(read by the priest when removing the chalice)
I believe, Lord, and confess that You are truly the Christ, the Son of the living God, who came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the first. I also believe that this is your most pure Body, and this is your precious Blood. Therefore, I pray to You: have mercy on me and forgive me my sins, voluntary and involuntary, which (I have committed) in words and deeds, consciously and unconsciously, and grant me, without condemnation, to partake of Your most pure Sacraments for the remission of sins and eternal life. Amen.
Son of God! Honor me today to be a partaker of Your mystical Supper. I will not reveal the sacraments to Your enemies, and I will not give You a kiss like Judas, but like a thief I will confess You. Remember me, Lord, in Your Kingdom! May the communion of Your most pure Mysteries be not a condemnation for me, O Lord, but a healing of soul and body. Amen.
When you begin communion, say to yourself the following verses of Symeon Metaphrastus:
Here I begin to receive Divine Communion,
Do not burn me, Creator, with this sacrament,
Because You are the fire that burns the unworthy;
But cleanse me from all uncleanness.
Then: As a participant in Your mystical Supper/ this day, Son of God, accept me./ For I will not tell secrets to Your enemies,/ I will not give You a kiss like Judas./ But like a thief I confess You:/ “Remember me, O Lord, in Your Kingdom!”
And the verses: Shudder, O man, seeing the deifying Blood:/ for it is a burning coal, scorching the unworthy./ The Body of God both deifies me and nourishes me:/ deifies the spirit, but nourishes the mind incomprehensibly.
And the troparia: You attracted me with love, Christ, / and changed me with a divine desire for You. / But burn my sins with immaterial fire / and grant me the satisfaction of pleasure in You, / so that I, rejoicing, magnify / Your two comings, O Good One.
How will I, unworthy, enter into the bright host of Your saints?/ After all, if I dare to enter the bridal chamber with them,/ the clothes will expose me,/ for this is not what they wear to marriage,/ and, bound, I will be expelled by the Angels./ Cleanse, O Lord, the filth of my soul/ and save me, as a Lover of mankind.
And again: As a participant in Your mystical Supper/ this day, Son of God, accept me./ For I will not tell the secret to Your enemies,/ I will not give You a kiss like Judas./ But like a thief I confess You:/ “Remember me, O Lord, in Your Kingdom!”