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The Great Litany
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Priest: Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Choir: Amen.
Priest: In peace let us pray to the Lord. Choir: Lord, have mercy. (After each petition of priest)
Priest: For the peace from above, and the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.
For the peace of the whole world, the good estate of the holy churches of God, and the union of all, let us pray to the Lord.
For this holy temple, and for them that with faith, reverence, and the fear of God enter herein, let us pray to the Lord
For our most pious, most Autocratic, our Great Sovereign Emperor Peter Alexeevich of all Russia, and for His spouse our most pious Sovereign Empress Ekaterina Alexeevna, for the noble crowned Princesses, for all in the palace and in the armed forces let us pray to the Lord.
That he will aid them and subdue under their feet every foe and adversary
For this village for every city and country, and the faithful that dwell therein, let us pray to the Lord.
For seasonable weather, abundance of the fruits of the earth, and peaceful times, let us pray to the Lord.
For travelers by sea, land and air; for the sick, the suffering, the imprisoned, and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
That we may be delivered from all tribulation, wrath, and necessity, let us pray to the Lord.
Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace.
Calling to remembrance our most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and all our life unto Christ our God. Choir: To Thee O Lord
Priest: For unto Thee is due all glory, honor and worship; to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Choir: Amen.
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Bless the Lord, O my Soul; blessed art Thou, O Lord. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all that He hath done for these. Who is gracious unto all thine iniquities, Who healeth all thine infirmities. Who redeemeth thy life from corruption, Who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy name; blessed art Thou, O Lord. Priest: Again and again, in peace let us pray to the Lord. Choir: Lord, have mercy. Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace. Choir: Lord, have mercy. Priest: Calling to remembrance… Choir: To Thee, O Lord. Priest: 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, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Choir: Amen.
Glory… Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord in my life, I will chant unto my God for as long as I have my being. Trust ye not in princes, in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.
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Only-Begotten Son
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Both now and ever... Only-Begotten Son and Word of God, Thou Who art immortal, and didst deign for our salvation to become incarnate of the holy Theotokos and Ever-virgin Mary, without change becoming man, and Who wast crucified, O Christ God, trampling down death by death: Thou Who art one of the Holy Trinity, glorified together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, save us.
Priest: Again and again… (The same Small Litany like in previous track)
Priest: For a good God art Thou, and the Lover of mankind, and unto Thee do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Choir: Amen.
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Through a tree Adam became an exile from Paradise; but through the tree of the Cross the Thief made his home in Paradise, for the former through tasting set aside his Maker's commandment, while the latter, crucified with him, confessed the hidden God, as he cried, ‘Remember me in your kingdom’.
Priest: Wisdom! Aright! Choir: O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, Who rose from the dead, O Son of God, save us who sing to Thee: Alleluia.
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Sunday Troparion: When the women disciples of the Lord Learned from the angel the joyous message of Your resurrection, they cast away the ancestral curse And elatedly told the Apostles: Death is overthrown. Christ our God is risen, Granting the world great mercy.
Troparion of the Blessed Virgin’s Nativity: Thy holy Nativity, O virgin Birth-giver of God, hath proclaimed joy unto all the universe; for from thee is risen the Sun of Righteousness, even Christ our God. And having destroyed the curse, he hath bestowed a blessing; and having brought Death to naught, he hath given unto us life eternal.
Sunday Kontakion: As God, my Saviour and Redeemer, rose from the tomb, and delivered the earth-born from their chains. He has shattered the gates of Hades, and as Master,He has risen on the third day.
Glory... Both now and ever...
Kontakion of the Blessed Virgin’s Nativity: From the reproach of childlessness, and Adam and Eve from the corruption of death, at thy holy Nativity, O All-pure One. This do thy people celebrate, being redeemed from the guilt of transgressions, when they cry unto Thee: The barren giveth birth to the Birth-giver of God and the Nourishes of our Life.
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Trisagion
04:10
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Priest, then the choir: O Lord, save the pious and hearken unto us.
Holy God, Holy mighty, Holy Immortal have mercy on us (x3).
Glory... Both now, and ever... Holy Immortal have mercy on us.
Holy God, Holy mighty, Holy Immortal have mercy on us.
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Prokeimenon. Psalm 103: How magnified have been your works, O Lord; in wisdom have You made them all. Alleluia (x3). Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee.
Priest: Let us all say with our whole soul and with our whole mind, let us say.
Choir: Lord, have mercy
O Lord Almighty, the God of our fathers, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy.
Have mercy on us, O God, according to Thy great mercy, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy. Choir: Lord, have mercy (x3).
