After Completing Several Kathismata or the Whole Psalter

It is truly meet to bless thee or In thee doth all creation rejoice. Trisagion through Our Father, and these Troparia, in the Sixth Tone:

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, for at a loss for any answer, we sinners offer unto Thee this supplication as to our Master: Have mercy on us!

Glory: The Church hath shown the honored celebration of Thy Prophet to be heaven, O Lord, [wherein] the angels join chorus with men. At his supplications arrange our life in peace, O Christ God, that we may chant unto Thee: Alleluia!

Both Now: Great are the multitudes of my transgressions, O Theotokos. Unto thee have I fled in need of salvation, O pure one. Visit mine ailing soul, and entreat thy Son and our God, that He grant me remission of the evils I have done, O thou who alone art blessed.

Then, Lord, have mercy! forty times, and as many prostrations as one is capable of doing, repeating the prayer “O Lord and Master of my life…” the while.

Then this Prayer is recited with compunction:

 O greatly merciful and all-merciful Lord, Bestower of every good gift, Who lovest mankind, King of the whole universe, Whose names are many, O Master and Lord: Poor and needy am I, yet do I dare to call upon Thy wondrous, awesome and holy name, before which the whole creation of the heavenly hosts trembleth with fear. Here below, on earth, Thou didst make wondrous the dispensation of Thine ineffable love for mankind by sending Thy beloved Son, Whom Thou didst beget in inseparable Divinity from the unoriginate bosom of Thy paternal glory, that He might join angels and men into a single union. Be Thou mindful, O Lord, of my low state of despondency. Though I am dust and mire, I call upon Thee, the ineffable Light, clothed in the weakness of the flesh which Thy word bore, and wherein He freed our souls from slavery to the enemy by His death, that He might vouchsafe that all who with faith take up the yoke of service to Thee may come to share in Thy glory, from which lying Satan fell away. Have mercy on me, who have been darkened by sinful thoughts; raise up my mind, which hath been choked by the thorns of slothfulness and the ice of intransigence; make my heart steadfast, that I may burn for Thee; send a fountain of tears into mine eyes; and at the end, make the departure of the soul of me, Thy servant, to be blameless, guiding me to struggle diligently toward Thee. In Thy lovingkindness, O Lord, remember my parents and all those close to me – my brethren, friends and neighbors, and all Orthodox Christians; and by the supplications of all the saints save me. Accept as a favor these psalms and prayers which I recite in Thy presence for myself; and let not this entreaty and sighing be hatefulto Thee – the Father, and Thine only-begotten Son, and the Holy Spirit – now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Then, More honorable than the Cherubim.

Glory, Both Now.

Lord, have mercy! (Thrice)

O Lord, bless!

If he who readeth is a Priest, he reciteth the sacerdotal ending; but if the reader be a layman, he endeth thus:

O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for the sake of the supplications of Thine all-pure Mother, through the power of the precious and life-creating Cross, of the holy incorporeal hosts of heaven, of our venerable and God-bearing fathers, of the holy Prophet David, and of all the saints, have mercy and save me, a sinner, in that Thou art good and lovest mankind. Amen.