For those who haven’t been following this blog, let me introduce it a little. I am currently blogging my 21st novel that has the working title Daemon. The novel is about Aksinya, a sorceress, who, to save her family from the Bolsheviks, called and contracted the demon, Asmodeus. Her family was murdered anyway, and she fled with the demon from Russia to Austria.
Father Dobrushin and Aksinya have decided to marry so that they can be rid of the demon. We are continuing with the Orthodox marriage ceremony. The prayers continue...
Ekaterina, “Lord, have mercy.”
Father Makar, “Lord almighty, the God of our fathers, we pray you, hear and have mercy.”
Ekaterina, “Lord, have mercy.”
Father Makar, “Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.”
Ekaterina, “Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.”
Father Makar, “Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, pardon and forgiveness of sins for the servants of God, Dobrushin Sergeevich Lopuhin and Princess Aksinya Georgovna Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov the Countess of Golitsyna, and for the people here present, who await your great and rich mercy.”
Ekaterina, “Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.”
Father Makar prayed, “For you, O God, are merciful, and love mankind, and to you we give glory, to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.”
“Amen.”
Dobrushin, “Let us pray to the Lord.”
Ekaterina, “Lord, have mercy.”
Father Makar prayed again, “Lord, our God, who in your saving dispensation were pleased in Cana of Galilee to declare marriage honorable by your presence, now too preserve in peace and concord your servants, Dobrushin Sergeevich Lopuhin and Princess Aksinya Georgovna Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov the Countess of Golitsyna, whom you have been well-pleased to be joined to each another. Declare their marriage honorable; keep their marriage bed undefiled; be well pleased for their life together to be without spot; and grant that they may reach a ripe old age, carrying out your commandments with a pure heart. For you are our God, a God who has and who saves, and to you we give glory, together with your Father who has no beginning, and your all-holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.”
“Amen.”
Father Makar prayed, “Help us, save us, have mercy on us and keep us, O God, by your grace.”
Ekaterina, “Lord, have mercy.”
Ekaterina replied after each petition, “Grant this, O Lord.”
There isn't much to be said about today's portion. This is the continuing of the prayers in the Orthodox wedding service. These remind us that in the Orthodox view, Christ Himself ordained marriage to be undefiled and pure by His presence at the wedding at Cana. These prayers are for the purity of the marriage. Tomorrow, the Lord's Prayer.
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