Book of Needs of the Holy Orthodox Church : $b with an appendix containing offices for the laying on of handsRusskaia pravoslavnaia tserkov
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Book of Needs of the Holy Orthodox Church : $b with an appendix containing offices for the laying on of hands
Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov
Orthodox Eastern Church -- Liturgy -- Texts
Master, Lord our God, who sparest all, and providest for all, who knowest
the secrets of men, having knowledge of all things; do thou cleanse
our sins, and pardon the transgression of thy servants, calling them
to repentance: vouchsafe unto them remission of iniquities, cleansing
of sins, pardon of voluntary and involuntary transgressions, O thou
that knowest the weakness of human nature, thou Fashioner and Creator.
O thou who didst forgive Raab the harlot, and accept the repentance of
the publican, remember not our sins of ignorance from our youth up. For
if thou, O Lord, shouldest mark transgressions, who should stand before
thee, O Lord? or what flesh should be justified in thy sight? For thou
only art just, sinless, holy, of abundant mercy, plenteous beneficence,
and repentest thee concerning the evils of men. Do thou thyself, O
Master, who claimest thy servants, _name_, _name_, unite them to one
another in love; give unto them the conversion of the publican, the tears
of the harlot, and the confession of the thief, that, through repentance
from all their heart, performing thy commandments in unanimity and peace,
they may be counted worthy of thy heavenly kingdom.
For thou art the provider for all, and to thee we ascribe glory....
_Priest._ Peace to all.
_Deacon._ Bow your heads to the Lord.
_And this prayer._
O Lord Jesus Christ, Word of God, who wast lifted up upon the precious
and life-effecting cross, and didst tear up the handwriting that was
against us, and deliver us from the power of the devil; do thou cleanse
the transgressions of thy servants, for, unable to bear the burden and
the heat of the day, and the burning of the flesh, they are come to a
second community of marriage, in accordance with that which thou hast
lawfully appointed by thy chosen vessel, Paul, the apostle, saying,
because of our low estate, It is better to marry in the Lord than to
burn. Do thou thyself, as being good and man-loving, have mercy and
pardon, cleanse, remit, and forgive our debts; for thou art he that took
our weaknesses on thy shoulders: for there is none sinless, or without
defilement for even one day of his life: thou only art the one who didst
bear flesh sinlessly, and thou bestowest upon us eternal passionlessness.
For thou art God, the God of the penitent, 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.
_People._ Amen.
Let us pray to the Lord.
_Priest, the prayer._
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