Deacon:
Our Great Lord and Father Alexy, His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', and our Most Reverend Lord (name of the diocesan bishop), may the Lord God remember in His Kingdom, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Priest:
May the Lord God remember you and all Orthodox Christians in His Kingdom, always, now and ever, and forever and ever.
Chorus:
Amen. As if we will raise up the King of all, the angels invisibly bring us to the chinmi. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Priest
, placing the Gifts on the throne, reads the troparia: Noble Joseph, I took down Your most pure Body from the tree, wrapped it in a clean shroud and fragrant fragrances, covered it in a new tomb, and laid it. In the tomb carnally, in hell with the soul like God, in Paradise with the thief, and on the Throne you were, Christ, with the Father and the Spirit, fulfilling everything indescribable. Like the life-bearer, like the most red of Paradise, truly, and the palace of every king, the brightest Christ has appeared, Your tomb, the source of our Resurrection. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built; Then you are pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, the wave offering and the burnt offering, then they will lay the bullock on Your altar.
Priest
to the deacon: Remember me, brother and fellow servant.
Deacon:
May the Lord God remember your priesthood in His Kingdom. Pray for me, holy master.
Priest:
The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
Deacon:
The Spirit also helps us all the days of our life. Remember me, holy lord.
Priest:
May the Lord God remember you in His Kingdom, always, now and ever, and forever and ever.
Deacon:
Amen.
What is the history of this proclamation?
The liturgical use of perennium is believed to date back to the imperial worship of Constantinople and is associated with the tradition of honoring the emperor. The earliest manuscript containing musical notation of the perennial dates back to the 14th century. In general, we can say that the proclamation of many years during worship is a late tradition. Its development can be imagined as follows: first, the practice arose of proclaiming many years to the emperor at the great hours of the Nativity of Christ and the Epiphany (and in the Messina Typicon, a monument of the 13th century, many years are not yet included in the rank of the great hours). Subsequently, based on the text of this many years, the chant “Great Master...” appears, after which - deliberate (additional) many years at the end of the services.
What church hymns contain wishes for many years?
Firstly, the most ancient many years, as already said, is the proclamation of “Much Summer” at the great hours (at the 9th hour) of the Nativity of Christ and Epiphany.
Another chant containing many years is “Our Great Lord and Father...”.
Finally, at hierarchal services the Greek Is polla eti despota is often sung! (Greek Εἰς πολλὰ ἔτη, δέσποτα - “For many years, lord”).
And let us also mention one service that has acquired a status close to the statutory one - the “Rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy,” performed on the 1st week of Lent. It provides for the proclamation of several many years (6 in total): to His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow, other primates of the Local Orthodox Churches, the ruling bishop, the clergy, the God-protected country, and all Christians.
Liturgy of the Faithful
Liturgy of the Faithful
-
the third, most important part of the liturgy, in which the Holy Gifts, prepared at the proskomedia, are transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ by the power and action of the Holy Spirit and are offered up as a saving sacrifice for people to God the Father, and then given to believers for communion.
This part of the liturgy received its name because only the faithful can be present during its celebration and begin to partake of the Holy Mysteries, that is, persons who have accepted the Orthodox faith through Holy Baptism and remained faithful to the vows given at Holy Baptism. The Liturgy of the Faithful commemorates the sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ, His death, burial, Resurrection, Ascension into heaven, His sitting at the right hand of God the Father and His second glorious coming to earth.
This part of the liturgy includes the most important sacred rites: 1. Transfer of the Honorable Gifts from the altar to the throne, preparing the faithful for prayerful participation in the performance of the Bloodless Sacrifice.
2. The very celebration of the Sacrament, with prayerful remembrance of the members of the Heavenly and Earthly Church. 3. Preparation for communion and communion of clergy and laity. 4. Thanksgiving for communion and blessing for departure from the temple (dismissal). Litany
The Deacon on behalf of the faithful pronounces two litanies: Deacon:
Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.
Chorus:
Lord, have mercy.
Deacon:
Wisdom.
Priest:
For all glory, honor and worship is due to You, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Chorus:
Amen.
The censer is prepared and the Ponamaran candle is lit.
Deacon:
Let us pray again and again in peace to the Lord.
Chorus:
Lord, have mercy.
(For every request)
.
