THE ANAPHORA OF ST BASIL THE GREAT

The Prayer of Peace

BECAUSE of Thy goodness, O God, fill our hearts with Thy peace and remove from them the stain of hypocrisy and sin and so make us worthy to greet one another with the kiss of peace and to share without condemnation in the immortal and heavenly gifts of Christ our Lord, to whom be glory, honor, power and worship with Thee and Thy Living Holy Spirit, One God, unto the Aeon of aeons.
Amen. Barekhmar!

THE LOVE of God the Father, the grace of the Only-begotten Son, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
Amen. And with thy spirit.
LIFT up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
LET us give thanks to the Lord.
It is meet and right.

The Prayer of the Qadisha

IT IS truly meet and right to praise Him who is the Lord God of righteousness, the King eternal from before all the aeons, Creator of all in heaven and earth; the Father of our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ; who created everything by Him, both visible and invisible; who sits upon the throne of His glory and is worshipped by all the holy powers. Around Him stand angels and archangels, principalities, powers, thrones, dominions and celestial virtues, the cherubim full of eyes and the six-winged seraphim shouting and singing, crying holy!

The Qadisha

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.

The Prayer of the Anamnesis

TRULY the Lord is Holy, Holy, Holy. He created us and put us in the Garden of Eden, where we broke His commandment because of the temptation of the accuser. Losing eternal life, we were cast from the garden, but Thou didst not abandon us but didst guide us by Thy holy prophets. While we were yet in the darkness of ignorance and the shadow of death didst Thou enlighten us by sending Thine Only-begotten Son, our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ who, being incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, took flesh and became Man and instituted this great and divine Mystery.

The Anamnesis

WHEN HE, the sinless one, prepared to accept death for us sinners, He took bread into His holy hands and when He had given thanks, He blessed and consecrated and broke it, giving it to His holy apostles, saying:
Sabu, akolu, hanau paghri.
Take, eat, this is My Body; which is broken for you and for the many, given for the remission of sins and for everlasting life.
Amen.
LIKEWISE He also took the cup and when He had given thanks, He blessed consecrated and gave it to His holy apostles, saying:
Sabu, eshthu meneh kolkhon, hanau demi.
Take, drink it all of you, this is My Blood; which is shed for you and for the many, given for the remission of sins and for everlasting life.
Amen.

The Prayer of Commemoration

COMMEMORATING His holy passion, His resurrection and ascension, His enthronement at Thy right hand and His coming again in glory; we offer to Thee these gifts of Thine own gifts from us all and for us each.
Amen. Amen. Amen.

The Prayer of Thanks for All Things

MOREOVER do Thy weak and sinful servants, having received Thy grace, give Thee thanks and praise for all things and by reason of all things, O Lord.
We praise Thee,
We bless Thee,
We worship Thee
And we give Thee thanks,
O Lord, our God.

The Prayer of the Epiclesis

WE, THY weak and sinful servants, worship and entreat Thee, O Christ our God, by the greatness of Thy mercy, to vouchsafe that Thy Holy Spirit may descend upon us and upon these holy Gifts here present that they may be purified and be made to be the sanctification of thy people.
Amen. Barekhmar!

The Epiclesis

HEAR me, O Lord! Hear me, O Lord! Hear me, O Lord, and have mercy!
Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison!
MAY the Holy Spirit abiding here make this bread the life-giving Body the redeeming Body the true Body of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Amen.
AND perfect this chalice into the Blood of the new covenant, the redeeming Blood the true Blood of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Amen.

The Prayer for the Communicants

MAKE us worthy, O Lord, to receive Thy holy Mysteries for the sanctification of our souls, bodies and spirits, that we may be one body and one spirit in union with all who have pleased Thee.
Amen.


The Diptychs

Barekhmar! For the holy churches of God, for our Metropolitan, Mar _____, (for our Bishop, Mar _____,) for all the Orthodox Catholic bishops 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!
WE OFFER unto Thee this bloodless sacrifice, O Lord, first on behalf of the holy Zion, the mother of all the churches, and on behalf of Thy holy Church throughout the whole world, that Thou mayest grant to her the gift of Thy Holy Spirit. Remember, O Lord, our Metropolitan, Mar ___, (the Archbishop(s) Mar ___ (and Mar ___), (our bishop Mar ___) and the priests, the deacons and all the orders of Thy Church along with my own feeble self. Remember not the sins of my youth, but make me to live according to Thy mercy. Remember also our kindred: the prisoners, the sick, the infirm, the afflicted, and those who are tormented by evil spirits. Bless the air and the crown of the year, filling all the living with good will.

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!
REMEMBER, O Lord, them that stand and pray with us, and do Thou remember also them that have departed from among us and them that wished to offer this sacrifice but could not, and to every one grant what is good. Remember, O Lord, all them we have mentioned and them we have not mentioned and receive their sacrifices into the breadth of Thy heavens. Bestow upon them the joy of Thy salvation and make them worthy of Thy help. Strengthen them with Thy power and arm them with Thy might.

For pious rulers and for our civil authorities, let us pray to the Lord!
Kyrie eleison!
REMEMBER, O Lord, every pious ruler and governor. Aid them with the spiritual armor and subdue all their enemies that we may lead a peaceful life.

That He will remember our holy Fathers and Mothers, the Prophets and the Apostles, Saint John the Forerunner and Saint Stephen the martyr and all the righteous with Mary the Virgin Mother of God, let us pray to the Lord!
Kyrie eleison!
O THOU that hast authority over life and death, remember our holy fathers and mothers, the prophets, apostles, and martyrs; Mary the Virgin Mother of God, St John the Forerunner, and St Stephen the martyr together with all the righteous. Unite us with the multitudes of the firstborn whose names are written in the heavenly Jerusalem.

