Form of The Prayer
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The Trisagion prayer is an ancient prayer in Christianity. It may be that the prayer was originally an expansion of the angelic cry recorded in Revelation 4:8 (sometimes called the Sanctus).
In English:
- Holy God, Holy Strong, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
or more commonly:
- Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
In Greek:
- Ἅγιος ὁ Θεός, Ἅγιος ἰσχυρός, Ἅγιος ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.
- Agios o Theos, Agios ischyros, Agios athanatos, eleison imas. (Traditional Romanization)
In Latin:
- Sanctus Deus, Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Immortális, miserére nobis.
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