over thee; rejoice, and be glad, O Zion; and thou, pure Mother of God, put on the garment of gladness, because of the Resurrection of Him who was born of thee!
O Christ, Thou great and priestly Paschal Lamb, Wisdom, Word, and power of God; grant that we may have a more intimate communion with Thee in the day of Thy kingdom that knoweth no night!
And the Deacon wipeth from the holy Diskos, with the sponge, all the small particles which remain from the Proskomidie for the Saints, the dead, and the living, sweeping them with all due care and reverence into the holy Cup, and saith these words,
O Lord, wash away with Thy precious Blood the sins of those who have been here commemorated, through the intercessions of Thy Saints.
Then he reverently covereth the holy Cup with the veil. Likewise he placeth the
