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The '''dismissal''' (gr. απολυσις ; sl. отпуст) is the concluding portion of the divine services in which the presiding [[priest]] or [[bishop]] prounounces a final, formal blessing on the faithful. The dismissal is omitted in [[Reader]]'s services (that is, services in which a priest or bishop is not presiding).
The dismissal takes two forms. The [[Divine Liturgy]], [[Vespers|Great Vespers]], and [[Orthros]] celebrated on a Sunday or on a feast that includes an Orthros Gospel lection uses the '''''great dismissal'''''. The remainder of the services of the [[Daily Cycle]] conclude with an abbreviated form known as the '''''small dismissal'''''.
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