Compline

The Great Compline Procedure

Part One

1. Initial prayers
2. Lord, have mercy ^[2] (12 times)
3. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever and ever and ever. Amen.
4. Come, adore Tsareva to our God. (Bow)
5. Come, worship, and adore Christ, the Tsarev of our God. (Bow)
6. Come, worship, and go down to Christ Himself, the Tsarev, and to our God. (Bow)
7. From Monday to Thursday of the first week of Great Lent , in this place of Great Compline, read Psalm 69: God, to help my won ... with the singing of the Great Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete . In other cases, follow:
8. Psalm 4: Always ask, when I heard the God of my truth: ..
9. Psalm 6: O Lord, do not let your rage show me, ..
10. Psalm 12: Till, Lord, forget me to the end; ..
11. Glory .. And now .., Hallelujah (three times), Lord, have mercy (three times), Glory .., And now ..,
12. Psalm 24: To You, O Lord, raise my soul, ..
13. Psalm 30: On Thee, O Lord, trust, but I will not be ashamed for ever, ..
14. Psalm 90: Living in the Help of the Most High, in the bosom of the God of Heaven is established ...
15. Glory .. And now .., Hallelujah (three times), Lord, have mercy (three times), Glory .., And now ..,
16. God is with us ( Is. 8: 9-10 ) ^{[3] [4] [5]}
17. Tropari Day Prev ..
18. The dense nature of the cherub, ..
19. I believe in the One God of the Father Almighty, .. ( Nicene-Tsaregrad Symbol of Faith )
20. In Lent, the priest goes to the pulpit and creates solos with prostrations, and the chorus repeats them: Most Holy Theotokos, pray for sinners — go down on holidays
21. The “First” Trisagion of our Father . The priest shouted: Thy thy is the kingdom, ..
22. Choir: Amen and Troparion : Monday and Wednesday Night: Enlighten My Eyes in Christ, God, .. Glory .., Protector of My Soul, Wake God, .. And Now .., Yako Is Not Imams of Boldness ..,, on Tuesday and Thursday of the evening: The invisible enemy of mys is the vain hold on, Lord, ... Look, and I will hear, O Lord my God. Yako is terrible. Thy judgment is Lord, .. Glory .., Tears, grant God, .. And now ..., Nepostidnuyu, Theotokos, Your hope having, .. At Christmas and Epiphany instead of these troparions the light is lit throughout the temple , the Royal Doors open and the troparion of the feast is sung , after which the gate closes
23. Lord, have mercy (40 times)
24. Glory .. And now .., Honorable cherub, .. In the name of the Lord bless, Father
25. Priest : By the prayers of our saints, our father, ..
26. Lord, God, deliver us from every arrow that flies in the days, ..

Second part

1. Come, we will bow .., (three times)
2. Psalm 50 : Have mercy on me God ..
3. Psalm 101: Lord, hear my prayer, and may my shout unto Thee come ...
4. The prayer of Manasseh, king of the Jews, when he was held captive in Babylon: O Lord, the Almighty, God our Father, .. ( 2Par. 36:23 )
5. The “Second” Trisagion : Our Father . The priest shouted: Thy thy is the kingdom, ..
6. Chorus: Amen. God, have mercy on us, have mercy on us, ... Glory ... Lord, have mercy on us: .. And now ..., open the door of Mercy to us, .. ^[6] , Christmas and Epiphany illuminates the light in the whole temple, the Royal Doors open and the kondak celebrates after which the gate closes
7. Lord, have mercy (40 times)
8. Glory .. And now .., Honorable cherub, .. In the name of the Lord bless, Father
9. Priest : By the prayers of our saints, our father, ..
10. Vladyka God the Father Almighty, ..

