The text was approved by the Holy Synod
Russian Orthodox Church
July 25, 2014 (magazine no. 80)
Deacon: Bless, master.
Priest: Blessed be our God, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Lik: Amen.
Deacon: Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
And we: Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filthiness, and save us, Good, our souls.
Also a reader:
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. Three times.
Glory, and now:
Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.
Lord, have mercy, three times.
Glory, and now:
Our Father, who art in Heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in Heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Priest: For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.
Lord have mercy, 12.
Glory, and now:
Come, let us worship the King our God.
Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God.
Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God.
And Psalm 26:
Lord is my enlightenment and my Savior, whom will I fear? Lord, Protector of my life, from whom shall I fear? Sometimes those who insult me come close to me with malice, and even destroy my flesh, those who insult me, and my enemies, and you become weak and fall. Even if a regiment turns against me, my heart will not fear, even if it rises up to fight against me, I will trust in Him. I have asked one thing of the Lord, and I will require that I may live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, that I may behold the beauty of the Lord, and that I may visit His holy temple. For He hid me in His village, in the day of my evils, for He covered me in the secret of His village, and lifted me up on a rock. And now, behold, I have lifted up my head against my enemies: I have died and devoured in His village a sacrifice of praise and shouting, I will sing and sing praises to the Lord. Hear, O Lord, my voice, which I cried: have mercy on me, and hear me. My heart says to you: I will seek the Lord. I will seek Your face, O Lord, I will seek Your face. Do not turn Your face away from me, and do not turn aside with anger from Your servant: be my helper, do not reject me, and do not forsake me, O God of my Savior. For my father and mother abandoned me, but the Lord will receive me. Establish the law, O Lord, in Thy way, and guide me on the right path for my enemy’s sake. Do not betray me to the souls of those who afflict me, as if I stood up as a witness of unrighteousness, and lied untruthfully to myself. I believe in seeing the good Lord on the earth of the living. Be patient with the Lord, be of good courage, and let your heart be strong, and be patient with the Lord.
Glory, and now:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to you, God. Three times.
The deacon also says the litany:
Let us pray to the Lord for peace.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
Let us pray to the Lord for heavenly peace and the salvation of our souls.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
Let us pray to the Lord for the peace of the whole world, the welfare of the Holy Churches of God and the unity of all.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
For this holy temple, and with faith, reverence and fear of God for those who enter the stench, let us pray to the Lord.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
About our great lord and father, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, and about our lord, His Eminence Metropolitan (or: Archbishop, or: Most Reverend Bishop), name, Let us pray to the Lord for honor of the presbytery, the diaconate in Christ, and for all the clergy and people.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
Let us pray to the Lord for our God-protected country, its authorities and its army.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
For this city (or: about this world, or: about this holy monastery), every city, country and those who live in them by faith, let us pray to the Lord.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
Let us pray to the Lord for the goodness of the air, for the abundance of earthly fruits and times of peace.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
Let us pray to the Lord for those floating, traveling, sick, suffering, captives, and for their salvation.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
He also adds this:
Let us pray to the Lord to look mercifully on His servants who suffer in soul and body, and to free them from the bonds of deadly passion.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
To deliver from the harmful passion of wine drinking (or: drug addiction) and to preserve the purity, abstinence and righteousness of the souls of the suffering servants of His name, Lord Let's pray.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
Let us pray to the Lord to visit His servants by the grace of the Holy Spirit, and to deliver them from this sin nesting in them.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
Let us pray to the Lord to send down to His servants the spirit of wisdom and understanding and to plant divine fear in their hearts.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
Let us pray to the Lord to give them the strength to overcome their destructive passion and fall to God in repentance, so that they will be partakers of eternal blessings.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
For their relatives and friends, those who cry and are sick, longing for Christ’s consolation, and for the acceptance of their prayers and sighs, let us pray to the Lord.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
Let us pray to the Lord that we too may be delivered from all sorrow, anger and need.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, with Your grace.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
Our Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints who remembered themselves and each other, and our whole life to Christ God we will betray.
