THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

Almighty Master, who created all things in wisdom, by Your providence and great goodness, you have led us to this Lenten season for purification of our souls and bodies, and for control of our passions in the hope of the resurrection; You, who after forty days gave Moses the tablets of the law inscribed by Your divine hand, grant to us the strength to fight the good fight, to fast, to keep the faith, to crush under foot all evil demons, and to become victorious over sin and to celebrate Your holy Resurrection. For blessed and glorified is Your most honoured and majestic name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, both now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.