Priest: O Christ our God, the Pantocrator, the Provider of divine gifts to those who serve Your Holy Name, Who sustains and supports all | Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart, beseeching thee of grace |
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Thou who gave us the garment of Divine son ship, we ask Thee, O Christ God, hearken and have mercy | Visit the earth and water it by the rising of the rivers, to bring forth good fruits |
Raise the waters of the rivers according to their measure | We ask You, O Christ our God, hear us and have mercy upon us |
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We ask You, O Christ our God, hear us and have mercy upon us | Priest Again, O Thou the Giver of Truth and infinite richness, love of man, O Lord of mercy, visit the earth and water her by the rising of the river to bring forth fruits; we ask Thee, O Christ God, hearken and have mercy |
Priest: O You who weighed the water with His hands, and measured the heaven with the span of His hand, and held all the earth with the palm of His hand.
22Priest: O You who gathered the water to one source, and made a limit for it above the sky | Therefore I will praise thee for ever all the days of my life: for all the powers of the heavens do praise thee, and thine is the glory for ever and ever |
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Grant Thy mercy and abundance to all the poor of Thy people and make glad our heart, through the intercession of Thy Holy Mother, the Virgin Mary, and St | Praises be to God forever |
Priest: Give joy to the land of our country, may its hills rejoice with gladness, through Your goodness.
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