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 PRAYER BOOK FOR
EASTERN ORTHODOX
CHRISTIANS
A Collection of Orthodox Prayers
and Devotions
Compiled by
Tue ReverenD Peter H. Horton-Bitiarp
Chancellor of the Syrian Antiochian Orthodor Archdiocese
of New York and All North America
and
Tue REVEREND VASILE HATEGAN
Pastor of the Romanian Orthodox Church of Saint Dumitru,
New York, ye

Including Confessional and Communion Prayers,

Audible Portions of the Divine Liturgy,
and the Small Catechism
Translated and edited by
Tue Very ReveReEND ArcHPRIEST MICHAEL
G. H. Geustincer, Pu.D.
Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Buffalo,
Dean of the Orthodox Greek-Catholic Preceptorial
Council of the Orthodox Patriarchates of
Antioch and EO WINES

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LIBRARY
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This Prayer Book for Eastern Orthodox Chris-
tians is approved and authorized for the use of
Eastern Orthodox Christians in North America.

Merrorouitan Antony Basar

Archbishop, Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Arch-
diocese of New York and All North America

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Copyright, 1944
Micwasy G. H. GeLsincER

All Rights Reserved Oa:

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 FOREWORD

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< become more and more apparent
Zh] as the number of English-speaking
Seen eee | Orthodox Christians in the United
States of America has increased. It is an historic
tenet of the Holy Eastern Orthodox-Catholic
Apostolic Church that the language of the Church
be a language understood by the people. For this
reason, we dedicate this Prayer Book in English
to those who are Orthodox, be they of Russian,
Greek, Syrian, Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian,
Ukrainian, or Albanian extraction, believing that
it will speak to the heart‘of each and all in the
language of Orthodoxy, and'that it will awaken
in them a greater love for their Creator, and make
easier for them the worship due Him that is at
once an obligation and a privilege..,
Some of the prayers are from the Book of De-
votions and the Service of Preparation for Holy
Communion, circulated by the Greek Cathedral
in London; some are from various books pre-
pared by the late Dean of Saint Nicholas’ Cathed-
ral, the Very Reverend Archpriest Basil M.
Kherbawy, and some are from the works of the
late Right Reverend Archimandrite Antonios
Mobayed, of Melbourne, Australia. Acknowl-
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edgment and thanks are due to all of these Or-
thodox writers. If any of the material in this
book has been inadvertently used without ac-
knowledgment, we offer our apologies and will
make amends in subsequent editions.
To the Very Reverend Archpriest Joseph
Stephanko, of the Holy Virgin Protection Rus-
sian Cathedral of New York City, and to Mr.
Paul B. Anderson, of the Young Men’s Christian
Association, we give unstinted thanks and appre-
ciation for their patience, understanding, help,
and interest in the preparation of this book.
Thanks and blessings are due to those stalwart
young people of our faith in the armed forces for
the inspiration to prepare this book for their use,
and especially to Lieutenant George Garofalides,
a loyal son of Orthodoxy who, feeling from his
own experiences in the service the need of such a
book, has given of his time, effort, and abilities
to make it possible.
To all the various persons and sources who
have actively or passively participated in this
undertaking, our deep-felt thanks, our apologies
for any shortcomings on our perl and ‘‘Many
Years!”
TO ALL ORTHODOX SERVING
IN THE ARMED FORCES
HIS IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT to put before the
Orthodox service men, irrespective of their
national background, a prayer book in the Eng-
lish language. The compilers of this Prayer Book
hope that it will fill a need in your life and that
you will use it daily. It has the necessary prayers
for all your spiritual needs.
If you are stationed in the vicinity of an Or-
thodox church, by all means try to take part in
the Liturgy and other services. Make it known
to your chaplain that you are an Orthodox. He
will try to be of service to you. If you cannot
possibly attend an Orthodox service, participate
in any of the services conducted by your chap-
lain; but do not partake of any of. the Sacra-
ments, such as Confession, Holy Communion, or
Matrimony.
Write home frequently. Feel free to write to
your home Priest for any information or advice.
He will be only too glad to serve you. Above all,
be strong in your Orthodox faith. Make your
religion known and loved. Remember that your
buddies may never have known an Orthodox
until they met you. The Orthodox Church has
nearly twenty centuries of glorious past history
and has the greatest possibilities for the future.
Seek wholesome amusement during your leisure
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hours. Avoid foul speech and filthy literature.
Lead a clean life and come home clean. It will be
difficult at times, but you owe it to God, your
parents, your neighbors, and yourself. Go to
Confession and take Holy Communion as often
as possible, or at least during the Christmas and
Easter Lenten seasons. At all timcs be cheerful,
courageous, and kind. Exercise sc!{-control when
temptations arise.
 EASTERN ORTHODOX
CHURCHES—
GENERAL STATEMENT
History
4 Ba Hoty Eastern Ornrnopox CHurcH,
known historically as the Eastern Catholic
Church, the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Apostolic
Church, and popularly as the Greek Church, is
the one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church of
the Byzantine Empire. It has always been known
as the Old Church, the Church of the first Chris-
ian era, of the time of the Ecumenical Councils,
and considers itself to be the direct heir and the
true conserver of this old Holy Church.
In the first period of the development of the
Orthodox Church, during the first five centuries,
Orthodox Christianity received its basis and di-
rection. The basic truths, the basic forms or con-
stitution, and the foundations of the cult of the
Orthodox Church were set forth by the great
Ecumenical Church Fathers during this period.
Two important historical events, the rise of
papal Rome and the advance of Mohammedan-
ism, held the Church’s chief attention during the
second period, which extended from the fifth to
the eleventh century. These two forces threat-
ened the integrity and existence of the Eastern
Church. The heathen Slavs and the iconoclastic
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controversy caused more unrest during this
troubled period, which finally led to the separa-
tion between Eastern Christianity and Papal
Rome.
During the third period, from the eleventh to
the nineteenth century, the advancing waves of
the Mohammedan storm swept over and de-
stroyed the southeastern empires of the Byzan-
tines, the Bulgarians, the Serbs, and the Roman-
ians. At the same time the monstrous flow of
Tartars swept over Russian Orthodox territory,
threatening the existence of Eastern civilization
and Eastern Christianity. Here the Church’s
iron endurance and its capacity to sacrifice for
the faith had a double result: Eastern Christian-
ity maintained its own existence, and also secured
immunity and safety for the Christianity of the
West.
During the fourth and last period of develop-
ment, from the nineteenth century on, all the
Orthodox peoples, supported by the inner pro-
tective power of their churches, have been liber-
ated from all foreign subjection and oppression,
whether political or religious. So a new life is
seen to be dawning for Orthodox Christianity.
The Orthodox Church consists of a number of
so-called “autocephalic” or autonomic churches,
the oldest of which are the four Eastern patri-
archates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch,
and Jerusalem. World War I and the resulting
national and political changes have left their
mark in many alterations in various churches of
Orthodoxy, a depressing example of which is the
reduction of the external substance of the patri-
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archateof Constantinople, the Mother Church of
all Orthodox Churches, to a mere ruin and
shadow. As a parallel to the political changes in
the former Russian Empire, the Orthodox
Churches in Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia,
and Lithuania, separated from the Russian
Church and instituted themselves as free (auto-
nomous) churches. Thus, we see on the one hand
disintegration and on the other individual unifi-
cation.
These different organizations, although inde-
pendent of each other ecclesiastically, agree in
doctrine and, essentially, in form of worship; and
together they constitute what is called the Holy
Eastern Orthodox Church.
The eight bodies comprising the Eastern Ortho-
dox Churches in the United States—the Alban-
ian, Bulgarian, Greek, Romanian, Russian, Serb-
ian, Syrian, and Ukrainian Churches—are each
headed by a Bishop or Archbishop under the
spiritual jursidiction of the Mother Church in
their ancestral homelands.

Doctrine
The doctrine of the Eastern Orthodox-Catholic
Churches is founded on the Holy Scriptures, the
Holy Traditions, and the dogmatic decisions of
the seven Ecumenical Councils.
The Holy Scriptures are interpreted strictly in
accordance with the teachings of the seven Ecu-
menical Councils and the Holy Fathers. The
Niceo-Constantinopolitan Creed is held only in
its original authoritative form, without the
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Roman-Latin addition of the “‘filioque’’ phrase.
Recognizing Christ as the only head of the earthly
as well as the heavenly Church, the Eastern Or-
thodox-Catholic Churches do not accept the
dogma of the Roman Catholic Church that the
Pope is the special representative or vicar of
Christ on earth and the infallible head of His
earthly Church. According to their teaching, in-
fallibility belongs to the whole assembly of true
believers, to the “Ecclesia”? or Church, which is
represented by its council, legally called together,
and whose decisions are confirmed by the con-
sensus of the Church.
Eastern Orthodox Churches believe in the pro-
cession of the Holy Ghost from the Father alone.
They honor Mary as the Mother of God, and
honor the nine orders of Angels and the Saints.
They do not define as dogma the doctrine of the
Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, but
hold the true Catholic doctrine of the virgin
birth of Christ. They reject the doctrine of the
surplus merits of the Saints and the doctrine of
indulgences. They reverence relics of the Saints,
pictures of holy subjects, and the Cross, but for-
bid the use of carved images. They accept seven
Sacraments: Baptism, Anointing (Confirmation
or Chrismation), Communion, Penance, Holy
Orders, Marriage, and Holy Unction.
Baptism of either infants or adults by threefold
immersion is recognized as the only proper form,
although other forms are accepted of necessity or
in the case of converts who have previously been
baptized. The Sacrament of Anointing with
“Chrism,” or Holy Oil, is administered immedi-
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ately after that of Baptism, and the chrismated
infant or adult is thereafter a full communicant
in the Eucharist.
The doctrine of transubstantiation is taught.
In the Eucharist, leavened bread is used, which is
consecrated and placed in the consecrated Chalice
from which all lay members of the Eastern Ortho-
dox Churches receive both the Holy Body and
the Precious Blood of Christ, by means of a
spoon, after Confession and Priestly Absolution.
Children under seven years of age, however, re-
ceive the Sacrament without Confession.
Holy Unction is administered to the sick, and
not alone to those in danger of death. The Church
rejects the doctrine of purgatory, but believes in
the beneficial effect of prayer for the dead by the
living and for the living by the dead. It rejects
the doctrine of predestination and considers that
for justification both faith and works are neces-
sary.
In the Eastern Orthodox-Catholic Church,
membership has two distinct but frequently con-
fused meanings. ,All persons who have been
baptized in the Church and received the Sacra-
ment of Chrismation (Confirmation), which im-
mediately follows Baptism, are communicant
members of the Church, participating in the
Sacrament of the Eucharist. Parish membership,
however, is counted more frequently by males
over twenty-one than by communicants, because
the head of each family is the voting member of
the parish congregation. This fact gives rise to
confusion and uncertainty of statistics of all
Eastern Orthodox Churches.
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 Organization
There are three orders of the ministry: deacons,
priests, and bishops. The deacons assist in the
work of the parish and in the service of the
Sacraments. There are also several grades or
ranks of minor ordained clergy, the most im-
portant of which are the readers and subdeacons,
who perform necessary but not Sacramental
duties in the liturgical services and in the teach-
ing ministry of the Church.
Priests and deacons are of two orders, secular
and monastic. Marriage is allowed to candidates
for the diaconate and the priesthood, but is
forbidden after ordination. As a rule, the episco-
pate is confined to members of the monastic
order. A married priest, should his wife die, may
enter a monastery and take the monastic vows,
and is eligible for the episcopate. The parishes
are generally in the care of secular priests.
Monks and nuns are gathered in monastic es-
tablishments or are scattered out in missionary
work. In some monastic colonies the members
live in communities, while in others they lead a
secluded, hermitical life, each in his own cell.
There is but one order, and the vows are the same
for all: obedience, chastity, prayer, fasting, and
poverty.
The organization for the general government
of the different Eastern Orthodox Churches
varies in different countries. In general, there is
a council, at the head of which, as president, is a
bishop elected by the ecclesiastical representa-
tives of the people. Historically, and in some in-
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stances even at present, this presiding bishop is
called the “patriarch,” and he has special collea-
gues and officers for the purpose of governing his
flock. The largest or most important of the
bishoprics connected with the patriarchate, or
synod, are called ‘‘metropolitan sees,’’ although
this title now carries with it no special ecclesias-
tical authority. In early times, both the clergy
and the laity of the local churches had a voice in
the election of bishops, priests, and deacons; but
of late that right has been much restricted, so
that at present priests and deacons are usually
appointed by the bishops, and the bishops are
elected by the clergy.
The service of the Eastern Orthodox Churches
is solemn and elaborate. It is essentially that of
the earlier centuries of Christianity, and is most
fully and completely observed in the monasteries.
There are no sculptured images and no instru-
mental music, although there are pictorial repre-
sentations of Christ, of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mother of God, of the Apostles, of the Saints,
and of scenes in Bible history.
The most important service is the Divine
Liturgy, the chief part of which is the celebration
of the Eucharist. There are three Liturgies, those
of Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Basil the Great,
and Saint Gregory, the last called the “Liturgy
of the Presanctified Gifts,” for which the holy
gifts are prepared at a preceding service. There
are no so-called “‘silent Liturgies” or “private
Masses,”’ and two Liturgies are not allowed to be
performed in the same church simultaneously;
nor can a Liturgy be performed by the same priest
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or on the same altar twice a day. A “Corporal,”
otherwise known as an “Antimins’—a cloth
with a particle of the remains of a Saint sewed,
into it and especially blessed by a bishop for
every church—is necessary for the performance
of the Liturgy. Moreover, a priest may perform
it only when he is fasting.
Besides the Liturgy, the Church has Vespers,
Vigils, Matins, Hours, and Special Prayers for
various occasions and needs. The several services
named consist of reading from the Old and New
Testaments, supplicatory prayers, thanksgiving,
glorifying hymns, and so forth.
Certain autogenic small groups or movements
that have sprung from the Old Catholics in
America must not be confused with the Eastern
Orthodox Churches. Some of these Old Catholics
use the word “Orthodox” in their names—for
example, African Orthodox Church—but none of
them bears any relation to the Eastern Orthodox-
Catholic Church as regards either _ Orders or
Sacraments. ie

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THE NINE COMMANDMENTS
OF THE EASTERN ORTHODOX-|
CATHOLIC CHURCH
HE Nine ComMMANDMENTS of the. Easter:
_Orthodox-Catholic Church to all her faith-
ful are these:
1. Attend the Divine Liturgy and Orthros, as
well as Vespers, every Sunday and on Feast Days.
2. Keep the Four Fasts each year as required
by the Church, as well as every Friday and
Wednesday.
3. Pay proper reverence to the Priests, and
especially to your own’Father Confessor.
4. Make Penitential Confession to an Ortho-
dox-Catholic Priest and receive Absolution and
Holy Communion at least four times a year,
preferably at the time of each Fast.
5. Keep away from all heretics and _ schis-
matics; neither pray with them nor attend their
religious meetings or services.
6. Pray to God constantly and always for His
mercy upon every estate of man.
7. Observe such fasts, prayers, services, and
regulations as the Orthodox-Catholic Bishop over
you may appoint.
8. Guard, preserve, support, and contribute to
the welfare, honor, and property of the Holy
Orthodox-Catholic Church and of your local
Parish in particular.
9. Refrain from celebrating marriage at for-
bidden times—i.e., during Lent and Fast Days—
or with forbidden persons.
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 PART ONE

Devotional Prayers
and Spiritual Aids
 DEVOTIONAL PRAYERS
Morning Prayers
i jis THE Name of the Father and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
O Heavenly King,
Comforter, Spirit of Truth,
That art present everywhere,
And fillest all things;
Treasure of Blessings,
And Bountiful Giver of Life:
Come Thou and abide among us
And cleanse us from every stain,
Good Lord, and save our souls.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: have mercy on us.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: have mercy on us.
+ Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: have mercy on us.
+ Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord,
cleanse us from our sins. Master, forgive us our
iniquities. Holy God, look upon our infirmities
for Thy name’s sake, and heal them.
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 Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.
+ Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
+ Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be
Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread. And forgive us our tres-
passes, as we forgive those who trespass against
us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil:
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and
the Glory, *F of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
4 O come, let us worship God, our King.
1 O come, let us worship and bow down before
Christ, our King and God.
4 O come, let us worship and bow down before
Christ Himself, our King and God.
VERSES TO THE TRINITY
Having risen from our sleep we worship Thee,
O Blessed One, and to Thee we sing, O Mighty
One, this Angelic hymn: Holy, Holy, Holy art
Thou, O Gna paroueh the Theotokos* have
mercy on us.
*K Glory to the Yao and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit. .
Now that Thou hast raised me from my couch
* Theotokos: ‘‘She that gave birth to God’’—~i.e., the
Mother of God.
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and my sleep, O Lord, enlighten Thou my mind
and heart, and open my lips in Thy praise, O
Holy Trinity: Holy, Holy, Holy art Thou, O God:
through the Theotokos, have mercy on us.
++ Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
Suddenly will come the Judge, and the deeds
of each shall be laid bare; but in awe let us cry
out in the middle of the night: Holy, Holy, Holy
art Thou, O God: through the Theotokos, have
mercy on us.

Tue CREED
I believe in one God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things
visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God,
The Onlybegotten,
Begotten of the Father before ail worlds:
Light of Light, Very God of Very God;
Begotten, not made;
Of One Essence with the Father:
Through Whom all things were made:
Who for us men and for our salvation came
down from heaven;
And was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the
Virgin Mary,
And was made man;
And was crucified also for us under Pontius
Pilate,
And suffered, and was buried;
And the third day He rose again according to
the Scriptures;
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 And ascended into heaven,
And sitteth at the right hand of the Father;
And He shall come again with glory to judge
the quick and the dead;
And His Kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the
Giver of Life,
Who proceedeth from the Father; ¥
Who with the Father and the Son together is
worshipped and glorified;
Who spake by the Prophets.
I believe in one Holy Catholic and Apostolic
Church.
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission
of sins.
I look for the Resurrection of the dead,
And the Life of the world to come. Amen.

Psautm 50
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy
great mercy:
And according unto the multitude of thy ten-
der mercies blot out mine iniquity.
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
For I perceive mine iniquity,
And my sin is_ever_ before me.
Against thee only have I sinned, and done this
evil in thy sight:
That thou shouldest be satisfied in thy words,
And prevail in thy judgment.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity:
And in sin did my mother conceive me.
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Behold, thou hast loved truth:
Wisdom’s hidden and secret lore hast thou re-
vealed unto me.
Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be
clean:
Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than
snow,
Thou shalt make me to hear joy and gladness:
The bones that are humbled shall rejoice.
Hide thy face from my sins:
And blot out all mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God:
And renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence:
And take not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation:
And establish me with thy guiding spirit.
I will teach transgressors thy ways:
And sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou
God of my salvation:
My tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteous-
ness.
O Lord, thou shalt open my lips:
And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, then would I
have given it:
Thou wilt not delight in whole burnt offerings.
God’s sacrifice is a broken spirit:
A broken and a humble heart God will not
despise.
Do good, O Lord, in thy plctesuel unto Zion:
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 And let the walls of Jerusalem be builded.
Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of
righteousness:
With oblations and whole burnt offerings:
Then shall they lay bullocks upon thine altar.

