165

For every ministry and service in Christ, let us pray, that the Lord may grant them a blameless ministry. For readers, singers, virgins, and widows and orphans, let us pray; for those in marriage and childbearing, let us pray, that the Lord may have mercy on them all. For eunuchs who walk in holiness, let us pray; for those in continence and piety, let us pray. For those who bear fruit in the holy Church and give alms to the poor, let us pray, and for those who offer sacrifices and first-fruits to the Lord our God, let us pray, that the all-good God may reward them with his heavenly gifts and give them in the present a hundredfold and in the future, eternal life, and grant them, in place of temporal things, eternal things, in place of earthly things, heavenly things. For our newly-enlightened brethren, let us pray, that the Lord may strengthen and confirm them. For our brethren who are tried by sickness, let us pray, that the Lord may deliver them from every illness and every infirmity and restore them in health to his holy Church. For those who sail and travel, let us pray; for those in the mines and in exile and in prisons and in bonds for the name of the Lord, let us pray; for those who are worn down by bitter slavery, let us pray. For our enemies and those who hate us, let us pray; for those who persecute us for the name of the Lord, let us pray, that the Lord may calm their temper and scatter their wrath against us. For those who are outside and have gone astray, let us pray, that the Lord may convert them. Let us remember the infants of the Church, that the Lord may perfect them in his fear and bring them to the fullness of age. For one another, let us pray, that the Lord may keep us and guard us by his grace to the end and deliver us from the evil one and from all the stumbling blocks of those who work iniquity, and save us for his heavenly kingdom. For every Christian soul, let us pray. Save and raise us up, O God, by your mercy.

165

Ὑπὲρ πάσης τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ διακονίας καὶ ὑπηρεσίας δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὁ Κύριος ἄμεμπτον αὐτοῖς τὴν διακονίαν παράσχηται. Ὑπὲρ ἀναγνωστῶν, ψαλτῶν, παρθένων, χηρῶν τε καὶ ὀρφανῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν συζυγίαις καὶ τεκνο γονίαις δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὁ Κύριος τοὺς πάντας αὐτοὺς ἐλεήσῃ. Ὑπὲρ εὐνούχων ὁσίως πορευομένων δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν ἐγκρατείᾳ καὶ εὐλαβείᾳ δεηθῶμεν. Ὑπὲρ τῶν καρποφορούντων ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ Ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ ποιούντων τοῖς πένησιν τὰς ἐλεημοσύνας δεηθῶμεν, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν τὰς θυσίας καὶ τὰς ἀπαρχὰς προσφερόντων Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὁ πανάγαθος Θεὸς ἀμείψηται αὐτοὺς ταῖς ἐπουρανίαις αὐτοῦ δωρεαῖς καὶ δῷ αὐτοῖς ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἑκατονταπλασίονα καὶ ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ χαρίσηται αὐτοῖς ἀντὶ τῶν προσκαίρων τὰ αἰώνια, ἀντὶ τῶν ἐπιγείων τὰ ἐπουράνια. Ὑπὲρ τῶν νεοφωτίστων ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὁ Κύριος στηρίξῃ αὐτοὺς καὶ βεβαιώσῃ. Ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν ἀρρωστίᾳ ἐξεταζομένων ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὁ Κύριος ·ύσηται αὐτοὺς πάσης νόσου καὶ πάσης μαλακίας καὶ σώους ἀποκαταστήσῃ τῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ Ἐκκλησίᾳ. Ὑπὲρ πλεόντων καὶ ὁδοιπορούντων δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν μετάλλοις καὶ ἐξορίαις καὶ φυλακαῖς καὶ δεσμοῖς ὄντων διὰ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν πικρᾷ δουλείᾳ καταπονουμένων δεηθῶμεν. Ὑπὲρ ἐχθρῶν καὶ μισούντων ἡμᾶς δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τῶν διωκόντων ἡμᾶς διὰ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὁ Κύριος πραΰνας τὸν θυμὸν αὐτῶν διασκεδάσῃ τὴν καθ' ἡμῶν ὀργήν. Ὑπὲρ τῶν ἔξω ὄντων καὶ πεπλανημένων δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὁ Κύριος αὐτοὺς ἐπιστρέψῃ. Τῶν νηπίων τῆς Ἐκκλησίας μνημονεύσωμεν, ὅπως ὁ Κύριος τελειώσας αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ εἰς μέτρον ἡλικίας ἀγάγοι. Ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὁ Κύριος διατηρήσῃ ἡμᾶς καὶ διαφυλάξῃ τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι εἰς τέλος καὶ ·ύσηται ἡμᾶς τοῦ πονηροῦ καὶ πάντων τῶν σκανδάλων τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν καὶ σώσῃ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐπουράνιον. Ὑπὲρ πάσης ψυχῆς χριστιανῆς δεηθῶμεν. Σῶσον καὶ ἀνάστησον ἡμᾶς, ὁ θεός, τῷ ἐλέει σου.