The service of prostrations occurs before the Gospel readings at Matins during the Great Lent in the Coptic Orthodox Rites.
Priest: We bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us O God, the Father, the Almighty.
Priest: We stand and bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us, O God, our Saviour.
Priest: Again, we stand and bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us, O God, and have mercy on us.
Priest:
O You, who are longsuffering, abundant in mercy and true, receive our prayers and supplications, receive our petitions, repentance and confession upon Your Holy, undefiled Altar in Heaven. May we be made worthy to hear Your Holy Gospels, and may we keep Your precepts and commandments and bring forth fruit therein, a hundredfold, sixty fold, and thirty fold, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Deacon: Pray for the living.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, the sick of Your people; visit them with mercy and compassion; heal them.
Deacon: Pray for the sick.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, our fathers and brethren who are traveling; bring them back to their homes in peace and health.
Deacon: Pray for the travelers.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: We bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us O God, the Father, the Almighty.
Priest: We stand and bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us, O God, our Saviour.
Priest: Again, we stand and bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us, O God, and have mercy on us.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, the air of Heaven and the fruits of the earth, bless them.
Deacon: Pray for the good air and the fruits of the earth.
Congregation: Lord have mercy
Priest: Remember, O Lord, the waters of the river; bless them; and bring them to their measure according to Your grace.
Deacon: Pray for the waters.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, the seeds, the herbs, and the plants of the field; bless them.
Deacon: Pray for the seeds, the herbs, and the plants of the field.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: We bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us O God, the Father, the Almighty.
Priest: We stand and bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us, O God, our Saviour.
Priest: Again, we stand and bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us, O God, and have mercy on us.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, the safety of the people and the beasts.
Deacon: Pray for the safety of the people and the beasts.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, the safety of this, Your Holy place, and every place and every monastery of our Orthodox fathers.
Deacon: Pray for the salvation of the world and of this city of ours.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, the king (president) of our land, Your servant, keep him in peace, justice and might.
Deacon: Pray for our kings (presidents) the lovers of Christ.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: We bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us O God, the Father, the Almighty.
Priest: We stand and bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us, O God, our Saviour.
Priest: Again, we stand and bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us, O God, and have mercy on us.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, those who are in captivity; save them all.
Deacon: Pray for those who are in captivity.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, our fathers and brethren who have fallen asleep and reposed in the Orthodox faith; repose all their souls.
Deacon: Pray for those who have fallen asleep.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, those who have brought unto You these gifts; those on whose behalf they have been brought, and those by whom they have been brought; give them all the Heavenly reward.
Deacon: Pray for the sacrifices and gifts.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: We bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us O God, the Father, the Almighty.
Priest: We stand and bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us, O God, our Saviour.
Priest: Again, we stand and bend our knees.
Congregation (while Prostrating): Have mercy on us, O God, and have mercy on us.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, those who are distressed in hardships and oppressions; save them from all their hardships.
Deacon: Pray for those who are distressed.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: Remember, O Lord, the catechumens of Your people; have mercy upon them; confirm their faith in You;
Deacon: Pray for the catechumens.
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: uproot all traces of idolatry from their hearts. Your law, Your fear, Your commandments, Your truths, and Your holy precepts, establish in their hearts. Grant that they may know the steadfastness of the preaching they have received. And in the set time, may they be worthy of the washing of the new birth for the remission of their sins, as You prepare them to be a temple of Your Holy Spirit.
Deacon: Pray, "Lord have mercy".
Congregation: Lord have mercy.
Priest: Pray.
Deacon: Stand up for prayer.
Priest: Peace be with all.
Congregation: And with your spirit.
Priest: O Master, Lord Jesus Christ our God, Who said to His saintly, honored disciples and Holy apostles, “Many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things which you hear and have not heard them.But blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear. May we be worthy to hear and to act according to Your Holy Gospels through the prayers of Your saints.
Deacon: Pray for the Holy Gospel.
Priest: Remember also, O our Master, all those who have asked us to remember them in our supplications and prayers which we offer up unto You, O Lord our God. Those who have already fallen asleep, repose them. Those who are sick, heal them. For You are the Life of us all, the Salvation of us all, the Hope of us all, the Healing of us all, and the Resurrection of us all.
(Then continues the Rites for the Reading of the Gospel)