Lik: To you, Lord.
The priest exclaims:
For You are a merciful and loving God, and we give glory to You, to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Lik: Amen.
And the deacon says in voice 4:
God is the Lord, and having appeared to us, blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord.
Verse 1: Confess to the Lord that He is good, for His mercy endures forever.
Verse 2: They passed by and bypassed me, and in the name of the Lord they resisted them.
Verse 3: I will not die, but I will live and report the works of the Lord.
Verse 4: The stone that was built carelessly, this became the cornerstone: this came from the Lord, and is marvelous in our own hands.
Face: God the Lord... in voice 4, to each verse.
Also tropar, voice 4:
The only one who is quick in intercession, O Christ, / show speedy visitation from above to your suffering servants, / deliver them from illnesses and passions, / lead them to saving abstinence, / and raise us to eternal life in love for You, / sing to You and glorify You unceasingly, / / with the prayers of the Mother of God, the only One who loves mankind.
Glory, and now, the same voice:
(Troparion to the icon of the Mother of God, called the “Inexhaustible Chalice”)
Today we come, faithful, / to the divine and wonderful image of the Most Holy Mother of God, / filling the hearts of the faithful / with the heavenly Inexhaustible Cup of Her mercy, / and to the faithful people showing miracles, / even as we see and hear, we spiritually celebrate and cry out warmly: / Most merciful Lady, / heal our ailments and passions, / pray to Thy Son, / Christ Our God, // save our souls.
Deacon: Let's go. Wisdom. Let's take a look.
Reader: Prokeimenon, voice 4: There Your hand will guide me, and Your right hand will hold me.
Verse: For You created my womb, You took me from my mother’s womb.
Deacon: Wisdom.
Reader: Reading the Epistles of the Holy Apostle Paul to Ephesus.
Deacon: Let's go.
The reader says the apostle to Ephesus (conception 229):
Brothers, as children of the light you walk: for there is spiritual fruit in all goodness and righteousness and truth. Tempting, what is pleasing to God. And do not associate yourself with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It happens that you get away from them, it’s shameful to even speak. But all that is reproved are of the light: for all that is revealed is light. For this reason, the verb says: Arise, sleep, and rise from the dead, and Christ will illuminate you. Beware how dangerously you walk, not as if you were unwise, but as if you were wise, redeeming the time, for these are evil days. For this reason, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of God is. And do not get drunk with wine, for there is fornication in it: but rather be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourself in psalms and songs and spiritual songs, making melody and singing in your hearts to the Lord.
Priest: Peace be with you.
Reader: And to your spirit.
Alleluia, voice 4:
Verse: My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Verse: Bring my soul out of prison.
Deacon: Wisdom, forgive me, let us hear the Holy Gospel.
Priest: Peace to all.
Lik: And to your spirit.
Priest: Reading from Luke of the Holy Gospel.
Face: Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.
Deacon: Let's go.
And the priest reads the Gospel of Luke (conception 38):
At that time, Jesus came to the country of the Gadarenes, which is half of Galilee. And when He came forth to the earth, He found a certain man from the city, whose name was demons, for many years, and was not clothed in a robe, and did not live in the temple, but in tombs. Having seen Jesus and cried out, I fell down to Him and said in a great voice: What is it for me and for You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God; I pray to You, don’t torment me. I commanded the unclean spirit to go out from man: from many more years he was admired: and his binder was bound with iron bonds and fetters that were tighter than him: and tearing apart the bonds, he was driven by a demon through the desert. Ask him Jesus, verb: What is your name? He said: legeon: for the stench of many, you have brought in the stench. And I pray to Him that He will not command them to go into the abyss. There was that herd of swine, many grazing in grief: and I prayed to Him that He would command them to come into you, and He commanded them. And the devil came out from man, and went into swine: and the herd rushed along the river into the lake, and froze. When the shepherds saw what had happened, they ran and announced it in the city and in the villages. And when she came forth, she saw what had happened: and she came to Jesus, and found a man sitting, from whom she came forth, clothed and understanding, at the foot of Jesus: and she was afraid. He told them, having seen how the demoniac had been saved. And pray to Him for all the people of the Gadarene country to depart from them, as they were overcome by great fear. He got into the ship and came back. The husband prayed to Him, and the demon came out of him, so that he could be with Him. Let him go, Jesus, saying: return to your house, and tell him what God has done. And he went throughout the whole city, preaching, and Jesus created a tree for him.
