All-night vigil with lithium. On the behavior of parishioners carrying out church obedience

All church services are divided into three circles: daily, weekly and annual.
DAILY CIRCLE OF SERVICES
1. Daily cycle of services are those Divine services that are performed by St. Orthodox Church throughout the day. There should be nine daily services: Vespers, Compline, Midnight Office, Matins, the first hour, the third hour, the sixth hour, the ninth hour and the Divine Liturgy.

Following the example of Moses, who, describing God’s creation of the world, begins the “day” in the evening, so in the Orthodox Church the day begins in the evening - vespers.

Vespers- a service performed at the end of the day, in the evening. With this service we thank God for the passing day.

Compline- a service consisting of reading a series of prayers in which we ask the Lord God for forgiveness of sins and that He would give us, as we go to sleep, peace of body and soul and save us from the wiles of the devil during sleep.

Midnight Office The service is intended to take place at midnight, in remembrance of the Savior’s night prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. This service calls on believers to always be prepared for the Day of Judgment, which will come suddenly, like the “bridegroom at midnight” according to the parable of the ten virgins.

Matins- a service performed in the morning, before sunrise. With this service we thank God for the past night and ask Him for mercy for the coming day.

First hour, corresponding to our seventh hour of the morning, sanctifies the day that has already come with prayer.
On three o'clock, corresponding to our ninth hour in the morning, we remember the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles.
On six o'clock, corresponding to our twelfth hour of the day, the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ is remembered.
On nine o'clock, corresponding to our third in the afternoon, we remember the death on the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Divine Liturgy there is the most important service. On it the entire earthly life of the Savior is remembered and sacrament of St. Communions, established by the Savior Himself at the Last Supper. The Liturgy is served in the morning, before lunch.

All these services in ancient times in monasteries and hermits were performed separately, at the appointed time for each of them. But then, for the convenience of believers, they were combined into three services: evening, morning and afternoon.

The evening service consists of the ninth hour, vespers and compline.

Morning- from Midnight Office, Matins and the first hour.

Daytime- from the third and sixth hours and the Liturgy.

On the eve of major holidays and Sundays, an evening service is performed, which combines: Vespers, Matins and the first hour. This kind of worship is called all-night vigil(all-night vigil), because among the ancient Christians it lasted all night. The word "vigil" means: being awake.

Visual diagram of the daily cycle of worship

Evening.
1. Ninth hour. - (3 p.m)
2. Vespers.
3. Compline.
Morning.
1. Midnight Office. – (12 o’clock at night)
2. Matins.
3. First hour. – (7 a.m.)
Day.
1. Third hour. – (9 a.m.)
2. Sixth hour. – (12 noon)
3. Liturgy.

WEEKLY CIRCLE OF SERVICES

2. Weekly, or seven-day, circle of services This is the order of services for seven days of the week. Each day of the week is dedicated to some important event or a particularly revered saint.

On Sunday– The Church remembers and glorifies Resurrection of Christ;

IN Monday(the first day after Sunday) ethereal forces are glorified - Angels, created before man, the closest servants of God;

In Tuesday- glorified Saint John the Baptist, as the greatest of all prophets and righteous;

IN Wednesday the betrayal of the Lord by Judas is remembered and, in connection with this, a service is performed in memory of Holy Cross(fast day).

IN Thursday glorified St. Apostles and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker;

IN Friday the sufferings on the cross and the death of the Savior are remembered and a service is performed in honor of Holy Cross(fast day).

IN Saturday is a day of rest,- glorify the Mother of God, who is blessed daily, forefathers, prophets, apostles, martyrs, saints, righteous and all saints, having achieved rest in the Lord. All those who have died in true faith and hope for resurrection and eternal life are also remembered.

ANNUAL CIRCLE OF SERVICES

3. Annual circle of services called the order of services throughout the year.

Every day of the year is dedicated to the memory of certain saints, as well as special sacred events - holidays and fasts.

Of all the holidays in the year is the biggest Feast of the Holy Resurrection of Christ (Easter). This is a holiday, a holiday and a triumph of celebrations. Easter occurs no earlier than March 22 (April 4, New Art.) and no later than April 25 (May 8, New Art.), on the first Sunday after the spring full moon.

Then there are twelve great holidays in the year established in honor of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Mother of God, which are called twelfths.

There are holidays in honor great saints and in honor of the ethereal Heavenly Forces - angels.

Therefore, all the holidays of the year, according to their content, are divided into: Lord's, Mother of God and saints.

According to the time of celebration, holidays are divided into: motionless, which occur every year on the same dates of the month, and movable, which, although they occur on the same days of the week, fall on different days of the month in accordance with the time of Easter celebration.

According to the solemnity of the church service, holidays are divided into great, medium and small.

Great holidays always have all-night vigil; Average holidays are not always the case.

The liturgical church year begins on September 1 of the old style, and the entire annual circle of services is built in relation to the Easter holiday.

Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskoy. God's Law

MATTNS

WITH lava is in the highest to God, and on earth peace, good will toward men. (3 times).

G Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare Your praise. (2 times).

Psalm 3

Lord, why have you multiplied the cold? Many people rise up against me, many people say to my soul: there is no salvation for him in his God. But You, Lord, are my Protector, my glory, and lift up my head. With my voice I cried to the Lord, and He heard me from His holy mountain. I fell asleep and fell asleep, and arose, as if the Lord would intercede for me. I will not be afraid of the people around me who attack me. Arise, Lord, save me, my God, for you have struck down all those who are at enmity with me in vain: you have crushed the teeth of sinners. Salvation is the Lord's, and Your blessing is upon Your people.

I fell asleep and fell asleep, and arose, as if the Lord would intercede for me.

Psalm 37

Lord, do not reprove me with Your wrath; do not punish me with Your wrath. As Thy arrows have struck me, and Thou hast strengthened Thy hand upon me. There is no healing in my flesh from the face of Your wrath, there is no peace in my bones from the face of my sin. For my iniquities have exceeded my head, for a heavy burden has weighed down upon me. My wounds have grown stale and rotten because of my madness. I suffered and sloshed to the end, walking around complaining all day. For my body is filled with reproach, and there is no healing in my flesh. I would become embittered and humbled to death, roaring from the sighing of my heart. Lord, before You all my desire and my sighing are not hidden from You. My heart is confused, my strength has left me, and the light of my eyes has left me, and that one is not with me. My friends and my sincere ones have come close to me and stasha, and my neighbors are far away from me, stasha and needy, seeking my soul, and seeking evil to me, vain words and flattering ones all day long. As if I were deaf and did not hear, and because I was dumb and did not open my mouth. And as a man he would not hear, nor would he have reproach in his mouth. For in You, O Lord, I have trusted; You will hear, O Lord my God. As if he said: “Let my enemies never make me happy; and never can my feet move, but you speak against me.” As if I am ready for wounds, and my illness is before me. For I will proclaim my iniquity and take care of my sin. My enemies live and have become stronger than me, and those who hate me without truth have multiplied. Those who reward me with evil, repaying the slander of me, persecute the goodness. Do not forsake me, O Lord my God, do not depart from me. Come to my help, O Lord of my salvation.

Do not forsake me, O Lord my God, do not depart from me. Come to my help, O Lord of my salvation.

Psalm 62

God, my God, I have come to You in the morning; my soul has thirsted for You, since my flesh is a multitude of You, in a land that is empty and impenetrable and without water. Thus I appeared to You in the Holy One, to see Your power and Your glory. For Thy mercy is better than belly, praise Thee with my lips. Thus I will bless You in my belly, I will lift up my hands in Your name. For my soul may be filled with fatness and ointment, and my lips will praise You with joy. When I remembered Ty on my bed, I learned from Ty in the morning. For Thou art my Helper, and in the shelter of Thy wing I will rejoice. My soul clings to You, but I am accepted by Your right hand. Having sought my soul in vain, they will enter the underworld, surrender into the hands of weapons, and become part of the fox. The king will rejoice in God, everyone who swears by Him will boast, for the mouths of those who speak unrighteously have been stopped.

We studied in the morning in Tya. For Thou art my Helper, and in the shelter of Thy wing I will rejoice. My soul clings to You, but I am accepted by Your right hand.

Glory: and Now:

(3 times).

Lord have mercy (3 times).

Glory: and Now:

After reading the three psalms, the priest, leaving the altar and bowing in front of the closed royal doors, with his head uncovered, wearing an epitrachelion, recalling the heavenly Intercessor for us before God, reads to himself (secretly) 12 morning prayers for himself and all those who believe in the Lord.

