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Be reconciled with us, Lord, through [Thy] compassion, and forgive [our] sins through [Thy] mercy. [Thou who art] dreadful unto the Seraphim and awesome unto the Cherubim, Thou didst humble Thyself to sufferings with the passible nature of men; on the Cross Thou didst put sin to death and didst annul the sentence of death: be reconciled with us, Lord, through [Thy] compassion, and forgive [our] sins through [Thy] mercy. [Thou who art] exalted above the natures of [all] beings and the Creator of all: when the sign of Thy Cross shall dawn at Thy second coming, illuminate with its light those who now worship in faith, that in harmony with the Cross-clad [hosts] we may bless Thee unto eternity.

RUBRIC: For the seventh day of Creation, and for the seventh age, and in mystery of the deceased. Saturday.

[Saturday.] The Lord, after the creation of creatures, rested on the seventh day from [His] works; He who is the rest of the weary, and [whose] will [is itself] deed.