I took that shot last night at the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy, a Lenten communion service in which the Eucharist is consecrated in advance. It is a more somber service than the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, which is the standard Sunday liturgy in Orthodoxy.
As is customary during Lent, the congregation and our priest last night recited the 4th century Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian:
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