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*The Reader reads the Royal [[Troparia]].
*The Priest exclaims the first three petitions of the [[Litany of Fervent Supplication|Fervent Supplication]] (Have mercy upon us O God..." and then exclaims "For Thou art a Good God..." The choir responds "Amen. In the name of the Lord, Father bless." The Priest exclaims "Glory to the Holy..."
*The Reader with the fear of God exclaims "Glory to God in the highest.." (thrice), "Lord Thou shalt open my lips..." (twice) and then reads the Six Psalms (Three, Thirty-Seven, Sixty Two, Eighty Seven, Hundred and Two, and Hundred and Fourty Two.)Selected verses from each Psalm is read at the end of each Psalm. "Glory. Both now." "[[Alleluia|Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia]], Glory to Thee O God" "Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy." "Glory. Both now." is read in the middle of the Six Psalms.
*The [[Deacon]] intones the [[Great Litany]], at the end of which the Priest exclaims "For unto Thee..."
*The Choir, in the [[Tone]] of the week, chants "God is the Lord" with its appointed verses. The Resurrectional [[Troparion|Apolytikion]] follow (always twice) "Glory" that of the Saint, "Both now" the [[Theotokion]] in the Tone of the Saint's Apolyikion.
*The Choir immediatly begins to chant the sesonal Katavasia of Odes 4 to 6.
*The Deacon intones the Little Litany, at the end of which the Priest exclaims "For Thou art the King of Peace..."
*The Reader reads the Resurrectional Kontakion & Oikos of the Tone of the week, followed by the [[Synaxarion ]] of the Day from the [[Menaion]] (see after 6th Ode of Saint's canon).
*The Choir chants the Katavasies of the 7th and 8th Odes.
*The Deacon exclaims "The Theotokos and Mother of Light..."
*The Priest exclaims "Most Holy Theotokos save us!"
*The Reader reads "More honourable..." and "Glory. Both now" "Lord have mercy" (thrice) "Holy Father bless!"
*The Priest reads the [[Dismissal ]] "Glory to Thee our God... May He who has Risen from the dead, Christ our true God..."
*The Reader reads "Come let us worship..." and the 1st Hour.
*The [[Divine Liturgy]] is served.