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make complete; You Yourself preserve for us the memory of Your worship. You Yourself send down Your 36.713 all-holy Spirit, that by His holy and good and glorious presence He may sanctify and transform these precious and holy gifts set before us, into the very body and blood of our redemption.

The people say. Let us attend. The deacon says. Amen. The priest shall exclaim. And may He make this bread* become the holy

body of You, even of our Lord and God and Savior, and King of all, Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and for eternal life to those who partake of it.

The people say. Amen. The priest says. And this cup, Your precious blood, that of the new

covenant, even of our Lord, and God and Savior, and King of all, Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and for eternal life to those who partake of it.

The people say. Amen. The priest says and the people respond, Lord have mercy. We beseech You,

O Christ our God. O Lord, fix fast the foundation of Your Church. Root in us the harmony of love. Increase the truth of the faith. Make straight for us the way of Your piety. Strengthen the shepherds. Make safe the ones being shepherded. Give to the clergy good order. To the monks, self-control. To those in virginity, chastity. To those in holy matrimony, a good life. To those in repentance, mercy. To the rich, goodness. To the needy, assistance. To the poor, help. Gird the aged. Discipline the young. Convert the unbelievers. Stop the schisms of the Church. Put down the arrogance of heresies. Join us all to the harmony of Your piety.

The people say. Lord have mercy. The priest says. Remember, O Lord, the peace of Your holy, one, catholic,

and apostolic Church, from one end of the world to the other, and of the orthodox bishops in her, who rightly divide the word of truth.

He shall exclaim. Especially our most holy and most blessed high priest, abba N., pope and patriarch of the great city of Alexandria, and for the surviving bishops, presbyters, deacons, readers, chanters, exorcists, monastics, ever-virgins 36.716, the continent, widows, orphans, laity, and for all the fullness, of the holy Church of God of the faithful.

The people say. Lord have mercy. The priest says. Remember, O Lord, those who have reigned piously. Remember,

O Lord, our faithful and orthodox brethren in the palace, and of all the army. Remember, O Lord, those who offer these holy gifts, and for whom, and through whom they have offered them, and grant to them all a heavenly reward. Remember, O Lord, also those in mountains, and caves, and in the holes of the earth. And of our brethren who are in captivity, and grant peaceful restorations to their own homes.

The deacon says. Pray for the captives. The people say. Lord have mercy. Then the priest bows his head, saying

to himself within himself. Remember, O Lord, also my own wretched and miserable

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κατάρτισον· αὐτὸς ἡμῖν τῆς σῆς λα τρείας τὴν μνήμην διάσωσον. Αὐτὸς τὸ Πνεῦμά σου 36.713 τὸ πανάγιον κατάπεμψον, ἵνα ἐπιφοιτῆσαν τῇ ἁγίᾳ καὶ ἀγαθῇ καὶ ἐνδόξῳ αὐτοῦ παρουσίᾳ ἁγιάσῃ καὶ μεταποιήσῃ τὰ προκείμενα, τίμια καὶ ἅγια δῶρα ταῦτα, εἰς αὐτὸ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὸ αἷμα τῆς ἡμετέρας ἀπολυτρώσεως.

Ὁ λαὸς λέγει. Πρόσχωμεν. Ὁ διάκονος λέγει. Ἀμήν. Ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐκφωνήσει. Καὶ ποιήσει τὸν μὲν ἄρ τον τοῦτον* γένηται εἰς τὸ ἅγιον

σῶμά σου, τοῦ Κυρίου δὲ καὶ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος, καὶ Παμβασιλέως ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, καὶ εἰς ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον τοῖς ἐξ αὐτοῦ μεταλαμβά νουσιν.

Ὁ λαὸς λέγει. Ἀμήν. Ὁ ἱερεὺς λέγει. Τὸ δὲ ποτήριον τοῦτο, τὸ τίμιόν σου αἷμα, τὸ τῆς καινῆς

διαθήκης σου, τοῦ Κυρίου δὲ, καὶ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος, καὶ Παμβασιλέως ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, καὶ εἰς ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον τοῖς ἐξ αὐτοῦ μεταλαμβάνουσιν.

