All Night Vigil 
English, with parts in Slavonic (in Russian letters) 
With the Priest's and deacon's audible prayers in Bold
The silent prayers indented in Gray
Rubrics in italics
And some of the parts of the People 

Before the blessing, the priest, vested with epetrachial and phelonion, gets the censer, and says the prayer of the incense. Led by the deacon, who is holding a candle, he censes round about the holy table, and the entire altar, then stands in front of the altar. The deacon leaves the altar and stands in front of the holy gates, and exclaims: 
Deacon (only): Arise! O Lord, bless!
 Priest: Glory to the holy, and consubstantial, and life-creating, and indivisible Trinity, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. 	Священник: Благословенно царство Отца и Сына, и Святаго Духа, ныне и присно, и во веки веков.	
People: Amen. 
If it be between Pascha and the leave-taking, the clergy chant 'Christ is risen' 2 1/2 times, and the choir finishes
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, / And on those in the tombs bestowing life!	Христос воскресе из мертвых, мертию смерть поправ, / и сущим во гробех живот даровав!	
Otherwise, the clergy chant:
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 Christ Himself, our King and our God.	Приидите, поклонимся Цареви нашему Богу / Приидите, поклонимся и припадем Христу, Цареви нашему Богу / Приидите, поклонимся и припадем самому Христу, Цареви и Богу нашему 	
Then the choir chanteth the Introductory Psalm, and the priest and deacon cense the entire temple.
After the censing, the priest prayeth the 7 silent prayers in front of the royal gates.
The Prayers of the Lamplighting Time

Priest: O Lord, compassionate and merciful, long-suffering …

The Great Litany
Deacon: In peace let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy	Диакон: Миром Господу помолимся.
Хор: Господи, помилуй	
For the peace from above, and the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord..	О свышнем мире и спасении душ наших Господу помолимся.	
For the peace of the whole world, the good estate of the holy churches of God, and the union of all, let us pray to the Lord. 	О мире всего мiра, благостоянии святых Божиих церквей и соединении всех Господу помолимся.	
For this holy temple, and for them that with faith, reverence, and fear of God enter herein, let us pray to the Lord. 
	О святем храме сем и с верою, благоговением и страхом Божиим входящих в онь Господу помолимся.	
For the Orthodox episcopate of the Russian Church; for our lord the Very Most Reverend Metropolitan N., First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad; for our lord the Most Reverend (Archbishop or Bishop N., whose diocese it is): for the venerable priesthood, the Diaconate in Christ, for all the clergy and people, let us pray to the Lord. 
	О православном епископстве Церкве Россиския, о господине нашем высокопреосвященнейшем Митрополите N, первоиерарсе Русския Зарубежныя Церкве, о господине нашем Преосвященнейшем Епископе N, о честнем пресвитерстве, о еже во Христе диаконстве, о всем притче и людех Господу помолимся.
	
By ukaz of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia, the following two petitions are inserted: 	
For the much suffering Russian Land and its Orthodox people both in the homeland and in the diaspora, and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord. 	О страждущей стране нашей Росийстей и о православных людей ее во отечествии и рассеянии сущих, Господу помолимся.	
That He may deliver His people from enemies both visible and invisible, and confirm in us oneness of mind, brotherly love, and piety, let us pray to the Lord.		
For this land, its authorities, and Armed Forces, let us pray to the Lord. 	О страждущей стране нашей Росийстей и о православных людей ее во отечествии и рассеянии сущих, о стране сей и властех ея Господу помолимся.	
For this city (or town, or holy monastery), every city and country and the faithful that dwell therein, let us pray to the Lord. 	О граде сем, всяком граде, стране и верою живущих в них Господу помолимся.	
For seasonable weather, abundance of the fruits of the earth, and peaceful times, let us pray to the Lord. 	О благорастворении воздухов, о изобилии плодов земных и временех мирных Господу помолимся.	
For travelers by sea, land, and air; for the sick, the suffering; the imprisoned and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord. 	О плавающих, путешествующих, недугующих, страждущих, плененных и о спасении их Господу помолимся.	
That we may be delivered from all tribulation, wrath, and necessity, let us pray to the Lord. 	О избавитися нам от всякия скорби, гнева и нужды Господу помолимся.	
Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace. 	Заступи, спаси, помилуй и сохрани нас, Боже, Твоею благодатию.	
Calling to remembrance our most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another, and all our life unto Christ our God. 
People: To Thee O Lord	Пресвятую, пречистую, преблагословенную, славную Владычицу нашу Богородицу и Приснодеву Марию, со всеми святыми помянувше, сами себе и друг друга и весь живот наш Христу Богу предадим. 
Хор: Тебе, Господи.	
.Exclamation:
Priest: For unto Thee is due all glory, honor, and worship: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. 
People: Amen.	Священник: Яко подобает Тебе всякая слава, честь и поклонение, Отцу и Сыну, и Святому Духу, ныне и присно, и во веки веков.
Хор: Аминь.	

If it is a Sunday vigil (Saturday evening), we sing the first stasis of the first kathisma and the other two stases are read. On other nights, the typicon and psalter indicate the proper kathisma to read. 

The First Kathisma, as sung on Saturday Night
Stasis 1 
Choir: Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Reader: nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the pestilent. 
But his will is rather in the law of the Lord, and in His law will he meditate day and night. 
And he shall be like the tree which is planted by the streams of the waters, which shall bring forth its fruit in its season; and its leaf shall not fall, and all things whatsoever he may do shall prosper. 
Not so are the ungodly, not so; but rather they are like the chaff which the wind doth hurl away from the face of the earth. 
For this reason shall the ungodly not stand up in judgement, nor sinners in the council of the righteous.
Choir: For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, and the way of the ungodly shall perish. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Reader: Why have the heathen raged, and the peoples meditated empty things? 
The kings of the earth were aroused, and the rulers were assembled together, against the Lord, and against His Christ. 
Let us break their bonds asunder, and let us cast away their yoke from us. 

He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall deride them. 
Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and in His anger shall He trouble them. 
But as for Me, I was established as king by Him, upon Sion His holy mountain, proclaiming the commandment of the Lord. 
The Lord said unto Me: Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee. 
Ask of Me, and I will give Thee the nations for Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession. 
Thou shalt herd them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt shatter them like a potter's vessels. 
And now, O ye kings, understand; be instructed, all ye that judge the earth.
Choir: Serve ye the Lord with fear, and rejoice in Him with trembling. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Reader: Lay hold of instruction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and ye perish from the righteous way. 
When quickly His wrath be kindled,
Choir: Blessed are all that have put their trust in Him. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Reader: O Lord, why are they multiplied that afflict me? Many rise up against me. 
Many say unto my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God. 
But Thou, O Lord, art my helper, my glory, and the lifter up of my head. 
I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy mountain. 
I laid me down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord will help me. 
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that set themselves against me round about.
Choir: Arise, O Lord, save me, O my God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Reader: for Thou hast smitten all who without cause are mine enemies; the teeth of sinners hast Thou broken.
Choir: Salvation is of the Lord, and Thy blessing is upon Thy people. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Choir: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God. Thrice

The Small Litany after the first stasis
At the conclusion of the stasis, the deacon, standing in the usual place, and bowing, saith:
Deacon: Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy	Диакон: Паки и паки миром Господу помолимся.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	Заступи, спаси, помилуй и сохрани нас, Боже, Твоею благодатию.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Calling to remembrance our most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another, and all our life unto Christ our God. 
People: To Thee, O Lord. 	Пресвятую, пречистую, преблагословенную, славную Владычицу нашу Богородицу и Приснодеву Марию, со всеми святыми помянувше, сами себе, и друг друга, и весь живот наш Христу Богу предадим. 

Хор: Тебе, Господи.	
Exclamation:
Priest: For Thine is the dominion, and 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 ages of ages. 
People: Amen.	Священник: Яко Твоя держава, и Твое есть Царство, и сила, и слава, Отца и Сына, и Святого Духа, ныне и присно, и во веки веков. 
Хор: Аминь.	