A Prayer oF SAINT Basin THE GREAT

We bless Thee, O most high God and Lord of
mercy, Who ever doest great and inscrutable
things for us, glorious, wonderful, and without
number; Who grantest to us sleep for rest from
our infirmities and repose for the burdens of our
much-toiling flesh. We thank Thee that Thou
hast not destroyed us in our sins, for Thou ever
lovest us; and though we were sunk in despair,
Thou hast raised us up to glorify Thy Power.
Therefore we entreat Thy incomparable good-
ness; enlighten the eyes of our understanding and
raise up our minds from the deep slumber of
indifference; open our mouths and fill them with
Thy praise, that we may be able undistracted to
sing and praise and give thanks unto Thee Who
art God glorified in all and by all, the eternal
Father, the only-begotten Son, and the all-holy
and good and life-creating Spirit, both now and
ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Graces
Berore Luncu
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be
Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in Heaven, Give us this
day our daily bread. And forgive us our tres-
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passes, as we forgive those who trespass against
us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil. Amen.
+ Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit; both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.
O Christ our God, bless the meat and drink of
Thy servants, for Thou art holy always, both
now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Arter LuNCH
We thank Thee, O Christ our God, that Thou
hast satisfied us with Thine earthly gifts; grant
that we may not be unworthy of Thy Heavenly
Kingdom, but as Thou wast present amongst Thy
disciples, O Savior, and gavest them peace, come
also amongst us, and save us.

Berore DINNER
The hungry shall eat and shall be satisfied, and
those who seek out the Lord shall praise Him;
their hearts shall live forever.
+ Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit; both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen. ,
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.
O Christ our God, bless the meat and drink of
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Thy servants, for Thou art holy always, both
now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Arrer DINNER
Blessed be God, Who is ever merciful unto us
and nourisheth us from His bounteous gifts by
His grace and compassion, both now and ever,
and unto ages of ages. *k Amen.

Prayers on Retiring —
‘K In the Name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Glory to Thee, O our God, glory to Thee.
O Heavenly King,
Comforter, Spirit of Truth,
That art present everywhere,
And fillest all things;
Treasure of Blessings,
And Bountiful Giver of Life:
Come Thou and abide among us,
And cleanse us from every stain,
Good Lord, and save our souls.
H Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: have mercy on us.
+ Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: have mercy on us.
+ Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: have mercy on us. °
1 Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
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 All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us, Lord,
cleanse us from our sins. Master, forgive us our
iniquities. Holy God, look upon our infirmities
for Thy name’s sake, and heal them.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.
+E Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed by
Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread.. And forgive us our tres-
passes, as we forgive those who trespass against
us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil:
For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and
the Glory * of the Father, and of the Son, and
uf the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.

VERSES
Now that the day hath come to a close, I thank
Thee, O Lord, and entreat that the evening with
the night may be sinless; grant this to me, O-
Savior, and save me.
+ Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit.
Now that the day hath passed I glorify Thee,
O Master, and entreat that the evening with the
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night may be without offense; grant this to me,
O Savior, and save me.
Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
Now that the day hath run its course I praise
Thee, O Holy One, and entreat that the evening
with the night may be undisturbed; grant this to
me, O Savior, and save me.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.

For Parents AND GUARDIANS

Our Father Who art in Heaven, bless my father
and mother, my guardians, and those who are in
authority over me, for their love and tender care
for me, and the benefits I receive at their hands.
Help me, I pray Thee, to be respectful, submis-
sive, and obedient to them in all things according
to Thy will; and give me Thy grace to perform
all duties assigned to me diligently and faithfully,
to avoid undesirable company and influence, and
resist all temptations that may come my way;
that I may live a godly, righteous, and sober life,
and to live for Thee ever praising Thee, and
glorifying Thy Holy Name. Amen.

For RELATIVES AND FRIENDS

O God, our heavenly Father, Who lovest man-*
kind, and art most merciful and compassionate,
have mercy upon Thy servants..............
BATE Asti kt (name relatives and friends here)
for whom I humbly pray to Thee, commending
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them to Thy gracious care and protection. Be
Thou, O God, their guide and guardian in all
their undertakings; lead them in the paths of Thy
truth, and draw them nearer to Thee, that they
may lead a godly and righteous life, in Thy love
and fear, doing Thy will in all things. Defend
them against the assaults of the enemy, and grant
them wisdom and strength to resist all tempta-
tions and corruptions of this life; and direct them
in the way of salvation, through the merits of
Thy Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, and the prayers
of the Theotokos and Thy blessed Saints. Amen.
For THe Drab
Be mindful, O Lord, of our parents and breth-
ren who have fallen asleep in the hope of resur-
rection to eternal life, and also of all those who
have completed their lives in piety and faith;
pardon all their transgressions, both voluntary
and involuntary, whether in word or deed or
thought, committed by them. And shelter them
in places of light, in places of green pasture, in
places of refreshing, whence all pain, sorrow, and
sighing have fled away, and where the visitation
of Thy Countenance rejoiceth all Thy saints from
all ages. Grant to them Thy Kingdom and the
participation in Thine ineffable and eternal
favors, and the enjoyment of Thine unending and
blessed Life. For Thou art the life, the resurrec-
tion, and the repose of Thy servants who have
fallen asleep, O Christ our God, and to Thee we
ascribe glory, *K with Thine eternal Father and
Thine all-holy and good and life-creating Spirit,
both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen,
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For SELF
O Lord our God, if in any way I have sinned
during this day, whether in word or deed or
thought, do Thou as a righteous and merciful
Lord forgive me all. Grant to me peaceful and
undisturbed sleep and deliver me from all harm-
ful influence or snare of the evil one. Raise me
up again in due time that I may glorify Thee,
for Thou art blessed with Thine only-begotten
Son and Thine all-holy Spirit, both now and ever,
and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O Christ, our God, Who at all seasons and in
every hour, in heaven and on earth, art wor-
shipped and glorified; Who art longsuffering,
compassionate, and merciful; Who lovest the just
and showest mercy upon the sinners; Who callest
all to Salvation through the promise of future
blessings; O Lord, in this hour, receive also our
petitions, and order our lives according to Thy
commandments. Sanctify our souls, hallow our
bodies, correct our thoughts, purify our minds,
and deliver us from all tribulation, evil, and
distress. Encircle us with Thy holy Angels, that,
guarded and guided by their defense, we may
attain to the unity of faith and to the full
knowledge of Thine unapproachable glory, for
Thou art blessed unto ages of ages. Amen.
O God, Who art great and Most High, Who
alone hast immortality and dwellest in unap-
proachable light; Who in wisdom didst create
the universe, and divide between the light and
the darkness, and place the sun to rule by day,
and the moon and the stars to govern the night;
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Who hast deemed us sinners worthy in this hour
to approach Thy Presence in confession, and to
offer to Thee our evening adoration: let our
prayer be set forth in Thy sight, O merciful Lord,
as incense, and receive it as a sweet-scented savor.
Grant that the present evening and the coming
night may be peaceful; gird us with the armor of
light; deliver us from the terror of night, and
from all things that walk in darkness; and give
to us that sleep, which Thou dost give for rest for
our mortal weakness, free from all phantasies of
the devil. Yea, O Master of all and Giver of
Blessings, grant that, as we meditate on our beds,
we may in the nighttime remember Thy Name;
and, illumined by attention to Thy precepts, may
rise up with joy in our souls to glorify Thy
righteousness, and to offer unto Thy compassion,
prayers, and supplication for our sins. For Thou,
O God, art righteous and compassionate, and to
Thee we ascribe glory, *K to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: both now and
ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Most glorious evervirgin Mother of Christ the
God, present our prayers to thy Son, our God,
and plead with Him, that through thee He may
save our souls.
My hope is the Father, my refuge is the Son,
my protection is the Holy Spirit. Holy Trinity,
glory to Thee.
All my hope I place in thee, O Theotokos; keep
me in thy protection.
Forgive, O Lord, those who hate and wrong us.
Reward those who are doers of good. Grant the
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petitions of our brethren and our relatives which
are for their salvation and eternal life. Visit
those who are sick and heal them. Journey with
those who travel by land, by sea, and by air.
Give wisdom and strength to our President and
to our Government. To those who help us and
are merciful to us grant forgiveness of sins. On
those who ask of us in our unworthiness to pray
for them, have mercy, according to Thy great
mercy. Be mindful, O Lord, of our parents and
brethren who have already fallen asleep and give
them rest where the light of Thy countenance
visiteth them. Be mindful, O Lord, of our
brethren who are captives, and deliver them from
their distress. Be mindful, O Lord, of those who
bring forth fruit and do beauteous work in Thy
holy Churches, and grant to them their petitions
that are for their salvation and eternal life. Be
mindful, O Lord, also of Thy humble, sinful, and
unworthy servants and lead us into the path of
Thy commandments; through the intercessions
of Thy most pure Mother, our Lady Theotokos
and evervirgin Mary, and of all Thy Saints; for
Thou art blessed unto ages of ages. Amen.
+ Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers,
O Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on
us. Amen.

Prayer oF Saint EpHrAIM THE SYRIAN

O Lord and Master of my life, give me not a
spirit of sloth, of despair, of ambition, or of vain
talking. But rather a spirit of diligence, of
patience, of humility, and of love, bestow upon
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me Thy servant. Yea, O Lord and King, grant
to me to see my own errors and not judge my
brother, for Thou art blessed unto ages of ages.
Amen.
+ Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers,
O Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us, Amen,

Prayers of Needs
BEForE A JOURNEY
*K O Christ, the true and living path, Who didst
accompany Thy servant Joseph on his way, be
Thou, O Lord, my companion, guide, and guard-
ian during my journey, and protect me from all
danger and misfortune and temptation to which
I may be exposed, that, being so defended by Thy
Divine power, I may have a peaceful and pros-
perous journey, and arrive safely at my destina-
tion, for in Thee I put my trust and hope,F and
to Thee, with Thy Eternal Father, and All-holy
Spirit, I ascribe all praise, honor, and glory, now
and evermore. Amen.
In Time or TROUBLE
4 O Lord of Powers, be with us, for in time of
trouble we have no other help but Thee. O Lord
of Powers, have mercy on us.
O God, our help and succor, Who art just and
merciful, and Who inclines to the supplications
of His people, look down upon me, a miserable
sinner, have mercy on me, and deliver me from
this trouble that besets me, for which, I know, I
am deservedly suffering. I acknowledge and
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believe, O Lord, that all trials of this life are
disposed by Thee for our chastisement, when we
drift away from Thee, and disobey Thy com-
mandments; deal not with me after my sins, but
according to Thy bountiful mercy, for I am the
work of Thy hands, and Thou knowest my weak-
ness. Grant me, I beseech Thee, Thy Divine
helping grace, and endow me with patience and
strength to endure my tribulations with complete
submission to Thy will. Thou knowest my
misery and sufferings, and to Thee, my only hope
and refuge, I flee for relief and comfort, trusting
in Thy infinite love and compassion, that in due
time, when Thou knowest best, thou wilt deliver
me from this trouble, and turn my distress into
comfort, when I shall rejoice in Thy mercy, and
exalt and praise Thy Holy Name, O Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit; now and always, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
THANKSGIVING ON DELIVERANCE FROM TROUBLE
Almighty and merciful God, I most humbly
and heartily thank Thy Divine Majesty for Thy
loving kindness and tender mercies, that Thou
hast heard my humble prayer, and graciously
vouchsafed to deliver me from my trouble and
misery. Grant me, I beseech Thee, Thy helping
grace, that I may obediently walk in Thy Holy
Commandments, and lead a righteous, godly, and
sober life, ever remembering Thy mercies, and
the blessings Thou hast undeservedly bestowed
upon me, that I may continually offer to Thee
the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving)» O
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
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 O Christ, the true light which lighteth and
sanctifieth every man that cometh into the world,
let the light of Thy countenance be manifested
upon us so that in it we may behold the un-
approachable Light; and direct Thou our foot-
steps to diligence in Thy commandments; by the
intercessions of Thine all-holy Mother and of all
Thy Saints. Amen.
O Master and God, Father almighty, O Lord,
only-begotten Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit;
one God, one Power, have mercy upon me, a
sinner, and save me, Thine unworthy servant
from the condemnation which Thou knowest, for
Thou art blessed unto ages of ages. Amen.

A Prayer oF Sarnt Basi THE GREAT

O God and Lord of the Powers and Maker of

all creation, Who by Thine incomparable pity
and mercy didst send down Thine only-begotten
Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, for the salvation of
mankind, and by His precious Cross didst both
tear asunder the handwriting of our sins, and also
by it triumph over the rulers and powers of dark-
ness. Receive, O merciful Master, even from us
sinners, these prayers of gratitude and supplica-
tion, and deliver us from every destructive stum-
bling in the dark, from all visible and invisible
enemies that seek to do us hurt. Nail down our
flesh with fear of Thee and let not our hearts be
inclined to words or thoughts of evil, but pierce
our souls through with the desire for Thee; that
as we ever contemplate Thee, and led by Thy
Light discover Thee, the unapproachable and
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everlasting Light, we may to Thee, the Eter-
nal Father, unceasingly ascribe thanks and grati-
tude, with Thine only-begotten Son and Thine
all-holy and good and life-creating Spirit, both
now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

For TuHose Wuo Make PEACE AFTER STRIFE

We give thanks to Thee, O merciful Master’
the King of all ages and Giver of Blessings, Who
hath broken down the wall of enmity and con-
ferred peace on mankind, and now hast given
peace to us Thy servants. Implant in us Thy
fear, and establish between us mutual love;
quench all enmity and strife, and take away all
disputes and discords. For Thou art our peace,
and to Thee we ascribe glory. To the Father
and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O Lord, our God, Who to men didst grant
absolution through repentance, and didst set as
an example to us of realization and acknowledg-
ment of sins the repentance of the Prophet David
unto forgiveness. For our faults and transgres-
sions, many and great, O Master, have mercy
upon us. After Thy great mercy and according to
Thine abundant pity, do away with our offenses;
for we have sinned against Thee, O Lord, Thou,
to Whom the inward and secret places of the
hearts of men are known, and with Whom alone
there is authority to forgive sins. Make Thou a
clean heart in us, and establish us with Thy free
Spirit; make us to know the comfort of Thy
salvation, and cast us not away from Thy
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presence; but let it be Thy pleasure, as our right-
eous and merciful Lord, that until our last breath
we may offer to Thee a sacrifice and oblation of
righteousness on Thy holy Altars.+ Through the
mercy and pity and compassion of Thine only-
begotten Son, with Whom Thou art blessed, with
the all-holy and good and life-creating Spirit,
both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

On ENTERING A TEMPLE
In the multitude of Thy Mercy, I will enter
into Thy House, and in Thy fear I will worship
in Thy Holy Temple. O Lord, lead me in Thy
righteousness because of the enemy; make Thy
way straight before me, that I, with pure mind
and clear conscience, may glorify Thee, One
Divine Power worshipped in Three Persons,
+k Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

On Leavine A TEMPLE
Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in
peace, according to Thy Word: for mine eyes
have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast pre-
pared before the face of all people; a light to
lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy
people Israel.
Brrore THE [con oF CHRIST
We worship Thee before Thy Icon, and beg
forgiveness for our sins, O Christ, our God; for of
Thine own free will, Thou wast pleased to be
raised upon the Cross, that Thou mightest deliver
Thy creatures from the bondage of the enemy.
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Wherefore, thankfully we cry unto Thee: Thou
hast filled all with gladness, O Savior, for Thou
didst come to save the world.

BEFORE THE Icon oF THE BLESSED THEOKOTOS,

THE VirGIN Mary
Hail! Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with
Thee. Blessed art Thou amongst women, and
blessed is the fruit of Thy womb. For Thou hast
borne the Savior of our souls. Cease not to pray
for us.

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 SPIRITUAL AIDS
The Sign of the Cross
ike Sien oF THE Cross has been used by all
Christians since the time of the Apostles, not
only as public acknowledgment that we glory in
the Cross of Christ, but as a means of calling
down a blessing upon ourselves, our friends, or
objects.
King Constantine, that staunch defender of
Orthodoxy, while yet a pagan saw a shining cross
in the heavens, with the words: “By this sign
shalt thou conquer.’ He became converted, and
had a cross placed upon his banners and the
badges of his soldiers. As a result, he was blessed
with victory; and ever since the Cross may be
seen on the flags of many countries.
In making the sign of the Cross, with the
words, ‘‘In the name of the Father, and the Son,
and the Holy Spirit,” we confess our belief in the
Holy Trinity, as well as in the saving grace of
Christ crucified. It is also a brief prayer—a
gesture of thanksgiving and a request for God’s
blessing. It has often proved a shield and pro-
tection from evil, whether in ones inner thoughts
or outward circumstances, when made in true
faith in its power. Many miracles have been
wrought by it.
The sign of the Cross is made with the thumb
and the first two fingers of the right hand joined
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at the tips (the third and fourth fingers being
closed on the palm), as a symbol of the Trinity,
by touching the brow, the breast, the right
shoulder, and the left shoulder; in token that all
power of mind, heart, soul, and strength is dedi-
cated to the service of God. It is accompanied
by a simple inclination of the head and body.
Bishops and priests, in bestowing the benedic-
tion, hold the fingers in such a manner as to
represent-the Greek letters IC and XC, the first
and last letters of “Jesus Christ.”

The Commandments of God

The first and greatest Commandment is:
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy
whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with
thy whole mind.”
The second is like unto it:
“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”
(Matthew XXII: 37-39)
Tue Ten CoMMANDMENTS
1. I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt have
no other gods before Me.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven
image, nor the likeness of anything that is in
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt
not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it
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holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy
work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the
Lord thy God.
5. Honor thy father and thy mother, that
thy days may be long upon the land which the
Lord thy God giveth thee.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbor.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife;
thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, nor
his land; nor his man-servant, nor his maid-
servant; nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his
cattle; nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.

The Beatitudes
1. Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is
the Kingdom of Heaven.
2. Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall
be comforted.
3. Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit
the earth.
4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst
after righteousness; for they shall be filled.
5. Blessed are the merciful; for they shall
obtain mercy.
6. Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall
see God.
7. Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall
be called the sons of God.
8. Blessed are they which are persecuted for
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righteousness’ sake; for theirs is the Kingdom of
Heaven.
9. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you
and persecute you, and shall say all manner of
evil against you falsely for My sake.
10. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad; for great
is your reward in heaven. (Matthew 5:3-12)

The Seven Sacraments of the Church

1. Baptism. 5. Holy Orders.
2. Chrismation. 6. Matrimony.
3. Holy Communion. 7. Unction with Oil
4. Penance. (for the sick).

The Three Divine Virtues

. Faith.
. Hope.
=
wn. Charity.

The Three Christian Duties

. Prayer.
. Fasting.
=
Wh. Almsgiving.

The Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy

. To instruct the ignorant.
. To counsel the doubtful.
. To exhort and convert sinners.
. To comfort the sorrowing and afflicted.
. To forgive offenses.
. To suffer wrongs patiently.
AnePwndse
7. To pray for others, living and dead.
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 The Four Cardinal Virtues
1. Prudence. 3. Temperance.
2. Justice. 4. Fortitude.

The Four Gifts of the Holy Spirit

. The spirit of wisdom and understanding.
. The spirit of counsel and spiritual strength.
. The spirit of knowledge and true godliness.
. The spirit
mwhS of holy fear.

The Seven Corporal Works of Mercy

1. To feed the hungry and give drink to the
thirsty.
2. To clothe the naked.
3. To give shelter and food to the stranger.
4. To help the widows and orphans.
5. To visit the sick.
6. To visit the prisoners.
7. To bury the dead.

The Seven Capital Sins and Their Opposite

Virtues
1. Pride. 1. Humility.
2. Covetousness. 2. Liberality.
3. Lust. 3. Chastity.
4. Anger. 4. Meekness.
5. Gluttony. 5. Temperance.
6. Envy. 6. Contentment.
7. Sloth. 7. Diligence.
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Nine Ways of Participating in Another's
Sins
. By counsel. 6. By concealment.
By command. 7. By partaking.
By consent. 8. By silence.
. By provocation. 9. By defense of the
. By
Ome
Whe praise. sin committed.

The Twelve Fruits of the Spirit

. Love. (ee Lruths
Joy. 8. Meekness.
Peace. 9. Patience.
. Longsuffering. 10. Modesty.
. Gentleness. 11. Temperance.
e . Goodness.
Anew 12. Chastity.

