Priest
Have mercy on us, O God, the Father, the Pantocrator. All-Holy Trinity, have mercy on us.
O Lord, God of the powers, be with us, for we have no helper in our tribulations and afflictions but You.
Make us worthy to pray thankfully:
People
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 the evil one. In Christ Jesus our Lord, for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
In Christ Jesus our Lord.
Priest
Pray.
Deacon
Stand up for prayer.
Priest
Peace be with all.
People
And with your spirit.
Priest
Let us give thanks to the beneficent and merciful God, the Father of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
For He has covered us, helped us, guarded us, accepted us to Himself, spared us, supported us, and has brought us to this hour.
Let us also ask Him, the Lord our God, the Pantocrator, to guard us in all peace this holy day and all the days of our life.
Deacon
Let us pray.
People
Lord have mercy.
Priest
O Master, Lord, God the Pantocrator, the Father of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, we thank You for everything, concerning everything, and in everything.
For You have covered us, helped us, guarded us, accepted us to Yourself, spared us, supported us, and have brought us to this hour.
Deacon
Pray that God may have mercy and compassion on us, hear us, help us and accept the supplications and prayers of His saints, for that which is good on our behalf at all times*; and forgive us our sins.
* In the presence of a bishop, the following part is added:
And to keep the life and standing of our honored father, Pope Abba (…) and his partner in the liturgy, our father the bishop (metropolitan), Abba (...);
People
Lord have mercy.
Priest
Therefore, we ask and entreat Your goodness, O Lover of Mankind, grant us to complete this holy day and all the days of our life in all peace with Your fear.
All envy, all temptation, all the work of Satan, the counsel of wicked men and the rising up of enemies, hidden and manifest, take them away from us, and from all Your people,
and from this church,
(and from this table,)
and from this, Your holy place.
But those things which are good and profitable do provide for us, for it is You who have given us the authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and upon all the power of the enemy.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one, by the grace, compassion and love-of-mankind, of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Through whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the worship are due unto You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life, who is of one essence with You, now and at all times, and unto the age of all ages. Amen.
(The priest raises the incense while the Verses of Cymbals are chanted)