Stasis 2 
PSALM 4 
Reader: When I called upon Thee, O God of my righteousness, Thou didst hearken unto me; in mine affliction Thou hast enlarged me. 
Have compassion on me and hear my prayer. 
O ye sons of men, how long will ye be slow of heart? Why do ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? 
Know also that the Lord hath made wondrous His holy one; the Lord will hearken unto me when I cry unto Him. 
Be angry, and sin not; feel compunction upon your beds for what ye say in your hearts. 
Sacrifice a sacrifice of righteousness, and hope in the Lord. Many say: Who will show unto us good things? 
The light of Thy countenance, O Lord, hath been signed upon us; Thou hast given gladness to my heart. 
From the fruit of their wheat, wine, and oil are they multiplied. 
In peace in the same place I shall lay me down and sleep. 
For Thou, O Lord, alone hast made me to dwell in hope. 
PSALM 5 
Unto my words, give ear, O Lord; hear my cry. 
Attend unto the voice of my supplication, O my King and my God; for unto Thee will I pray, O Lord. 
In the morning Thou shalt hear my voice. In the morning shall I stand before Thee, and Thou shalt look upon me; for not a God that willest iniquity art Thou. 
He that worketh evil shall not dwell near Thee, nor shall transgressors abide before Thine eyes. 
Thou hast hated all them that work iniquity; Thou shalt destroy all them that speak a lie. 
A man that is bloody and deceitful shall the Lord abhor. 
But as for me, in the multitude of Thy mercy shall I go into Thy house; I shall worship toward Thy holy temple in fear of Thee. 
O Lord, guide me in the way of Thy righteousness; because of mine enemies, make straight my way before Thee. 
For in their mouth there is no truth; their heart is vain. 
Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they spoken deceitfully; judge them, O God. 
Let them fall down on account of their own devisings; according to the multitude of their ungodliness, cast them out, for they have embittered Thee, O Lord. 
And let all them be glad that hope in Thee; they shall ever rejoice, and Thou shalt dwell among them. 
And all shall glory in Thee that love Thy name, for Thou shalt bless the righteous. 
O Lord, as with a shield of Thy good pleasure hast Thou crowned us. 
PSALM 6 
O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger, nor chasten me in Thy wrath. 
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled, and my soul is troubled greatly; but Thou, O Lord, how long? 
Turn to me again, O Lord, deliver my soul; save me for Thy mercy's sake. 
For in death there is none that is mindful of Thee, and in hades who will confess Thee? 
I toiled in my groaning; every night I will wash my bed, with tears will I water my couch. 
Through wrath is mine eye become troubled, I have grown old among all mine enemies. 
Depart from me all ye that work vanity, for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 
The Lord hath heard my supplication, the Lord hath received my prayer. 
Let all mine enemies be greatly put to shame and be troubled, let them be turned back, and speedily be greatly put to shame. 
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. 
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God. 
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God. 
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God. 

The Small Litany after the Second stasis
At the conclusion of the stasis, the deacon, standing in the usual place, and bowing, saith:
Deacon: Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy	Диакон: Паки и паки миром Господу помолимся.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	Заступи, спаси, помилуй и сохрани нас, Боже, Твоею благодатию.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Calling to remembrance our most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another, and all our life unto Christ our God. 
People: To Thee, O Lord. 	Пресвятую, пречистую, преблагословенную, славную Владычицу нашу Богородицу и Приснодеву Марию, со всеми святыми помянувше, сами себе, и друг друга, и весь живот наш Христу Богу предадим. 

Хор: Тебе, Господи.	
Exclamation:
Priest: For a good God art Thou and the lover of mankind, and to Thee do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.	Священник: Яко благ и Человеколюбец Бог еси, и Тебе славу возсылаем, Отцу и Сыну, и Святому Духу, ныне и присно, и во веки веков.	

Stasis 3 
PSALM 7 
Reader: O Lord my God, in Thee have I put my hope; save me from them that persecute me, and do Thou deliver me. 
Lest at any time like a lion he seize my soul, when there is none to redeem me, nor to save. 
O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there be injustice in my hands, 
If I have paid back evil to them that rendered evil unto me, then let me fall back empty from mine enemies. 
Then let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life into the earth, and my glory let him bring down into the dust. 
Arise, O Lord, in Thine anger, exalt Thyself to the furthest boundaries of Thine enemies. 
And arouse Thyself, O Lord my God, in the commandment which Thou hast enjoined, and a congregation of peoples shall surround Thee. And for their sakes return Thou on high. 
The Lord shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine innocence within me. 
Let the wickedness of sinners be ended, and do Thou guide the righteous man, O God, that searchest out the hearts and reins. 
Righteous is my help from God, Who saveth them who are upright of heart. 
God is a judge that is righteous, strong and forbearing, and inflicteth not wrath every day. 
Unless ye be converted, His glittering sword shall He furbish; He hath bent His bow, and hath made it ready. 
And on it He hath made ready the instruments of death, His arrows for them that rage hotly hath He perfected. 
Behold, he was in travail with unrighteousness, he hath conceived toil and brought forth iniquity. 
He opened a pit and dug it, and he shall fall into the hole which he hath made. 
His toil shall return upon his own head, and upon his own pate shall his unrighteousness come down. 
I will give praise unto the Lord according to His righteousness, and I will chant unto the name of the Lord Most High. 
 PSALM 8 
O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is Thy name in all the earth! For Thy magnificence is lifted high above the heavens. 
Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast Thou perfected praise, because of Thine enemies, to destroy the enemy and avenger. 
For I will behold the heavens, the works of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast founded. 
What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that Thou visitest him? 
Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels; with glory and honour hast Thou crowned him, and Thou hast set him over the works of Thy hands. 
All things hast Thou subjected under his feet, sheep, and all oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field, 
The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, the things that pass through the paths of the sea. 
O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is Thy name in all the earth! 
 Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. 
 Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God. 
 Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God. 
 Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God.
The Small Litany after the Third Stasis
At the conclusion of the stasis, the deacon, standing in the usual place, and bowing, saith:
Deacon: Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy	Диакон: Паки и паки миром Господу помолимся.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	Заступи, спаси, помилуй и сохрани нас, Боже, Твоею благодатию.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Calling to remembrance our most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another, and all our life unto Christ our God. 
People: To Thee, O Lord. 	Пресвятую, пречистую, преблагословенную, славную Владычицу нашу Богородицу и Приснодеву Марию, со всеми святыми помянувше, сами себе, и друг друга, и весь живот наш Христу Богу предадим. 

Хор: Тебе, Господи.	
Exclamation:
Priest: For a good God art Thou and the lover of mankind, and to Thee do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.	Священник: Яко благ и Человеколюбец Бог еси, и Тебе славу возсылаем, Отцу и Сыну, и Святому Духу, ныне и присно, и во веки веков.	
People: Amen. 

Lord I have cried
While the choir sings the psalm and the verses. The priest censes the altar and entire temple, without wearing his phelonion.

“Lord, I have cried” is sung in the tone of the first appointed sticheron.

Reader: In the ___ Tone: Lord, I have cried unto Thee, hearken unto me.
Choir: Lord, I have cried unto Thee, hearken unto me. * Hearken unto me, O Lord. * Lord, I have cried unto Thee, hearken unto me; * attend to the voice of my supplication, * when I cry unto Thee. * Hearken unto me, O Lord.
Let my prayer be set forth * as incense before Thee, * the lifting up of my hands * as an evening sacrifice. * Hearken unto me, O Lord.
And the rest of the verses are read (they can be sung at a vigil) down to the beginning of the stichoi, i.e. the point at which the stichera are inserted.
Reader: Set, O Lord, a watch before my mouth, and a door of enclosure round about my lips.
Incline not my heart unto words of evil, to make excuse with excuses in sins.
With men that work iniquity; and I will not join with their chosen.
The righteous man will chasten me with mercy and reprove me; as for the oil of the sinner, let it not anoint my head.
For yet more is my prayer in the presence of their pleasures; swallowed up near by the rock have their judges been.
They shall hear my words, for they be sweetened; as a clod of earth is broken upon the earth, so have their bones been scattered nigh unto hades.
For unto Thee, O Lord, O Lord, are mine eyes, in Thee have I hoped; take not my soul away.
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the stumbling-blocks of them that work iniquity.
The sinners shall fall into their own net; I am alone until I pass by.
With my voice unto the Lord have I cried, with my voice unto the Lord have I made supplication.
I will pour out before Him my supplication, mine affliction before Him will I declare.
When my spirit was fainting within me, then Thou knewest my paths.
In this way wherein I have walked they hid for me a snare. 
I looked upon my right hand, and beheld, and there was none that did know me.
Flight hath failed me, and there is none that watcheth out for my soul.
I have cried unto Thee, O Lord; I said: Thou art my hope, my portion art Thou in the land of the living.
Attend unto my supplication, for I am brought very low.
Deliver me from them that persecute me, for they are stronger than I.
If there are 10 stichera (Saturday evenings and Liturgies of the Presanctified):
Reader: (10) Bring my soul out of prison: 
Choir: that I may confess Thy name. 
And then is sung the first stichera, and likewise are sung the rest of the stichoi.
(9) The righteous shall wait patiently for me * until Thou shalt reward me.
If there are 8 stichera (services of vigil or polyeleos rank):
 (8) Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord; * O Lord, hear my voice.
 (7) Let Thine ears be attentive * to the voice of my supplication.
If there are 6 stichera (all services of doxology rank, and all simple services, i.e., 6 stichera from the Menaion, or 3 from the Octoechos and 3 from the Menaion):
(6) If Thou shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, O Lord, who shall stand? * For with Thee there is forgiveness.
(5) For Thy name’s sake have I patiently waited for Thee, O Lord; my soul hath patiently waited for Thy word, * my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
If there are 4 stichera (only at Small Vespers):
 (4) From the morning watch until night, from the morning watch * let Israel hope in the Lord.
(3) For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption; * and He shall redeem Israel out of all his iniquities.
(2) O praise the Lord, all ye nations; * praise Him, all ye peoples.
(1) For He hath made His mercy to prevail over us, * and the truth of the Lord abideth forever.
Reader: Glory in the _ tone
Choir: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
 Sticheron (Doxasticon) from the Menaion, if there is one. If there is a feast of the Lord or of the Theotokos: “Glory… Both now…” and the Theotokion of the feast.
 Choir: Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
And we then sing the Dogmatic Theotokion of the tone, or as appointed in the Menaion. 
During the singing of the Theotokion, the priest and deacon make the Small entrance with the censer. The priest silently says the prayer of the entry: 