Face: Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.
The deacon also says the litany:
Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Lik: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for our great Lord and Father, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, and for our Lord, His Eminence Metropolitan (or: Archbishop, or: Most Reverend Bishop) name, and about all our brothers in Christ.
Lik: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for our God-protected country, its authorities and its army, so that we may live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity.
Lik: Lord, have mercy, three times.
He also adds this:
Do not want the death of sinners, but rather be converted and live, have mercy and mercy on Your servants, heal illnesses, heal the passions of their souls and bodies, and, as you are merciful, forgive them all their sins, voluntary and involuntary, and quickly raise them up from the path of destruction, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Lik: Lord, have mercy, three times.
Look, Lord, have mercy on Your servants, enslaved by destructive passion, grant them to know the sweetness of abstinence and the spiritual fruits that grow from it, we pray to You, Hear and have mercy.
Lik: Lord, have mercy, three times.
Oh, spare Your name servants, and forgive them every sin, voluntary and involuntary, show them Your great mercy, deliver them from sinful captivity and violence the devil, we pray to you, hear and have mercy.
Lik: Lord, have mercy, three times.
For Your servant not to die a cruel death, but to be quickened by Your Honest Blood and to be healed from grief, which their opponent gave to drink, we pray to You, Physician of souls and body, hear and have mercy.
Lik: Lord, have mercy, three times.
As the demon-possessed country of the Gadarenes, freed from the violence of the devil by Divine power, heal Thy servants of your name, the cruelly afflicted, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Lik: Lord, have mercy, three times.
The priest exclaimed:
Hear us, O God, our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of those who are in the sea far away, and be merciful, be merciful, O Master, for our sins, and have mercy on us: For you are merciful and You are God, lover of mankind, and we give glory to You, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Lik: Amen.
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
Lik: Lord, have mercy.
The priest says a prayer:
Master Lord, who created man in your image and likeness, and gave him the Holy Spirit! Deliver Your fallen creation from the work of the enemy, open for him the doors of repentance, send an angel of light to him, delivering him from every slander of the enemy. Hear, O God, those who fall to You in grief and sorrow and do not turn Your face away from those possessed by the destructive passion of wine drinking (or drug addiction), but give them strength, hope, faith, Establish a good will and lead them to saving abstinence, the thorns of sins, voluntary and involuntary, have fallen, may Thy grace dwell in them, enlightening and purifying the whole person. Heal them from the serious illness of drunkenness (or: drug addiction), freedom from spiritual darkening and petrification of the heart. Grant them mental and physical health, direct them to the path of hard work and piety. Hear, O Merciful Lord, the cry of parents and relatives crying for their children and their neighbors. For it is Yours to have mercy and to save us, our God, and to You we give glory, to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Lik: Amen.
Deacon: Wisdom.
Priest: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Face: The most honorable cherub, and the most glorious seraphim without comparison, without corruption of God the Word we magnify Thee, the real Mother of God.
Priest: Glory to Thee, Christ God, our hope, glory to Thee.
Face: Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy, three times. Bless.
The priest says dismissal:
Christ our true God, through the prayers of His Most Pure Mother, by the power of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross, through the prayers of the holy martyr Boniface, the Venerable Mary of Egypt and all saints, will have mercy and save us, for He is Good and Lover of Mankind.
Lik: Amen. Lord, have mercy, three times.