Ὁ λαὸς λέγει. Ἀμήν. Ὁ ἱερεὺς λέγει καὶ ὁ λαὸς ἀποκρίνεται τὸ, Κύριε ἐλέησον. Σὲ δυσωποῦμεν,

Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν. Τῆς Ἐκκλησίας σου, Κύριε, τὴν κρηπῖδα κατά πηξον. Τῆς ἀγάπης ἡμῖν τὴν ὁμόνοιαν ῥίζωσον. Τῆς πίστεως τὴν ἀλήθειαν αὔξησον. Τῆς σῆς εὐσεβείας ἡμῖν τὴν ὁδὸν εὐθυτόμη σον. Τοὺς ποιμένας ὀχύρωσον. Τοὺς ποιμαινομένους ἀσφάλισαι. ∆ὸς τῷ κλήρῳ τὴν εὐκοσμίαν. Τοῖς μοναχοῖς τὴν ἐγκράτειαν. Τοῖς ἐν παρθενίᾳ τὸ σωφρονεῖν. Τοῖς ἐν σεμνῷ γάμῳ τὴν εὐζωΐαν. Τοῖς ἐν μετανοίᾳ τὸ ἔλεος. Τοῖς πλουτοῦσι τὴν ἀγαθότητα. Τοῖς πενομένοις τὴν ἐπικουρίαν. Τοῖς πτωχοῖς τὴν βοήθειαν. Τοὺς πρεσβύτας περίζωσον. Τοὺς νέους σωφρόνισον. Τοὺς ἀπίστους ἐπίστρεψον. Παῦσον τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τὰ σχίσματα. Τῶν αἱρέσεων κατάλυσον τὰ φρυάγματα. Πάντας ἡμᾶς πρὸς τὴν τῆς σῆς εὐσεβείας ὁμό νοιαν σύναψον.

Ὁ λαὸς λέγει. Κύριε ἐλέησον. Ὁ ἱερεὺς λέγει. Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τῆς εἰρήνης τῆς ἁγίας, μόνης, καθολικῆς,

καὶ ἀποστολικῆς σου Ἐκκλησίας, τῆς ἀπὸ περάτων ἕως περάτων τῆς οἰκουμένης, καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ ὀρθοδόξων ἐπισκόπων, τῶν ὀρθοτομησάντων τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας.

Ἐκφωνήσει. Ἐξαιρέτως τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου καὶ μακαριωτάτου ἀρχιερέως ἡμῶν ἄββα ∆ʹ. πάπα καὶ πατριάρχου τῆς μεγαλοπόλεως Ἀλεξανδρείας, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν περιόν των ἐπισκόπων, πρεσβυτέρων, διακόνων, ἀναγνωστῶν, ψαλτῶν, ἐξορκιστῶν, μοναζόντων, ἀειπαρθέ 36.716 νων, ἐγκρατῶν, χηρῶν, ὀρφανῶν, λαϊκῶν, καὶ ὑπὲρ παντὸς τοῦ πληρώματος, τῆς ἁγίας τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἐκκλησίας τῶν πιστῶν.

Ὁ λαὸς λέγει. Κύριε ἐλέησον. Ὁ ἱερεὺς λέγει. Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τῶν εὐσεβῶς βασιλευσάντων. Μνήσθητι,

Κύριε, τῶν ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ, ἡμῶν ἀδελ φῶν πιστῶν, καὶ ὀρθοδόξων, καὶ παντὸς τοῦ στρα τοπέδου. Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τῶν προσφερόντων τὰ ἅγια δῶρα ταῦτα, καὶ ὑπὲρ ὧν, καὶ δι' ὧν προσεκόμισαν, καὶ μισθὸν οὐράνιον παράσχου πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς. Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, καὶ τῶν ἐν ὄρεσι, καὶ σπηλαίοις, καὶ ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῆς γῆς. Καὶ τῶν ἐν αἰχμαλωσίαις ὄντων ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ εἰρηνικὰς ἀποκαταστάσεις εἰς τὰ ἴδια χάρισαι.

Ὁ διάκονος λέγει. Προσεύξασθε ὑπὲρ τῶν αἰ χμαλώτων. Ὁ λαὸς λέγει. Κύριε ἐλέησον. Τότε κλίνει ἱερεὺς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ κεφαλὴν λέγων

καθ' ἑαυτὸν ἐν ἑαυτῷ. Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς ἀθλίας καὶ τα λαιπώρου