Usual Beginning - Normal Form

Normal Form

The usual beginning starts with a blessing by the priest, which is usually:

  • Blessed is our God, always now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

However, if there is no priest, the reader says:

  • Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.

Then, the reader continues:

  • Amen.
  • The Trisagion: Holy God, holy Mighty, holy Immortal, have mercy on us (three times, everyone making a bow at the waist each time).
  • Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
  • O All-Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; O Lord, blot out our sins; O Master, pardon our iniquities; O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy Name's sake.
  • Lord, have mercy (three times).
  • Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
  • Our Father, Who art in the heavens, 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

The priest concludes the Our Father by saying:

  • For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power and the Glory: of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.

Reader:

  • Amen. Lord, have mercy (twelve times)
  • Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
  • O come, let us worship God our King. (Bow.) O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ our King and our God. (Bow.) O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself, our King and our God. (Bow.)

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