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PRAYERS IN TIME OF INVASION
BY THE NATIONS

By Makarios of Philadelphia

FIRST PRAYER IN TIME OF INVASION BY THE NATIONS 

Deacon:     Let us entreat the Lord.

Choir:      Lord, have mercy.

Priest:      O Master Lord, our God, who is like Thee among the gods, O Lord our God? What
                  god is as great as our God, manifesting his power in mercy and his goodness in
                  strength, to console us and to save us?  O God, remain not silent nor allay the
                  retribution which Thou owest to the prideful, for behold, thine enemies are strong,
              …