O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine inheritance, granting victory to our Right-believing EMPEROR, _name_, over enemies, and preserving thine estate by thy cross. _And after this they sing this troparion, tone ii._ Make us worthy of thy gifts, O God-bearing Virgin, overlooking our iniquities, and vouchsafing cures unto them that in faith receive thy blessing, O thou most pure. _Then the priest kisseth the honourable cross, as also do all the people, and he sprinkleth all with the sanctified water, and the altar, and the whole church. And the people sing the present troparia, tone iv._ Having a fountain of remedies, O holy unmercenary ones, ye bestow healings unto all that are in need, as being counted worthy of mighty gifts from the ever-flowing fountain of our Saviour; for the Lord hath said unto you, as unto co-emulators of the apostles, Behold, I have given unto you power over unclean spirits so as to cast them out, and to heal every sickness and every wound. Therefore in his commandments having virtuously liv’d, freely ye receiv’d, freely ye bestow, healing the sufferings of our souls and bodies. Attend unto the supplications of thy servants, thou altogether undefiled one, quelling the uprisings of evils against us, and releasing us from every affliction; for thee we have alone a sure and certain confirmation, and we have gained thy mediation that we may not be put to shame, O Queen, who call upon thee, Be instant in supplication for them that faithfully exclaim to thee, Hail, Queen, thou aid of all, the joy and safeguard, and salvation of our souls! Accept the prayers of thy servants, O Queen, and deliver us from every necessity and grief. _And, after the sprinkling, the ectenia._ Have mercy upon us, O God.... Furthermore let us pray for the preservation of this holy habitation, and of every city and country, from famine, pestilence, earthquake, flood, fire, sword, invasion of strangers, and civil war, that our good and man-loving God may be gracious and favourably disposed to turn away from us every rage that riseth against us, and to deliver us from his impending and righteous threatening, and to have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy, _xl_. _And the priest exclaimeth,_ Hear us, O God our Saviour, thou hope of all the ends of the earth.... _and the rest_. _Choir._ Amen. _Priest._ Peace to all. _Choir._ And to thy spirit. _Deacon._ Let us bow our heads to the Lord. _Choir._ To thee, O Lord. _Priest, this prayer with a loud voice._