qÜÉ=eçäó= bìÅÜçäçÖáçå= Pieuxologion `eqouab <<Œ‚Ϲ]<îq÷ç¤] Table of Contents THE LAST SUPPER ii Table of Contents H. H. POPE SHENOUDA III iii Table of Contents “He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.” (Joh 6:56) “So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.” (1Co 14:9) “If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.” (1Co 14:27-28) iv Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................................... v Vespers & Matins Incense ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Prayer of Thanksgiving ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction of the Prayer of Incense .................................................................................................................. 6 Prayer of the Incense ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Offering of the Incense ....................................................................................................................................... 9 The Long Prayers .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Prayer of the Departed ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Prayer of the Sick .............................................................................................................................................. 17 Prayer of the Travellers ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Prayer for the Oblations .................................................................................................................................... 21 Offering of the Incense ..................................................................................................................................... 23 Evnoti Nai Nan ................................................................................................................................................. 29 Supplication of the Great Lent .......................................................................................................................... 30 Prayer of the Gospel .......................................................................................................................................... 37 The Five Short Prayers...................................................................................................................................... 44 Prayer for the Peace .......................................................................................................................................... 45 Prayer for the Fathers ........................................................................................................................................ 45 Prayer for the Place ........................................................................................................................................... 46 Prayer for the Fruits, Waters and Plants ........................................................................................................... 47 Prayer for the Congregation .............................................................................................................................. 49 First Absolution of the Son ............................................................................................................................... 52 Second Absolution of the Son........................................................................................................................... 53 Third Absolution of the Son ............................................................................................................................. 54 Conclusion of the Service ................................................................................................................................. 57 The Final Blessing ............................................................................................................................................ 58 Liturgy of Saint Basil ............................................................................................................................................ 62 The Prayer of Preparation ................................................................................................................................. 62 Procession of the Lamb ..................................................................................................................................... 66 Prayer of Thanksgiving ..................................................................................................................................... 71 Prayer of the Bread Offering ............................................................................................................................. 76 Absolution of the Son ....................................................................................................................................... 78 Absolution of the Father ................................................................................................................................... 79 Absolution of the Servants ................................................................................................................................ 81 Prayer of the Pauline Incense ............................................................................................................................ 83 The Hymn of the Censer ................................................................................................................................... 84 The Hymn of the Intercessions ......................................................................................................................... 85 The Pauline Epistle ........................................................................................................................................... 88 The Catholic Epistle .......................................................................................................................................... 90 The Praxis ......................................................................................................................................................... 93 The Hymn of the Trisagion ............................................................................................................................... 94 Prayer for the Gospel ........................................................................................................................................ 94 Prayer of the Veil ............................................................................................................................................ 103 The Three Long Prayers .................................................................................................................................. 106 Prayer for Peace .............................................................................................................................................. 106 Prayer for the Fathers ...................................................................................................................................... 108 v Table of Contents Prayer for the Congregations .......................................................................................................................... 110 The Orthodox Creed ....................................................................................................................................... 113 Prayer of Reconciliation ................................................................................................................................. 115 The Anaphora .................................................................................................................................................. 120 The Institution Narrative ................................................................................................................................. 126 Prayer of the Descent of the Holy Spirit ......................................................................................................... 130 The Supplication ............................................................................................................................................. 132 The Seven Short Prayers ................................................................................................................................. 133 Prayer for the Peace ........................................................................................................................................ 134 Prayer for the Fathers .....................................................................................................................................