DOXOLOGY

FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY - INDEPENDENCE DAY

DEACON

Master, give the blessing.

PRIEST

Blessed is our God always, now and ever and to the ages of ages.

CHOIR: Amen.

PEOPLE

Patriotic Song

God bless America, land that I love, stand beside her and guide her, through the night with the light from above, from the mountains to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam. God bless America, my home sweet home. God bless America, my home sweet home.

Then selected verses of the Doxology.

CHOIR

Glory be to You who showed the light. Glory in the highest to God. His peace is on earth, His good pleasure in mankind.

We praise You, we bless You, we worship You, we glorify You, we give thanks to You for Your great glory.

Lord King, heavenly God, Father, Ruler over all; Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; and You, O Holy Spirit.

Accept our supplication, You who sit at the right hand of the Father, and have mercy on us.

For You alone are holy, You alone are Lord, Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Continue Your mercy to those who know You. Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

DEACON

Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray You, hear us and have mercy.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)

DEACON

Again we pray for pious and Orthodox Christians.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)

DEACON

Again we pray for our Archbishop (name). and all our brotherhood in Christ.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)

DEACON

Again we pray for our country, for the president, and for all in public service, and that the Lord God will assist them and guide them in everything.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)

DEACON

Again we pray for the protection of the Holy and Great Church of Christ, our Sacred Archdiocese (and this Sacred Metropolis), this city and every city and land, from wrath, famine, pestilence, earthquake, flood, fire, sword, foreign invasion, civil strife, and accidental death. That our good and benevolent God may be merciful, gracious, and forgiving, and may divert and disperse all anger and disease coming against us, and deliver us from His impending justified threat and have mercy on us.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)

DEACON

Again we pray that the Lord our God may hear the prayer of us sinners, and have mercy on us.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)

PRIEST

Hear us, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of earth and of those far off at sea, and forgive us, O Master, forgive us our sins, and have mercy on us.

CHOIR: Amen.

DEACON

Let us pray to the Lord.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

PRIEST

O Lord our God, You hold the universe together by Your power, and You govern the world by Your divine, almighty will. You “made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation.” You have been especially good to our country, the United States of America, and helped it develop into the foremost nation of the world, a true champion of freedom and democracy, and the haven for the oppressed and those who look for the opportunity to live in dignity. By Yoru divine grace, You have kept it free for more than two centuries, and You have preserved and saved it through many wars and world upheavals. Please accept our gratitude and glorification, and hear us as we implore You with faith. We pray for the souls of our fathers and brethren who for faith and country fought and sacrificed themselves; whether they were slain in battle, or executed, or they died in captivity and adversity, grant them rest together with Your Saints. As for us, grant that we all be worthy of freedom, and preserve us in peace. Maintain all officials and authorities of our government in peace and concord, and grant stability to both Church and State. For You are the Lord of peace and the Savior of our souls, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.

CHOIR: Amen.

Dismissal

PRIEST

Glory to You, our God, glory to You.

May Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His all-pure and all-immaculate holy Mother, the power of the precious and life-giving Cross, the protection of the honorable, bodiless powers of heaven, the supplications of the honorable, glorious prophet and forerunner John the Baptist, of the holy, glorious, and praiseworthy apostles, of the holy, glorious, and triumphant martyrs, of our righteous and God-bearing fathers, (local patron saint); of the holy and righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, and of all the saints, have mercy on us and save us, as He is good, benevolent, and merciful God.

Conclusion, i.e. “Through the prayers…”

Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us.

CHOIR: Amen.