Divine Liturgy of St Basil- The Litany of Supplication / The Prayer of the Proskomedia - 57 -
Deacon:
Let us love one
another, that with one mind
we may confess:
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People: The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit: the
Trinity, one in Essence and indivisible.
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And the priest boweth thrice, saying secretly:
Priest:
I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength: the
Lord is my foundation and my refuge.
Thrice.
And he kisseth the Holy Things that are covered, thus:
1. first the top of the holy diskos,
2. then the top of the holy chalice,
3. and the edge of the holy table before him.
If there be two priests, or more, then they kiss all the holy things, and
one another on the shoulder. The senior celebrant saith 'Christ is in
our midst' and he that is kissed replieth 'He is and shall be' Likewise
the deacons, if there be two or three, kiss each his own orarion,
where the figure of the Cross is, and one another on the shoulder,
saying that which the priests have said. In like manner the deacon on
the ambo boweth, on the place where he standeth, and kisseth his
orarion where the figure of the cross is, and, then lifting the orarion
the deacon says:
Deacon:
The Doors! The
Doors! In Wisdom let us
attend.
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As the deacon exclaimeth, the curtain is opened, but the holy doors
remain closed.
The priest lifteth up the aer, and holdeth it over the Holy Gifts. If there
be other priests concelebrating, they likewise lift up the holy aer, and
hold it over the Holy Gifts, waving it and saying secretly, as do the
people also, the Confession of Faith: