Litany at Great Compline

[Olga]

I am looking for the Slavonic text for the litany sung at the end of the service of Great Compline as sung during the first week and fifth week of Great Lent. I already have it in English and Greek, but I would like to find the Slavonic version. This litany is sung after the asking of forgiveness by the priest (or abbot) of the congregation.

Is this litany only sung at these particular services, or is it part of the standard text of Great Compline? The Slavonic texts I have of Great Compline do not seem to have it, or only have short rubrics referring to it.

[Father David Moser]

I know the text that you are thinking of - at least I think I do. In my experience it is a monastic custom. But since parishes rarely do Great Compline - it has just been automatically tacked on because that's what priests saw while in seminary.

Fr David Moser

[Fr Raphael Vereshack]

I am looking for the Slavonic text for the litany sung at the end of the service of Great Compline as sung during the first week and fifth week of Great Lent. I already have it in English and Greek, but I would like to find the Slavonic version. This litany is sung after the asking of forgiveness by the priest (or abbot) of the congregation.

Is this litany only sung at these particular services, or is it part of the standard text of Great Compline? The Slavonic texts I have of Great Compline do not seem to have it, or only have short rubrics referring to it.

This Litany is done at the end of the Midnight Office, Small Compline and Great Compline. It is printed in the priest's service book but also in most versions of the Horologion (Chasoslov). In many monasteries at the end of this litany the monastics sing verses to the saints especially venerated by the monastery, then the tropars & kondaks for some of these saints. During this time the monastics venerate the icons of the temple and then receive a blessing from the serving abbot or abbess.

You will find this Litany in the full Slavonic Chasoslov. But it will be different from version to version since local ruling hierarchs abbots & rulers, etc are commemorated.

In Christ- Fr Raphael