Morning prayers

Prayer 1

We thank Thee, Lord our God, who raised us up from our beds, and put into our mouths the word of praise, to worship and call upon Thy holy name, and we pray to Thy bounty, which Thou hast always used for our lives. And now send Your help to those who stand before the face of Your holy glory, and expect rich mercy from You, and grant them, who always serve You with fear and love, to praise Your inscrutable goodness.

For all glory, honor and worship is due to You, Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 2

From the night our spirit will be awakened to You, O our God, for the light of Your commandment is upon the earth. Let us practice righteousness and holiness in Thy passion: for we glorify Thee, our truly existing God. Incline Your ear and hear us, and remember, O Lord, those who exist and pray with us all by name, and save me by Your power, bless Your people and sanctify Your heritage. Grant peace to Your world, to Your churches, to the priests and to all Your people.

For blessed and glorified is your all-honorable and magnificent name, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 3

From the night our spirit will be awakened to You, O God, before the light of Your commandment. Teach us, O God, Thy righteousness, Thy commandments and Thy justification. Enlighten the eyes of our thoughts, lest we fall asleep in our sins and end in death. Drive away all darkness from our hearts. Grant us the sun of righteousness, and keep our life unscathed by the seal of Your Holy Spirit. Correct our feet to the path of peace. Let us see the morning and day in joy, and let us send up our morning prayers to You.

For Yours is the power, and Yours is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory, of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 4

Master God, holy and incomprehensible, the river of light to shine out of darkness, resting us in our nightly sleep and raising us to the praise and prayer of Your goodness. We beseech You from Your mercy, accept us who now worship You and thank You with strength, and grant us all the petitions that lead to salvation. Show us sons of light and day and heirs of Your eternal blessings. Remember, O Lord, in the multitude of Your mercies, all Your people who exist and pray with us, and all our brethren, even on earth, on the sea, in every place of Your dominion, who require Your philanthropy and help, and grant to all Your great mercy. May our salvation always abiding in soul and body, we boldly glorify Your wonderful and blessed name - the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

For You are the God of mercy, generosity and love for mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 5

Treasure of the good, ever-flowing source, Holy Father, wonderworker, omnipotent and Almighty, we all worship You and pray to You for Your mercy, and Your generosity calling for help and intercession of our humility. Remember, O Lord, Thy servants, accept all of us in the morning prayer, like incense before Thee, and let not one of us do something unskillful, but supply all of us with Thy bounties. Remember, O Lord, those who watch and sing in Thy glory, and Thy only begotten Son and our God, and Thy Holy Spirit; Be your helper and intercessor, accept their prayers into Your heavenly and mental altar.

Prayer 6

We thank You, Lord God of our salvation, for you do everything for the benefit of our lives, so that we always look to You as the Savior and benefactor of our souls. For Thou hast given us rest in the night that has passed, and Thou hast raised us up from our beds, and Thou hast placed us in the worship of Thy honorable name. In the same way, we pray to You, Lord, grant us grace and strength, so that we may be worthy of singing to You wisely and praying unceasingly, in fear and trembling, making our salvation through the intercession of Your Christ. Remember, Lord, and in the night those who cry to You, hear and have mercy, and crush under their nose the invisible and fighting enemies.

For You are the King of the world, and the Savior of our souls, and to You we send glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 7

God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who raised us from our beds and gathered us in the hour of prayer, give us grace at the opening of our lips, and accept our thanksgiving according to the power, and teach us by Your justification: before we pray, as we should, we do not know, if not You, Lord, guide us with Your Holy Spirit. In the same way, we pray to You, if we have sinned even before this hour, in word, or in deed, or in thought, willingly or unwillingly, relax, forgive, forgive; If you see iniquity, O Lord, O Lord, who will stand, for You have deliverance. You are the only saint, the sovereign helper, the protector of our life, and it is about You that we always sing.

May the power of Your Kingdom be blessed and glorified, Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 8

Lord our God, driving away sleepy despondency from us and calling us with a holy calling, even in the night to raise our hands and confess to You about the destinies of Your righteousness. Accept our prayers, prayers, confessions, nightly services, and grant us, God, unashamed faith, known hope, unfeigned love, bless our entrances and exits, deeds, deeds, words, thoughts, and let us comprehend the beginning of the day, those who praise, singing, blessing Your ineffable goodness.

For blessed be Thy all-holy name, and glorified Thy Kingdom, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 9, [before reading the Gospel]

Shine in our hearts, O Lord who loves mankind, Your imperishable light of God’s understanding, and open our mental eyes to the understanding of Your gospel preachings. Place fear in us and the blessed of Your commandments, so that all carnal lusts may be trampled, we will go through spiritual life, all of which is for Your good pleasure, both in thought and in action.

For You are the sanctification and enlightenment of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and we send up glory to You, with Your beginningless Father and Your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 10, [after reading Psalm 50]

Lord our God, who has granted repentance to man, and in the image of us the knowledge of sins and confession, shown the prophet David repentance for forgiveness, Master Himself, in our many and great fallen sins, have mercy according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse our iniquities For we have sinned against You, O Lord, and the unknown and secret of the human heart is the leader, and the only one who has the power to forgive sins. Having created a pure heart in us, and strengthened us with the Master Spirit, and told us the joy of Thy salvation, do not cast us away from Thy face, but be pleased, as you are good and a lover of mankind, even until our last breath, to offer Thee the sacrifice of righteousness and the offering of praise in Thy saints. altars.

By the mercy, and generosity, and love of Thy only-begotten Son, with whom art Thou blessed, with Thy all-holy, and good, and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 11, [before Psalms of Praise]

God, our God, the intelligent and verbal force of Thy will, we pray to Thee and we do our best to Thee: accept our praise according to the power, with all Thy creatures, and reward the rich with Thy goodness. For every knee bows to You, in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and every breath and creature sings Your incomprehensible glory: for You are one, true and abundantly merciful God.

For all the Powers of Heaven praise You, and we send up glory to You, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 12, [before departure]

We praise, sing, bless and thank Thee, O God of our father, for Thou hast brought forth the shadow of the night, and shown us again the light of day. But we pray to Your goodness, cleanse our sins and accept our prayer with Your great compassion, as we resort to You, the merciful and omnipotent God. Shine in our hearts the true sun of Thy truth, enlighten our minds, and guard all our feelings, so that as we walk gracefully in the days of Thy commandments, we will reach eternal life, as You have the source of life, and in the pleasure of being we will be worthy of Thy unapproachable light.

For You are our God, and to You we send glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Psalm 87

O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried in the days and in the nights before You. Let my prayer come before You: incline Your ear to my prayer, for my soul is filled with evil, and my belly is drawing near to hell. He was used with those who descended into the pit, like a man without help, in the dead there was freedom, like ulcers sleeping in the tomb, whom You did not remember, and they were rejected from Your hand. Placing me in the pit of hell, in the dark and shadow of death. Thy wrath was established upon me, and all Thy waves were brought upon me. You removed those who knew me from me, making me an abomination to yourself: I was betrayed and never left. My eyes are exhausted from poverty, I have cried out to You, O Lord, all day long, I have lifted up my hands to You. Eating dead people work wonders? Or will the doctors resurrect and confess to You? Who is the story of Thy mercy in the grave, and Thy truth in destruction? Will Thy wonders be known in darkness, and Thy righteousness in forgotten lands? And I cried to You, Lord, and my morning prayer will precede You. Why, O Lord, dost Thou take away my soul, and turn Thy face away from me? I am poor and in labor from my youth; He was lifted up, humbled, and faint. Thy wrath came upon me, Thy intimidation troubled me, washed over me like water, and overpowered me all day long. You removed from me a friend and a sincere one, and those who knew me from passions.

O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried in the days and in the nights before You. Let my prayer come before You: incline Your ear to my prayer.

