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Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

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The service is preceded by the reading of the [[Typical Psalms]], and the Divine Liturgy's opening blessing, ''Blessed is the Kingdom...'' is used at the start of the part of the service that resembles daily vespers. Psalm 103, ''Bless the Lord, O my soul'' is read. The Great Litany is then intoned and then Psalms 119–133 are read. Then the choir sings ''Lord, I have cried unto Thee'' with [[sticheron|stichera]]. The priest makes an entrance with the [[censer]]. If the occasion is a feast, the entrance is with the [[Gospel Book]] and there is then an [[epistle]] and gospel reading for the feast day.
The choir sings ''[[Phos Hilaron|O Gladsome Light]]'', and the first reading, from [[Genesis]] (or [[Exodus]]), is read with a [[prokeimenon]]. Then the priest intones ''Wisdom, let us attend. The Light of Christ enlightened all men,'' and those praying [[prostration|prostrate]] themselves. The second reading, from [[Proverbs]] (or [[Book of Job|Job]]) is read.
In the second part of the service, the choir chants ''Let my prayer be directed as incense before Thee'', after which the [[Prayer of Saint Ephraim|prayer of St. Ephraim]] is read. After a [[litany]] the choir sings ''Now the powers of Heaven with us invisibly do worship'', and the presanctified Gifts are brought into the holy [[altar]] in a procession resembling the [[Great Entrance]] at a Divine Liturgy but in silence. There is no [[anaphora]] because the gifts are pre-consecrated.
==Annunciation==
If the feast of the [[Annunciation]] ([[March 25/April 7]]) comes on a weekday of Lent, which is the most common case, the Divine Liturgy of the feast is served in the evening [[Vespers#Vesperal_Divine_Liturgy|with Vespers]]. The Divine Liturgy of the Annunciation is the only celebration of the [[Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom]] allowed on a weekday of Great Lent. The Presanctified gifts will be reserved from this liturgy if needed for an upcoming Presanctified Liturgy of the same week.
==Liturgical day==
*[http://www.oca.org/OCchapter.asp?SID=2&ID=69 Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts] from the website of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]
*[http://www.byzantines.net/liturgy/presanctified.htm Pre-Sanctified Liturgy]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/presanctl_sluzhebnik.doc Pre-Sanctified Liturgy Sluzhebnik]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/presanctified_lit.doc Pre-Sanctified Liturgy for the Choir and laity]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/presanct/ Variable portions of the Presanctified Liturgy (Old Calendar) for the current year]
*[http://www.holy-trinity.org/liturgics/krivoshein-greekandrussian.html Some differences between Greek and Russian divine services and their significance by Archbishop Basil Krivoshein]
[[Category:Liturgics]]
[[fr:Liturgie des Saints Dons présanctifiés]][[ro:Liturghia Darurilor Înainte Sfinţitemai înainte sfinţite]]
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