The Divine Liturgy Begins

Deacon/Priest: Bless, Master!

Priest:  Blessed is the kingdom of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

Choir: Amen.

The Great Litany

Deacon/Priest: In peace let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For the peace of God and the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For peace in the whole world, for the stability of the holy churches of God, and for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.

ChoirLord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For this holy house and for those who enter it with faith, reverence, and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For our Archbishop Dionysios, the honorable presbyters, the deacons in the service of Christ, and all the clergy and laity, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For the President of our country, for all civil authorities, and for the armed forces, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For this city, for every city and land, and for the faithful who live in them, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For favorable weather, an abundance of the fruits of the earth, and temperate seasons, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For travelers by land, sea, and air, for the sick, the suffering, the captives, and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger, and necessity, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

Choir: Amen.

Deacon/Priest: Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.

Choir:  To You, O Lord.

Priest: For to You belong all glory, honor, and worship to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

Choir: Amen. 

The First Antiphon

Priest:  Varies by the day of the year.

Choir: Through the prayers of the Theotokos (Mother of God), Savior, save us.

Priest:  Varies by the day of the year.

Choir: Through the prayers of the Theotokos (Mother of God), Savior, save us.

Priest:  Varies by the day of the year.

Choir: Through the prayers of the Theotokos (Mother of God), Savior, save us.

Deacon/Priest: Again and again in peace let us again pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

Choir: Amen.

Deacon/Priest: Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Choir: To You, O Lord.

Priest:  For Thine is the majesty, and 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 ages of ages.

Choir: Amen.

 

The Second Antiphon

Priest:  Varies by the day of the year.

Choir:  Save us, O Son of God, who rose from the dead.  To You we sing:  Alleluia.

Priest:  Varies by the day of the year.

Choir:  Save us, O Son of God, who rose from the dead.  To You we sing:  Alleluia.

Priest:  Varies by the day of the year.

Choir:  Save us, O Son of God, who rose from the dead.  To You we sing:  Alleluia.

Priest: Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages.

Choir: Amen.  Only begotten Son and Word of God, although immortal You humbled Yourself for our salvation, taking flesh from the holy Theotokos and ever virgin Mary and, without change, becoming man. Christ, our God, You were crucified but conquered death by death. You are one of the Holy Trinity, glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit-save us.

Deacon/Priest: Again and again in peace let us again pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

Choir: Amen.

Deacon/Priest: Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Choir: To You, O Lord.

Priest:  For You are a good God and loves mankind, and unto You we ascribe glory:  to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Choir: Amen.

The Third Antiphon

Choir: (The designated verses of the Psalms are sung with the Apolytikion.)
Varies by the day of the year.

The Small Entrance

Priest:  Varies by the day of the year.

Deacon/Priest:  Bless Despota (Master) the Holy Entrance!

Priest: Blessed is the entrance of Your saints always, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Priest:  Wisdom!  Let us attend!

Priest:  Come, let us worship and bow before Christ. Save us, O Son of God who rose from the dead.  To You we sing: Alleluia.

Choir:  O never-failing protectress of Christians and their ever-present intercessor before the Creator:  do not be heedless to prayerful voices of sinners, but in your goodness extend your help to us who call upon you with confidence.  Hasten, O Mother of God, to intercede for us.  You have always protected those who honor you!

Priest:  None – Varies by day of the year.

The Trisagion Hymn

Deacon/Priest: Let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Priest:  For You are Holy, our God, and to You we give glory, to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever to the ages of ages.

Choir: Amen.  Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Repeat 3 times).

Choir:  Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever to the ages of ages.  Amen.  Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Deacon/Priest: Again, fervently!

Choir:  Again, fervently.  Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Reading of the Epistle

Deacon/Priest: Let us attend.

Priest:   Wisdom.  Let us attend.

Reader: (The Reader repeats the Epistle.)

Priest:  Peace be with you.

Choir:  Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Reading of the Gospel

Priest:  Wisdom:  Arise.  Let us hear the Holy Gospel.  Peace be with all.

Choir:  And with your spirit.

Priest:  The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Saint (Mathew, Mark, Luke, or John).  Let us attend.

Choir:  Glory to You, O Lord, glory to You.

Priest:  (The Priest sings the Gospel)

Deacon/Priest: (The Deacon repeats the Gospel)

Choir:  Glory to You, O Lord, glory to You.

The Great Entrance

Priest:  And grant that by Your power we may give glory to You, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever to the ages of ages.

Choir:  Amen.  We, who mystically represent the Cherubim, sing the thrice holy hymn to the life giving Trinity.  Let us set aside all the cares of life that we may receive the King of all.