About heavenly peace and the salvation of our souls. Let's pray to the Lord. Let us pray to the Lord for the peace of the whole world, the prosperity of God’s holy Churches and the unity of all. For this holy temple and for those who enter it with faith, reverence and fear of God, let us pray to the Lord. Let us pray to the Lord for deliverance from all sorrow, anger and need. Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace. Deacon:
Wisdom.
Priest:
Because we always keep under Your power, we send glory to You, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
(The royal doors open.)
The censer is served. The altar boy stands in a high place so as not to interfere with the censing. When the censing is over and the deacon enters the altar, he synchronously crosses himself and bows with the clergy, the third time he bows as usual (high place, priest) and goes to the northern gate. At the priest’s signal, he opens the door and goes out to the lectern as usual. Stands in front of the lectern until the Royal Doors close. According to custom, he enters the Altar. Choir:
Amen,
and sings the Cherubic Hymn
Cherubic Hymn Like the Cherubim secretly forming and the Life-Giving Trinity the Trisagion Hymn, let us now put aside all worldly cares...
Great Entrance The deacon and priest, having taken the Holy Gifts, leave the altar on the solea. Deacon:
Our Great Lord and Father
(name),
His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and our Most Reverend Lord
(name of the diocesan bishop),
may the Lord God remember in His Kingdom, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Priest:
May the Lord God remember you and all Orthodox Christians in His Kingdom, always, now and in time and forever and ever.
Chorus:
Amen.
As if we will raise the King of all with angelic invisibly dorinoshima chinmi. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. [Instead of the Cherubic Liturgy on Maundy Thursday,
“Thy Mystical Supper...
” is sung, and on Holy Saturday,
“Let all flesh be silent...
” (these chants are given in the chapter “Chants from the services of the Lenten Triodion”)] Prosphora for the communicants are cut
.
Litany of Petition Deacon:
Let us fulfill our prayer to the Lord.
Chorus:
Lord, have mercy.
(For each request
).
Let us pray to the Lord for the honest gifts offered. For this holy temple and for those who enter it with faith, reverence and fear of God, let us pray to the Lord. Let us pray to the Lord for deliverance from all sorrow, anger and need. Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace. Every day is perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, we ask the Lord. Choir:
Grant it, Lord.
(For every request)
.
Angela is a peaceful, faithful mentor, guardian of our souls and bodies, we ask the Lord. We ask the Lord for forgiveness and forgiveness of our sins and transgressions. We ask the Lord for kindness and benefit to our souls and peace in the world. We ask the Lord to end the rest of our life in peace and repentance. We ask for the Christian death of our belly, painless, shameless, peaceful, and a good answer at the Last Judgment of Christ. Let us commemorate our Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the saints, for ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God. Choir:
To you, Lord.
Priest:
By the bounty of Thy Only Begotten Son, with Him art Thou blessed, with Thy Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the rivers of ages.
Chorus:
Amen.
Priest:
Peace to all.
Chorus:
And to your spirit.
Deacon:
Let us love one another, that we may be of one mind.
Chorus:
Father and Son and Holy Spirit, Trinity Consubstantial and Indivisible.
Deacon:
Doors, doors, let us hear wisdom.
(The curtain of the royal gates opens
.)
The kettle is put on to boil
.
Symbol of Faith Chorus (or all those praying):
1. I believe in One God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible.
2. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only begotten, who was born of the Father before all ages. Light from Light, true God from true God, born, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, to Whom all things were. 3. For our sake, man, and for our salvation, who came down from Heaven, and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became human. 4. Crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried. resurrected on the third day according to Scripture. 6. And ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father. 7. And again the coming one will be judged with glory by the living and the dead, and His Kingdom will have no end. 8. And in the Holy Spirit, the Life-Giving Lord, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who spoke the prophets. 9. Into one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. 10. I confess one Baptism for the remission of sins. 11. I hope for the resurrection of the dead, 12. and the life of the next century. Amen. Eucharistic canon. Deacon:
Let us become kind, let us become fearful, let us take in the Holy Ascension in the world
.
Chorus: Mercy of the world, Sacrifice of praise.
Priest:
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
Choir:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
Our hearts are woeful.
Chorus:
Imams to the Lord.
Priest:
We thank the Lord.
Choir:
It is worthy and righteous to worship the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, Consubstantial and Indivisible.
