Above all, remember Lord, our Archbishop (Name), grant that he may serve Your Holy Churches in peace. Keep him safe, honorable and healthy for many years, rightly teaching the word of Your truth.
Remember, Lord, all Orthodox bishops who rightly teach the word of Your truth. Remember Lord, my unworthiness according to the multitude of Your mercies; forgive my every transgression, both voluntary and involuntary. Do not take away the grace of Your Holy Spirit from these Gifts presented because of my sins. Remember, Lord, the presbyters, the diaconate in Christ, and every order of the clergy, and do not confound any of us who stand around Your holy altar.
(Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, p. 34-35)
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And the foundations of the threshold shook at the voice of Him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people with unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the…