Psalm 102

Bless, my soul, the Lord, and all that is within me, His holy name. Bless the Lord, my soul, and do not forget all His rewards, who cleanses all your iniquities, heals all your ailments, delivers your belly from corruption, crowns you with mercy and bounty, fulfills your desire for good: your youth will be renewed like an eagle. The Lord grant alms and destiny to all those who are offended. Moses told His way to the sons of Israel His desires: The Lord is generous and merciful, long-suffering and abundantly merciful. He is not completely angry, he is at enmity forever, he did not create food for us because of our iniquity, but he repaid us with food because of our sin. As the height of heaven from the earth, the Lord established His mercy on those who fear Him. The east is far removed from the west, and our iniquities have been removed from us. As a father gives generously to his sons, the Lord will provide for those who fear Him. As He knew our creation, I will remember, as the dust of Esma. Man, like the grass of his days, like the flower of the field, will bloom like the spirit that has passed through him, and he will not be, and no one will know his place. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness is on the sons of sons, who keep His covenant and remember His commandments to do. The Lord has prepared His Throne in Heaven, and His Kingdom possesses everyone. Bless the Lord, all His angels, mighty in strength, who do His word, to hear the voice of His words. Bless the Lord, all His Powers, His servants who do His will. Bless the Lord, all His works, in every place of His dominion, bless the Lord, my soul.

In every place of His dominion, bless the Lord, my soul.

Psalm 142

Lord, hear my prayer, inspire my prayer in Thy truth, hear me in Thy righteousness, and do not enter into judgment with Thy servant, for no one living will be justified before You. As if the enemy drove my soul, he humbled my belly to eat, he planted me to eat in dark, like dead centuries. And my spirit is depressed within me, my heart is troubled within me. I have remembered the days of old, I have learned in all Your works, I have learned Your hand in all creation. My hands have lifted up to You, my soul, like a waterless land to You. Hear me soon, Lord, my spirit has disappeared, do not turn Your face away from me, and I will become like those who go down into the pit. I hear Thy mercy upon me in the morning, for I trust in Thee. Tell me, Lord, I will go the other way, because I have taken my soul to You. Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, I have fled to You. Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. Your Good Spirit will guide me to the right land. For Thy name's sake, O Lord, live me, by Thy righteousness remove my soul from sorrow. And by Thy mercy consume my enemies and destroy all my cold souls, for I am Thy servant.

Hear me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness, and do not enter into judgment with Thy servant. Hear me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness, and do not enter into judgment with Thy servant. Your Good Spirit will guide me to the right land.

At the end of the Six Psalms and prayers, the priest and deacon bow before the holy gates and bow to each other.

Glory: and Now:

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, thank you God. (3 times).

Great Litany

Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord in peace.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

ABOUT For peace from above and the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT For the peace of the whole world, the prosperity of God's holy churches and the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT this holy temple and with faith, reverence and fear of God who enter it, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT Great Lord and our Father, His Holiness Patriarch (name), and about our lord, the most reverend metropolitan (or archbishop, or bishop) (name), honorable presbytery, diaconate in Christ, for all the clergy and people, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT To our God-protected country, its rulers and its army, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT this city (or about this village, or about this holy monastery), in every city, country, and by faith living in them, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT Let us pray to the Lord for the goodness of the air, for the abundance of the fruits of the earth, and for times of peace.

ABOUT floating, traveling, sick, suffering, captives and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord.

ABOUT Let us pray to the Lord to free us from all sorrow, anger and need.

Z

P

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Priest: For all glory, honor and worship is due to You, Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

"God is Lord"to the voice of the troparion of the day

Chorus: God is the Lord and He has appeared to us, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. (And further, for each verse)

Verse 1: Confess to the Lord that He is good, for His mercy endures forever.

Verse 2: They cheated me and resisted them in the name of the Lord.

Verse 3: I will not die, but I will live and carry on the work of the Lord.

Verse 4: The stone that was built carelessly, This was at the head of the corner, this was from the Lord. This is marvelous in our minds.

Troparion of the day (twice)

Theotokos

Kathismas are read

Small litany after the first kathisma

Deacon:

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

Z Step, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

P Having remembered our re-holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, we will commend ourselves and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Priest: For Thine is the dominion and Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

The small litany after the second kathisma is the same as after the first kathisma

Priest: For God is good and a lover of mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Sedalny.

Polyeleos.

If it is Sunday, the Lord's, or the Feast of the Theotokos, or the feast of a saint with great doxology:

Psalm 134

X Praise the name of the Lord, praise, servant of the Lord.

A lilluia. (3 times after each verse)

B Blessed be the Lord from Zion, who liveth in Jerusalem.

Psalm 135

AND Confess to the Lord that He is good, that His mercy endures forever.

AND Confess to the Heavenly God, for His mercy endures forever.

[On the week of the Prodigal Son, or the Meat Eating Week, or the Cheese Eating Week, the third psalm is sung:

Psalm 136

N and the rivers of Babylon, where the riders and mourners, will never remember Zion to us.

A lilluia. (after each verse)

N and in the middle of them both are our organs.

I there they asked us, captivating us about the words of the songs and leading us about singing.

IN sing to us from the songs of Zion.

TO How shall we sing the song of the Lord in foreign lands?

A I will still forget you, O Jerusalem; my right hand may be forgotten.

P Rip my tongue into my throat, lest I remember you, lest I offer Jerusalem, as at the beginning of my joy.

P Commemorate, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem, saying: Destroy, exhaust it to its foundations.

D Babylon's cabbage soup, accursed. Blessed is he who will reward you with your reward, which you have rewarded us.

B whoever is well-made, will dash your babies against a stone. ]

If there is a feast of the Lord, or a feast of the Mother of God, or a feast of a saint, greatness is sung. It is sung repeatedly until the censing of the entire temple is completed, and is interspersed with verses from the “chosen psalm.”

Sunday troparia “for the immaculate”, tone 5

On each troparion:

Chorus: B

A The angelic council was surprised, in vain it was imputed to You as the dead, but the mortal, Savior, destroyed the fortress, and raised Adam with Himself, and freed all from hell.

B blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me by thy justification.

P What do you dissolve the world with merciful tears, O disciples? The angel shining in the tomb spoke to the myrrh-bearing women: you see the tomb and understand, for the Savior is risen from the tomb.

B blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me by thy justification.

Z Early the myrrh-bearing women went to Thy tomb, weeping, but an Angel appeared to them and said: weeping is the time of the end, do not weep, but cry out the resurrection of the apostle.

B blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me by thy justification.

M The iron-bearing women from the world came to Your tomb, O Savior, weeping, and the Angel spoke to them, saying: Why do you think with the living of the dead? For God has risen from the grave.

Glory:

P Let us bow down to the Father and His Sons, and the Holy Spirit, the Holy Trinity in one being, calling from the Seraphim: Holy, Holy, Holy art thou, Lord.

And now:

AND Having given birth to sin, the Virgin, Thou didst deliver Adam, and Thou didst give joy to Eve in sorrow; and having fallen from life to this, Thou didst direct from Thee the incarnate God and Man.

A Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, glory to Thee, O God. (3 times).

Deacon: Again and again, let us pray to the Lord in peace.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

Z Step, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

P Having remembered our re-holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, we will commend ourselves and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Priest: For blessed be Thy name and glorified Thy Kingdom, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Ipacoi and sedalna.

Antiphon of the 4th tone

Chorus: Since my youth, many passions have fought me, but stand up for me and save me, my Savior.

Glory:

You who hate Zion, be put to shame by the Lord, for you will be cut up by fire.

And now:

By the Holy Spirit every soul is alive, and is elevated by purity, illuminated by the Trinity Unity of sacred mystery.

Deacon: Let's remember.

Priest: Peace to all.

Chorus: And to your spirit.

Deacon: Wisdom! Prokeimenon...

Sunday prokimny

Voice 1 Now I will rise, says the Lord, I will rely on Salvation, I will not complain about it.

Poem: The word of the Lord, the word is pure.

Voice 2 Arise, O Lord my God, by the commandment which Thou hast commanded, and a multitude of people will surround Thee.

Poem: Lord my God, I trust in You, save me.

Voice 3 Cry among the nations, for the Lord reigns, for he will correct the universe, even if it does not move.

Poem: Sing a new song to the Lord, sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Voice 4 Arise, Lord, help us and deliver us for Your name's sake.

Poem: God, our ears were made to hear, and our fathers told us.

Voice 5 Arise, O Lord my God, may Your hand be exalted, for You reign forever.

Poem:

Voice 6 Lord, raise up Your power and come to save us.

Poem: Thou who shepherd Israel, teach as Joseph the sheep.

Voice 7

Poem: Let us confess to You, O Lord, with all my heart, and tell of all Your wonders.

Voice 8 The Lord shall reign forever, thy God in Zion, to generation and generation.

Poem: Praise the Lord in my soul; I will praise the Lord in my life.

Psalm 145:10, 1B–2A

Deacon: Let's pray to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord have mercy.

Priest: For You are holy, our God, and You rest among the saints, and we send up glory to You, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Deacon: second prokeimenon:

IN Let every breath praise the Lord.

