our God. More honourable than the Cherubim, and infinitely more glorious than the Seraphim, who without stain hast brought forth God the Word, being verily Mother of God, thee we magnify.
The Deacon readeth the Diptychs, and commemorateth the departed by name.
And the Priest prayeth secretly:
Of holy John, the prophet, forerunner and baptist, of the holy, glorious, and renowned Apostles, of Saint (the name,) whose memory we commemorate, through whose intercessions look down upon us, O God; and remember all those who sleep in hope of the resurrection of eternal life, (here the Priest commemorateth whom he will of the departed,) and grant them rest in that place, where the light of Thy countenance shineth upon them. Again we beseech Thee; remember, O Lord, every episcopate of the ortho-
