Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom #catechesis/fathers/liturgies
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[!abstract] The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom — the ordinary Eucharistic service of the Byzantine rite. The Anaphora (the eucharistic prayer) is the section the Catechism cites for God as “the inexpressible, the incomprehensible, the invisible, the ungraspable.”
The Great Litany and the Antiphons
Deacon: In peace let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For the peace of God and the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For peace of the whole world, for the stability of the holy churches of God, and for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For this holy house and for those who enter it with faith, reverence, and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For our Archbishop (Name), our Bishop (Name), the honorable presbyters, the deacons in the service of Christ, and all the clergy and laity, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For our country, the president, and all those in public service, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For this parish and city, for every city and country, and for the faithful who live in them, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For favorable weather, an abundance of the fruits of the earth, and temperate seasons, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For travelers by land, sea, and air, for the sick, the suffering, the captives, and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger, and distress, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
People: To You, O Lord.
Priest: For to You belong all glory, honor, and worship to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
The First Antiphon
(The designated verses from the Psalms are sung with the hymn:)
People: By the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us (3).
Deacon: In peace let us again pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
People: To You, O Lord.
Priest: For Yours is the dominion, the kingdom, the power, and the glory of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
The Second Antiphon
(The designated verses from the Psalms are sung with the hymn:)
People: Save us, O Son of God, (who rose from the dead), to You we sing: Alleluia (3).
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Only begotten Son and Word of God, although immortal You humbled Yourself for our salvation, taking flesh from the holy Theotokos and ever virgin Mary and, without change, becoming man. Christ, our God, You were crucified but conquered death by death. You are one of the Holy Trinity, glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit - save us.
Deacon: In peace let us again pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
People: To You, O Lord.
Priest: For You are a good and loving God, and to You we give glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
The Third Antiphon
(The designated verses of the Psalms are sung with the Apolytikion.)
The Entrance
(While the Apolytikion is sung, the priest carrying the holy Gospel Book comes in procession before the Beautiful Gate and prays in a low voice:)
Priest: Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
People: Come, let us worship and bow before Christ. Save us, O Son of God who rose from the dead
The Trisagion Hymn
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: For You are holy, our God, and to You we give glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever…
Deacon: …and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen. Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us (3).
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
Amen. Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
Deacon: Again, fervently.
People: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
The Readings
The Epistle
Priest: Let us be attentive.
Deacon: Wisdom.
Reader: The reading is from (The name of the book of the New Testament from which the Apostolic reading is taken).
Deacon: Let us be attentive.
Priest: Peace be with you.
People: Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
The Holy Gospel
Priest: Wisdom. Arise. Let us hear the holy Gospel. Peace be with all.
People: And with your spirit.
Deacon: The reading is from the holy Gospel according to (Name). Let us be attentive.
People: Glory to You, O Lord, glory to You.
People: Glory to You, O Lord, glory to You.
The Homily
Litany of Fervent Supplication
Priest: Let us say with all our soul and with all our mind, let us say:
People: Lord, have mercy. (once)
Priest: O Lord Almighty, the God of our Fathers, we beseech Thee, hear us and have mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy. (once)
Priest: Have mercy upon us, O God, according to Thy great goodness, we beseech Thee, hear us and have mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Priest: Furthermore we pray for this country, its ruler, (title and name of the ruler), its people, civil authorities and armed forces.
People: Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Priest: Furthermore we pray for our Most Reverend Bishop (name of the diocesan bishop, or, if he be an archbishop or metropolitan, mention his rank and name), and for all the Orthodox bishops.
People: Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Priest: Furthermore we pray for our brethren: priests, deacons, monks and all other clergy, and for all our brethren in Christ.
People: Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Priest: Furthermore we pray for the blessed ever-memorable and most holy Orthodox patriarchs, for devout kings and rightbelieving queens, for the blessed founders of this holy church and for all our Orthodox fathers, brethren, and sisters departed from this life before us, and who rest in peace here and everywhere.
People: Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Priest: Furthermore we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of the sins of the servants of God: benefactors, trustees, members and supporters of this holy church.
People: Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Priest: Furthermore we pray for those who bring offerings and do good works in this holy and all-venerable church; for those who labor in its service, for the singers and for the people here present, who await from Thee great and abundant mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Priest: For Thou art a merciful God and lovest mankind, and unto Thee we ascribe glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Litany for the Deceased
Priest: Have mercy upon us, O God, according to Thy great mercy, we beseech Thee: hear us, and have mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Priest: Furthermore we pray for the repose of the soul(s) of the servant(s) of God (name-s of the deceased), departed from this life, and that Thou wilt pardon all his (or her or their) sins, both voluntary and involuntary.