Prayer of the Entry
Priest: 
Evening, morning and noonday …
When the prayer is ended, the deacon says to the priest, pointing toward the east with his right hand, holding therein his orarion with three fingers:
Deacon (only): Bless, master, the holy entrance.
And the priest, blessing, saith:
Priest: Blessed is the entry of Thy holy ones always, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.
Deacon: Amen.
When the final verse of the Theotokion hath been finished, the deacon goes to the center, and standing in front of the priest, raiseth the censer, and making the sign of the cross with it, says in a loud voice: 
Deacon: Wisdom! Aright!	Диакон: Премудрость, прости!	
Then, having bowed, as also the priest behind him, he goeth into the holy altar; 
And the singers chant:
Choir: O Gladsome Light of the holy glory of the immortal, heavenly, holy, blessed Father, O Jesus Christ: Having come to the setting of the sun, having beheld the evening light, we praise the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: God. Meet it is for Thee at all times to be praised with reverent voices, O Son of God, Giver of life. Wherefore, the world doth glorify Thee.
The clergy stand in the High place, facing West. At the end of the hymn, the prokeimenon is chanted: 

Deacon: Wisdom! Let us attend!	Диакон: Премудрость Вонмем.	
Priest: Peace be unto all.	Священник: Мир всем.	
Deacon: Wisdom! The evening prokeimenon is in the _ tone!	Диакон: Премудрость …
	
And the deacon chanteth the prokeimenon. The choir then repeats the prokeimenon, and the deacon chants each verse in order, after which the choir repeats the prokeimenon. At the end the deacon chanteth the first half of the prokeimenon, and the choir finishes. 
THE DAILY PROKIMENA
On Saturday evening, the Sixth Tone:
The Lord is King, He is clothed with majesty.
Stichos 1: The Lord is clothed with strength and He hath girt Himself.
Stichos 2: For He established the world which shall not be shaken.
 Stichos 3: Holiness becometh Thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.
On Sunday evening, the Eighth Tone: 
Behold now, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord.
Stichos: Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
On Monday evening, the Fourth Tone:
The Lord will hearken unto me when I cry unto Him.
 Stichos: When I called upon Thee, O God of my righteousness, Thou didst hearken unto me.
On Tuesday evening, the First Tone:
Thy mercy, O Lord, shall pursue me all the days of my life.
Stichos: The Lord is my shepherd, and I shall not want. In a place of green pasture, there hath He made me to dwell.
On Wednesday evening, the Fifth Tone:
O God, in Thy name save me, and in Thy strength do Thou judge me.
Stichos: O God, hearken unto my prayer, give ear unto the words of my mouth.
On Thursday evening, the Sixth Tone:
My help cometh from the Lord, Who hath made heaven and the earth.
Stichos: I have lifted up mine eyes to the Mountains, from whence cometh my help.
On Friday evening, the Seventh Tone:
O God, my helper art Thou, and Thy mercy shall go before me.
Stichos: Rescue me from mine enemies, O God, and from them that rise up against me redeem me.
If there are Scriptural readings appointed for a feast for each reading:
Deacon: Wisdom! 	Диакон: Премудрость 	
Reader: The Reading is from___________.
Deacon: Let us attend!	Диакон: Вонмем.	

If the readings are from the OT, the people may sit. If they are from the Apostolos, the people stand

The Litany of Fervent Supplication / Сугубая Ектения
The deacon or priest then goeth through the North door, and standing in the usual place beginneth thus:
Deacon: Let us say with our whole soul and with our whole mind, let us say. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	Диакон: Рцем вси от всея души, и от всего помышления нашего рцем.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.
	
Deacon: O Lord Almighty, the God of our fathers, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	Диакон: Господи Вседержителю, Боже отец наших, молим Ти ся, услыши и помилуй.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Have mercy upon us, O God, according to Thy great mercy, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	Помилуй нас, Боже, по велицей милости Твоей, молим Ти ся, услыши и помилуй.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Again we pray for the Orthodox episcopate of the Russian Church; for our lord the Very Most Reverend Metropolitan N., First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad; for our lord the Most Reverend Bishop N., and all our brethren in Christ. 
People: Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy	Еще молимся о православном епископстве Церкве Российския, о господине нашем высокопреосвященнейшем Митрополите Виталии, первоиерарсе Русския Зарубежныя Церкве, о господине нашем Преосвященнейшем Епископе N., и о всей во Христе братии нашей.
Хор: Господи, помилуй, Господи, помилуй, Господи, помилуй	
By ukaz of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia, the following two petitions are inserted:	
Deacon: Again we pray for the much suffering Russian Land and its Orthodox people both in the homeland and the diaspora, and for their salvation. 
People: Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy..		
Deacon: Again we pray that He may deliver His people from enemies both visible and invisible, and confirm in us oneness of mind, brotherly love, and piety. 
People: Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy..		
Deacon: Again we pray for this land, its authorities and armed forces. 
People: Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.	Еще молимся о страждущей стране нашей Росийстей и о православных людей ее во отечествии и рассеянии сущих, о стране сей и властех ея.
Хор: Господи, помилуй, Господи, помилуй, Господи, помилуй	
Deacon: Again we pray for our brethren, the priests, the priestmonks, and all our brethren in Christ. 
People: Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. 	Еще молимся о братиях наших священницех, священномонасех и о всем во Христе братстве нашем.
Хор: Господи, помилуй, Господи, помилуй, Господи, помилуй	
 Deacon: Again we pray for the blessed and ever-memorable, holy Orthodox patriarchs; and pious kings and right-believing queens; and the founders of this holy temple (if it be a monastery: this holy monastery), and for all our fathers and brethren gone to their rest before us, and the Orthodox here and everywhere laid to rest. 
People: Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. 
	Еще молимся о блаженных и приснопамятных святейших патриарсех православных, и благочестивых царех и благоверных царицах, и создателех святого храма сего, и о всех прежде почивших отцех и братиях наших, зде лежащих и повсюду православных.
Хор: Господи, помилуй, Господи, помилуй, Господи, помилуй	
 
Here may be inserted various petitions as desired
Usually, these petitions are only said in the Divine Liturgy

Various Optional Petitions
Petitions for Various Needs 
Deacon: Again we pray Thee, O Lord our God, that Thou wouldst hearken unto the voice of our supplication and prayer, and have mercy on Thy servant(s) N. (N.), through Thy grace and compassions, and fulfill all his (her) (their) petitions, and pardon him (her) (them) all transgressions voluntary and involuntary; let his (her) (their) prayers and alms be acceptable before the throne of Thy dominion, and protect him (her) (them) from enemies visible and invisible, from every temptation, harm and sorrow, and deliver him (her) (them) from ailments, and grant him (her) (them) health and length of days: let us all say, O Lord, hearken and have mercy. People: Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. 
Deacon: Look down, O Master, Lover of mankind, with Thy merciful eye, upon Thy servant(s) (N.) and hearken unto our supplication which is offered With faith, for Thou Thyself hast said: "All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believe that ye shall receive, and it shall be done unto you; and again: "Ask, and it shall be given you." Therefore we, though we be unworthy, yet hoping in Thy mercy, ask: Bestow Thy kindness upon Thy servant(s) N.(N.), and fulfil his (her) (their) good desires, preserve him (her) (them) all his (her) (their) days peacefully and calmly in health and length of days: let us all say, quickly hearken and graciously have mercy. People: Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. 
Deacon: Again we pray for the people here present that await of Thee great and abundant mercy, for all the brethren, and for all Christians. People: Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. 

Ectenia for the Ailing 
Deacon: O Physician of souls and bodies, with compunction and contrite hearts we fall down before Thee, and groaning we cry unto Thee: Heal the sicknesses, heal the passions of the soul and body of Thy servant N. (or the souls and bodies of Thy servants N.N.) and pardon him (her) (them), for Thou art kind-hearted, all transgressions, voluntary and involuntary, and quickly raise him (her) (them) up from his (her) (their) bed of sickness, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy. 				People: Lord, have mercy Thrice. 
Deacon: O Thou Who desirest not the death of sinners, but rather that they should return to Thee and live: Spare and have mercy on Thy servant(s) (N.), O Merciful One; banish sickness, drive away all passion, and all ailments, assuage chill and fever, and stretch forth Thy mighty arm, and as Thou didst raise up Jairus' daughter from her bed of sickness, restore him (her) (them) to health, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy. 			People: Lord, have mercy Thrice. 
Deacon: O Thou Who by Thy touch didst heal Peter's mother-in-law who was sick with fever, do Thou now, in Thy loving-kindness, heal Thy terribly-suffering servant(s) of his (her) (their) malady, quickly granting him (her) (them) health, we diligently pray Thee, O Fount of healing, hearken and have mercy. 					People: Lord, have mercy Thrice. 
Deacon: Again we pray to the Lord our God, that He may hearken unto the voice of the supplication of us sinners, and have mercy on His servant(s), N.(N.) and protect him (her) (them) from all tribulation, harm, wrath and necessity, and from every sickness of soul and body, granting him (her) (them) health with length of days: let us all say, quickly hearken and have mercy.			 People: Lord, have mercy Thrice. 

