- 1.The priest, blessing him, says: May God, through the prayers … , and gives him the Holy Gospel. The deacon responds: Amen, shows reverence to the Holy Gospel and takes it through the holy doors to the ambo or the place from which the Gospel lesson is to be read.
- 2.Candlebearers leave the altar by the side doors and precede the deacon. At the ambo the deacon sets the Gospel Book on an analogion, so that he may read the Gospel facing the people
- 3.The deacon Standing before the Holy Table and looking towards the west, the priest exclaims: Wisdom! Let us stand and listen to the holy gospel, then, blessing, Pseace be with all. The choir: And with your spirit. The deacon: A reading from the holy Gospel according to Saint [Name]. The choir: Glory to You, 0 Lord, glory to You. The priest: Let us be attentive!
- 4.When the deacon has finished the Gospel reading, the priest says to the deacon: Peace be with you who have announced the holy Gospel. The choir: Glory to You, 0 Lord, glory to You.
- 5.After proceeding to the holy doors, the deacon returns the closed Holy Gospel to the priest, who kisses and places it in the center of the Holy Table in front of the artophorion, or he lays it on the right side of the Holy Table. The holy doors are closed again.
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