great compline itself is penitential in content. in the evening the choir sings god with us.nsists of selected verses from the biblical book of the prophet isaiah. lord, your mercy is forever, where is your hand , before you, praise is due, singing is due to you, glory is due to you, father and son, holy spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen. at the moment, the clergy proceeds from the altar into the vestibule of the temple for... in russian it means request, prayer, often it is also translated as fervent prayer. during the litiya, special prayers are performed, they have a repentant character, because the exit of the priest from the altar at this moment symbolizes the descent of christ, from the height of holiness in which god dwells, into the sinful, suffering one. građa. the choir on behalf of the people repeatedly sings, lord, in the intercession of the honest , incomplete heavenly powers, the honest, glorious, prophet, baptist john, the holy, glorious, all-praised apostles, and the living saints of the father of our ecumenical great teachers, saints basil the