The Seven Stages of Sin

. Suggestion. 5. Habit.
. Pleasure. 6. Slavery.
. Consent. 7. Spiritual blindness.
Act.
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Four Notes of the True Church

. One. 3. Catholic.
. Holy. 4. Apostolic.

Three Tests of Catholicity

. Antiquity.
. Universality.
. General Consent.
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 Table for Easter (Pashka)
YEAR ORTHODOX WESTERN
LOBE os SEEING, April 16 April 9
L945, RL. Freee May 6 April 1
(2 eS Om fee eee April 21 April 21
LOST RUS -hcyAb ER 2 April 13 April 6
LDP ie 28eee May 2 March 28
EOAD MIO sce Pohaks April 24 April 17
HS Erah ee ae April 9 April 9

Fasts Appointed by the Church

Julian Gregorian
The Nativity (Christmas) |Nov. 15 Noy. 28
Fast Dec. 24 Jan. 6
The Great (Paschal) Fast 50 days before Easter
First week after
The Apostle’s (Peter’s) Fast Pentecost to
June 28 July 11
Our Lady’s (Assumption)|Aug.1 Aug. 15
Fast Aug. 14 Aug. 28
Exaltation of the Holy
Cross Sept. 14 Sept. 27
The Beheading of John
the Baptist Aug. 29 Sept. 11
Epiphany Eve Jan.5 Jan. 18
Every Wednesday and Friday throughout the
year, except between Christmas and Epiphany,
between the Sundays of the Pharisee and the
Prodigal Son, and during Easter week—i.e., the
week following Easter.
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 Feasts Appointed by the Church
Julian Gregorian
Feast of Feasts (Easter) Movable Movable
The Nativity (Christmas) Dec. 25 Jan. 7
The Manifestation of God
(Epiphany) Jan. 6 Jan. 19
The Meeting of the Lord
(Purification) Feb. 2 Feb. 15
Christ’s Entry into Jerusa-
lem (Palm Sunday) Movable
The Ascension of Christ Movable
Day of the Spirit (Pente-
cost) Movable
Transfiguration of Our Lord Aug. 6 Aug. 19
Exaltation of the Holy
Cross Sept. 14 Sept. 27
Nativity of the Theotokos
(Virgin Mary) Sept. 8 Sept. 21
Presentation of the Theoto-
kos in the Temple Novy. 21 Dec. 4
The Annunciation Mar. 25 April 7
The Falling Asleep (As-
sumption) of the Blessed
Theotokos Aug. 15 Aug. 28
Circumcision (also Saint
Basil’s Day) Jan. 1 Jan .14
The Three Saints: Gregory,
Basil, and John Chrysos-
tom Jan. 30 Feb. 12
Translation of the Relics of
Saint Nicholas May 9 May 22
Feast of Saints Kyrill and
Methodios May 11 May 24
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‘Nativity of John the Fore- ,
runner (Baptist) June 24 July 7
Feast of Saints Peter and
Paul June 29 July 12
Feast of Saint Vladimir July 15 July 27
Beheading of John the
Forerunner (or Baptist) Aug. 29 Sept. 11
Death of John, Beloved
Disciple Sept. 26 Oct. 9
Protection (Intercession) of
the Theotokos Octal Oct. 14
Saint Michael, the Arch-
angel, and All Saints Novy. 8 Nov. 21
Saint Nicholas, the Wonder-
worker Dec. 6 Dec. 19
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Preparation for Confession

and for
Holy Communion

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dbo SECTION contains the Prayers of Prepa-

ration for Confession and Holy Com-
munion. Since wartime conditions make it im-
practicable in many military and naval estab-
lishments, especially those situated in theaters of
operation, that the entire text be used, it is
suggested that where time is limited at least the
following prayers be read: before attending
church, the prayer of Saint Basil the Great on
pages 75 to 78, and that of Saint John Chrysos-
tom on pages 81 to 82; at church, the prayer of
Saint John of Damascus on page 83, and that of
Saint John Chrysostom on pages 82 to 83.
When proper preparation has been made, go
to an Orthodox Priest to make the Sacramental
Confession, using the form on pages 56 to 59.
During the Priest’s Communion, read the
Prayers at Communion Time, on pages 91 to 93.
After receiving Holy Communion, read the
Prayers of Thanksgiving given on pages 94 to 97.
At the end of Mass, before leaving Church, read
or join in hearing the Post-Communion, given
on pages 134 to 137.

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 PREPARATION FOR
CONFESSION
The Little Blessing
Blessed is our God always: both now and
ever, and unto ages of ages.
First, say the Trisagion Prayers:
O Heavenly King,
Comforter, Spirit of Truth,
That art present everywhere,
And fillest all things;
Treasure of Blessings,
And Bountiful Giver of Life:
Come Thou and abide among us
And cleanse us from every stain,
Good Lord, and save our souls.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and
Immortal: have mercy on us.
%« Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and
Immortal: have mercy on us.
%« Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and
Immortal: have mercy on us.
‘1 Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
K All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord,
cleanse us from our sins. Master, forgive us our
iniquities. Holy God, look upon our infirmities——
for Thy Name’s sake, and heal them. AWN IN
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 Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.
‘ Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
4 Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be
Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this.
day our daily bread. And forgive us our tres-
passes, as we forgive those who trespass against
us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil. Amen?F
Nezt, read the seven Penitential Psalms: 6, 31,
37, 50, 101, 129, and 142. (In the King James
English version, these are Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51,
102, 130, and 143.) If té is not possible to read all
of the seven Penitential Psalms, read at least Psalm
50 (51), a version of which is given on pages 22
to 24,
Then say this prayer:
O Lord my God, I confess that I have sinned
against Thee in thought and word and deed; and
also that I have omitted to do what Thy Holy
Law requires of me. But now with repentance
and contrition I turn again to Thy mercy; and I
entreat Thee to forgive me, and to wash me clean
of every stain. O Lord, evermore fill my heart
with the light of Thy truth, so that I may learn
to desire and to do only what pleases Thee.
Amen.
Now make a strict examination of your con-
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science. Using the following questions as a guide,
recall, consider, and lament all the wrong things you
have done. Remember that your only hope is in the
mercy of God, and that your own mercy to yourself
cannot help you. Therefore, do not try to excuse
yourself for anything; neither try to blame anyone
else for your sins:
Have you doubted anything that, as an Ortho-
dox Christian, you are bound to believe?
Have you made complaint against God or
despaired of His mercy?
Have you neglected to say your prayers?
Have you been absent from Mass?
Have you kept the laws of fasting?
Have you gone to any non-Orthodox place of
worship or attended any religious services that
were not conducted by lawful Orthodox clergy
for Orthodox people?
Have you been guilty of thoughtless or irrey-
erent. behavior in church?
Have you spoken lightly or disrespectfully
about sacred things, or treated any holy thing
with irreverence or contempt?
Have you worked on Sunday without necessity
or caused anyone else to do so?
Have you sworn any false oath, or used the
name of God carelessly or irreverently at any
time?
Have you cursed yourself or anyone else, or
angered others so as to provoke them to cursing
or swearing?
Have you been guilty of any unchaste or im-
pure act?
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Have you wilfully entertained impure thoughts

and desires?
Have. you talked about lewd things or re-
mained in the company of others who talked
about them?
Have you provoked anyone else to impurity of
thought, word, or deed?
Have you honored and respected your parents,
the clergy, your teachers, the civil authorities,
and all persons older than yourself?
Have you ‘desired or hastened the death of
anyone?
Have you oppressed anyone, or treated anyone
with arrogance and contempt, or refused to speak
to anyone?
Have you nursed hatred in your heart against
anyone, or desired revenge, or desired that harm
should come to others?
Have you caused or fostered enmity between
others?
Have you borne false witness against anyone?
Have you called anyone by an injurious or
humiliating name?
Have you disclosed to anybody the sins of
another, or done anything else to harm another
in his reputation and good name?
Have you been quick to judge others and to
condemn them?
Have you engaged in idle and hurtful gossip?
Have you stolen anything?
Have you deceived anyone in buying and sell-
ing or defrauded any workman of his rightful
wages?
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 Have you damaged or destroyed anything that
belongs to another?
Have you looked with envy and hate on the
prosperity of another, or desired that he should
lose a prized possession so that you might have
it yourself?
Have you withheld your mercy and forgive-
ness from anyone at any time?
Having completed the examination of your
conscience, read the following Troparia verses for
Psalm 50 (51):
Have mercy on us, O Lord; have mercy on us:
For in our lack of all defense
We sinners offer this supplication
Unto Thee, our Sovereign Lord:
Have mercy on us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit:
Lord, have mercy on us; for in Thee have we
put our trust.
Be not wroth with us very sore, neither re-
member our iniquities:
_ But look upon us now again in Thy tender
compassion,
And deliver us from our enemies:
For Thou art our God, and we are Thy people;
Weare all the work of Thy hands;
And upon Thy name have we called.
Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
’ Open unto us the door of thy tender compas-
sion, blessed Theotokos:
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 As we set our hope on thee, let not our hope
fail us.
Through theeSREY we be delivered from ad-
versities,
For thou art the salvation of the race of
Christians.

Short Form of Confession and Absolution

While one is waiting to go forward to the Priest
for Confession and Absolution, he should read from
the Preparation for Holy Communion, pages 62
to 90.
When it is time to go to the Priest for Confession,
each penitent, going forward alone, makes three
triple reverences, saying quietly, as he crosses
himself:
+ Come, let us worship and fall down before
God our King.
1 Come, let us worship and fall down before
Christ, our King and our Lord.
+ Come, let us worship and fall down before
Christ Himself, our King and our God.
K Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: have mercy on us.
* Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: have mercy on us.
1 Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: have mercy on us.
1 Lord, be merciful unto me, a sinner.
‘1 Lord, be merciful unto me, a sinner.
‘1 Lord, be merciful unto me, a sinner.
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 At the place of Confession, the penitent kneels
(or bows his head low) before the Priest and the
Cross (or the Cross and the Gospel Book). When
the Priest has laid the Epitrakhelion (Stole) over
the bowed head of the penitent, the Confession
begins: :
Pentrent: In the presence of thy Priest, O
Lord my God, I confess that I have sinned against
thee in thought and word and deed; and also that
I have omitted to do what thy Holy Law requires
of me. But now with repentance and contrition
I turn again to thy mercy; and I entreat thee to
forgive me, and to wash me clean of every stain.
O Lord, evermore fill my heart with the light of
thy truth, so that I may learn to desire and to do
only what pleases thee.
. Father, hear my Confession. Pray for me;
give me guidance and penance for the health of
my soul; and grant me Absolution.
Then the Priest says this prayer, unless he has
already said it for all the penitents together:
Priest: O Lord God, the Salvation of thy ser-
vants; that art full of mercy, compassion, and
patience; that art grieved for our evil deeds, and
desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather that
he should turn from his wickedness and live:
Thyself show forth thy mercy now upon this
thyvseryvant, sce sees Grant him (or her) true
repentance, forgiveness of sins, and Absolution:
pardoning him (or her) every transgression, both
voluntary and involuntary. Reconcile and unite
him (or her) unto thy Holy Church through
Jesus Christ our Lord, with whom also are due
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unto thee dominion and majesty both now and
ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Then the Priest may bid the penitent to speak
freely and to hide nothing; or, tt may be that he
will begin at once to ask him questions. The follow-
ing questions are usually asked before Absolution is
pronounced:
1. How long ago did you last receive Holy
Communion?
2. Have you performed the penance laid upon
you when you last made your Confession?
3. Have you prepared yourself for this Confes-
sion by examining your conscience and by using
the appointed prayers?
4. How many times have you been absent from
Mass?
5. Do you say your prayers daily?
6. Do you freely forgive everyone who has of-
fended you?
7. Are you truly sorry for every wrong thing
you have done?
8. Is it your honest desire and firm intention
to live a more holy life?
Let the penitent remember that he is a sinner
who has come to be cleansed of his guilt. Having
cast himself upon the mercy of God, the Judge of All,
how shall he trust in his own mercy by excusing and
pardoning himself? Or how shall he judge another
by accusing him of enticement or complicity?
Rather, let him acknowledge his guilt fully, accept-
ing complete responsibility for it, in order that the
mercy of God may extend to his every misdeed and
imperfection.
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 When the Confession is ended, the Priest gives
the penitent suitable advice and imposes penances
if need be. Finally, if there is no impediment, the
Priest pronounces the Absolution. The penitent
makes the Sign of the Cross at each Amen:
Priest: Christ’our true God, through his grace
and manbefriending love, have mercy on you and
forgive you all your sins. And as his unworthy
Priest, through the power given unto me by him,
I loose and absolve you from all your sins: in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit. Amen.
The grace of the All-holy Spirit, through me,
the unworthy Priest, has loosed and absolved you
from all your sins. Amen; Amen; Amen.
If the penitent is to wait for the Apolysis of the
Sequence, he rises, kisses the Priest’s hand and the
Cross, and returns to his place. And while he waits
he reads from the Prayers before Communion
(pages 74 to 90). But if the penitent is not to wait
for the Apolysis, he remains kneeling, and the
Priest dismisses him at once:
Priest: Christ our true God, through the
prayers of his Most Holy Mother and of all the
Saints, especially Saint........ (of the Temple)
have mercy on you and save vou, as our good and
manbefriending Lord.
The penitent then says ‘‘Amen,”’ crosses himself,
and rises; and, after kissing the Priest's hand and
the Cross, he departs and reads thereafter from the
Prayers before Communion (pages 74 to 90) or
from the Scripture Readings given on pages 62
to 73.
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 PREPARATION FOR HOLY
COMMUNION
Scripture Readings
First read Psalms 22, 23, and 115. (In the King
James English version, these are Psalms 23, 24, and
116:10-19).
Next, read the Apostle before Communion:
The Lord Jesus, the same night in which he
was betrayed; took bread:
And when he had given thanks, be brake it,
and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is
broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
After the same manner also he took the cup,
when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new
testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye
drink it, in remembrance of me.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink
this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till he come.
Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and
drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be
guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
But let a man examine himself, and so let him
eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he
that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and
drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning
the Lord’s body.
For this cause many are weak and sickly among
you, and many sleep.
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 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not
be judged. But when we are judged, we are
chastened of the Lord, that we should not be
condemned with the world. (II Corinthians
11:23-32.)

Then read the Gospel before Communion:

Jesus said: I am the bread of life. Your
fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are
dead. This is the bread which cometh down
from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and
not die.
I am the living bread which came down from
heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live
for ever: and the bread that I will give is my
flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
The Jews therefore strove among themselves,
saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Then Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of
man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood,
has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last
day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood
is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and
drinketh my blood, dweileth in me, and I in him.
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by
the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall
live by me.
This is the bread which came down from
heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and
are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live
for ever. (St. John 6:48-58.)
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 Now read the Scriptures to which the prayers
refer:
Tue Buiessep Lorp Jesus Catits THos—E WHO
Are WeARY OF THEIR BURDENS
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me: for
I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find
rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and
my burden is light. (St. Matthew 11:28-30.)
Tue Biessep Lorp Jesus Comes to THOSE
Wuo Wetcome Hm™
At that time a certain army captain sent to the
Lord Jesus beseeching him to come and heal his
servant. When Jesus was not far from the house,
the captain sent friends to him, saying, Lord,
trouble not thyself: for Iam not worthy that thou
shouldest enter under my roof: Wherefore neither
thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but
speak the word only, and my servant shall be
healed. And Jesus said to the people, I say unto
you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in
Israel.
If a man love me he will keep my words: and
my Father will love him, and we will come unto
him, and make our abode with him.
Let your lights be burning; and be like those
that wait for their lord, that, when he cometh
and knocketh, they may open unto him im-
mediately.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will
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come in to him, and will sup with him, and he
with me. (St. Luke 7: 1-10; St. John 14:23; St.
Luke 12:35, 36; Revelation 3:20.)
Jesus Sat AT TABLE WITH SINNERS
When Jesus sat at meat, many publicans and
sinners sat also together with him and his dis-
ciples. And when the scribes and Pharisees saw
him eat with publicans and sinners, they said
unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and
drinketh with publicans and sinners?
When Jesus heard it, he said to them, They
that are whole have no need of the physician, but
they that are sick: I came not to call the right-
eous, but sinners to repentance. (St. Mark 2:15-
17.)
Tue Lost SHEEP
Jesus said: The Son of man is come to save that
which was lost.
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep,
and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave
the ninety and nine, and goeth into the moun-
tains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you,
he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the
ninety and nine which went not astray.
Even so it is not the will of your Father which
is in heaven, that one of these little ones should
perish. (St. Matthew 18:11-14.)
Tue FattEN WomMAN
At that time Jesus went into the house of
Simon the leper, a Pharisee, and sat down to
meat.
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 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was
a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat
in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box
of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him
weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears,
and did wipe them with the hairs of her head,
and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the
ointment.
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him
saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man,
if he were a prophet, would have known who and
what manner of woman this is that toucheth him;
for she is a sinner.
And Jesus, answering, said unto him, Simon, I
have somewhat to say unto thee. There was a
certain creditor which had two debtors: the one
owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty:
and when they had nothing to pay, he frankly
forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which
of them will love him most?
Simon answered and said, I suppose that he
to whom he forgave the most.
And Jesus said to him, Thou hast rightly
judged.
And he turned to the woman, and said unto
Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into
thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet:
but she hath washed my feet with tears, and
wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou
gavest me no kiss: but this woman, since the
time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this
woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are
many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to
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whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.|
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel
shall be preached in the whole world, there shall
also this, that this woman hath done, be told for
a memorial of her. (St. Luke 7:36-47; St. Mat-
thew 26:13.)
Tue BiLoopstREAMING WoMAN
At that time, a woman, which was diseased
with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind
Jesus, and touched the hem of his garment: For
she said within herself, If I may but touch his
garment, I shall be whole.
But Jesus turned him about; and when he saw
her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy
faith hath made thee whole.
And the woman was made whole from that
hour. (St. Matthew 9:20-22.)
Tur CANAANITISH WoMAN
At that time a woman of Canaan came, and
cried unto Jesus, saying, Have mercy on me, O
Lord, thou son of David! My daughter is griev-
ously vexed with a devil.
But he answered her not a word. And his dis-
ciples came, and besought him, saying, Send her
away; for she crieth after us. But he answered
and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep
of the house of Israel.
Then came she, and worshipped him, saying,
Lord, help me! But he answered and said, It is
not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast
it to the dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet
the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their
masters’ table.
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 \

Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O

woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even
as thou wilt.
And her daughter was made whole from that
very hour. (St. Matthew 15:22-28.)
Tue PropicaL Son
Jesus spake this parable:
A certain man had two sons: and the younger
of them said to his father, Father, give me the
portion of goods that falleth to me. And the
father divided to them his living.
And not many days after, the younger son
gathered all together, and took his journey into
a far country, and there wasted his substance
with riotous living. And when hé had spent all,
there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he
began to be in want. And he went and joined
himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him
into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain
have filled his belly with the husks that the swine
did eat: and no man gave unto him.
And when he came to himself, he said, How
many servants of my father’s have bread enough
and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will
arise and go to my father, and will say unto him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before
thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy
son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
And he arose, and came to his father. But
when he was yet a great way off, his father saw
him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his
neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy
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sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth
the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring
on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring
hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat,
and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is
alive again; he was lost, and is found. (St. Luke
A 5A 1-24 Vrs
‘Tur PuspLICAN AND THE PHARISEE
The Lord spake this parable unto certain
which trusted in themselves that they were
righteous, and despised others:
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the
one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with him-
self: God, I thank thee that I am not as other
men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers. or even
as this publican: I fast twice in the week, I give
tithes of all that I possess.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not
lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but
smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful
to me a sinner.
I tell you, this man went down to his house
justified rather than the other: for every one that
exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Sé. Luke
18:9-14.)
Be CLoTHED WITH THE GARMENT OF SALVATION
Jesus spake this parable:
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain
king which made a marriage for his son, and
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invited many to the feast. But they which were
bidden made light of it, and would not come.
Then said the king to his servants, They which
were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore
into the highways, and as many as ye shall find
bid to the marriage.
So those servants went out into the highways,
and gathered together all, as many as they found,
both bad and good: and the wedding was furn-
ished with guests.
And when the king came in to see the guests,
he saw there a man which had not on a wedding
garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how
camest thou in hither, not having a wedding
garment? And the man was speechless.
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him
hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him
into outer darkness: there shall be weeping, and
gnashing of teeth.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
(St. Matthew 22:1-14.)
Tue WASHING OF FEET
After the supper, Jesus took a towel, poured
water into a basin, and began to wash the dis-
ciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel
wherewith he was girded.
Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter
saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do
thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know
hereafter.
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash
my feet.
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 Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou
has no part with me.
Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet
only, but also my hands and my head.
Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth
not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit:
and ye are clean, but not all.
For he knew who should betray him; therefore
said he, Ye are not all clean. (St. John 13:4-11.)
Jupas Bretrays JEsuSs
One of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went
unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What
will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?
And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces
of silver.
And Judas came, and with him a great multi-
tude with swords and staves. And he had given
them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss,
that same is he: take him, and lead him away
safely.
Wherefore the betrayer goeth straightway to
him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.
But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou
the Son of man with a kiss?
And at a later time: When Judas saw that
Jesus was condemned, he repented himself, and
brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the
chief |priests and elders, saying, I have sinned, in
that I have betrayed the innocent blood.
And they said, What is that to us? See thou
to that.
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the
temple, and departed, and went and hanged
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himself. (St. Matthew 26:14, 15; St. Mark 14:44,
45; St. Luke 22:48; St. Matthew 27:3-5.)

