The Midnight Office for Weekdays and Saturday
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R I E S T
:
Bless, (holy me ) holy fathers (mothers) and brethren, (sisters) 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 depending on the typicon),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
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R I E S T
:
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hrough His grace may God forgive and have mercy on us all
And he saith this Ectenia:
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.
C
H A N T E R S
:
Lord, have mercy.
Quietly, slowly, and repeatedly, until the petitions are finished
P
R I E S T
:
For the suffering Russian land and its Orthodox people both in the home-
land and in the diaspora, and for their salvation; for this land authorities and
armed forces, and for every Christian land.
For them that hate us and them that love us.
For them that are kind to us and them that serve us.
For them that have asked us unworthy ones to pray for them.
For the deliverance of the imprisoned.
For our fathers and brethren that have passed on before us.
For those sailing upon the sea.
For those bedridden in infirmities.
Let us pray for the abundance of the fruits of the earth.
And for every Orthodox Christian soul.