I salute the holy presbytery. I salute the sacred deacons, and that person most dear to me, [1258] whom may I behold, through the Holy Spirit, occupying my place when I shall attain to Christ. My soul be in place of his. I salute the sub-deacons, the readers, the singers, the doorkeepers, the labourers, [1259] the exorcists, the confessors. [1260] I salute the keepers of the holy gates, the deaconesses in Christ. I salute the virgins betrothed to Christ, of whom may I have joy in the Lord Jesus. [1261] I salute the people of the Lord, from the smallest to the greatest, and all my sisters in the Lord.

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Footnotes:

[1258] Literally, "the name desirable to me," referring to Hero the deacon.

[1259] A class of persons connected with the Church, whose duty it was to bury the bodies of the martyrs and others.

[1260] Such as voluntarily confessed Christ before Gentile rulers.

[1261] Some insert here a clause referring to widows.