Priest:  Panton imon mnisthii Kirios o Theos, en ti vasilia Aftou, pantote, nin ke ai, ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Deacon/Priest: (Repeating the Priest in English).  May the Lord God remember all of you in His Kingdom, now and forever to the ages of ages.

Choir:  Amen.  Invisibly escorted by the angelic hosts.  Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

The Petitions

Deacon/Priest: Let us complete our prayer to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For the precious gifts now offered, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For this holy house, and for those who enter with faith, reverence, and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger and necessity, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest:  O God, help us, save us, pity and preserve us, by Your grace. 

Choir:  Amen.

Deacon/Priest: That this whole day may be perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, let us ask of the Lord.

Choir:  Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: For an angel of peace, a faithful guide, a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us ask the Lord.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: For forgiveness and remission of our sins and transgressions, let us ask the Lord.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: For all that is good and beneficial to our souls, and for peace in the world, let us ask the Lord.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: For the completion of our lives in peace and repentance, let us ask the Lord.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: For a Christian end to our lives, peaceful, without shame and suffering, and for a good account before the awesome judgment seat of Christ, let us ask the Lord.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.

Choir: To You, O Lord.

The Prayers of the Proskomide

Priest:  Through the mercies of Your only begotten Son, with whom you are blessed, together with Your all Holy, Good, and Life-Giving Spirit, now and forever to the ages of ages.

Choir: Amen.

Priest:  Peace be with all.

Choir:  And with your spirit.

Deacon/Priest:  Let us love one another that with one mind we may confess:

Choir:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Trinity one in essence and inseparable.

Deacon/Priest:  The doors!  The doors!  In wisdom, let us attend!

The Creed

People: (The Nicene Creed) 

I believe in One God, Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
And in One Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages.
Light of Light, True God of True God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father, through Whom all things were made.
Who for us and for our salvation He came down from Heaven and was incarnated by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became Man.
Crucified for our salvation under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And was resurrected on the third day according to the Scriptures.
And ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead.
His kingdom will have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father, who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who spoke through the prophets.
In One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I await for the resurrection of the dead
And the life of the ages to come.
Amen.

The Holy Anaphora

Deacon/Priest: Let us stand well. Let us stand in awe. Let us attend, that we may present the holy offering in peace.

Choir: Mercy and peace, a sacrifice of praise.

Priest:  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.

Choir:  And with your spirit.

Priest:  Let us lift up our hearts.

Choir:  We lift them up to the Lord.

Priest:  Let us give thanks to the Lord.

Choir:  It is proper and right.

Deacon/Priest: Singing the victory hymn, proclaiming, crying out, and saying:

Choir:  Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord of hosts, heave and earth are filled with Your glory.  Hosanna in the highest.  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.  Hosanna to God in the highest.

Priest:  Take, eat, this is My Body which is broken for you for the forgiveness of sins.

Choir:  Amen.

Priest:  Drink of it, all of you, this is My Blood of the new Covenant which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Choir:  Amen.

Deacon/Priest Together:  We offer to You these gifts from Your Own gifts in all and for all.

Choir:  We praise You, we bless You, we give thanks to You, and we pray to You, O Lord our God.

Priest:  Especially for our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos (Mother of God) and ever virgin Mary.

Choir:  It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Word. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

Priest:  Above all, remember, Lord, our Archbishop Dionysios.  Grant that he may serve Your holy churches in peace. Keep him safe, honorable, and healthy for many years, rightly teaching the word of Your truth.  And grant that with one voice and one heart we may glorify and praise Your most honored and majestic name, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

Choir:  Amen.

Priest:  The mercy of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ be with all of you.

Choir:  And with your spirit.

Deacon/Priest: Having remembered all the saints, let us again in peace pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For the precious Gifts offered and consecrated, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: That our loving God who has received them at His holy, heavenly, and spiritual altar as an offering of spiritual fragrance, may in return send upon us divine grace and the gift of the Holy Spirit, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: For our deliverance from all tribulation, wrath, danger, and necessity, let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Deacon/Priest: Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Your grace.

Choir: Amen.

Deacon/Priest: That the whole day may be perfect, holy, peaceful, and sinless, let us ask of the Lord.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: For an angel of peace, a faithful guide, a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us ask of the Lord.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: For pardon and remission of our sins and offences, let us ask of the Lord.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: For all things good and profitable for our souls, and peace for the world, let us ask of the Lord.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: That we may complete the remaining time of our life in peace and repentance, let us ask of the Lord.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: For a Christian ending to our life, painless, blameless, peaceful, and a good defense before the dread judgment seat of Christ, let us ask of the Lord.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

Deacon/Priest: Having asked for the unity of the faith and for the communion of the Holy Spirit, let us commit ourselves, and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Choir: To You, O Lord.

