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The Meaning of our Divine Services, part nine: Divine Liturgy, “The Thrice-Holy Hymn”

During the singing of the final Kontakion, the priest quietly prays the Prayer of the Thrice-Holy Hymn, which precedes the singing of that ancient hymn. The prayer is a rich theological utterance filled with scriptural allusions as indicated below:
O holy God, who restest in thy Holy Place; who art hymned by the Seraphim [Is. 57:15] [...]