Having invoked the Holy Spirit and consecrated the gifts, the priest commemorates the saints, beginning with the [[Theotokos]]. At this point, the assembled faithful chant the ancient hymn in honor of the Virgin, "It is truly meet to bless you, O [[Theotokos]], ever blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God. More honorable than the [[cherubim]], beyond compare more glorious than the [[seraphim]], without corruption you gave birth to God, the Word. True [[Theotokos]], we magnify you."

=== The Communion and Dismissal ===