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D[eacon]. Be attentive, be attentive, with all wisdom and circumspection! Lift up your minds with divine fear!

[Response 4.] We [turn] to you, Almighty Lord.

Deacon: And give thanks unto the Lord with [your] whole heart.

Choir: [It is] right and just.

*Deacon:* Bless, O Lord.

[Pr.] And with the Seraphim and with the Cherubim.

[RUBRIC: But on solemn feast days, some say this after the "It is proper and right" [Aržan ew iraw]:]

[Hymn/Priest]: And for our certain salvation, we always [and] in every place offer thanksgiving unto Thee, O Christ, through which also the heavenly hosts praise Thy wondrous resurrection. The Seraphim tremble, the Cherubim quake, and the Powers of the supernal principalities, forming a choral dance, sing with a [loud] voice and say:

*Choir:* Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts! Heaven and ear[th] are full...