Evening Prayer

First Qauma

† IN THE NAME of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God, to Whom be glory and upon us, weak and sinful, be mercy and compassion in both worlds unto the Aeon of aeons.
Amen.
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Tzevaoth, heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest.  † Blessed is He that comes in the Name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
† HOLY art Thou, O God!
Holy and mighty, holy and immortal, Who was crucified for us: have mercy on us!
† HOLY art Thou, O God!
Holy and mighty, holy and immortal, Who was crucified for us: have mercy on us!
† HOLY art Thou, O God!
Holy and mighty, holy and immortal, Who was crucified for us: have mercy on us!
O Christ, hear us! O Christ, our God, hear us and have mercy! O Christ, our God and King, hear us and have mercy and compassion on us! Barekhmar!
OUR Father,
Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for † Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Peace be with thee, Virgin Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blest is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners in both worlds. Amen.

Proper of Evening Prayer

DO THOU, Lord God, grant that while our bodies rest from the labors of the day and our minds rest from worldly thoughts that we may stand in Thy presence this evening in peace, that we may offer praise and thanksgiving unto Thee, for Thou art our God and King unto the Aeon of aeons.
Amen.

Psalmody

§ The Psalms of the Evening with their Antiphons, ending with the Doxology.
 

Diptych

Barekhmar! For the holy churches of God, for our Metropolitan, Mar _____, for our Bishop, Mar _____, and for all the clergy and all the faithful, that their prayers may be a stronghold for us, let us pray to the Lord!
Kyrie eleison!
For the founders of this holy house, for those who pray with us here and for those absent from us, let us pray to the Lord!
Kyrie eleison!
For pious rulers and for our civil authorities, let us pray to the Lord!
Kyrie eleison!
For the living, for the sick and for travellers away from home let us pray to the Lord!
Kyrie eleison!
For seasonable weather and the fruit of the earth, for good rains and for the harvest of the land let us pray to the Lord!
Kyrie eleison!
For the safety of humanity and nature let us pray to the Lord!
Kyrie eleison!
For all in captivity, for those in the grave, for all in affliction let us pray to the Lord!
Kyrie eleison!

Help us, save us, have mercy and compassion upon us and keep us, O God, by thy grace!
Kyrie eleison!

Censing

Let us cry out to the Lord at the offering of incense!
Let our prayer arise before Thee as the incense and the lifting up of our hands as the evening sacrifice.
BY THIS incense, O Lord, may Thy will be satisfied. May Thy Mother and Thy servants be honored by it and the faithful departed be pardoned who have put their trust in Thee, Our Lord and God unto the Aeon of aeons.
Amen.

Second Qauma

† HOLY art Thou, O God!
Holy and mighty, holy and immortal, Who was crucified for us: have mercy on us!
† HOLY art Thou, O God!
Holy and mighty, holy and immortal, Who was crucified for us: have mercy on us!
† HOLY art Thou, O God!
Holy and mighty, holy and immortal, Who was crucified for us: have mercy on us!
O Christ, hear us! O Christ, our God, hear us and have mercy! O Christ, our God and King, hear us and have mercy and compassion on us! Barekhmar!
OUR Father,
Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth
as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for † Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Peace be with thee, Virgin Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blest is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners in both worlds. Amen.
† GLORY be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, One God,
in both worlds unto the Aeon of aeons. Amen.

Supplication of Mar Ephraim

O Lord and Master of my life,
Keep me from sloth and prying,
From hollow pride and empty chatter -
From hollow pride and empty chatter.

Grant unto me instead the grace
Of purity and humility,
Of patience and neighborly love -
Of patience and neighborly love.

O Lord and King and Giver of grace,
Keep me aware of my own sin
So I shall not think ill of my neighbor.
And blessed be Thou forever -
And blessed be Thou forever.

Dismissal of Evening Prayer

LORD Jesus Christ, close not the door of Thy mercy in our faces, for we confess that we are sinners. Have mercy on us. It was Thy love that brought Thee from heaven to us, and by Thy death our death was ended. Have mercy on us.
Amen.

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