Priest:
The song of victory is aching, crying, crying and saying:
Choir:
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts, Heaven and earth fill with Your glory;
Hosanna in the highest, blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest. Priest:
Take, eat, this is My Body, which was broken for you for the remission of sins.
Chorus:
Amen.
Priest:
Drink from it, all of you, this is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins.
Chorus:
Amen.
(At the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, the last exclamations of the priest begin with the words: “Give to His saints, disciple and apostle, rivers:.”) Priest:
Yours from Yours is attributed to You for everyone and for everything.
The censer is being prepared
.
Chorus:
I’ll sing for you.
We bless You, we thank You, Lord, and we pray to You. Our God. The censer is served during “We sing to You...”, after the words of the priest in the altar “Applying Your Holy Spirit.”
Amen. Amen. Amen. “
Priest:
Much about the Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady of our Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.
Choir:
It is worthy to eat, as you are truly blessed, the Mother of God, the Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate and the Mother of our God.
We magnify Thee, the most honorable Cherub and the most Glorious without comparison, the Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption. [On the twelve holidays and their after-feasts, instead of “It is worthy...”, the chorus and irmos of the 9th song of the festive canon, the so-called “stagnation”, are sung. On Maundy Thursday the irmos of the 9th song “Wanderings of the Lady...” is sung, on Great Saturday - “Do not weep for Me, Mother...”, on Vaiy Week - “God the Lord...” (these chants are given in the chapters “Chants from the services of the Lenten Triodion” and “Chants from the services of the Colored Triodion”). If the liturgy of St. Basil the Great, instead of “It is worthy... we sing: He rejoices in You. Grace-filled, every creature, the angelic council and the human race, consecrated in the temple and verbal paradise, virgin praise, from the Unknown God was incarnate and the Child was born, our God before the age; for Thy throne is false, and Thy womb is wider than the heavens. Every creature rejoices in You, O Gracious One, glory to You.] Priest:
First remember, Lord, our Great Lord and Father
(name),
His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and our Most Reverend Lord
(name of diocesan bishop
a), whom you bestow upon the saints To Your Churches in the world, whole, honest, healthy, long-living, rightly ruling the word of Your truth.
Chorus:
And everyone and everything.
Priest:
And grant us with one mouth and one heart to glorify and glorify Thy Most Honorable
and
Glorious Name, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Chorus:
Amen.
Priest:
And may the mercies of the Great God and our Savior Jesus Christ be with you all.
Choir:
And with your spirit.
A cup for warmth and communion plates is being prepared
.
Litany of Petition Deacon:
Having remembered all the saints, let us pray again and again in peace to the Lord.
Chorus:
Lord, have mercy.
(For every request)
.
For the offered and consecrated Honest Gifts, let us pray to the Lord. As if our God, the Lover of Mankind, received me into His holy, and heavenly, and mental Altar, into the stench of the spiritual fragrance, He will bestow upon us Divine grace and the gift of the Holy Spirit, let us pray. Let us pray to the Lord to free us from all sorrow, anger and need. Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us by
Your grace.
Every day she is perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, we ask the Lord. Choir:
Grant it, Lord.
(For every request)
.
Deacon:
Angela is a peaceful, faithful mentor, guardian of our souls and bodies, we ask the Lord.
We ask the Lord for forgiveness and forgiveness of our sins and transgressions. We ask the Lord for kindness and benefit to our souls and peace in the world. We ask the Lord to end the rest of our life in peace and repentance. We ask for the Christian death of our belly, painless, shameless, peaceful, and a good answer at the Last Judgment of Christ. Having asked for the union of faith and the communion of the Holy Spirit, let us commit ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God. Choir:
To you, Lord.
And grant us, O Master, with boldness and without condemnation to call upon You, Heavenly God the Father, and say: Our Father Chorus (or all those praying):
Our Father, who art in Heaven!
Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Priest:
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory.
Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Chorus:
Amen.
Priest:
Peace to all.
Chorus:
And to your spirit.
Deacon:
Bow your heads to the Lord.
Chorus:
To you, Lord.
Priest:
By the grace and compassion and love of Thy Only Begotten Son, with Him art Thou blessed, with Thy Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Chorus:
Amen.
(The royal gates and curtain close) Deacon:
Let's see.
Warmth is offered
to
the Priest:
Holy of Holies.
