After the conclusion of Daily Midnight Office, ordinary Matins begins just as on Sunday. After the com pletion of the Six Psalms, the priest says the Great Litany (page 53). After the exclamation, God is the Lord, with its verses, he then goes into the sanctuary, and the usual kathisma are read. There are no litanies after them, except on Saturdays, on the prefeasts and postfeasts.

    Then Psalm 50 is read, and immediately thereafter the canon is begun. After the 3rd and 6th Odes, the priest says the little litany. At the 9th Ode, he censes as usual. After the katabasia of the 8th Ode, he exclaims: The Theotokos and Mother of the Light . . . After the 9th Ode, the choir sings, Meet is it . . . The priest says the litany within the sanctuary. On prefeasts and postfeasts, Meet is it in truth . . . is not sung, but the litany is said immediately.

    Then the reader says, Praise ye the Lord from the heavens . . . and the rest. And if there are no stichera of the ainos, the following is said after the conclusion of the psalms:
    To thee belongeth glory, O Lord 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. Glory to thee who hast shown us the light and the lesser doxology.

    The priest then says, Let us complete our morning prayer... (page 66) After the exclamation, the choir sings he Aposticha according to the rule. Then the reader says, it is a good thing . . . , the Trisagion, and after Our Father . . ., the troparion according to the rule. The priest then says the litany, Have mercy on us, O God . . . (page 65) After the exclamation, the priest: Wisdom; the choir: Bless; the priest: He Who is, is blessed . . . the choir: Establish, O God . . . and immediately the reader reads First Hour. At the conclusion of First Hour, the priest gives the final dismissal.
    Then the Lity is said, except on Saturdays, on prefeasts and on postfeasts.

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