers and brothers who lie here and everywhere.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)

Deacon: We also pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and forgiveness of sins of the servants of God, the brethren of this holy temple (if in a monastery: this holy monastery).

Chorus: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)

Deacon: We also pray for those who are fruitful and virtuous in this holy and all-honorable temple, those who work, sing and stand before us, expecting great and rich mercy from You.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)

Priest: For You are a Merciful and Lover of Mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Litany for the dead

Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.

Deacon: We also pray for the repose of the souls of the departed servants of God (names) and for them to be forgiven for every sin, voluntary and involuntary.

Choir: Lord have mercy. (three times).

Deacon: For may the Lord God grant their souls, where the righteous may rest.

Choir: Lord have mercy. (three times).

Deacon: We ask for the mercy of God, the Kingdom of Heaven and forgiveness of their sins from Christ, the Immortal King and our God.

Choir: Grant it, Lord.

Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Priest: For Thou art the resurrection, and the life, and the rest of Thy servants who have fallen asleep (names of the rivers), Christ our God, and to Thee we send up glory, with Thy Beginning Father and Thy Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen. The Royal Doors are closing.

Litany of the Catechumens

Deacon: Pray, the catechumen, to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: Believe me, let us pray for the catechumens, that the Lord may have mercy on them.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: He will announce them with the word of truth.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: He will reveal to them the Gospel of truth.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: He will unite them with His Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: Save, have mercy, intercede and preserve them, O God, by Your grace.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon: Catechumens, bow your heads to the Lord.

Choir: To you, Lord.

Priest: Yes, and with us they glorify Your most honorable and magnificent Name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Deacon: Elitsy catechumenate, come out, catechumenate, come out; When you have announced the announcement, come out. Yes, no one from the catechumens, the faithful ones, let us pray again and again in peace to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord, have mercy.

The second part of the liturgy ends with the deacon’s exclamation: “Catechumenate, come forth...”.

Origin of the Divine Liturgy

For the first time, the Liturgy was celebrated by Christ Himself on the eve of suffering. Having gathered in the upper room for a festive meal, His disciples prepared everything for performing the Passover rituals then accepted among the Jews. These rituals were symbolic, reminding the participants of the meal of liberation from Egyptian slavery. But when the rite of the Passover meal was fulfilled by Christ, the symbols and prophecies turned into fulfilled Divine promises: man became free from sin and again found heavenly bliss.

Thus, originating from the ancient Jewish rite, the Christian liturgy in general resembles its continuation, and the entire daily cycle of services, starting with Vespers, is a preparation for its celebration.

In modern church practice, the liturgy is a morning (according to the time of day) service. In the ancient church it was performed at night, which still happens today on the days of the great holidays of Christmas and Easter.

Development of the liturgical order

With the spread of Christianity to the east and west, worship began to acquire the national characteristics of the people who accepted new faith. The liturgies began to differ from each other so much that decisions of councils of bishops were required to establish a single sequence.

Currently, there are 4 main liturgical rites, compiled by the Holy Fathers and celebrated in the Orthodox Church:

• Liturgy of John Chrysostom- is performed daily, excluding the statutory days of the Liturgy of Basil the Great, and during the period Lenten Triodion- on Saturdays and Palm Sunday.
• Basil the Great- 10 times a year: on the author’s memorial day, both Christmas Eves, 5 times during Lent and 2 times during Holy Week.
• Gregory Dvoeslov or the Presanctified Gifts- served during Lent on weekdays.
• Apostle James the Greek- occurs on some Russian parishes on the day of memory of the Apostle.

In addition to the listed liturgies, there are special rites in the Ethiopian, Coptic (Egyptian), Armenian and Syrian churches. The Catholic West, as well as Catholics, have their own rites of Liturgy Eastern rite. In general terms, all liturgies are similar to each other.

Liturgy of John Chrysostom

The abbreviated following of John Chrysostom quickly spread throughout Byzantium and over time developed into the rite of the most famous Divine Liturgy. The text with explanations given below will help the laity understand the meaning of the main points of the service, and choir singers and readers will help avoid common mistakes.

Liturgy usually begins at 8–9 a.m. hours three and six are read in front of it, recalling the trial of Pilate and the crucifixion of Christ. When the hours are read on the choir, a proskomedia is celebrated in the altar. The serving priest prepared in the evening, reading a long rule, in order to begin the throne the next day.

The service begins with the exclamation of the priest “Blessed is the Kingdom...”, and after the response of the choir the Great Litany immediately follows. Then the antiphons begin, figurative, festive or daily.

Antiphons Fine

Bless the Lord, my soul.

Small Litany:

Praise the Lord, my soul.

The first two hymns symbolize the prayer and hope of Old Testament man, the third - the preaching of the revealed Christ. Before the Blessed Ones the song “The Only Begotten Son” is heard, the authorship of which is attributed to Emperor Justinian (6th century). This moment of the service reminds us of the Nativity of the Savior.

Third Antiphon, 12 Beatitudes:

In Your Kingdom, remember us, Lord...