Chorus: There
is only one Holy One, one Lord Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father.
Amen. Communion of clergy
The clergy receive communion at the altar.
The choir sings the communion appointed on this day by the Church Charter - a verse ending with the threefold “Alleluia”. There can be two communicants, but “Alleluia” is sung only after the second. Communion
During the sacrament, a Ponamara candle is taken out and placed in front of the Royal Doors.
Then the drink and prosphora are brought out for the communicants. On Sunday:
Praise the Lord from heaven, praise Him in the highest.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. On Monday:
Create your angels your spirits and your servants a fiery flame.
On Tuesday:
For everlasting remembrance the righteous shall not fear the hearing of evil.
On Wednesday:
I will accept the cup of salvation and call on the Name of the Lord.
On Thursday:
Their messages went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
On Friday:
Thou hast wrought salvation in the midst of the earth, O God.
On Saturday:
Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.
Mortuary:
Blessed are those whom you have chosen and accepted, O Lord, and their memory for generations and generations.
On the feasts of the Mother of God:
I will accept the cup of salvation and call on the Name of the Lord.
On the feasts of the apostles:
Their messages went out into all the earth, and their words went out to the ends of the world.
On the days of remembrance of saints:
In eternal memory there will be a righteous person who will not fear the hearing of evil.
The candle is taken away
.
The royal gates open.
The deacon, bringing out the Holy Chalice, exclaims: Come with the fear of God and faith! (Hands the Cup to the priest.) Chorus: Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord, God the Lord, and He who appears to us. [On Easter week, instead, “Christ is risen...” is sung.] Priest (and with him everyone who wants to receive communion): I believe, Lord, and confess that You are truly the Christ, the Son of the living God, who came into the world to save sinners from them I am the first.
I also believe that this is Your Most Pure Body, and this is Your Most Honest Blood. I pray to You: have mercy on me, and forgive me my sins, voluntary and involuntary, in word, in deed, in knowledge and ignorance, and grant me, without condemnation, to partake of Your Most Pure Mysteries, for the remission of sins, and into Eternal Life. Amen. Thy Mystical Supper this day, O Son of God, accept me as a partaker; I will not tell your enemy the secret, I will give you my kisses, like Judas, like a thief I confess you: remember me, Lord, in your kingdom. May the communion of the Holy Mysteries be not for judgment or condemnation for me, Lord, but for the healing of soul and body. Amen. Communion of the laity When giving communion to the laity, the priest says
: The servant of God (name) partakes of the Honorable and Holy Body and Blood of the Lord and God and our Savior Jesus Christ, for the remission of his sins and into Eternal Life.
Choir (during communion
): Receive the Body of Christ, taste the immortal Source.
[On Maundy Thursday, instead, “Thy Mysterious Supper...” is sung (this chant is given in the chapter “Chants from the services of the Lenten Triodion”); on Easter week - “Christ is risen...”] Priest: Save, O God, Thy people and bless Thy inheritance, The censer is offered in the altar. Chorus: We have seen the true Light,/ received the Heavenly Spirit,/ have found true faith,/ we worship the Indivisible Trinity:/ For she has saved us. [Instead of “We have seen the true light...” from Easter to the giving away, “Christ is risen...” is sung; from the Ascension to the surrender - the troparion of the Ascension (these hymns are given in the chapter “Chants from the services of the Colored Triodion”); on Trinity Parental Saturday - “With the depth of wisdom...” (this troparion is given in the chapter “Chants from the services of the Colored Triodion”, in the service of meat-free parental Saturday).] Priest:
Always, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Chorus:
Amen.
May our lips/ be filled with Thy praise, O Lord,/ for we sing Thy glory,/ for Thou hast made us worthy to partake/ of Thy Holy, Divine, Immortal and Life-giving Mysteries;/ keep us in Thy holiness,/ learn of Thy righteousness all day long./ Alleluia , alleluia, alleluia. [On Maundy Thursday, instead
of “Let them be fulfilled...”, “Thy secret Supper...” is sung (this hymn is given in the chapter “Chants from the services of the Lenten Triodion”);
on Easter week - “Christ is risen...”] Litany Deacon:
Forgive us for receiving the Divine, Holy, Most Pure, Immortal, Heavenly and Life-Giving, Terrible Mysteries of Christ, we worthily thank the Lord.