For those who journey 
Deacon: O Lord, Who dost guide the footsteps of mankind, graciously look upon Thy servant(s) N. (N.), and pardoning him (her) (them) every transgression, both voluntary and involuntary, bless the good intention of his (her) (their) counsel, and guide his (her) (their) goings out and comings in on the journey, we earnestly pray Thee, hearken and have mercy. 							People: Lord, have mercy Thrice. 

Deacon: O Lord, Who didst most gloriously deliver Joseph from the animosity of his brethren, and didst lead him to Egypt, and through the blessing of Thy goodness didst make him to prosper in all things: Bless also this (these) Thy servant(s) who desireth (desire) to travel, and cause his (her) (their) journey to be safe and tranquil, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy. 			People: Lord, have mercy Thrice. 

Thanksgiving for Petitions Granted 
Deacon: Giving thanks with fear and trembling, as unprofitable servants, unto Thy loving--kindness, O Lord our Savior and Master, for Thy benefits which Thou hast poured out abundantly on Thy servants, we fall down in worship and offer a doxology unto Thee as God, and fervently cry aloud to Thee: Deliver Thou Thy servants from all misfortune, and, as Thou art merciful, always fulfill the desires of us all unto good, we diligently pray Thee, hearken and have mercy. 					People: Lord, have mercy Thrice. 

Deacon: In that Thou now hast mercifully hearkened unto the prayers of Thy servants, O Lord, and hast manifested upon us the tender compassion of Thy love for mankind, so also, in time to come, disdaining us not, do Thou fulfill, unto Thy glory, all good desires of Thy faithful, and show unto all of us Thine abundant mercy, disregarding all our iniquities, we pray the, hearken and have mercy. 	People: Lord, have mercy Thrice. 

And after the special petitions, if any, the deacon sayeth the last petition: 

Deacon: Again we pray for them that bring offerings and do good works in this holy and all-venerable temple: for them that minister and them that chant; and for all the people here present, who await of Thee great and abundant mercy. 
People: Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.	Еще молимся о плодоносящих и добродеющих во святем и всечестнем храме сем, труждающихся, поющих и предстоящих людех, ожидающих от Тебя великия и богатыя милости.
Хор: Господи, помилуй, Господи, помилуй, Господи, помилуй	
 
Exclamation:
Priest: For a merciful God art Thou, and the Lover of mankind, and unto Thee do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. 
People: Amen. 
	Священник: Яко милостив и Человеколюбец Бог еси, и Тебе славу возсылаем, Отцу и Сыну, и Святому Духу … 

The Litany of Supplication
Deacon: Let us complete our evening prayer unto the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	Диакон: Исполним молитву нашу ?????? Господеви.	
Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	Заступи, спаси, помилуй и сохрани нас, Боже, Твоею благодатию.
	
Deacon: That the whole evening may be perfect, holy, peaceful, and sinless, let us ask of the Lord. 
People: Grant this, O Lord.	Дне ????? всего совершенна, свята, мирна и безгрешна у Господа просим.	
Deacon: An angel of peace, a faithful guide, a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us ask of the Lord. 
People: Grant this, O Lord.	Ангела мирна, верна наставника, хранителя душ и телес наших у Господа просим.
	
Deacon: Pardon and remission of our sins and offenses, let us ask the Lord. 
People: Grant this, O Lord.	Прощения и оставления грехов и прегрешений наших у Господа просим	
Deacon: Things good and profitable for our souls and bodies, and peace for the world, let us ask of the Lord. 
People: Grant this, O Lord.	Добрых и полезных душам нашим и мира мiрови у Господа просим	
Deacon: That we may complete the remaining time of our life in peace and repentance let us ask of the Lord. 
People: Grant this, O Lord. 
	Прочее время живота нашего в мире и покаянии скончати у Господа просим.
	
Deacon: A Christian ending to our life, painless, blameless, peaceful; and a good defense before the dread Judgment Seat of Christ, let us ask. 
	 People: Grant this, O Lord. 	Христианския кончины живота нашего, безболезненны, непостыдны, мирны и доброго ответа на страшном судищи Христове просим.	
Deacon: Calling to remembrance our most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and each other, and all our life unto Christ our God. 
People: To thee, O Lord	Пресвятую, пречистую, преблагословенную, славную Владычицу нашу Богородицу и Приснодеву Марию, со всеми святыми помянувше, сами себе и друг друга, и весь живот наш Христу Богу предадим. 
Хор: Тебе, Господи.	

 

 Exclamation:
Priest: For a good God art Thou and the lover of mankind, and to Thee do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
People: Amen.	Священник: Яко благ и Человеколюбец Бог еси, и Тебе славу возсылаем, Отцу и Сыну, и Святому Духу, ныне и присно, и во веки веков.	

The priest faces the people blessing them saying:
Priest: Peace be unto all. 
People: And to thy spirit.	Священник: Мир всем!
Хор: И духови твоему.	

Priest: Let us bow our heads unto the Lord	Священник: 	

Prayer at the bowing of the heads

Priest: O …

Exclamation: 

Priest: Blessed and most glorified be the dominion of Thy Kingdom: of the Father and of the son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. 

People: Amen
If there be a Litia, the sichera are sung here. As they are chanted. The priest and decon proceed through the North door of the altar to the middle of the church, in front of a standing candle. They make three bows, and then the deacon taketh the censer and doeth a small censing (the iconastasis, clergy, people) After the last sticheron, the deacon saith: 

Deacon: O Lord Save thy people ….

Then we sing the Aposticha. If it is a Saturday evening, we sing the Aposticha of the Resurrection, with these stichoi:Stichos 1: The Lord is King, * He is clothed with majesty.
Stichos 2: For He established the world * which shall not be shaken.
Stichos 3: Holiness becometh Thy house, O Lord, * unto length of days.
If there is a polyeleos (other than Saturday evening), we sing the Aposticha of the saint from the Menaion, with its stichoi. If the service is a great feast of the Lord, we sing the Aposticha appointed for the feast with its stichoi, no matter what day it falls on.
Then, after the Aposticha, the prayer of St. Symeon:
Reader [or the Choir]: Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, O Master, according to Thy word, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples; a light of revelation for the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel.
Reader: 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.	?????

Святый Боже, Святый Крепкий, Святый Безсмертный, помилуй нас (трижды, и поклоны три). 
Слава Отцу и Сыну и Святому Духу, и ныне и присно и во веки веков, аминь. 
Пресвятая Троице, помилуй нас. Господи, очисти грехи наша. Владыко, прости беззакония наша. Святый, посети и исцели немощи наша, имене Твоего ради. 
Господи помилуй (трижды).
Слава Отцу и Сыну и Святому Духу, и ныне и присно и во веки веков, аминь.	
 
 Reader: Our Father, who art in 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.	Reader: Отче наш, Иже еси на небесех! Да святится имя Твое, да приидет Царствие Твое. Да будет воля Твоя, яко на небеси и на земли. Хлеб наш насущный даждь нам днесь. И остави нам долги наша, якоже и мы оставляем должником нашим. И не введи нас во искушение, но избави нас от лукаваго.

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. 
People: Amen.	Священник: Яко Твое есть царство, и сила, и слава, Отца и Сына, и Святаго Духа, ныне и присно, и во веки веков.

Then we sing the Dismissal Troparion (or Troparia). If it is a regular Sunday Vigil, we sing “O Theotokos and Virgin…” Thrice. If it is one of the twelve feasts, we sing the dismissal troparion Thrice. If it is some other vigil, and it is not a Sunday, we sing the dismissal troparion of the saint twice, and “O Theotokos and Virgin…” once. If it is a Sunday coinciding with some other feast, we sing “O Theotokos and Virgin” twice, and the dismissal troparion of the Saint once. 
Choir: Tone 4: O Theotokos and Virgin, rejoice, O Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
 Choir: Blessed be the name of the Lord from henceforth and for evermore. Thrice.

And the first ten verses of the 33rd Psalm are sung:
Choir: I will bless the Lord at all times, * His praise shall continually be in my mouth. *In the Lord shall my soul be praised; * let the meek hear and be glad. 
O magnify the Lord with me, * and let us exalt His name together. * I sought the Lord, and He heard me, * and delivered me from all my tribulations. 
Come unto Him, and be enlightened, * and your faces shall not be ashamed. * This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, * and saved him out of all his tribulations. 
The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear Him, * and will deliver them. * O taste and see that the Lord is good; * blessed is the man that hopeth in Him. 
O fear the Lord, all ye His saints; * for there is no want to them that fear Him. * Rich men have turned poor and gone hungry; * but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good thing. 
And the priest giveth the blessing, facing the people in front of the royal gates:
Priest: The blessing of the Lord be upon you, through His grace and love for mankind, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. 
People: Amen. 	Священник: Благословение Господне на вас, Того благодатию и человеколюбием, всегда, ныне и присно, и во веки веков. 
Хор: Аминь.	

