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SMALL COMPLINE
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Kontakion of the Resurrection. Eighth Tone.

Having arisen from the tomb, Thou didst raise up the dead and didst
resurrect Adam. Eve also danceth at Thy Resurrection, and the ends of the
world celebrate Thine arising from the dead, O Greatly-merciful One.
Rubrics pertaining to the Kontakion read on Saturday:

IT SHOULD BE KNOWN: that from
Á--
the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee,
Á--
and during all of the Holy Great Lent,
on all Saturdays at Compline the Kontakion of the Resurrection is not read, but rather the one from the Triodion (except
the fifth week of Lent).

Also during the Holy Pentecost season on all days the Kontakion from the Pentecostarion is read, until the Sunday of All
Saints.

If there occur on Sunday a feast of the Lord, only the Kontakion of the feast is read.

But if there be
Á--
a feast of the Theotokos,
Á--
or one of the saints that have a Polyeleos,
Á--
or a great doxology,
the Kontakion of the Resurrection is read, but that of the occurring feast or saint is omitted.
READER:
LORD, HAVE MERCY.
(FORTY TIMES)

Thou Who at all times and every hour, in heaven and in earth, art
worshipped and glorified, O Christ God, Who art long-suffering, plenteous in
mercy, most compassionate, Who loveth the righteous and hast mercy on
sinners, Who callest all to salvation through the promise of good things to
come: Receive, O Lord, our prayers at this hour, and guide our life toward
Thy commandments. Sanctify our souls, make chaste our bodies, correct
our thoughts, purify our intentions, and deliver us from every sorrow, evil
and pain. Compass us about with Thy holy angels, that, guarded and guided
by their array, we may attain to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of
Thine unapproachable glory; for blessed art Thou unto the ages of ages.
Amen.

Lord have mercy.
(Thrice)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and
ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.