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Seek your servant, for I did not forget your commandments. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

RUBRIC: And afterward is said the *Šarakan* (hymn) [in the] Third Mode.

[Voice 3 / Tone GD]: We beseech of You, Father of compassions and God of consolations, at this approaching hour of mournful night: console us from the sorrows of sins, and grant [us] joy through works of righteousness; through the intercessions of our holy Theotokos (Astuatsatsin, [Mother of God]) and all the righteous. According to the most sweet divine calling of Your command, Son of God, we have come before You this evening, weary and heavy laden: lighten our souls from the burdens of sins, and strengthen [us] willingly to take up the sweet yoke of Your commandments; through the intercessions of our holy Theotokos and all the righteous.