Tue PEenrrent THIEF

Jesus was crucified on Calvary, and two male-
factors with him, one on the right hand, and the
other on the left.
And one of the malefactors said, If thou be
Christ, save thyself and us.
But the other answering, rebuked him, saying
Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the
same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for
we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this
man hath done nothing amiss.
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me
when thou comest into thy kingdom.
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto
thee, Today thou shalt be with me in paradise.
(St. Luke 23:33; 39-43.)

Tue Burnine Buss

And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto
Moses in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush:
and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with
fire, and the bush was not consumed. (Hzodus 3:2.)

Tue CLEANSING COAL oF FirE

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; be-
cause I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in
the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine
eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.
Then flew one of the Seraphim unto me, having
a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with
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the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon
my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy
lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy
sin purged. (Isaiah 6:5-7.)

The Communion Troparia

Mine iniquities do not regard, O Lord,
Thou that from a virgin wast born,
But purify my heart:
Make of it a Temple
For Thy spotless Body and Blood.
Do not with scorn dismiss me
To drive me from Thy Presence,
Thou that hast no measure set
On Thy great mercy.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit:
To partake of these Hallowed Gifts of Thine
How can I subdue my shame, unworthy as
I am?
For if with shameless daring I draw nigh with
the worthy,
My garment will accuse me:
Because it is not suited to Thy Supper;
And condemnation shall I invite
Upon my greatly sinful soul.
Replace with purity, O Lord,
The dark defilement of my soul,
And save me: for Thou art the Friend of Man.
Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
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 Great is the multitude, O Theotokos, of my
stumblings:
Wherefore I have fled to thee, Chaste Maiden,
Praying for salvation.
Look upon my ailing soul,
And pray for me to thy Son and our God
That forgiveness may be granted me
For all the wicked deeds which I have done,
O supremely blessed Lady.
On GREAT THURSDAY
When the glorious Disciples
By the Footbath at the Supper were enlight-
ened,
Ungodly Judas, sick with love of money, then
was darkened;
And to lawless judges Thee, the righteous
Judge, then he betrayed.
O look, thou man that lustest after money,
On him that for this cause himself did strangle:
From this evil flee, lest thy soul also learn a
greed beyond control,
Like his which dared such things against the
Master.
O Lord, Thou art bountiful
To all: Glory to Thee.

Prayers before Holy Communion

First, read the Didactic Verses:
O mortal, when thou makest ready to receive
The Master’s Body, come with fear, lest thou
be burned:
For it is Fire.
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 And likewise when thou wouldest drink the
Blood Divine
To have Communion with Him, first make
peace with those
Who grieve thee: then with courage come to eat
The Mystic Food.
When thou wouldst share the fearinspiring
Sacrifice,
The Master’s Body, Which engenders life in us,
Before thou comest say with trembling soul
these Prayers:
Then follow the Prayers of Supplication:
A Prayer or SAINT BAsIL THE GREAT
Sovereign Lord Jesus Christ our God, Foun-
tain of iife and of immortality;
Maker of all creation visible and invisible;
Son of the beginningless Father, thyself with
him eternal and beginningless;
who because of thy more than abundant good-
ness didst robe thyself in flesh in the latter days,
and wast crucified and sacrificed in behalf of
us, thankless and unfeeling as we are,
and by thine own Blood didst fashion anew our
nature which had been corrupted by sin:
Thyself, O deathless King, accept the repent-
ance even of me, a sinner;
and incline thine ear to me, and hear my words:
For I have sinned, O Lord:
I have sinned against heaven and before thee,
and I am not worthy to look upon the loftiness
of thy glory.
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 For I have turned thy goodness aside into
anger, by transgressing thy commandments and
by disobedience to thine ordinances.
But because thou art patient, and forbearing,
and greatly merciful, thou hast not given me over
to be destroyed along with my sins,
for thou wast ever awaiting a complete turn-
ing of my heart again towards thee.
For through thy Prophet, O Friend of Man,
thou hast said,
“T do not desire the death of a sinner so much
as I do desire him to turn to me again, and to
live.”
Indeed, O Sovereign Lord, thou dost not intend
that thy creature, fashioned by thy hand, should
perish,
nor hast thou pleasure in the destruction of
mankind:
but rather dost thou desire ail to be saved, and
to come to a knowledge of Truth.
Therefore, even I,
though I am unworthy of heaven and of earth,
and even of this life which passes so quickly
away:
(for I have submitted my whole self to sin;
I have been a slave, and pleasures have been
my master;
I have defiled thine Image in me:)
yea, even I,
Because I am nevertheless thy creature,
formed by thy hand,
I do not surrender in my wretchedness my
hope of salvation;
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 but rather do I gather up my courage, and draw
near to thy measureless compassion.
Accordingly, do thou receive me also,
as thou didst receive the Fallen Woman,
and the Thief,
and the Publican,
and the Prodigal;
and lift up from me the heavy burden of my
sins,
thou that takest away the sin of the world,
and healest the weaknesses of mankind:
thou that callest to thyself the weary and
heavyladen, and givest them rest.
thou that camest not to call the righteous to
repentance, but sinners:
and cleanse me from every defilement of flesh
and spirit.
Teach me to perform holiness perfectly in thy
fear,
ro that,
receiving the Portion of thy Hallowed Gifts
with the witness of my conscience clean,
I may be united to thy holy Body and Blood,
and may have thee to dwell and to remain in
me, together with the Father and thy Holy
Spirit.
Yea, word Jesus Christ my God, I pray for
this also:
Let not the receiving of thine immaculate and
lifegiving Mysteries bring condemnation upon
me, 4
nor let me become feeble of soul or body be-
cause I partake unworthily; °
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 but grant to me that until my last breath I
may receive the Portion of the Hallowed Gifts
without condemnation,
unto communion of Holy Spirit,
unto comfortable passing to life eternal,
and unto acceptable defense at thy dread
Judgment Seat:
So that I also,
along with all whom thou hast chosen,
may become a partaker of thine unalloyed
bounties, which thou hast prepared for them
that love thee:
in whom thou art glorified for ever. Amen.

ANOTHER PRAYER oF Saint Basi. THE GREAT

I know, O Lord, that unworthily do I partake

of thine immaculate Body and thy precious
Blood;
and that I am guilty,
and that I eat and drink condemnation to
myself,
because I do not exalt thy Body and Blood
sufficiently above all other things, O Christ my
God. ;
Yet, with a courage founded upon thy com-
passions, I come to thee;
for thou art he that said,
“He that eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood
abides in me; and I also abide in him.”’
Have compassion therefore, O Lord,
and do not make an example of me, a sinner,
but deal with me according to thy mercy.
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 And let these Holies work in me for healing;
and for cleansing;
and for enlightenment;
and for protection;
and for salvation;
and for hallowing of soul and body, to turn
away every unholy imagining and wicked course
of action, and every deyilish energy which could
arise in my mind and thereafter become active.
in my members;
and for boldness and love toward thee;
and for reformation and security of life;
and for increase of virtue and perfectness;
and for fulfillment of thy commandments;
and for communion of Holy Spirit;
and for comfortable passing to life eternal;
and for acceptable defense at thy dread Judg-
ment Seat:
but not unto judgment, nor unto condemna-
tion.
A PRAYER oF SAINT JoHN CHRYSOSTOM

O Lord my God, I know that I am not worthy,

nor sufficiently rich, to have thee come under the
roof of my soul’s house:
because all of it is desolate, and tumbled down,
so that with me there is no place worthy where
thou mayest lay thy Head.
But even as thou didst humble thyself from on
high for our sake,
so now likewise do thou fit thyself to the
measure of my humility.
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 And as thou didst consent to recline in a cave,
and in a Manger for speechless cattle,
so consent likewise to enter the manger of my
speechless soul and my defiled body.
And as thou didst not scorn to enter and to
dine with sinners in the house of Simon the Leper,
so consent likewise to enter the house of my
humble soul, though [ too am a leper and a sinner.
And as thou didst not reject that Fallen
Woman when she approached thee and touched
thee, though she was a sinner like me,
so likewise have compassion on me, a sinner,
as I approach and touch thee.
Yea, let the Burning Coal of thine allholy
Body and precious Blood operate in me for hal-
lowing and enlightening and strengthening my
humble soul and body;
for relief from the burden of my many trans-
gressions;
for protection against every devilish energy;
for turning aside and obstructing my habit of
careless and wicked living;
for killing my passions;
for devout obedience to thy commandments;
for increase of thy divine grace in me;
and for attainment of thy kingdom.
For I do not approach thee as one who holds
thee in low esteem, O Christ my God,
but as one who draws courage from thy good-
ness, which indeed exceeds the power of language
to express;
and my purpose is that I may not,
through staying away too long from thy Com-
munion,
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 like an animal be caught by the hungry wolf
which waits to pounce upon my soul.
Therefore I pray thee, since thou alone art
Holy:
O Sovereign Lord, hallow my soul and body,
my mind and heart,
my loins and all that is within me.
And make all of me new again;
and implant thy fear deep in my members;
and make the ointment of thy holiness cling to
me irremovably.
And become my Helper and Supporter:
piloting my life in peace,
and accounting me worthy to stand beside thee
at thy Right Hand with thy Saints:
through the prayers and intercessions of thine
allimmaculate Mother, of thy Bodiless Servitors,
of the immaculate Powers, and of all the Saints
who from everlasting have been wellpleasing
unto thee. Amen.

AwnotHer PRAYER OF Saint Joun CHRYSOSTOM

I am not sufficiently rich, Sovereign Lord, to
have thee come under the roof of my soul;
but sincé thou art willing as Friend of Man to
dwell in me, I approach thee with courage.
Thou commandest: and I will open wide the
doors which thou alone didst create,
and thou dost enter with that friendship
toward man which is ever thine.
Thou dost enter, and thou makest my dark-
ened reason to shine with light.
I believe that thou wilt do this:
for thou didst not flee from the Fallen Woman
who approached thee with tears,
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 nor didst thou cast aside the Publican who
repented,
nor didst thou drive from thee the Thief who
confessed thy kingdom,
nor didst thou leave unchanged the Persecutor
Saul, who repented:
but to all who were brought to thee by repent-
ance, thou gavest a place among thy friends,
O Lord, that alone art blessed always: now,
and unto endless ages. Amen.

ANOTHER PRAYER OF SAINT JoHN CHRYSOSTOM

O Lord Jesus Christ my God,

release, remit, cleanse, and forgive all the
stumblings and faults and trespasses wherewith
from my youth until the present day and hour I
have sinned against thee:
I, thy sinful and unprofitable and unworthy
servant:
whether I sinned in knowledge or in ignorance,
in words, or deeds, or thoughts, or intentions,
or habitual practices; or with any of my senses.
And through the intercessions of thy Mother,
allimmaculate and evervirgin Mary who in
purity conceived thee,
and who is supremely the hope that shames
not, as she is also my protection and salvation,
account me worthy without condemnation to
partake of thine immaculate, immortal, life-
giving, and terrible Mysteries,
unto remission of sins, and unto life everlasting;
unto hallowing, and enlightenment, and
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strength, and healing, and health of both soul
and body;
and unto the erasure and complete effacing of
my evil imaginations, thoughts, and prejudices;
and also of the phantoms of dark and wicked
spirits which come by night.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and
the glory, and the honor, and the worship, with
the Father and the Holy Spirit: both now and
ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

A Prayer or Sarnt JoHn oF Damascus

Sovereign Lord Jesus Christ our God, that

alone hast authority to give remission of sins to
mankind:
Do thou, as our good and manbefriending
Lord, disregard in me all the offenses I have
committed in knowledge and in ignorance,
and account me worthy without condemnation
to partake of thy divine, glorious, immaculate,
and lifegiving Mysteries:
not unto punishment, nor unto increase of sins,
but unto cleansing and hallowing, and as a
pledge of the life and kingdom to come;
and to be a wall and a help, and the overthrow
of the adversaries of my soul;
and unto the blotting out of my many faults.
For thou art a God of mercy and of compas-
sions and of friendship toward man; and to thee
we ascribe glory, with the Father and the Holy
Spirit: both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
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A Prayer or SIMEON, THE New THEOLOGOS

Though my lips with sin are filthy,

Though my heart is foul with evil,
Though my tongue is all uncleanness,
Though my soul with dirt is blackened,—
Yet, dear Christ, accept my pleading.

O despise not me, I pray thee,

Nor my words so poorly chosen,
As I come with shameless boldness:
But, my Christ, let me with freedom
Tell to thee my heart’s intention.

No: I cannot: thou must teach me

What to do and what to utter.

I confess myself a sinner

Worse than that poor Fallen Woman,
Who had learned where thou wast staying,
And with myrrh which love had purchased
Laved thy Feet, O Christ, my Master
And my God, not lacking boldness,

And as she was not rejected

When with all her heart she sought thee,
Shun rat me, O Word, with loathing.
Nay: let me, like her, approach thee
To embrace thy Feet and kiss them,
And to dare to lave them, spending
Streaming tears which thou canst waken
And accept as myrrh most precious.
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Wash me with the tears thou grantest,
Word of God, and with them cleanse me;
Grant remission of my stumblings,
And bestow on me forgiveness.
All my many ills thou knowest;
All my wounds thou knowest also;
And my bruises thou beholdest.

But my faith thou knowest likewise;

And my zeal thine eye beholdeth,
And my groanings too thou hearest,
Not by thee is left unnoticed,
God my Maker and Redeemer,
Any tear though singly falling,
Nor of single tears one fraction.
With thine eyes hast thou beheld me,
And hast learned mine imperfection.
On the Book of thy remembrance
Can be seen, inscribed already,
Even deeds not yet committed,
Look on me abased before thee;
See the soreness of my grieving;
And, O God of All, forgive me
All my manifold transgressions: °
That a heart washed clean of evil
And a mind with awe atremble
And a spirit of contrition
I may bring to this partaking
Of thy pure and holy Myst’ries,
Which impart both life and godship
Unto all whose hearts sincerely
Long to eat thee and to drink thee,’
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For thou saidest, O my Master,
“Everyone that eats my Body,
And receives my Blood to drink it,
He shall be in me for ever;
And in him shall I be also.”
Perfect truth, my God and Master,
Is that word by thee once spoken:
For whoever shares thy graces
Which divinely bring us godship,
Surely he is lone no longer
But with thee, my Christ, abideth—
Radiant Light of Triple Daystar,
On the world with splendor shining.
And that I may not live lonely
And apart from Thee, Lifegiver—.
Thou art breath to me, and living;
Thou for me art all my gladness;
For the world art thou Salvation—
I have therefore come to seek thee.
See the tears which thou hast wakened,
And my spirit of contrition.
I implore thee, that art Ransom
Of my stumblings, to accept me
And to let me be partaker
Of thy quick’ning blameless Myst’ries,
And not suffer condemnation.
Bide with me, as thou didst promise;
In my wretchedness protect me:
So that never that Deceiver—
Having found me undefended
By thy grace—may seize upon me
With his wiles, to snare and coax me
From thy words which make me godlike.
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Therefore I fall down before thee,
And with fervor call upon thee:
As the Prodigal was welcome,
And the Woman who approached thee,
So in mercy also welcome
Me, a prodigal and sinner.
For behold I now approach thee,
Humble and contrite of spirit.
Savior, well I know that no one
Has offended more by stumbling
Than have I; and that no other
Did such deeds as I committed.
But to set against this knowledge
Other knowledge have I also:
Not the number of offenses,
Nor the greatness of my sinning,
Can surpass my God’s forbearance
And the height of his compassion.
Yea, by mercy of thy kindness
Thou dost cleanse and render shining
All who warmly turn repentant:
Thine own Light bestowing on them,
And communion of thy Godhead,
Working with a love ungrudging.
And—a marvel for the Angels
And for human understanding—
Thoufhast converse with them often,
As one does when friends are trusted.
ss,
These are thoughts which give me boldne
O my Christ, and wings for soaring.
And encouraged by the riches
Of thy benefactions towards us,
With rejoicing yet with trembling,
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 Of thy Fire am I partaker,
Though but straw: and—how amazing!—
Sprinkled with thy dew from heaven
I am like that Bush the Prophet
Saw, which unconsumed was burning.
Wherefore with a mind most grateful,
And a heart most grateful also,
And with thanks in all the members
Of my soul and of my body,
I adore and magnify thee,
O my God, and glorify thee,
And acclaim thee as most blessed
Now and always and for ever.

A PRAYER OF SAINT SYMEON METAPHRASTES

O Lord, that alone art pure and of unmixed
Essence;
that because of thy friendship toward man, as
thou hast shown it by the inexhaustible story of
thy pity, -
didst take on thee the whole of our mixed na-
ture from the chaste and virginal lifestream of
her that supernaturally conceived thee by the
coming of the Divine Spirit upon her and by the
will of the eternal Father:
O Christ Jesus, God’s Wisdom and Peace and
Power:
Thou that in taking our nature upon thee
didst accept the Passion which bestowed life
and salvation on us,—
the Cross, the Nails, the Spear, and Death,—
make the souldéstroying passions of my body
to die.
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 Thou that by thy Burial madest the dominions
of Hades thy spoil, bury my wicked intentions
with righteous thoughts, and scatter into con-
fusion the spirits of wickedness.
Thou that by thy lifegiving Rising
on the third
day didst raise up our fallen First Parent,
raise up me, for I have slidden down into sin;
and put me in remembrance of the ways of re-
pentance.
Thou that by thy glorious Ascension gavest
godship to the flesh which thou hadst taken on
thee,
and didst honor it by thy Session at the Right
Hand of the Father,
account me worthy, through my partaking of
thy holy Mysteries,
to have portion with those bidden to thy Right
Hand because they are saved.
Thou that by the coming of the Comforter, the
Spirit, madest honorable vessels of thy priestly
Disciples,
show forth me also as a vesseJ fit to receive him
at his coming.
Thou that shalt come again to judge the world
with righteousness,
grant that beforehand in the clouds I also may
meet thee, my Maker and Fashioner, with all
thy Saints:
so that endlessly I may glorify and hymn thee,
with thy beginningless Father and thine allholy
and good and lifecreating Spirit: both now and
ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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ANOTHER PRAYER OF SAINT JOHN OF DAMASCUS

Before the doors of thy Temple I stand,

yet do I not stand aside from wicked thoughts.
But do thou, O Christ my God,
that didst justify the Publican,
and hadst mercy on the Canaanitish Woman,
and didst open for the Thief the gates of
Paradise,—
do thou open for me thy heart of friendship
toward man:
and accept me as I approach and touch thee,
as thou didst accept the Bloodstreaming
Woman and the Fallen Woman:
for the one, by touching the hem of thy gar-
ment, easily received healing;
and the other, who laid hold of thine immacu-
late Feet, obtained the loosing of her sins.

