Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
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set forth, and upon all Thy people.
Exclamation:
Priest:
Through the compassions of Thine Only-Begotten
Son, with Whom Thou art blessed, together with Thine most
holy and good and life-creating Spirit: now and ever, and
unto the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
The priest faces the people blessing them saying:
Priest:
Peace be unto all.
People: And to thy spirit.
The priest turns and faces east and the deacon saith:
Deacon:
Let us love one another, that with one mind we may
confess:
People: The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit: the Trinity, one in Essence and
indivisible.
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: first the top of
the holy diskos, then the top of the holy chalice, 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.
As the deacon exclaimeth, the curtain is opened, but the holy doors
remain closed.