The ORDER of THE GENERAL MOLEBEN
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Chanters:
More honourable than the Cherubim, and beyond
compare more glorious than the Seraphim, thee who without
corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee
do we magnify.
Priest:
Glory to Thee, O Christ God, our hope, glory to Thee.
Chanters:
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, Lord Have mercy, Lord have mercy.
Father
(master), bless.
Priest's dismissal:
May Christ our true God, through. the
intercessions of His most pure Mother, of our holy and God-bearing
father(s)
N.(N.) (to whom the moleben was served),
and of all the saints, have mercy on
us and save us, for He is good and the Lover of mankind.
Chanters:
Amen.
And if the Many Years is to be chanted:
Deacon:
A prosperous and peaceful life, health and salvation, and good
success in all things, grant, O Lord, to Thy servant(s)
N.(N.),
and
preserve him (her) (them) for many years.
Chanters:
Many years!
Thrice.