THE PROSKOMEDE
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The priest takes a second prosphoron in his hand and says:
Priest:
In honor and remembrance of our most blessed Lady,
the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, through whose
intercession do Thou, O Lord, receive this sacrifice upon
Thy most heavenly altar.
The priest takes out a particle and places it on the right side of the holy bread, near its
center, saying:
Priest:
At Thy right hand stood the queen, arrayed in a
vesture of inwoven gold, adorned in varied colors.
Then taking the third prosphoron, he says:
Priest:
Of the honorable glorious Prophet, Forerunner and
Baptist John.
And taking out the first particle, he places it on the left side of the holy bread, making
the beginning of the first row, and then he says:
Priest:
Of the holy glorious prophets: Moses and Aaron, Elias
and Elisseus, David and Jesse; of the holy Three Children, of
Daniel the Prophet, and of all the holy prophets.
And taking a particle, he places it below the first , in the proper order, then he says:
Priest:
Of the holy glorious and all-praised Apostles Peter
and Paul, and of all the other holy apostles.
Priest:
Of our fathers among the saints, the holy hierarchs:
Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John
Chrysostom; Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria; Nicholas
of Myra in Lycia; Michael of Kiev; Peter, Alexius, Jonah,
Philip and Hermogenes of Moscow; Nicetas of Novgorod;