THE PROSKOMEDE
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Leontius of Rostov; and of all the holy hierarchs.
And taking a fourth particle, he places it near the first particle, making the beginning of
the second row. He then says:
Priest:
Of the holy Apostle, Protomartyr and Archdeacon
Stephen; the holy Great-Martyrs Demetrius, George,
Theodore the Tyro, Theodore Stratelates, and of all holy
martyrs; and the martyred women: Thecla, Barbara,
Cyriaca, Euphemia and Parasceve, Catherine, and of all the
holy martyred women.
Taking a fifth particle, he places it below the first which is at the beginning of the second
row. Then he says:
Priest:
Of our holy and God-bearing fathers: Anthony,
Euthymius, Sabbas, Onuphrius, Athanasius of Athos,
Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves, Sergius of Radonezh,
Barlaam of Hutyn, and of all the holy fathers; and of the
holy mothers: Pelagia, Theodosia, Anastasia, Eupraxia,
Febronia, Theodula, Euphrosyne, Mary of Egypt, and of all
the holy mothers.
Taking out a sixth particle, he places it below the second particle, in completion of the
second row. Then he says:
Priest:
Of the saints and wonderworkers, the Unmercenaries:
Cosmas and Damian, Cyrus and John, Panteleimon and
Hermolaus, and of all the holy unmercenaries.