The end of vespers. Matins immediately followeth, with the Six Psalms

MATINS
The Great Litany

Deacon: In peace let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy	Диакон: Миром Господу помолимся.
Хор: Господи, помилуй	
Deacon: For the peace from above, and the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy.	О свышнем мире и спасении душ наших Господу помолимся.	
Deacon: For the peace of the whole world, the good estate of the holy churches of God, and the union of all, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy.	О мире всего мiра, благостоянии святых Божиих церквей и соединении всех Господу помолимся.	
Deacon: For this holy temple, and for them that with faith, reverence, and fear of God enter herein, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy. 
	О святем храме сем и с верою, благоговением и страхом Божиим входящих в онь Господу помолимся.	
Deacon: For the Orthodox episcopate of the Russian Church; for our lord the Very Most Reverend Metropolitan N., First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad; for our lord the Most Reverend (Archbishop or Bishop N., whose diocese it is): for the venerable priesthood, the Diaconate in Christ, for all the clergy and people, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy. 
	О православном епископстве Церкве Россиския, о господине нашем высокопреосвященнейшем Митрополите Виталии, первоиерарсе Русския Зарубежныя Церкве, о господине нашем Преосвященнейшем Епископе Александре, о честнем пресвитерстве, о еже во Христе диаконстве, о всем притче и людех Господу помолимся.
	
By ukaz of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia, the following two petitions are inserted: 
	
Deacon: For the much suffering Russian Land and its Orthodox people both in the homeland and in the diaspora, and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy.		
Deacon: That He may deliver His people from enemies both visible and invisible, and confirm in us oneness of mind, brotherly love, and piety, let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy. 
		
Deacon: For this land, its authorities, and Armed Forces, let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy	О страждущей стране нашей Росийстей и о православных людей ее во отечествии и рассеянии сущих, о стране сей и властех ея Господу помолимся.	
. Deacon: For this city (or town, or holy monastery), every city and country and the faithful that dwell therein, let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy. 
	О граде сем, всяком граде, стране и верою живущих в них Господу помолимся.	
Deacon: For seasonable weather, abundance of the fruits of the earth, and peaceful times, let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	О благорастворении воздухов, о изобилии плодов земных и временех мирных Господу помолимся.	
Deacon: For travelers by sea, land, and air; for the sick, the suffering; the imprisoned and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	О плавающих, путешествующих, недугующих, страждущих, плененных и о спасении их Господу помолимся.	
Deacon: That we may be delivered from all tribulation, wrath, and necessity, let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy	О избавитися нам от всякия скорби, гнева и нужды Господу помолимся.	
Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	Заступи, спаси, помилуй и сохрани нас, Боже, Твоею благодатию.	
Deacon: Calling to remembrance our most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another, and all our life unto Christ our God. 
People: To Thee O Lord	ресвятую, пречистую, преблагословенную, славную Владычицу нашу Богородицу и Приснодеву Марию, со всеми святыми помянувше, сами себе и друг друга и весь живот наш Христу Богу предадим. 
Хор: Тебе, Господи.	
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Exclamation:
Priest: For unto Thee is due all glory, honor, and worship: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. 
People: Amen.	Священник: Яко подобает Тебе всякая слава, честь и поклонение, Отцу и Сыну, и Святому Духу, ныне и присно, и во веки веков.
Хор: Аминь.	

God is the Lord is sung in the tone of the first troparion to be sung after it is finished. On Sundays, this is the tone of the resurrection.
Deacon: In the ___ Tone: God is the Lord and hath appeared unto us. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
 Stichos 1: O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endureth forever.
Choir: God is the Lord and hath appeared unto us. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. This is sung after each stichos.
Stichos 2: Surrounding me they compassed me, and by the name of the Lord I warded them off.
Stichos 3: I shall not die, but live, and I shall tell of the works of the Lord.
 Stichos 4: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

The Sunday (Resurrectional) Troparia of the Eight Tones:
Tone 1: When the stone had been sealed by the Jews,* And the soldiers were guarding Thine immaculate Body,* Thou didst arise on the third day, O Savior, * granting life unto the world. * Wherefore, the Hosts of the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Life-giver: * Glory to Thy resurrection, O Christ. * Glory to Thy kingdom. * Glory to Thy dispensation, O only Lover of mankind.
Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, * then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. * And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, * all the Hosts of the heavens cried out: * O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.
Tone 3: Let the heavens be glad; let earthly things rejoice; * for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm. * He hath trampled down death by death; * the first-born of the dead hath He become. * From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us * and Hath granted to the world great mercy.
Tone 4: Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the angel, * and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, * the women disciples of the Lord spake to the apostles exultantly: * Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, * granting to the world great mercy.
 Tone 5: Let us, O faithful, praise and worship the Word * Who is co-unoriginate with the Father and the Spirit, * and Who was born of the Virgin for our salvation; * for He was pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh * and to endure death, * and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.
Tone 6. Angelic hosts were above Thy tomb, * and they that guarded Thee became as dead. And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate body. * Thou didst despoil hades and wast not tempted by it. * Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. * O Thou Who didst rise from the dead, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
Tone 7. Thou didst destroy death by Thy Cross, * Thou didst open paradise to the thief. * Thou didst change the lamentation of the Myrrh-bearers, * and Thou didst command Thine Apostles to proclaim * that Thou didst arise, O Christ God, * and grantest to the world great mercy.
Tone 8: From on high didst Thou descend, O compassionate One; * to burial of three days hast Thou submitted * that Thou mightest free us from our passions. * O our Life and Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
Then:

 THE FIRST KATHISMA

Choir: Lord, have mercy. Thrice. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

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

 The first appointed kathisma from the Psalter is read. On Sundays it is always the Second Kathisma.

 The first and second stasis are concluded as follows:

Reader: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

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

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

 The Small Litany after the first Kathisma
At the conclusion of the stasis, the deacon, standing in the usual place, and bowing, saith:
Deacon: Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy	Диакон: Паки и паки миром Господу помолимся.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	Заступи, спаси, помилуй и сохрани нас, Боже, Твоею благодатию.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Calling to remembrance our most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another, and all our life unto Christ our God. 
People: To Thee, O Lord. 	Пресвятую, пречистую, преблагословенную, славную Владычицу нашу Богородицу и Приснодеву Марию, со всеми святыми помянувше, сами себе, и друг друга, и весь живот наш Христу Богу предадим. 

Хор: Тебе, Господи.	
Exclamation:
Priest: For Thine is the dominion, and 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 ages of ages. 
People: Amen.	Священник: Яко Твоя держава, и Твое есть Царство, и сила, и слава, Отца и Сына, и Святого Духа, ныне и присно, и во веки веков. 
Хор: Аминь.	
 Then the Sessional Hymns of the tone or of the feast are sung (or read). Then:

Choir: Lord, have mercy. Thrice. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Reader: Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

And then the next stasis is read. The final stasis is concluded as follows:
 
Reader: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God. Thrice.

The Small Litany after the Second Kathisma
At the conclusion of the stasis, the deacon, standing in the usual place, and bowing, saith:
Deacon: Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord. 
People: Lord, have mercy	Диакон: Паки и паки миром Господу помолимся.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace. 
People: Lord, have mercy.	Заступи, спаси, помилуй и сохрани нас, Боже, Твоею благодатию.
Хор: Господи, помилуй.	
Deacon: Calling to remembrance our most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another, and all our life unto Christ our God. 
People: To Thee, O Lord. 	Пресвятую, пречистую, преблагословенную, славную Владычицу нашу Богородицу и Приснодеву Марию, со всеми святыми помянувше, сами себе, и друг друга, и весь живот наш Христу Богу предадим. 

Хор: Тебе, Господи.	
Exclamation:
Priest: For a good God art Thou and the lover of mankind, and to Thee do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.	Священник: Яко благ и Человеколюбец Бог еси, и Тебе славу возсылаем, Отцу и Сыну, и Святому Духу, ныне и присно, и во веки веков.	

 

 

 

 Then the Sessional Hymns of the tone or of the feast are sung (or read). 

Then we sing the Polyeleos (Psalm 134 and 135), but usually only the following four verses (the first and last verses of each psalm), on all Sundays from September 21 until December 20 and from January 14 through Cheese-Fare Sunday. 
Beginning on the First Sunday of Great Lent until the Sunday after September 21, there is no Polyeleos on Sundays, except for Palm Sunday and Pentecost, unless appointed by the Menaion, and we sing (or read) “The Blameless,” i.e. Psalm 118, followed by the Evlogitaria. 

THE POLYELEOS
(Select verses):

Choir: Praise ye the name of the Lord; O ye servants, praise the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. 
Blessed is the Lord out of Zion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endureth forever. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
O give thanks unto the God of heaven; for His mercy endureth forever. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

[On the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, Meat-Fare, and Cheese-Fare Sundays, after the Polyeleos we sing Psalm 136: “By the rivers of Babylon…”]
 
 Then, in Slavic practice, the Megalynarion of the feast is sung, if there is one, with the selected psalm verses. However, if it is a Sunday, the Megalynarion is usually sung only once (in general parish practice), without psalm verses, unless it is a Great feast of the Lord.
 
