The "Usual Beginning" (This is omitted if the Third Hour was immediately preceding, the Reader begins immediately with "O Come Let us worship")
 
THE PRIEST SAITH: Blessed is our God, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. 

(But if it be a Reader's service (without a priest), the Reader sayeth: "Through the prayers of our holy Fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us." )

READER:  Amen. Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.

O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere present and fillest all things, Treasury of good things and Giver of life: Come and dwell in us, and cleanse us of all impurity, and save, our souls, O Good One. 

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Thrice)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the unto the ages of ages. Amen.

O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, blot out our sins. O Master, pardon our iniquities. O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy name's sake. 

Lord have mercy. (Thrice) 

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. 

Our Father, Who art in the Heavens, hallowed by Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.  
 
PRIEST: For Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. 

READER:  Amen. 

Lord have mercy. (12 times)

If the Third Hour precedes the Sixth Hour, the Reader begins here: 

O come, let us worship God our King.
O come let us worship and fall down before Christ our King and our God.
O come, let us worship and fall down before Him, Christ Himself, our King and our God. 

And three "reverences"

Psalm 53

O God, in Thy name save me, and in Thy strength do Thou judge me.   

O God, hearken unto my prayer, give ear unto the words of my mouth.  

For strangers are risen up against me, and mighty men have sought after my soul and have not set God before themselves.  

For behold, God helpeth me, and the Lord is the protector of my soul.  He will bring evils upon mine enemies. 

Utterly destroy them by Thy truth.  

Willingly shall I sacrifice unto Thee; I will confess Thy name, O Lord, for it is good.  

For out of every affliction hast Thou delivered me, and mine eye hath looked down upon mine enemies.

Psalm 54

Give ear, O God, unto my prayer, and disdain not my supplication; attend unto me, and hear me.  

I was grieved in my meditation, and I was troubled at the voice of the enemy and at the oppression of the sinner; Because they have turned iniquity upon me; and with wrath were they angry against me.  

My heart is troubled within me, and the terror of death is fallen upon me.  

Fear and trembling are come upon me, and darkness hath covered me.  

And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove? And I will fly, and be at rest.  

Lo, I have fled afar off and have dwelt in the wilderness.  

I waited for God that saveth me from faint-heartedness and from tempest.  

Plunge them into the depths, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen iniquity and gainsaying in the city.  

Day and night they go round about her upon her walls; iniquity and toil and  unrighteousness are in the midst of her.  

And usury and deceit have not departed from her streets.  

For if mine enemy had reviled me, I might have endured it.  

And if he that hateth me had spoken boastful words against me, I might have hid myself from him.  

But thou it was, O man of like soul with me, my guide and my familiar friend,  Thou who together with me didst sweeten my repasts; in the house of God I walked with thee in oneness of mind.  

Let death come upon such ones, and let them go down alive into hades.  

For wickedness is in their dwellings, and in the midst of them.  

As for me, unto God have I cried, and the Lord, hearkened unto me.  

Evening, morning and noonday will I tell of it and will declare it, and He will hear my voice.  

He will redeem my soul in peace from them that draw nigh unto me, for they among many were with me.  

God will hear, and He will humble them, He that is before the ages.  

For to them there is no requital, because they have not feared God; He hath stretched forth His hand in retribution.  

They have defiled His covenant; they were scattered by the wrath of His countenance, and their hearts have convened.  

Their words were smoother than oil, and yet they are darts.   

Cast thy care upon the Lord, and He will nourish thee; He will never permit the righteous to be shaken.  

But Thou, O God, shall bring those men down into the pit of destruction.  

Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but as for me, O Lord, I will hope in Thee.

Psalm 90

He that dwelleth in the help of the Most High shall abide in the shelter of the God of heaven.  

He shall say unto the Lord: Thou art my helper and my refuge. He is my God, and I will hope in Him.  

For He shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters and from every troubling word.  

