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Deacon:Commemorating our most holy, pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and each other, and all our life unto Christ our God.

People:To You, O Lord.

Priest:O Lord, our God, You have created us and brought us into this life. You have shown us the ways to salvation, and have bestowed upon us the revelation of heavenly mysteries. You have appointed us to this service in the power of Your Holy Spirit. Therefore, O Lord, enable us to become servers of Your new Covenant and ministers of Your holy Mysteries. Through the magnitude of Your mercy, accept us as we draw near to Your Holy Altar, so that we may be worthy to offer to You this reasonable and bloodless sacrifice for our sins and for the errors of Your people. Having received it on Your holy, heavenly and ideal altar as an offering of sweet spiritual fragrance, send down on us in turn the grace of Your Holy Spirit. Look down on us, O God, and observe this our worship. Accept it as You accepted the gifts of Abel, the sacrifices of Noah, the whole burnt offerings of Abraham, the priestly offices of Moses and Aaron, and the peace-offerings of Samuel. As You accepted this true worship from Your holy Apostles, so now, in Your goodness, accept these gifts from the hands of us sinners, O Lord, that having been permitted to serve without offense at Your Holy Altar, we may receive the reward of wise and faithful stewards on the awesome day of Your just retribution,

through the compassion of Your only-begotten Son, with Whom You are blessed, together with Your all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

People:Amen.

Priest:+ Peace be unto all.

People:And to your spirit.

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

People: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! The Trinity, one in essence, and undivided!

Priest:I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my firm foundation, my refuge, and deliverer.

Priest:Christ is with us.

People: He is and always will be!

The clergy, servers and people exchange the kiss of peace

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

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