THE EVLOGITARIA (On Sundays)
 
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, * teach me Thy statutes.
The assembly of angels was amazed, * beholding Thee numbered among the dead; * yet, O Savior, * destroying the stronghold of death, * and with Thyself raising up Adam, * and freeing all from hades.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, * teach me Thy statutes.
Why mingle ye myrrh with tears of pity, * O ye women disciples? * Thus the radiant angel within the tomb * addressed the myrrh-bearing women; * behold the tomb and understand, * for the Savior is risen from the tomb.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, * teach me Thy statutes.
Very early * the myrrh-bearing women hastened * unto Thy tomb, lamenting, * but the angel stood before them and said: * the time for lamentation is passed, weep not, * but tell of the Resurrection to the apostles.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, * teach me Thy statutes.
The myrrh-bearing women, * with myrrh came to Thy tomb, O Savior, bewailing, * but the angel addressed them, saying: * Why number ye the living among the dead, * for as God * He is risen from the tomb.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.
Let us worship the Father, * and His Son, and the Holy Spirit, * the Holy Trinity, * one in essence, * crying with the Seraphim: * Holy, Holy, Holy art Thou, O Lord.
Both now and ever, * and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
In bringing forth the Giver of life, * thou hast delivered Adam from sin, O Virgin, * and hast brought joy to Eve * instead of sorrow; * and those fallen from life * have thereunto been restored, * by Him Who of thee was incarnate, God and man.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God. Thrice.
 
Senior Reader: 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. 

Choir: Amen.
If it is Sunday, the Hypakoe is read (if feast of the Theotokos or of saints fall on Sunday, their sessional hymns are read after the Hypakoe. Feast of the Lord which fall on Sunday replace the Octoechos entirely).
Then, on Sundays the Hymns of Ascents of the tone are sung. On feasts of the Lord and at vigils on other days only the first antiphon of the 4th tone is sung, as follows:
 Choir: From my youth * do many passions war against me; * but do Thou Thyself defend * and save me, O my Savior.
Ye haters of Zion * shall be shamed by the Lord; * for like grass, by the fire * shall ye be withered.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit, * both now and ever, * and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
In the Holy Spirit, * every soul is quickened, * and, through cleansing, is exalted * and made radiant by the Triple Unity in a hidden sacred manner.
 Deacon: The Prokimenon in the ___ Tone:
 And he reads the Prokimenon of the Sunday tone, or of the feast. The choir sings it; he then reads the stichos; the choir repeats the Prokimenon; he then reads the first half of the Prokimenon (down to the asterisk), and the choir sings the remaining portion.

The Prokimena for Sunday Matins:

Tone 1: Now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will establish them in salvation, * I will be manifest therein.
Stichos: The words of the Lord are pure words.
 
Tone 2: Arouse Thyself, O Lord my God, in the commandment which Thou hast enjoined, * and a congregation of peoples shall surround Thee.
 Stichos: O Lord my God, in Thee have I put my hope; save me.
 
Tone 3: Say among the nations that the Lord is king; * for He hath established the world which shall not be shaken.
 Stichos: O sing unto the Lord a new song, sing unto the Lord all the earth.
 
Tone 4: Arise, O Lord, help us, * and redeem us for Thy name’s sake.
 Stichos: O God, with our ears have we heard, for our fathers have told us.
 
Tone 5: Arise, O Lord my God, let Thy hands be lifted high; * for Thou shalt be king forever.
 Stichos: I will confess Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart, I will tell of all Thy wonders.
 
Tone 6: O Lord, stir up Thy might * and come to save us.
 Stichos: O Shepherd of Israel, attend, Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep.
 
Tone 7: Arise, O Lord my God, let Thy hand be lifted high; * forget not Thy paupers to the end.
 Stichos: I will confess Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart, I will tell of all Thy wonders.
 
Tone 8: The Lord shall be king unto eternity; * thy God, O Zion, unto generation and generation.
 Stichos: Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord in my life.
 
Senior Reader: Let every breath praise the Lord.
 
Choir: Let every breath praise the Lord.
 
Senior Reader: Praise ye God in His saints, praise Him in the firmament of His power.
 
Choir: Let every breath praise the Lord.
 
Senior Reader: Let every breath. 
 
Choir: Praise the Lord.
 
Choir: Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
 
Senior Reader: The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Saint _____.
 
Choir: Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee.
 
 Then the Senior reader reads the appointed Gospel, in a normal tone of voice, facing the altar. At the conclusion of the reading:
 
Choir: Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee.
 
And on Sundays (except Palm Sunday and Pentecost), and on Ascension, and on the Exaltation of the Cross, and on any weekday or Saturday vigil of the Paschal period, once (but on Thomas Sunday and the rest of the Sundays of the Paschal period through the Sunday of the Blind Man, thrice):
 Choir: Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ, * let us worship the holy Lord Jesus, * the only sinless One. * We venerate Thy Cross, O Christ, * and Thy holy Resurrection we hymn and glorify. * For Thou art our God, * and we know none other beside Thee; * we call upon Thy name. * O come, all ye faithful, * let us worship Christ’s holy Resurrection, * for, behold, through the Cross joy hath come to all the world. * Ever blessing the Lord, * we hymn His Resurrection; * for, having endured crucifixion, * He hath destroyed death by death.

PSALM 50 

Reader: Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of Thy compassions blot out my transgression. 

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 

For I know mine iniquity, and my sin is ever before me. 

Against Thee only have I sinned and done this evil before Thee, that Thou mightest be justified in Thy words, and prevail when Thou art judged. 

For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother bear me. 

For behold, Thou hast loved truth; the hidden and secret things of Thy wisdom hast Thou made manifest unto me. 

Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be made clean; Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. 

Thou shalt make me to hear joy and gladness; the bones that be humbled, they shall rejoice. 

Turn Thy face away from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, and with Thy governing Spirit establish me. 

I shall teach transgressors Thy ways, and the ungodly shall turn back unto Thee. 

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; my tongue shall rejoice in Thy righteousness. 

O Lord, Thou shalt open my lips, and my mouth shall declare Thy praise. 

For if Thou hadst desired sacrifice, I had given it; with whole-burnt offerings Thou shalt not be pleased. 

A sacrifice unto God is a broken spirit; a heart that is broken and humbled God will not despise. 

Do good, O Lord, in Thy good pleasure unto Sion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be builded. 

Then shalt Thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, with oblation and whole-burnt offerings. 

Then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine altar.
 
If it is a feast of the Lord or The Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple, with special stichera, they are sung here. Otherwise, on Sundays and other vigils we sing in the
6th Tone:
 
Choir: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Through the prayers of the apostles (or the Theotokos, on her feasts, or Saint N., if it is not a Sunday vigil), O Merciful One, * blot out the multitude of our transgressions.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Through the prayers of the Theotokos, * O Merciful One, * blot out the multitude of our transgressions.
Have mercy on me, O God, * according to Thy great mercy; * and according to the multitude of Thy compassions, * blot out my transgressions.
 
 And if there is a festal sticheron appointed at this place (for feasts of the Lord and the Theotokos, on any day, including Sundays; for saints, on weekdays only), it is
sung. Otherwise, on Sundays outside the Lenten cycle we sing:
 
 Jesus having risen from the grave, * as He foretold, * hath given us life eternal, * and great mercy.

 

 But beginning with the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee and continuing through the 5th Sunday of Lent, immediately after the 50th Psalm we sing, instead of the preceding verses, the following:
 
Tone 8: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
The doors of repentance do Thou open to me, O Giver of life, * for my spirit waketh at dawn toward Thy holy temple, * bearing a temple of the body all defiled. * But in Thy compassion cleanse it * by the loving-kindness of Thy mercy.

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

Theotokion: Guide me in the paths of salvation, O Theotokos, * for I have defiled my soul with shameful sins, * and have wasted all my life in
slothfulness, * but by thine intercessions * deliver me from all uncleanness.
Tone 6: Have mercy on me, O God, * according to Thy great mercy; * and according to the multitude of Thy compassions, * blot out my transgressions.
When I think of the multitude of evil things I have done, * I, a wretched one, * I tremble at the fearful day of judgment; * but trusting in the mercy of
 Thy loving-kindness, * like David do I cry unto Thee: * Have mercy on me, O God, * according to Thy great mercy.

 
Senior Reader: Lord, have mercy. Twelve Times.
 
 O Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.
 
Choir: Amen.
 
 Then we begin the canon. After the 3rdand 6th odes:

Senior Reader: 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. 

Choir: Amen.

After the 8th Ode of the canon, we sing:
 
Choir: We praise, we bless, we worship the Lord, praising and supremely exalting Him unto all ages. And then the appointed katavasia.
 
And we sing the Song of the Most Holy Theotokos (the Magnificat) (on great feasts special megalynaria are sung instead of the Magnificat):
 
Choir: My soul doth magnify the Lord, * and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
And after each verse, the refrain: 
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.
For He hath looked upon the lowliness of His handmaiden; * for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Refrain.
For the Mighty One hath done great things to me, * and holy is His name; * and His mercy is on them that fear Him * unto generation and generation. Refrain.
He hath showed strength with His arm, * and He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart. Refrain.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and exalted them of low degree; * He hath filled the hungry with good things, * and the rich He hath sent empty away. Refrain.
He hath holpen His servant Israel * in remembrance of His mercy, * as He spake to our fathers, * to Abraham and his seed forever. Refrain.
 
After the 9th ode:
Senior Reader: 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. 

Choir: Amen.

Then, if it is Sunday (but not on Pascha, Pentecost, or any Sunday coinciding with Transfiguration or the Exaltation of the Cross):
 
Reader: Holy is the Lord our God.
 
Choir: Holy is the Lord our God.
 
Reader: For holy is the Lord our God.
 