People: Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Priest: That the Lord God will establish his (or her or their) soul(s) where the just repose.
People: Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Priest: The mercies of God, the Kingdom of Heaven, and the remission of his (or her or their) sins, we ask of Christ, or King Immortal and our God.
People: Grant this, O Lord.
Priest: Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy. (one time)
Priest: O God of spirits, and of all flesh, Who hast trampled down death by death, and overthrown the Devil, and hast bestowed life upon Thy world: do Thou Thyself, O Lord, grant rest to the soul(s) of Thy departed servant(s), (name-s of the deceased), in a place of brightness, a place of verdure, a place of repose, whence all sickness, sorrow and sighing have fled away. As the gracious God, Who lovest mankind, pardon every transgression which he (or she or they) has (or have) committed, whether by word, or deed, or thought. For Thou alone art without sin, and Thy righteousness is to all eternity, and Thy word is truth. For Thou art the Resurrection, and the Life, and the Repose of Thy departed servant(s) (name-s of the deceased). O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe gory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine All-Holy, and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
People: Amen.
Prayer of the Catechumens
Priest: Pray unto the Lord, ye catechumens.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Ye faithful, pray ye for the catechumens, that the Lord may have mercy upon them.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: That He may teach them the word of truth;
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: That He may reveal to them the Gospel of righteousness.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: That He may unite them unto His Holy, Universal, and Apostolic Church;
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Save them, have mercy upon them, preserve them, and protect them, O God, by Thy grace.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Bow your heads unto the Lord, ye catechumens.
People: To Thee, O Lord.
Priest: That they also with us may glorify Thy most honorable and majestic Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Dismissal of the Catechumens
Priest: All ye catechumens, depart! Depart, ye catechumens! All ye that are catechumens, depart! Let no catechumens remain! But let us who are of the faithful, again and again, in peace pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Help us, save us have mercy upon us and protect us, O god, by Thy grace.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: For unto Thee are due all glory, honor, and worship, to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
People: Amen.
Prayer of the Faithful
Priest: And grant that always guarded by Your power we may give glory to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
The Great Entrance
People: We who mystically represent the Cherubim sing the thrice holy hymn to the life giving Trinity. Let us set aside all the cares of life that we may receive the King of all…
Deacon: May the Lord God remember all of you in His kingdom, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
People: …invisibly escorted by the angelic hosts. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
The Petitions
Deacon: Let us complete our prayer to the Lord.
People: Lord have mercy.
Deacon: For the precious gifts here presented, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord have mercy.
Deacon: For this holy house and for those who enter it with faith, reverence, and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord have mercy.
Deacon: For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger, and distress, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord have mercy.
Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.
People: Lord have mercy.
Deacon: For a perfect, holy, peaceful, and sinless day, let us ask the Lord.
People: Grant this, O Lord.
Deacon: For an angel of peace, a faithful guide, a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us ask the Lord.
People: Grant this, O Lord.
Deacon: For forgiveness and remission of our sins and transgressions, let us ask the Lord.
People: Grant this, O Lord.
Deacon: For all that is good and beneficial to our souls, and for peace in the world, let us ask the Lord.
People: Grant this, O Lord.
Deacon: For the completion of our lives in peace and repentance, let us ask the Lord.
People: Grant this, O Lord.
Deacon: For a Christian end to our lives, peaceful, without shame and suffering, and for a good account before the awesome judgment seat of Christ, let us ask the Lord.
People: Grant this, O Lord.
Deacon: Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
People: To You, O Lord.
The Prayer of the Proskomide
Priest: Through the mercies of Your only begotten Son with whom You are blessed, together with Your all holy, good, and life giving Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
Priest: Peace be with all.
People: And with your spirit.
Deacon: Let us love one another that with one mind we may confess:
People: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Trinity one in essence and inseparable.
Deacon: Guard the doors. Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
The Creed
People: I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages. Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not created, of one essence with the Father, through whom all things were made.
For us and for our salvation, He came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and He suffered and was buried.
On the third day He rose according to the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. His kingdom will have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father, who together with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who spoke through the prophets.
In one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I expect the resurrection of the dead.
And the life of the age to come. Amen.
The Holy Anaphora
Deacon: Let us stand well. Let us stand in awe. Let us be attentive, that we may present the holy offering in peace.
People: Mercy and peace, a sacrifice of praise.
Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.
People: And with your spirit.
Priest: Let us lift up our hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord.
People: It is proper and right.
Priest: Singing the victory hymn, proclaiming, crying out, and saying:
People: Holy, holy, holy, Lord Sabaoth, heaven and earth are filled with Your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna to God in the highest.
