O holy martyrs, who valiantly contended, and are crown’d; pray ye the Lord for mercy on our souls.
Then they that are without sing the same once. And he that is receiving the laying on of hands kisseth the four corners of the holy table, and the hand of the Archpriest, and his knee. Then they conduct him round again, singing,
Glory to thee, Christ God, apostles’ boast, and martyrs’ joy, whose preaching was the consubstantial Trinity.
And the choir without singeth the same once. And he that is receiving the laying on of hands again kisseth the holy table in like manner as before, and the Archpriest’s epigonation, and his hand.
Then again they conduct him round, singing,
Rejoice, O Esaias, the virgin is with child, and bringeth forth a son, Emmanuel, God and man: the orient is his name, whom magnifying, we call the virgin blessed.
And they make the rite, as before written. And they sing the same without. Then the Archpriest riseth, and they remove the throne, and he that is receiving the laying on of hands goeth to the right side of the Archpriest, and boweth himself before the holy table thrice, saying, O God, cleanse me, a sinner. And, bending the right knee, he placeth his palms crosswise on the holy table, and layeth also his forehead between his hands on the holy table. The Archpriest placeth the end of the omophorion on the head of him that it receiving the laying on of hands, and blesseth him upon the head thrice. And the protodeacon or the deacon having said, Let us attend, the Archpriest, holding his hand upon his head, readeth aloud in the hearing of all them that stand in the altar,
The divine grace, which always remedieth that which is feeble, and supplieth that which is lacking, layeth hands upon, name, the most pious subdeacon to be deacon: let us therefore pray for him, that the grace of the all-holy Spirit may come upon him.
And the priests within sing, from the right hand side, Lord, have mercy, thrice. Then again, from the left hand side, the same thrice. And the singers without, in the right and left choirs, Kyrie eleison, antiphonally thrice slowly, while the Archpriest readeth the prayer. Then the Archpriest blesseth him upon the head thrice, holding his hand upon the head of him that is receiving the laying on of hands. The protodeacon saith, Let us pray to the Lord, in a low voice.
And the Archpriest saith the prayer secretly.