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There is also a special form of litany called a ''[[Artoklasia|Litia]]''' (Greek: Λιτή/Litê; Slavonic: Литїѧ, ''Litiya'').<ref>Hapgood, Isabel F. (1922), Service Book of the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Apostolic Church (5th ed.), Englewood NJ: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese (published 1975), pp. 13, 594</ref>  The litia, which means a fervent or intensified prayer, most commonly refers to a part of Vespers that ends with the blessing of bread, wheat, wine, and oil for the strengthening of the faithful who continue worshiping during the Vigil. The litia is chanted at [[All-Night Vigil]]s, consisting of several long petitions, mentioning the names of numerous saints, to which the people/choir responds with "Lord, have mercy," many times.In parish practice the litia is sometimes performed in the narthex of the church as the Church steps out of its blessed milieu and, in the character of the litia prayers, embraces all people. <ref>[[http://dce.oca.org/page/activity-books/]]C. K. Zebrun Gen. Ed., ''Saints Commemorated in the Litiya Prayers'', Department of Christian Education, Orthodox Church in America, 2009, pp4-5.</ref>