Let us pray to the Lord in peace! — About the heavenly world and the salvation of our souls. — About the peace of the whole world, the welfare of God’s holy churches and the unity of all. - About this holy church, and those who enter the stench with faith, reverence and fear of God. — About the Holy Governing Synod, and about our metropolitan (or: archbishop, or: bishop) (name), the honorable presbytery, the deaconry in Christ, about all the clergy and people. — About our most pious, autocratic, great sovereign, Emperor Nicholas Alexandrovich of all Russia: about his wife, the most pious Empress Alexandra Feodorovna: about his mother, the most pious Empress Empress Maria Feodorovna. - About his heir, the noble sovereign Tsarevich and Grand Duke Alexy Nikolaevich, and about the entire reigning house: about the entire chamber and their army. - About helping and subduing every enemy and adversary under their nose. - About this city (or: about this village, or: about this holy monastery), every city, country, and those living in them by faith. — About the goodness of the air, about the abundance of earthly fruits and peaceful times.
- About those floating, traveling, the sick, the suffering, the captives, and about their salvation. - May we be delivered from all sorrow, anger and need. - Intercede, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace. “Having remembered our Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, let us commend ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.”
The choir, on behalf of those present, responds to each prayer:
Lord, have mercy! —
and to the last invitation - to surrender oneself to Christ God - he answers:
To you, Lord!
This is followed by the singing of selected verses from the psalms of David (Psalms 1, 2 and 3), again reminding us of the lost paradise, as a warning to everyone against sins and temptations:
Blessed is the man who does not follow the counsel of the wicked. “For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked will perish.” - Work for the Lord with fear, and rejoice in Him with trembling. - Blessed are all who hope. - Arise, Lord, save me, my God. “Salvation is the Lord’s, and Your blessing is upon Your people.”
Blessed is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked. “For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish without a trace.” - Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice before Him with trembling. - Blessed are all who trust in Him. - Arise, Lord, save me, my God. “Salvation comes from the Lord, and Your blessing comes upon Your people.”
After each verse it is sung:
Alleluia.
After this, the choir, as if suppressed by grief over the loss of primeval bliss, imitating Adam expelled from paradise, on behalf of those present and all humanity cries out:
Lord, I called to You, hear me! Hear me, Lord!
Lord, I called to You, hear me! Listen to the voice of my prayer, always cry to You. Hear me, Lord! (Ps. 140:1)
May my prayer be corrected like an incense before You: the lifting of my hand, the evening sacrifice. Hear me, Lord! (Ps. 140:2).
Bring my soul out of prison, to confess to Your name. (Ps. 142:8) Let my prayer come like incense before Thy face; the lifting up of my hands is like the evening sacrifice.
Bring my soul out of prison, so that I may glorify Your name.
After this verse, stichera are sung, their content corresponding to the holiday of the day. The last stichera is called the Theotokos, that is, a song in honor of the Mother of God, or dogmatist, since it briefly outlines the teaching (dogma) about the incarnation of the Son of God.
When the “dogmatist” is chanted, the royal doors open; a priest with a censer, preceded by a candle-bearer with a lamp, exits by the northern door and, stopping in front of the royal doors, blesses in the shape of a cross to the east and proclaims:
Wisdom! Sorry!
The exclamation “Wisdom” indicates that this entrance expresses the mystery of the appearance of the Savior into the world. With the exclamation “Sorry,” which means: “stand straight, simply,” the priest invites the worshipers to stand with reverence.
The choir and those present sing a song of praise to Christ as God:
Quiet light of the holy glory of the immortal Heavenly Father, holy, blessed, Jesus Christ! Having come to the west of the sun, having seen the evening light, we sing of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, God. You are worthy at all times to sing with reverent voices, O Son of God, giving life: in the same way the world glorifies You.
Jesus Christ! You are the quiet light of the holy glory of the immortal Heavenly Father, holy, blessed! We, having lived until sunset (i.e., approached sunset) and seen the evening light, sing praise to You, the triune God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Son of God, who gives life to everything! You are worthy at all times to be sung by the voices of the saints; That is why the world glorifies You.
Following this majestic hymn, on the Twelfth and other holidays the so-called proverbs are read, the text of which is borrowed from sacred books, mainly the Old Testament. In proverbs, which means: “parable, allegory,” promises, types and prophecies about the Savior are expressed, subsequently justified by the events of His earthly life.
The proverbs are followed by an intense litany, combined with a petitionary litany.