Let us pray to the
Lord:
Kyrie eleison.
O Master, Lord our
God, hearken unto the prayer which we now send up to
You, and bless this vehicle with Your holy right
hand (+);
Send down upon it Thy
guardian Angel, that all who desire to journey
therein may be safely preserved and shielded from
every evil end;
And as the Ethiopian,
riding in the chariot and reading of Your holy
prophecy, was granted faith and Grace through Your
Apostle Philip,
So do You now
manifest the path of salvation to Your servants who
shall travel in this conveyance, that with Your
helping grace they may be clothed upon with good
works and after the completion of this life may be
vouchsafed' everlasting joy in Your heavenly
Kingdom,
For Yours is the
might, and the Kingdom, and the power, and unto You
do we send up glory; to Father, and to Son, and to
Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto ages of
ages:
Amen.
The priest
sprinkles all over the vehicle with Holy Water,
saying.
May Christ our true
God,
Through the
intercessions of His all‑pure Mother,
Through the
protection of the bodiless powers,
Of the holy, glorious
and all‑praiseworthy Apostles,
And of St. Nicholas,
And all the Saints,
Have mercy on us and save us, as He is good and
loves mankind.
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