How needful of pity am I!

When with shameless daring I receive thy
whole Body,
let me not be consumed by the flame of thy
Fire: '
but welcome me, as thou didst welcome these
women,
and shed thy radiance upon the senses of my
soul,
consuming. with thy Fire the accusations laid
against me for my sins:

Through the intercessions of her that in purity

gave thee birth, and of the heavenly Powers:
For blessed art thou unto ages of ages. Amen.
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 Prayers at Communion Time
First, say this prayer silently:
Behold, I come to take Divine Communion
now.
As I receive Thee, O my Maker, burn me not:
For flame art Thou to sear them that unworthy
come;
But me do Thou make clean from ev’ry stain
of sin.
Then this prayer:
O Son of God, receive me today
As a partaker
Of Thy Mystic Supper:
For I shall not betray
Thy Mysteries to Thine enemies,
Nor will I give Thee a kiss
As did Judas;
But like the Thief
Will I confess Thee, and say:
“Remember me, O Lord,
When Thou comest into Thy Kingdom.”

And another prayer of Saint John Chrysostom:

I believe, O Lord, and I confess that thou art
in truth the Christ, the Son of the Living God,
that camest into the world to save sinners.
of whom I am chief.
Also I believe that this is truly thine own im-
maculate Body,
and that this is truly thine own precious Blood.
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 Wherefore I pray thee:
Have mercy on me and forgive me all my
transgressions, both yoluntary and involuntary,
of word and of deed,
of knowledge and of ignorance;
and account me worthy without condemnation
to partake of thine immaculate Mysteries
unto remission of my sins and unto life ever-
lasting. Amen.
Other verses for instruction follow:
O mortal, tremble to behold the Blood Divine:
Because for them that come unworthy It is
Coal
Of Living Fire.
The Body of my God both makes a god of me
And gives me food:
It makes my soul a god, and with unearthly
Bread
It feeds my mind.
Then read these Troparia:
Thou hast drawn me with resistless yearning,
O Christ,
And Thou hast changed me with thy love
divine:
Wherefore burn away my sins with Thine un-
earthly Fire,
And account me worthy to be filled with per-
fect joy in Thee:
So that, O Lord of Bounties, I may magnify
With leaping gladness Thy two Advents:
Into the shining splendors of Thy Saints
How shall I enter, all unworthy as I am?
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 For if with them I dare to go into Thy Bridal
Chamber,
My garment then accuses me,
Because it is not suited to the Marriage Feast:
And in bonds shall I be cast out by the Angels.
Make clean, O Lord, the defilement of my soul,
And save me: For Thou art the Friend of Man.
And this prayer:
Manbefriending Sovereign Lord Jesus Christ
my God,
let not these Holies be for my condemnation
because of my unworthiness,
but for cleansing and hallowing of both soul
and body,
and to be a pledge of the life and kingdom to
come.
It is a good thing for me to cleave fast to God,
and to place in the Lord the hope of my
salvation.
End with this prayer again:
O Son of God, receive me today
As a partaker
Of Thy Mystic Supper:
For I shall not betray
Thy Mystery to Thine enemies,
Nor will I give Thee a kiss
As did Judas;
But like the Thief
Will I confess Thee, and say:
‘Remember me, O Lord,
When Thou comest into Thy Kingdom,’ ?

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 Prayers of Thanksgiving after Holy
Communion
First, read these verses for instruction:
Whenever Thou art blest with fellowship in
Him,
Partaking of the lifecreating Mystic Gifts,
At once His praises sing; with all thy heart give
thanks;
And from Thy soul with fervor say these words
to God:
Glory to Thee, O God!
Glory to Thee, O God!
Glory to Thee, O God!
Then these prayers:
Prayer, ANONYMOUS
O Lord my God, I thank thee that thou hast
not rejected me, a sinner, but hast accounted me
worthy to be a sharer of thy Sanctuary. I thank
thee that thou hast accounted unworthy me
worthy to partake of thine immaculate and
heavenly Gifts.
Yea, Sovereign Lord, Friend of Man, that for
our sake didst die and didst rise again: and hast
bestowed upon us these terrible and lifegiving
Mysteries of thine to benefit and to hallow our
souls and bodies: Grant that they may operate
in me also for healing of both soul and body; for
averting of everything hostile to my physical and
spiritual health; for enlightenment of the eyes of
my heart; for peace to the powers of my soul; for
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faith that cannot be put to shame; for love un-
feigned; for fulness of wisdom; for devout obedi-
ence to thy commandments; for increase of thy
divine grace in me; for attainment of thy king-
dom: To the end that protected through them
in thy holiness I may always remember thy grace;
and live no more for myself, but for thee, Our
Sovereign Lord and Benefactor: And to the end
also that having so lived, I may leave this world
in the hope of life everlasting; and come safely
to eternal repose where the song of them that
keep festival continues for ever unbroken, as
likewise the infinite delight of them that look
upon the ineffable beauty of thy countenance:
For thou art the true goal of right desire, and
the unutterable gladness of them that love thee,
O Christ our God: and creation sings thy praise
for ever. Amen.

A Prayer or Satnt Basin THE GREAT

O Christ, my Sovereign Lord and my God,

King of the Ages and Creator of us all:
I thank thee for all the good things which thou
hast bestowed upon me and for this partaking of
thine immaculate and lifegiving Mysteries.
Wherefore I pray thee, good Lord, Friend of
Man: Keep me under thy shelter to guard me,
and in the shadow of thy wings; and grant that
with a clean conscience I may worthily partake
of thy Holies until the last breath of my life, unto
remission of sins and unto life everlasting:
For thou art the Bread of Life, the Fountain
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of Holiness, the Giver of Blessings; and utito theé
we ascribe glory +4 with the Father and the Holy
Spirit; both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
A PRAYER OF SAINT SYMEON METAPHRASTES
O thou that freely gavest me thy Flesh as food,
That art a Fire; and burnest them that un-
worthy come:
Consume me not; I pray, O Lord that madest
me;
But rather come, and pass through all my
body’s frame,
my passions, anid my heart; and make me
whole and strong.
Consume, thou Fire, the thorns of al! my guilty
deeds;
My soul make clean again, and sanctify my
mind;
Confirm my knees in strength, and likewise all
my bones;
Make bright my senses, that all five may single
be.
Make fear of thee a nail to nail me to thy Cross;
For ever shelter me, protect me, keep me safe
From every deed and word that could destroy
my soul:
O make me holy, cleanse me; and correct my
life;
Give beauty, and instruction, and thy light
to me.

Thy Tabernacle let me be, where dwells alone

The Holy Spirit, and whete sin finds t6oni tio
more:
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 So that from me, whom thy Communion makes
thy House,
May flee all evil and all passion as from fire.
I bring to thee as intercessors all thy Saints:
The mighty Chieftains of the Hosts of Bodiless,
And thy Forerunner, and the Apostles taught
by thee,
And joined with them thy Mother immaculate
and pure.
Accept their prayers, dear Christ, my God
most merciful,
And make of me who worship thee a child of
light:
For thou dlone art all our holiness, good Lord;
'. Thou only art the Light that shines upon our
souls:
And unto thee, our God and Sovereign Lord,
each day
With one accord thy due of glory we ascribe.

Prayer, ANONYMOUS

May thy Body, Lord Jesus Christ our God,

be to me for life everlasting, and thy precious
Blood for remission of sins. And may this Com-
munion be to me for joy, health, and gladness;
and at thy dread Second Coming account me,
though a sinner, worthy to stand at the right
hand of thy glory:
Through the intercessions of thine allimmacu-
late Mother, and of all thy Saints. Amen.
The conclusion of these prayers is given as the
Post-Communion, on pages 134 to 137, at the end
of the Liturgy.
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The Divine Liturgy

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 ofpe SECTION contains the audible portions of
the Divine Liturgy, or Mass, of Saint John
Chrysostom—that is to say, those parts which,
being spoken or sung aloud by the Priest, Dea-
con, ‘Reader, or Choir, are heard by the people in
the Congregation. The prayers to be read quietly
by the Clergy, although essential to (and, indeed,
the very essence of) the text of the Liturgy or
Mass, are not heard by the Congregation, and so
are not given here. For that reason the portion of
the text here given, although taken from the
complete English text authorized by the various
Patriarchal Church Authorities in America for
use by the Clergy at the Altar, cannot be used
alone by the Clergy in Services as a substitute
for the complete Priest’s Service Book of the
Liturgy. It is as much prohibited and inadmis-
sible for the Clergy to serve from texts not con-
taining their essential prayers as it is for them to
serve the Liturgy without any book, since in
either case there is grave danger of omission or
error in the required prayer or ritual of the Mass.
The complete text of the Liturgy is to be found in
the official Service Books of the various languages;
and the complete Authorized English rendering
is given in the authorized Book of Services for the
Orthodox Church in English, as prepared by the
translator and licensed by the Patriarchal
Church Authorities in America. This present
abbreviation, designed primarily to aid English-
; 1Where there is no Deacon, his lines to the Priest are
omitted, but the rest of his part is said by the Priest.
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speaking laity in their following of the Service,
may well be used by the Clergy to supplement in
English for such members of the Congregation
the rendition of the Liturgy from a complete text
in any other language.
Following the Divine Liturgy are the Trisagion
for the Dead and a Prayer Service for America
at War.

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 THE DIVINE LITURGY
The Blessing
Deacon: Master, bid the Blessing.
Priest: Blessed is the Kingdom of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:
both now and ever, and unto ages of ages,
Cuore: Amen.

The Great Ektenia

Deacon: In peace let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For the peace from above, and for
the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.
Cuorr, Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For the peace of the whole world; for
the good estate of the holy Churches of God; and
for the union of all the Faithful, let us pray to the
Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For this holy House; and for them
that with faith, reverence, and fear of God enter
therein, let us pray to the Lord.
Cuotr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For our Most Reverend (Bishop,
Archbishop, or Metropolitan). ..............--
(give name here) for the venerable Priesthood; for
the Diaconate in Christ; for all the Clergy; and
for the People, let us pray to the Lord.
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 Cuorr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For the President of the United
States; and for all other civil authorities enabled
by the American people, let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For our armed forces on land and
sea and in the air, that He may fight on their side
and subdue under their feet every foe and enemy,
let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For this city (countryside) ;for every
city and countryside; and for the Faithful that
dwell therein, let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For seasonable weather; for abund-
ance of the fruits of the earth; and for peaceful
times, let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For travelers by sea, by land, and by
air; for the sick; for the aflicted; for captives; and
for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For our deliverance from all tribula-
tion, wrath, danger, and Bee let us pray to
the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Help us; save us; have mercy on us;
and keep us, O God, by thy grace.
‘Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Calling to remembrance our allholy
immaculate exceedingly blessed glorious Lady
Theotokos and Evervirgin Mary, with all the
Saints, let us commend ourselves and one another
and ail our life unto Christ our God.
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 Cxorr: To thee; O Lord:
Priest: + For unto thee are due all glory,
honor, and worship: to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit: both now and ever,
and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.

The Three Antiphons

Note: On Sundays—ezxcept those that concur with
Feasts of the Lord or of the Theotokos, and except
on the First and Third Sundays of the Great Fast—
the First and Second Antiphons are replaced by the
Psalms of the Typika, and the Third Antiphon
by the Beatitudes. The First Psalm, 102 (103), is
usually abbreviated as shown and the Second Psalm,
145 (146), is omitted, leaving only the Troparion,
which follows all Second Antiphons.
In Greek use, however, antiphons with refrains
are sung, usually reduced to the refrains alone;
and then often only a single singing of the Apolyti-
kion, which is the refrain of the Third Antiphon,
intervenes between the Troparion after the Second
Antiphon and the Entrance with the Gospel.

First Psalm of the Typika

Cuorr: Bless the Lord, O my soul: Blessed art
thou, O Lord.
Bless the Lord, O my soul: And all that is with-
in me bless his holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul: And forget not all
his praises:
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities: Who healeth
all thy diseases:
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 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: Who
crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender
mercies.
‘k Glory to the Father: And to the Son: And
to the Holy Spirit:
Both now and ever: And unto ages of ages.
Amen.
Bless the Lord, O my seul: And all that is
within me bless his holy name: Blessed art thou,
O Lord.
First Antiphon
CuHorr:
Verse 1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto
the Lord: And to sing praises unto thy name,
O Most High.
Refrain. Through the intercessions of the
Theotokos, O Savior, save us.
Verse 2. To show forth thy lovingkindness in
the morning: And thy truth in the night season.
Refrain. Through the intercessions .. . .
Verse 3. To declare that the Lord our God is
upright: And there is no unrighteousness in him.
Refrain. a pEOuER the intercessions . .. .
Glory . : Both now .
Tienes ike intercessions of ‘the Theotokos,
O Savior, save us.

Little Ektenia
Deacon: Again and again in peace let us pray
to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Help us; save us; have mercy on us;
and keep us, O. God, by thy grace. —
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 Cuorr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Calling to remembrance our allholy
immaculate exceedingly blessed glorious Lady
Theotokos and Evervirgin Mary, with all the
Saints, let us commend ourselves and one an-
other and all our life unto Christ our God.
CxHorr: To Thee, O Lord.
Prisst: F For thine is the dominion, and thine
is the kingdom and the power and the glory of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit: both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.
Troparion of the Second Antiphon
Cuorr: Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit: Both now and ever, and
unto ages of ages. Amen.
Onlybegotten Son and Word of God, that art
immortal,
Yet didst take on thee for our salvation
To be incarnate of the holy Theotokos and
Evervirgin Mary,
And without change wast made man:
And wast crucified also, O Christ our God,
And by thy Death hast death subdued;
That art One of the Holy Trinity,
Glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit:
Preserve us.
Second Antiphon
Cuore:
Verse 1. The Lord is King; he hath clothed
himself with majesty: The Lord hath clothed and
girded himself with might.
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 RerFratn. Save us, O Son of God, that art risen
from the dead: For now we sing unto thee,
Alleluia.
Verse 2. For he established the world, and it
shall not be moved.
Refrain. Save us, O Son of God... .
Verse 3. Holiness becometh thine house,
O Lord, unto length of days.
Refrain. exe us, O Son of God.
Glory . .
Bate us, O Son of God .
IBothinowsae e e e Aven”
Onlybegotten Son and Word of God....

Little Ektenia
Deacon; Again and again in peace let us pray
to the Lord.
Cuotr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Help us; save us; have mercy on us;
and keep us, O God, by thy grace.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Calling to remembrance our allholy
immaculate exceedingly blessed glorious Lady
Theotokos and Evervirgin Mary, with all the
Saints, let us commend ourselves and one an-
other and all our life unto Christ our God.
Cuorr: To Thee, O Lord.
Priest: F For a gracious and manbefriending
God art thou, and unto thee we ascribe glory: to
the Father, and to the Son,.and to the Holy
Spirit: both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.
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 The Beatitudes
Cxorm: In thy kingdom remember us, O Lord:
When thou comest into thy kingdom,
Blessed are the poor in See For theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: For they shall be
comforted.
Blessed are the meek: For they shall inherit the
earth.
Blessed are/1they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness: For they shall be filled.
Blessed are the marin: For they shall obtain
mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: For they shall
see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: For they shall be
called the children of God.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for
righteousness’ sake: For theirs is the kingdom
of heaven.
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and
persecute you: And shall say all manner of evil
against you falsely for my sake:
Rejoice and be exceeding glad: For great is
your reward in heaven.
+H Glory to the Father: and to the Son: and to
the Holy Spirit:
Both now and ever: And unto ages of ages.
Amen.
Third Antiphon
CHoIR:
Verse 1. O come, let us show forth our gladness
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unto the Lord: Let us make a joyful noise unto
God our Savior.
Refrain. Apolytikion of the Tone.
Verse 2. Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving: And let us make a joyful noise
unto him with Psalms.
For the Lord is a great God: And a great king
over all the earth.
Refrain. Apolytikion of the Tone.
Verse 3. For in his hands are the ends of the
earth: And the high hills are his.
For the sea is his, and he made it: His hands
also formed the dry land.
Refrain. Apolytikion of the Tone.
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Refrain. Apolytikion of the Tone.

The Little Entrance

Deacon: Wisdom! Attend!
Cuorr: Come, let us worship and fall down
before Christ. Save us, O Son of God, that art
risen from the dead: For now we sing unto thee,
Alleluia. Thereafter they sing the Troparia of the
day.
Priest: & For holy art thou, O our God, and
unto thee we ascribe glory: to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: both now and
ever.
Deacon: And unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.
The Trisagion
Cuore: Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy
and Immortal: Have mercy on us.
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 % Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and hn-
mortal: Have mercy on us.
1 Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and In-
mortal: Have mercy on us.
+ Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit: Both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
Holy and Immortal: Have mercy on us.
Dynamis!
+ Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: Have mercy on us.
(Use the following substitutes for the Trisagion:
1. On Easter, Pentecost, Christmas, Theophany,
Saturday of Lazarus, and Great Saturday:
For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ: Alleluia. (Repeat
three times.)
Glory ...: Bothnow...: Ye have put
on Christ: Alleluia.
For as many of you as have been baptized into
Christ have put on Christ: Alleluia.
2. On September 14, Third Sunday of the Great
Fast, and August 1:
Before thy Cross we bow down in worship,
Sovereign Lord: And thy Holy Resurrection we
glorify. (Repeat three times.)
Glory . eeBOtMeTIOWie, ckelous : And thy Holy
Resurrection we glorify.
Before thy Cross we bow down in worship,
Sovereign Lord: And thy Holy Resurrection we
glorify.)
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 The Prokeimenon
Deacon: Let us attend.
Priest: Peace be to all.
Reaper: And to thy spirit.
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reaver: The Prokeimenon in the
Tone.
Note: The Prokeimenon is a verse, and with it
another verse is appointed to be sung. In Slavic use,
the Prokeimenon and its verse are divided between
the Reader, the Deacon or Priest, and the Choir.

The Apostle
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reaver: The Reading (from the Acts of the
Holy Apostles) (from the Epistle of the Holy
Apostle. ..... to PR ) or (from the Epistle of
DAuiuaee eae Vo
Deacon: Let us attend.
Reaver: (In those days) (Brethren) or (My
SOM) s9s.e% (continues with reading).

The Alleluia
Note: The Alleluia has two verses, which takea
threefold Alleluia as their refrain. Like the Pro-
keimenon, the Alleluia is divided between the
Reader and the Choir. Very often the verses are
omitted, and the threefold Alleluia is sung but once.
Priest: Peace be to thee, O Reader.
Reaper: And fo thy spirit.
Deacon: Wisdom!
Cuorr: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
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 The Gospel
Priest: Wisdom! Attend! Let us hear the
Holy Gospel. 4 Peace be to all.
Cuorr: And to thy spirit.
Deacon: The Reading from the Holy Gospel
ACCONGUIP CO AUN Gar. srk a. Ete. aos
Cuore: Glory to thee, O Lord: Giory to thee.
Priest: Let us attend.
Deacon: Gives reading from the Holy Gospel.
Priest: *F Peace to thee, O Gospeler.
Cuorr: Glory to thee, O Lord: Glory to thee.