Poem: Praise God in His saints, praise Him in strengthening His power.

Deacon: And we pray that we may be worthy to hear the Holy Gospel of the Lord God.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (3 times)

Deacon: Wisdom, forgive me, let us hear the Holy Gospel.

Priest: Peace to all.

Chorus: And to your spirit.

Priest: From (name) reading of the Holy Gospel.

Chorus:

Deacon: Let's remember.

Reading the Gospel

Chorus: Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.

Sunday hymn after the Gospel:

Chorus: Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless one. We worship Your Cross, O Christ, and we sing and glorify Your holy Resurrection: for You are our God, do we know no other to You, we call Your name. Come, all faithful, let us worship the Holy Resurrection of Christ: behold, joy has come to the whole world through the cross. Always blessing the Lord, we sing His Resurrection: having endured the crucifixion, destroy death by death.

Psalm 50 (Usually not recited in parish churches)

Reader: Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Above all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and I will take away my sin before me. I have sinned against You alone and have done evil before You, so that You may be justified in Your words and triumph over the judgment of You. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. My hearing brings joy and joy; humble bones will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me with the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; My tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare Your praise. As if you had desired sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. The sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God will not despise a broken and humble heart. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; Then they will place the bullock on Your altar.

On Sunday

Glory:

M Through the prayers of the Apostles, O Merciful One, cleanse the multitude of our sins.

And now:

M With the prayers of the Mother of God, O Most Merciful, cleanse our many sins.

P have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse my iniquity.

IN Jesus was resurrected from the grave, as He prophesied, to give us eternal life and great mercy.

On Saints' Days

Glory:

P about the prayers of (Apostle, martyr, saint: his name), Merciful One, blot out the multitude of our sins.

And now:

P about the prayers of the Mother of God: and have mercy on me, O God:

And the stichera of the holiday, or Sunday.

[From the week of the Publican and the Pharisee until the fifth week of Great Lent, on Sundays, instead "Through the prayers of the apostles..." and other penitential troparia are sung:

Glory:

P Open the doors of repentance for me, O Life-Giver, for my spirit will awaken to Your holy temple, the temple I wear is completely defiled: but as you are generous, cleanse me with Your gracious mercy.

And now:

Theotokos: Instruct me in the path of salvation, O Mother of God, because my soul has been frozen with sins, and my entire life has been spent in laziness: but through Your prayers, deliver me from all uncleanness.

P have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse my iniquity.

M Thinking of the evil things I have done, I am wretched, I tremble at the terrible day of judgment: but trusting in the mercy of Your mercy, like David, I cry to You: have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy. ]

After kissing the gospel

Deacon: Save, O God, Thy people and bless Thy inheritance, visit Thy world with mercy and bounty, raise up the horn of Orthodox Christians and send down upon us Thy rich mercies, through the prayers of our all-pure Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, by the power of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross, the intercession of the honest, disembodied Heavenly Powers , the honest, glorious prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, the glorious and all-praised Apostle saints, like our holy father and the great ecumenical teachers and saints, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom, like our holy father Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, wonderworker, Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius and Cyril, Slovenian teachers, Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duchess Olga, like our holy fathers of all Russia, wonderworkers, Michael, Peter, Alexy, Jonah, Philip and Hermogenes, holy, glorious and victorious martyrs, reverend and God-bearing the father of our saints and righteous godfathers Joachim and Anna (and the holy name, whose temple is and whose day is), and all the saints. We pray to You, most merciful Lord, hear us sinners praying to You, and have mercy on us.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (12 times).

Priest: By the mercy and generosity and love of Thy only-begotten Son, with Him art Thou blessed, with Thy most holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

The canon is read.

According to the 3rd song - small litany, kontakion, ikos, sedalen.

According to the 6th song of the litany. Kontakion and Ikos. And reading in the Synaxarium.

According to the 8th song of the canon, the deacon: Let us exalt the Mother of God and Mother of Light in song.

Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary

1. B My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

After each verse:

2. I to look upon the humility of His servant, behold, from now on all kin will bless Me.

3. I May the Mighty One do greatness to Me, and holy is His name, and His mercy throughout all generations of those who fear Him.

4. C Open the power with Your arm, scatter the proud thoughts of their hearts.

5. N set down the mighty from the throne, and lift up the humble, fill the hungry with good things, and let go of the rich.

6. B Israel will receive His servant, remembering the mercies that were spoken to our fathers, Abraham, and his seed, even unto the ages.

According to the 9th song, on Sunday there is a small litany.

Deacon: Let us pray again and again in peace to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (for each request)

Z Step, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

P Having commemorated our re-holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, let us commend ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Priest: For You are our God, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

If not resurrection “Worthy to eat...”.

Deacon: Holy is the Lord our God.

Chorus: Holy is the Lord our God. (For every exclamation)

I Holy is the Lord our God.

N Hell to all people is our God.

Svetilen (Exapostilary) of the day or holiday.

WITH O disciples, let us ascend to the mountain of Galilee, by the faith of Christ we see the spoken word, the power of receiving the high and the low, let us learn, as he teaches, to baptize, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, all tongues, and abide in the secret places as promised, until the end of the age.

Psalms of Praise (148 – 150)

Chorus: Let every breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from heaven, praise Him in the highest. A song to God is due to you.

X Lay down Him, all His Angels; praise Him, all His Powers. A song to God is due to you.

Reader: Psalm 148: Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all stars and light. Praise Him The heavens of heavens and the waters that are above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord: as He spoke, and was, He commanded, and was created. If I put it in the age and in the age of the century, I lay down the command, and it will not go unnoticed. Praise the Lord from the earth, the serpents and all the deeps: fire, hail, snow, bareness, the stormy spirit that does His word, the mountains and all the hills, the fruitful trees and all the cedars, the beasts and all the cattle, the reptiles and the birds. Let the kings of the earth and all the people, the princes and all the judges of the earth, young men and maidens, elders and young men, praise the name of the Lord, for the name of the One has been exalted, His confession on earth and in heaven. And the horn of His people will exalt a song to all His saints, the sons of Israel, to the people who draw near to Him.

Reader: Psalm 149: Sing a new song to the Lord, His praise in the church of the saints. Let Israel rejoice in Him who made them, and let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King. Let them praise His name in person, in the tympanum and psalms, and sing to Him. For the Lord delights in His people, and will lift up the meek to salvation. The saints will be praised in glory and will rejoice on their beds. The heaps of God are in their throats, and two sharp swords are in their hands: to bring vengeance on the nations, reproof on the people, to bind their kings with shackles, and their glorious hands with iron shackles.

Reader: Create judgment in them is written.

Chorus: This glory will be to all His saints.

1 voice

We sing Your saving passion, O Christ, and glorify Your Resurrection.

2 voice

Every breath and every creature glorifies You, Lord, for You have abolished death by the Cross, and show people Your Resurrection from the dead, as the only Lover of mankind.

3 voice

Come, all pagans, understand the terrible mysteries of power: Christ our Savior, the Word in the beginning, was crucified for our sake, and by the will of being buried and resurrected from the dead, who can save all things, let us worship Him.

4th voice

Having endured the cross and death and risen from the dead, Almighty Lord, we glorify Your Resurrection.

5 voice

Lord, the tomb is sealed from the wicked, you came from the tomb, just as you were born from the Mother of God. I cannot understand how You were incarnated, Thy angels without flesh; You didn’t feel when You rose again, the warriors who guarded You. Both were imprinted on those who experienced them, and miracles appeared to those who worshiped the sacrament with faith, and to those who chanted, grant us joy and great mercy.

6th voice

Thy Cross, O Lord, is life and resurrection for Thy people, and gives hope. To You, our Risen God, we sing: have mercy on us.

7th voice

Christ is risen from the dead, destroy the bonds of death; good news, earth, great joy, sing, heaven, God's glory.

8th voice

Lord, even though you appeared before the court, judged by Pilate, you did not retreat from the Throne with the Father, and rose from the dead, you freed the world from the work of strangers, as you are Generous and Lover of Mankind.

Chorus: Thy Cross, O Lord, is life and resurrection for Thy people, and trusting in Thee, our Risen God, we sing: have mercy on us.

Reader: (psalm 150): Praise God among His saints!

Chorus: Praise Him in confirming His power!

P Thy burial, O Master, has opened paradise to the human race: and having been delivered from corruption, to Thee, our Risen God, we sing: have mercy on us!

Reader: Praise Him with the strength of Ero!

