Priest: Blessed be our God, always, now and forever, and ever.
People: Amen
During the Easter Season
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling death by death, and to those in the tombs giving life. (3)
Priest: Glory be to You, our God, glory be to You.
People: Heavenly King, Advocate, Spirit of Truth, Who are everywhere present and fill all things, Treasury of Blessings, Bestower of Life, come and dwell within us; cleans us of all that defiles us, and O Good one, save our souls.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Im-mortal, † have mercy on us. (3)
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. (3)
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, 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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
Priest: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are Yours, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever.
People: Amen.
TROPAR, Tone 4
Let us sinners humbly and diligently have recourse to the Mother of God. Prostrate in repentance, let us cry out from the depth of our soul: O Queen, in your compassion, come to our aid! Hasten, for we are perishing from the multitude of our sins. Do not turn away your servants empty-handed, for we have no protection besides you.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.
Unworthy as we are, we shall never cease to proclaim your power, O Mother of God. If you no longer intercede for us, who will deliver us from so many misfortunes? Who will keep us free? We shall never leave you, O Queen: O blessed Lady, you always save your servants from every calamity.
Priest: Let us be attentive! Peace be † with all! Wisdom! Let us be attentive.
PROKIMEN, tone 4
People: I shall remember your name from generation to generation. (Ps. 44:18)
Priest: Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear. (Ps. 44:11)
People: I shall remember your name from generation to generation. (Ps. 44:18)
Priest: Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy!
Priest: For You, our God, are holy, and we glorify You, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever.
People: Amen. Let everything that breathes give praise to the Lord. (Ps. 44:18)
Verse: Praise God in his holy places, praise Him in the establishment of His power. (Ps. 150:1)
Priest: That we may become worthy of hearing the holy Gospel, in peace let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy. (3)
Priest: Wisdom! Let us stand and listen to a reading of
the holy Gospel. Peace † be with all.
People: And with your spirit.
Priest: Reading from the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (Lk 1: 39-49, 66)
People: Glory be to You, O Lord, glory be to You!
Priest: Let us be attentive!
At that time Mary set out and went quickly to a town in the hill country of Judah. She went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child lept in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and said in a loud voice, "You are the most blessed of all women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honored with a visit from the mother of my Lord? For the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb lept with joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled." And Mary said: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my Savior; because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid. Yes, from this day forward all generations will call me blessed, for - the Almighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.
Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went back home.
People: Glory be to You, O Lord, glory be to You!
People sit
Priest: O Most holy Virgin Mary, ever-merciful Mother of God, rejoice and save those who place their hope in you.
People: O most Holy Mother of God, save us!
Priest: O Mother of Christ our God and Mother of Eternal Love, rejoice and save those who place their hope in you.
People: O most Holy Mother of God, save us!
Priest: O Mother of God's grace and Virgin immaculately conceived, rejoice and save those who place their hope in you.
People: O most Holy Mother of God, save us!
Priest: O Virgin more radiant than the Cherubim and more glorious than the Seraphim, rejoice and save those who place their hope in you.
People: O most Holy Mother of God, save us!
Priest: O Mary, untainted Dove and fragrant Flower of incorruption rejoice and save those who place their hope in you.
People: O most Holy Mother of God, save us!
Priest: O Mary, gracious model of virgins, and canopy greater than the heavens, rejoice and save those who place their hope in you.
People: O most Holy Mother of God, save us!
Priest: O Mary, intercessor before the righteous Judge, and Mediatrix who did not abandon us after your Dormition, rejoice and save those who place their hope in you.
People: O most Holy Mother of God, save us!
Priest: Rejoice, Mary, Comfort to the sorrowful, and refuge of sinners, rejoice and save those who place their hope in you.
People: O most Holy Mother of God, save us!
Priest: O Mary, who alone is pure and blessed, rejoice and save those who place their hope in you.
People: O most Holy Mother of God, save us!
