The Midnight Office for Weekdays and Saturday
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/ and deliver us from our enemies, / for Thou art our God, and we, Thy people, // all
are the works of Thy hands, and we call upon Thy name.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
The door of compassion open unto us, O blessed Theotokos, / for, hoping in thee, let
us not perish; / through thee may we be delivered from adversities, // for thou art
the salvation of the Christian race.
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R I E S T
: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Thy great mercy, we pray Thee,
hearken and have mercy.
C
H A N T E R S
: Lord, have mercy (
Thrice)
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R I E S T
:
Again we pray that this sacred monastery (or this city). and every monas-
tery, city, town, and every country may be preserved from famine, pestilence, earth-
quake, flood, fire, the sword, the invasion of aliens, and civil war; that our good and
man-loving God may be gracious and favorable, that He may turn away all the
wrath stirred up against us, and deliver us from His righteousness which hangeth
over us, and have mercy on us.
C
H A N T E R S
:
Lord, have mercy (
Forty times)
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R I E S T
:
Hearken unto us, O God our Savior, Thou hope of all the ends of the earth
and of them that be far off at sea; and be merciful, be merciful, O Master, regarding
our sins, and have mercy on us; for a merciful 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.
C
H A N T E R S
:
Amen.
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R I E S T
:
Glory to Thee, O Christ God, our hope, glory to Thee.
C
H A N T E R S
:
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now
and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Lord, have mercy.
Thrice
Father (master), bless.
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R I E S T
:
May Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His most pure
Mother, of our holy and God-bearing father(s) N.(N) and all the saints, have mercy
on us and save us, for He is good and the Lover of mankind.
Then the priest maketh a bow (or a prostation) to the bishop/superior and to the
brethren (sisters), saying: