THE FINAL DAY OF THE GREAT FAST ACCORDING TO THE EASTERN RITE

COME, BRETHREN,
AND BEFORE THE END OF THE FAST,

LET US DRAW NEAR WITH PURE HEARTS
TO THE COMPASSIONATE GOD,

LAYING ASIDE ALL EARTHLY CARES,
CARING INSTEAD FOR OUR SOULS.

BY ABSTINENCE,
LET US RENOUNCE OUR LOVE OF PLEASURE,
AND CONCERN OURSELVES INSTEAD WITH CHARITY,

FOR IN THIS WAY, AS IT IS WRITTEN,
SOME HAVE UNKNOWINGLY BEEN HOSTS TO ANGELS.

BY PROVIDING FOR THE NEEDY,
LET US FEED HIM WHO HAS FED US WITH HIM OWN FLESH;

LET US CLOTHE OURSELVES IN HIM
WHO CLOTHES HIMSELF IN LIGHT AS A GARMENT,

SO THAT BY THE INTERCESSIONS
OF THE MOST PURE MOTHER AND VIRGIN THEOTOKOS,

WE MAY RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS,
AND CRY TO HIM WITH COMPUNCTION:

SAVE US, LORD!
FROM THE CONDEMNATION OF THOSE ON YOUR LEFT HAND,

AND MAKE US WORTHY TO STAND AT YOUR RIGHT HAND,

FOR YOU ARE THE MERCIFUL LOVER OF YOUR PEOPLE


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