People stand
TROPARS, tone 2
You pray, O Gracious One,
for all those who with faith take refuge
in your powerful protection.
We sinners, ever in misery and affliction,
have no other recourse to God than you.
We are burdened by many sins.
O Mother of God,
we bow down before you.
Deliver your servants from every adversity.
Priest: I shall remember your name from generation to generation. (Ps. 44:18)
People:
O Joy of all the afflicted,
Advocate of the persecuted:
Provider of the hungry,
Comfort of the exiled,
Haven to the storm-tossed,
Comfort to the sick;
Intercessor and Protectress of the helpless,
Staff of the aged,
O Mother of God on high,
You alone are most pure.
Hasten to us we pray,
that your servants may be saved.
Priest: Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear. (Ps . 44:11)
People:
Rejoice, O most pure Virgin!
Rejoice, venerable Scepter of Christ the King!
Rejoice, you who sprouted the Mystical Vine!
Rejoice, Gate of Heaven and unburnt Bush!
Rejoice, Light of the whole World!
Rejoice, Salvation of the Faithful!
Rejoice, Advocate of all Christians
and refuge O Sovereign Lady!
Priest: (Tone 8)
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
People:
Now and forever and ever. Amen.
Rejoice, O Glory of the Universe!
Rejoice, O Temple of the Lord!
Rejoice, O overshadowing Mountain!
Rejoice, O Refuge of all!
Rejoice, O golden Luminary!
Rejoice, O precious Glory of the orthodox!
Rejoice, O Mary, Mother of Christ our God!
Rejoice, O Paradise!
Rejoice, O Divine Altar!
Rejoice, O Shelter!
Rejoice, O golden Hand!
Rejoice, O Hope of All!
Priest: Bowing our heads and bending our knees in all humility, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
People kneel
Priest: Our ever-gracious Queen, O Mother of God, our hope, refuge of orphans, defense of the harborless, joy of the afflicted, patroness of the harassed, you see our misery and our afflictions, help us because we are weak, lead us because we are strangers in this valley of tears for you know our sufferings. Help us to overcome them. For we have no other helper but you. We have no other defender, no other gracious consoler but you, O Mother of God, guard and protect us forever.
People: Amen.
PEOPLE SIT
Priest: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray You, hear us and have mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy. (3)
Priest: Again, let us pray that He may preserve this city and this holy church, and every city, town, and countryside from famine, plague, earthquake, flood, fire, civil war, riot, and foreign invasion; and that our God who is kindly and the Lover of Mankind may forgive our sins and hold back His just wrath, and that He may have mercy on us.
People: Lord, have mercy. (3)
Priest: Again, let us pray to the Lord, our God, that He hear the prayerful voice of us sinners and that He may have mercy on His servants and deliver them from every affliction, misery, wrath and want, and frome very spiritual and bodily pain, affliction, and grant them health and long life O Lord, hear us and graciously have mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy. (3)
Priest: Hear us, O God our Savior, Hope of all those who live at the far ends of the earth, and of those traveling by sea, air and land; be kind to us, O Master, forgive us our sins
and have mercy on us, for You are a gracious Lord who loves mankind, and we give glory to You, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever.
People: Amen.
Priest: Wisdom!
People: More honorable than the cherubim and by far more glorious than the seraphim; ever a virgin, you gave birth of God the Word, O true Mother of God, we magnify you.
During the Easter Season
Shine, shine, O Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! Exalt and be glad, O Sion! And you, O chaste Mother of God, take delight in the resurrection of your Son.
Priest: Glory be to you, Christ God, our hope, glory be to you.
People: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now, and forever and ever. Amen. Lord, have mercy (3). Bless us.
During the Easter season
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling death by death, and to those in the tombs giving life. Lord, have mercy (3). Bless us.
Priest: Christ, our true God, through the prayers of His immaculate Mother, of our venerable and God-bearing Fathers, and of all the saints, will have mercy and save us, for He is good and loves mankind.
People: Amen