St. Parthenios of Lampsakos

Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True God and Our Only True Savior,

Christ is in our midst! He was and is and ever shall be.
Ο Χριστός έν τώ μέσω ημών.  Και ήν και έστι και έσται.

A PRAYER OFFERED BY SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

O Lord, deprive me not of Thy heavenly good things, O Lord, deliver me from the eternal torments.  O Lord, if I have sinned in mind or thought, in word or deed, forgive me.  O Lord, deliver me from all ignorance, forgetfulness, faint-heartedness, and stony insensibility.  O Lord, deliver me from every temptation.  O Lord, enlighten my heart which evil desire has darkened.  O Lord, as a man I have sinned, but do Thou, as the compassionate God, have mercy on me, seeing the infirmity of my soul.  O Lord, send Thy grace to my help, that I may glorify Thy holy name.  O Lord Jesus Christ, write me thy servant in the Book of Life, and grant me a good end.  O Lord my God, even though I have done nothing good in Thy sight, yet grant me by Thy grace to make a good beginning. O Lord, sprinkle into my heart the dew of Thy grace.  O Lord of heaven and earth, remember me Thy sinful servant, shameful and unclean, in Thy Kingdom.  Amen.