Chorus: Praise Him according to the abundance of His majesty!

WITH O Father and Spirit of Christ, let us sing of the Risen One from the dead and cry out to Him: You are our life and resurrection: have mercy on us!

Reader: Praise Him with a trumpet voice.

Chorus: Praise Him with strings and organ!

T Thou hast risen from the grave, O Christ, even as it is written, having raised up our forefather. In the same way, the human race glorifies You and glorifies Your resurrection.

X knock Him down in the tympanum and face, praise Him in the strings and organ.

X bring down Him with the cymbals of good will, praise Him with the cymbals of shouting. Let every breath praise the Lord.

Poems for Sunday stichera.

Poem: Arise, O Lord my God, may Thy hand be lifted up, do not forget Thy poor ones to the end.

Poem: Let us confess to You, O Lord, with all my heart, and tell of all Your wonders.

Glory:

Gospel stichera.

And now:

Theotokos, tone 2:

Chorus: Blessed are you, O Virgin Mother of God, Who incarnated you, fearing that hell was captivated from you, Adam cried out, took an oath, Eve was freed, death was slain, and we are revived. Thus we cry hymnically: blessed is Christ God, who is so well-willed, glory to Thee.

Priest: Glory to You, who showed us the light.

Great Doxology

Chorus: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we bow to Thee, we glorify Thee, we thank Thee great for the sake of Thy glory. Lord, Heavenly King, God, Father Almighty, Lord, Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us. Take away the sins of the world, accept our prayer. Sit at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For You are the only Holy One; You are one Lord, Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father, amen.

I will bless You every day and praise Your name forever and ever. Grant, Lord, that on this day we may be preserved without sin. Blessed are you, O Lord God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is your name forever, amen.

May Thy mercy be upon us, O Lord, as we trust in Thee.

Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me by thy justification. (3 times)

Lord, you have been our refuge throughout all generations. Az said: Lord, have mercy on me, heal my soul for those who have sinned against You. Lord, I have come to You, teach me to do Your will, for You are my God, for You are the source of life, in Your light we will see light. Show Your mercy to those who lead You.

WITH Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3 times)

WITH Lava to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen.

WITH Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us.

Also in the highest voice: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Troparion of the holiday.

Glory: and now:

Theotokos.

Troparions on Sunday

Voice 1, 3, 5, 7

Today salvation has come to the world, we sing to Him who rose from the grave, and to the Author of our life: having destroyed death through death, He has given us victory and great mercy.

Voice 2, 4, 6, 8

You rose from the grave and tore apart the bonds of hell, you destroyed the condemnation of death, O Lord, you delivered everyone from the snares of the enemy; Having revealed yourself as Thy apostle, Thou didst send me to preach, and with those Thy peace Thou didst bestow upon the universe, the One who is most merciful.

Litany

Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (3 times for each request).

E We continue to pray for the Great Lord and our Father, His Holiness the Patriarch (name), and about our Lord, His Eminence Metropolitan (or archbishop, or bishop) (name), and about all our brethren in Christ.

E We also pray for our God-protected country, its authorities and army, so that we may live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity.

E We continue to pray for the blessed and ever-memorable creators of this holy temple , and about all the departed fathers and brothers who lie here and Orthodox everywhere.

E We also pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and forgiveness of sins of the servants of God, the brethren of this holy temple (if in a monastery: this holy monastery).

E We continue to pray for those who are fruitful and virtuous in this holy and all-honorable temple, for those who work, sing and stand before us, expecting great and rich mercy from You.

Priest: For You are a merciful and loving God, and we send glory to You, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Litany of petition

Deacon: Let us fulfill our morning prayer to the Lord.

Chorus: Lord have mercy. (For every request)

Z Step, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Your grace.

D not everything is perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, we ask the Lord.

Chorus: Give it, Lord. (For every petition)

A Angela is a peaceful, faithful mentor, guardian of our souls and bodies, we ask the Lord.

P We ask the Lord for forgiveness and forgiveness of our sins and transgressions.

D We ask the Lord for good and useful things for our souls, and peace in the world.

P We ask the Lord to end our life in peace and repentance.

X We ask for the Christian death of our belly, painless, shameless, peaceful and a good answer at the terrible judgment of Christ.

P Having remembered our re-holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, we will commend ourselves and each other, and our whole life to Christ our God.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Priest: For You are the God of mercy, generosity and love for mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Priest: Peace to all.

Chorus: And to your spirit.

Deacon: Let us bow our heads to the Lord.

Chorus: To you, Lord.

Priest: Prayer of Adoration (Readed secretly):

Holy Lord, living in the highest, and looking upon the humble, and looking upon all creation with Thy all-seeing eye, I bow my heart and body to Thee, and we pray to Thee: stretch forth Thy invisible hand from Thy holy habitation, and bless us all. And if we have sinned, whether willingly or unwillingly, for God is good and a lover of mankind, forgive us, giving us Your peaceful and transcendent goodness.

Priest: For it is Thine to have mercy and to save us, O our God, and to Thee we send glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen.

Deacon: Wisdom.

Chorus: Bless.

Priest: Blessed be Christ our God, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Chorus: Amen. Establish, O God, the holy Orthodox faith, Orthodox Christians forever and ever.

Priest: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Chorus: The most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who without corruption gave birth to God the Word, the real Mother of God, we magnify You.

Priest: Glory to Thee, Christ God, our hope, glory to Thee.

Chorus: Glory, and now: Lord, have mercy, three times. Bless.

Our Lord Jesus Christ commanded us to constantly watch and pray. Trying to fulfill this commandment, Christians since ancient times, on especially memorable days, performed a divine service that lasted all night, from evening until morning, and therefore received the name all-night vigil. Its main parts are Great Vespers And Matins.

At the very beginning of Great Vespers, the life of our first parents Adam and Eve in Paradise is remembered. Being in this most beautiful place, enjoying the beauties of Paradise and the greatness of the world created by God, our ancestors in delight offered their prayers and thanksgiving to God. At that blessed time, people talked with God face to face, since they were sinless.

This is symbolized by The Royal Doors open before the start of the service. In remembrance of the very beginning of God’s creation of the world (when the Spirit of God, like incense smoke, enveloped the pristine earth, reviving the yet uncreated world) the priest censes the altar, and then, giving glory to the Life-Giving Trinity, comes out of the altar and censes the temple, which symbolizes the time when God himself was close to people. The choir sings selected verses of Psalm 103, depicting a majestic picture of the world and glorifying the Creator: “ Bless the Lord, my soul. Blessed art thou, O Lord!.. For Thy works are magnified, O Lord, Thou hast done all things with wisdom...».

God gave man freedom to freely choose only good. But the man listened to the envious and deceitful advice of the devil and refused to communicate with God. After this, the person could no longer remain in Paradise. God expelled him from Paradise and settled him on an impoverished and impoverished earth. However, the merciful Creator, out of His ineffable love, reassured man with the promise of the Savior. The sad history of humanity on earth began - the story of repentance, correction, and the gradual return of lost children to their Heavenly Father.

The Church reminds us of these events in the further course of the service. The Royal Doors are closed. Before them, as before a closed Paradise, the deacon pronounces the great litany(litany - in Greek: zeal, diligent prayer), in which God's help is asked for sinful man in the various needs of his earthly life. After each petition of the litany The choir sings on behalf of the worshipers: "Lord have mercy" . Then the choir sings selected verses from the 1st Kathisma(kathismas are the parts into which the Psalter is divided), speaking about the life of the righteous and the unrighteous: “ Blessed is the man who does not follow the counsel of the wicked... and the way of the wicked will perish... Work for the Lord with fear and rejoice in Him with trembling... Blessed are you who hope Nan..."(Ps. 1, 1, 6; 2, 11-12).

The Old Testament righteous lived in hope of the promised Savior. The Old Testament worship with its sacrifices was a reminder of God's promise, a prototype of the future great Sacrifice, when the Son of God Himself, being God, would become Man, come to people to save them, and with His righteous life, His victory over death, and His Ascension to God the Father would reconcile man with God and will become, as it were, a new Progenitor for fallen humanity, who wants to regain communication with the Creator.

The continuation of the all-night vigil speaks of these hopes. The choir sings verses of the psalm, full of mournful prayer: “Lord, I have called to You, hear me...” (Ps. 140). Ceremony performed by a deacon at this time, means the sacrifices that were made in the Old Testament, as well as our prayers to God. The verses of the Psalter begin to alternate with stichera - chants dedicated to the holiday. When singing the last stichera - a dogmatist speaking about the mystery of the Incarnation of the Savior - the clergy come out with the censer from the side doors of the altar and enter it through the Royal Doors. The exit of the priest from the altar symbolizes the descent to earth of the Son of God for the salvation of people, His preaching, free suffering, death on the cross and descent into hell, and the entrance into the altar symbolizes the resurrection and ascension to Heaven.

