O my beloved brethren, do ye forget me not, when ye sing unto the Lord; but remember ye the brotherhood, and beseech ye God that the Lord may rest me with the just. _Troparion, tone vi._ On me death suddenly hath come, and parted me to day from that which was mine own; but me, translating, do thou rest, O Christ, in places of refreshment. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us; for, destitute of all defence, we sinners offer unto thee, as Master, this prayer, Have mercy upon us. _Glory._ O Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have put our trust in thee. Be not exceedingly wroth against us, neither remember our transgressions; but, as being loving-kind, look now upon us, and deliver us from our enemies; for thou art our God, and we are thy people, we are all the work of thy hand, and we call upon thy name. _Both now. Theotokion._ Open unto us the gates of loving-kindness, O blessed God-bearing one, that we perish not who put our trust in thee, but through thee may we be delivered from calamities; for thou art the salvation of the christian race. _Prokimenon, tone vi._ His soul shall dwell in good things. _Verse._ Unto thee, O Lord, have I cried.... _The epistle to the Corinthians, section clx._ Brethren, Christ is risen ... _ending_, God may be all in all.[43] _Alleluia._ Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord. _Verse._ His seed shall be mighty upon earth. _The gospel from John, section xxii._ The Lord spake unto the Jews that came unto him, This is the will.... _ending_, at the last day.[44] _Then the beatitudes in tone ii._ In thy kingdom remember us, O Lord, when thou comest in thy kingdom. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. For tasting the tree’s fruit of old Adam from paradise was driven; but for thee owning to be God, when on the cross he hung, the thief was plac’d in paradise. And, saved by thy passion, Lord, we imitate the thief, crying in faith, Remember us, when in thy kingdom thou shalt come. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. My maker, taking clay from earth, by will divine my body form’d, but by a holy ordinance he plac’d a soul therein, by breathing breath that beareth life. And when to sin’s corruption I in evil wise was bound, me thou recalledst, lover of mankind, by tenderness extreme. But rest, O God, among thy Saints, him whom thou hast receiv’d. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.