Choir: Holy is the Lord our God.
 
Reader: Above all peoples is our God.
 
Choir: Holy is the Lord our God.
 
After this, the Exapostilaria of the Resurrection and / or the feast.
 
The Lauds (the Praises) in the tone of the first appointed sticheron:
 
Choir: Let every breath praise the Lord. * Praise the Lord from the heavens, * praise Him in the highest. * To Thee is due praise, O God.
Praise Him, all ye His angels; * praise Him, all ye His hosts. * To Thee is due praise, O God.
 
Then, straight chant on one note, as on “do,” going up one step on the next-to-the-last word(s) or syllable(s) and back down again on the last stressed word(s) or syllable(s). The word(s) or syllable(s) which should be raised one note are in boldface type. Also, the verses may be read down to the last verse before the first sticheron is sung.
Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him all ye stars and light.
Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and thou water that art above the heav-ens.
Let them praise the name of the Lord; for He spake, and they came to be; He commanded, and they were cre-at-ed.
He established them for ever, yea, for ever and ever; He hath set an ordinance, and it shall not pass a-way.
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all ye a-byss-es.
Fire, hail, snow, ice, blast of tempest, which per-form His word.
The mountains and all the hills, fruitful trees, and all ce-dars.
The beasts and all the cattle, creeping things and wing-ed birds.
Kings of the earth, and all peoples, princes and all the judges of the earth.
Young men and virgins, elders with the younger; let them praise the name of the Lord, for exalted is the name of Him a-lone.
His praise is above the earth and heaven, and He shall exalt the horn of His peo-ple.
This is the hymn for all His saints, for the sons of Israel, and for the people that draw nigh unto Him.
Sing unto the Lord a new song; His praise is in the church of the saints.
Let Israel be glad in Him that made him, let the sons of Zion re-joice in their King.
Let them praise His name in the dance; with the timbrel and the psaltery let them chant unto Him.
For the Lord taketh pleasure in His people, and He shall exalt the meek with sal-va-tion.
The saints shall boast in glory, and they shall re-joice upon their beds.
The high praise of God shall be in their throat, and two-edged swords shall be in their hands.
To do vengeance among the heathen, punishments among the peo-ples.
To bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of i-ron.
 
If there are 6 (or 8) stichera appointed, they are sung after the following verse, otherwise it is read or sung as the above verses down to the place were we would begin when 4 stichera are appointed:
 
Reader: To do among them the judgment that is written. 
 
Choir: This glory shall be to all His saints. And then the first sticheron is sung.
Praise ye God in His saints, * praise Him in the firmament of His power. Sticheron.
 
 If there are 4 stichera appointed, they begin after the following verse:
 
 Praise Him for His mighty acts, * praise Him according to the multitude of His greatness. Sticheron.
Praise Him with the sound of trumpet, * praise Him with the psaltery and harp. Sticheron.
Praise Him with timbrel and dance, * praise him with strings and flute. Sticheron.
Praise Him with tuneful cymbals, praise Him with cymbals of jubilation. * Let every breath praise the Lord. Sticheron.
 
On Sundays, when there is always a minimum of 8 stichera appointed (unless it is a great feast of the Lord) these two stichoi are added (when all the stichera are from the
Octoechos, otherwise we use two psalm verses for saint or feast of the day, usually taken from the verses at the aposticha in the menaion):
 
Arise, O Lord my God, let Thy hands be lifted high; * forget not Thy paupers to the end. Sticheron.
I will confess Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart, * I will tell of all Thy wonders. Sticheron.
 
Reader: Glory in the ___ Tone.
 
Choir: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
 
If it is a Sunday, the Gospel sticheron is sung, unless there is a Doxasticon from the Menaion, the Triodion, or the Pentecostarion.
 
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
 
 Theotokion, Tone 2: Most blessed art Thou, O Virgin Theotokos, * for through Him Who became incarnate of Thee is hades led captive, * Adam recalled, the curse annulled, Eve set free, * death slain, and we are given life. * Wherefore, we cry aloud in praise: * Blessed is Christ God Who hast been so pleased, glory to Thee.

 The Great Doxology
 
 [Glory to Thee Who hast shown forth the light.] Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will among men. We praise Thee, we bless Thee,
we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory. O Lord, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty; O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; and O Holy Spirit. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sin of the world; have mercy on us; Thou that takest away the
sins of the world, receive our prayer; Thou that sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord, O Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen. 
Every day will I bless Thee, and I will praise Thy Name forever, yea, forever and forever. 
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is Thy name unto the
ages. Amen.
Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee.
Blessed are Thou, O Lord, teach me Thy statutes. Thrice
Lord, thou hast been our refuge in generation and generation. I said: O Lord, have mercy on me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee. 
O Lord, unto Thee have I fled for refuge, teach me to do Thy will, for Thou art my God. For in Thee is the fountain of life, in Thy light shall we see light. O continue Thy mercy unto them that know Thee. 
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. Holy Immortal have mercy on us. Holy God, Holy mighty, Holy Immortal have mercy on us. 
 
If it is a Sunday and a feast of the Lord coincides with it, we sing the troparion of the feast. If it is a vigil on any other day of the week, we sing the troparion of the feast.
But if it is a regular Sunday, even if it is a feast of the Theotokos or of a saint, we sing one of the following troparia.
If it is a 1st, 3rd, 5th, or 7th Tone Sunday, we sing:
 
Tone 1: Today is salvation come unto the world; * let us sing praises to Him that arose from the tome, * and is the Author of our life. * For, having destroyed death by death, * He hath given us the victory and great mercy.
 
If is a 2nd, 4th, 6th, or 8th Tone Sunday, we sing:
 
Tone 2: Having risen from the tomb, and having burst the bonds of hades, * Thou hast destroyed the sentence of death, O Lord, * delivering all from the
snares of the enemy. * Manifesting Thyself to Thine apostles, Thou didst send them forth to preach; * and through them hast granted Thy peace to the world, * O
Thou Who alone art plenteous in mercy.

Senior Reader: Lord, have mercy. Forty Times 

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

Choir: Amen.

The Reader Service Typikon calls for saying “Lord, have mercy” twelve more times, followed by “Glory… Both now…” in place of the second litany
which would be done were a priest serving. This seems a bit tedious to do back to back, but those who wish to follow this rubric may do so.

Choir: Establish, O God, the holy Orthodox Faith of Orthodox Christians unto the ages of ages.
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.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. 
Lord have mercy. (Thrice)

 O Lord, Bless.

Senior Reader: O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for the sake of the prayers of Thy most pure Mother, of our holy and God-bearing fathers, of _____ (saints of
the day), of _____ (The Patron of the Temple), and all the saints, have mercy on us. 

Choir: Amen.

The Orthodox episcopate of the Church of Russia; * our Lord the Very Most Reverend Metropolitan Vitaly, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, * and our Lord the Most Reverend Archbishop (or Bishop) N.; * the brotherhood of this holy temple (or monastery), and all Orthodox Christians: * preserve, O Lord, for many years.

 And the First Hour is read:

 
 The First Hour
Reader: 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 Christ Himself, our King and our God.	Приидите, поклонимся Цареви нашему Богу / Приидите, поклонимся и припадем Христу, Цареви нашему Богу / Приидите, поклонимся и припадем самому Христу, Цареви и Богу нашему 	

Psalm 5/ Псалом 5
Unto my words, give ear, O Lord; hear my cry. 
Attend unto the voice of my supplication, O my King and my God; for unto Thee will I pray, O Lord. 
In the morning Thou shalt hear my voice. In the morning shall I stand before Thee, and Thou shalt look upon me; for not a God that willest iniquity art Thou. 
He that worketh evil shall not dwell near Thee, nor shall transgressors abide before Thine eyes. 
Thou hast hated all them that work iniquity; Thou shalt destroy all them that speak a lie. 
A man that is bloody and deceitful shall the Lord abhor. 
But as for me, in the multitude of Thy mercy shall I go into Thy house; I shall worship toward Thy holy temple in fear of Thee. 
O Lord, guide me in the way of Thy righteousness; because of mine enemies, make straight my way before Thee.
For in their mouth there is no truth; their heart is vain. 
Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they spoken deceitfully; judge them, O God. 
Let them fall down on account of their own devisings; according to the multitude of their ungodliness, cast them out, for they have embittered Thee, O Lord. 
And let all them be glad that hope in Thee; they shall ever rejoice, and Thou shalt dwell among them. 
And all shall glory in Thee that love Thy name, for Thou shalt bless the righteous. 
O Lord, as with a shield of Thy good pleasure hast Thou crowned us.
	Глаголы моя внуши, Господи, разумей звание мое. Вонми гласу моления моего, Царю мой и Боже мой, яко к Тебе помолюся, Господи. Заутра услыши глас мой, заутра предстану Ти, и узриши мя. Яко Бог не хотяй беззакония Ты еси: не приселится к Тебе лукавнуяй, ниже пребудут беззаконницы пред очима Твоима: возненавидел еси вся делающия беззаконие. Погубиши вся глаголющия лжу: мужа кровей и льстива гнушается Господь. Аз же множеством милости Твоея вниду в дом Твой, поклонюся ко храму святому Твоему в страсе Твоем. Господи, настави мя правдою Твоею, враг моих ради исправи пред Тобою путь мой. Яко несть во устех их истины, сердце их суетно, гроб отверст гортань их: языки своими льщаху. Суди им, Боже, да отпадут от мыслей своих, по множеству нечестия их изрини я, яко преогорчиша Тя, Господи. И да возвеселятся вси уповающие на Тя, во век возрадуются, и вселишися в них, и похвалятся о Тебе любящие Имя Твое. Яко Ты благословиши праведника, Господи, яко оружием благословения венчал еси нас	