Third part

1. Come, we will bow .., (three times)
2. Psalm 69: God, to help my wonders, .. ^[7]
3. Psalm 142: Lord, hear my prayer, give my prayer in your Truth, ..
4. Homage
5. God bless you in this night without sin, save us ...
6. At the all-night vigil of the feasts of the Nativity of Christ, the Epiphany and the Annunciation in this place, the Great Compline may end, and then follow Li . In the days of Lent in the same place of Great Compline, canons of the Mother of God (or funeral) of the Octoechos and the saint (most often from another day) of Minea with stichera and a tsarfar can be inserted, after which - It is worthy
7. The “third” Trisagion of our Father . The priest shouted: Thy thy is the kingdom, ..
8. The chorus sings well and swiftly (loudly and slowly): Amen. Lord of power, wake with us .. ^[8] , repeating after each verse the psalm of the 150th , further: Glory .., Lord, if you were not your holy prayer books, .. And now .., Many of my Mother of God sins , The All-Holy Mother of God, during my stomach, do not leave me, .. I place all my trust in Thee, .. In the case of a polyely festival, Kondak to the saint is read instead of these songs
9. Reader: Lord, have mercy (40 times), further: Iez at any time and every hour, .. Lord, have mercy (three times) Glory .., And now .., Honest cherub .., In the Name of the Lord bless, Father
10. Priest: God, cut off our feet ... and the Prayer of Ephraim the Syrian with four earthly and twelve half-bows
11. Reader: Amen . Trisagion - according to our Father , Lord have mercy -12 times, Neskvernaya, unfaithful, imperishable, Most Pure, .. And give Vladyko us a rest in peace, rest of body and soul, .. Glorified Mother-of-God, Mother of Christ of God, .. Hope my Father ,. .
12. Priest: Glory to Thee, Christ God, Hope our glory to Thee.
13. Chorus: Glory .., and now .., Lord, have mercy — thrice, Bless
14. The priest kneels on the ambon and faces the people and reads the first prayer to Lithia : Master, many merciful, Lord Jesus Christ our God, ..
15. Continuing to kneel, the priest asks for forgiveness: Bless, fathers of sanctity, brotherhood and sisters, and forgive everyone who sinned, he has sinned this day with deed, word and thought.
16. The people answer: God, may God forgive you, more honest, pray for us sinners.
17. Priest: God will forgive and pray for all of us thanks to his mercy and philanthropy , and turning to the altar on the pulpit, utters the final litany and releases
18. Brief instruction

Initially, the Great Compline was performed separately from other services. And now it can be performed separately - on the days of the Cheese Week established by the Typicon and on the days of Great Lent . For the first four days of Great Lent, the great canon of St. Andrew of Crete is read in Great Compline.

Maybe in the composition of the festive all-night vigil , where it unites with the lithium : on the feasts of the Nativity of Christ and the Epiphany — whatever day they come; on the Annunciation , if it happens on those days of Great Lent , when it is time to celebrate the Great Compline (on the week of the week, on the Sabbath of the Akathist , on Lazarus Saturday , on the Great Tuesday , on Great Wednesday and on the Holy Thursday (Typicon on March 25 and 26); on temple holidays , if they fall on the Saturday of the 1st week and on Tuesday - the Saturday of the 2nd - the 6th week of the Great Lent (Typicon, Temple Chapters 32, 35).

On all other days, according to the Charter, a small compline should be performed, which represents a significant reduction of the great. According to the Charter, must be committed after the evening . On some days, the Charter indicates to make a small compline secretly. Small compline (as well as the midnight plate ) is prescribed to be performed even on great holidays , if there is no All-Night Vigil in the church for any reason (special octopes are given in octuary on Sunday services in all eight voices ).

The procedure for committing Minor Compline

1. Initial prayers
2. Lord, have mercy (12 times)
3. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever and ever and ever. Amen.
4. Come, adore Tsareva to our God. (Bow)
5. Come, worship, and adore Christ, the Tsarev of our God. (Bow)
6. Come, worship, and go down to Christ Himself, the Tsarev, and to our God. (Bow)
7. Psalm 50 : Have mercy on me God ..
8. Psalm 69: God, to help my wonders, ..
9. Psalm 142: Lord, hear my prayer, give my prayer in your Truth, .. ^[9]
10. Praise : Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth peace, good will among men ...
11. May God grant me this nightlessness, save us ...
12. Nika-Tsaregrad Creed
13. Canons
14. Worthy to eat
15. Our Father's Trisagion . The priest shouted: Thy thy is the kingdom, ..
16. The choir sings the tropari: the temple, the day of the week, the celebrated saints, the requiem and the virgin
17. Reader: Lord, have mercy (40 times), Izh for all time and every hour, .. Lord, have mercy (three times) Glory .., and now .., Honest cherub .., In the Name of the Lord bless, Father
18. and then the whole ending as in Great Compline.

In the modern Russian Church , in view of the widespread practice of reducing worship, which directly joins the Matinship service immediately after vespers , a small deception has left the liturgical service only during the period of singing of the triodion both in the parishes and in most monasteries ; sometimes performed as a fraternal service after the evening meal.

During the Easter week, instead of a small compline , the Easter hour must be celebrated.

• Laurence // Justin, Bishop. The meaning and value of Orthodox Christian daily worship. M., 1894

• Compline // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 tons and 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Beginning with God of the great Compline Church Slavonic translation of the text of Compline.
• Μικρόν Απόδειπποο (Προσευχή)