Chorus:
Lord, have mercy.
Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace. The whole day is perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, having asked for it, we will commit ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God. Choir:
To you, Lord.
Priest:
For You are our Sanctification, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages,
Choir:
Amen.
Priest:
Let us depart in peace,
Choir:
In the name of the Lord.
Deacon:
Let us pray to the Lord.
Chorus:
Lord, have mercy.
Prayer behind the pulpit Priest (standing before the pulpit):
Bless those who bless Thee, O Lord, and sanctify those who trust in Thee, save Thy people and bless Thy heritage, preserve the fulfillment of Thy Church, sanctify those who love the splendor of Thy house;
Glorify those with Your Divine power, and do not abandon us who trust in You. Grant Thy peace, to Thy Churches, to the priests, to the army, and to all Thy people. For every gift is good, and every perfect gift is from above, coming from You, the Father of Lights; and to You we send glory, and thanksgiving, and worship, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Chorus:
Amen.
Blessed be the Name of the Lord from now on and forever (Thrice
) [During Easter week, “Christ is risen...” is sung instead.]
Psalm 33 Chorus:
I will bless the Lord at all times, / I will make His praise in my mouth.
My soul will glory in the Lord./Let the meek ones hear and rejoice. Magnify the Lord with me, / and let us exalt His Name together. Seek the Lord, and hear me,/ and deliver me from all my sorrows. Come to Him and be enlightened,/ and your faces will not be ashamed. This beggar cried out, and the Lord heard and,/ and saved him from all his sorrows. The angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear Him,/ and will deliver them. Taste and see that the Lord is good;/ blessed is the man who trusts in Nan. Fear the Lord, all His holy ones, for there is no hardship for those who fear Him. With riches you become poor and hungry: but those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good. Come, children, listen to me, / I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Who is a man, even if he loves his life, / loves the days and sees good things? Keep your tongue from evil, / and keep your lips from speaking flattery. Turn away from evil, and do good, / seek peace, and marry, and. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous/ and His ears are upon their prayer. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, / to consume their memory from the earth. The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard them, and delivered them from all their sorrows. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and will save the humble in spirit. Many are the sorrows of the righteous, and the Lord will deliver me from all of them. The Lord protects all their bones; not one of them will be broken. The death of sinners is cruel, and those who hate the righteous will sin. The Lord will deliver the souls of His servant, and all who trust in Him will not sin. [On Easter week, instead, “Christ is Risen...” is sung.] Priest:
The blessing of the Lord is upon you.
By grace and love for mankind, always, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Chorus:
Amen.
Priest:
Glory to Thee, Christ our God, our Hope, glory to Thee.
[On Easter, on Easter week and on the celebration of Easter, instead of “Glory to Thee, O Christ our God...” the clergy sing “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death,” and the choir ends: “and to those in the tombs he has given life.” From the Sunday of Thomas until the celebration of Easter, the priest says: “Glory to Thee, Christ our God, our Hope, Glory to Thee,” and the choir sings “Christ is Risen...” (Three times).] Choir: Glory, even now.
Lord, have mercy
(Thrice).
Bless.
Dismissal The priest pronounces dismissal.
On Sunday: Risen from the dead, Christ, our true God, through the prayers of His Most Pure Mother, the glorious and all-praised Apostle saints, like our holy father John, Archbishop of Constantine, Chrysostom
(or:
St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia), and the saint
(the temple and the saint, who is commemorated on this day),
the saints and righteous Godfather Joachim and Anna and all the saints, will have mercy and save us, for He is Good and Lover of Mankind.
Many Years Choir:
Our Great Lord and Father
(name
), His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and our Most Holy Lord
(name)
Metropolitan
(or:
Archbishop,
or:
Bishop)
(his diocesan title),
our God-protected Russian Power, abbot, brethren and the parishioners of this holy temple and all Orthodox Christians, Lord, save them for many years.
According to custom, before dismissal, the priest takes the cross from the throne and after dismissal, having crossed the people with the cross and kissing the cross himself, he gives it to those praying for kissing, and the reader reads prayers of thanksgiving; then the priest again signs the cross over the people and returns to the altar, and the royal doors and the curtain are closed. Altar servers clean the altar, clean the censer and prepare for the evening service
.
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