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Text:Prayer of Confession 1
Tune:[Kyrie eleison]
Media:MIDI file

52. Prayer of Confession 1

Greek:

Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison.

English:

Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Text Information
First Line: Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy)
Title: Prayer of Confession 1
Language: English; Greek
Publication Date: 2002
Topic: Confession and Assurance
Source: early Greek; from the Book of Common Worship (1946, 1993) Westminster/John Knox Press
Copyright:
Notes: Spoken prayer with sung response
Tune Information
Name: [Kyrie eleison]
Key: E Major
Source: Russian Orthodox liturgy
Copyright:



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