Great Compline Page 49 of 50
The Rite of Forgiveness
Then, making a prostration, the priest saith to the brethren (sisters, congregation):
Priest:
Bless,
(holy master and)
holy fathers
(mothers)
and brethren,
and forgive me a sinner, all wherein I have sinned this day in
deed, word, and through all my senses.
And the brethren (sisters) (congregation) reply:
May God forgive and have mercy on thee, holy father.
And they make a prostration, asking this forgiveness:
Bless me, holy father, and forgive all wherein I have sinned
this day in deed, word, and thought, and in all my senses,
and pray for me a sinner.
Priest:
Through His grace may God forgive and have mercy
on us all.
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And he saith this Ectenia:
Priest:
Let us pray for the Orthodox episcopate of the Russian
Church; for our lord the Very Most Reverend Metropolitan
N., First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad; for our
lord the Most Reverend (Archbishop or Bishop N., whose
diocese it is) and all our brethren in Christ.
Choir:
Lord, have mercy
. (Quietly, slowly, and repeatedly, until the petitions
are finished )
Priest:
For the suffering Russian land and its Orthodox people
both in the homeland and in the diaspora, and for their
salvation; for this land, its authorities and armed forces, and
for every Christian land.
For them that hate us and them that love us.