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of the parishes in Asia, and Crispus of the Church in Aegina. These are the ones entrusted by us with the parishes in the Lord, and being always mindful of their teaching, you observe our words. And may the Lord be with you now and for endless ages, as he himself said to us when he was about to be taken up to his own God and Father: “For behold,” he says, “I am with you all the days until the end of the age. Amen.” Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. We praise you, we hymn you, we bless you, we glorify you, we worship you through your great high priest, you who are the one unbegotten God, alone unapproachable, for your great glory, Lord heavenly king, God the Father almighty. Lord, the God and Father of the Lord, the spotless Lamb who takes away the sin of the world, receive our prayer, you who sit upon the Cherubim; for you alone are holy, you alone are Lord, the God and Father of Jesus Christ, the God of all created nature, our king, through whom to you be glory, honor, and worship. Praise, O servants, the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. We praise you, we hymn you, we bless you for your great glory, Lord king, the Father of Christ the spotless Lamb, who takes away the sin of the world. To you is due praise, to you is due hymnody, to you is due glory, to God the Father through the Son in the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen. Now you are letting your servant depart, O Master, according to your word, in peace; for my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel. Blessed are you, Lord, who has nourished me from my youth, who gives food to all flesh; fill our hearts with joy and gladness, so that, always having all sufficiency, we may abound in every good work in Christ Jesus our Lord, through whom to you be glory, honor, and worship forever. Amen.

BOOK 8 Concerning spiritual gifts and ordinations and ecclesiastical canons

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κατὰ Ἀσίαν παροικιῶν, Κρίσπος δὲ τῆς κατὰ Aἴγιναν Ἐκκλησίας. Oὗτοι οἱ ὑφ' ἡμῶν ἐμπιστευθέντες τὰς ἐν Κυρίῳ παροικίας, ὧν τῆς διδασκαλίας μνημονεύοντες πάντοτε παραφυλάσσεσθε τοὺς ἡμετέρους λόγους· καὶ εἴη ὁ Κύριος μεθ' ὑμῶν νῦν τε καὶ εἰς ἀτελευτήτους χρόνους, ὡς αὐτὸς εἴρηκεν ἡμῖν μέλλων ἀναλαμβάνεσθαι πρὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ Θεὸν καὶ Πατέρα· «Ἰδοὺ γάρ, φησίν, ἐγὼ μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος· ἀμήν.» ∆όξα ἐν ὑψίστοις Θεῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη, ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία. Aἰνοῦμέν σε, ὑμνοῦμέν σε, εὐλογοῦμέν σε, δοξολογοῦμέν σε, προσκυνοῦμέν σε διὰ τοῦ μεγάλου ἀρχιερέως σου, σὲ τὸν ὄντα Θεὸν ἀγέννητον ἕνα, ἀπρόσιτον μόνον, διὰ τὴν μεγάλην σου δόξαν, Κύριε βασιλεῦ ἐπουράνιε, Θεὲ Πάτερ παντοκράτορ. Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου, τοῦ ἀμώμου ἀμνοῦ ὃς αἴρει τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου, πρόσδεξαι τὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν, ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῶν Χερουβίμ· ὅτι σὺ μόνος ἅγιος, σὺ μόνος Κύριος, ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Θεοῦ πάσης γενητῆς φύσεως, τοῦ βασιλέως ἡμῶν, δι' οὗ σοι δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ σέβας. Aἰνεῖτε, παῖδες, Κύριον, αἰνεῖτε τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου. Aἰνοῦμέν σε, ὑμνοῦμέν σε, εὐλογοῦμέν σε διὰ τὴν μεγάλην σου δόξαν, Κύριε βασιλεῦ ὁ Πατὴρ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ ἀμώμου ἀμνοῦ, ὃς αἴρει τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου. Σοὶ πρέπει αἶνος, σοὶ πρέπει ὕμνος, σοὶ δόξα πρέπει τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Πατρὶ διὰ τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἐν Πνεύματι ἁγίῳ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν. Νῦν ἀπολύεις τὸν δοῦλόν σου, δέσποτα, κατὰ τὸ ·ῆμά σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ, ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τὸ σωτήριόν σου, ὃ ἡτοίμασας κατὰ πρόσωπον πάντων τῶν λαῶν, φῶς εἰς ἀποκάλυψιν ἐθνῶν καὶ δόξαν λαοῦ σου Ἰσραήλ. Eὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε ὁ τρέφων με ἐκ νεότητός μου, ὁ διδοὺς τροφὴν πάσῃ σαρκί· πλήρωσον χαρᾶς καὶ εὐφρο σύνης τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν, ἵνα πάντοτε πᾶσαν αὐτάρκειαν ἔχοντες περισσεύωμεν εἰς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, δι' οὗ σοι δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ σέβας εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.

ΒIΒΛIOΝ H Περὶ χαρισμάτων καὶ χειροτονιῶν καὶ κανόνων ἐκκλησιαστικῶν

ε. Eὐχὴ ἐπὶ χειροτονίας ἐπισκόπου.