- 1.Going out, the deacon exclaims: May the Lord God remember all you orthodox Christians … and proceeds through the royal doors into the Altar where, standing on the right, he awaits the priest.
- 2.After the deacon, the priest exclaims: May the Lord God remember in His kingdom our holy ecumenical … and coming before the royal doors, he turns towards the people as he concludes: … and all you orthodox Christians … Then he enters the Altar. The choir responds: Amen, and sings: That we may welcome …
- 3.130 After passing through the holy doors, the priest sets the chalice on the Holy Table, then he takes the diskarion from the deacon and, in like manner, sets it on the Holy Table to the left of the chalice.
- 4.He removes the small veils from the diskarion and chalice and lays them to one side on the Holy Table. Then he takes the large veil, called the aer, from the shoulder of the deacon, censes the aer above the censer and covers the holy gifts, saying: The noble Joseph …
- 5.Then, taking the censer from the hands of the deacon, he incenses the holy gifts in three strokes, saying: Deal favorably, 0 Lord, …
- 6.While this is being said the holy doors are closed; the candle bearers bow together before the royal doors and return to their places.
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