Armenian Manuscript (Armenien 59)

And the priests take the altar and the vestments and enter the church. And upon descending... they change the response: "I will confess to Thee, Lord, for Thou hast heard me." Alleluia original: "ALEMT yay d" Alleluia is the response. And they do not change the order of the psalm. Half [the choir] says: "Confess to the Lord," and glory to the Father, Alleluia. And at the door, they begin the first psalm which they said before; they say it in the same voice, from back to front. The first psalm: "Be glad, I was glad." Alleluia. Following: "There," Alleluia. And say the other psalm in this manner: "God is our refuge," Glory to the Father and the Son, Alleluia, Alleluia. Alleluia, Alleluia. Alleluia... "I lifted up my eyes": "Help": "Help from the Lord": "In affliction": "That it may be given to Thee": "Hear, Lord": At the end of the response, Glory to the Father: "Hear us, Lord; hear us, Lord; hear us, Lord." And the deacon proclaims: "Let us ask," and...

and they write down. And according to the... As they carry the altar forward near the bema, the same procedure is performed in every way. After that, they begin: Psalm by number, "As the beloved dwellings," the response... and for the glory, the deacon proclaims: "Let us ask." And the priest, the bishop, and at the door they say the same psalm in voice: "As the beloved," "My heart and my body" original: "Simt yay d...". They say this three times, and only three times, and they place the altar at the bema and... they say the psalm, and for the glory they say three times: "My heart and my body; My heart and my body; My heart and my body; My heart and my body... shall rejoice in the living God." And they go up to the bema. And the deacon proclaims. And the bishop writes down. At the door they say the same psalm by number: "As the beloved, my heart and my body," the response... and for the glory, the deacon proclaims. And... And the bishop writes down. At the door...

in the same way they say the first psalm, as they said the response at the door.
Confess to the Lord and the Lord hears
"In my affliction." "Help from the Lord..." Hear us, Lord "I lifted up my..." Hear us, Lord "Be glad." And for the glory they repeat three times: Alleluia. The deacon proclaims and writes down. In every way the same, as it was said at the door. And as they move the psalm, the priests lift the altar on their arms and say three times, in voice:
at the bema
"The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our King and my God." And they put it down and say the other psalms: Alleluia... the spirit "Christ the Lord is with us, Alleluia." Alleluia... they say the altars three times, and the other psalms three times. When they say the altar [psalm], they have the altar in their arms, and when they say the other psalms, they put it down. At the third saying, they set the altar down firmly. And they say the psalm: "The Lord shall feed me," say the response...

Almighty God, who established the earth with His own establishment and made many powers alone; You established [the church] on earth and strengthened Your church and commanded in it to establish the altar and to offer sacrifices and rational burnt offerings, which without blood approach in Your name, for the life of the race of mankind; likewise also now, Lord, send Your sanctifying Spirit into this temple and into this altar and bless and sanctify it, in the hope of the believers, and for the life of all who stand before Your great glory, for the renewal of souls and the reception of...