Priest: Take, eat, this is my Body which is broken for you for the forgiveness of sins.
People: Amen.
Priest: Drink of it all of you; this is my Blood of the new Covenant which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
People: Amen.
Priest: We offer to You these gifts from Your own gifts in all and for all.
People: We praise You, we bless You, we give thanks to You, and we pray to You, Lord our God.
Priest: Especially for our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary.
People: It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Word. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.
Priest: Above all, remember, Lord, our Archbishop (Name) and our Bishop (Name): Grant that they may serve Your holy churches in peace. Keep them safe, honorable, and healthy for many years, rightly teaching the word of Your truth.
Deacon: Remember also, Lord, those whom each of us calls to mind and all Your people.
People: And all Your people.
Priest: And grant that with one voice and one heart we may glorify and praise Your most honored and majestic name, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
Priest: The mercy of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ be with all of you.
People: And with your spirit.
Deacon: Having remembered all the saints, let us again in peace pray to the Lord.
People: Lord have mercy.
Deacon: For the precious Gifts offered and consecrated, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord have mercy.
Deacon: That our loving God who has received them at His holy, heavenly, and spiritual altar as an offering of spiritual fragrance, may in return send upon us divine grace and the gift of the Holy Spirit, let us pray.
People: Lord have mercy.
Deacon: Having prayed for the unity of faith and for the communion of the Holy Spirit, let us commit ourselves, and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.
People: To You, O Lord.
Priest: And make us worthy, Master, with confidence and without fear of condemnation, to dare call You, the heavenly God, Father, and to say:
The Lord’s Prayer
People: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Priest: For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
Priest: Peace be with all.
People: And with your spirit.
Deacon: Let us bow our heads to the Lord.
People: To You, O Lord.
Priest: By the grace, mercy, and love for us of Your only begotten Son, with whom You are blessed, together with Your all holy, good, and life giving Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
Deacon: Let us be attentive.
Priest: The holy Gifts for the holy people of God.
People: One is Holy, one is Lord, Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Holy Communion
People: Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the highest. Alleluia (3).
Deacon: Approach with the fear of God, faith, and love.
Priest: Save, O God, Your people and bless Your inheritance.
People: We have seen the true light; we have received the heavenly Spirit; we have found the true faith, worshiping the undivided Trinity, for the Trinity has saved us.
Priest: Always, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
Let our mouths be filled with Your praise, Lord, that we may sing of Your glory. You have made us worthy to partake of Your holy mysteries. Keep us in Your holiness, that all the day long we may meditate upon Your righteousness. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Deacon: Let us be attentive. Having partaken of the divine, holy, pure, immortal, heavenly, life giving, and awesome Mysteries of Christ, let us worthily give thanks to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God, by your grace.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: Having prayed for a perfect, holy, peaceful, and sinless day, let us commit ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.
People: To You, O Lord.
Priest: For You are our sanctification and to You we give glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
The Dismissal
Priest: Let us depart in peace.
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord have mercy.
Priest: Lord, bless those who praise You and sanctify those who trust in You. Save Your people and bless Your inheritance. Protect the whole body of Your Church. Sanctify those who love the beauty of Your house. Glorify them in return by Your divine power, and do not forsake us who hope in You. Grant peace to Your world, to Your churches, to the clergy, to those in public service, to the armed forces, and to all Your people. For every good and perfect gift is from above, coming from You, the Father of lights. To You we give glory, thanksgiving, and worship, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
Blessed is the name of the Lord, both now and to the ages (3).
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy (3.) Father, give the blessing.
Priest: May the blessing of the Lord and His mercy come upon you through His divine grace and love always, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
Priest: Glory to You, O God, our hope, glory to You.
May Christ our true God (who rose from the dead), as a good, loving, and merciful God, have mercy upon us and save us, through the intercessions of His most pure and holy Mother; the power of the precious and life-giving Cross; the protection of the honorable, bodiless powers of heaven; the supplications of the honorable, glorious, prophet, and forerunner John the Baptist; the holy, glorious, and praiseworthy apostles; the holy, glorious, and triumphant martyrs; our holy and God-bearing Fathers (name of the church); the holy and righteous ancestors Joachim and Anna; Saint (of the day) whose memory we commemorate today, and all the saints.
People: Amen.
Lord, grant long life to him who blesses and sanctifies us.
Priest: Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on us and save us.
People: Amen.
Priest: May the holy Trinity protect all of you.
Priest: May the blessing and the mercy of the Lord be with you.
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The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, English text retrieved from liturgies.net for personal study.
https://www.liturgies.net/Liturgies/Eastern/ChrysostomsLiturgy.htm
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