A {{liturgy}}The '''dismissal''' (gr. ἀπόλυσις ; sl. отпуст) is a the concluding part portion of a service where a the divine services in which the presiding [[priest]] prounounces or [[bishop]] pronounces a final, formal blessingon the faithful. A The dismissal is found omitted in services such as the [[Divine LiturgyReader]]'s services (that is, the [[Liturgy of Preparation]], and [[Vespers]]services in which a priest or bishop is not presiding).

A typical example is The dismissal takes two forms. The [[Divine Liturgy]], [[Vespers|Great Vespers]], and [[Orthros]] celebrated on a Sunday or on a feast that includes an Orthros Gospel lection uses the '''''great dismissal'''''. The remainder of the services of the [[Daily Cycle]] conclude with an abbreviated form known as follows:the '''''small dismissal'''''.

Priest::Glory to TheeThe dismissal may include variable elements determined by the day of the week, O [[Christfeast|festal season]] our [[God]] and our hope, glore commemoration of the day, service being served, saint to Thee!whom the temple is dedicated, etc.

Congregation::Glory to An example of the [[Father]], and to the Son, and to great dismissal for the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom served on a Sunday not during a festal season is as follows ([[Holy SpiritAntiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochi]], now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.an practice):Lord, have mercy. (3x) Father, bless.

Priest::''May He he who rose again from the dead, Christ our true God, through the prayers intercessions of His most pure [[Theotokos|all-immaculate and all-blameless holy Mother]]; by the might of the precious and life-giving cross; by the protection of the honorable bodiless powers of heaven; at the supplication of the honorable, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John; of the holy, glorious, and all-laudable [[apostles]]; of our father among the saints, [[John Chrysostom]], [[Archbishop]] archbishop of Constantinople; of Saint (the holy, glorious and right-victorious martyrs; of the church)our venerable and God-bearing fathers; of Saint ''(of saint to whom the daytemple is dedicated), whom we commemorate today; '' of the holy and righteous Ancestors ancestors of God, [[Joachim]] and [[Anna]]; ''(saint(s) of the day)'' and of all the saints: have mercy on us , and save us, for forasmuch as He is good and loves loveth mankind.'' == External link ==*[http://www.noeticspace.com/dismissal DISMISSAL], a Microsoft-Windows–based application that generates the dismissals of various services for any day of the year. This application is freeware. [[Category:Liturgics]] [[ro:Otpustul]]