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PRAYER Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, Son of God, ungrudging and compassionate, have pity through Your creator-love upon the souls of Your departed servants. Remember [them] on the great day of the coming of Your kingdom. Make [them] worthy of mercy, of expiation, and of the remission of sins. Set [them] in rank and make [them] radiant among Your saints in the company on the right hand. For You are Lord and Creator of all, Judge of the living and the dead. And to You are fitting glory, dominion, and honor, now and always and unto the ages [of ages. Amen].

And then is said the *Ōrhnutʿiwn* (Blessing [hymn]) according to the proper of the day, or according to the tone; and after that: the Supplication (*małtʿankʿ*), the Proclamation (*kʿaroz* [bidding litany]), and the Prayer (*ałōtʿkʿ*).

SUPPLICATION [*Małtʿankʿ*] FOR DOMINICAL FEASTS Glory to your wondrous birth, O Lord. We bless and glorify your holy birth—blessed and glorified, wondrous and victorious. O Lord, lover of mankind, for the sake of your holy, immaculate Mother and Virgin, and for the sake of your precious Cross...