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...and bitter torments for the sake of the great name of the Lord. For scorning [them], [he] despised the transitory life of this world and yearned for eternal life; and ever and continually rejoiceth with his Lord in inexhaustible joy. For Thy Church, O Christ, proclaimeth the victory of the contest of the shedding of his blood for Thy great name, O Lord. Glory befitteth the essential Father, the Only-begotten Son, and the liberating Holy Spirit; glory, honor, and dominion, now and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. And when the heavens and the earth are shaken in terror of the glory of the Word of the Lord God, then He seateth at His right hand the beloved of His name, uniting [them] in the luminous tabernacles.

[RUBRIC:] Repeat only the first stanza [of] Ri- : "Today the ranks of angels re[joice]..." :