(The procession.)
Let us draw near with faith and love, that we of life immortal may partakers be. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Condakion. A short verse expressing the purport of any given festival or occasion. See Canon.
Dismissal. The concluding words of an office. A full form of these is given at page [222], but in other places, when they are expressed at all, it is in a more or less fragmentary manner.
Ectenia. A form of prayer consisting of a number of rogations with responses. There is a great, and a little Ectenia, an Ectenia of earnest prayer, and one of supplication. The normal form of these is as follows,
The great Ectenia, called also the Ectenia of peace.
In peace let us pray to the Lord. Response. Lord, have mercy, and so after the succeeding rogations. For the peace that is from above, and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord. For the peace of the whole world, the good estate of the holy churches of God, and for the union of them all, let us pray to the Lord. For this holy temple, and for them that with faith, piety, and fear of God enter into it, let us pray to the Lord. For the most holy Governing Synod, and for our Metropolitan, name, for our Archbishop, or Bishop, name, according to the eparchy, for the honourable presbytery, the diaconate in Christ, and for all the clergy and the laity, let us pray to the Lord. Here follow rogations for the Emperor and the Imperial Family, mentioning them by name. To aid them and to subdue under their feet every enemy and adversary, let us pray to the Lord. For this city (if it is monastery, For this holy habitation), for every city and country, and for them that in faith dwell therein, let us pray to the Lord. For healthiness of weather, for plentifulness of the fruits of the earth, and for peaceful times, let us pray to the Lord. For them that voyage, that journey, that are sick, that are suffering, that are in bonds, and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord. Here are inserted additional rogations for special circumstances. For our deliverance from all affliction, passion, and want, let us pray to the Lord. Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by thy grace. Commemorating our most holy, most pure, most blessed glorious Lady, the God-bearing Ever-virgin Mary, together with all the Saints, let us commend ourselves, and one another, and all our life to Christ our God. Response. To thee, O Lord. Exclamation by the priest. For to thee is due all glory, honour, and Worship, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Response. Amen.
The little Ectenia.
Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord. Help us.... Commemorating.... as in the great Ectenia, with a varying exclamation.
The Ectenia of earnest prayer.