Divine Liturgy of St Basil- The Anaphora - 64 -
The First Prayer of the Anaphora*
Priest:
O Master, Thou Who dost truly exist, O Lord
God, Father Almighty, adorable! It is truly meet and
right and fitting to the majesty of Thy holiness, to
praise Thee, to hymn Thee, to bless Thee, to
worship Thee, to thank Thee, to glorify Thee the
only God that truly existeth, and to offer unto Thee
with broken heart and humble spirit this our
reasonable service; for it is thou Who hast
bestowed upon us the knowledge of Thy truth. And
who hath power sufficient to express Thy might, or
make all Thy praises to be heard, or to proclaim
Thy wonders at all times? O Master of all, Lord of
heaven and earth, and of all creation, visible and
invisible, who sittest on the throne of glory and
lookest upon the deeps, Who art unoriginate,
inscrutable, ineffable, inexpressible, immutable, the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the great God and
Savior, our hope, Who is the image of Thy
goodness; the stamp of equal kind, in Himself
showing forth Thee, the Father, the living Word, the
true God, the pre-eternal Wisdom, the Life, the