Priest: Also we pray for our most pious, most Autocratic, our Great Sovereign Emperor Peter Alexeevich of all Russia, for his dominion, victory, well-being, peace, health and salvation. That our Lord God shall quickly and particularly help him in all his deeds and shall subdue beneath his feet every enemy and adversary.
Also we pray for His spouse our most pious Sovereign Empress Ekaterina Alexeevna, and for the noble crown Princes and Grand Sovereign Lady Anna, and for the noble crown Princes and Grand Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, and for the noble… Natalya.
Also we pray for all their Christ-loving army.
Again we pray for our brethren, the priests, priestmonks, and all our brethren in Christ.
Also we pray for the blessed and ever-memorable holy Orthodox Patriarchs, for all devout Tzars and pious Tzarinas, for the founders of this holy house and for all our Orthodox fathers and brothers who have gone to their rest before us, and who here, and in all the world lie asleep.
Again we pray for them that bring offerings and do good works in this holy and all-venerable temple; for them that minister and them that chant, and for all the people here present, that await of Thee great and abundant mercy.
That always being guarded under Thy dominion, we may send up glory unto Thee: to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
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Let us who mystically represent the Cherubim, and chant the thrice-holy hymn unto the Life-creating Trinity, now lay aside all earthly care.
That we may receive the King of all, Who cometh invisibly upborne in triumph by the ranks of angels. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
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The Litany of Petitions
04:11
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Priest: Let us complete our prayer unto the Lord. Choir: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: For the precious gifts set forth, let us pray to the Lord.
For this holy temple, and for them that with faith, reverence, and the fear of God enter herein, let us pray to the Lord.
That we may be delivered from all tribulation, wrath, and necessity, let us pray to the Lord.
Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace.
That the whole day may be perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, let us ask of the Lord.
Choir: Grant this, O Lord.
An angel of peace, a faithful guide, a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us ask of the Lord.
Pardon and remission of our sins and offences, let us ask of the Lord.
Things good and profitable for our souls, and peace for the world, let us ask of the Lord.
That we may complete the remaining time of our life in peace and repentance, let us ask of the Lord.
A Christian ending to our life, painless, blameless, peaceful, and a good defense before the dread judgment seat of Christ, let us ask.
Calling to remembrance… Choir: To Thee, O Lord.
Priest: Through the compassions of Thine Only-begotten Son, with Whom Thou art blessed, together with Thy most holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen. Priest: Peace be unto all. Choir: And to thy spirit.
Priest: Let us love one another, that with one mind we may confess:
Choir: The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit: the Trinity, one in essence and indivisible.
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The Eucharistic Canon
05:27
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Priest: Let us stand well, let us stand with fear, let us attend, that we may offer the holy oblation in peace.
Choir: A mercy of peace, a sacrifice of praise.
Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Choir: And with thy spirit.
Priest: Let us lift up our hearts.
Choir: We lift them up unto the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks unto the Lord.
Choir: It is meet and right to worship the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit: the Trinity, one in essence and indivisible.
Priest praying secretly:
It is meet and right that we should laud thee, bless thee, praise thee, give thanks unto thee, and adore thee in all places of thy dominion: for thou art God ineffable, incomprehensible, invisible, inconceivable; thou art from everlasting and art changeless, thou, and thine Only-begotten Son, and thy Holy Spirit Thou from nothingness hast called us into being; and when we had fallen away from thee, thou didst raise us up again ; and thou hast not ceased to do all things until thou hadst brought us back to heaven, and hadst endowed us with thy kingdom which is to come. For all which things we give thanks unto thee, and thine Only-begotten Son, and thy Holy Spirit; for all the things whereof we know, and whereof we know not; for all thy benefits bestowed upon us, both manifest and unseen. And we render thanks unto thee for this ministry which thou dost deign to accept at our hands, although before thee stand thousands of Archangels and myriads of Angels, with the Cherubim, and Seraphim, six-winged, many-eyed, who soar aloft, borne on their pinions.
Priest: Singing the triumphal hymn, shouting, crying aloud and saying:
Choir: 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 praying secretly:
And we also, O Lord who lovest man-kind, in company with these blessed Powers do cry aloud and say: Holy art thou, and all-holy thou, and thine Only-begotten Son, and thy Holy Spirit; holy and all-holy and majestic is thy glory. Who hast so loved thy world that thou gavest thine Only- begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but should have ever-lasting life; who, when he had come and had performed all the dispensation for us, in the night in which he was given up, - in the which, rather, he did give himself for the life of the world, - took bread in his holy and pure and sinless hands; and when he had given thanks, and blessed it, and so sanctified it, he gave it to his holy disciples and apostles, saying :
Priest: Take, eat: this is My Body, which is broken for you for the remission of sins.
Choir: Amen.
Priest secretly:
And in like manner, after supper he took the cup, saying:
Priest: Drink of it, all of you: this is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for many, for the remission of sins.