The Ektenia of Fervent Supplication

Deacon: Let us say with ali our soul, and with
all our mind let us say:
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: O Lord Almighty, the God of our
Fathers, we pray thee: Hearken, and have mercy.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, accord-
ing to thy great mercy; we pray thee: Hearken,
and have mercy.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Again we pray for our Most Rever-
end (Bishop, Archbishop, or Metropolitan)
by. 8 Sit Ne I SE oe (give name here); for every law-
ful Bishop of the Orthodox; for Priests, Deacons,
and all other Clergy; for Monks and Nuns; and
for all our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
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 Deacon: Again we pray for the President of
the United States; and for all other civil authori-
ties enabled by the American People.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Again we pray for our armed forces
on land and sea and in the air, entreating thee to
fight on their side and to subdue under their feet
every foe and enemy.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Again we pray for the Council; for
the Benefactors; and for all the pious‘and Ortho-
dox Christians of this holy Temple.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Again we pray for the blessed and
evermemorable Founders of this holy Temple;
and for all our Fathers and Brethren, all our
kindred and friends, the Orthodox that have gone
before us to their rest, and that here and in all
the world are asleep in the Lord.
Cuortr: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
[DEacon: Again we pray for the Orthodox
senvanbtiotGod ante eer (name person
here): that he (or she) may have mercy, life,
health, peace, safety, salvation, pardon, and
remission of sins.|
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Again we pray for them that bear
fruit and do good works in this holy and all-
venerable Temple by laboring and singing there-
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in; and for the people here present who wait to
receive the great and rich mercy that cometh
from thee.
Cuxorr: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Priest: ‘F For a merciful and manbefriending
God art thou, and unto thee we ascribe glory:
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit: both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.
(Ektenia for the Dead
Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according
to thy great mercy; we pray thee: Hearken, and
have mercy.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Again we pray for the repose of the
souLlof the servant of God, .......2-).25s0-
(name person here), departed this life; and for the
forgiveness of his (or her) every transgression,
both voluntary and involuntary.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Let the Lord God establish his (or
her) soul where the Just repose.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: The mercies of God, the kingdom of
heaven, and remission of his (or her) sins, let us
ask of Christ our immortal King and our God,
Cuore: O Lord, grant this prayer.
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
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 Prayer for the Dead
Note: This is often said audibly.
Priest: O God of spirits and of all flesh, that
hast trodden down death and hast destroyed the
power of the Devil, and hast bestowed life on thy
world:
‘Losthesouldotthy, servantcc nae ene eres
departed this life, do thou thyself, O Lord, Be
rest in a place of light, in a place of green pasture,
in a place of refreshing, whence pain and sorrow
and mourning are fled away. Of thy goodness and
thy love toward man, O God, pardon every sin by
him (or her) committed in word, or deed, or
thought: seeing that there is no man that shall
live and sin not, for thou alone art without sin:
thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and thy law is truth:
+ For thou art the Resurrection, the Life, and
ther Repose or bay servant, mins en micah eae
departed this life, O Christ our God: and to thea,
with thine unoriginate Father and thine allholy
and good and lifecreating Spirit, we ascribe glory:
both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.)

Ektenia of the Catechumens

Note: In Greek use, this is generally omitted,
along with the Ekteniac Petitions that cover the
First and Second Prayers of the Faithful.
Deacon: Pray to the Lord, ye Catechumens.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
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 Deacon: Ye Faithful, let us pray to the Lord
for the Catechumens:
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: That the Lord may have mercy on
them;
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: That he may inStruct them in the
Word of Truth;
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: That he may reveal to them the
Gospel of Righteousness;
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: That he may unite them to his Holy
Catholic and Apostolic Church:
Cyotr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Save them; have mercy on them;
help them; and keep them, O God, by thy grace.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Ye Catechumens, bow your heads
unto the Lord.
Cuorr: To thee, O Lord.
Priest: 1 That they also with us may glorify
thine allhonorable and excellent name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:
both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuotr: Amen.
[Dracon: All that are Catechumens, go forth.
Catechumens, go forth. All that are Catechu-
mens go forth. Let no Catechumen remain].

First and Second Prayers of the Faithful

Deacon: As many as are of the Faithful,
again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
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 [The following petitions, with their response, are
omitted if there is no Deacon:
Deacon: For the peace from above, and for
the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For the peace of the whole world;
for the good estate ot the holy Churches of God;
and tor the union of all the Faithful, let us pray
to the Lord.
Cxotrr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For our deliverance from all tribu-
lation, wrath, danger, and necessity, let us pray
to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.|
Deacon: Wisdom!
Prixst: + For unto thee are due all glory,
honor, and worship: to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit: both now and ever,
and unto ages of ages.
CHorr: Amen.
Deacon: Again and again in peace let us pray
to the Lord.
Cuoir: Lord, have mercy.
[The following petitions, with their response, are
omitted if there is no Deacon:
Deacon: For this holy House; and for them
that with faith, reverence, and fear of God enter
therein, let us pray to the Lord.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For this city (countryside); for every
city and countryside: and for the Faithful that
dwell therein, let us pray to the Lord.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy,
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 Deacon: Help us; save us; have mercy on us;
and keep us, O God, by thy grace.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.|
Deacon: Wisdom!
Priest: *K That guarded always by thy might
we may ascribe glory to thee: to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: both now and
ever, and unto ages of ages.
CuHorr: Amen.

The Great Entrance

Cuore: All we that in mystery holy Cherubim
portray,
As the Lifecreating Trinity with Thriceholy
Song we adore and praise,
Come, let us cast off all earthly care and forget
every vain employ: i
As the procession passes through the Nave:
Priest AND Deacon: Let the Lord God re-
member us all in his Kingdom, always: both now
and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.
Note: In most Jurisdictions, when they come
before the Holy Doors, it is usual also to recite
remembrances of ecclesiastical and civil authorities,
and of any of the Faithful for whom prayers have
been specially requested.
As the Clergy pass through the Holy Doors:
Cuorr: For the King of All comes in triumph,
by unseen Hosts of Angels brought to us that bid
him welcome. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
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 Ektenia of the Prothesis
Deacon: Let us complete our prayer unto the
Lord.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For the precious Gifts now set forth,
let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For this holy House; and for them
that with faith, reverence, and fear of God enter
therein, let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For our deliverance from all tribula-
tion, wrath, danger, and necessity, let us pray to
the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Help us; save us; have mercy on us;
and keep us, O God, by thy grace.
Cxotrr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: That the whole day may be perfect,
holy, peaceful, and sinless, let us ask of the Lord.
Cuorr: O Lord, grant this prayer.
Deacon: An Angel of peace, a faithful guide,
a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us ask of
the Lord.
Cuorr: O Lord, grant this prayer.
Deacon: Pardon and remission of our sins and
offences, let us ask of the Lord.
Cuore: O Lord, grant this prayer.
Deacon: Beauty and health for our souls, and
peace for the world, let us ask of the Lord.
Cuorr: .O Lord, grant this prayer.
Deacon: To complete the remaining time of
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our life in peace and repentance, let us ask of the
Lord.
Cuore: O Lord, grant this prayer.
Deacon: A Christian ending to our life, pain-
less, without shame, peaceful; and a good defence
before the dread Judgment Seat of Christ, let us
ask of the Lord.
Cxorr: O Lord, grant this prayer.
DerAcon: Calling to remembrance our allholy
immaculate exceedingly blessed and_ glorious
Lady Theotokos and Evervirgin Mary, with all
the Saints, let us commend ourselves and one
another and all our life unto Christ our God.
Cuotrr: To thee, O Lord.
Priest: ** Through the compassions of thine
Onlybegotten Son, with whom thou art blessed
together with thine allholy and good and life-
creating Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.
The Peace
Priest: Peace be to all.
Cuore: And to thy spirit.
Deacon: Let us love one another, that with
one accord we may confess:
Cuorr: Father and Son and Holy Spirit: the
Trinity One in Essence and Undivided.

The Creed
Deacon: The Doors! The Doors! In wisdom
let us attend.
Aux THE Farrurut: I believe in one God the
Father Almighty,
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 Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things
visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God,
The Onlybegotten,
Begotten of the Father before all worlds:
Light of Light, Very God of Very God;
Begotten, not made;
Of One Essence with the Father:
Through Whom all things were made:
Who for us men and for our salvation came
down from heaven;
And was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the
Virgin Mary,
And was made man;
And was crucified also for us under Pontius
Pilate,
And suffered, and was buried;
And the third day He rose again according to
the Scriptures;
And ascended ‘into heaven,
And sitteth at the right hand of the Father;
And He shall come again with glory to judge
the quick and the dead;
And His Kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the
Giver of Life,
Who proceedeth from the Father;
Who with the Father and the Son together is
worshipped and glorified;
Who spake by the Prophets.
I believe in one Holy Cathalic and Apostolic
Church.
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission
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 I look for the Resurrection of the dead,
And the Life of the world to come. Amen.
The Anaphora
Deacon: Let us stand aright; let us stand with
fear; let us attend: that in peace we may offer the
holy Oblation.
Cuorr: A Mercy of Peace, a Sacrifice of
Praise.
Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God the Father, and the communion
of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
Cuore: And with thy spirit.
Priest: Lift we up our hearts.
Cuore: We lift them up unto the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks unto the Lord.
Cuorr: It is meet and right to worship Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit: the Trinity, One in Essence
and Undivided.
Priest: Singing the Triumphal Hymn: shout-
ing, crying, and saying:
Cuore: “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord of Sabaoth!
Heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Hosanna
in the highest. Blessed is he that cometh in the
name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.”
Priest: “Take, eat: this is my Body, which is
broken for you for remission of sins.”
Cuorr: Amen.
Priest: ‘Drink ye all of it: this is my Blood
of the New Testament, which is shed for you and
for many for remission of sins.”
Cuorr: Amen.
Priest: Thine own of thine own we offer unto
thee, regardful of all, and because of all.
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 Cuorr: We praise thee: we bless thee: we give
thanks to thee, O Lord. And we beseech thee,
O our God.
The Priest continues the Anaphora inaudibly,
reciting the Epiklesis (invocation for the descent of
the Holy Spirit on the Holy Gifts for Consecration)
and performing the Consecration Ritual, and com-
pletes the great Eucharistic Prayer with the audible
portion, “And grant us with one mouth and one
heart...’ (page 125), which ends the Anaphora.

Priest: Especially our allholy immaculate ex-

ceedingly blessed and glorious Lady Theotokos
and Evervirgin Mary;
Cuorr: It is truly meet to call thee blessed,
Lady Theotokos:
Lady ever greatly blessed and most perfect in
innocence,
And the Mother of our God.
Lady more precious than the Cherubim,
And more glorious beyond all measure than
the Seraphim;
That without corruvtion gavest birth to God
the Word,
And art truly Theotokos:
We magnify thee.
Prrest: Among the first have in remembrance,
O Lord, our Most Reverend (Bishop, Archbishop,
onmlvietropolitan)menretanertoen © (give name
here), whom do thou grant unto thy holy
Churches in peace: keeping him safe, honored,
strong of body, blest with length of days, and
strict in dividing the word of thy truth.
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 [Deacon: And all whom each has in mind to”
remember, both men and women]. .
Crom: And all ‘faithful Orthodox Christian
people.
Priest: And grant us with one mouth and
one heart to glorify and with song to praise thy
most honorable and majestic name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: both now
and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuore: Amen.

The Preparation for Communion

_’ Priest: +s And the mercies of our great God
and Savior Jesus Christ shall be with you all.
Cuorr: And with thy spirit.
Deacon: Calling to remembrance all the
Saints, again and again in peace let us pray to
the Lord.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Concerning the precious Gifts now |
offered and hallowed, let us pray to the Lord:
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: That our manbefriending God, who
has accepted them upon his holy and ideal Altar
of Sacrifice above the heavens for an odor of
spiritual fragrance, will send down upon us in
return the divine grace and the Gift of the Holy
Spirit.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For our deliverance from all tribula-
tion, wrath, danger, and necessity, let us pray to
the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
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 Deacon: Help us: save us; have mercy on us;
and keep us, O God. by thy grace.
Cuotr: Lord, have mercy..
Deacon: That the whole day may be perfect,
holy, peaceful, and sinless, let us ask of the Lord.
Cuorr: O Lord, grant this prayer.
Deacon: An Angel of peace, a faithful guide,
a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us ask of
the Lord.
Cuore: O Lord, grant this prayer,
Deacon: Pardon and remission of our sins and
offences, let us ask of the Lord.
Cuotr: O Lord, grant this prayer.
Deacon: Beauty and health for our souls,
and peace for the world, let us ask of the Lord.
Cuore: O Lord, grant this prayer.
Deacon: To complete the remaining time of
our life in peace and repentance, let us ask of the
Lord.
Cuorr: O Lord, grant this prayer.
Deacon: A Christian ending to our life, pain-
less, without shame, peaceful; and a good defence
before the dread Judgment Seat of Christ, let us
ask of the Lord.
Cuorr: O Lord, grant this prayer.
Deacon: Asking for the unity of the Faith and
the communion of the Holy Spirit, let us com-
mend ourselves and one another and all our life
unto Christ our God.
Cuotr: To thee, O Lord.
Priest: And account us worthy, O Sovereign
Lord, with boldness and without condemnation
to dare to call upon thee, the heavenly God, as
Father; and to say:
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 Aut THE Farrurut: Our Father Who art in
Heaven:
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive
those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil:
Priest: + For Thine is the Kingdom and the
power and the glory of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit: both now and ever,
and unto ages of ages.
CHorr: Amen.

The Bowing of Heads (Kephaloklisia)

Priest: Peace be to all.
Cuorr: And to thy spirit.
Deacon: Let us bow our heads unto the Lord.
Cuorr: To thee, O Lord.
Priest: Through the grace and compassions
and love toward man of thine Onlybegotten Son,
with whom thou art blessed together with thine
allholy and good and lifecreating Spirit: both now
and ever, and unto ages of ages.
CuHorr: Amen:
The Elevation
Deacon: Let us attend.
Primst: The Holies are for the holy.
Cuore: One is Holy, One is Lord: Jesus Christ;
to the glory of God the Father. Amen.
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 The Communion Stikhos (Koinonikon)
Cuorr: Praise ye the Lord from the heavens:
Praise him in the highest. Alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia.
Tt is usual to repeat and to prolong the Koinont-
kon until the Clergy are ready for the Communion
of the People. During this time the People remain
reverently silent, participating through prayer in
the Communion of the Clergy and preparing for
theirown Communion. The Prayers at Communion
Time, to be read here by those who are to partake
of Communion, are given on pages 89 to 91.
When the Clergy are ready for the Communion
of the people, the Curtain is drawn aside as a
signal; whereupon the People rise, and the Alleluia
of the Koinonikon follows as soon as may be. After
the Alleluia the Holy Doors are opened, and the
Deacon (or the Priest, if there is no Deacon) intones
the Invitation to Communion.
Communion of the People
Deacon: With fear of God, and with faith and
love, draw near.
Cuorr: Blessed is he that cometh in the name
of the Lord. The Lord is God, and he hath shined
on us.
Priest: I believe, O Lord, and I confess that
thou art in truth the Christ, the Son of the Liv-
ing God, that camest into the world to save
sinners, of whom I am chief. Also I believe that
this is truly thine own immaculate Body, and
that this is truly thine own precious Blood.
Wherefore I pray thee: Have mercy on me and
forgive me all my transgressions, both voluntary
and involuntary, of word and of deed, of knowl-
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edge and of ignorance; and account me worthy
without condemnation to partake of thine im-
maculate Mysteries unto remission of my sins
and unto life everlasting.
Then to each communicant:
hheiservant:ol Godsveas2. ei fecha ter (name
person here), partakes of the precious and allholy
Body and Blood of our Lord and God and Savior
Jesus Christ: unto remission of sins, and unto
life everlasting.
Cuorr: Receive ye the Body of Christ: taste
ye of the Immortal Fountain. Alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia.
Priest (when all have received): O Lord, save
thy people, and bless thine inheritance.
Cuore: We have seen the True Light:
We have received the Heavenly Spirit:
We have found the True Faith,
Worshipping the Undivided Trinity:
For he hath saved us.
Prusst (reverencing the Holies, quietly): Blessed
is our God. (Then, turning to bless the people with
the Holies, he intones aloud): Always: both now
and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.
Let our mouth be filled with thy praise, O
Lord,
That we may sing of thy glory:
For thou hast accounted us worthy
To partake of thy holy, immortal, and im-
maculate Mysteries.
Establish us in thy sanctification,
That all the day long we may meditate on thy
righteousness.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
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 Ektenia of Thanksgiving
The Prayers of Thanksgiving after Holy Com-
munion, to be read by those who partook of Holy
Communion, are given on pages 94 to 97.
Deacon: Let us attend. Having partaken of
the divine, holy, immaculate, immortal, heaven-
ly, lifegiving, and terrible Mysteries of Christ,
let us worthily give thanks unto the Lord.
Cuotr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Help us; save us; have mercy on us;
and keep us, O God, by thy grace.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Asking that the whole day may be
perfect, holy, peaceful, and sinless, let us com-
mend ourselves and one another and all our life
unto Christ our God.
Cuore: To Thee, O Lord.
Priest: For thou art our sanctification, and to
thee we ascribe glory: to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit: both now and ever,
and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.

Prayer behind the Ambon

Priest: Let us go forth in peace.
Cuore: In the name of the Lord.
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: O Lord that blessest them that bless
thee, and sanctifiest them that put their trust
in thee:
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preserve the fulness of thy Church. Sanctify them
that love the beauty of thy House: in recompense
do thou glorify them by thy divine power, and
forsake us not that hope on thee. Give peace to
thy world, to thy Churches, to the Priests, to
those in authority, and to all thy people:
For every good gift and every perfect gift is
from above, and cometh down from thee, the
Father of Lights; and unto thee we ascribe glory
and thanksgiving and worship: to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: both now
and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuore: Amen.
Blessed be the name of the Lord from hence-
forth and for evermore. (Repeat three times.)
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: The blessing of the Lord and his
mercy come upon you, through his divine grace
and his love toward man, always: both now and
ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.

The Great Apolysis

Deacon: Wisdom!
Cnorr: Master, speak the Blessing.
Priest: He That Is is blessed: Christ our God:
always: both now and ever, and unto ages of ages
Cuorr: Amen. Establish, O God, the Holy
Orthodox Faith and Orthodox Christians unto
ages of ages,
Priest: Most holy Theotokos, preserve us.
Cuore: More precious than the Cherubim,
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 And more glorious beyond all measure than
the Seraphim,
That without corruption gavest birth to God
the Word,
And art truly Theotokos,
We magnify thee.
Priest: Glory to thee, O Christ. our God and
our Hope: Glory to thee.
Cxuorr: Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and
unto ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy. w
Master, speak the Blessing.
Priest: (He that rose again from the dead,)
Christ our true God—through the intercessions
of his allimmaculate and allblameless Mother;
by the power of the precious and lifemaking
Cross; by the protection of the venerable Bodi-
less Powers of heaven; at the supplication of the
honorable glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and
Baptist, John; of the holy glorious and allpraise-
worthy Apostles; of the holy glorious and right
victorious Martyrs; of our Ascetic and Theo-
phoric Fathers; of the holy and righteous Theo-
patores, Joachim and Anna; of our Father among
the Saints, John Chrysostom; of Saint(s)......
(of the Temple or day, or both), whose memory
also we celebrate; and of all the Saints—have
mercy on us and save us. as our good and manbe-
friending Lord.
Through the prayers of our holy Fathers, Lord
Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save
us.
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Eveferation of the Cross and Distribution
of the Antidoron
After the Great Apolysis, the People come for-
ward to venerate the Cross with which the Priest has
blessed them. Passing the Priest in single file, they
make a reverence to the Cross and kiss it. As he
gives the Antidoron, they kiss his hand. They then
return to their places to wait reverently for the Little
Apolysis.
Note: The Antidoron is the bread left over from
preparing the Diskarion at the Proskomidia. It
has been blest, but not consecrated.

