Prayer before the beginning of the Divine Liturgy
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Lord Jesus Christ, generous and merciful, to all who truly call on You! I pray to You and have mercy on You; grant me with diligence, love, fear and all attention, even until the end of the Divine service, to remain, and with a contrite heart and a clear conscience, to pray to You, the merciful God. Hey, Lord the King! Hear me as I begin to call upon You, and grant me forgiveness of all my sins: for You alone are blessed, with the Father and with the Holy Spirit, forever. Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ! Generous and merciful to all who sincerely call upon You! I pray to You and do everything for Your propitiation: grant me with diligence and love; with fear and full attention, remain here until the very end of the Divine service, and with a contrite heart and clear conscience, pray to You, the merciful God. Oh, my Lord! Hear me calling upon You and grant me forgiveness of my sins: for You are the One, Blessed forever, the Triune God, with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Truly!
Prayer as the priest proclaims blessed be the kingdom
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God, my God! look upon me, a sinner, and correct the prayer of my lips; drive away bad thoughts from my heart, and enlighten my mind with the light of Your God-Mind; incline Thy ear, and hear me praying to Thee and seeking Thy mighty mercies: for Thou art my God, and standing before Thee in Thy house of prayer, I cry tenderly: strengthen me, and give me understanding, O generous God, in Thy passion. Amen.
My God! My God! Look at me, a sinner, and make the prayer of my lips favorable to You; drive away bad thoughts from my heart and enlighten my mind with the light of Your knowledge of God; incline Your ear to me and hear me praying to You and expecting great mercy from You, because You are my God, and I, standing now before You, in this church of Your prayer, cry out with tenderness; God Almighty! Strengthen and instruct me to remain here in Thy fear. Yes it will!
Prayer at the entrance from St. gospel when the deacon proclaims: Wisdom Forgive
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Lord Jesus Christ, our God! Now I am a sinner to see the entrance with Your Holy Gospel, but You have been vouchsafed to remember Your Holy Epiphany and life with people, look upon me with love for mankind, and having mercy, grant me to remember Your Holy commandments and the right to keep me, it is worthy to always sing to You: Come, let us worship and fall to Christ. Save us, Son of God, risen from the dead (or: through the prayers of the Mother of God, or: marvelous in the saints), singing Ti: Alleluia (three times).
Our God and Lord, Jesus Christ, who has now made me worthy to see the entrance with Your Holy Gospel and to remember Your Holy Epiphany on earth and life among sinful people! Look at me, according to Your love for mankind, mercifully and have mercy on me; grant me the opportunity to constantly remember Your holy commandments and relentlessly follow them; and also worthily praise You, proclaiming: Let us come, worship and fall before Christ! Save us, Son of God, risen from the dead (either through the prayers of the Mother of God, or marvelous in the glorification of Thy saints), who sing to You: Praise God! (three times).
Prayer for the song Holy God
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Lord God Almighty! receive the trisagion hymn from Thy heavenly Powers, receive this trisagion hymn from me, your unworthy servant, and give me the whole year of my life, and for every hour; without sin send glory to You, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, and sing with fear: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us!
Lord God Almighty! Receiving from Thy heavenly, disembodied spirits the singing of the Trisagion song, accept from me, Thy unworthy servant, the same Trisagion singing and grant me, all the days of my life and at every hour of it, without grieving You with my sins, to glorify You the Triune God: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit! And with reverent fear sing to You: Holy God the Father! Holy Almighty Son! Holy Immortal Spirit! - have mercy on us!
Prayer before the reading of the Apostle, when the prokeimenon is sung
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Grant me, O Lord, with love and worthiness to listen to Your Holy Apostles' gospel, who preach peace to us and proclaim good things: about the revelation of their words, may my spirit be enlightened and enlightened by Your grace! Amen.
Grant me, Lord, with the love and dignity of a true Christian, to listen to the gospel of Your Holy Apostles, who bring us peace and proclaim all good things! May my soul be enlightened and enlightened with the help of Your grace, by the Holy revelation of their words, in everything they said! Yes it will!
Prayer at the end of the reading of the apostle, when they sing “Hallelujah”
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Sending out praise to You, Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Soul, with the angelic rites we sing Alleluia, and pray: heal all our mental and physical ailments, and may all beings be healthy, we sing Alleluia to You, our God. The Trinity is all-essential, pre-divine, and pre-good, Father and Son and Holy Soul, one God, the giver of wisdom to those who ask! correct us, so that we may praise You worthily; Hallelujah. Life-Giving Trinity, Lord our God! Deliver us from eternal death, and make us worthy, together with all the righteous in Your eternal villages, to sing to You: Alleluia. Long-suffering and abundantly merciful to the Trinity! Grant me forgiveness of sins, and grant me the ability to inherit eternal life, may I sing Alleluia to Thee forever! Sending praise to You, Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we, together with the angelic ranks, sing to You Praise God and pray to You: heal all our ailments, mental and physical: so that, being completely healthy (from sins and illnesses), we can cry out without condemnation about You, our God - Praise God!
The Trinity, which existed before the beginning of centuries, is Divine and Most Perfect: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit - the One Deity that constitutes and gives wisdom to those who ask! Purify us and make us worthy to praise You, crying: Praise God! Trinity, who gives life to all, is the Lord our God! deliver us from condemnation to eternal death and grant us in Your heavenly Kingdom, together with all the righteous, to sing about You: Praise God! The Trinity is long-suffering and abundantly merciful! Make me worthy to inherit eternal life; Let me sing to You forever: Praise God!
Prayer at the end of the reading of St. gospel
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Glory to You, Lord the King, Son of the living God, who has made me unworthy to hear Your Divine words and the voice of Your Holy Gospel! Therefore, with Your Sovereign voice, strengthen me in conversion and repentance, so that this present life may pass away overnight, delivering me from all slander and malice, visible and invisible enemies; For you are the only strong one, and reign forever. Amen.
Glory to You, Lord and King, Son of the Living God! Who has vouchsafed me, unworthy, to hear Your Divine words in the book of Your Holy Gospel! May you strengthen and enlighten me with these Lord’s words to the proper actions and repentance throughout my entire life, so that, through my misunderstandings, I do not walk on her paths as in the darkness of the night; but deliver me from all slander and malice, all my visible and invisible enemies! For You are the One Almighty and Reigning forever! Truly!
Prayer at the beginning of singing: Like the Cherubim
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