Choir: Amen.
Priest secretly:
Bearing in remembrance, therefore, this commandment of salva-tion, and all those things which came to pass for us ; the Cross, the Grave, the Resurrection on the third day, the Ascension into Heaven, the Sitting on the right hand, the Second and glorious Coming-again:
Priest: Offering unto Thee Thine own of Thine own, in behalf of all and for all.
Choir:
We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we give thanks unto Thee, O Lord; and we pray unto Thee, O our God.
Priest praying secretly:
Again we offer unto thee this reasonable and unbloody service. And we beseech and implore thee, and offer our supplications unto thee, that thou wilt send thy Holy Spirit upon us, and upon these Gifts here spread forth. O Lord, who at the Third Hour didst send down upon thine Apostles thy Holy Spirit: Take not the same from us, O Good One, but renew it in us who make our supplications unto thee.
Bless, Master, the Holy Bread, And make this bread the precious Body of thy Christ, Amen.
And make that which is in this chalice the precious Blood of thy Christ , Amen.
Transmuting them by thy Holy Spirit, Amen, Amen, Amen.
That to those who shall partake thereof they may be unto soberness of soul, unto the remission of sins, unto the fellowship of thy Holy Spirit, unto the fulfilling of the kingdom of Heaven, and unto boldness toward thee; and not unto judgment or unto condemnation.
And again we offer unto thee this our reasonable service, for all thy servants departed this life before us in the faith; for our ancestors, fathers, the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Preachers, Evangelists, Martyrs, Confessors, Ascetics; and for every righteous soul who hath died in the faith:
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Priest: Especially for our most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.
Choir: It is truly meet to bless thee, the Theotokos, ever-blessed and most blameless, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, thee who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify.
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One is Holy, One is Lord
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(After the Lord’s Prayer “Pater Noster”. )
Priest: Peace be unto all. Choir: And to thy spirit.
Priest: Let us bow our heads unto the Lord. Choir: To Thee, O Lord.
Priest: Through the grace and compassions and love for mankind of Thine Only-begotten Son, with Whom Thou art blessed, together with Thy most holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen. Priest: Let us attend! Holy Things are for the holy.
Choir: One is Holy, One is Lord, Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.
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Praise ye the Lord from heaven: praise him in the height. Alleluia (x3).
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Priest: With fear of God and with faith, draw nigh.
Choir: Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. God is the Lord, and hath appeared unto us.
Receive ye the Body of Christ; taste ye of the Fountain of Immortality. Alleluia.
Priest: Save O God, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Choir: We have seen the True Light, We have received the Heavenly Spirit. We have found the True Faith. We worship the Indivisible Trinity: for He hath saved us.
Priest: Always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen. Let our mouth be filled with Thy praise, O Lord, that we may hymn Thy glory, for Thou hast vouchsafed us to partake of Thy holy, divine, immortal and life-creating Mysteries. Keep us in Thy holiness, that we may meditate on Thy righteousness all the day long. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Priest: Aright! Having partaken of the divine, holy, most pure, immortal, heavenly, and life-creating, fearful Mysteries of Christ, let us worthily give thanks unto the Lord.
Choir: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace.
Having asked that the whole day may be perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, let us commit ourselves and one another and all our life unto Christ our God.
Choir: To Thee, O Lord.
Priest : For Thou art our sanctification, and unto Thee do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen. Priest: Let us depart in peace. Choir: In the name of the Lord.
Priest: Let us pray to the Lord. Choir: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: O Lord Who dost bless them that bless Thee and sanctify them that put their trust in Thee: Save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance; preserve the fullness of Thy Church, sanctify them that love the beauty of Thy house; do Thou glorify them by Thy divine power, and forsake us not that hope in Thee. Give peace to Thy world, to Thy churches, to the priests, 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 do we send up glory and thanksgiving and worship, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen. Blessed be the name of the Lord from henceforth and forever more (x3).
Priest: The blessing of the Lord be upon you, through His grace and love for mankind, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Choir: Amen.
Priest: Glory to Thee, O Christ God, our hope, glory to Thee. Choir: Glory… Both now...
Lord, have mercy (x3). (Father) bless.
Priest: May Christ our true God, Who rose from the dead, through the intercessions of His most pure Mother; of the holy and glorious apostles; of our father John the Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople; of the holy and righteous ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; and of all the saints: have mercy on us and save us, for He is good and loveth mankind.
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To our most pious Sovereign Peter the Great, the Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia, and to his nowadays crowned by God, our most pious Sovereign Empress Ekaterina Alexeevna and to the most pious Grand Sovereign Ladies Crown Princesses, Grant, o Lord, many years.
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