Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 2

1 THE SMALL LITANY

2 Deacon: Again and again, in peace, let us pray to the Lord.

3 People: Lord, have mercy.

4 Deacon: Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace. Commemorating our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.

5 People: To You, O Lord.

6 THE PRAYER OF THE SECOND ANTIPHON — Priest: Lord, our God, save Your people and bless Your inheritance. Protect the fullness of Your Church. Sanctify those who love the beauty of Your house. Glorify them in return by Your divine power, and forsake us not who have set our hope in You. For Yours is the dominion, and Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

7 People: Amen. Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead, we sing to You, Alleluia.

8 Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

9 Only-begotten Son and Logos of God, being immortal, You condescended for our salvation to take flesh from the holy Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary and, without change, became man. Christ, our God, You were crucified and conquered death by death. Being one of the Holy Trinity, glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit: Save us.

10 THE PRAYER OF THE THIRD ANTIPHON — Priest: Lord, You have granted us to offer these common prayers in unison and have promised that when two or three agree in Your name, You will grant their requests. Fulfill now, O Lord, the petitions of Your servants as may be of benefit to them, granting us in the present age the knowledge of Your truth, and in the age to come eternal life. For You, O God, are good and love mankind, and to You we offer glory, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

11 People: Amen.