Thanksgiving prayers in the Holy Communion - the follow-up of the prayers of the Orthodox Christian , after the acceptance of the Divine Body and Blood of Christ in the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist . These prayers contain natural joy and gratitude to God for His patience, a request to Him for the healing, strengthening and preservation of the spiritual and bodily powers of the communed Christian who recognizes his weakness and sinfulness .
Immediately [1] after receiving the gracious Communion of the life-giving mysterious Gifts, the Christian should immediately sing [2] and thank sincerely and warmly from the heart to God:
- Glory to Thee, O God. Glory to Thee, O God. Glory to you, O God! - often this exclamation is made by the priest .
- Prayer of thanksgiving, 1st: Thank you, Lord God, it’s like I didn’t reject my sinful sin ..
- Prayer of the 2nd, St. Basil the Great: Lord of God, King of the Ages and Sister of All, thank you ...
- Prayer of the 3rd, St. Simeon Metaphrastus: May I give you my flesh, I will burn this fire, and singe unworthy, ..
- Prayer 4: Thy Holy Body, Lord Jesus Christ, be greater than ours, may Ever be alive, ..
- Prayer 5, to the Most Holy Theotokos: Blessed Virgin of the Theotokos, light my darkened souls, ..
- Song of Simeon the God-Receiver : Now let go of your servant, Lord, according to your verb with the world ..
- Initial prayers : Trisagion , Holy Trinity ... , and according to Our Father
- If the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom was celebrated , then Troparia was read to St. John Chrysostom , voice 8: Thy mouth, as the luminosity of the fire, having given grace, ..
- Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit
- Kontakion, voice of the 6th: From heaven, He received divine grace, and by your oral ...
- And now, and now, and ever and ever. Amen.
- Theotokos: Representation of Christians is not shameful, intercession to the Creator is immutable, do not be guilty of sinful ...
- Lord, have mercy. (12 times)
- Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and now both descent and forever and ever. Amen.
- The most honest Cherub and the most glorious without comparison, Seraphim, without the decay of the God of Word, who gave birth, who is the great Virgin of God is great.
- In the name of the Lord bless, Father.
- The priest makes forgiveness : Christ, our true God, by our pure prayers to Mater, ..
- Reader : Amen. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
- If the liturgy of Basil the Great was celebrated , you should read the troparion to Hierarch Basil the Great , the first voice: the whole earth is the broadcast of your broadcast, which seems to have received your word, .. and the condon is also Vasily the Great, the fourth voice: the main reason was unshakable gave all the indefinite lordship ...
- If the liturgy of the blessed Gifts was performed, the troparion should already be read to St. Gregory of Dvoeslov , the fourth voice: Already from God, the Divine grace is better received, from the grace of Gregory, .. , and, accordingly, Kondak to the same saint, the third voice: The beginning of the show If you are the Head of the Christian Shepherd, the first monks of the congregation, Father Gregory, ..
After communion, the Christian must remain clean, temperance and laconic in order to adequately preserve the accepted Christ within him.
The composition of the prayers of thanksgiving for the Holy Communion of the clergy, taking communion at the altar, is somewhat different from the above.