Hierarchical Liturgy
When a bishop is serving the Divine Liturgy, one of the priests will vest and perform the Liturgy of Preparation as normal, except that will not commemorate the other clergy who are serving; nor will he say the Prayer of Oblation, and there will be no censing of the temple at its conclusion. Also, the reading of the Hours will not begin until after the arrival of the bishop. The Proskomedie must be finished before the arrival of the bishop.
When it is time, the bishop enters formally into the church and the deacon reads the Entrance Prayers for him and he is then vested by the subdeacons while the deacon reads the Vesting Prayers for him. Then the Reader begins the Little Hours. After the Liturgy begins, the Bishop himself will say the Prayer of Oblation.
Just before the Great Entrance, the bishop himself will commemorate anyone of the living and the dead whom he wishes, taking out particles from a special prosphoron that has been prepared for him. Then each priest, deacon and server will come to the bishop and ask him to pray for him, kissing the bishop's shoulder, and the bishop will take out a particle for him, commemorating him by name.
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