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Great Compline Page 21 of 50
And after the Troparia:
Reader:
Lord have mercy.
(Forty Times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both
now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more
glorious than the Seraphim; who without corruption gavest birth to
God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify.
Priest:
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus
Christ our God, have mercy on us.
Reader:
Amen.
And this prayer of Basil the Great:
Reader:
O Lord, O Lord, Who hast delivered us from every arrow
that flieth by day, deliver us from everything that walketh in
darkness. Receive as an evening sacrifice the lifting up of our
hands. Vouchsafe us also to pass through the course of the night
without blemish, untempted by evil. And deliver us from every
anxiety and fear that come to us from the devil. Grant unto our
souls compunction, and unto our thoughts solicitude concerning
the trial at Thy dread and righteous judgment. Nail down our flesh
with the fear of Thee, and mortify our earthly members, that in
quietness of sleep we may be enlightened by the vision of Thy
judgments. Take from us every unseemly dream and pernicious
carnal desire. Raise us up at the hour of prayer, fortified in faith
and advancing in Thy commandments; through the benevolence
and goodness 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. Amen.
O come, let us worship God our King.
O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ our King and
God.
O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself, our
King and God.