The Little Apolysis

Priest: The blessing of the Lord and _ his
mercy come upon you, through his divine grace
and his love toward man, always: both now and
ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.
For the Clergy (unless another Service inter-
venes) and for those who partook of Holy Commun-
ton and are remaining for the conclusion of the
Thanksgiving Prayers (pages 94 to 97), there fol-
lows at once the Post-Communion (pages 134 to
137).

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 The Post-Communion
This is to be read silently by each partaker of Holy
Communion, lay or clergy; or, if local custom per-
mits, it may be given as a joint Service, led aloud
by Reader and Priest, and quietly followed by all
partakers of Holy Communion.
[Reaper:| Lord, now lettest thou thy servant
depart in peace, according to thy word.
For mine eyes haye seen thy salvation,
Which thou has prepared before the face of all
people;
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory
of thy people Israel.
Then repeat the Trisagion Prayers:
+ Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: have mercy on us.
+ Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: have mercy on us.
+ Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal; have mercy on us,
+k Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord,
cleanse us from our sins. Master, forgive us our
iniquities. Holy God, look upon our infirmities
for thy name’s sake, and heal them.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.
+ Glory to the Father, or to the Son, and to
134 =
the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be
Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
[Priest:] For Thine is the Kingdom and the
power and the glory of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and
unto ages of ages. Amen.
Then follow the Apolytikion and Kontakion of
Saint John Chrysostom:
The grace of thy mouth shone forth like a
beaconfire,
And shed its light on every land where people
dwell:
Treasures of unselfishness it bestowed upon
the world:
It gave us example of the loftiness of humility.
But while by thy words thou teachest us,
Father John Chrysostom,
Intercede with Christ Who is God the Word
For the salvation of our souls.

+k Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to

the Holy Spirit:
From heaven didst thou receive the Grace
Divine,
And with thy lips all men dost teach
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 To worship in Trinity the One God,
O John Chrysostom,
Allblessed Saint, for holiness of life revered.
Rightly do we sing thy praise:
For thou art our teacher,
Revealing things divine.
Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Amen.

End with the Kontakion of the Theotokos:

O Protection of Christians, our Joy, and our
Boast Unshamed;
Mediation unwearied in prayer at our Maker’s
Throne:
O despise not, though we have sinned, our
voices raised in prayer—
Yea, before we know our need, be kind,
And vouchsafe thy help to us;
For with faith unto thee we cry:
‘‘Haste thee to intercession,
And speed thee to make ertreaty:
For thy protection never fails,
Theotokos, them that honor thee.”
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.
More precious than the Cherubim,
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 And more glorious beyond all measure than the
Seraphim,
That without corruption gavest birth to God
the Word.
And art truly Theotokos:
We magnify thee.
[Prrest:] 1 Glory to thee, O Christ, our God
and our Hope: Glory to thee.
+ Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto
ages of ages. Amen.
[Priest:] Christ our true God—through the in-
tercessions of his allimmaculate Mother, of our
Father among the Saints, John Chrysostom, and
of all the Saints—have mercy on us and save us
as our good and manbefriending Lord.
Through the prayers of our holy Fathers, Lord
Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save
us. Amen.

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 TRISAGION FOR THE DEAD
(Parastas)
The Trisagion for the Dead may be sung as a
separate Sequence (in Temples, Cemeteries, Funer-
al Parlors, homes, or elsewhere); or, with the omis-
ston of the Blessing, it may be interpolated into the
Divine Liturgy. In many Russian (particularly
Carpatho-Russian) Churches, the Parastas is sung
at the Altar after the Little Apolysis of the Liturgy
(page 133). In war or any other great emergency,
this brief Service, even read by a layman if neces-
sary, may be used as a Burial Service.
Censing continues uninterruptedly throughout the
Sequence.
In the Liturgy, the Sequence begins immediately
after the ‘“‘Amen’’ of the Prayer behind the Ambon
(pages 130 to 131). The Priest remains outside,
and a Server brings him the Censer.
[Prrest: Blessed is our God always: both now
and ever, and unto ages of ages.|
Cuore orn Reaver: [Amen.| Holy God, Holy
and Mighty, Holy and Immortal: Have mercy
on us.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal: Have mercy on us.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-
mortal; Have mercy on us.
Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit; both now and ever; and unto ages of
ages. Amen.
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 Allholy Trinity, hdve mercy on us. Lord,
cleanse us from our sins. Master, forgive our
iniquities. Holy God, look upon our infirmities
for thy name’s sake, and heal them.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread. And forgive us our tres-
passes, as we forgive those who trespass against
us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil: e
Priest: For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory: of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit: both now and ever,
and unto ages of ages.
Cuore or Priest. Amen.

Troparia in Tone 4
With the spirits of the righteous made perfect
Give rest to the soul of Thy servant, O Savior:
And keep it safe in that life of blessedness
That is lived with Thee, O Friend of Man.
Tn the place of Thy rest, O Lord,
Where all Thy Saints repose,
Give rest also to the soul of Thy servant:
For Thou alone art the Friend of Man.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit:
Thou art our God, That wentest down to
Hades
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 To loose the pains of the dead that were there:
Thyself give rest also to the soul of Thy
servant.
Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
O Virgin, alone pure and immaculate,
That without stain didst bring forth God:
Intercede for his (or her) soul that he (or she)
may have mercy and salvation.
Then follows the Ektenia for the Dead:
Priest: Have mercy on us, O God, according
to thy great mercy; we pay thee: Hearken, and
have mercy.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Again we pray for the repose of the
soul of the servant of God ........ , departed
this life; and for the forgiveness of his (or her)
every transgression, both voluntary and inyvol-
untary.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Let the Lord God establish his (or her)
soul where the Just repose.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Priest: The mercies of God, the kingdom of
heaven, and remission of his (or her) sins, let us
ask of Christ our immortal King and our God.
Cuore: O Lord, grant this prayer.
Priest: Let us pray to the Lord.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: O God of spirits and of all flesh, that
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 hast trodden down death and hast destroyed the
power of the Devil, and hast bestowed life on
thy world: *
To the soul of thy servant ........ , departed
this life, do thou thyself, O Lord, give rest in a
place of light, in a place of green pasture, in a
place of refreshing, whence pain and sorrow and
mourning are fled away. Of thy goodness and thy
love toward man, O God, pardon every sin by
him (or her) committed in word, or deed, or
thought: seeing that there is no man that shall
live and sin not, for thou alone art without sin:
thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and thy law is truth:
+ For thou art the Resurrection, the Life, and
the Repose of thy servant ........ , departed
this life, O Christ our God: and unto thee, with
thine unoriginate Father and thine allholy and
good and lifecreating Spirit, we ascribe glory:
both now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.
Memory Eternal
Priest: In blessed falling asleep give rest eter-
nal, O Lord, to thy servant ........ , departed
this life, and make his (or her) memory to be
eternal.
Cuorm: Memory eternal; memory eternal;
memory eternal.
Thereupon the Choir sings, ‘“Blessed be the name
of the Lord” (page 131), and the Priest goes to the
Prothesis to say the Prayer, “‘Forasmuch as thou
art thyself the fulfillment,” before the Blessing on
page 131.
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 PRAYER SERVICE FOR
AMERICA AT WAR
At Mass, the Prayer Service for America at War
is performed before the Priest returns to the Sanc-
tuary after reading the Prayer behind the Ambon
(pages 130 to 131).
While the Choir sings, “Blessed be the name of
the Lord from henceforth and for evermore,” Serv-
ers come out by the Minor Doors bearing lighted
candles and bringing the Censer to the Priest.
When the Choir is finished singing, they and the
people begin at once to sing the Troparion of the
Temple’s Feast, while the Priest censes.
But if the Service is performed separately—as may
be the case when the Orthodox are asked to conduct
a general Service of Prayer in time of war, in the
name of a city or of some other body of citizens, so
that people of many religions may share ir. t—then
the Priest, taking the Censer, intones first the Little
Blessing (page 53) and then, after the reading of
the Trisagion Prayers (pages 53 and 54) by a
Reader, the Great Ektenia (pages 103 to 105).
After the Troparion of the Temple’s Feast, the
Service proceeds as follows:

The Great Intercession

Priest: O God, save Thy, people, and bless
Thine inheritance,
Look upon Thy world mh mercy a com-
passion.
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 Exalt the horn of Orthodox Christians, and
send down upon us Thy rich mercies:
Through the intercessions of our allimmacu-
late Lady Theotokos and Evervirgin Mary;
Through the power of the precious and life-
making Cross;
Through the protection of the venerable Bod-
iless Powers of Heaven;
of the venerable glorious Prophet Forerunner
and Baptist, John;
of the holy glorious and allpraiseworthy Apos-
tles;
of our Holy Fathers, the Great Ecumenical
Teachers and Hierarchs, Basil the Great, Gregory
Theologos, and John Chrysostom;
of our Holy Fathers, Nicholas, Archbishop of
Myra in Lycia, and Spyridon, Bishop of Trimy-
thous, Wonderworkers;
of our Holy Fathers, Methodios and Kyrill,
Evangelizers of the Slavs;
of our Holy Fathers of All Russia, the Wonder-
workers, Peter, Alexis, Jonah, and Philip;
of the holy glorious right victorious Martyrs;
of the holy and righteous Theopatores, Joa-
chim and Anna;
OfeSalitue, ste sere , the Protector of our holy
Temple;
OlESAITvEN een ae (of the day), whose memory
also we celebrate;
and of all Thy Saints:
We supplicate Thee, Thou only greatly merci-
ful Lord, hearken unto us sinners who pray unto
Thee, and have mercy on us.
Cuore: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy;
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 Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord,
have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord, have
mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord
have mercy.
And then the Petitions.
Priest: Furthermore we pray for the United
States of America, and for all the United Nations:
that the Lord our God may bring us speedily to
victory in our war; and that He may establish
peace on earth and good will among men for
evermore.
Cuotr: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Furthermore we pray for all who have
fallen into the hands of our enemies: for the chil-
dren, the aged, and the sick; for prisoners of war;
and for all those whom our enemies have con-
quered and enslaved: that the Lord our God may
look upon them with compassion; that He may
comfort, strengthen, and preserve them; and that
He may deliver them speedily from bondage and
oppression.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Furthermore we pray for our kindred
and friends who have gone forth to war: [for the
Orthodox servants of God, ........:| and for all
who serve in the Armed Forces of our country
and of the United Nations on land and sea and in
the air: that the Lord our God may bring them
safely out of every peril and danger, and may
ever sustain them with the comfort of His mercy.
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 Cuxorr: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Furthermore we pray for the repose of
the souls of the valiant servants of God, the ever-
memorable Orthodox Warriors departed this life;
especially for the soul(s) of the servant(s) of God
BAS Hoes ; and for the souls of all who have laid
down their life for our country.
Cuorr: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Furthermore we pray that we may be
preserved from wrath, pestilence, earthquake,
flood, fire, and the sword; from invasion by for-
eign enemies; from civil war; and from sudden
death: and that our good and manbefriending
God may be gracious, kindly, and easy to be re-
conciled unto us, so that He may turn away from
us the storm of wrath and affliction stirred up
against us; and may deliver us from the righteous
punishment impending over us; and may have
mercy on us.
Cuotr: Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Hearken unto us, O God our Savior,
Thou hope of all the ends of the earth, and of all
that are far off on the sea: and forgivingly, for-
givingly be Thou minded toward us for our sins,
O Sovereign Lord, and have mercy on us.
For a merciful and manbefriending God art
Thou, and to Thee we ascribe glory: to the Fath-
er, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: both
now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Cuorr: Amen.
Priest: Peace be to all.
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 Cuorr: And to thy spirit.
Priest: Let us bow our heads unto the Lord.
Cuore: To Thee, O Lord.

A Prayer for Our People at War

This prayer was set forth by the late Head of the
Russian Orthodox Church, His Holiness the Most
Blessed Sergius, Patriarch of Moscow and All
Russia:
Prisst: Lord God of Hosts, God of our salva-
tion, God that alone doest wonders:
In mercy and goodness look upon Thy humble
servants; and as Friend of Man hear us, and have
mercy on us:
For, behold, our enemies have gathered them-
selves together against us to destroy us, and to
lay waste our holies:
Help us, O God our Savior; and deliver us, for
the glory of Thy name. And grant that we also
may say with truth as did Moses when he spake
to the people of Israel and said: ““Be bold, and
stand fast; and you shall see the salvation that
cometh from the Lord. The Lord shall go to war
to defend you.”
Yea, O Lord God our Savior, that art our Fort-
ress and our Hope, remember not the transgres-
sions and errors ef Thy people, and turn not away
from us because of Thine anger: but in mercy and
goodness look upon Thy humble servants who
abase themselves before Thy compassionate pity;
Rise up to bring us help, and grant our Armed
Forces in Thy name to be victorious.
And to them that in the mystery of Thy Dis-
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pensation may render up their life in battle, do
Thou grant forgiveness of sins; and in the day
of Thy righteous recompense bestow on them
crowns of neverfading glory:
For Thou art the Help, the Victory, and the
Salvation of them that hope on Thee; and unto
Thee we ascribe glory: to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit: both now and ever,
and unto ages of ages.
CHotr: Amen.
Priest: Greatly merciful Sovereign Lord Jesus
Christ our God,
Through the intercessions of our allimmacu-
late Lady Theotokos and Evervirgin Mary:
Through the power of the precious and life-
making Cross;
Through the protection of the venerable Bodi-
less Powers of Heaven;
of the venerable glorious Prophet Forerunner
and Baptist, John;
of the holy glorious and allpraiseworthy Apos-
tles;
of our Holy Fathers, the Great Ecumenical
‘Teachers and Hierarchs, Basil the Great, Gregory
Theologos, and John Chrysostom;
of our Holy Fathers, Nicholas, Archbishop of
Myra in Lycia, and Spyridon, Bishop of Trimy-
thous, Wonderworkers;
of our Holy Fathers, Methodios and Kyrill,
Evangelizers of the Slavs;
of our Holy Fathers of All Russia, the Wonder-
workers, Peter, Alexis, Jonah, and Philip:
of the holy glorious right victorious Martyrs;
of the holy and righteous Theopatores, Joachim
and Anna;
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of Saintyoisee
-se (of the day), whose memory
also we celebrate;
and of all Thy Saints,
Make our prayers acceptable;
Grant us remission of our transgressions;
Shelter us with the sheltering of Thy wings;
Drive away from us every enemy at home and
abroad;
Make our life peaceful, O Lord.
Have mercy on us and on Thy world, and save ©
our souls, as our good and manbefriending Lord.
Cuorr: Amen; Amen; Amen.
O Theotokos and Virgin, Hail!
Mary Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
And blessed is the Fruit of thy womb:
For thou broughtest forth the Savior of our
souls.
At the Liturgy, the Priest and his servers return
to the Sanctuary while the Theotokion is being sung,
and the Priest goes to the Prothesis for the prayer,
“Forasmuch as Thou art Thyself the fulfill-
ment,” before the Blessing on page 1341.
But if the Service is performed separately, then,
after the Theotokion is ended, the Priest intones:
“Let us complete our prayer unto the Lord’’
(page 121); then: “Help us; save us; have mercy on
us; and keep us, O God, by thy grace’’ (page 120);
and then the Six Askings that follow thereafter (to
each of which the Response is: “‘O Lord, grant this
prayer”), with the Commendation: ‘‘Calling to
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remembrance our allholy,” and the Ekphonesis:
“Through the compassions of thine Onlybegotten
Son” (pages 120 and 121). And thereafter the
Great Apolysis, beginning at ‘‘Wisdom,” as at the
end of Mass (pages 131 and 132).

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The Small Catechism

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Eastern Orthodox-Catholic
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modern English (with added material suited
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translation, by Blackmore, of the Shorter Cate-
chism of Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow, as
adopted and promulgated by The Most Holy
Synod of the Russian Church in 1839 and pub-
lished in Slavonic and Russian in 1840 by the
Synodal Press, Moscow, for use in all schools of
Russia.
It includes the text of the Creed (with num-
bered marginal divisions to indicate its Articles),
the Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Commandments,
each followed by a set of questions and answers.

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 INTRODUCTION
1. What learning is most needful for all men?
Christian learning.
2. Why is Christian learning the most needful
learning for all men?
Because Christian learning leads us to God, to
everlasting salvation. In other words, Christian
learning leads us to everlasting happiness.
3. How can we draw near to God?
We can draw near to God by thought, by wish, and
by deed.
4. Who draws near to God by thought?
He who rightly believes in Him.
5. Who draws near to God by wish?
He who prays to Him.
6. Who draws near to God by deed?
He who walks according to God’s will and law. |
7. Whence may we best learn how to believe
aright?
From the Creed.
8. Whence may we learn to pray?
From the Lerd’s Prayer.
9. Whence may we learn how to walk accord-
ing to God’s will and law?
From the Ten Commandments.

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 THE CREED
I Ibelievein one God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all
things visible and invisible.
2 And in one Lord Jesus Christ the Son of
God,
The Onlybegotten,
Begotten of the Father before all worlds:
Light of Light, Very God of Very God; |
Begotten, not made;
Of One Essence with the Father:
Through Whom all things were made:
3 Who for us men and for our salvation
came down from heaven;
And was incarnate of the Holy Spirit
and the Virgin Mary,
And was made man;
a And was crucified also for us under *]
Pontius Pilate,
And suffered, and was buried;
3B And the third day He rose again accord- a
ing to the Scriptures;
@ And ascended into heaven,
And sitteth at the right hand of the
Father;
wv And He shall come again with glory to
judge the quick and the dead;
And His Kingdom shall have noend. °*
S And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the @|
Lord, the Giver of Life,
Who proceedeth from the Father;
Who with the Father and the Son to-
gether is worshipped and glorified;
Who spake by the Prophets.
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9 I believe in one Holy Catholic and 5
Apostolic Church.
To I acknowledge one Baptism for the re- 10
mission of sins.
Ti I look for the Resurrection of the dead, 11
Tz And the Life of the world to come. Tz
Amen.

