O Lord our God, who, in thy saving providence, didst vouchsafe in Cana of Galilee to declare marriage honourable by thy presence; do thou now thyself preserve in peace and unanimity thy servants, _name_, and, _name_, whom thou art well-pleased should be conjoined to one another: declare their marriage honourable: preserve their bed undefiled: be pleased that their mutual life may be unblamable, and count them worthy to attain unto a ripe old age, keeping thy commandments in a pure heart. For thou art our God, the God to have mercy and to save, and to thee we ascribe glory, with thine unbeginning Father, and with thine all-holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. _Choir._ Amen. _Deacon._ Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by thy grace. _Choir._ Lord, have mercy. That the whole day may be perfect, holy.... _Choir._ Vouchsafe, O Lord. An angel of peace.... Pardon and forgiveness of our sins.... What is good and profitable for our souls.... That the remaining time of our life.... A christian end of our life.... Having prayed for the unity of the faith, and the communion of the Holy Ghost.... _Choir._ To thee, O Lord. _The priest exclaimeth,_ And count us worthy, O Master, with boldness to dare without condemnation to call upon thee, our heavenly Father God, and say, _And the people_, Our Father.... _all to the end_. _The priest exclaimeth_, For thine is the kingdom.... Peace to all. Bow your heads to the Lord. _Then the common cup is brought, and the priest blesseth it, and saith this prayer._ _Deacon._ Let us pray to the Lord. O God, who by thy might createst all things, and confirmest the universe, and adornest the crown of all things created by thee; do thou, with thy spiritual blessing, bless also this common cup given for the community of marriage unto them that are conjoined. _With a loud voice_, For blessed is thy name, and glorified thy kingdom.... _Choir._ Amen. _Then the priest, taking in his hand the common cup, giveth them to drink thrice, first to the man, and then to the woman. And straightway the priest taketh them, while the groomsman holdeth the crowns behind, and leadeth them in the form of a circle. And the priest, or the people, sing the present troparion in tone v,_ Rejoice, O Esaias, the virgin is with child, and bringeth forth a son, Emmanuel, God and man: the orient is his name, whom magnifying, we call the virgin blessed. _Another, tone vii._ O holy martyrs, who valiantly contended, and are crowned; pray ye the Lord for mercy on our souls. Glory to thee, Christ God, apostles’ boast, and martyrs’ joy, whose preaching was the consubstantial Trinity. _Then, taking the crown from the bridegroom, he saith,_ Be thou magnified, O bridegroom, as Abraham, and blessed as Isaac, and increased as Jacob, walking in peace, and performing in righteousness the commandments of God.