- 1.121 Then the deacon, again standing in his customary place, says: Again, and again … The priest quietly says the prayer of the third antiphon: You, Who promised to grant … then the ekphonesis: For You, 0 God, are gracious … The choir: Amen.
- 2.The deacon returns to the Altar via the southern door. The royal doors are now opened.
- 3.122 The chanters sing the third antiphon or the Beatitudes, if it is Sunday. When the chanters come to Glory … the priest and deacon, standing before the Holy Table, make three small bows. Then the priest takes the Holy Gospel and gives it to the deacon. The priest allows his phelonion to hang freely.
- 4.Preceded by the candlebearers, the deacon and priest go to the right and pass behind the Holy Table and go out of the Altar through the north door to make the Little Entrance. When they come before the royal doors, the candlebearers, one near the icon of the Theotokos and the other near the icon of the Savior, stand facing each other.
- 5.The priest is in the center and the deacon slightly in front of him and to his right; both bow their heads. In a subdued voice, the deacon says: Let us pray to the Lord, after which the priest quietly says the Prayer of the Entrance
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