Questions
1. How is the Creed divided?
The Creed is divided into twelve Articles.
2. What is the First Article of the Creed?
“T believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker
of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and
invisible.”
3. What teachings of our Holy Orthodox-
Catholic religion are contained in this First Arti-
cle of the Creed?
The teachings of our Holy Orthodox-Catholic
religion contained in the First Article of the Creed
are these:
a. God is One.
b. God is One in Essence, yet He is Three in
Persons.
c. The First Person of the Holy Trinity is
God the Father.
d. God, Who is One in Three Persons, made
Heaven and earth and all things visible
and invisible.
e. God, by His power, sustains and governs
all things.
4. What is the Second Article of the Creed?
“And in one Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God,
the Onlybegotten, Begotten of the Father before all
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 worlds: Light of Light, Very God of Very God; Be-
gotten, not made; Of one Essence with the Father:
Through Whom all things were made.”
5. What teachings of our Holy Orthodox-
Catholic religion are contained in this Second
Article of the Creed?
The teachings of our Holy Orthodox-Catholie re-
ligion contained in the Second Article of the Creed
are these:
a. The Second Person of the Holy Trinity is
Jesus Christ the Son of God.
b. Jesus Christ is the one and only Son of God,
and there is no other Son of God in such
sense as He.
. The Son of God is begotten of God the
Father, before all worlds and before all
times; and so He is coeternal with the
Father.
. Jesus Christ is True God begotten of True
God, and He is of One Essence with the
Father.
e. The Son of God is not made, but all things
were made by Him.
6. What is the Third Article of the Creed?
“Who for us men and for our salvation came
down from heaven; And was incarnate of the Holy
Spirit and the Virgin Mary, And was made man.”
7. In the Third Article of the Creed, what
' does our Holy Orthodox-Catholic religion teach
us to believe about the Son of God?
In the Third Article of thé Creed, our Holy
Orthodox-Catholic religion teaches us to believe
about the Son of God:
a. That He came down from Heaven and took
upon Him the nature of man—that is, a
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 reasonable soul and human flesh; that He
was made man without ceasing to be God;
and that He dwelt on earth, where He was
called Jesus Christ.
6. That Jesus Christ was born on earth of the
Most Holy Virgin Mary, who conceived
Him by the operation of the Holy Spirit
and yet remains Evervirgin.
c. That Jesus Christ came on earth to save
men from sin, in which they were born and
live; and from death, to which they have been
condemned ever since the Fall of Adam.
8. What is the Fourth Article of the Creed?
“And was crucified also for us under Pontius
Pilate, And suffered and was buried.”
9. In the Fourth Article of the Creed, what
does our Holy Orthodox-Catholic religion teach
us to believe about Jesus Christ the Son of God?
In the Fourth Article of the Creed, our Holy
Orthodox-Catholic religion teaches us to believe about
Jesus Christ the Son of God:
a. That He was nailed to a Cross; that He
suffered and died; and that Pe was buried.
6. That He endured all this, not for Himself—
for He was wholly innocent and sinless—
but for us. That is, He endured all the
penalties due for all the sins of men, and
endured death itself, in order to deliver us
from sin and death.
10. What is the Fifth Article of the Creed?
‘And the third day He rose again according to
the Scriptures.”
11. In the Fifth Article of the Creed, what does
our Holy Orthodox-Catholic religion teach us to
believe about Jesus Christ the Son of God?
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 In the Fifth Article of the Creed, our Holy Ortho-
doz-Catholic religion teaches us to believe that Jesus
Christ the Son of God, on the third day after His
death, rose from the grave, as had been foretold of
Him in the books of the Holy Prophets.
12. What is the Sixth Article of the Creed?
“And ascended into heaven, And sitteth at the
right hand of the Father.”
13. In the Sixth Article of the Creed, what
does our Holy Orthodox-Catholic religion teach
us to believe about Jesus Christ the Son of God?
In the Sixth Article of the Creed, our Holy Ortho-
dox-Catholic religion teaches us to believe that Jesus
Christ the Son of God, on the fortieth day after His
Resurrection, ascended with His Body into Heaven
and sits at the right hand of God the Father, to
Whom He is equal in power and glory.
14. What is the Seventh Article of the Creed?
“And He shall come again with glory to judge
the quick and the dead; And His Kingdom shall
have no end.”
15. In the Seventh Article of the Creed, what
does our Holy Orthodox-Catholic religion teach
us about Jesus Christ the Son of God?
In the Seventh Article of the Creed, our Holy
Orthodox-Catholic religion teaches us to believe that
Jesus Christ the Son of God shall come again from
Heaven in glory to judge all men, both the living and
the dead; for the dead shall rise again to be judged.
16. What is the Eighth Article of the Creed?
“And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the
Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father; Who
with the Father and the Son together is worshipped
and glorified; Who spake by the Prophets.”
17. In the Eighth Article of the Creed, what
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does our Holy Orthodox-Catholic religion teach
us to believe about the Holy Spirit?
In the Eighth Article of the Creed, our Holy
Orthodox-Catholic religion teaches us to believe:
a. That the Holy Spirit is the Third Person of
the Holy Trinity.
b. That the Holy Spirit proceeds from the
Father.
c. That the Holy Spirit, with God the Father
and God the Son, gives life to all creatures,
especially spiritual life to men.
d. That the same worship and glory which
belong to the Father and to the Son belong
also to the Holy Spirit, for He is true Lord
and God. A
e. That when the Prophets and Apostles de-
clared God’s will to men or wrote their
sacred books, they spoke by inspiration of
the Holy Spirit.
18. What is the Ninth Article of the Creed?
“TI believe in one Holy Catholic and Apostolic
Church.”
19. In the Ninth Article of the Creed, what
does our Holy Orthodox-Catholic religion teach
about the Church?
In the Ninth Article of the Creed, our Holy
Orthodox-Catholic religion teaches:
a. That there is only one true Christian
Church.
b. That this one true Christian Church ts
Catholic, which means that She is not
limited to any place or to any time, nor to
any race or nation, because it is necessary
for salvation that every true believer belong
to Her.
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 c. That the one true Christian Church is Apos-
tolic, which means that She is Orthodox
(Rightly-believing); for from the Apostles
themselves She has Her teachings without
change, and from the Apostles themselves by
rightful inheritance She alone has continued
without a break the succession of the Gifts
of the Holy Spirit through the laying on of
consecrated hands.
d. That the one true Christian Church will
continue to the end of the world, in accord-
ance with the promise of Jesus Christ Him-
self—that by His promise She is preserved
forever and from all error.
20. What, then, is our duty to the Holy Ortho-
dox-Catholic Church?
As faithful Christians, it is our duty to rever-
ence the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Church, to believe
what She teaches us and to obey Her commands,
never leaving Her nor joining ourselves to those who
are separated from Her by much or by litile. And
all this we will do gladly because we love God, Who
made us and Who will keep us forever safe if we
rightly believe in Him and keep His law.
21. What is the Tenth Article of the Creed?
“FE acknowledge one Baptism for the remission
of sins.”
22. In the Tenth Article of the Creed, what
does our Holy Orthodox-Catholic religion teach
us about Baptism?
Inthe Tenth Article of the Creed, our Holy Ortho-
dox-Catholic religion teaches us that every true
Christian must receive the Mystery, or Sacrament,
of Baptism, but that he must not receive it more than
once.
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 23. Why is Baptism called a Mystery, or Sac-
rament?
Baptism is called a Mystery, or Sacrament, be-
cause of the grace which mysteriously works in it.
24, Are there any other Sacraments besides
Baptism?
There are in all seven Sacraments: the Sacra-
ment of Baptism; the Sacrament of Holy Chrisma-
tion; the Sacrament of Holy Communion; the Sac-
rament of Penance; the Sacrament of Holy Orders;
the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony; and the Sacra-
ment of Holy Unction.
25. What is Baptism?
In the Sacrament of Baptism, the believer is
dipped thrice in water: once in the name of the
Father, once in the name of the Son, and once in the
name of the Holy Spirit.
26. Why are we baptized?
We are baptized in order that we may be mystic-
ally washed from sin and receive a new life of grace.
27. What is Holy Chrismation?
In the Sacrament of Holy Chrismation, the
newly baptized person is anointed with Holy
Chrism, while the Priest pronounces the sacramental
words: “‘The Seal of the Gift of the Holy Spirit.”
28. How often are we chrismated?
We are chrismated once, and once only; just as
we are baptized once, and once only.
29. What are we to think of those Orthodox
people who, after being chrismated by our
Church, are persuaded to receive Confirmation
from the Roman Catholics, from the Anglicans,
or from others who are not of our religion?
Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and certain others
claim that Confirmation is the same as our Sacra-
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ment of Chrismation. Therefore, Orthodox people
who receive Confirmation from the Roman Catholics,
from the Anglicans, or from any others who are not
of our religion not only are guilty of forsaking and
shamefully betraying our Holy Orthodox-Catholic
religion, but also bring themselves into peril of dam-
nation by rejecting the Gift of the Holy Spirit where-
with they were sealed at their Chrismation.
30. What is Holy Communion?
In the Sacrament of Holy Communion, under the
form of bread, the Orthodox Christian partakes of
the true Body of Christ; and, under the form of
wine, he partakes of the true Blood of Christ.
31. What benefit does the Orthodox Christian
receive when he partakes of the Body and Blood
of Christ?
By partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ,
the Orthodox Christian is made one with Christ and
in Him is made a partaker of eternal life.
32. What preparation must we make before
receiving Holy Communion?
Our Holy Orthodox-Catholic religion commands
that we must prepare for Holy Communion by fast-
ing and by prayer, and by going to Confession to
receive forgiveness of our sins through the Sacra-
ment of Penance.
33. What is the Sacrament of Penance?
In the Sacrament of Penance, the Orthodox
Christian who has sinned after Baptism confesses
his sins before a Priest and through him receives
pardon from Jesus Christ Himself.
34. What is the Sacrament of Holy Orders?
In the Sacrament of Holy Orders, power to per-
form or minister Sacraments is given by the laying
on of the Bishop’s hands.
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 35. What is the Sacrament of Holy Matri-
mony?
In the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony, a man and
a woman, freely consenting to marry each other,
have their union blessed in the Church, as an image
of the union of Christ with His Church.
36. What is the Sacrament of Holy Unction?
In the Sacrament of Holy Unction, the sick is
anointed with oil, while grace is prayed for to heal
him.
37. What is the Eleventh Article of the Creed?
“T look for the Resurrection of the dead.”
38. In the Eleventh Article of the Creed, what
does our Holy Orthodox-Catholic religion teach
us to believe about the resurrection of the dead?
In the Eleventh Article of the Creed, our Holy
Orthodox-Catholic religion teaches us that all men
who are dead shall, at a certain time foreordained of
God, rise again with their bodies, which shall thence-
forth be incorruptible and immortal.
39. What is the Twelfth Article of the Creed?
“And the Life of the world to come.”
40. In the Twelfth Article of the Creed, what
does our Holy Orthodox-Catholic religion teach
us about the life of the world to come?
In the Twelfth Article of the Creed, our Holy
Orthodox-Catholic religion teaches us that, after the
general resurrection and Christ's Judgment, there
shall be an everlasting life, in which those who have
ended their course on earth in repentance and good
works shall have everlasting happiness, but tm-
penitent sinners shall suffer everlasting torment.

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 THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father Who art in Heaven:
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive
those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil: [Amen.]
DoxoLocy
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power and
the glory [for ever and ever. Amen.| of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:
both now and ever, and unto ages *f ages. Amen.

Questions
1. How may the Lord’s Prayer be divided?
The Lord’s Prayer may be divided into the Pre-
face, the Seven Petitions, and the Dozxology.
2. What is the Preface of the Lord’s Prayer?
“Our Father Who art in Heaven.”
3. Why has Jesus Christ commanded us to call
upon God by the name of Father?
Jesus Christ commanded us to call upon God by
the name of Father because we should stand before
God in prayer, not only with fear, as servants do be-
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fore their Lord; but also with love and hope, as
children do before their father.
4. What is the First Petition of the Lord’s
Prayer?
“Hallowed be Thy name.”
5. In the First Petition of the Lord’s Prayer,
what do we ask of God?
In the First Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, we ask
God’s help, that His Holy Name may be hallowed,
both in our hearts and on our lips; and also that, by
our holy deeds and holy lives, we may spread the
glory of His Name among men.
6. What is the Second Petition of the Lord’s
Prayer?
“Thy Kingdom come.”
7. In the Second Petition of the Lord’s Prayer,
what do we ask of God?
In the Second Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, we
ask God’s help that sin may not be master in us, but
rather that the Spirit of God may lead us to good and
happiness.
8. What is the Third Petition of the Lord’s
Prayer?
“Thy will be done on earth,as it is in Heaven.”
9. In the Third Petition of the Lord’s Prayer,
what do we ask of God?
In the Third Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, we
offer to God the sacrifice of our will and ask Him to
do with us whatever in His wisdom He thinks best
todo. And we ask also that all men may be brought
to obey His will on earth as perfectly as it is obeyed
by the Angels in Heaven.
10. What is the Fourth Petition of the Lord’s
Prayer?
“Give us this day our daily bread.”
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 11. In the Fourth Petition of the Lord’s
Prayer, what do we ask of God?
In the Fourth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, we
ask God in His goodness to provide for all our daily
needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter. And this
we ask for today only, without care for the future,
because such care would be inconsistent with trust
in God.
12. What is the Fifth Petition of the Lord’s
Prayer?
“And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive
those who trespass against us.”
13. In the Fifth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer,
what do we ask of God?
In the Fifth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, we ask
God to forgive us our sins, as we also forgive those
who have sinned against us or wronged us.
14. But what if we do not forgive others?
If we do not forgive others when they offend
against us, we cannot expect from God forgiveness
for ourselves. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary
to forgive everyone who injures us and to strive to
live in peace with all men.
15. What is the Sixth Petition of the Lord’s
Prayer?
“And lead us not into temptation.”
16. In the Sixth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer,
what do we ask of God?
In the Sixth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, we
ask God not to permit the devil to deceive us and
bring us into sin.
17. What is the Seventh Petition of the Lord’s
Prayer?
“But deliver us from evil.”
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 18. In the Seventh Petition of the Lord’s
Prayer, what do we ask of God? :
In the Seventh Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, we
ask of God to deliver us from all evil and misery.
19. What is the Doxology after the Lord’s
Prayer?
“For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and
the glory for ever and ever. Amen.’’!
20. Why is the Doxology added after the
Lord’s Prayer?
The Doxology is added after the Lord’s Prayer in
order that we may not only ask mercies for ourselves
of Almighty God, King of all, but that we may also
offer Him the glory which is His by right.
21. What is the meaning of the word ‘“‘Amen’”’?
The word ‘‘Amen’”’ means ‘‘so be it.”
1When the Lord’s Prayer is used in a Service, the Dox-
ology is said in this way:
“For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: both
now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
1. I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt have no
other gods before Me. .
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven
image, nor the likeness of anything that is in
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt
not bow down thyself to«them, nor serve them.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord
thy God.
5. Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy
days may be long upon the land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbor.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife;
thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, nor
his land; nor his man-servant, nor his maid-
servant; nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his
cattle; nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.
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 Questions
1. What is the First Commandment of God’s
Law?
“I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt have no other
gods before me.”
2. In the First Commandment of His Law,
_ what does God require of us?
In the First Commandment of His Law, God
commands us:
a. With our minds to acknowledge Him,
b. With our hearts to believe in Him, trust in
Him, and love Him,
c. With our lips to confess and glorify Him,
d. With our whole being to worship Him, and
with all our might to serve Him,
e. Neither to invoke nor honor any false god,
nor to give to creatures that honor which
belongs to God only.
3. What are we to think of the holy Angels and
of holy men?
We are forbidden to honor Angels and holy men
as we honor God; but it is right to honor them for
being God’s servants who may present our prayers
to God and minister to us His grace, wherefore we
should ask help of God through them.
4. What is the Seond Commandment of God’s
Law?
“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven
image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that ts in the
water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thy-
self to them, nor serve them.”
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 5. In the Second Commandment of His Law, |
what does God forbid?
In the Second Commandment of His Lop, God
forbids us to worship idols.
6. What is an idol?
An idol is the material representation of any
creature or any imaginary deity which is wor
shipped instead of the one true God.
7. What are we to think of Ikons?
Ikons, the Holy Pictures we use in Church, are
representations of Jesus Christ and of His Saints.
They are rightly used for the religious remembrance
of the works of God and of His Saints, and it is
right to pray before them to God and to His Saints.
Nevertheless, this right and godly honor of Ikons be-
comes the sin of idolatry when anyone honors only
the Holy Ikons themselves and puts his trust in
them, as though they had special and independent
powers of their own, and does not lift up his mind
and heart to Christ and His Saints, who are repre~
sented by them.
8. What is the Third Commandment of God’s
Law?
“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy
God in vain.’
9. In the Third Commandment of His Law,
what does God forbid?
In the Third Commandment of His Law, God
forbids us to use His name wrongly.
10. When may we rightly use the Name of
God?
It is right for us to use the Name of God in prayer
and in religious instruction; and, with mindful fear
and reverence, we may use the Name of God when
lawful authority requires us to be sworn.
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 11. But in common talk may we exclaim, as
many do, or swear by the Name of God?
To exclaim or swear by the Name of God in com-
mon talk, or to use His Holy Name carelessly and
disrespectfully at any time, is forbidden by God
Himself in the Third Commandment of His Law.
12. What is the Fourth Commandment of
God’s Law?
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Siz
days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.”
13. In the Fourth Commandment of His Law,
what does God require of us?
In the Fourth Commandment of His Law, God
commands us to work six days in the week and do
all that belongs to our worldly callings; but the
seventh day God commands us to keep holy to Him.
14. How ought we to keep the seventh day
holy?
We ought to keep the seventh day holy by using
it only for prayer, for religious instruction, and for
works of piety.
15. Why does God command us to keep the
seventh day holy?
God commands us to keep the seventh day holy
because He made the world in six days, and on the
seventh day He rested from all His works.
16. Which particular day of the seven ought we
to keep holy?
In olden times, people kept Saturday as the
seventh day; but since the Resurrection of Christ the
Orthodox-Catholic Church keeps Sunday as the
seventh day, because on that day Christ rose from
the dead,
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 17. In addition to the seventh day, set apart
to be kept holy by the Fourth Commandment of
God, what other days are set apart to be kept
holy by commandment of the Orthodox-Catholic
Church?
Our Holy Orthodoz-Catholic religion requires us
to keep as holy days: first, the Feasts of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ; second, the Feasts of the Most
Holy Theotokos and Evervirgin Mary; third, the
Feasts of the Saints; and, fourth, the days of fasting,
which are to be kept holy by observing such abstin-
ence as is commanded by the Church.
18. What is the Fifth Commandment of God’s
Law?
“Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days
may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee.”
19. In the Fifth Commandment of His Law,
what does God require of us?
In the Fifth Commandment of His Law, God
commands us to honor and obey our parents.
20. Does the Fifth Commandment of God’s
Law require of us that we honor and obey our
parents only?
The Fifth Commandment of God’s Law com-
mands us to honor and obey, not only our parents,
but also all those who in different ways stand to us
in the place of parents, such as the Government of
our country, our Bishops and Priests and Deacons,
our teachers in school, and our benefactors.
21. What is the Sixth Commandment of God’s
Law?
“Thou shalt not kill.”
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 22. In the Sixth Commandment of His Law,
what does God forbid?
In the Siath Commandment of His Law, God
forbids us to take away any person’s life, by force or
by guile, or in any way to disturb the peace of our
neighbor. In this Commandment, therefore, God
forbids all strife, wrath, hatred, envy, and cruelty.
23. What is the Seventh Commandment of
»God’s Law?
“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”
24. In the Seventh Commandment of His Law,
what does God forbid?
In the Seventh Commandment of His Law, God
forbids adultery and all irregular and unclean
pleasures of the body. In this same Commandment,
He also forbids everything that may tend to excite
unlawful desires, such as drunkenness, indecent
and shameless words or gestures, the reading of tm-
moral books, singing or listening to immoral songs,
and looking upon immoral pictures or shows.
25. What is the Eighth Commandment of
God’s Law?
“Thou shalt not steal.”
26. In the Eighth Commandment of His Law,
what does God forbid?
In the Eighth Commandment of His Law, God
forbids us to take, by force or guile, anything that
is not our own.
27. What is the Ninth Commandment of God’s
Law?
“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor.”
28. In the Ninth Commandment of His Law,
what does God forbid?
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 In the Ninth Commandment of His Law, God
forbids us to bear false witness against any person,
in court or out of court; or to slander anyone, or
damage his reputation in any way; or to revile any-
one, either to his face or behind his back; or, under
any circumstances, to lie or deceive.
29. What is the Tenth Commandment of God’s
Law?
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou
shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, nor his land;
nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant; nor his
ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle; nor anything
that is thy neighbor’s.”’
30. In the Tenth Commandment of His Law,
what does God forbid?
In the Tenth Commandment of His Law, God
not only forbids us to do evil but also forbids us
even so much as to desire or to think of it, in order
that we may not from evil thoughts and desires go
on to evil deeds.
31. How are we to keep ourselves from evil
deeds, evil desires, and evil thoughts?
We must never forget that, at every moment, Al-
mighty God sees what we do. At the first thought
of sin, we should say with Joseph, the son of Jacob:
“How shall I do this wickedness, and sin against
God?”

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