The Rule suggests interspersing the verses of the beatitudes with the troparions of the canons read at Matins. Each category of service has its own number of troparions:

• sixfold - from “Blessed are the peacemakers” to 6;
• polyeleos or vigil of the saint - at 8, with “Blessed are the merciful”;
• Sunday - at 10, with “Blessed are the Meeks.”

In churches with daily liturgy on weekdays, you can hear the Daily Antiphons. The texts of these chants represent verses from the psalms, interspersed with a chorus dedicated to the Lord and the Mother of God. There are also three daily antiphons; they have a more ancient origin. Over time, they are increasingly being replaced by Fine.

On the days of the Lord's holidays, Festive antiphons are sounded, similar in structure to everyday antiphons. These texts can be found in the Menaion and Triodion, at the end of the feast service.

Small entrance

From this moment the Liturgy itself begins. Priests singing the entrance verse “Come, let us worship...” enter the altar with the Gospel, that is, with Christ Himself. The saints invisibly follow them, so immediately after the entrance verse the choir sings troparia and kontakia to the saints, prescribed according to the Rule.

Trisagion

The singing of the Trisagion was introduced in the 6th century. According to legend, this song was first heard by a young resident of Constantinople performed by an angelic choir. At this time, the city suffered from a strong earthquake. The gathered people began to repeat the words the boy had heard, and the elements subsided. If the previous entrance verse, “Come, let us worship,” referred only to Christ, then the Trisagion is sung to the Holy Trinity.

Prokeimenon and reading of the Apostle

The order of reading the Apostle at the Liturgy is regulated by the Charter and depends on the rank, connection of services and holiday periods. When preparing readings it is more convenient to use church calendar or " Liturgical instructions» for the current year. And also prokeemnas with alleluaries are given in Appendix to the Apostle in several sections:

If you carefully study the composition of the book of the Apostle, preparing the readings will take a little time. There can be no more than two prokims, and no more than three readings.

• Deacon: Let's take a look.
• Priest: Peace to all.
• Reader of the Apostle: And your spirit. Prokeimenon voice... (voice and text of the prokeimna)
• Chorus: prokeimenon.
• Reader: verse.
• Chorus: prokeimenon.
• Reader: the first half of the prokeimna.
• Choir: finishes singing the prokeimenon.
• Deacon: Wisdom.

The reader proclaims the title of the apostolic reading. It is important to pronounce the inscriptions correctly:

• Reading of the Acts of the Saints.
• Reading of the Council Epistle of Petrov (Jacob).
• To the Corinthians (Hebrews, Timothy, Titus) letters of the Holy Apostle Paul reading.

Deacon: Let's listen (listen!)

It is recommended to read the text in a chant, gradually increasing the intonation to end the reading on a high note. If the charter prescribes two readings, then at the end of the first the reader returns the last syllable to a low note. The text from the Acts begins with the words “In those days”, the Council Epistles - “Brotherhood”, the messages to one person - “Child Titus” or “Child Timothy”.

Priest: Peace to you who honor!

Reader: and to your spirit.

Hallelujah and Gospel reading

• Deacon: Wisdom.
• Reader: Hallelujah (3 times).
• Choir: repeats hallelujah.
• Reader: verse of alleluaria.
• Choir: hallelujah (3 rubles)

After the second verse of the alleluaria, he goes to the altar, holding the closed book of the Apostle above his head. At this time, the deacon, having installed a lectern opposite the Royal Doors, places the liturgical Gospel on it vertically.

Regulatory shouts follow priest and deacon before reading the Gospel.

Deacon: Bless, O Master, the evangelist, the holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew (John, Luke, Mark).

The name of the Evangelist is pronounced in the genitive case, since the blessing is asked not for the author of the Gospel, but for the deacon.

The Gospel is read like the Apostle, beginning with the words “At the time it is” or “The Lord spoke to His disciple,” depending on the plot. At the end of the reading, the priest blesses the deacon with the words “Peace to him who preaches the good news!” in contrast to the words addressed to the reader of the Apostle - “the one who honors.” After the final chant of “Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee,” a sermon from the priest may follow, explaining what was heard.

The Great Litany

With the exception of the first two petitions of the health litany, the choir responds to each petition with three times “Lord have mercy.”

Litany of the Catechumens and the Faithful

Nowadays p The announcement period does not last long or completely absent. Therefore, the litany should be understood as a reminder of ancient piety and a serious attitude towards the Church Sacraments.

After the litany about the catechumens and their departure, two more litanies follow, the first of which in the text resembles Great Litany. She begins the Liturgy of the Faithful. Following Ap. Jacob in this place pronounces the solemn prokeimenon “The Lord reigned in beauty, clothed with beauty”; in Chrysostom it is transferred to the proskomedia.

Cherubic Hymn, Great Entrance

Deacon: Let us love one another, that we may be of one mind.

Choir: Father and Son and Holy Spirit, Trinity Consubstantial and Indivisible.

