The Prayer of the Thrice-Holy Hymn

The prayer of the Thrice-Holy hymn underlines that during the Divine Liturgy the whole body of the faithful (the Church Militant) participates in the glorification of God together with the Angels. This prayer lays special emphasis on not only God's creation of humankind but also the Economy of Salvation, on the basis of which God saves humankind, through the way of repentance. Thus, a clean soul from the part of the faithful is a prerequisite for their participation in the Divine Liturgy. The prayer in reality refers to a fight that has to be fought by each one of the faithful, who for their cause cannot but invoke the Saints and the Mother of God.

The glorification of the Triune God, which coincides with the closing words of the above prayer, acts like a prelude to what comes next. The celebration cannot continue unless there is a declaration and a proclamation of the holiness of the Triune God.


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The Thrice-Holy hymn ('Holy God, Holy Mighty (...)') is in reality the glorification of God by the Angels as described in the vision of the Prophet Isaiah and in the Revelation to John. In the Divine Liturgy it is a hymn, which is sung jointly by the Angels, the humans and the whole of the creation at the remembrance of all the divine benefactions and especially salvation. It is, in short, a song for the magnificence of divine love!


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