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PRAYERS FOR A CHURCH SOBOR
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At the beginning of the Divine Liturgy, at the Great Litany, after the Petition "For travelers by sea.",
the following Petitions are added:
For the consecration of the souls and bodies of all of us [or:
those] who have come together in the name of the Lord at this
holy Sobor, and those present in this holy and all-honorable
temple, and those who desire to be granted the Grace of the Holy
Spirit, let us pray to the Lord.

That we may be cleansed from all our sins and be found worthy to
be a temple and a dwelling-place of the Holy Spirit, let us pray to
the Lord.

That we may, without corruption, keep the Orthodox faith, and
unfeigned love [charity], and unshaken hope by the grace of the
Holy Spirit, let us pray to the Lord.

That the grace and gift of the Most Holy Spirit may come upon us,
and enlighten our hearts and minds with the light of His true,
Divine understanding, unto the confirmation of the Orthodox faith
and piety, let us pray to the Lord.

That the Spirit of wisdom and reason and of all good counsel may
be given by grace to those who have rule of the Church, unto the
confirmation of the Orthodox faith and piety, and unto good order
in the Church, let us pray to the Lord.

That in harmony and one accord, without any fraternal dissonance
and division, all that is unto the strengthening of His holy Church
may be counseled and taught, by the power, and action, and
Grace of the All-holy Spirit, let us pray to the Lord.