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[For the] expiation [and remission of our sins]... [By the] great and [wondrous power] of the Holy Cross... Again in unity [let us pray to the Lord]... [Let us commit] ourselves [to the Lord]... Have mercy on us, Lord our God, [according to your great mercy]...

PRAYER [O Thou] who restest upon the Cherubic and ineffable throne, and art ever the overseer of Thy creatures; who also at this hour didst pour out the grace of Thy Holy Spirit upon the blessed apostles: do Thou, O Lord, at this present hour and continually until the end of this life, imprint [upon us] and unite us with all exhortations unto good works; and make us worthy to be partakers of Thy promised good things, O our Lord and Savior, JESUS CHRIST; who art blessed with the Father and with Thy Holy Spirit, now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Peace unto all. [O] Word, God, who wast before the ages, consubstantial with the Father and co-creator with Thy Holy Spirit; who also at this hour, by the sign of Thine all-conquering Cross, having taken upon [Thyself] the transgression of the commandment of the first-created in the tasting of the fruit, didst transform [it] into life; and, having nailed our iniquities thereto, didst promise incorruptible life and the renewal of life unto those who hope in Thee: of which partak-