Followed by singing prokimna and sometimes reading from scripture, then - two litanies. On major holidays there is litiya - fervent prayer performed outside the temple or in its vestibule. Priests leaving the altar symbolizes the expulsion of Adam from Paradise and expresses our humility before God and the desire for the gates of Heaven and the goodness of God to be opened for us.

At the end of the lithium the choir sings several stichera and a prayer “Now dost thou release thy servant, O Master...” (prayer of Saint Simeon the God-Receiver). After prayer "Our Father" Arkhangelsk greeting "Virgin Mother of God, rejoice" the Mother of God is glorified or, with a special chant, the event being celebrated. (On holidays there is a blessing of bread, wheat, wine and oil). Vespers ends with the 33rd Psalm and the blessing of the priest. The last prayers of Vespers bring us to the New Testament events remembered at Matins, the second part of the All-Night Vigil.

Matins begins with angelic doxology, sung at the Nativity of the Savior: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” (Luke 2:14). Then it reads six psalms- six selected psalms, depicting both the joyful state of the soul of a person, with whom the mercy of the Lord is, and the sorrow of the soul, burdened with sins and moving away from God.

After reading three psalms the priest leaves the altar and, standing in front of the closed Royal Doors, reads the 12 morning prayers, asking for God's blessings for the coming day. After the Six Psalms and Great Litany the deacon solemnly proclaims: “God is the Lord and he has appeared to us, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” and a few more selected verses of Psalm 117 - and the choir repeats after each of them the first verse, announcing to us the appearance of the Savior. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; and we have seen His glory, the glory as the only begotten of the Father (John 1:14). Psalm verses "Confess the Lord..." uttered when singing "God the Lord...", depict the Savior’s earthly life full of suffering.

Further the troparion of the holiday is sung and kathismas from the Psalter are read. The Psalter is divided into 20 sections, which are called kathismas. Kathisma is divided into three parts (“Glory”), after reading each of which a small doxology is sung (hence the name “Glory”).

Kathisma translated from Greek means “sitting”; you can sit while reading kathismas, but during the small doxology you must stand.

At the all-night vigil, two kathismas are read, and after each there are a small litany and sedalny - short prayers timed to coincide with the reading of the kathismas.

After reading the kathismas, the most solemn part of the all-night vigil begins - polyeleos, which means “great mercy” or “abundance of oil, oil.” When all the lamps are lit the priest comes from the altar like an Angel who came from the cave of the Holy Sepulcher to announce the Resurrection, and burns incense at the temple. Everyday, which accompanies many other important parts of the service, marks both our prayers directed to God with attention and zeal, and the grace of the Holy Spirit overshadowing us. When the priest censes the believers, they respond by bowing their heads.

The choir sings verses from Psalms 134 and 135: “Praise the name of the Lord, praise ye servants of the Lord...” , and on Sunday there are also Sunday troparia about the appearance of Angels to the myrrh-bearing women (disciples of the Lord), who announced the Resurrection of the Savior from the dead: “Early early the myrrh-bearing women came to Thy tomb, O Savior, weeping...”. And very early, on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb, at sunrise, and say to each other: who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb? And, looking, they see that the stone has been rolled away; and he was very big. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in white clothing; and were horrified. He says to them: do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, crucified; He has risen, He is not here. This is the place where He was laid (Mark 16:2-6).

On holidays and days of remembrance of saints praise is sung to a celebrated event or saint.

After singing the established psalms and troparions or magnification a passage from the Gospel relating to the remembered events is read. After reading the Gospel on Sundays, it happens singing of a solemn song by all believers “Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless one...”

The gospel relies on a lectern for worship and kissing by believers in memory of the appearance of the Risen Teacher to the disciples and their joyful and reverent worship of the Savior. When they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them and said: Rejoice! And they came, grabbed His feet and worshiped Him (Matthew 28:9). On holidays, a festive icon is brought out.

While kissing the Gospel or holiday icon the priest anoints the faithful with the oil blessed at Vespers as a sign of God's mercy; also, if there was a litiya, consecrated pieces of bread with wine are distributed to the believers in memory of the giver of all good things, God, for the gracious strengthening of bodily and mental strength (this was especially necessary in ancient times, when longer services required reinforcement of strength for unflagging attention).

Followed by reading the canons- prayers dedicated to the glorification of God, the Most Holy Theotokos, saints of God or individual events of sacred and church history. Each canon consists of separate parts called cantos. After the 8th song of the canons, a hymn of praise to the Most Holy Theotokos is sung "My soul magnifies the Lord..." with chorus: “The most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim...” , which says that the Mother of God surpasses even the holy Angels in honor and glory. The deacon, while singing “Most Honest...”, censes the temple.

After the canons, in psalms of praise and subsequent stichera, the faithful are called upon to glorify God’s love for man. After the priest exclaimed: “Glory to You, who showed us the light” (visible light, since in ancient times matins ended at dawn, and spiritual Light - the Savior), the choir sings the great doxology- an ancient hymn praising God for all His gifts and mercies. This hymn, composed of deep and inspired words of the Old and New Testaments, was composed during the time of the first Christians, who glorified the Divinity of the Savior with this hymn and defended the name of the Lord Jesus Christ from pagan slander. It is mentioned already in a report about Christians to the Roman emperor Trajan (98-117 AD), as well as in the writings of ancient Christian authors. Even in the ancient work “Apostolic Constitutions” there is a morning prayer, not much different from the great doxology.

This hymn ends, breathing with the simplicity and spiritual grandeur of the first Christian times, singing the Trisagion- one of the most frequent and important prayers of Christian worship (according to legend, the first part of it - the angelic doxology “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal” - was heard by a Christian boy ascended to Heaven during an earthquake in Constantinople in the 5th century. ).

On the holidays of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14/27) and the Origin of the Honest Trees of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (August 1/14), as well as on the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent (Sunday of the Worship of the Cross), during the Trisagion, the clergy solemnly remove the holy cross and worship him.

According to the Trisagion, the Sunday troparion or the holiday troparion is sung.

After two litanies, a prayer and a petition, and a dismissal, the choir asks God to grant many years to the ruling bishop and all Orthodox Christians. After Matins the 1st hour is read- a short service related in content to the beginning of a new day.

From the book “All-Night Vigil. Divine Liturgy. Sacraments of the Church" publishing house of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra

All-night vigil(or all-night vigil) is a service that takes place in the evening on the eve of revered holidays. It consists of combining Vespers with Matins and the first hour, and both Vespers and Matins are celebrated more solemnly and with greater illumination of the temple than on other days.

This service is called all-night vigil because in ancient times it began late in the evening and continued all night until dawn. Then, out of condescension for the infirmities of the believers, they began to begin this service a little earlier and make cuts in reading and singing, and therefore it now ends not so late. The former name of its all-night vigil has been preserved.

Vespers

Vespers in its composition recalls and depicts the times of the Old Testament: the creation of the world, the fall of the first people, their expulsion from paradise, their repentance and prayer for salvation, then, people’s hope, according to God’s promise, in the Savior and, finally, the fulfillment of this promise.

Vespers at the All-Night Vigil begins with the opening of the royal doors. The priest and deacon incense the altar and the entire altar, and clouds of incense smoke fill the depths of the altar. This silent censing marks the beginning of the creation of the world.

But now, the priest, standing before the throne, with his first exclamation glorifies the Creator and Creator of the world - the Most Holy Trinity: “Glory to the Holy and Consubstantial, and Life-giving, and indivisible Trinity, always, now and ever and unto ages of ages”. Then he calls on the believers three times: “Come, let us worship our King God. Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God. Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. Come, let us worship and fall down before Him". For “all things came into being through Him,(i.e. exist, live) and without Him nothing began to be that has come into being.”(John 1, 3).

In response to this call, the choir solemnly sings the 103rd Psalm about the creation of the world, glorifying the wisdom of God: “Bless the Lord, my soul! Blessed are you, Lord! Lord, my God, you have been magnified in evil (i.e., greatly)... you have created all things with wisdom. Wonderful are Your works, O Lord! Glory to You, Lord, who created everything!”

During this singing, the priest leaves the altar, walks among the people and censes the entire church and those praying, and the deacon precedes him with a lamp in his hand.

