O God, great and wonderful, Who with goodness indescribable and rich providence orderest all things, and grantest unto us earthly goods, who hast given us a pledge of the promised kingdom through the good things already granted unto us, and hast made us to shun all harm during that part of the present day which is past, grant that we may also fulfill the remainder of this day blamelessly before Thy holy glory, and hymn Thee, our God, who alone art good and lovest man.
For Thou art our God, and unto Thee do we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
(Sixth Prayer, Presanctified Liturgy)
A Description of the Patriarchate of Antioch in 1715
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Kinsman and successor of Dositheus Notaras, the patriarch of Jerusalem
Chrysanthus Notaras (1707-1731) was one of the most erudite Greeks of his
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