O God our Saviour, who was pleased to enter in under the roof of Zaccheus, and didst bring salvation unto him and unto all his house; do thou thyself now also preserve unhurt from every harm them that have purposed to live here, and offer unto thee prayers and supplications through us unworthy ones, blessing those whose dwelling-place is here, and preserving their life without snares. For to thee is due all glory, honour, and worship, with thine unbeginning Father, and with thy most holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. [Illustration] _Chapter XXXIII._ PRAYER FOR ONE THAT PURPOSETH TO GO ON A JOURNEY. O God, our God, the true and living way, who didst journey with thy servant Joseph; do thou journey with thy servant, _name_, and deliver him from every storm and snare, and peace and vigour continually provide. Be pleased that, having accomplished every intention of righteousness, according to thy commandment, and being filled with temporal and heavenly blessings, he may return again. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. [Illustration] [Illustration] FOOTNOTES [1] The office for the laying on of hands of a bishop is not found in the book here mentioned, and consequently no translation of this office will be found in the present work. [2] This work also contains the _troparia for the day_ and other matter not written at length in the text of the present one. [3] See _Euchology_, chap. xxvii. [4] These verses form no part of the proper Easter service, but are sung at Matins on ordinary Sundays. See _Euchology_, page 25. [5] This Doxology is the one sung at Matins on an ordinary week-day when no festival is observed. See _Euchology_, page 105. And observe how the present office, with its Stichera, etc., takes the form of Matins. [6] These Verses are proper for the Saturday of meat-abstinence. See _Euchology_, page 261. [7] This verse is proper to Matins, and serves as a keynote to indicate whether the occasion is a joyful or a penitential one, it being superseded by the singing of Alleluia in the latter case. See _Euchology_, pages 23 and 94. [8] An exclamation at the celebration of the Liturgy, after the consecration and the intercession for the dead and living, and before the ectenia that introduces the Lord’s prayer. [9] Chap. vi., 3-11. [10] Chap. xxxviii., 16 ad fin. [11] The questions that follow, coming down from Byzantine times, though retained in the _Trébnik_, are not now asked, but the confessor waits for the penitent to reveal his or her offences, and, when necessary, puts suitable questions, according to the person’s condition, sex, and age. [12] Here in the _Trébnik_ follow some instructions respecting the imposition of penance, which, according to the canons, consists in prohibition from Holy Communion for a given time for certain grave sins.