This sacred rite reminds those praying not only of the creation of the world, but also of the initial, blissful, paradise life of the first people, when God Himself walked among people in paradise. The open royal doors signify that the doors of heaven were then open to all people. But people, seduced by the devil, violated the will of God and sinned. By their fall, people lost their blissful heavenly life. They were expelled from paradise - and the doors of heaven were closed to them. As a sign of this, after censing is performed in the temple and at the end of the singing of the psalm, the royal doors are closed.

The deacon leaves the altar and stands in front of the closed royal doors, as Adam once did before the closed gates of heaven, and proclaims the great litany: “Let us pray to the Lord in peace. Let us pray to the Lord for heavenly peace and the salvation of our souls...” Let us pray to the Lord, making peace with all our neighbors, not having anger or enmity towards anyone. Let us pray that the Lord will send us “from above” - heavenly peace and save our souls...

After the great litany and the exclamation of the priest, selected verses from the first three psalms are sung: “Blessed is the man who does not join the council of the wicked. For the Lord declares that the way of the righteous will perish, and the way of the wicked... Blessed is the man who does not take counsel with the wicked. For the Lord knows the life of the righteous, and the life of the wicked will perish...”

Then the deacon intones the small litany: “Once and again (again and again) let us pray to the Lord in peace...”

After the small litany, the choir cries out in verses from psalms: “Lord, I have called to You, hear me... Let my prayer be corrected, like incense before You... Hear me, Lord... Lord! I cry to You: hear me... Let my prayer be directed like incense to You... Hear me, Lord!..”

While singing these verses, the deacon censes the church. This moment of worship, starting from the closing of the royal doors, in the petitions of the great litany and in the singing of psalms, depicts the plight that the human race was subjected to after the fall of the first parents, when along with sinfulness all kinds of needs, illnesses and suffering appeared.

We cry to God: "Lord have mercy!" We ask for peace and salvation of our souls. We lament that we listened to the wicked advice of the devil. We ask God for forgiveness of sins and deliverance from troubles, and we place all our hope in the mercy of God. The deacon's censing at this time signifies those sacrifices that were offered in the Old Testament, as well as our prayers offered to God.

To the singing of Old Testament verses "Lord I cried" stichera are added, that is, New Testament hymns, in honor of the holiday.

The last stichera is called the Theotokos or dogmatist, since this stichera is sung in honor of the Mother of God and it sets out the dogma (the main teaching of the faith) about the incarnation of the Son of God from the Virgin Mary.

On the twelfth holidays, instead of the Mother of God dogmatics, a special stichera is sung in honor of the holiday. When singing the Mother of God (dogmatics), the royal doors open and the evening entrance takes place: the candle-bearer comes out of the altar through the northern doors, followed by a deacon with a censer, and then a priest. The priest stands on the pulpit facing the royal doors, blesses the entrance in a cross shape, and, after the deacon pronounces the words “Wisdom forgive me!”(means: listen to the wisdom of the Lord, stay awake), enters together with the deacon through the royal doors into the altar and stands in the high place.

At this time, the choir sings a song to the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ: “Quiet light, holy glory of the Immortal Father, Heavenly, Holy, Blessed, Jesus Christ! Having come to the west of the sun, having seen the evening light, we sing of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, God. You are worthy at all times to be a holy voice. Son of God, give life, so the world glorifies You".

In this song-hymn, the Son of God is called a quiet light from the Heavenly Father, for He came to earth not in full Divine glory, but as a quiet light of this glory. This hymn says that only through the voices of the saints (and not our sinful lips) can a song worthy of Him be offered to Him and due glorification be performed.

The evening entrance reminds believers of how the Old Testament righteous, according to the promises of God, types and prophecies, awaited the coming of the Savior of the world, and how He appeared in the world for the salvation of the human race.

The censer with incense at the evening entrance means that our prayers, at the intercession of the Lord Savior, like incense, ascend to God, and also signifies the presence of the Holy Spirit in the temple.

The cruciform blessing of the entrance means that through the cross of the Lord the doors of heaven are again opened to us.

After the song: "Quiet light..." the prokeimenon is sung, that is, a short verse from Holy Scripture.

At Sunday Vespers it is sung: "The Lord reigns in bliss(i.e. beauty) put on", and on other days other verses are sung. At the end of the singing of the prokeimna, on major holidays the paremias are read. Proverbs are selected passages of Holy Scripture that contain prophecies or indicate prototypes related to celebrated events, or teach instructions that seem to come from the person of those holy saints whose memory we commemorate.

After the prokemna and paremia, the deacon pronounces an august (i.e., enhanced litany: “Let us say everything, with all our hearts and with all our thoughts, with all our hearts...”

Then the prayer is read: “Grant, Lord, that this evening we may be preserved without sin...”.

After this prayer, the deacon pronounces a petitionary litany: “Let us fulfill (offer in its entirety) our evening prayer to the Lord (Lord)....”

On major holidays, after a special and petitionary litany, a litany and blessing of the loaves are performed.

Lithium, a Greek word, means general prayer. Litiya is performed in the western part of the temple, near the western entrance doors. This prayer in the ancient church was performed in the narthex, with the purpose of giving the catechumens and penitents standing here the opportunity to take part in the general prayer on the occasion of the great holiday.

Following the litia, there is a blessing and consecration of five loaves, wheat, wine and oil, also in memory of the ancient custom of distributing food to those praying, who sometimes came from afar, so that they could refresh themselves during a long service. The five loaves are blessed in remembrance of the Savior's feeding of the five thousand with five loaves. The priest then, during Matins, after kissing the festive icon, anoints the worshipers with consecrated oil (olive oil).

After the litia, and if it is not performed, then after the litany of petition, “stichera on verse” are sung. This is the name given to special poems written in memory of a remembered event. Vespers ends with the reading of the prayer of St. Simeon the God-Receiver: “Now do You let Your servant go, O Master, according to Your word in peace: for mine eyes have seen Your salvation, which You have prepared before the face of all people, a light for the revelation of tongues, and the glory of Your people Israel.”, then reading the Trisagion and the Lord’s Prayer: “ Our Father...", singing the Angelic greeting to the Mother of God: “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice...” or the troparion of the holiday and, finally, after singing the prayer of righteous Job three times: “Blessed be the name of the Lord from now on and forevermore”, with the final blessing of the priest: “The blessing of the Lord is upon you through His grace and love for mankind - always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.”.

End of Vespers- prayer of St. Simeon the God-Receiver and the Angel's greeting to the Mother of God indicate the fulfillment of God's promise of the Savior.

Immediately after the end of Vespers, during the All-Night Vigil, Matins begins with reading six psalms.

Matins

The second part of the all-night vigil - Matins - reminds us of the times of the New Testament: the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ into the world for our salvation and His glorious Resurrection. The beginning of Matins directly points us to the Nativity of Christ.

It begins with a doxology of the angels who appeared to the Bethlehem shepherds: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”.

Then it reads six psalms, that is, six selected psalms of King David (3, 37, 62, 87, 102 and 142), which depict the sinful state of people, full of troubles and misfortunes, and fervently express the only hope people expect for God’s mercy.

Worshipers listen to the Six Psalms with special concentrated reverence.

After the Six Psalms, the deacon pronounces the great litany. Then a short song with verses about the appearance of Jesus Christ in the world to people is sung loudly and joyfully: “God is the Lord and he has appeared to us, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”, i.e. God is Lord and has appeared to us and is worthy of glorification, going to the glory of the Lord.

After this, a troparion is sung, i.e., a song in honor of a holiday or a celebrated saint, and kathismas are read, i.e., individual parts of the Psalter, consisting of several consecutive psalms.

The reading of kathismas, as well as the reading of the Six Psalms, calls us to think about our disastrous sinful state and place all hope in the mercy and help of God. Kathisma means sitting, since one can sit while reading kathisma.

At the end of the kathisma, the deacon pronounces the small litany, and then performs polyeleos.

Polyeleos The word is Greek and means “much mercy” or “much illumination.” The polyeleos is the most solemn part of the all-night vigil and expresses the glorification of God’s mercy shown to us in the coming of the Son of God to earth and His accomplishment of the work of our salvation from the power of the devil and death.

Polyeleos begins with the solemn singing of verses of praise: “Praise the name of the Lord, praise the servants of the Lord. Hallelujah! Blessed be the Lord of Zion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem. Hallelujah! Confess to the Lord that He is good, for His mercy endures forever. Hallelujah!, which means: glorify the Lord, because He is good, because His mercy (towards people) endures forever.

