THE ANAPHORA OF ST JAMES
The Prayer of Peace
O LORD and God of all, account us
unworthy ones to be worthy of this
salvation, that freed from guilt and united in love we may greet one
another with a kiss of peace and offer to † Thee glory and thanks and to Thine
Only-begotten Son and Thy Living Holy Spirit, One God, in both worlds
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 thank
the Creator of the world, to
worship and to praise Him. He whom the heavens and their hosts praise,
corporeal and incorporeal, the sun, the moon, the stars, the earth, the
seas and all those firstborn whose names are written in the heavenly
Jerusalem; angels and archangels, principalities, powers, thrones,
dominions, celestial virtues and cherubim full of eyes, the six-winged
seraphim veiling their faces and their feet fly to one another
proclaiming His holiness, 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
†
THOU art holy in truth, O
King of the worlds and Giver of all holiness. † Holy is Thy Son, our Lord Jesus
Christ † and holy is Thy Holy
Spirit, who searches out Thy hidden mysteries. Thou madest humanity
from earth and placed them in Paradise and when they had transgressed
Thy commandment and fell, Thou didst not abandon them but didst guide
them by the prophets, and at the fullness of time didst Thou send even
Thine Only-begotten Son into the world, who being incarnate by the Holy
Spirit and the Virgin Mary did renew Thine image that was impaired in
humanity.
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 Thy death and
resurrection on the third day, Thine
ascension into heaven and Thy dread second coming wherein Thou shalt
judge in righteousness and pay all according to their deeds, we offer
to Thee this bloodless sacrifice begging Thee to deal not with us
according to our debts, O Lord, nor according to our iniquities, but
according to Thine abundant mercy blot out the sins of Thy servants.
For we are Thy people and Thine inheritance and we pray to Thee and
through Thee to Thy Father, saying:
Kyrie eleison!
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
HAVE MERCY upon us, O Father, and
send forth upon us and upon these
offerings Thy Holy Spirit, the Lordly Giver of Life who shares Thy
throne and kingdom with Thee and with Thy Son who reigns with Thee, one
in essence and co-eternal with Thee, who spoke in Thine old and new
testaments; who descended as a dove upon our Lord Jesus Christ in the
River Jordan; who descended as tongues of fire upon the apostles in the
upper room.
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
MAY these holy Mysteries sanctify us,
soul and body in all who partake,
to bring to fruit the good deed; to establish Thy church on the rock of
faith; to give her the victory at the gates of hell, the victory at the
gates of hell. Deliver her, Lord from all heresy and from all scandal
so she may offer the glory to Thee and all thanks. And so may it be
to † Thee and Thy Son
and Thy Living Holy Spirit, One God, in both worlds unto the Aeon of
aeons.
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
THUS did the Word of God truly suffer
in the flesh and was sacrificed
and broken on the cross, sundering His soul from His body while His
godhead was in no way separated from His soul or His body. For the sins
of the whole world and their forgiveness did He die on the Cross † and
His soul came and was united with His body. And He turned us from wrong
practice to right deeds. By His blood He reconciled and united the
hosts of heaven with us, His people with the nations, and the soul with
the body. The third day He rose again from the tomb. And He is One
Immanuel, indivisible into two natures after the indivisible union of
His godhead and His humanity.
Thus we believe and confess and
confirm that this Flesh is of this Blood and that this Blood is of this
Flesh.
The Preface of the Lord's Prayer
O GOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, blessed by cherubim and
seraphim, exalted by thousands and myriads of heavenly and rational
hosts, sanctifier and perfecter of the offerings and fruits offered to
Thee; sanctify our bodies, minds, souls and spirits that we may with
pure hearts and unashamed faces call upon Thee, O God and heavenly
Father, 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
THY SERVANTS bow down their heads to
Thee, O Lord, awaiting Thine
abundant mercy. Send forth Thy blessing and sanctify us that we may
worthily partake of the life-giving Mysteries of Christ our Savior, † for to Thee do we send up glory
and thanks and to Thine Only-begotten Son and to Thy Living Holy
Spirit, One God, in both worlds 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
WE GIVE thanks unto Thee, O Lord, for
the abundance of Thy mercy, for
Thou hast accounted us worthy to partake of Thy heavenly table. Have
mercy and compassion on us that we may glorify Thee at all times † and Thy Father who begat Thee and
Thy Living Holy Spirit, one in essence with Thee, 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
BELOVED kindred, we commit you to the
grace and mercy of the Holy
Trinity.
† Depart now in
peace. Those who are far off and those who are near, the living and the
departed, all those saved by the victorious Cross,
† may the Blessed Trinity grant you
pardon and remission of sins in both worlds. And may I, the weak and
sinful servant, be helped by your prayers. Glad and joyous, go now in
peace
† and pray for me always.
Amen.