SMALL COMPLINE
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Here the Order of Small Compline is resumed.
PRIEST:
GLORY TO THEE, O GOD, OUR HOPE, GLORY TO THEE
.
CHANTERS:
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Lord, have
mercy, Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy. Father
(master)
, bless.
PRIEST:
May Christ our God, through the intercessions of His
most pure Mother, (the patron saint of the temple), and of all the
saints, have mercy on us and save us, for He is good and the
Lover of mankind.
CHANTERS:
Amen.
PRIEST:
Bless, (holy master and) holy fathers (mothers) and
brethren, (sisters) and forgive me a sinner, all wherein I have
sinned this day in deed, word, and through all my senses.
And the brethren (sisters) (congregation) reply:
May God forgive and have mercy on thee, holy father.
And they make a bow (or a prostration, depending on the typicon), asking this forgiveness:
Bless me, holy father, and forgive all wherein I have sinned this day in deed,
word, and thought, and in all my senses, and pray for me a sinner.
PRIEST:
Through His grace may God forgive and have mercy on us
all.
And he saith this Ectenia:
Let us pray for the Orthodox episcopate of the Russian Church;
for our lord the Very Most Reverend Metropolitan N., First Hierarch
of the Russian Church Abroad; for our lord the Most Reverend
(
Archbishop or Bishop N., whose diocese it is)
and all our brethren in Christ.