— 276 —

and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

RUBRIC: The clerk [dpir]:

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

RUBRIC: The priest:

May the eastern region of this world and the Patriarchate of the Armenians be blessed, protected, and preserved under divine providence, by this sign of the holy Cross and this holy Gospel, and by the grace of this day, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; now and [always and unto the ages of ages. Amen.]

RUBRIC: And they turn their faces to the west.

RUBRIC: The clerk [dpir]:

Amen. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

RUBRIC: [The] Priest:

May the western side of this world and the kingdom of Christians be blessed, guarded, and preserved by [divine] providence, by this sign of the holy Cross and [this] holy G[ospel]...

And turning, they turn toward the south.

[RUBRIC: The Clerk:]

Amen. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

The Priest:

May [it] be blessed, and protected, and providentially preserved: the southern region of this world, this land, [these] fields, and [their] fruit-bea[ring...]