Psalm 89/ Псалом 89

Lord, Thou hast been our refuge in generation and generation. 
Before the mountains came to be and the earth was formed and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting Thou art. 
Turn not man away unto lowliness; yea, Thou hast said: Turn back, ye sons of men. 
For a thousand years in Thine eyes, O Lord, are but as yesterday that is past, and as a watch in the night. 
Things of no account shall their years be; in the morning like grass shall man pass away. 
In the morning shall he bloom and pass away, in the evening shall he fall and grow withered and dry. 
For we have fainted away in Thy wrath, and in Thine anger have we been troubled. 
Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee; our lifespan is in the light of Thy countenance. 
For all our days are faded away, and in Thy wrath are we fainted away; our years have, like a spider, spun out their tale. 
As for the days of our years, in their span they be threescore years and ten. 
And if we be in strength, mayhap fourscore years; and what is more than these is toil and travail. 
For mildness is come upon us, and we shall be chastened. 
Who knoweth the might of Thy wrath? And out of fear of Thee, who can recount Thine anger? 
So make Thy right hand known to me, and to them that in their heart are instructed in wisdom. 
Return, O Lord; how long? And be Thou entreated concerning Thy servants. 
We were filled in the morning with Thy mercy, O Lord, and we rejoiced and were glad. 
In all our days, let us be glad for the days wherein Thou didst humble us, for the years wherein we saw evils. 
And look upon Thy servants, and upon Thy works, and do Thou guide their sons. 
And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us, and the works of our hands do Thou guide aright upon us, yea, the work of our hands do Thou guide aright. 
	Господи, Прибежище был еси нам в род и род. Прежде даже горам не быти и создатися земли и вселенней, и от века и до века Ты еси. Не отврати человека во смирение и рекл еси: обратитеся, сынове человечестии. Яко тысяща лет пред очима Твоима, Господи, яко день вчерашний, иже мимо иде, и стража нощная. Уничижения их лета будут: утро, яко трава, мимо идет, утро процветет и прейдет: на вечер отпадет, ожестеет и изсхнет: яко исчезохом гневом Твоим, и яростию Твоею смутихомся. Положил еси беззакония наша пред Тобою, век наш в просвещение лица Твоего. Яко вси дние наша оскудеша, и гневом Твоим исчезохом: лета наша яко паучина поучахуся: дние лет наших, в нихже седмьдесят лет, аще же в силах, осмьдесят лет, и множае их труд и болезнь: яко прииде кротость на ны, и накажемся. Кто весть державу гнева Твоего, и от страха Твоего ярость Твою изчести? Десницу Твою тако скажи ми, и окованныя сердцем в мудрости. Обратися, Господи, доколе? и умолен буди на рабы Твоя. Исполнихомся заутра милости Твоея, Господи, и возрадовахомся, и возвеселихомся: во вся дни нашя возвеселихомся, за дни, в няже смирил ны еси, лета, в няже видехом злая. И призри на рабы Твоя и на дела Твоя, и настави сыны их. И буди светлость Господа Бога нашего на нас, и дела рук наших исправи на нас, и дело рук наших исправи.
	
Psalm 100
Of mercy and judgement will I sing unto Thee, O Lord; I will chant and have understanding in a blameless path. When wilt Thou come unto me? 
I have walked in the innocence of my heart in the midst of my house. 
I have no unlawful thing before mine eyes; the workers of transgressions I have hated. 
A crooked heart hath not cleaved unto me; as for the wicked man who turned from me, I knew him not. 
Him that privily talked against his neighbour did I drive away from me. 

With him whose eye was proud and his heart insatiate, I did not eat. 
Mine eyes were upon the faithful of the land, that they might sit with me; the man that walked in the blameless path, he ministered unto me. 
The proud doer dwelt not in the midst of my house; the speaker of unjust things prospered not before mine eyes. 
In the morning I slew all the sinners of the land, utterly to destroy out of the city of the Lord all them that work iniquity. 
	Милость и суд воспою Тебе, Господи. Пою и разумею в пути непорочне, когда приидеши ко мне? Прехождах в незлобии сердца моего посреде дому моего. Не предлагах пред очима моима вещь законопреступную: творящия преступления возненавидех. Не прильпе мне сердце строптиво, уклоняющагося от мене лукаваго не познах. Оклеветающаго тай искренняго своего, сего изгонях. Гордым оком и несытым сердцем, с сим не ядях. Очи мои на верныя земли, посаждати я со мною: ходяй по пути непорочну, сей ми служаше. Не живяше посреде дому моего творяй гордыню, глаголай неправедная, не исправляше пред очима моима. Во утрия избивах вся грешныя земли, еже потребити от града Господня вся делающия беззакония.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. 
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God. Thrice. 
 Lord, have mercy. Thrice.	Слава, и ныне: Аллилуиа, трижды. Поклоны 3.
Господи, помилуй, трижды.

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: What shall we call thee, O thou who art full of grace? Heaven, for from thee hast dawned forth the Sun of Righteousness. Paradise, for from thee bath blossomed forth the flower of immortality. Virgin, for thou hast remained incorrupt. Pure Mother, for thou hast held in thy holy embrace the Son, the God of all. Do thou entreat Him to save our souls	Что Тя наречем, о Благодатная; Небо, яко возсияла еси Солнце правды: рай, яко прозябла еси Цвет нетления: Деву, яко пребыла еси Нетленна: Чистую Матерь, яко имела еси на святых своих объятиях Сына, всех Бога. Того моли спастися душам нашим.
	
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My steps do Thou direct according to thy saying, and let no iniquity have dominion over me. Deliver me from the false accusations of men, and I will keep Thy commandments. Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant, and teach me Thy statutes.	Стопы моя направи по словеси Твоему, и да не обладает мною всякое беззаконие. Избави мя от клеветы человеческия, и сохраню заповеди Твоя. Лице Твое просвети на раба Твоего, и научи мя оправданием Твоим.	

Let my mouth be filled with Thy praise, that I may hymn Thy glory and Thy majesty all the day long.	Да исполнятся уста моя хваления Твоего, Господи, яко да воспою славу Твою, весь день великолепие Твое.

Reader: 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.	Святый Боже, Святый Крепкий, Святый Безсмертный, помилуй нас (трижды, и поклоны три). 
Слава Отцу и Сыну и Святому Духу, и ныне и присно и во веки веков, аминь. 
Пресвятая Троице, помилуй нас. Господи, очисти грехи наша. Владыко, прости беззакония наша. Святый, посети и исцели немощи наша, имене Твоего ради. 
Господи помилуй (трижды).
Слава Отцу и Сыну и Святому Духу, и ныне и присно и во веки веков, аминь.	

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.	Священник: Яко Твое есть царство, и сила, и слава, Отца и Сына, и Святаго Духа, ныне и присно, и во веки веков.

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.		

The Prayer of the First Hour 

Priest: O Christ, the True Light, Who enlightenest and sanctifiest every man that cometh into the world: Let the Light of Thy countenance be signed upon us, that in it we may see the Unapproachable Light, and guide our steps in the doing of Thy commandments, through the intercessions of Thy most pure Mother, and of all Thy saints. Amen. 
	Христе, Свете Истинный, просвещаяй и освящаяй всякаго человека, грядущаго в мiр, да знаменается на нас свет лица Твоего, да в нем узрим Свет Неприступный: и исправи стопы нашя к деланию заповедей Твоих, молитвами Пречистыя Твоея Матере, и всех Твоих святых, аминь.

Tone 8:
Choir: To Thee, the Champion Leader, we Thy servants dedicate a feast of victory and of thanksgiving as ones rescued out of sufferings, O Theotokos: but as Thou art one with might which is invincible, from all dangers that can be do Thou deliver us, that we may cry to Thee: Rejoice, Thou Bride Unwedded!

The Dismissal
Priest: Glory to thee, O Christ our God and our hope, glory to thee.	Священник: Слава Тебе, Христе Боже, упование наше, слава Тебе.	

Choir: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
 Father (Master) bless

The blessing

 Choir: Amen. Lord, have mercy. Thrice
 
The End of the All-Night Vigil

Choir: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy. Father (Master, if a bishop is present, whether he serve of not), bless. 
Priest: May Christ our true God, (insert the appointed characteristic phrase, on Sundays, 'Who arose from the dead'), through the intercessions of his most pure Mother; (and the rest) of our father among the saints, John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople; (and of the saint(s) whose temple it is and whose day it is); of the holy and Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; and of all the saints: have mercy on us and save us, for He is good and the Lover of mankind. 

Choir: Amen. The Orthodox episcopate of the Russian Church; our Lord the Very Most Reverend Metropolitan N., First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad; and our lord the Most Reverend Bishop N.; the brotherhood of this holy temple, and all Orthodox Christians: preserve, O Lord, for many years!