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and worship in the Holy Spirit for ever; amen. And let the deacon say: Bow to God through his Christ and be blessed. And let the bishop pray, saying: O God the almighty, the true and incomparable, who are everywhere and present to all, and yet exist in none as a part of them, who are not circumscribed by places, who are not made old by times, who are not ended by ages, who are not produced by words, who are not subject to generation, who are not in need of guarding, who are superior to corruption, who are insusceptible to change, who are immutable by nature, who dwell in light unapproachable, who are invisible by nature, who are known to all rational natures that seek you with good will, who are comprehended by those who seek you with good will, the God of Israel, your people who truly see, who have believed in Christ: being gracious, hear me for your name's sake and bless those who have bowed their own necks to you, and grant them the petitions of their hearts that are for their benefit and make none of them an outcast from your kingdom, but sanctify them, guard them, shelter them, help them, deliver them from the alien one, from every enemy, protect their houses, guard their comings in and their goings out. For to you is glory, praise, magnificence, worship, adoration and after you and through you to your Child Jesus Christ, our Lord and king, through whom fitting thanksgiving is due to you from every rational and holy nature in the Holy Spirit, now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen. And the deacon shall say: Go in peace. These things concerning the mystical worship we, the apostles, command you, the bishops and the presbyters and the deacons. And concerning the ordination of a presbyter, I, the one beloved by the Lord, command you, the bishops. When ordaining a presbyter, O bishop, you yourself place your hand upon his head, with the presbytery and the deacons standing by you, and praying, say: Lord almighty, our king, who created all things through Christ, and before all things established him, and through him fittingly provides for all things; for he who has power to do different things, also has power to provide in different ways; for through him, O God, you provide for immortal things by protection alone, but for mortal things by succession, for the soul by care of laws, for the

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καὶ σέβας ἐν ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν. Καὶ ὁ διάκονος λεγέτω· Τῷ Θεῷ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ κλίνατε καὶ εὐλογεῖσθε. Καὶ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος ἐπευχέσθω λέγων· Ὁ Θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ, ὁ ἀληθινὸς καὶ ἀσύγκριτος, ὁ πανταχοῦ ὢν καὶ τοῖς πᾶσι παρὼν καὶ ἐν οὐδενὶ ὡς ἐνόν τι ὑπάρχων, ὁ τόποις μὴ περιγραφόμενος, ὁ χρόνοις μὴ παλαιούμενος, ὁ αἰῶσιν μὴ περατούμενος, ὁ λόγοις μὴ παραγόμενος, ὁ γενέσει μὴ ὑποκείμενος, ὁ φυλακῆς μὴ δεόμενος, ὁ φθορᾶς ἀνώτερος, ὁ τροπῆς ἀνεπίδεκτος, ὁ φύσει ἀναλλοίωτος, ὁ φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον, ὁ τῇ φύσει ἀόρατος, ὁ γνωστὸς πάσαις ταῖς μετ' εὐνοίας ἐκζητούσαις σε λογικαῖς φύσεσιν, ὁ καταλαμβανόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν εὐνοίᾳ ἐπιζητούντων σε, ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ ἀληθινῶς ὁρῶντος, τοῦ εἰς Χριστὸν πιστεύσαντος λαοῦ σου· εὐμενὴς γενόμενος ἐπάκουσόν μου διὰ τὸ ὄνομά σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τούς σοι κεκλικότας τοὺς ἑαυτῶν αὐχένα, καὶ δὸς αὐτοῖς τὰ αἰτήματα τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν τὰ ἐπὶ συμφέροντι καὶ μηδένα αὐτῶν ἀπόβλητον ποιήσῃς ἐκ τῆς βασιλείας σου, ἀλλὰ ἁγίασον αὐτούς, φρούρησον, σκέπασον, ἀντιλαβοῦ, ·ῦσαι τοῦ ἀλλοτρίου, παντὸς ἐχθροῦ, τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν φύλαξον, τὰς εἰσόδους αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς ἐξόδους φρούρησον· Ὅτι σοὶ δόξα, αἶνος, μεγαλοπρέπεια, σέβας, προσκύνησις καὶ μετὰ σὲ καὶ διὰ σὲ τῷ Παιδί σου Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ, τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν καὶ βασιλεῖ, δι' οὗ σοι ἐποφείλεται παρὰ πάσης λογικῆς καὶ ἁγίας φύσεως ἡ ἐπάζιος εὐχαριστία ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν. Καὶ ὁ διάκονος ἐρεῖ· Ἀπολύεσθε ἐν εἰρήνῃ. Ταῦτα περὶ τῆς μυστικῆς λατρείας διατασσόμεθα ἡμεῖς οἱ ἀπόστολοι ὑμῖν τοῖς ἐπισκόποις καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέ ροις καὶ τοῖς διακόνοις. Περὶ δὲ χειροτονίας πρεσβυτέρου ἐγὼ ὁ φιλούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου διατάσσομαι ὑμῖν τοῖς ἐπισκόποις. Πρεσ βύτερον χειροτονῶν, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἐπιτίθει αὐτός, τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου παρεστῶτός σοι καὶ τῶν διακόνων, καὶ εὐχόμενος λέγε· Κύριε παντοκράτορ, ὁ βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν ὁ διὰ Χριστοῦ τὰ πάντα δημιουργήσας, πρὸ δὲ πάντων αὐτὸν ὑποστησάμενος καὶ δι' αὐτοῦ τῶν ὅλων προνοῶν καταλλήλως· ᾧ γὰρ δύναμις διάφορα ποιῆσαι, τούτῳ δύναμις καὶ διαφόρως προνοῆσαι· δι' αὐτοῦ γάρ, ὁ Θεός, προνοεῖς τῶν μὲν ἀθανάτων φυλακῇ μόνῃ, τῶν δὲ θνητῶν διαδοχῇ, τῆς ψυχῆς φροντίδι νόμων, τοῦ