When these verses are chanted, all the lamps in the temple are lit, the royal doors are opened, and the priest, preceded by a deacon with a candle, leaves the altar and burns incense throughout the entire temple as a sign of reverence for God and His saints. After singing these verses, special Sunday troparia are sung on Sundays; that is, joyful songs in honor of the Resurrection of Christ, which tell how angels appeared to the myrrh-bearers who came to the tomb of the Savior and announced to them about the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

On other great holidays, instead of Sunday troparions, a magnification is sung before the icon of the holiday, that is, a short verse of praise in honor of a holiday or saint. After the Sunday troparions or after the magnification, the deacon pronounces the small litany, then the prokeimenon, and the priest reads the Gospel.

At the Sunday service, the Gospel is read about the Resurrection of Christ and about the appearances of the risen Christ to His disciples, and on other holidays the Gospel is read, relating to the celebrated event or to the glorification of the saint. After reading the Gospel, in the Sunday service a solemn hymn is sung in honor of the risen Lord: “Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the holy Lord Jesus”... The Gospel is carried out into the middle of the temple, and the believers venerate it. On other holidays, believers venerate the holiday icon. The priest anoints them with blessed oil and distributes consecrated bread. After singing "The Resurrection of Christ..." Several more short prayers are sung. Then the deacon reads a prayer “Save, O God, Thy people...”, and after the exclamation of the priest "By grace and bounty..." singing begins canon.

Canon At Matins, a meeting of songs composed according to a certain rule is called. “Canon” is a Greek word that means “rule.” The canon is divided into nine parts (songs). The first verse of each song that is sung is called irmos, which means connection.

These irmos seem to bind the entire composition of the canon into one whole. The remaining verses of each part (song) are mostly read and called troparia. The second hymn of the canon, as a penitential hymn, is performed only in Lent. Particular efforts were made in composing these songs: St. John of Damascus, Cosmas of Mayum, Andrew of Crete (the great canon of repentance) and many others. At the same time, they were invariably guided by certain chants and prayers of sacred persons, namely: the prophet Moses (for 1 and 2 irmos), the prophetess Anna, the mother of Samuel (for the 3rd irmos), the prophet Habakkuk (for 4 irmos), the prophet Isaiah (for 5 Irmos), the prophet Jonah (for the 6th Irmos), the three youths (for the 7th and 8th Irmos) and the priest Zechariah, father of John the Baptist (for the 9th Irmos).

Many of us often attend the all-night vigil, which is celebrated in most churches every Saturday evening. Today I would like to talk a little about what happens during this service and what each part symbolizes.

The all-night vigil usually begins at 5-6 pm on Great Vespers. Vespers reflects the history of the Church of God in Old Testament times and shows that the Old Testament has its logical conclusion in the New Testament.

Before the beginning of Vespers, the royal doors are opened, and the clergy burn the altar, which signifies the Divine grace that filled Paradise and the blissful stay of the ancestors in it.

The entire temple is censed as a sign of the Holy Spirit, Who, as the Bible tells us, “move over the waters” at the creation of the world. By censing, honor is given to icons and all shrines, and the sanctifying grace of God is invoked on the people ahead.

The violation of the moral law by the ancestors deeply distorted the essence of human nature and led to their loss of grace-filled communication, connection with God - the source and foundation of truth, goodness, love and moral purity. The consequence of the Fall—the falling away from God—was the moral corruption of the descendants of Adam and Eve. The Holy Bible on its pages tells about this as the bitter experience of a person who has lost God and rushed after the deceptive sweetness of sin.

Like the doors of heaven, the royal gates close. The ancestors expelled from paradise, deprived of communication with God, were subjected to illness, need and suffering, spiritual and physical. Repentance and prayer for help to the all-merciful God accompanied the difficulties and sorrows of their earthly life. And like our first parents, Adam and Eve, who realized their sin, the Church prays to God for forgiveness: a great litany is pronounced.

The Great Litany is necessarily the prayer of the entire Church, asking for Divine help to sinful man in the various needs of his earthly life. “Litany” in Greek means zeal, extended prayer.

The priest at the altar reads seven secret prayers, according to the number of days of creation. They contain petitions to the merciful and long-suffering God for our spiritual enlightenment, for giving us love for Him, fear of God and reverence - fear of offending His love for us, for giving us the joy of singing praises to God from a pure heart now and in Eternal Life. In the Church Rules these prayers are called lamp prayers, since from the most ancient times Vespers was performed with lighted lamps, and Vespers itself was often called the lamp service.

The evening entrance symbolizes the descent to earth of the Son of God to save people. The priests walk with candles, which signify the light of the teachings of Christ. Deacon is the image of the Forerunner of the Lord John. The priest walks “simple,” as the book of the Missal indicates, that is, with his hands down, as if humiliated, like the Son of God at the incarnation.

The priest proclaims “Peace to all,” and the deacon calls on the worshipers to bow their heads in an image of humility and contrition of spirit. The priest, in prayer over those who bowed their heads, humbly begs God, who came down from Heaven for the salvation of mankind, to have mercy on those who bowed their heads to Him, for only from Him do they expect mercy and salvation, and asks to save us at all times from the devil.

Litia - fervent prayer, outside the temple or in its vestibule. Standing at the entrance to the temple, the clergy signify our humility before God. As if depicting Adam expelled from paradise, or the prodigal son who left his father for a foreign land, they leave the altar and stand for prayer in the vestibule, in the image of the publican’s humility, according to the parable of the Gospel.

The song “Now You Let Go” proclaims the fulfillment of God’s promise to send the Savior into the world. This prayer was sung by Simeon the God-Receiver - the last Old Testament righteous man, who at the end of his life was honored to see the Savior of Israel - the Lord Jesus Christ, who came into the world.

Matins is the second part of the All-Night Vigil. It depicts New Testament events.

After the chant “Glory to God in the highest,” the reading of the Six Psalms begins ( Ps. 3, 37, 62, 87, 102, 142). The psalms depict both the joyful state of the soul of a person, with whom the mercy of the Lord is, and the sorrow of the soul, under the weight of sins, realizing the need for redemption. You must listen to the reading of the Six Psalms reverently, praying for the forgiveness of your sins.

After the reader has read three psalms, the priest leaves the altar, portraying himself as the heavenly intercessor for us before God - the Lord Jesus Christ. Standing in front of the closed royal doors, he silently reads 12 morning prayers, consecrating the hours of the all-night vigil.

“Worship before the Gospel and the icon of the holiday, reverently kissing them is our worship of Christ Himself”

The royal gates open. The clergy burn incense throughout the entire church, depicting the myrrh-bearing women and the apostles, who early in the morning came to the Tomb of the Savior and, having learned from the angels about the Resurrection of Christ, announced this joy to all believers. The Gospel, symbolizing the risen Lord, is carried from the altar onto the sole, and the morning prokeimenon is proclaimed. The Gospel at Matins is read by the priest himself, portraying the Lord who fed His disciples with the Divine word. Worship before the Gospel and the icon of the holiday, reverently kissing them is our worship of Christ Himself.

Next comes the rite of anointing. The priests themselves are anointed, after which everyone else present at the service, starting with the deacons, comes under the anointing. According to tradition, drawing a cross with oil on the forehead of the person praying, the priest repeats the refrain of the canon of the holiday: “Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee,” “Most Holy Theotokos, save us.” Vegetable oil (mainly olive oil - oil in the proper sense) has been used since ancient times in the Mediterranean as a medicine (which the Savior Himself mentions - OK. 10, 34), over time it became a symbol of healing and strengthening of a person. Therefore, believers approach anointing in the hope of receiving mercy from God through the prayers of that saint, on whose feast day they all gathered in the temple.

Next comes the reading of the canons. “Canon” originally meant a church service, a sequence or a rule indicating the order of the number of prayers and psalms that were supposed to be sung or read during the day. A canon is a sacred poetic work that unites nine songs, in which the life and deeds of a saint or a group of saints are glorified, and a festive event is glorified.

The singing of the canon ends with a chant called katavasia, from the Greek “kataveno” - “I go down”: to sing the katavasia choir went down from the solea, to the middle of the temple, where this chant was sung.

The priest blesses the flock, thanks for their joint prayer and wishes them a Guardian Angel. This concludes the all-night service.

The Temple of God awaits each of us! Therefore, we need to find time in worldly time pressure and attend the all-night vigil and the Divine Liturgy!

God bless you all!

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