ALL SAINTS DAY (NOV. 1ST)

16th Century Russian Icon for the Feast of All Saints

By Bp. Joseph (Ancient Church of the West)

We also remember the holy feast of the Church, which has been corrupted into a celebration of evil and gore, but which has always been a holy time of remembrance and prayer for the Western Orthodox. May God restore the rightful celebration of All Saints and All Souls to a place of piety, righteousness, light and peace within our culture! Blessed feast! 

LITANY OF ALL SAINTS

Priest: Kyrie Eleison

People: Christe Eleison

Priest: O Christ hear us.

People: O Christ hear us.

Priest: O God the Father of Heaven: Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

People: O God the Father of Heaven: Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

Priest: O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

People: O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

Priest: O God the Holy Ghost: Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

People: O God the Holy Ghost: Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

Priest: O Holy, blessed and glorious Trinity, three Persons in One God: 

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

People: O Holy, blessed and glorious Trinity, three Persons in One God: 

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

Cantor: Holy Mary:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Mother of God:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Virgin of all virgins:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Archangel Michael:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Archangel Gabriel:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Archangel Raphael:

People Pray for us.

Cantor: All ye holy Angels and Archangels:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: All ye holy orders of blessed spirits:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy John the Baptist:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle Paul:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle Peter:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle John:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle Andrew:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle Simon:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle Matthew:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle James:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle Jude:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle Philip:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle Thomas:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle Bartholomew:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle Matthias:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Apostle Barnabas:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Evangelist Mark:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Holy Evangelist Luke:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint James:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Stephen:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Lawrence:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Cyril:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Dyfan:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Ninian:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Patrick:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Cuthbert:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint David:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Chad:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Petroc:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Columba:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Alban:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Aidan:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint George:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: Saint Basil:

People: Pray for us.

Cantor: All ye holy saints of the Lord: Pray for us.

People: All ye holy saints of the Lord: Pray for us.

Cantor: Remember not Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our fathers; take not vengeance of our sins: Spare us, good Lord, spare Thy people whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy most precious Blood, and be not angry with us for ever.

People: Spare us good Lord.

Cantor: From all evil and mischief; from sin, the crafts and assaults of the devil; from Thy wrath and from everlasting damnation,

People: Good Lord, deliver us.

Cantor: From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain-glory and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred and malice and all uncharitableness,

People: Good Lord, deliver us.

Cantor: From fornication and all other deadly sin; and from all deceits of the world, the flesh and the devil,

People: Good Lord, deliver us.

Cantor: From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence and famine; from battle murder and from sudden death,

People: Good Lord, deliver us.

Cantor: From all false doctrine, heresy and schism; from hardness of heart and from contempt of Thy Word and Commandment,

People: Good Lord, deliver us.

Cantor: By the Mystery of Thy Holy Incarnation; by Thy Holy Nativity and Circumcision; by Thy Baptism, Fasting and Temptation,

People: Good Lord, deliver us.

Cantor: By Thy Agony and Bloody Sweat; by Thy Cross and Passion; by Thy precious Death and Burial; by Thy glorious Resurrection and by the coming of the Holy Ghost,

People: Good Lord, deliver us.

Cantor: In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; in the hour of death and in the Day of Judgement,

People: Good Lord, deliver us.

Cantor; We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us O Lord God; and that it may please Thee to rule, govern and defend Thy Church.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests and Deacons,

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor; That it may please Thee to preserve all Abbots and congregations of holy persons in Thy service.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to keep Elizabeth our Queen and Governor (or, our President) in Thy fear and love, with increase in Godliness and that she/he and all the Royal/First Family may ever have affiance in Thee and seek Thy honour and glory,

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to endue our Ministers/Public Servants in the Parliament/Congress and Senate with grace, wisdom and understanding,

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to bless and keep the Magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice and to maintain Thy true, Christian religion,

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to bless and keep all Christian people.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to give all nations peaceful governance.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to give us a right faith, an heart to love Thee and a sure hope of Thy goodness and to lift our minds to Heavenly desires.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to give to the all hearers of Thy word a lively grace to understand it and to enable them to work thereafter by the virtue of Thy Holy Ghost.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to bring into the Way of Truth all who have erred and are deceived.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to strengthen such as do stand; to comfort and help the weak hearted, to raise up them that fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to look upon and relieve the miseries of the poor and to help and comfort all who are in danger, necessity and tribulation

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to preserve all who travel, all women labouring of child, all sick persons and young children and to show Thy pity on all prisoners and captives.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to defend and provide for fatherless children, widows and all who are homeless, desolate and oppressed.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to have mercy upon all men.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to bestow on our enemies peace and love.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to maintain the good earth and all that it hath in it in pureness and health to the prosperity and good of all men..

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, and to restore and continue to us the blessings of the seas, so as in due time we may enjoy them.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to give us true repentance and to forgive all our sins, negligences and ignorances and to endue us with the grace of Thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives,

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to repay everlasting good to all our benefactors,

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to grant eternal rest and peace to all the faithful departed,

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to restore to our people a true faith and a right belief in the Holy Trinity.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to restore to this land unity of faith with Thy Holy Church throughout the world,

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to raise up confessing bishops to preserve unity, peace and concord in Thy Holy Church.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Cantor: That it may please Thee to restore to us the true faith and worship of our forefathers in times past.

People: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

COLLECT 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who livest and reignest with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.