Closing Prayers

It is truly meet and right to bless thee, the Ever-Blessed and Most Pure Virgin and Mother of our God. More honourable than the Cherubim, and incomparably more glorious than the Seraphim, thou who in virginity didst bear God the Word, thee, true Mother of God, we magnify.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.Lord, have mercy. (Three times.)God be gracious to us and bless us, and shine Thy countenance upon us and have mercy upon us.This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.