Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
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worship Thee in every place of thy dominion, for
Thou art God inexpressible, incomprehensible,
invisible, unattainable, ever-existing, eternally the
same, Thou and Thine Only-begotten Son and Thy
Holy Spirit. Thou didst call us from nonbeing into
being, and when we had fallen away, Thou didst
raise us up again, and didst not cease to do all
things until Thou hadst brought us up to heaven,
and hadst bestowed upon us Thy kingdom which is
to come. For all these things we give thanks unto
Thee, to Thine Only-begotten Son, and to Thy Holy
Spirit, for all things whereof we know, and whereof
we know not; for the benefits both manifest and
hidden which have come upon us. We give thanks
unto Thee also for this service which Thou hast
been pleased to accept from our hands, though
there stand before Thee thousands of archangels
and ten thousands of angels, the cherubim and
seraphim, six-winged, many-eyed, borne aloft on
their wings.
And here the deacon taketh the holy star from the holy diskos,
maketh the sign of the cross above it, and kissing it, layeth it aside as
the priest saith: