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Trisagion




English translation:

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy [and Immortal, Have mercy on us.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy [and Immortal, Have mercy on us.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy [and Immortal, Have mercy on us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever. Amen. Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us.

Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, Have mercy on us.


Note that the Trisagion should not be confused with the Sanctus (“Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory, … etc.”), which has a separate history and tradition and is used at a different point in the liturgy.

However, Eastern Catholic churches (Maronite Catholics, Melkite Greek Catholics) still include the Trisagion in their Divine Liturgy before the Epistle Reading.
It is chanted in either Aramaic (Syriac dialect), Arabic, or Greek.

The Trisagion is also used in the Latin Church, for instance, in the Chaplet Of Divine Mercy and the Little Office Of The Blessed Virgin .