With His shoulders shall He overshadow thee, and under His wings shalt thou have hope.  

With a shield will His truth encompass thee; thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day.  

Nor for the thing that walketh in darkness, nor for the mishap and demon of noonday. 

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousands at thy right hand, but unto thee shall it not come nigh.  

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and thou shalt see the reward of sinners.  

For Thou, O Lord, art my hope. Thou madest the Most High thy refuge;  No evils shall come nigh unto thee, and no scourge shall draw nigh unto thy dwelling.  

For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.  

On their hands shall they bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

Upon the asp and basilisk shalt thou tread, and thou shalt trample upon the lion and dragon.  

For he hath set his hope on Me, and I will deliver him; I will shelter him because he hath known my name.   

He shall cry unto me, and I will hearken unto him. I am with him in affliction, and I will rescue him and glorify him.  

With length of days will I satisfy him, and I will show him My salvation.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.  Glory to Thee, O God. Thrice. 

Lord, have mercy. Thrice. 

If there be two troparia, we say the first one here.  If not, we continue:

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.  

And we say the second troparion, if any, or the only troparion.  

Then: Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Theotokion: Seeing that we have no boldness on account of our many sins, do thou beseech Him that was born of thee, O Virgin Theotokos for the supplication of a mother availeth much to win the Master's favor. Disdain not the prayers of sinners, O all-pure one, for merciful and mighty to save is He Who deigned also to suffer for our sake.

Let Thy compassions quickly go before us, O Lord, for we are become exceedingly poor. Help us, O God our Savior, for the sake of the glory of Thy name. O Lord, deliver us and be gracious unto our sins for Thy name's sake.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Thrice) 

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. 

O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, blot out our sins. O Master, pardon our iniquities. O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy name's sake. 

Lord have mercy. (Thrice) 

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. 

Our Father, Who art in the Heavens, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. 

PRIEST: For Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

READER: Amen.   And we read the appointed Kontakion.  If there be two kontakia, we read the one that was chanted after the 3rd Ode of the canons at Matins.  

Then: Lord, have mercy. Forty times. 

 And the Prayer of the Hours:

Thou Who at all times and at every hour, in heaven and on earth, art worshipped and glorified, O Christ God, Who art long-suffering, plenteous in mercy, most compassionate, Who lovest the righteous and hast mercy on sinners; Who callest all men to salvation through the promise of good things to come: Receive, O Lord, our prayers at this hour, and guide our life toward Thy commandments. Sanctify our souls, make chaste our bodies, correct our thoughts, purify our intentions, and deliver us from every sorrow, evil, and pain.  Compass us about with Thy holy angels, that, guarded and guided by their array, we may attain to the unity of the faith and to the knowledge of Thine unapproachable glory: For blessed art Thou unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Lord, have mercy. Thrice. 

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

More honorable than the cherubim and beyond compare more glorious than the seraphim; who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify. 

In the name of the Lord, father (Master) bless.

PRIEST: Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us.

READER: Amen. 

Then the Prayer of St. Basil the Great:

O God and Lord of Hosts, and Maker of all Creation, Who by the tender compassion of Thy mercy which transcendeth comprehension, didst send down Thine only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, for the salvation of our race, and by His precious Cross didst tear asunder the handwriting of our sins, and thereby didst triumph over the principalities and powers of darkness: 

Do Thou Thyself, O Master, Lover of mankind, accept also from us sinners these prayers of thanksgiving and entreaty, and deliver us from every destructive and dark transgression, and from all enemies, both visible and invisible, that seek to do us evil. 

Nail down our flesh with the fear of Thee, and incline not our hearts unto words or thoughts of evil, but pierce our souls with longing for Thee, so that ever looking to Thee, and being guided by Thy Light as we behold Thee, the unapproachable and everlasting Light, we may send up unceasing praise and thanksgiving unto Thee, the Unoriginate Father, with Thine Only-begotten Son, and Thine All-holy and good and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

The End of the Sixth Hour