The Great Entrance and Communion of the Presanctified Gifts
With your Christ, with whom you are blessed through your all-holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and forever... 14. The Great Entrance. The chanters: K, L, M, Ph, m, Tr. The people: Now the powers of heaven: K, M. The Cherubic prayer is not said. 1. After the priest has entered from the prothesis and placed the Holy Things upon the holy altar, he says: the priest Let us fulfill our evening petition to the Lord. Th, I. Let us pray for the gifts that have been offered and sanctified: K, M, P. For this holy house and for the... Th, I, K, P, Tr, etc. So that our Philanthropic God, I, K, P, having received these, may... K, into his holy, super-heavenly, and spiritual altar, Th, P, send back to us... I, K, M, P, Tr, etc. For us to be delivered from all... Th. The prayer of the Presanctified Gifts follows after the gifts have been placed on the altar and the mystical people have been filled. The prayer of the ineffable and unseen mysteries (pp. 55–56). 12. Diaconal and Lordly prayer—Communion. Th, I, K, M, P, P, a, etc. Help, save, have mercy, and protect... May the entire evening be perfect, holy, peaceful, and without sin, through the Angel of Peace, a faithful guide and guardian. For forgiveness and remission of sins; for that which is good and profitable for souls; for the remaining time of life; for a Christian end to our lives, without... for the unity of the faith and the communion of the Holy Spirit... And grant us, etc. (pp. 56–57, lines 60–76). 1. The priest, bowing, prays: Lord, hear me (p. 62, lines 51–55): Th, I. The deacon: Let us attend. The priest: The Presanctified Holy Things to the saints. The people: One is holy, one is Lord. Ph. Taste and see that Christ is Lord. K. Note that when he is about to lift them, while the Holy Things are still covered, he brings his hands forward; he exclaims: K, M. Once Communion is completed and the Holy Things have been removed from the holy altar, the priest prays: Th. After Communion: We give thanks to you (pp. 57–58). 13. Epilogue and Dismissal. 1. Then, remembering and saying to himself, the priest exclaims: Blessed be our God, lifting up the Holy Things: Always, now, and ever, and unto the ages of ages. The deacon: Blessed are those who have partaken of the divine, holy, unblemished, immortal, and heavenly mysteries of Christ; let us give thanks to the Lord. Help, save, have mercy, and protect. Having asked for the entire evening to be perfect, holy, peaceful, and without sin, for ourselves and for one another: K. Exclaiming: Because you are our sanctification, and to you we return the glory, to the Father and to the Son: K, Ph. The deacon: Let us go forth in peace. Let us pray to the Lord: Prayer after Communion: Lord God Almighty (p. 58). 1. Prayer for the removal of the Holy Things: Lord our God, who leads us... (pp. 63, lines 71–74).
Greek