In ancient times, with the exclamation “Let us love...” there was mutual kissing of parishioners as a symbol of the unity of Christians in the image of the Holy Trinity. Men and women greeted each other separately, as to maintain decency they were in different parts temple. In modern tradition, kissing occurs only between clergy at the altar.

Symbol of faith

The twelve verses of the Creed are performed by the entire congregation of Christians under the leadership of the deacon. In this way, the faithful confirm their confession and agreement with the dogmas of the Church. At this time, the priest fans the Holy Gifts with a covering, which reminds of the imminent descent of the Holy Spirit and the coming miracle of their transformation into the Body and Blood of Christ.

Eucharistic canon

Deacon: Let's become kind, let's become fearful...

Chorus: Mercy of the world, Sacrifice of praise.

The texts of the Eucharistic Canon for the choir are written according to the notes for drawn-out and touching singing. At this time, the main action of the liturgy takes place - the Transubstantiation of the Holy Gifts. Parishioners pray standing motionless or on their knees. No walking or talking is allowed.

Worthy of eating and commemoration

The Eucharistic canon is followed by a hymn dedicated to the Mother of God. In the rites of John Chrysostom this is “It is worthy to eat,” which on the days of the twelve feasts is replaced by meritorious ones. The texts of the saints are given in the menaia for the day of the holiday and represent the irmos of the ninth song of the canon with a chorus.

During the performance of “It’s Worthy to Eat” the priest commemorates the saints of the day and deceased Christians.

Priest: First, remember, Lord...

Chorus: And everyone and everything.

Preparation for Communion

The exclamation “Holy to Holies” follows, meaning that the Shrine is ready and is presented for the “saints”, in this case, for the parishioners preparing for communion. The choir responds on behalf of the people, “The Lord Jesus Christ alone is holy...”, recognizing the unworthiness of even righteous man before God. Following this, a sacramental verse is chanted, intended for the priests receiving the Gifts.

The texts of the sacramental verses are given in the menaion for each service, as well as in the Apostle's Appendix, after the prokemmon. There are only seven verses for each day of the week and special ones for the twelve holidays.

In modern tradition the pause during the priests' communion is filled with a “concert” - an author's piece of music on the theme of the day, performed by the choir. It is also appropriate to read prayers for Communion in order to prepare the laity to receive the Body and Blood of Christ. The reading continues until the opening of the royal doors.

Communion of the laity and prayers of thanksgiving

Babies are brought in first, children are brought in first. Then the men pass, the women last. Immediately after receiving the Holy Mysteries, parishioners go to a table on which a kettle of water is prepared. Drinking - sweetish water, tinted with wine or juice, is used to swallow all the smallest particles of the Body and Blood of Christ.

At this moment, you need to especially watch out for small children so that they do not spit out the Holy Mysteries. Dropping a Particle is a terrible sin of carelessness. If this happens, you must inform the priest, who will take the measures prescribed in such cases by church rules.

During communion, the Easter sacramental verse “Receive the Body of Christ, taste the immortal fountain” is sung. As the Chalice is carried into the altar, the choir repeats Hallelujah.

Prayer behind the pulpit

It can be seen that all prayers related to the Eucharistic canon are said in secret in the altar; parishioners hear only the singing of the choir. This is often a temptation for the curious who want to hear and see everything that happens behind the iconostasis. The prayer behind the pulpit is composed of fragments of secret prayers so that the laity have an idea of ​​what words are spoken by the priests.

The concealment of the most important part of the Liturgy - the Transubstantiation of the Holy Gifts - is symbolic in nature. Neither the content of the prayers nor the actions of the clergy are “a secret for the uninitiated” in the Church, but are performed behind the fence to emphasize the importance and incomprehensibility of the Eucharist.

Any Christian who strives to study the faith has the opportunity to attend special liturgies, where pauses are made in the service to explain what is happening.

• Ep. Vissarion Nechaev “Explanation of the Divine Liturgy.”
• John Chrysostom "Comments on the Divine Liturgy".
• A. I. Georgievsky. Order of the Divine Liturgy.

Psalm 33 and Dismissal

At the end of Psalm 33, the priest pronounces a dismissal - a short prayer where, through the prayers of the Mother of God and the saints of the day, divine mercy is asked for all the faithful. The choir responds with the many years of “Our Great Lord and Father Cyril...”.

After the liturgy, it is customary to serve a prayer service in many churches.

Texts for the choir

Literature devoted to the following and interpretation of the Liturgy, as well as sheet music for chants, can be purchased in specialized stores. It is convenient for the choir director and readers to use the printed text, which contains the unchangeable chants of the evening and morning services, liturgy and all-night vigil. Texts for the choir can be downloaded from the Azbuka.Ru portal.

April 8, 2018. Light Christ's Resurrection EASTER. (doc rtf pdf) The service includes: Midnight Office, Matins, Hours, Liturgy and Easter Vespers.

April 7, 2018. Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Holy Saturday. (doc rtf pdf) Includes Vespers of Good Friday with the removal of the Shroud.