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Audio Text
| Upon completing the censing, the deacon takes his place at the priest’s right and holds the thurible with the ring finger of his left hand. Both deacon and priest, with hands elevated on high, together say the Cherubic Hymn three times, and make a small bow after each recitation. The deacon leads the priest to the Prothesis table. At the Prothesis, the priest takes the censer and censes the holy gifts in strokes of three while praying quietly: 0 God, be merciful to me a sinner. The priest returns the censer to the deacon, who holds it with one of the fingers of his right hand. Then the deacon says to the priest: Lift up, 0 Master; the priest takes the large veil called the aer and places it upon the left shoulder of the deacon, saying: Lift up your hands etc. Then the deacon says to the priest: Master Lift it up; the priest takes the large veil called the aer and places it upon the left shoulder of the deacon etc. |
Notes
It is also optional for the deacon to place his orarion on top of the diskarion for the entrance.
The candle bearers may process ahead of the deacon and priest before the Cherubic Hymn is finished, but the deacon should wait until the hymn is concluding.