The ORDER of THE GENERAL MOLEBEN
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granting him (her) (them) health with length of days: let us all say,
quickly hearken and have mercy.
Chanters:
Lord, have mercy, Lord Have mercy, Lord have mercy.
Deacon:
Again we pray that this town (or city) and this sacred
monastery (or temple), and every city and country, may be preserved
from famine, pestilence, earthquake, flood, fire, the sword, the
invasion of aliens, and civil war; that our good and man loving God
may be merciful and favourable, that He may turn away all the wrath
stirred up against us, and deliver us from His righteous threatening
which hangeth over us, and have mercy on us.
Chanters:
Lord, have mercy, Lord Have mercy, Lord have mercy.
Deacon:
Again we pray also that the Lord God may hearken unto the
voice of the supplication of us sinners, and have mercy on us.
Chanters:
Lord, have mercy, Lord Have mercy, Lord have mercy.
Priest's exclamation:
Hearken unto us, O God our Saviour, 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.
Chanters:
Amen.
After the Ectenia, a prayer is said to whomever the moleben is served,
or appropriate to the purpose of the moleben.
If it be to the most holy Theotokos, the
Deacon saith:
Deacon:
To the most holy Lady Virgin Theotokos, let us pray.