_Chapter XII._ THE ORDER FOR A SECOND MARRIAGE. _The priest beginneth_, Blessed be our God.... _Then_, Trisagion. _After_ Our Father.... _the troparion of the day_. _Then, ectenia._ In peace let us pray to the Lord. For the peace that is from above.... For the peace of the whole world.... For this holy temple.... For the servants of God, _name_, and, _name_, and for their protection by God and mutual life, let us pray to the Lord. That they may live together virtuously in unanimity, let us pray to the Lord. Help us, save us, have mercy.... Commemorating our most holy, most pure, most blessed.... For to thee is due.... _Then_, Let us pray to the Lord. _Priest, the prayer._ O God eternal, who bringest things that are divided unto unity, and imposest upon these two an indissoluble bond of love, who didst bless Isaac and Rebecca, and declare them to be the inheritors of thy promise; do thou thyself also bless these thy servants, _name_, and, _name_, directing them in every good work. For a merciful and man-loving God thou art, and to thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. _Priest._ Peace to all. _Deacon._ Bow your heads to the Lord. _Priest, the prayer._ O Lord our God, who hast espoused the church as a pure virgin from among the gentiles; do thou bless these espousals, and unite and keep these thy servants in peace and unanimity. For to thee is due all glory, honour, and worship, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. _Then the priest, taking the rings, giveth first the golden one to the man, and the silver one to the woman, and saith to the man,_ The servant of God, _name_, is betrothed to the handmaid of God, _name_, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. _And in like manner to the woman_, The handmaid of God, _name_, is betrothed to the servant of God, _name_, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. _And he maketh a cross with the rings upon their heads, and placeth them on the fingers of their right hands. Then the sponsor changeth the rings of the bridal pair._ _After this, the deacon._ Let us pray to the Lord. _Priest, the prayer._