Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
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The Little Litany
Deacon:
Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon:
Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O
God, by Thy grace.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon:
Calling to remembrance our most holy, most pure,
most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin
Mary, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one
another, and all our life unto Christ our God.
After this, the Deacon entereth through the South door, and goeth to
the high place and maketh three metanias, then turneth to face the
priest, and boweth, then goeth to his place beside the priest.
People: To Thee, O Lord.
The Prayer of the Third Antiphon
Priest: O Thou who hast bestowed upon us these
common and concordant prayers, and Who hast
promised that when two or three are agreed in Thy
name, Thou wouldst grant their requests: Do Thou
Thyself now fulfill the requests of Thy servants to
their profit, granting us in this present age the
knowledge of Thy truth, and in that to come, life
everlasting.
Exclamation:
Priest:
For a good God art Thou and the lover of mankind,
and to Thee do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the
Son, and the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto the ages of
ages.
People: Amen.