Priest:  And make us worthy, Master, with confidence and without fear of condemnation, to dare call You, the heavenly God, Father, and to say:

The Lord’s Prayer

People:  (The Our Father prayer)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Your name. 
Your kingdom come.  Your 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 Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever to the ages of ages.

Choir: Amen.

Priest:  Peace be with all.

Choir:  And with your Spirit.

Deacon/Priest: Let us bow our heads to the Lord.

Choir:  To You, O Lord.

Priest:  By the grace, mercy, and love for us of Your only begotten Son, with whom You are blessed, together with Your all holy, good, and life giving Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

 Choir: Amen.

Holy Communion

Deacon/Priest: Let us attend.

Priest:  The holy Gifts are for the holy.

Choir:  One is Holy, one is Lord, Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.

The Communion Hymn

Choir:  Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the highest.  Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

People (Silently, Before Receiving Holy Communion): 

I believe, O Lord, and I confess that You are truly the Christ the Son of the living God who came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am first.  I believe also that this is truly Your own most pure Body, and that this is truly You own precious Blood.  Therefore, I pray to You: have mercy upon me and forgive my transgressions both voluntary and involuntary, of word and of deed, committed in knowledge or in ignorance.  And make me worth to partake without condemnation of Your most pure Mysteries, for the remission of my sins, and unto life everlasting.  Amen.
Of Your Mystical Supper, O Son of God, accept me today as a communicant; for I will not speak of Your Mystery to Your enemies, neither like Judas will I give You a kiss; but like the thief will I confess You:  Remember me, O Lord, in Your kingdom.
May the communion of Your holy Mysteries be neither to my judgment, nor to my condemnation, O Lord, but to the healing of soul and body.

Priest: Approach with the fear of God, faith, and love. 

Orthodox Christians:  (Go up to receive Holy Communion.)
(After everyone is finished receiving Holy Communion, we continue...)

Priest:  Save, O God, Your people and bless Your inheritance.

Choir:  We have seen the true light; we have received the heavenly Spirit; we have found the true faith, worshiping the undivided Trinity, for the Trinity has saved us.

Priest: Always, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

Choir: Amen.

The Prayer of Thanksgiving

Deacon/Priest: Let us attend. Having partaken of the divine, holy, pure, immortal, heavenly, life giving, and awesome Mysteries of Christ, let us worthily give thanks to the Lord.  Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

Choir: Amen.

Deacon/Priest: Having prayed for a perfect, holy, peaceful, and sinless, day, let us commit ourselves, and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Choir: To You, O Lord.

Priest:  For You are our sanctification and to You we give glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

Choir: Amen.

The Dismissal

Deacon/Priest:  Let us go forth in peace.  Let us pray to the Lord.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.  Lord, have mercy.  Lord, have mercy.  Father, give the blessing.

Priest:  Lord, bless those who praise You and sanctify those who trust in You. Save Your people and bless Your inheritance. Protect the whole body of Your Church. Sanctify those who love the beauty of Your house. Glorify them in return by Your divine power, and do not forsake us who hope in You. Grant peace to Your world, to Your churches, to the clergy, to those in public service, to the armed forces, and to all Your people. For every good and perfect gift is from above, coming from You, the Father of lights. To You we give glory, thanksgiving, and worship, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

Choir: Amen.  Blessed is the name of the Lord, both now and to the ages (Repeat 3 times)

Deacon/Priest: Let us pray to the Lord.

Choir:  Lord, have mercy.

Priest:  May Christ our true God, who rose from the dead.  As a good, loving, and merciful God, have mercy upon us and save us, through the intercessions of His most pure and holy Mother; the power of the precious and life giving Cross; the protection of the honorable, bodiless powers of heaven, the supplications of the honorable, glorious prophet and forerunner John the Baptist; the holy, glorious and praiseworthy apostles; the holy, glorious and triumphant martyrs; our holy and God-bearing Fathers Saint George; the holy and righteous ancestors Joachim and Anna; Saint (of the day) whose memory we commemorate today, and all the saints.

Choir: Amen.

The Homily

Priest:  Speaks about the readings of the day, saints, special events, etc. 
(After the homily, the Priest will distribute holy bread to everyone as they walk up to him for a final blessing)

Everyone (Including Non-Orthodox):  (Walk up to the Priest to receive some holy bread, and tell the Priest your name if you are new to the church.)

Priest (to each person): May the blessing and the mercy of the Lord be with you.