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| | LITURGICAL TEXTS - The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great |
 | | You are seated on the throne of the Cherubim, the Lord of the Seraphim and the King of Israel. |
 | | May I pass from this life in the hope of eternal life, and attain to the everlasting rest, where the voices of Your Saints who feast are unceasing, and their joy, beholding the ineffable beauty of Your countenance, is unending. |
 | | Therefore, with fraternal and filial love we praise the heralds of the faith, those who with glory and honor have struggled for the faith, and we say: to the champions of Orthodoxy, 'faithful emperors, most-holy patriarchs, hierarchs, teachers, martyrs, and confessors: May your memory be eternal. |
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