Χριστοῦ σου, μεθ' οὗ εὐλογητὸς εἶ σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ἀγαθῷ καὶ ζωοποιῷ σου πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεί ... ΙΑʹ Μεγάλη εἴσοδος Θ Οἱ ψάλται Κ, Λ, Μ, Φ, μ, Τρ. Ὁ λαὸς· Νῦν αἱ δυνάμεις Κ, Μ τῶν οὐρανῶν· Κ, Μ. Εὐχὴ δὲ χερουβικοῦ οὐ λέγεται· Ι Μετὰ τὸ εἰσοδεῦσαι τὸν ἱερέα ἀπὸ τῆς προθέσεως καὶ θῆναι τὰ ἅγια ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ τραπέζῃ λέγει· Θ, Κ, Μ, Π, Τρ. κλπ. Πληρώσωμεν τὴν ἑσπερινὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ. Θ, Ι Ὑπὲρ τῶν προσκομισθέντων καὶ προαγιασθέντων τιμίων δώρων τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν· Κ, Μ, Π Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἁγίου οἴκου τούτου καὶ τῶν Θ, Ι, Κ, Π, Τρ. κλπ. Ὅπως ὁ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ἡμῶν. Ι, Κ, Π ὁ προσδεξάμενος αὐτά. Κ εἰς τὸ ἅγιον καὶ ὑπερουράνιον καὶ νοερὸν αὐτοῦ θυσιαστήριον. Θ, Π ἀντικαταπέμψῃ ἡμῖν· Ι, Κ, Μ, Π, Τρ. κλπ. Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ῥυσθῆναι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ... Θ Εὐχὴ τῶν προηγιασμένων μετὰ τὸ ἀποτεθῆναι τὰ δῶρα ἐν τῇ τραπέζῃ καὶ πληρῶσαι τὸν λαὸν τὸν μυστικόν. Ὁ τῶν ἀρρήτων καὶ ἀθεάτων μυστηρίων (σελ. 55– 56). ΙΒʹ ∆ιακονικὰ–Κυριακὴ προσευχὴ–Μετάληψις. Θ, Ι, Κ, Μ, Π, Π, α κλπ. Ἀντιλαβοῦ σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον .... Τὴν ἑσπέραν πᾶσαν τελείαν, ἁγίαν, εἰρηνικὴν καὶ ἀναμάρτητον παρὰ Ἄγγελον εἰρήνης, πιστὸν ὁδηγόν, φύλακα. Συγγνώμην καὶ ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν· Τὰ καλὰ καὶ συμφέροντα ταῖς ψυχαῖς· Τὸν ὑπόλοιπον χρόνον τῆς ζωῆς· Χριστιανὰ τὰ τέλη τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν, ἀνώ ... Τὴν ἑνότητα τῆς πίστεως καὶ τὴν κοινωνίαν· τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ... Καὶ καταξίωσον ἡμᾶς κλπ. (σελ. 56–57, στ. 60–76)· Ι Ὁ ἱερεὺς κλινόμενος ἐπεύχεται· Πρόσχες, Κύριε (σελ. 62, στ. 51–55): Θ, Ι Ὁ διάκονος· Πρόσχωμεν· Ὁ ἱερεύς· Τὰ προηγιασμένα ἅγια τοῖς ἁγίοις· Ὁ λαός· Εἷς ἅγιος, εἷς Κύριος· Φ Γεύσασθε καὶ ἴδεται (ἴδετε) ὅτι Χριστὸς ὁ Κύριος. Κ Ἰστέον ὅτι ὅταν μέλλῃ ὑψῶσαι, κεκαλυμμένων ὄντων τῶν ἁγίων, εἰσάγει τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ· ἐκφώ· Κ, μ Εἴτα τῆς μεταλήψεως τελειωθείσης καὶ τῶν ἁγίων λειψάνων ἀπὸ τῆς ἱερᾶς ἀρθέντων τραπέζης, ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐπεύχεται· Θ Εἴτα τῆς μεταλήψεως· Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι (σελ. 57–58) ΙΓʹ Ἐπίλογος καὶ Ἀπόλυσις. Ι Ἔπειτα θυμιάσας καὶ εἰπὼν καθ' ἑαυτὸν ὁ ἱερεύς· Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν αἴρει τὰ ἅγια ἐκφωνῶν· Πάντοτε νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· Ὁ διάκονος· Ὀρθοὶ οἱ μεταλαβόντες τῶν θείων, ἁγίων, ἀχράντων, ἀθανάτων καὶ ἐπουρανίων τοῦ Χριστοῦ μυστηρίων, εὐχαριστήσωμεν τῷ Κυρίῳ Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον Τὴν ἑσπέραν πᾶσαν τελείαν, ἁγίαν, εἰρηνικὴν καὶ ἀναμάρτητον αἰτησάμενοι, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους· Κ Ἐκφώνως· Ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ἡμῶν καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ· Κ, Φ Ὁ διάκονος· Ἐν εἰρήνῃ προέλθωμεν. Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν· Εὐχὴ ὀπισθάμβωνος· ∆έσποτα ὁ Θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ (σελ. 58) Ι Εὐχὴ εἰς τὸ συστεῖλαι τὰ ἅγια· Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ ἀγαγὼν ἡμᾶς ... (σελ. 63, στ. 71–74)·
About this text
A detailed ancient Christian liturgy offering insight into early church rituals and prayers for catechumens.
Original English Translation of Epiphanius of Salamis’s Liturgia praesanctificatorum — new OET from PG 41–43 Greek.
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Khazarzar scan
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- Copy-text PG 41–43 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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