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The '''Beatitudes''' are included in the [[Divine Liturgy]] in Slavic practice, and in Byzantine Monastic [[monasticism|monastic]] practice, in the [[Typika]], and in other services. In the context of the Liturgy, this forms they form the third [[Antiphon|antiphon]].
The Beatitudes begin with a phrase taken from [http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=when%20thou%20comest%20&version1=9&searchtype=all&bookset=4 Luke 23:42]:
:''In Thy kingdom remember us, O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy kingdom.''(KJV)
And They then continues continue with the text of [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205:3-12;&version=9; Matthew 5:3-12a], and ending end with ''"Glory... Both now..."''.
In the liturgyLiturgy, there are [[troparion|troparia that are ]] appointed to be read between these verses, that vary depending on the typikon.<ref>See the texts [http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/ linked here] for examples of these troparia]</ref> These troparia can also read in Typika, when it is done the place of a Liturgy that the Typikon calls for.
When the Typikon does not appoint a liturgy, Liturgy and Typika is done, the Beatitudes are completed as follows:
:''Remember us, O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy kingdom.'':''Remember us, O Master, when Thou comest in Thy kingdom.'':''Remember us, O Holy One, when Thou comest in Thy kingdom.''

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