That He will remember all the true teachers who have confirmed us in the true faith, from Saint James of Jerusalem even until this day, let us pray to the Lord!
Kyrie eleison!
CONFIRM in our souls the doctrines of the enlightened and the doctors who carried Thy holy Name before the nations and before the kings and the children of Israel. Bring to an end the heresies that trouble us, and make us worthy of a blameless stand before Thy dreadful judgment seat.

That He will remember all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord!
Kyrie eleison!
O LORD of spirits and all flesh, remember all them that have departed from us in the true faith. Give rest to their bodies, their souls and their spirits. Deliver them from endless condemnation and make them to rejoice in the place where the light of Thy countenance shines, blotting out their offenses and entering not into judgment with them, for there is none innocent before Thee save Thine Only-begotten Son, through whom we also hope to find mercy and forgiveness of sins for His sake, both for us and for them.

Having commemorated all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life unto Christ our God!
To thee, O Lord.
KEEP us, O Lord, without sin until our end and gather us at the feet of Thine elect. Let our end come when and where and as Thou wilt, but leave us not in shame for our offenses so that Thine honored and blessed Name may be glorified and praised, in this as in all things, together with the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ and that of Thine all good and Living Holy Spirit, one in essence with Thee, in both worlds unto the Aeon of aeons.
Amen.
PEACE be with you all.
And with thy spirit.

The Dogmatikon

AMEN, this is the holy, precious Body of Immanuel our God.
Amen, I believe.
AMEN, this is the true and holy Blood of Immanuel our God.
Amen, I believe.
AMEN, Amen, Amen, I believe and confess to my dying day that this is the life-giving flesh which Thine Only-begotten Son took from our Lady, the holy Mother of God, the Ever-Virgin Mary, which He united with His divinity without confusion or alteration; that having made a good confession before Pontius Pilate, He gave up His body on the Cross voluntarily and for us all; that His divinity was never sundered from His humanity after their indissoluble union; that this Flesh is of His flesh and this Blood is of His blood.
Amen, Amen, Amen, I believe.

The Preface of the Lord's Prayer

LORD GOD, giver of light to the world, crown of the faithful and giver of what we need even before we have asked, grant us to be acceptable to Thee that we may confidently call upon Thee saying:

The Lord's Prayer

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 you all.
And with thy spirit.

The Bidding of the Inclination

Before partaking of these divine and holy Mysteries offered here, let us again bow down our heads to the Lord!
To thee, O Lord.

The Prayer of Inclination

THINE Only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, has been so bountiful toward us that we have confessed His saving death and believed in His resurrection. Thus do we give thanks unto Thee for all that mercy Thou hast granted unto us, preparing us to behold that for which the angels long. Do Thou of Thy goodness sanctify us and make us worthy to be joined to Thee through the communion of the holy Mysteries of Thy Son, so infusing us with Thy Living Holy Spirit that we are fortified in faith to tell forth Thy glory unto the Aeon of aeons.
Amen.

The Great Blessing

THE GRACE and mercy of the Holy Trinity; glorious, uncreated, self-existent, eternal, adorable and one in essence be with you all, my kindred, unto the Aeon of aeons.
Amen.

The Second Censing


The Elevation

Barekhmar! With reverence and fear, behold!
Kyrie eleison!
THE HOLY Mysteries are for the Holy.
One Holy Father,
One Holy Son,
One Holy Spirit,
Who are One. Amen.

The Blessing of Bourktha

MAY the grace of the Holy Trinity come down upon this bread, its givers, receivers and servers, and may the mercy of God be upon all its partakers in the past and those to come, in both worlds unto the Aeon of aeons.

The Communion

THE purifying fire of the Body and Blood of Christ is given to the servant of God, ___, for the remission of sins in both worlds and for everlasting life.
Amen.

The Repose of the Mysteries

Glory be to Thee! Glory be to Thee! Glory be to Thee, our Lord and God, forever!
LET NOT our participation in the Mysteries of Thy holy Body and Blood be unto us for judgement or condemnation, but for life and redemption to us all.
Amen. May the Name of the Lord be blessed unto the Aeon of aeons.

The Post-Communion Prayer

OUR MOUTHS are full of gladness and joy, for we have been partakers of Thine immortal Mysteries, O Lord. Thou hast revealed in Thy goodness to the children of Thy holy Church those things which the eye has not seen nor the ear heard nor which the heart has known; those things Thou hast laid up for them that love Thy holy Name. Wherefor do we give glory, honor and worship unto Thee, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, One God, in both worlds unto the Aeon of aeons.
Amen. May this offering, O Lord, be pleasing to Thy will. Let the angels rejoice with us and bring us unto Thee.

The Dismissal

O LORD, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance. Through the prayers of Mary, the Ever-Virgin Mother of God, the archangels, angels and all the heavenly host, the patriarchs and prophets, the apostles and martyrs, the righteous and just and all the Orthodox fathers and mothers of the faith, the angel of this holy Qurbana and the angel of this Sabbath (or Feast or High Holy Day), have mercy and compassion on us and bring us to everlasting life, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, One God, in both worlds unto the Aeon of aeons.
Amen.
MAY the almighty and merciful God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, bless you (through the intercession of  St ___). Depart now in peace.
Amen.

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